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It’s coming up to that time of the year when the Colour City bursts into the brilliant colour we’re famous for. It really does make for a beautiful city so enjoy it while it lasts. Sadly, it also heralds the start of winter in Orange and that can produce some very cold and bleak days, some see this as just part of the mix others hate the cold and I know of some who venture north for the winter to get away from the cold. I do wonder how COVID might affect those people?

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Buy from the Bush LEADS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES — MELISE COLEMAN —

‘Buy from the Bush’ continues to provide our bush businesses with incredible opportunities and a generous amount of traffic sent straight to their doors. Canowindra locals, Chris and Nerida Cuddy were one lucky couple to be included in the platform last year.

Rewind to October of 2019, Chris was considering taking on night work in order to keep his nursery business afloat due to the impact of the drought on sales. A horticultural scientist, Chris had built the business from its beginnings in 2010, travelling to several plant festivals and field days each year, including the Collectors’ Plant Fair in Sydney.

Although word was building about his specialist nursery, the drought and accompanying water restrictions were taking their toll on customers’ ability to buy plants.

A year earlier, Chris had had to let two casual staff go and had been doing all the work of maintaining a large display garden, propagating and potting up plants, creating artwork and a website, and running the business himself.

Around this time, Grace Brennan of Walgett, NSW, came up with the brilliant idea of encouraging city friends to support her friends’ drought-impacted businesses - and ‘Buy From the Bush’ was born.

The idea took off, city folks were more than happy to have a simple, practical and highly effective way of helping drought-stricken rural areas.

It was then that one of Chris’ social media posts was publicised by Buy from the Bush, and the orders started to roll in.

That Christmas, thanks to Buy from the Bush, sales had increased on the previous year by 1400%, it was said the family enjoyed a celebratory Christmas ham!

More photos kindly came from Ian Brown, who’s family owned the building for a number of years, he and his family have enjoyed passing on a little of that part of their history to the Cuddy’s, who actually have a very distant common ancestor with the Brown family of Canowindra.

The knock on effect was in full swing, Chris took on a trainee for 2020, and momentum continued to build, until the Covid lockdown inspired a gardening craze (along with a huge growth in online shopping) which took everything to a new level.

The enlarged photos will be proudly displayed inside the new ‘Perennialle Plants Emporium.’ Nerida said, “We have always loved history and stories, we like to repurpose and/or restore old things rather than buying new things.”

In June 2020, Chris and his family took a walk downtown and noticed the beauty and potential of a fairly run-down large building in Canowindra’s main street. After a lengthy process, the building was bought to enable a new adventure for the nursery and emporium. Then was born, ‘Perennialle Plants Emporium.

Chris has since employed two full time and up to six part time staff members.

When Chris and Nerida Cuddy bought the building mid last year, they began research on it; with the help of the Canowindra Historical Society, they unearthed beautiful old photos of the building’s various identities.

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“We felt that the opportunity to buy this beautiful building and breathe new life into it was a great gift to us, and hopefully will be a gift to Canowindra as well”.

Chris added, “We are very grateful for the support of our customers from all over eastern Australia, and sometimes further, as well as our own community of Canowindra”.

Chris and Nerida feel an enormous debt of gratitude to Grace and the Buy from the Bush team.

“We know we are one example of many business that were not only enabled to survive, but to thrive as the horrendous drought came to an end.”

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Getting back to the “old” normal Ran into a neighbour waiting for the bus back to Millthorpe recently.

Orange had no effective transmitted cases of the coronavirus?

She’s one of those lovely old ladies who volunteer for everything, try and find the sunny in all situations, and complains about nothing.

I read the other day where about onethird of Britain’s population “enjoyed” the lockdowns and wanted them to remain indefinitely.

Well, she did complain about one thing… parking in Orange! “I used to be able to drive my car into town and park at the carpark where it was $3 a day but, since the lockdown, it’s been free and it’s full of cars every day, so now I have to catch the bus,” she said.

Well, sitting at home in your pyjamas watching streaming service movies for most of the day while doing a bit of perfunctory work on the laptop, may be fun, but it ain’t living!

The facility she spoke of is the Ophir Carpark on the corner of Lords Place and Kite Streets designed to provide all-day parking for a minimal fee for those who don’t want or — like my neighbour due to old-age — are unable to move their vehicles every hour to avoid parking fines.

An Orange Council media release at the time (April 4, 2020) said that: “the change is one of the Council’s latest local responses to the COVID-19 crisis.”

Talk about the law of unintended consequences!

Same thing with the coin-operated shopping trollies, still free at some of our supermarkets, that has led to the proliferation of dumped trollies throughout the CBD; I pass one each morning blocking a pedestrian thoroughfare gradually filling with litter, drink bottles and food wrappings!

We keep hearing about the “new normal” with changes made during the pandemic designed to make things easier and safer, becoming the norm by which we will continue to live our lives.

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I don’t recall being polled or voting for any of this — the mask mandates, the COVIDpassports, the travel restrictions — and take no relish in this semi-supervised state of signing in to every venue or coffee-shop you go to.

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I don’t want the “new normal”, I want to go back to the “old normal”! And why not, are we not free men and women? Hasn’t

Those of us with children all remember the endless rush of our lives pre-2020.

Kids sports, football training, school events, Anzac Day marches, birthdays, movie trips during the holidays, stay-overs with their friends.

These events are not exactly a barrel of laughs for parents and a modicum of boredom and repetition is entailed in almost all parental duties.

But, hey, that’s life!

It’s supposed to be dutiful and tiring and frustrating and meaningful, all at the same time.

We haven’t entered a new “paradigm” (belief system) where the old responsibilities of adulthood no longer apply. While everything you do has implications and effects on those around you, everything you don’t do has an opportunity cost.

People looking back at their lives and listing the most important and enjoyable things they remember, rarely recall material things, money and gifts and promotions, but instead almost always list experiences, trips and family events and their kids’ parties.

They say this is because we filter out the hassles and bother and worry of these things and distil the important pleasure they gave us.

It’s time to get back to the “old normal” in Orange with all its responsibilities and risks and unpredictability. Oh, and Orange Council, time to put the paid-meter back on vehicles using the Ophir Carpark!

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Elina right at home in the Colour City It’s a long way from Tokyo to Orange, but Elina Yasumoto is right at home in the Colour City.

She discovered her own appreciation for the subtle joys of rural life while working at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Mackay. “I just love being around nature, everything is so fresh and relaxed in the country,” she said enthusiastically.

Elina moved from Mosman in Sydney’s eastern suburbs this year for a piano teaching position with the Orange Conservatorium but, despite also having a young child in tow at the rehearsal, volunteered for the role with the Choir.

“I work at the Conservatorium, but the position is unpaid, that is not the object of the choir. It’s the sense of community.”

She added though that it’s not all hard-work and sacrifice — her favourite music is that of German baroque composer, Johann Sebastian Bach — and enjoys the musical program offered by the choir.

“They have a really good repertoire, and I think they’re a lovely group of people, very passionate and committed,” she said. “I have also never worked with an all-male choir before so that is very

Appointment of new conductor, Philip Rees, also represents next phase for the Choir which has had only six previous conductors in its near 100-year history.

It was Philip’s life-long love of music that ultimately brought him to the Orange Male Voice Choir which was established in 1926.

His musical passion was ignited when Philip was only eight after he received his first piano and brass lesson, and his parents were given a complete recorded performance of Handel’s “Messiah”.

Known for many years as the “Rowland Gregory Orpheus singers”, the Orange Male Voice Choir originally had strong links to the local Methodist Church but now welcomes all comers. “We’re now the Orange Male Voice Choir, we returned the group to its original name,” Secretary David Woodside said.

Since then, he can’t recall a time of not wanting to be a musician and has spent his entire working life involved in music education and performance.

He explained that Rowland Gregory had been the founding conductor of the group from 1926 until 1970 with the name “Orpheus” coming from the Greek God of Music.

While the singing group is restricted to men, Elina’s appointment was nothing out of the ordinary for the Choir: “Not at all, we’ve had mostly female accompanists over the years,” David said.

As the musical director of the Central Coast Philharmonic, he conducted many major works of the choral tradition, as well as a number of Australian premiere performances of works by Christopher Tin, (Calling All Dawns) Karl Jenkins, (Joy to the World) John Rutter (Feel the Spirit) and Alexander Lestrange (Zimbe and Ahoy).

After a series of false starts, this is the comeback year for the Choir after being put out to pasture during the COVID-hit 2020.

He was the chorus master for Central Coast Opera productions of the “Magic Flute” (2016), “Carmen” (2017) and “La Bohème” (2018).

“We didn’t perform at all last year,” President David Kennedy said.

“We were shut down in March. We tried some ZOOM rehearsals, but there were some issues so, in about July, we suspended all activities,” he added.

Philip moved to the central west in 2019 and teaches brass and piano at the Conservatorium and is also conductor of the City of Orange Brass Band while also participating in music programs at various local schools. He was appointed Conductor for the Orange Male Voice Choir in mid-2020 and, in 2010, was awarded an OAM for services to music.

The gradual easing of restrictions saw outside rehearsals for the group start again in February with full, indoor rehearsals now back-

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on. “We’ve been doing those for about six weeks now, so it’s good to be back,” David said.

Highlights of her solo career include performing as concerto soloist for George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on Channel Ten; winning Best Performance of the Music of Bach at the 2010 Australian National Piano Award; and performing as concerto soloist for Rachmaninoff’s “Third Piano Concerto” with Orchestra Victoria. Elina also won second prize at the 2010 Australian National Piano Award.

“I really enjoy life here…. I wouldn’t say ‘I like keeping busy all the time’, I don’t think anyone wants that. But I like to think I have a balanced life,” she explained.

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Appointment of conductor, Philip Rees represents a new phase for Orange Male Voice Choir which has only had six previous conductors in its near 100-year history.

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Born in the 10 million population Japanese megacity, Elina — the new piano accompanist for the Orange Male Voice Choir — has, however, developed a taste for the slower pace of life in the bush.

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Love of fishing for Digger who served his country Arthur Robertson loved fishing.

Lynette Luxford with her father’s service medals and other mementos including a signed handkerchief by the men (inset) from his training group at Tamworth during World War II. Anzac Day 2021 will mark exactly 80 years to the day during World War II that Arthur embarked to the Middle East as a medic with the Australian forces battling Erwin Rommel’s famed Afrika Korps in Libya and Egypt.

Arthur Henry George Robertson was one of the so-called “Hero Generation” — born in the early days of World War I, he and his six brothers never hesitated to sign-up barely two-decades later to defend Australia.

Fred Clarke’s (manufacturer), and they couldn’t decide how he got the dust on his lungs, but he would never take days off work.

Training at Tamworth in 1941, his daughter Lynette wants to chase-up any relatives of the dozens of men who signed his army handkerchief as a memento from that time.

“He was only a little man —five foot five, 125 pounds in his army book — but they were all larrikins, they all signed-up, and they all came back,” Lynette said.

But her father’s love of throwing a line is the one thing she remembers most about him. “He was a fisherman, he loved fishing.

Her father was posted overseas with the 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital (AGH) as a medic embarking from Sydney on Anzac Day, 1941.

One of Lynette’s mementos from her father includes a khaki army handkerchief signed by the soldiers he did his training with at Tamworth with the date, “March 26, 1941” and dozens of names ranging from “Kidd”, “Forbes”, “Frankel”, “Morton”, “Ryan”, “Starkey”, and “Bray”.

“I grew up in Marrickville (inner-western Sydney), and he’d get on his pushbike in the dark, and he’d go down to the Cook’s River and come back and he’d cook-up all the fish, while it was still dark, before we got up.

“He was over there for nearly two years, and he sent my mother a unit Christmas card from December 1942 saying: ‘We’ve got mud up to our knees, we’ve been covered in mud for five days, but it’s laughs and smiles all-round…wear a big smile for Christmas’.”

“I’ve got photos of him with fish he had caught, my grandmother had a place at Davistown (Central Coast), he’d hire a boat and go out and come back with flathead that big,” she said, indicating with her arms wide.

“He also used to hop in one of the trawlers and go out of Sydney Heads, he once came back with two crabs that were so big, they filled the bath,” she laughed.

Returning from the war with indifferent health, his time in the desert left a lasting legacy, however. “He used to go in the Anzac marches when he was younger, but he got very sick and couldn’t go.

“They were treating him for an ulcer, Mum tried very hard to get him a war pension, but he was working as a metal polisher with

“He only smoked occasionally… but he died of lung cancer when he was only 51,” Lynette said.

“I’d love to meet someone whose father or grandfather signed the handkerchief, who trained with him, that would be great.”

Lynette comes from a family of service with her grandfather killed at Passchendaele on the western front during World War I, and her father’s cousin, James William Law falling at Tobruk in August 1941.

Her son’s mate, Luke Worsley, also died at Afghanistan in November 2007. Despite all this, she says we all have much to be grateful for this Anzac Day, 2021.

“It’s 80 years this Anzac Day since my Dad was on the ship heading-out — ‘April 25, 1941’ — it’s incredible when you think of it.

Do you know, some of them were only kids?” Lynette said.

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by Ned Gambling and Crows “It’s a dead cert, it can’t lose,” said my cousin a veteran gambler of 14 with a couple of wins under his belt. Gullible me aged eight was conned into raiding my money box and putting my seventeen shillings and sixpence into his gamble. As you probably realise it lost. It turned out to be the best bet I ever made. It was the first and last.

I tell a lie, later in life when I was a Jackeroo in central Queensland, our first trip into town in three weeks there was a local race meeting, at the meeting I fell among friends and what with the fog and the grog, I placed an ‘each way’ bet on a short odds favourite with Shaw Todds the bookie. Now any punter will tell you it was a dumb thing to do as no matter where he ran, I still lost. As a matter of interest, he ran fourth.

My only other foray into gambling was at the Hobart Casino. We played a lot of Blackjack in the camp for fun, and I considered myself a pretty good player. I decided to show the city slickers how it was done. I won, only lost seven dollars which playing

against a Casino, I considered a good result.

Now how’s that for a whinge.

The family always told me that gambling was dumb, but I had to find out for myself – they were right!

Recently I had occasion to attend our local Emergency Department the local hospital, never before have I had such wonderful care and attention, no rock was left unturned until the problem was found (minor only). The staff were unbelievably cheerful and helpful.

As I grow older, I realise that our wonderful country has a problem. We have on one hand the vast silent majority of hard-working Aussies whose main concern is to have a good life. We live comfortably with the laws and morality developed and honed over thousands of years – that is my Australia.

Then we have a noisy small minority who are the present-day Vandals and Goths of history. Their main concern is to destroy. Whereas the Vandals of old, destroyed crops and villages the present-day Vandals attack our morality and justice and our way of living.

If they are pulled into gear they cry, “Mama Mama, look at what he is doing to me.” Our leaders instead of saying, “Go away and don’t be so silly,” take notice of these people. I think they exist because of our inbuilt good nature which they turn against us.

In the Riverina there was recently a noticeable increase in the number of crows killed on the roads.

The problem was given to the Roads Department who could not find an answer; it was then given to the CSIRO who found by examination of beaker and feathers minor traces of paint – 95% from motor bikes and 5% from cars. I was given to a Bird Behavioural Scientist who came up with the following.

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Democratisation of our power grid is the next big leap in energy policy, Jane Lawrence believes.

by households and small businesses could be channeled back into the community, which, in these Covid times, is not a bad thing!”, she said.

The Energy Democracy co-operative model of community energy allows those without a suitable roof to effectively own their own generation, she said.

Establishment of a five-megawatt Orange Community Renewable Energy Park north of Orange latter this year is the chance for mum-and dad investors to get on board this phenomenon, she said.

Ms Hook said that membership of the cooperative is open to anyone in the Central West NSW region wanting access to cheaper, cleaner energy, whether they be tenants or homeowners.

The Energy Democracy Central West NSW Co-operative has been established to own up to 44 per cent of the solar power park, with majority shareholding by an investment company underwriting the project.

Small business owners and farmers can also join the co-op, supporting the local economy while also demonstrating their green credentials to an increasingly climate-aware customer base.

Energy Democracy actively supports members to use energy more-efficiently and to reduce their carbon footprint.

“Energy democracy cooperatives like ours are an ownership model that hook into and help create resilient communities,” she said.

“Normally, the community can’t get into the energy space, this allows them to be part of that area of the market.”

She added that the park will go ahead regardless of the number of locals who choose to invest in the project. “It’s a sure thing, we received $3.5 million from the Renewable Energy grant Fund so it will go ahead.

“But energy democracies are its reasons for being, to help people to make choices for renewable energies,” Ms Lawrence added.

The site for the solar farm six kilometres northwest of Orange is intentional she said: “It is Energy Democracy policy to find marginal country noone wants for other purposes.”

Ms Lawrence said that building of the park starts in about July–August with the project designed to lower greenhouse gas emissions to help Australia reach its international climate change targets.

“It’s about better energy use, it’s a mid-term game but people really need to subscribe

Hitching a ride to the future of our energy needs: Democratisation of our power grid is the next big leap in energy policy, Jane Lawrence believes. themselves to get on board,” she said.

At the moment, she said, Orange is behind the national average of solar installations with just 20 per cent of homes having solar power.

The co-op is now seeking members to purchase parcels of shares equating to 2.5kW of the solar panels and 2.5kWh battery storage for $4995 per parcel.

At $4.5 million in shares, the Orange project will be the largest subscription for a communityowned clean energy project in Australia.

Octopus Investments Aust Pty Ltd is the managing entity for the fund that will own the

majority of shares in the Orange Community Renewable Energy Park.

Ms Lawrence said that, if the co-operative is unable to fully subscribe its entitlement, the underwriters, Octopus Investments will increase its stake.

The energy saved is sold in the market at best price on behalf of the members, so they are actively incentivised to reduce their usage.

Energy Democracy said that they act as the members’ retailer, responsible also for ensuring members’ energy is topped-up at the best price.

Improving energy security and reducing energy poverty are key outcomes for the organisation.

Up to 917 parcels of shares are available to be sold by the co-operative. Members may apply to purchase more than one parcel. Parents could purchase shares for their children living in the region or vice versa.

Chair of the co-operative, local businesswoman Kate Hook, says this is an important and limited opportunity for the community to benefit from clean, locally-generated energy.

Each parcel of shares is estimated to meet approximately half the average consumer’s energy needs. Potential members can provide their last 12 months’ energy bills to Energy Democracy to confirm the level of savings and estimated payback period.

“It seems unfair that one has to own a suitable roof to be able to get cheaper electricity. If everyone had equitable access, the savings made

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NEW SPECIAL NEEDS HOME DESIGNED BY OWN CLIENTS Soon-to-be-constructed special needs home at north Orange is the future of disability accommodation — Westhaven services believes.

The four-bedroom home is unique in that it has not only been designed for those with special needs, but by those with the same disabilities that it aims to service.

The home will be the second-ever built of this new model for special accommodation in the region in a special collaboration with Excelsior Housing Services.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd and Westhaven’s CEO, Andrew Everett recently turned the first sod — and threw the first

Sod-turning (and dirttossing!) at the dedication of a new type of special accommodation for the disabled in north Orange.

Westhaven’s CEO, Andrew Everett; General Manager of Adult Disability Services, Penny Gibbs; and Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd.

shovelful — of soil for the Brown Street project.

“Group homes were the old way of delivering services, with this home, you won’t be able to tell the difference from the outside from any other house on the street,” Penny Gibbs, General Manager of Adult Disability Services with Westhaven said.

“There will be improved liveability in this house that has been purpose-built for its clients,” she added. “It will feature individualised care for each of its residents.”

improved liveability to those who live with disability and will allow greater independence and quality of life for people to live while being supported in their homes,” Ms Gibbs explained.

model supports choice and control through ensuring better housing outcomes for people with a disability while providing social impact investment for investors,” Mr Everett said.

Clients with disabilities had played a central role in its unique design, Mr Everett added. “It’s been purpose-designed with both architects and people with disabilities.

Cr Kidd said that the project represented: “a great partnership that Westhaven has taken on with Excelsior. it’s unique in that the people who are going to live here have had input into the accommodation.”

Westhaven — in its partnership with Excelsior Housing Services — will begin the construction of the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) home in June with tenants moving in by early next year.

He said that this “co-design process” will provide a facility that is “sector-leading in what is a disability home. It will be an exceptional place to live.”

“SDA properties delivers more options for

“Excelsior Housing Services has taken an innovative approach through co-design input from architects, participants, and Westhaven staff about what makes a great home.

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With an Investment pipeline of several million dollars in new property development in the next 18 months, the Orange sod-turning is the first of nine new homes to be built in the region, about half of which will be located in Orange.

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It’s time to check your fridge and pantry to make your own sensational Buddha Bowl.

Experiment with new colour, flavour, and texture balances.

The Buddha Bowl at LiveBetter’s Café Connect

•H ave your deep bowl and freshly washed cold produce and cooked choice of starch ready

•P lace a handful of baby rocket leaves at the base •P repare your cherry tomatoes - slice about four or five in half and place in a clump in the bowl

•C ut a small section of a Lebanese cucumber into medallions, then in half, and place into the bowl

The protein-packed Buddha Bowl is the top-selling dish served at LiveBetter’s Café Connect in Orange.

While Café Connect Chef, Jamie Stewart has been making them for almost a decade, it was US TV cook Martha Stewart (no relation if you were wondering) who coined the term in 2013.

Originally, Buddha Bowls were vegan or vegetarian options featuring salad vegies with a starch such as brown rice, quinoa, and non-meat protein, such as beans or tofu. They’re beautifully nutritionally balanced comprising a quarter carbohydrate, a quarter protein and the rest vegetables and fruits. Those proportions tick the box for Harvard University’s ‘Healthy Eating Plate’, by the way.

“It’s always a riot of colour, and to make those ingredients work, you add a bitter dressing to help with digestion,” says Jamie.

“It’s important to leave the mixing to the person who’s going to eat it. That way, they’re creating their own flavour combos on their forks.”

Jamie says the ingredients have changed a lot over the years, but the concept is the same. There’ll always be lots of green produce, which are high in antioxidants, and usually, there are edamame beans (baby soybeans).

“You can level it up with kimchi [a spicy Korean pickle], turmeric-roasted cauliflower, or a dressing to really make it sing. At Café Connect, we make tahini, maple syrup dressing with a touch of apple cider vinegar to add that important bitter note.”

The most popular variation at Café Connect includes chunks of steamed skinless chicken breast.

Traditionally, Buddha Bowls are served cold, but with the colder months upon us, give your bowl’s ingredients their own spin and add some warm ingredients. These may include roasted vegies, a fried egg, and experiment with different grains.

Café Connect is a three-year-old social-enterprise that offers work placement and paid work opportunities to diverse people. You’ll find it at 107 Prince Street, Orange, and it opens business days from 8am to 2:30pm. Check it out for eat-in, takeaway, or catering.

Café Connect is part of a community Connection Hub run by LiveBetter, an innovative aged and disability services organisation focused on the unique needs of regional Australians.

•R ed onions are next - slice lengthwise and add as much as you like

•A dd half a cup of cooked starch - Jamie uses a mix of brown rice and cooked quinoa to give an extra nuttiness •S lice half an avocado into strips and splay them out a little towards the side of the bowl

•W arm up some edamame beans before adding them as a small pile

•C ut the cooked chicken thinly and place them on top of the food •M ake the dressing and put on just before you tuck in. To make enough to serve for two bowls, use maple syrup, tahini, and some apple cider vinegar – quantities to taste so make sure you taste as you go

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FEDERAL MEMBER FOR CALARE RUNS ON THE BOARD FOR ORANGE √ $29.8 million for the Dixons Long Point Crossing development √ $22 million for the CSU medical school √ $3.454 million for a new four-lane bridge and road upgrades over the Orange to Dubbo railway line √ $19 million for the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health √ $2 million for the Forest Road Bridge duplication √ $18 million for a world-class health research facility √ $650,000 for a new hall at Orange Christian School √ $14.7 million for Mission Australia’s Benjamin Short Grove Aged Care facility √ $100,000 for new stadium seating at Wade Park √ $3 million for a second radiotherapy unit at Orange Health Service

Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme Extended!

I have good news to share that will see money once again start flowing to our farmers working to ensure the long term viability of their properties.

After strongly campaigning on behalf of our farming communities, the Coalition Government has been able to secure a commitment from the NSW State Government to join with the Commonwealth Government in funding the much needed On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure.

What’s more, we have been able to secure funding for the program going into the 2021/22 financial year, so even more farmers who need support installing drought resilience infrastructure get the opportunity to do so.

This money means bores, dams and pipes on farms in the Central West and across NSW so that farmers are better prepared for drought events.

This is great news for all drought affected farmers and for the communities they support.

The Coalition Government announced an extra $50 million in October last year to the successful and popular Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme (EWIRS).

This scheme, initiated by the Federal Government, proved extremely popular in assisting farmers to make their properties more drought-resilient.

While it was funded by the Federal Government, it was managed by the state government, which allowed the program to be heavily oversubscribed and left many farmers out of pocket.

This is something I believe was extremely unfair on farmers who applied for this grant in good faith were approved, but then were not funded.

However, local farmers who have already invested money in good faith will now be prioritised to receive the subsidy, and the NSW Government contributing 50-50 with the Commonwealth to future approved projects.

It’s a pity our farmers have had to wait six months for their state government to commit to the scheme, so they can start work on new projects, but the important thing now is that money will once again be flowing.

It is anticipated that the program will open shortly once negotiations with the State Government have concluded and I encourage any eligible applicants to apply.

For more information on the rebate visit the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment website

Welcome to the French Ambassador

VALE LION JOHN PRITCHARD

It was wonderful to welcome the French Ambassador, Jean-Pierre Thebault to Orange on the weekend.

I took him to the Peacock Room at the Oriana Hotel, where we caught up with proprieter, Espen Harbitz.

√ $15,000 for a new hydrotherapy spa at Anson Street School √ $1.42 million for an upgrade of Clergate Road √ $8,000,000 for an investigation of fast rail from Syd Parkes √ $2,000,000 for Stage 4 of Southern Feeder Road project √ $1,243,593 for new contemporary and flexible learning spaces at St Mary’s Catholic School

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Racing is back!

It was terrific to see racing back at Towac Park in Orange on Friday!

Well done Racing Orange!

√ $1,200,000 for CCTV in Orange, Bathurst and Wellington √ $1,118,979 for The Orchard crisis accommodation centre $2,000,000 for local projects under the Drought Communities Program $720,809 for local road upgrades in Orange

Andrew with the Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud MP, and orchardists Gaeta & Sons, after the Emergency Water Rebate was extended to horticulture and wine production.

Last week Orange said a very sad farewell to one of it’s most loved community workers, John Pritchard.

John was well known to many in the community, for the large number of causes and people he supported and helped through the decades.

John was a very successful local business person, who ran a number of local enterprises, including the Empire Dry Cleaners and a confectionary distribution business.

Besides his economic contribution to our city, he also gave a huge amount of time and effort to community organisations.

His life of community service started with the Orange Public School P&C and extended to the Lions Club of Orange. John was an extraordinarily dedicated Lions Club member who, along with other Lions Members, was instrumental in championing many key community projects, including the Orange Driver Reviver site. His community service extended to many other community organisations, including support for those with heart conditions. John was a kind and decent man and I was very proud to call him my friend. He made an indelible contribution to this city and it’s sense of community.

At his funeral service it was standing room only, which reflected the high regard in which he was held by all who knew him. While it was an extremely sad occasion, all present were grateful that we had known a man of such calibre, sharing his friendship with us and working for our community.

My sincere condolences to John’s wife Lyn, his family, and his many friends.

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OPEN DAY WITH ORANGE TAXI CABS This Friday, April 23 at the Orange Central Square shopping centre near K-Mart from 10am –1pm

Cabbie Open Day offers you freedom of the road Sick of the nine-to-five and love seeing your city while on the move?

Chairman of O range Taxi CoOp Ged Dening Andrew Nagor with driver, nov. Orange Cit y Cabs are alw for more driver ays looking s with an open day this Friday Orange Central in the Square.

Orange Taxi Cabs are holding an open day to encourage new drivers and to explain the unique benefits of being a cabbie.

nights when it’s busy, but, as they say, ‘you can’t run a business for one night of the week’,” he said.

The event is this Friday, April 23 at the Orange Central Square shopping centre near K-Mart from about 10–1pm with a range of drivers able to explain the job to likely candidates.

Cabbies, as most people are probably aware, are divided into two categories. There are “owners” and “drivers”. Owners are small business operators who own not just the physical vehicle that is the taxi but, more importantly, the “plates”, the special taxi-cab licence plates that allow operators to run a service in NSW.

“It’s a ‘come and meet taxi-drivers event’ with the aim of exploding the myths of being a taxi-driver,” Chairman of the Orange Taxi Council, Ged Dening explained. “There’ll be a number of taxi-owners there and they can answer all their questions.”

business, the longer and harder you work, the more you can make.

“On a Saturday night, a driver may look at the opportunity to earn about $300,” Ged explained.

Another benefit of the job is that drivers get to work around other commitments in their lives, and they can be up-and running (and earning) in a relatively-short period of time.

“Drivers” are contractors who work, normally at night, for individual owners receiving an agreed 50 per cent of the takings for the shift that can go for up to 12 hours at a stint.

“Say a couple of weeks. They need to get their police check done in Sydney to ensure that they are allowed to drive. They then do a few shifts around with other drivers, learn how to operate the computers and meters and such, and then a written test,” he said.

The Co-op is always looking for more drivers, especially for the disabled cab that provides such a valuable service to hundreds of locals with special needs in the community.

“There’s always a shortage of drivers, we’re always looking for more. We could do with another 20 right at the moment” Ged said.

“Anyone who is at all interested, we provide all training to get you to wheelchair taxi driver-certified. We’ve got two disabled cabs and we ideally like to have them on the road,” Ged said.

The work is flexible, interesting, and you get to meet a wide variety of people as well as having a first-hand look at what’s going-on around your home-town.

“That goes particularly for the disabled cab, it’s a vital service and we’re always looking for more drivers to keep it on the road,” he added.

Driver Andrew Nagornov likes driving well-enough: “Most people are pretty good,” he said.

“We’ve always got room for more drivers, we can cover most

One great benefit of cab-driving is that it is an incentive-based

Interested? Come along to the event this Friday at the Orange Central Square or contact Ged on 6362 1333.

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Lords Place racket is start of new “Future”

It’s a mess to be sure, but it’s all in a good cause — our Future City!

We’re talking about the current Lord Place carve-up with graders, trucks, bobcats, jack-hammers, and concrete saws making an unholy racket as they install a new underground water mains system — before the big work begins later this year.

Orange City Council recently awarded the contract to deliver the major upgrade to local construction company, Awcon. The contract — that also includes new works on Byng St — is worth about $1.3 million and is the largest single component of the FutureCity upgrade of the two blocks.

The two streets are being transformed into a more pedestrianfriendly area to increase foot traffic and deliver an economic boost to the central business district.

The work in Lords Place is likely to take about six months and will include the traditional dark-coloured asphalt footpaths alongside Robertson Park being replaced with concrete footpaths that will be tinted to a darker colour, to blend with the heritage features of the park.

environment. These structures also stop tree roots from impacting roads, footpaths, and underground stormwater systems.

Byng Street will also receive new concrete footpaths on both sides.

The northern side footpath in front of the Civic Centre and theatre will be the same as the pebble footpath at the front of the visitor’s centre and library.

After further consultation with Council staff, local businesses and taxi operators, the taxi rank will remain in Lords Place rather than being moved to Summer Street, as initially proposed. Plans for two extra disabled parking spaces in the taxi rank will also not go ahead.

Two trees in Lords Place which are either struggling or misshapen will be removed including one London Plane tree at the southern end of the taxi rank than has become unbalanced because of nearby trees. An Elm in the roadway at the northern end of the block is also showing signs of stress and is to be removed.

The two ‘top’ taxi spaces at the southern end of the rank will be raised to be level with the footpath for the convenience of disabled and elderly passengers.

New trees on the block will be planted in large, underground celltype structures to give the trees more room to grow in a healthier

NOTICE OF 49TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 49TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ORANGE EX-SERVICES’ CLUB LIMITED WILL BE HELD IN THE CORAL SEA ROOM OF THE CLUB AT 231 – 243 ANSON STREET ORANGE ON WEDNESDAY 5 MAY 2021 AT 6.30PM.

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To receive the Minutes of the 48th Annual General Meeting of the Club held on Wednesday 29th July 2020.

To receive and consider the: a. Financial Report; b. Directors’ Report; and c. Auditor’s Report for the year ended 31st December 2020.

To consider and if thought fit pass Ordinary Resolutions as set out in Note 1. (See Club’s website for details) Returning Officer to declare the results of the election of directors in accordance with Rule 25 of the Constitution.

The upgrade also includes changing the Lords Place/Byng Street roundabout from two lanes to one lane. The change will happen by increasing the size of the middle section of the roundabout.

During construction phase, it’s expected the streets will be open, under traffic control for the majority of the work. Depending on the weather, it’s planned that the upgrades would be completed

by October.

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Nursing Mothers reunion

s for old comrades in arm

Certain camaraderie exists between those who have been involved in a special interest, cause, or movement.

This is especially so if the issue is one not generally supported by the majority in our society.

Founder of the local Nursing Mother’s Association group in Orange, Beryl Jackson is organising a get-together of her old comradesin-arms from the district. Anyone who were members or who supported the local group and its aims, is invited!

Beryl founded the local Nursing Mothers group in Orange in the mid-1970s to promote the

nder nch Fou s. This you? tion Bra ia c o s s s-in-arm Members an A e other’s d supporters comrad M ld g o in e s e r s of the local N u M ot N to he l r a r’s e c As o th sociation grou L e ursing g to te g p in Orange ckson, event to cele are invited to Beryl Ja brate the grou a special p.

benefits of breast-feeding babies at a time when it was against the advice of most doctors and maternity and infant nurses.

The local group has run successfully for a number of years helping hundreds of new mothers learn the benefits of “breast is best” — now an unchallenged medical fact.

Mother’s milk — it is now widely-acknowledged — provides a range of benefits for babies from immunity to a number of infectious diseases; better mother-baby bonding; lower obesity rates in later life; and complex acids that aid in brain development.

But for Beryl, it wasn’t always so. Before joining the Nursing Mothers’ in 1968 — forming the local branch in 1974 — breastfeeding was actively-

discouraged by doctors, pharmacists, child-care nurses, and the community.

Breast-milk was too watery; didn’t provide enough nutrients; babies didn’t “thrive” or put on enough weight; they wouldn’t sleep during the night… men would no longer find their wives attractive — these were only some of the arguments used to support “scientific” bottlefeeding.

“When my babies were born in the 1960s, there was so much opposition to breastfeeding… I gave-up and was very upset, depressed and heartbroken,” she said.

But by the late 1960s, the times, as they say, were a’changing.

She had read in a women’s magazine about a

group that supported mother’s efforts — against almost the whole medical establishment and pharmaceutical industry — to nurse their own babies as long and as often as they wanted.

Beryl then decided to start a local group in 1974 with the help of Greg Hayes and Wendy Grey — a social worker at the then-Orange Base Hospital.

“And we couldn’t believe it; 20 young mothersto-be came along and joined-up, we were so pleased,” she said.

“But, of course, like all the groups, we had to name ourselves ‘Nursing Mothers’ because you simply weren’t able to use the term ‘breast’,” she giggles. The organisation — which still has a local group operating — is now known as the “Australian Breastfeeding Association” — ABA.

Anyone interested in attending the event, can contact Debbie McKeown on 6362 2632, mob. 0449 202 936. Email: mckeowndebbie05@gmail.com

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FutureCity construction project awarded to local firm Orange City Council has awarded the contract to deliver a major upgrade of Lords Place and Byng St to a locallyowned construction company.

Orange firm Awcon Pty Ltd was awarded the contract worth about $1.3 million, the largest single component of the FutureCity upgrade of the two blocks.

With Awcon expected to start work on-site later this month, Orange City Council crews have already begun preparation work, including installing a new underground water main.

The two streets are being transformed into a more pedestrian friendly area to increase foot traffic and deliver an economic boost to the central business district.

There’s been a number of changes to the initial designs, and Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said the construction phase would take about six months.

“As with any major upgrade that’s worth doing there will be inconvenience but we’re aiming to keep it to a minimum,” Cr Kidd said. “We’re putting in new footpaths and re-surfacing the road and adding new wider median strips which will mean access will be restricted at times.”

While the water main is being installed now, the major upgrade begins after ANZAC Day with new kerb and guttering on both sides of Lords Place. This will be followed by new concrete footpaths on both sides.

The key changes to the earlier designs for Lords Place, released in February, are: Leaving the Taxi rank in its current location, instead of moving it to Sumer St. Moving a new pedestrian crossing to new mid-block location.

A new wider median strip will be the centrepiece of the two streets. In Lords Place the (2.6 metre wide) median will be planted with advanced new trees, while in Byng St the (2.7 metre wide) median strip will include a low-level garden.

Footpaths The traditional dark-coloured asphalt footpaths alongside Robertson Park will be replaced with concrete footpaths that will be tinted to a darker colour, to blend with the heritage features of the park.

Byng Street will also receive new concrete footpaths on both sides. The northern side footpath in front of the Civic Centre and theatre will be the same as the pebble

BRIEFS: — The next Orange City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday May 4, 2021.

BYNG ST: The FutureCity upgrade of Byng St will new footpath and road surfaces.

PLANS: The latest design for Lords Place sees the taxi rank stay in its current position and a new pedestrian crossing positioned in the middle of the block

footpath at the front of the visitors centre and library.

Trees in Lords Place Robertson Park is the back drop for the trees in this block. The design doesn’t change any trees in the park.

The overall number of street trees in that block of Lords Place will increase including plantings in a new wider median strip. While seven trees will be removed, 14 will be planted.

Two trees which are either struggling or mis-shapen will be removed. One Plane tree at the southern end of the taxi rank is unbalanced because of nearby trees. An Elm in the roadway at the northern end of the block is also showing signs of stress and is to be removed.

“If anything, these two changes will be good for the canopy of trees in the park, which will continue to extend over the footpath and the roadway,” Cr Reg Kidd said.

“On the western side of the road there are five trees which are of different species and different heights that have been added at different times over the years.

There’s a lack of consistency as you look along these trees which don’t actually make a row. They will be removed.”

All new trees will be will be planted in large, underground cell type structures, which give the tree more room to grow in a healthier environment. These structures also stop tree roots from impacting roads, footpaths and underground stormwater systems.

It’s expected the trees will removed in the coming days ahead of the start of work.

Roundabout changes The upgrade also includes changing the Lords Place – Byng Street roundabout from two lanes to one lane.

The change will happen by increasing the size of the middle section of the roundabout.

Orange City Council’s Infrastructure Policy Committee

Chair Jeff Whitton said the reduction in lanes was part of the aim to create a more pedestrian friendly CBD. “It’s well documented that reducing roundabouts to one-lane is far safer for both pedestrians and drivers,” Cr Whitton said. “This reduces the chances of a collision considerably and has only a small impact on the flow of traffic.

“The CBD should be a destination, not a thoroughfare.

Anyone wanting to go from one end of the city to the other would be encouraged to use alternate routes rather than driving straight through a pedestrian-friendly shopping precinct.”

Taxi Rank After further consultation with Council staff, local businesses and taxi operators, the taxi rank will remain in Lords Place rather than being moved to Summer Street, as initially proposed.

Plans for two extra disabled parking spaces in the taxi rank will not go ahead.

The two ‘top’ taxi spaces at the southern end of the rank will be raised to be level with the footpath for the convenience of disabled and elderly passengers.

After consultation with business owners in the area, a turning lane for south bound traffic into the Mid-City Motor Lodge has been included in the design.

During the construction phase, it’s expected the streets will be open, under traffic control for the majority of the work. Intermittent road closures will be kept to a minimum.

Businesses owners in the area have been in consultation with Council staff about the upgrade for several months and attended a forum last week. Depending on the weather, it’s planned that the upgrades would be completed by October.

FAQs: Q: What are the arrangements for ANZAC Day this year?

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Million dollar upgrade of Wakeford St/ Lone Pine Avenue has begun Work on a major upgrade of Lone Pine Avenue and Wakeford Street, worth $1.4 million has begun (on Monday 19 April).

The 950 metre-long section of work is expected to take around five weeks to complete, depending on the weather. The cost of the project is shared by the NSW Government’s Fixing Local Roads Program ($1.05 million) and Orange City Council ($350K).

Orange mayor Reg Kidd said the technique used in the rehabilitation of the road was a first for Orange.

“This particular section of road pavement is challenging to rebuild” Cr Kidd said.

“The road has been repaired in the past and the old original road materials are just not adequate to cater for the increased traffic using the road.

“The upgrade work will be done using a combination of foundation improvements, recycling and strengthening of the existing road materials and surfacing with new asphalt.

“The recycling and strengthening process being

used is foamed bitumen stabilisation. Foamed bitumen stabilisation is a road construction technique where hot bitumen is used to bind the existing gravels. This is an innovative, costeffective process which enables Council to recycle everything in the existing road, rather than ripping it up, taking it away and replacing it with expensive new materials.

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“The site conditions for this project mean that this process is particularly suitable and cost effective when compared to other methods and projects.”

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Orange City Council has contacted the Cemetery, the Crematorium nearby residents and the school to work with them on completing the project with as minimal disruption to mourners, school bus routes and residents as possible.

“This is a large scale upgrade of the road from the Icely Road roundabout to the Mitchell Highway so there will be a level of inconvenience for everyone who lives on, and uses that street,” Cr Whitton said.

Orange City Council’s Infrastructure Policy Committee Chair Jeff Whitton said contractors would make sure the road was accessible for funeral services and cemetery visitors, school drop off and pick up times so buses had access to the Wakeford Street entrance of Canobolas Rural

“Work hours will be between 7am and 5pm, with a couple of night shifts to complete work on the southern end of the street, near the Mitchell Highway. No night work is planned close to residences.

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“We’re asking people not to park on the street

during work hours, but cars may be left out the front of residences overnight.

“The road will be open most of the time, subject to traffic control. There will be intermittent periods where sections may need to be closed but residents will be able to come and go from their properties, but at times may need to wait a few minutes while machinery moves past.

“I’d like to thank everyone in advance for their patience during this work and encourage anyone who has concerns to contact Council and staff will help as best they can.”

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Trang is certainly not short of ambition and has the work ethic to see her dreams through.

From small beginnings selling Vietnamese jerky at local markets, Trang has invested in her own food truck, opened a Summer Street restaurant, and also operates a thriving business in the Orange City Centre Food Court.

Not one to sit still, she has rebranded her Summer Street store Trang’s Kitchen (formerly Trang Hue) and expanded the menu offerings and extended trading hours to give Orange a taste of the food from her hometown near the city of Hue. “Everywhere in Vietnam the food is similar, but some like the food sweeter, some like it lighter, but I think Hue and Hoi An do the best food in Vietnam!” said Trang, whose menu is especially suitable for sharing.

“In Vietnam we usually sit down and eat

(The good news is that sauce will soon be available to purchase alongside Trang’s existing range of delicious, jarred sauces for the home cook.)

“Chicken lemongrass — a lot of people order that one — lemongrass with beef, lemongrass with pork, grilled pork chop with rice, the steamed pork belly and crispy pork are popular too, and a lot of people love our papaya salad, so we have a lot of options,” said Trang.

Orange Electrical Works quickly expanded to establish a branch in Bathurst in 1925. In that same year Michael Sanifer left the business.

In Orange, the business added appliance and auto electrical repairs to their services and later refrigeration and air-conditioning.

The outbreak of World War II, saw a number of staff members leave to join the war effort and caused work to dry up, but business boomed in the following decades. They relocated their premises to the corner of Summer and Sale Streets, opening a retail shop front with a workshop out back. The shop remained open until 1972, with the workshop remaining until 1981 when the business relocated to its current address at Barrett Court.

OB Green died in the 1962, and the Managing Director role passed to his son John, who was David Boulton’s first boss “I started as an apprentice in 71 and I’m still here 50 years on! I worked with John for nearly 25 years, until he retired in 1995,” said David, who purchased the business off John with his wife Nerralie.

“They actually had them all working,” said David Boulton,

The ceiling, walls and floor of the octagonal room are fully mirrored and edged with blue LED lights, the effect being that the space appears to stretch into infinity in every direction.

John remained interested in the business until he passed away in 2016. He was very well respected in the industry and under his leadership Orange Electrical Works undertook a large amount of technical work around the state, including lift repairs, large air-conditioning systems and cool stores, power generation systems and much more.

The design of the room is based on the principles of sacred geometry, explains Juan-Pierre (JP) Rossouw, who with his partner Jessica Musto is the founder of Genesis Blu Wellness — the first Blu Room therapy treatment centre in Australia.

“We still do larger electrical work, lifts and escalator repairs and maintenance which are things other people don’t want to do, some commercial catering equipment repairs and inhome repairs and those sorts of things,” said David.

Small appliance repairs, once a large part of the business, are a thing of the past as it is no longer economical to do so.

“We saw the Blu Room overseas in the U.S and tried it out,” says Jessica.

"Solar installation and air condition are a major part of the business today," said David. And, just as the business has always adapted to changes in the past, Orange Electrical Works is always on the lookout for new business opportunities.

“We both liked our experiences and knew that technologies like these are the future of wellness so we thought wouldn’t it be great to open one in Australia?”

“We’ve just taken on the Solahart agency here in Orange for solar power and solar hot water systems,” he said.

With a license for the US-patented technology, JP and Jessica are now offering Blu Room therapy from their home which is set on tranquil grounds on the wooded slopes of Mount Canobolas.

“We can build on that, as it hasn’t been pushed a great deal in this area before… And air conditioning, we have bit of work in that area, there’s always demand for that and we just keep an eye out for electrical contracts that come out.”

“It is essentially a relaxation room,” says JP. “For Wellness, we believe the mind comes first and if you can fix the mind your body will follow. You know, if you are anxious, if you are stressed out it can negatively affect your

Here’s to a bright future!

Trang’s Kitchen is open for lunch Monday to Saturday, 11am - 3.00pm, and for dinner Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm - 10pm.

body. So the Blu Room helps you go into a relaxed state called the Theta State, giving your body the ultimate opportunity to heal itself.”

light that bathes you in the room.

Additionally, with the UVB Narrowband lights, the Blu Room assists with the production of Vitamin D, a commonly deficient vitamin which is well known by research, to be at the core of many ailments.

“It is different for everybody, but straight away there’s a calmness and you feel more relaxed after you come out, and if you can learn to relax and then hardwire that state of mind in your everyday life you will see the benefits.”

“A lot of people report that they feel like they are floating or feel a little more connected or more creative,” says JP.

Altogether the blue atmosphere of the Blu Room, a combination of frequency, music and light therapy, helps you relax and go into a deeper state of mind.

Bordering the Mount Canobolas State Recreation Area, high up on Old Canobolas Road, the location of Genesis Blu Wellness is itself a calming experience.

During each 20-minute session in the Blu Room, you remain fully clothed with eye protection and are exposed to controlled doses of UVB Narrowband light from lamps mounted on the walls. Initially the lights are on for just three minutes, with the exposure gradually increased over repeated visits.

Set in beautiful bushland, it is also the home of JP, Jessica and their daughter Maya and there is a welcoming, family feel to the place.

“This place became available and it is just perfect”, says the couple, who has bigger plans for the future of Genesis Blu Wellness. ”We want to incorporate the Blu Room with other wellness modalities.”

Sound from a speaker behind the bed fills the room during the session, insulating you from outside distractions. The music is chosen for its specific frequency range; in this instance ‘Clair de Lune,’ which seems particularly appropriate given the English translation of ‘Moonlight’ and the soft blue

The restaurant is BYO, but Trang’s Kitchen will soon be stocking a range of Vietnamese beers and serving local wines and cocktails.

“And I think vegetarians will find a lot of really good options here and vegans… Everyone who tries our caramelised soy eggplant and pepper need to get the sauce straight away! They beg me for jars for that sauce!”

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Founded by Oliver Bolam Green with Michael Sanifer, Orange Electrical Works actually preceded the arrival of electrical power to Orange homes and businesses by two years. In those early days, OB (as he was known) built and repaired batteries which were charged on kerosene generators, he also specialised in magneto repairs — magnetos then being vital for engine ignitions, telephones and early forms of electric lighting. OB also carried out a successful electroplating trade.

“They also had commercial electrical things like pumps and motors and there was a thing called ‘X-Ray lighting — nothing to do with x-rays, but X-Ray lighting was the thing to have in your shop windows. It brought out the true colours, so it said.”

The many ‘labour-saving’ devices electricity afforded were a big selling point at the time and Orange Electrical Works put on a special display at the 1923 Orange Show, demonstrating ‘For the Housewife” the benefits of electric irons, toasters, kettles, vacuum cleaners, dish and clothes washing machines.

“Trang’s special noodle is very nice. You have barbecue pork and chicken skewers and one spring roll with rice noodles and fresh salad — that’s our best seller at the moment, along with my fresh lemon juice! If you have a hangover, you’re tired, have our lemon juice and it will wake you up, it is very refreshing!”

If you do manage to look past the tasting plates, there is plenty to temp you in the rest of Trang’s extensive menu, from Vietnamese Pork Rib, Shaking Cube Beef, Caramelised Pork Belly to Bao Buns and Green Papaya Salad.

the current day Manager Director of Orange Electrical Works.

But with the arrival of reticulated power in 1923, the workload of Green and Sanifer grew as they busily wired homes and business for light and power — usually a light in (most) rooms and a single power point in the kitchen.

For those who struggle with indecision, Trang has her own recommendations on where people should start on the menu.

“What I wanted was to share my family dinner, get people to sit down and wrap themselves a delicious healthy dinner.”

Stepping inside the Blu Room is certainly unlike any experience you are likely to have had before.

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“Another new enterprise has sprung up in our midst,” reads the opening line of a story in the Orange Leader newspaper from 7 February 1921, “One that must appeal to everybody, and more especially to the coach building, motor and bicycle trade.”

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It’s rare that a business can boast 100 years of continual operation, but Orange Electrical Works celebrates that significant milestone this month.

International travel may be off the cards for 2021, but close your eyes at Trang’s Kitchen and let the tastes and aromas take you half a world away to the streets of Vietnam. together wrapping things in rice paper rolls.

So here you can get your share plate, get your rice paper roll, you wrap your chicken, your crispy pork belly, your salad, wrap everything together and do your own sauce.

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Trang’s Kitchen transports you to Vietnam “If you go to Trang’s Kitchen is like you are sent to Vietnam,” says the ever-enthusiastic Trang Le. “You have Pho from Hanoi, crispy pancakes from Hue, chicken lemongrass from Hue, spring rolls and rice paper rolls, which are everywhere in Vietnam!”

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“We may eventually open one in town so people on their lunch breaks could come and use the Blu Room - like a little power nap”.

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EOI’S EXTENDED FOR FUNDRAISING

BEYOND THE CURVE Expressions of interest for Newcrest’s Fundraising Beyond the Curve program have been extended until 30 April 2021.

Newcrest is providing a total of $300,000 in grants to help kick-start charities, not-for-profit organisations and associations who have seen a substantial drop in fundraising revenue due to the pandemic. The initiative is part of the Newcrest Community Support Fund established to assist host communities with the challenges associated with COVID-19.

The program, which is being run by Central NSW Business HQ will provide grant assistance of up to $5,000. Interested organisations will need to complete an expression of interest form, before meeting with a business advisor to discuss how they can adapt their existing fundraising opportunities and identify new and innovative ways to raise funds in a COVID-safe way.

The program has been launched off the back

of the success of the Newcrest Business Beyond the Curve Program which delivered a $500,000 investment into the local business community, with over 100 businesses from Orange, Blayney and Cabonne receiving financial assistance and business advice.

Central West NSW Business HQ Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Sunderland said the program would have a valuable impact on the local community.

“Many of these groups are the backbone of the local community and provide valuable services and amenities across Orange, Blayney and Cabonne.”

“Community organisations have seen a significant drop in revenue due to their inability to fundraise over the past 12 months and this

Cadia’s General Manager, Aaron Brannigan, Central West Business HQ CEO, Wayne Sunderland and RFS volunteer, Chris Googe

program will provide them with a great starting point to begin their recovery,” Wayne said.

Cadia’s General Manager, Aaron Brannigan said the need to assist charities, not-for-profit organisations and associations was vital.

“When our Business Beyond the Curve program was being delivered, there were numerous organisations who were in need of assistance who didn’t qualify under the program and we recognised how important it was to support these groups during these difficult times.

help organisations identify creative and new ways to raise funds in a COVID-safe environment ensuring they remain sustainable in the future,” Aaron said.

Expressions of interest are open until 30 April 2021. Charities, not-for-profit organisations, and associations in the Orange, Blayney and Cabonne local government areas can apply.

For more information or to apply for assistance, visit www.bizhq.com.au.

“With fundraising the major source of income for numerous community organisations, they have been hit hard throughout the pandemic with many traditional methods of fundraising no longer being able to continue. As well as providing financial assistance the program will

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The solutions may be stated as: 1. Internal resolution (via Owners Corporation or Managing Agent), per s.216 SSMA (Strata Schemes Management Act NSW); 2. Mediation; 3. NCAT Application (NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal); 4. NCAT - Appeal to Appellant Jurisdiction of NCAT; 5. Appeal to District Court (Fact only); 6. Appeal to Supreme Court (Fact and Appeal points of law) (some matters may be direct applications to Supreme Court)

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Now’s the time to really think creatively in carpark search!

Orange’s new multi-level carpark can go anywhere… all we need is a bit of creative thinking!

“Consultation” is in vogue at Orange Council with public forums on major projects now the norm rather than the exception.

Council recently-extended this noble ideal to the new $4.5 million multi-level carpark with local government keen to hear from ratepayers about where it should go.

Six sites have been proposed by Council including the ‘Woolies’ car-park; the ‘Ophir’ carpark; the vacant block of the former ‘Williams’ rural supply store in Peisley Street; and the carpark in Endsleigh Avenue opposite the former DPI.

Proposal 2: Build multi-storey carpark on vacant north Orange sports stadium site.

• Land already owned by Council so no capital outlay.

• Excellent egress and ingress from major arterial roads reducing traffic problems and bottlenecks.

• Ability to utilise all current carparks in town without need to reduce capacity during lengthy multi-carpark construction phase.

• Extended walk to Orange CBD for retailers, shoppers, visitors, and office workers may reduce patronage!

Proposal 3: Repurpose old DPI building in east Kite St as new carpark complex.

• Accessible parking for locals — many elderly — during Anzac Day, Remembrance Day, and Vietnam Veterans Day events.

However, these sites have one obvious drawback — they are all vacant land or current carparks with most zoning, infrastructure, and access issues largely-resolved.

• R emoves need for traditional march down main street with disruptive road closures and traffic detours; all attendees arrive and remain in their cars for all memorial services.

Really! Where’s the sense in that?

Following Mayor, Reg Kidd’s recent innovative proposal to turn the land that Council bought for the sports stadium in north Orange, into a native vegetation area, while simultaneously-destroying the natural vegetation area that already exists in south Orange, to build the sports stadium originally vetted for the north Orange site, why not use the same approach for the carpark?

There are plenty, literally dozens, of sites where the new carpark could go that would have benefits of accessibility; aesthetics, and adaptability, and that would make Orange Council a world leader in innovative design and utilisation of public space.

As with Council’s list, we’ve summarised the key pro’s and cons of each site, to ensure that ratepayers are well-informed before making their final decision…

Proposal 1: Demolish Woolworths on Anson St, relocate to south Orange, and replace with sports stadium and car-park.

• E asy parking at night for patrons of the three hotels that border park with shuttle-bus service to other major venues in town to reduce drink-driving issues.

• Carpark already part of current development with space for 200-cars;

•G iant exposed bitumen area will have an ambient temperature of 46.20 C in summer, 2.40 C in winter with wind-tunnel effect likely to create mini-tornadoes in CBD!

• Un-utilised site with few commercial prospects at this time.

• Close access to town via railway overhead bridge and major highway access beside site.

• Removing walls, windows, and load-bearing columns in building may make facility unstable during earthquakes (and high winds)!

Proposal 6 (Preferred option). Demolish Civic Centre, relocate Council to north Orange stadium site; build sports stadium in Council carpark; relocate Tim Sullivan carpark to south Orange sports stadium site; return Brabham sports fields to aerodrome.

Proposal 4. Demolishing State Government office blocks on the corners of Anson and Kite and Lords Place and Kite Sts for carparks.

• Opportunity to develop second CBD business hub on northern distributor with visual proximity to Suma Park Dam obviating need for expensive and highly-sensitive water-level monitoring equipment;

• Stadium proximity to variety stores and boutiques allows footballers and other athletes to do a spot of shopping for homemaker essentials during half-time breaks and between events.

• S ports stadium location at edge of CBD will reduce traffic-flow issues and increase crowd numbers for poorly-attended NRL and Super Rugby trial matches;

• Sports stadium carpark for use by shoppers during weekdays, sports fans at weekends and nights. Two birds…

• Orange will now have a “north” and a “south” Woolies, we’re covered!

•T im Sullivan carpark relocation will solve both CBD and Health precinct parking issues in one blow.

• Empty sports stadium in CBD could become a haven for vagrants, roaming juvenile gangs, and the homeless during footie off-season!

• $ 250 million price-tag will bankrupt the Colour City for 10 years thereby reducing car-ownership in local government area by 50 percent and cutting aerodrome traffic by same amount!

• Halves demand for parking in CBD with little effect on local service delivery.

• Replace offensively-ugly 1970s and 80s brutalist architecture with useful car-parks.

• Proximity to central business district and ingress and egress via two main streets either side of carparks.

• Employed public servants forced to work from home on a permanent basis!

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Proposal 5. Concrete and bitumen all of Robertson Park for overflow car spaces.

THE COUNCIL GAME MOCK MAYOR Amanda Spalding

MOCK COUNCILLOR Frances Kinghorne

It seems that Council has gone from one extreme to the other with its community engagement. Council is frequently criticised for engaging too late on projects, but there is also a concept of engaging too early and on the wrong issues!!!

A Facebook post from Orange City Council appeared in my newsfeed recently. It concerned the construction of a multi storey car park in the CBD, for which some funding has been put aside to use in the 2022/23 financial year. Essentially, Council is asking people to state where they would prefer such a facility to be built. Obviously, opinions varied, although it seemed that the Woolies car park probably had more votes than other sites.

Council watchers will be aware that Council has a Parking Policy and collects contributions from developments, particularly in the CBD, to provide car parking offsite if individual developments do not have enough room to provide the amount of parking that the size of the development needs. Over time Council has made decisions that have eaten into this policy by waiving the parking contributions that are required by this policy for developments. Council’s financial statements show that at 30th June 2020 there was $88,000 in reserves that had been collected as developer contributions. This seems to be a very low figure.

Mock Councillor Frances Kinghorne reliably informs me that she looked into Council’s Car Parking policies in detail. It seems that they are considerably out of date and not fit for purpose. The Orange Development Control Plan includes a Parking Plan that is based on the Census of 1996 when the average number of cars per household was 1.83. The 2016 census shows that there are an average of 1.88 cars per household. This is very poor from the Council as it automatically builds in a failure to provide enough car parking in developments. I am greatly in favour of reducing the use of cars where there is sufficient public transport available for people not to need cars. That is absolutely not the case in Orange.

Where I am going with this, is that the provision of car parking in the CBD should be a strategic issue, with Council clear about where and how much is needed, not putting the topic out to a vox pop.

I do get the impression that Orange City Council deliberately operates by smoke and mirrors, making “busy work” so that people are distracted from the main issues. Other symptoms are the plethora of community Committees that involve many community members, with many of those committees achieving very few outcomes. Committee members feel involved, but are unable to make any public comments on the work of the Committees as they are covered by the Code of Conduct. It is also evident in the difficulties in actually finding anything factual on Council’s website which is full of Blog Posts providing Council’s spin on different topics!

So, I am not going to say which site I think is best for a multi-level car park, as I would like more information.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Josh Girle-Bennett

It is absurd that Orange City Council is proposing to build a new multi-level car park. This is yet another example of council not examining the sufficient infrastructure needs of our growing city and failing to take a forward-thinking approach. I believe what we need is multi-level underground car parking. If elected to council in September, I will fight for underground car parking.

Underground parking in our CBD makes more sense than a multi-level car park as our CBD needs space to grow. My fear is that we are starting to set a precedent for ‘building up’ which is acceptable however the rate at which how high we can go needs to be capped, no ifs, no buts. I do not want to see a situation where we’re proposing to build high-rises and once again moving one step forward to becoming another Sydney.

Out of the seven sites short-listed, I believe constructing a multilevel car park under the ‘Woolies’ car park between Anson and Sale streets would be the most feasible option. This site is the most centrally located to shops along Summer Street and would be suitable parking for people working, shopping and going about general business within the CBD. Other compromise sites would be the Sale Street car park alongside the rear of the Ex-Services Club, the ‘Ophir’ car park on the corner of Kite Street and Lords Place.

Secondary compromise sites would be the car park in Little Summer Street behind the fire station and the vacant block of the former ‘Williams’ rural supply store in Peisley Street.

When evaluating other proposed sites such as The Civic Centre car park and the car park in Endsleigh Avenue opposite the old DPI building, I believe these sites would not strike the balance of people parking to work, shop or go about their general business.

Living in Orange for 35 years, parking has been a problem the entire time. We’ve all attempted the frustrating and often fruitless quest for a car parking space on a Saturday morning when we need to grab something from Harris Farm Markets or Woolies, and with Christmas or Easter happening, it’s virtually impossible.

I wonder why it has taken so long to solve this problem & it’s still potentially two years away. We need to select a site and make it happen - some people won’t be happy with whichever site is chosen & we know it’s not always possible to please everyone. That doesn’t mean it should take so long to do something. It’s ridiculous.

If a problem has been identified, fix it. Don’t complicate it with bureaucratic hurdles or fence sitting. Just do it.

The selection of a preferred site for a multi storey car park doesn’t mean that parking cannot be enhanced in other areas as well.

We don’t have adequate public transport options so people will continue to drive. Therefore we need somewhere to park, especially in areas where purchases require the use of shopping trolleys, or the carrying of multiple shopping bags. Solving this problem may mean that we no longer experience the utter joy of actually finding a car park when it’s busy, but I’m sure we will cope with that.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Greater Good It’s always a good thing when Council asks the community for input when they’re planning various projects, but asking for input is one thing, assessing the value of that input is something else.

I’ve always believed that asking people who have little or no expertise in the topic at hand can be a complete waste of space, but in this day and age, asking for input has to be expected. If Councils take too much notice of people who have no qualifications or experience and not enough notice from people who have the necessary qualifications and experience, then Council is not being very smart at all. Another problem is Council staff often show by their actions that they don’t like someone smarter than them telling them what to do, this too can lead to a bad decisions being made and failing in the system.

I’ve said all this because Council is currently inviting input from the community on where to build the proposed multi-level carpark. I think this exercise is necessary given the times we live in, and could be useful in some respects. Now hear me here, I’m not saying that most of the people who provide feedback will have something useful to say, but I am saying that amongst all the suggestions, something may come up that Council hadn’t previously thought of.

By way of example, in the recent issue of the taxi rank in Lords Place being moved to Summer Street and then back again, I wonder if the shopping trolley bay had been thought of in the earlier discussions.

For me, having to allow for that in Summer Street would have been a complete eyesore amongst other issues. Maybe that alone, when it was realized, was enough for Council to decide to move the taxi rank back to Lords Place.

The processes that need to be gone through to plan, design and build a multi-level carpark would be way above the pay grade of most people who have a say on the issue, even just suggesting the location will be made by some people without thinking through some of the implications. It’s not just a case of choosing here over there because it feels or sounds good, a myriad of issues will come into play, issues that most people wouldn’t have a clue about, yours truly included.

For me, the Ophir Carpark seems to tick a few of the basic boxes for me and that would be my choice. However, wherever Council finally decides on, I hope they take their advice from people who know what they are talking about and hopefully they’re not the same people who chose the Northern Distributor site for the Sports Stadium. Let’s not get this one wrong too, eh?

MOCK COUNCILLOR Steve Peterson I think this is a good use of ratepayer funds and helpful for the growing City. The best site choice depends on some information we don’t have, such as the cost per parking space which would be good to know.

However geographically most important priority is proximity to shops. The ‘Sale Street’ car park stands out as being close to shops and less disruptive than construction at the already large ‘Woolies’ car park. The ‘Ophir’ car park also appeals but there is already plenty of parking near that site.

So my preference would be to get it done. Secondary to that ‘Sale street’ is where I would look into first given information we know.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Daniel McGregor Lots of talk at the moment about multi-level car parking in Orange with the council asking for community feedback on six potential sites.

Perhaps all 6 sites will need multi-level car parking over time? Why limit it to one site? What is the longer-term plan?

To give this some context, in 2012 council released plans for a huge development of the Woolies car park (currently a death trap which I’m amazed doesn’t see multiple fatalities each year). These plans were splashed on the front page of the paper. Council had spent $60,000 on the plans.

It was going to involve modern units and retail space designed to pay for the cost of providing more car parking in the CBD, as well as solving ongoing conflict between vehicles and pedestrians at the site.

There was going to be green space, grassed areas, more parking and a win for the Orange ratepayer in that the site would be leased for the long term.

Council said they’d done everything needed to be confident that it was a commercially viable facility.

They went on to say these types of developments can take five years.

Almost 10 years later that was the last I ever heard of it?

While it’s all warm and fuzzy to make announcements and seek community feedback on a preferred site, would it not be better to actually come up with a long-term plan – not a one off car park – and get cracking on getting it done in stages?

Yes, I believe Orange needs a multi-level car park. And I’m pretty sure in another few years we’ll need another one. And then another one. You can see what I mean.

Let’s ditch the ad hoc approach and have a planned city for the future so that we don’t end up with another dog’s breakfast of a Woolies carpark for the next generation.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Nic Drag After a couple of tumultuous weeks for myself it was nice to have something positive to focus on.

The need for a multi-level car park in Orange has been obvious for some time and generally it is the first thing that people say when asked about parking in town. For myself, there are 2 prime candidates for locations in the CBD. The first one is the Ophir car park which is currently an all day parking space on the corner of Byng street and Lords place. In terms of location and minimal disruption to normal traffic, plus with the potential for a pedestrian bridge from there to the Orange City Centre, it just makes sense.

The second location would be to build on in the vacant block on the corner of March and Peisley street. This location would be the most advantageous in terms of minimal disruption and it is walking distance to the CBD while being able to be used for businesses in that area of Orange especially if there is the option of an alternate rail crossing on March street. With both sites being suitable, it would just need Council to make the decision without delay for this major project to get started which will seriously benefit Orange.

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94 Matthews Avenue

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48 Bletchinton Street

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15 Bridge Street, Cudal

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1 Ramsay Close

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7 Ellenbrae Street

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39 Shepard Drive

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20 The Billabong Clifton Grove

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27 Olympic Drive

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11 Carwoola Drive

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18 Burrendong Way

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6 Chiswell Street

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104 Moulder Street

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9 Brunswick Street

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267 Dalton Street

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18 Tancred Street

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20 Griffin Road

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7 Lesbos Place

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IDEAL LOCATION FOR AN ENTERPRISE

BLUE RIBBON COMMERCIAL LAND TO BUILD ON

88 WARRENDINE STREET, ORANGE

Surrounded by a variety of commercial enterprises are these last remaining blocks in the prestigious Gateway Business Park positioned with easy access to the Mitchell Hwy at entrance to Orange.

A commercial premises that packs a punch located on a high traffic corridor within easy walking distance to the CBD that is currently run as the local iconic Bissy’s Cafe.

The front café dining area features the charm of two fixed double dining booths plus a coffee / food display area and a well equipped kitchen with a six burner gas stove. A separate small function room leads through to a most delightful airy covered outdoor sitting area that’s peaceful and shady for the Summer.

The blocks are zoned B6 Enterprise Corridor and are level and ready to develop for your successful business or investment.

There is a separate studio with two rooms and its own access with further potential.

There is also a security system throughout and split air conditioners.

Land sizes available from 2,045 m2 to 3,559 m2

You won’t believe how the beautiful outdoor area has been utilized to complement the permaculture practice of the business with fruit trees, raised vegetable beds, chook pens & runs and a rainwater tank fed watering system. An 80 panel 20kW solar system is a sure bonus and ties in with the self-sufficient theme.

$790,000 + GST

Located on a peaceful ½ acre block (2023 m2) this charming little weatherboard home is waiting for a new Owner to bring it back to its former self.

The property has two bedrooms plus a sleep out that could be used as another bedroom.

There is a separate lounge room with a split air conditioner and open fire place, an eat in

kitchen/ dining area and a sunroom /family room that captures the lovely rural outlook.

Timber floorboards throughout and a front veranda add to the charm and there is town water and sewage.

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The shop is currently leased to a Beauty Saloon and is light and airy with beautiful presentation.

Located on a 518 m2 corner block close to the new DPI building with wide frontage to Prince street.

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There is also a lovely outlook from front to enjoy as well.

This 800 m2 block is registered and ready to build on now so contact us today, grab your builder and plan for that dream home that you deserve.

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• Grand stairwell with easy grade • Long term Lease available

RENT: $30,000 PER ANNUM + GST

• 6 rooms plus own kitchen and common amenities

Approx. 300 m2 of floor space in this well presented commercial shop in Summer Street.

Currently set up as an office complex this premises would also be ideal as a retail shop.

Has good staff amenities and reverse cycle air conditioning though out.

• Don’t miss out on securing this spacious shop of around 120 m2 in floor area that is positioned in the busy core of Orange’s CBD in Summer Street.

• On-site parking • Available now.

RENT: $90,000 P.A. + GST & OUTGOINGS

RENT: $52,000 P.A. + GST

IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR PROPERTY 6362 5999 or John 0417 887 738 / Chris 0417 626 361 28

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FOR SALE $1,450,000 • Incredible location right in the heart of Orange, diagonally opposite stunning Cook Park. · Majestic double brick beauty all in immaculate condition with polished floorboards, stained glass windows and ornate ceilings. · A triumphant blend of classic original features with a modern twist.

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AUCTION 29th APRIL 2021 UPSTAIRS HOTEL CANOBOLAS @ 5.30PM Located high on the hill in the wonderful Wentworth Estate is this luxurious family sized home that offers plenty of room for the whole family and the perfect office where you can work from home. Upon entering you will see the stylish master bedroom with extra large walk-in robe, stunning ensuite with spa bath, large shower cubical and separate toilet. The office includes a huge book shelf and three separate work stations, separate powder room, walk-in linen cupboard, ducted reverse cycle zoned air conditioner, natural gas log fire, underfloor heating in all bathroom areas, high ceilings, recessed feature walls for artworks, walkin pantry plus plenty of storage right throughout. The stylish kitchen includes stone benchtops, 900mm free standing oven, island bench, dishwasher and over looks the open plan lounge and dining room which flows just perfectly to the kids wing of the home that includes its very own rumpus room. There is also a parents retreat that can be closed off to the rest of the home. There's even more features including a double lock-up garage with remote, internal and rear yard access which also has built-in storage. Out the back is a lock up garage, extralarge outdoor entertaining area established lawns and gardens with its very own in-ground sprinkler systems. Inspections are easy to arrange just call us and we will make a time for you to inspect.

Contact Scott Quirk 0476 333 076

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BY EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSING 30 APRIL CLOSING 30 2021 APRIL 2021 291 Anson Street, Street, OrangeOrange The OldThe Ambulance StationStation 291 Anson Old Ambulance

1,000m² land land 1,000m² 500m² 500m² groundground floor floor 300m² 300m² 1st floor 1st floor Joins the new Department of Primary Industries building Joins the new Department of Primary Industries building 3 blocks to the C.B.D. 3 blocks to the C.B.D. Enormous potential (S.T.C.A.) Enormous potential (S.T.C.A.)

FOR SALE by expressions of interest CLOSING 30 APRIL 2021

291 anson street, orange the old ambulance station

1,000m² land, 258m² ground floor, 166m² 1st floor (areas approximate).

Adjoins the new DPIE Department of Planning Industry and Environment building, only 3 blocks to the C.B.D.

Possible uses include childcare, restaurant and café (S.T.C.A.).

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This lovely home in a quiet location could just be the home you are looking for with generous living areas and bedrooms, ducted gas heating throughout and 2 split systems..

There are four bedrooms with the master having a walk in robe and en-suite plus a sunny easterly outlook for morning light and the remining three bedrooms all have built in robes. There is a separate lounge room which would be good to escape the kids and a huge open plan kitchen/dining/family room with a great outlook and also opening onto the outdoor covered alfresco. In addition to the covered alfresco there is also an elevated covered deck with views to Mt Canobolas, you will not need a shed in the backyard of this property as there is a HUGE under house lockable storage area which is over 10 m long and could be extra car storage, workshop, rumpus room or more.

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Having been in real estate for some time now I find that buyers looking for a home on acres always love the Nashdale-Lake Canobolas location. Well, this lovely property is reluctantly for sale and boasts a 11.38ha (28.12 acre approximately) block with a beautiful home approximately 430 sqm under roof. The property is only minutes to Orange and very close to Lake Canobolas with picturesque views that come with this idyllic location.

The home boasts 4 big living areas, 4 bedrooms, three with walk in robes and one with built ins, big workable kitchen with stone tops, fully double glazed windows, plenty of storage and a triple garage. Outside you will be impressed with the well-kept irrigated lawns and gardens featuring a great fully fenced in-ground pool and loads of space for the kids to play, water is not an issue with an abundant supply available. Other features include large dam, two sheds one of which can store tall objects like a caravan and is over 450 sqm in size, play equipment, 5kw solar panels and much more. Do not miss this opportunity, call for an inspection. In conjunction with One Agency Orange.

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and north Orange shopping centre. With four bedrooms all with built-in robes and ceiling fans, and a large 3-way bathroom, with both bath, shower and entry from the master and central hallway. There is a lounge room and open plan kitchen and dining area that opens onto the LARGE covered outdoor alfresco area. There is ducted gas heating throughout the house and an attached double garage with internal access and with a roller door at the rear so you can drive through, don’t worry about storage or a workshop as there is also an oversized single garage in the back yard as well.

$695,000 contact AGENT Chris Tyack 0438 258 590

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Business Award winners Higher honours await this year’s Orange Business Award winners.

Last year’s cancelled ceremony due to COVID-19 gives added meaning to the 2021 event, Orange Business Chamber President Jack Evans also believes.

“People will be happy to get-out and enjoy themselves, I think, so it will be a good event in that regard,” he added.

This year’s restricted black-tie event in August will also offer great opportunities for networking with attendance limited to business owners to ensure social distancing requirements are met.

Higher honours also await winners of this year’s event with reduction and tweaking of categories to align them with regional and State awards.

“We’re looking forward to the re-emergence of this major business event,” Jack explained, adding that the winners this year will have succeeded during some of the toughest trading conditions for small business in living memory.

“That is an assumption that we are keeping very much in mind,” he said. “In essence, if you win this year, you’ve done so in what has been a very difficult year,” Jack added.

He said that COVID-19 restrictions have also limited numbers attending and the traditional-celebratory nature of the evening.

“We’ve had to change it up a little bit. Traditionally it’s a huge crowd… it essentially used to be a huge night out on the town for the businesses with all their staff, we’d often have 400-plus attending,” he explained.

“But now we’re going to reduce it all to about a quarter of the numbers. We’re just inviting the finalists, the busines owners, and their partners,” Jack added.

“We’re looking at a more formal black-tie event rather than a celebratory night out… We’re looking at about 120–150 people,” he added.

With almost all Chamber business awards cancelled last year due to the pandemic (Dubbo held theirs late in 2020); this event will be part of the “coming-out of COVID” year 2021 is shaping up as.

Last year’s cancelled Orange Business Awards due to COVID-19 gives added meaning to the 2021 event, Orange Business Chamber President Jack Evans believes.

“We’ve reduced the number of categories by a couple, there’s now 12 categories… we rejigged them so that just about all are aligned with NSW and regional awards,” Jack explained.

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“This will mean that they are not just recognised at the local level but, if you win in Orange, you then go onto the regional awards as well,” he added.

Nominations for this year’s awards are open until Friday, May 21 and can be accessed at: orangechamber.com.au/ (follow the link on the website to “Nominate”.)

Nominations will then be used to select three finalists per category who will all be announced at a “finalists’ night” in July.

The selected finalists will be invited to attend the Orange Business Awards presentation in August.

The winner of certain categories will also be eligible to compete in the Business NSW Regional Business awards later in the year.

“It looks like the Awards will be at the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Canobolas on Friday, the 20th of August.

“This will be a way of recognising the businesses that have excelled in our local economy in a year that was booming in some ways, but was also very trying for many as well,” Jack concluded.

For more information on how to be nominated, contact the Orange Business Chamber at: awards@orangechamber.com.au

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AVAILABLE 26/05/21 2 Jarrah Pl, Orange | $580 p/w 4 Bedroom family home, generous lounge area plus sperate lounge area off kitchen, enclosed Queensland room, ducted heating throughout and split system air conditioner, large double garage with remote and internal access, enclosed low maintenance rear yard and garden shed.

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A Soldiers Story

HistoryTALKING with HELEN McANULTY

On 31st October, 1916, three young men from Orange left Australia in the steamship “Marathon” bound for England. They had just completed their training with the Fifth Division of Engineers which was part of the Fifth Division of the AIF, and were on their way to join the Allied forces who were fighting against the German army in France.

Arnold Caldwell, Leonard Crockett and Alf Mead had been schoolmates and were no doubt excited at the thought of being on the other side of the world.

The Engineers, also known as Sappers, were essential to the running of the war.

Without them the other branches of the Allied Forces would have had difficulty crossing the muddy, shell ravaged ground of the Western Front.

Sapper Caldwell wrote letters to his parents, Mr and Mrs A. T. Caldwell of the Public School, Orange East and these were published in the Orange “Leader” newspaper during the final years of the war.

Arnold was a draughtsman in the Orange Lands Office, having qualified for the position while at Orange High School, and was twenty years old when he enlisted. He was also a keen observer with an ability to express his thoughts and experiences in his numerous letters.

On reaching England the Engineers were first camped on the Salisbury Plains in Wiltshire.

It was January and the ice and snow lay on the ground when he wrote his first letter home.

“The eternal cold is a nuisance and makes it hard to get comfortable but in my opinion it isn’t as bad as the cold in Orange in the winter!”

By May he was at the headquarters for the 14th Field Company, a few miles behind the lines in France from he where wrote to his parents again.

“We have spent most of the time digging dugouts. We haven’t had any casualties yet, though I think there have been some very close calls.

We are right in among the big guns here.

They get going about three in the morning and I’ve never heard anything like it.

A night bombardment is like a lovely

fireworks display--the flash of the guns and the bursting shells are pretty themselves and we can see the flares, red, green, orange and white, going up all the time.”

He signed off with a word of comfort to his family. “Don’t worry about me. I reckon a man would be terribly unlucky to get hit”.

On 10th June, 1917, summer had finally come to the battlefields of France and Arnold wrote again.

“We are still having beautiful weather, the trees are bright green and looking across the fields are just wavy stretches of colour--, buttercups and dandelions make them look like fields of gold, with poppies, daisies, forgetme-nots and a host of other colours.

But across them all run the long snake-like entanglements, the smashed trenches, the thousand shell holes, and here and there a little wooden cross of some soldier, Allied or German, which speaks silently and eloquently of the struggle which has passed over these selfsame fields of yellow.

And even if one could forget these things and miss out the torn and broken villages and ruined homes, the many crossed cemeteries and the prevailing devastation, there rises always the roar and thunder of the guns and the iron throated reminder that nations are at war.”

In the days leading up to 26th September, 1917, the men of the 5th Australian Division prepared for their first major battle in Belgium.

They managed to turn an allied defeat into a major victory at the Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the third battle of Ypres.

On 5th October, Arnold was probably camped near Amiens, and wrote again to his parents in Orange.

“The weather is beginning to be very cold and wet and I’m doing a bit of a shiver. I don’t suppose our Xmas will be much over here ....., but I dare say we will rake up something for it.

We are camped near the most famous town of the war--of course I can’t name it, but you should see it after three years of hammering, there’s not much left of it.....it would have been beautiful once, but now it is just a pile of debris.....a stretch of desolation, broken trees and torn ground.

At intervals over it are spurts of flame and

clouds of smoke that mean guns, or big black splashes where shells are bursting.

“We had a great sight yesterday when we saw an air fight and two of Fritz’s planes came down within five minutes of each other.

In the first plane a chap fell out while he was still about 2000 feet up. One of the planes had a wing cut off by machine gun fire before it fell, and the wing floated quite a distance until the rest of the plane came spinning down.”

It was nearly two months later that he wrote: “I am quite happy tonight as I have had quite a deluge of letters from Orange.

The cards are beautiful and I am glad they are not the usual “gallant Anzac style”.

The boys out here hate those things, not so much on account of modesty, but because it’s so hard to find all the glory and splendour that is supposed to be broadcast over the battle area.

There is more mud than splendour and the only possibility of “ glory” is of going there at any moment!

I am still dodging bullets....a few came impossibly close yesterday....you hear the shell coming miles off like the wail of a lost spirit.... such a delightful moaning screech ...you can generally tell whether it is coming close or not and, acting at your own discretion, duck, the lower the better.

Indeed it is truly wonderful how low a man can sink in the world in those circumstances....just a second of uncertainty and the scream falls to a sob and with a rending crash the shell bursts.

Then, when the pieces have stopped whirling through the air, you get up and feel if you are still all there and thank God that another one missed you....

I remember the first night I ever went into the Front line.

It wasn’t quite dark and I was wading knee deep in the mud.

Suddenly I stumbled and took two steps on something hard and saw a pair of heels sticking out of the mud....I have hardened since then.”

On Friday, May 3rd, 1918, Mr and Mrs Caldwell received a cable telling them that their son had been gassed.

Following his rehabilitation in England, he returned to France for the battles of the Hundred Days Offensive which broke the back of the German war effort .

On 9th October he wrote an enthusiastic letter : “I have just received a bosker parcel from the citizens of Orange, containing biscuits, coffee, cocoa, soup tablets, soap, chocolate, cigarettes, salmon and sardines.”

Finally, on 11th November, 1918, he wrote to his parents from Blangy, a village in Normandy: “About 12o’clock the Post Office put up a wire--the Armistice is signed and the whole village went mad and has been mad all the afternoon....but all our thoughts are with you.

I guess there will be excitement there, though you won’t know the news for a few hours yet. It’s good to know that at last it is all over for there will be no more fighting now.”

The last report in the “Leader” was on Monday, 5th May, 1919.

“Sergeant Arnold Caldwell is on his way home to Australia on the “Kildonian Castle”. On the same ship are also Captain Bean, Australian official correspondent and Major Banjo Paterson.”

Arnold Cassin Caldwell was the second of five children born to Arnold and Mary Caldwell. His father was headmaster of the Public School Orange East, from 1897 until 1931.

After his return from the war he married Lila Oliver, his high school sweetheart, and continued to live in Orange with his young family until 1933. He had a distinguished career in the Public Service and died in 1972.

He was my uncle.

In August1919, sixteen pin oak trees were planted in Newman Park by Mr A T Caldwell on behalf of the school in memory of the sixteen fallen East Orange students.

Recently, Leslye Melville of Orange was visiting the park and picked up an acorn from one of those trees. She took it home and planted it and much to her delight it is starting to grow.

Copyright Helen McAnulty 2021

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WHATS HAPPENING AROUND THE REGION April 22 ORANGE RSPCA MOVIE NIGHT FUNDRAISER Join the team at Orange RSPCA for their movie night fundraiser at the Odeon Cinemas. A 6:30 start on Thursday April 22. The movie 6 Minutes to Midnight will be shown. Tickets are available from Collins Booksellers Orange for $25. There will be lucky door prizes on the night.

April 22 – 30 TEXTURES OF ONE ART EXHIBITION Textures of One is the inaugural art competition and exhibition for Platform Arts Hub Blayney. The event opens at Blayney Railway Station on the 9 April and runs for four weeks, closing on the 30 April.

This year’s theme is ‘Steam,” which pays homage to the iconic platform and railway station recently restored by Sydney Trains.

This exhibition will present an opportunity for art and rail enthusiasts to visit the area.

April 24 – 2 May CANOWINDRA INTERNATIONAL BALLLOON CHALLENGE

Orange music lovers are set for a night of lively, contemporary sounds and energetic performances when the FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS hits the BLOOMFIELD HALL stage on SUNDAY, 25 APRIL 2021.

Featured acts this year are Byron Bay singer, ukulele strummer and drummer Bobby Alu and dynamic Victorian duo, This Way North. album of the year award in 2020.

See the magic and spectacle as a plethora of hot air balloons take to the skies each morning and late afternoon in Canowindra every April, over an eight-day period at the Canowindra International Balloon Challenge. The highlight is the Balloon Glow and night markets where you will enjoy local produce, wine, crafts and entertainment culminating in a display as the balloons light up synchronised to music. Watching the balloons each day is free but there is an entry charge for the Balloon Glow.

With a reputation as a performer that leaves audiences feeling genuinely good in the heart, Bobby Alu continues to observe the ebb and flow of life while locking into his tried and always true grooves. There is a fire that comes from the ability to hold a 20,000 strong festival crowd captive with beats, and when mixed with the love that comes from serenading your nearest and dearest with an instrument handed down from your mother, very special moments will always emerge.

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April 24 – 25 COUNTRY CLASSIC POLO TOURNAMENT The Millamolong Polo Country Classic Tournament is back for 2021!

Everyone is invited to come and watch some exciting polo in the beautiful setting of Millamolong. There will be food and drinks available all day, including dinner, licensed bar, and music on the Saturday night.

Polo games will be played over the two days with the Finals taking place on Sunday.

Tickets available via TryBooking.com Children 16 years of age and under entry is free!

April 24 MAN ABOUT A DOG TOUR Join Tim Freedman on his first regional solo tour with a bunch of classics and a new single.

The Whitlams’ catalogue is full of iconic urban tales, but their new song takes the boy out of the city and places him firmly in the country - driving through the hills to see a “Man About a Dog,” just as the drought breaks.

Tim will settle in with his piano to tell some stories, reinvent favourites like “Blow Up the Pokies” and “No Aphrodisiac” and play some tracks from The Whitlams’ forthcoming album due for release later this year.

See it at the Orange Civic Theatre.

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BOBBY ALU Having dedicated his world-class percussion skills to touring internationally with Xavier Rudd for five years, Bobby Alu is charting his own dedicated musical course. Bobby Alu tunes have a way of sneaking into the subconscious and taking up residence.

Every now and then, one will pop up as a toe-tapping reminder to take it slow, enjoy the ride. They are songs of smooth harmonies, rhythms inspired by a strong family lineage of Polynesian performance, and unassuming grooves that work a gradual, smile- inducing high through even a casual listener. Though it is not all palm trees and daydreams – there is a robust energy in Alu’s mastery of traditional Samoan log drums, and a vitality to his song writing that nods to world, roots and pop intelligence.

Bobby has played shows across 14 countries and stopped in at every state and territory of Australia, supporting John Butler Trio (EU), Trevor Hall (EU/AU), Nahko (EU), UB40 (AU) and The Beautiful Girls (EU/AU) along the way. He performed and co-wrote a song for the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. His Self-titled debut album was the triple j Roots ‘n All top 10 album of 2010. His third album, Flow, was Double J feature album on week of release in October 2019 and was nominated for the AIR Blues & Roots

Taking out Best Suburban Act 2018 at The Age Music Victoria Awards, it is easy to forget that THIS WAY NORTH is just a two-piece group. Drummer/vocalist Cat Lahey and guitarist/vocalist Leisha Jungalwalla creative explosive energy and expansive sound that translates effortlessly from studio to stage. Full of rapturous nostalgia, This Way North’s music takes you from moody, tremolo-tinged heart-tuggers to pounding driving alt-psych rock through a sonic landscape of reverb-soaked guitars and rolling rhythms. With odes to 90’s rock sitting on air-tight grooves and full, cinematic spaciousness, This Way North’s music is an open invitation to turn up the volume and let loose.

Prior to the pandemic restrictions, This Way North toured across Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, supporting a huge number of well-known artists, including Ash Grunwald and Kate Ceberano. They have enjoyed killer sets at Australia’s favourite local festivals, including Queenscliff, Mullumbimby, Woodford, Port Fairy, and have also made a name for themselves in the Canadian festival circuit.

Adding a local ingredient to the musical mix will be up and coming local trio T.A.X. (Tim, Anders and Xanthie) who have impressed Orange audiences with their tight, three-part harmonies, tasty guitar licks and cleaver arrangements of contemporary hits

BOBBY ALU, THIS WAY NORTH and T.A.X. will be appearing at the BLOOMFIELD HALL on SUNDAY 25 April, 7:00 – 10:00 Tickets are $30 and available from Landers Music, Orange or on-line at www.festivalofsmallhalls.com Food and refreshments are available on site from 6pm

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Future Tunes — PHOTOS BY EDITHMAY GOWING —

A good crowd gathered at Robertson Park for a night of music on Friday April 9. This was the final in the current season of ‘Future Tunes’ showcasing local Musicians. The evening included performances by Rustic Jam, Smith and Jones and The Romans.

(back) David and Nerralie Boulton (front) Quinn, Eli and Grace Lingier

“Rustic Jam”

(back) Lea Dally, Win Pickett, Cennedi Dally (Front) Ellyra Dally, Jakarla Muggleton, and Anja Dally

Emma Baker, Tracy Oliver, and Judy Kich

Aaron, Brigita and Aurimas Daukantas

Karina Hill and Kat Woods

Mat, Max, Loren, and Arthur Maire

Kelly and Ellie Walker

Mireille, Charlie, and Hermione Meridores with A.J. and Malaika Lomondot

Kate Curtin and Belinda Berryman

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Joy Westcott’s 80th Birthday — PHOTOS BY CEC TILBURG —

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon for the 80th Birthdays celebrations for Joy Westcott at their family home in Orange.

People travelled from Tweed Heads, Sydney, and Gunnedah to help Joy celebrate her milestone birthday

Joy Westcott, Barbara Cook & Garry Cooper

Rob & Joy Westcott

Warwick Westcott, Letitia Kelly, Joy & Rob Westcott & Amanda Armstrong

Janet Sprigge, Maria Bargwanna & Kaye Rutherford

Lynne Middleton, Sandra Bosamquet & Joy Westcott

Gwenda Shave, Marilyn Hetherington, Norma Sloane & Taylor Middleton

Judy Reppen, Sylvia Cleary & Joy Westcott

Kate Lorimer-Ward & Carol Ward

James Kelly, Brooke Kelly & Adam Buchanan

Adrian Kelly, Jan Westcott, Max Ball & Julie Orringe.

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Spanline Orange Gold Cup — PHOTOS BY MELISE COLEMAN —

It was a great day of racing last week at Towac Park as the Spanline Orange Gold Cup was on.

Said to be the richest race day of the Racing Orange Calendar, it was a jam packed eight race meet, with plenty to keep the crowd entertained.

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RIDING FOR DISABLED (NSW) ORANGE CENTRE Orange RDA is a vibrant group of supportive volunteers who strive to provide a safe and stimulating environment for children with disabilities.

These children experience the freedom that is found by riding well trained horses, participating in games and exercises on the horses. The riders grow in self-confidence under the guidance of qualified coaches and caring volunteers.

w Sign at the entrance to RDA at Clifton Grove

Our Centre is always seeking volunteers who have empathy which enhance the abilities of riders through our riding sessions which are guided by practical and hardworking people. Volunteers receive training and support and only need to have a Working with Children check to start. The Centre runs riding sessions from 9am until 2.30pm on Wednesdays during school term and general maintenance occurs on Tuesdays. Term 2 sessions commences on 21st April.

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Please make a visit to RDA at Clifton Grove to experience in fulfilling a young life as well as your own.returned We welcome you join and person’s Roger Nancarrow totoOrange our team.

Margaret last Friday for the April meeting of the Orange Club which was held in the garden of local Call RobynGarden Livermore, Centre President a visit: 0447 440 410 artist Loretta Blake to onarrange the Pinnacle Road.

Both Margaret and Roger have been staunch and active members of the club since first arriving in Orange in 1992. During the intervening years both have made an enormous contribution to the club in many different ways and for their wonderful efforts have been awarded life membership of the club. The announcement by President Vicki Turner drew enthusiastic applause from the assembled members in attendance.

Although now living in Sydney the couple plan to return to Orange for as many meetings in the future as they can possibly manage.

A group of har dworking volunteers- M arj Strong, Greg Tracey, Barb and Bob Fento n w Allan Everett leading horse Coco and rider from Anson St school with Ronnie Ford side walking

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Margaret and Roger Nancarrow (centre) with life members Helen Brock (left) and Barb Hawke (right)

Margaret and Roger Nancarrow returned to Orange last Friday for the April meeting of the Orange Garden Club which was held in the garden of local artist Loretta Blake on the Pinnacle Road.

Both Margaret and Roger have been staunch and active members of the club since first arriving in Orange in 1992. During the intervening years both have made an enormous contribution to the club in many different ways and for their wonderful efforts have been awarded life membership of the club. The announcement by President Vicki Turner drew enthusiastic applause from the assembled members in attendance.

Margaret and Roger Nancarrow (centre) with life members Although now living in Sydney the couple plan to return to Orange for as many meetings in Helen Brock (left) and Barb Hawke (right) the future as they can possibly manage.

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On Monday, 12th April, memb ers of the Heritage Rose Gro up of the Friends of the Orange Bot anic Gardens held a working bee which concentrated on dead headin g the roses and weeding the rose gardens.

Last month Lorraine and Joh n Milla, and Simon removed and planted nearly 80 box plants to replace those lost in the drought. The y watered them in, and returned several times to keep up the water as needed . Many thanks to the Friends of the botanic Gardens for donating the Eng lish box plants.

They also did a bit of hedge wor k and removed a multiflora roo t stock that had taken over one of the Fru hlings gold plants.

We also had a visit from Mary-L iz Andrews (Orange Regional Museum Manager) and Alli Campbell (Collections Manager). Thank you to Helen Haynes for arranging this visi t with regard to displaying the Pet er Cox collection of the species roses that were donated to the Her itage Rose Garden after the HRIA 2nd Nat ional Conference in Orange in 1995. The museum is booked up for a cou ple of years in advance but it ma y be possible to have a display to line up wit h some other event in Orange suc h as Wine Week in October when species roses are in flower.

Anyone interested in joining the group is asked to call 042 7892486 for details. Working bees are hel d on the first Monday of each month at 9.30 am.

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BEN KEEPS THOSE BALLS IN THE AIR! Ben the juggler (Benjamin Chapel) was recently testing how many balls he can keep in the air at any one time (a feeling familiar to most parents of young children!), while busking for odd coins in the main street.

Bigger and brighter floral outlook

Celebrating Pick Me Flowers and Gifts bigger, brighter, store Holly Schneider, owner Jane Hyde, and Sue Duchnaj.

Having a look around Pick Me Flowers and Gifts new store in Sale Street, Oscar and Lorie Halls.

Pick Me Flowers and Gifts staff and customers settling-in to the new premises, from left, Carolyn Wright, Amy Hindmarsh, and Gina Tanos.

Settling into their new Sale St premises for Pick Me Flowers and Gifts, Eliza Kiel and Winton Kench.

Pick Me Flowers and Gifts owner Jane Hyde with Briony Lucas

Local fl and G orist, Pick ifts re M centl e Flower their s y celeb fi fthbeaut iful fl year supp rated ower lying locall arr y open while also angement ing th s offici eir al on Sa new prem lyle Str ises eet.

Five lovely flowers in a florists! Lianna Speers, Kerry Chapman, Saskia Channing, Carly Portch, and Courtney Ham.

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Wild Chicory — by Kim Kelly —

Wild Chicory is the story of a journey from Ireland to Australia in the early 1900’s, along threads of love, family, war and peace. It’s a slice of ordinary life rich in history, folklore and fairy tale, and a portion of the precious bond between a granddaughter, Brigid, and her grandmother, Nell.

Orange City Life is pleased to be able to bring you this entertaining book in serial form of the coming 10 weeks. Our sincere thanks to Author Kim Kelly for giving us this special privilege.

THE FIRE TAIL

Peter Daniel Kennedy was the last of fourteen children and the thirteenth boy. Lucky Pete, they all called him, because they all loved him and, because of that, he was spoiled. He was the plumpest little boy that ever was, and the first of the Kennedys to be born in sunny Sydney. His face was the sun, ringed with strawberry curls.

His oldest brother, Dan, was twenty-two years his elder, and he would toss little Pete up in the air as soon as looking at him, toss him round the kitchen table and up the hall to all his brothers: Mick, Pat, Frankie, Chris, Ben, Dom, Sean, Martin, Eddie, Tom and Jack. In among all the boots and knees and elbows squashed into their little house in Surry Hills, was Nell – the real thirteenth and the only girl – but she was a whole other story in herself, and one for another time.

It was the happiest home anyone could ever hope to have, but no easy life for any in it, for Pete’s family, the Kennedys, were very poor – when it came to money, if not love and laughter, that is. His parents – being his mother, Brigid, and his father, who was also called Dan – had spent every penny they owned bringing all their children all the way from Ireland on the

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long journey across the sea to Australia. All except lucky little Pete, of course – he was born the year they arrived, on the seventeenth of September 1912. It’s true that his mother cried for the first three days after his birth, wondering how on earth she was going to keep her fourteenth and very much unexpected miracle when she could barely keep the other thirteen, but on that third day, a different kind of miracle was brought to her and her family: her husband, Dan – Mr Kennedy – finally got a good job.

Up until then, Dan the father and Dan the son, as well as the elder brothers Mick and Pat, and occasionally the first lot of twins Frankie and Chris, had had only piecemeal work labouring here and there, at this odd job and that, sweeping floors or lumping sacks.

Sometimes they trapped rats for the Board of Public Health, getting a farthing a tail. They’d go rabbit hunting, too, out past the city, and at least what they didn’t sell they could bring home to Mother. So this good new job of Dan the father’s was a precious thing for the Kennedys. He was working now for the Eveleigh railway yards, over the tracks in Redfern, six days a week and regular hours, with money enough to pay the rent and most of the grocery bill – he even had

to join the union, and pay them, too. It wasn’t the best job – he was only coaling and stoking the furnaces in the locomotive workshop as assistant to the blacksmiths there – but it was a start. It was the answer to their prayers. It’s true that he coveted a place in the workshop as a blacksmith, for that had been his trade back in Ireland, where he’d even had his own forge, but he’d never got his ticket to say that’s what he was for he’d never before had to leave his village to get one. He didn’t mind too much, though; he was a patient man – he had to be with all those children. And he believed if he worked hard enough, and prayed hard enough, he soon would be a blacksmith again.

Only it wasn’t to be. On the nineteenth of September, 1913, just one year and two days after little Pete was born, Dan the father was crossing the road at Regent Street, on his way home from work at Redfern to Surry Hills, just thinking of his dinner, just thinking of the way all his babies and boys would jostle and jabber around the table, all happy with good food in their bellies, when a runaway team of horses dragging a cart piled high with sacks of chicory root put an end to all his hopes and dreams. There was bedlam in the street when it happened, screaming and shouting, and the

carter was going mad that his load had tipped over, shaking his fists in the air and crying that his chicory was all smashed and worthless now. No-one in the street was paying any attention to the carter, though. They were all screaming and shouting for Dan Kennedy, for he was killed, his poor head broken under that wild stamping of hooves. He was forty-four years old.

Dan the son stepped up and took on the role of head of the household as best he could, continuing to labour at this job and that, mostly lumping sacks of wheat off the Pyrmont wharves across town, but it was never enough to feed such a family of fifteen mouths altogether. Young Dan could do no better, though: he had no ticket for a trade himself, either, and no good education to speak of, beyond the very basics of reading and writing and arithmetic. Before they’d left Ireland, he’d walk seven miles into Tralee to lump cargo for the ships in the canal there, but when the docks at Fenit Harbour opened with the railways, he wasn’t needed so much anymore. He’d walk into Tralee, just as he’d walk into Pyrmont now, hoping, praying, for a day’s work. If it weren’t for the sunshine of Sydney, and Lucky Pete’s sunny little face to come home to, some days Dan felt he might as well chuck himself into the sea. Not that he would ever truly do a thing like that – no, he would never do a sinful thing like that to his mother.

Brigid Kennedy worked hard herself, at keeping the home run smartly, and doing her own best to bring in what pennies she could.

It was the only thing she could do against all her grief. She took in sewing and mending for the neighbours, and minding babies in the front room of their too-little house on Great Buckingham Street, but that didn’t add much to their income, either – it would barely pay for a basket of old bread, especially as Brigid Kennedy’s heart was too often too big and too fond of babies to charge the poor mothers needing baby-minding anything at all. At the heart of her heart, though, she knew she had too many fine sons to worry all that much.

Their fortunes would surely change.

And so they did. Dan, Mick and Pat – the eldest three together – soon came up with an idea. What they lacked in education they made up for in plain old-fashioned brains.

They were smart lads, shrewd and charming all, tall and handsome, too, with great big blue eyes, every single one – although none would marry before they saw their mother’s life made easier. It came to their attention that one of the old houses in nearby Elizabeth Lane had been condemned by Public Health – a rickety wreck of a thing with ‘DO NOT ENTER’ painted across its boarded up windows – and, as poverty is the true mother of invention, so they decided it would be the ideal place to set up

a betting shop. This shop was the kind where men from the neighbourhood could come to have a little gamble on the horse races, or a quiet game of swy – which was a coin-tossing game – but since this was all quite against the law of the day, they needed a place such as the little tumble-down house on Elizabeth Lane to conduct their business. It was so perfect, this little house, the wooden floor was so rotten out the back they didn’t even have to bother putting a trapdoor in – if the police ever came, they could all just jump down through the holes in the boards to get away.

The betting shop was an instant success, and men would come from a mile all around and at all hours, to play their games. Sometimes the Kennedy boys made so much money they had to hide it from their mother so she wouldn’t worry how they might have got it.

As it was, Brigid did worry a little; she had her suspicions, not least by the whispers of gossip that swept from privy to privy along the back lane, but she knew better than to ask her sons about it in this instance. Whatever they were doing when they left her care, their endeavours had meant they could all move to a bigger house, up on Crown Street. It meant never more than three to a bed now. It meant they could all stay together for as long as they could imagine. It meant Dom could take a boilermaker’s apprenticeship going at the gasworks; then Frankie and Chris got work at the post office running telegrams; then Ben got accepted into the technical college to learn to be a draughtsman. It meant a little bit of respectability, too, for even though the new house was still in Surry Hills, it was in a better part of that suburb.

With that little bit of respectability, though, came a higher price in bigotry and the strife such thinking brings. It’s strange how that happens, isn’t it? With a little bit of ease in one thing comes a little bit more difficulty in another. At least that’s the way it usually is for the poor. Brigid Kennedy, in leaving a neighbourhood where everyone fairly much sat at the bottom of the barrel, suddenly found herself in a place where the snipes and nasty whispers down the back lane moved up to the front fences of the street and could do real and terrible harm. Most of their neighbours now, in the bigger terraces of Crown Street near where it crossed Cleveland, were Protestants, while the Kennedys, of course, remained as Roman Catholic as they ever were. As Brigid was quite bigoted herself, she didn’t mind all that much on her own account whatever they might have said as she passed by on her way to the grocer or to the butcher. Any person of intelligence must respect an adversary to pay their judgement any heed, mustn’t they?

What she did mind was her children being subject to any prejudice, especially from those

she considered to be godless heathens, and whenever it occurred, as it did now with some regularity, it would send her into a fury.

All of the little ones still at school – that was the second twins, Sean and Martin, then Eddie, Tom, Jack and little Nell – had to run the gauntlet home through enemy territory every afternoon from the corner of Devonshire Street, where their school sat. The first block along Crown Street was all right, but the second, after Lansdowne Street, was where the trouble began. The Upton children at number 636, and the Boyles at 640, would lie in wait for the Kennedys, pelting rocks at them as they passed on their way to number 654.

Inevitably, one little Kennedy would bound in the door bawling and Brigid would bound out, banging on one of those neighbours’ doors: ‘I know you’re in there Johnny Upton – you come out now and try throwing your rocks at me!’

She’d only get one of their mothers opening the door to say: ‘My little Johnny has been indoors practising the piano all afternoon.’

Brigid Kennedy would want to throw a piano at that other mother, and if she’d have had one handy, she might have.

The only one who never came home bawling was little Nell. She might have been younger and smaller than all her brothers except for the baby, Lucky Pete, she might have been only seven then, but she gave as good as she got.

She would get mad as her mad red hair and yell back at the Uptons or the Boyles, or the whole lot of them: ‘Catholics, Catholics ring the bell, Protestants, Protestants go to hell!’ If they made fun of the farm-girl County Kerry way she spoke, she would make fun of the way they did, too: ‘Go back to Belfast – you mouldy orange heads,’ or to the Boyles in particular: ‘Go and burst yourselves.’ She would pull faces and stick her tongue out and tell them the Devil would take their brains out through their noses in the night with a long needle – and it would be easy work as their brains were so tiny and slippery. She would light up one of her older brothers’ cigarettes and blow smoke in their faces right through their front gate.

But there was one thing Nell Kennedy would never do: she would never, ever throw a rock, or a stick, or a stone at anyone. You might take their eye out, mightn’t you, and she didn’t want anything like that on her conscience.

A couple of years rolled on, and the rocks thrown by the Protestants only got worse: rocks coming right through Catholics’ windows now with a Great War in Europe begun between Britain and France on one side, and Germany and who knew who else on the other, all a world away. Sinn Feiners – republican traitors – that’s what they called every Irish Catholic now in Surry Hills, and if they could have invented a law to lock them

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Wild Chickory — by Kim Kelly all up in Darlinghurst Gaol just for being themselves, they would have. As it was, they sent the Child Welfare people to Brigid Kennedy’s door on a bogus charge of head lice – bogus because no lice would be brave enough or foolish enough to resist her fine-tooth comb.

But of greater and more serious importance, they finally got the police to close down the elder Kennedys’ betting shop in Elizabeth Lane. The lads put their hands up immediately on this one, though. They’d had a good run of it; they’d had remarkably good relations with the police up until this time as well, but that’s another story, too.

Dan, Mick and Pat were given a quiet choice by the authorities: Darlinghurst Gaol or the army – the Australian Imperial Forces. Either way, their mother was in a fury of all furies.

She had worn only black since her husband had died, and black she would only ever wear: how dare her boys tempt further mourning: if she lost one of her children now, she would have to paint her soul black. For the time being, she threw her rolling pin at Mick and got him right in the middle of his forehead.

But, as always, violence makes no difference to anything other than to make a bad situation worse. Brigid felt just dreadful for braining Mick, while Lucky Pete, who was now not yet four, cried and carried on for seeing it too, and her three eldest boys were set to leave her regardless. In the end the lads decided, for various practical reasons, that the army was the only sensible course. They thought that the food and the six shillings a day offered at Victoria Barracks in Paddington would be the better offer than nothing but cold porridge at Darlinghurst Gaol. And it was: they couldn’t believe how well they’d landed when they got their soldiering kits: three caps, two pairs of boots, three pairs of socks, three pairs of breeches, two flannel shirts, two warm jackets and a great coat – each! As well as a toothbrush. Most of all, though, they thought they might bring some peace to the neighbourhood by going to war for England, too, to prove that not all poor and Irish Catholic boys were nought but Fenian thugs.

Off they marched to Circular Quay, so tall and handsome in their uniforms, with a brass band playing over a thousand mothers’ tears and streamers streaming from the ship as it steamed away. Then afterwards, back at Crown Street, Frankie and Chris were soon moaning that they wanted to go, too, and their mother looked over at her rolling pin but, thinking the better of it, she told those younger boys outright that she would take her own life, commit the sin of all sins, if they ever did any

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such thing.

Despite all this, despite three sons off fighting a battle that wasn’t theirs to fight, despite this noble sacrifice, peace did not come to Surry Hills, nor for the Kennedys.

One afternoon, not a fortnight since Dan and Mick and Pat had left, Nell came yelling up the hall from the front door: ‘Mum! Mum! Mum!’ She was holding her hand to the side of her head and blood was streaming from a wound.

‘My girl! What have you done!’ was Brigid’s first response, for Nell being Nell, and ever more recklessly ten years old now, her mother has assumed she’d hit her head on the step while doing a cartwheel or something silly like that.

‘Johnny Upton!’ Nell shouted the house down as she ran into her mother’s arms: ‘That Johnny Upton! He got me with the biggest rock! I’ll kill him one day!’

Brigid Kennedy stood there for a moment in shock: both that Johnny Upton had been so wicked as to injure another child in this way, and that her own daughter had expressed such a murderous desire for revenge. But then, with Nell’s blood flowing all down her little face and streaking across her rosy, freckled cheek, and seeping into her mother’s apron, which was dark grey rather than black from so much washing, and was now taking on a terrible stain, Brigid Kennedy was prompted to action. She lunged for her damp dusting cloth and held it against the wound, yelling to whomever would hear it first: ‘Fetch my sewing basket!’

‘No! Mum, no! You’re not going to sew up my head!’ cried Nell.

‘Don’t be ridiculous, girl. I only want a piece of clean cloth,’ her mother roused at her and yelled again down the hall: ‘Fetch my sewing basket!’

In all the ruckus and fuss, neither Brigid nor Nell, nor any brother who’d run in off the street after her noticed that Lucky Pete had left the kitchen. Away from the clatter of boots and shoving of elbows and knees and Nell’s determination to yell and curse so that she wouldn’t cry, little Pete stole away, pinching a box of matches from beside the range as he went.

At not quite four years old and rather coddled, Pete was still a baby in some of the things he did, but he was also too old to be at home alone with only his mum all day, even if it meant he was the plumpest little boy that ever was. He was often bored, and now he was resentful: his biggest brothers, who’d always spoiled him the

most, were gone; he’d also just been told by his mother only a matter of an hour ago that he would not be going to school next year but the year after. This last seemed the worse injustice to him. How could it be that he would have to wait so long to go to school? The school was even called Saint Peter’s. It was his school. It wasn’t fair! And now Nell had come home in some kind of trouble again. Nell was always coming home in some kind of trouble, and Pete was getting fearfully jealous about that, too.

Why he did what he did next, though, no-one can explain. Sometimes little ones just do the strangest things, perhaps at the bidding of angels or imps – whichever, it’s certain we’ll never understand the reason.

Why Pete took that box of matches upstairs to his mother’s room and, getting his small self comfortable on her big, high bed, began striking those matches one by one is a mystery for the ages.

As he struck the matches, he looked over at his little cot across from the end of the bed, where he still slept, with his ted and his clown doll, and he didn’t want to be a baby anymore.

He wanted to be a big boy; he wanted attention.

He would get the latter soon enough, for he very quickly set his mother’s bed on fire.

At first, there were no flames, only a little circle of smouldering linen and curly white smoke floating up from the bed as the fire spread downwards through to the mattress.

And then whoosh the flames shot up from the coir.

And Pete went running back down the stairs, screaming and waving his fat little arms: ‘Mum! Mummy! There’s fie on the bed! Fie on the bed! There’s a fie on your big bed!’

Little Pete, being still so little, had not yet mastered his r’s. For him, red was still wed, and right was wight – and fire was fie.

His mother, who was now bandaging Nell’s poor head, turned to him and told him wearily: ‘Well, go and shoo it off.’

She had thought, of course, that he had said there was a fly on her bed. If the truth of her heart be told, she was becoming fairly bored with Pete, too. Sweet as he was, the unbroken company of an almost four-year-old, day in, day out, can test any mother’s patience.

So many questions, so many complaints, so many desires to toss your beloved child out the nearest window.

‘No – Mummy!’ he wailed like a banshee.

‘A FIE. THERE’S A FIE ON THE BED!’ At which his mother finally heard him,

Wild Chickory — by Kim Kelly and then she smelt the evidence of it even as she could barely believe it. And then she blasphemed: ‘Oh my God!’

Brigid Kennedy ran then for her life, for the lives of every child in the house and indeed for every life on their side of the street – for if her own terrace house were to go up, it would cause an inferno to race right down the whole line.

By the time she reached the room, bounding up the stairs two by two, it was full of smoke, and the flames were crackling, flickering, tongues of orange and gold licking up towards the ceiling.

She fought her way through the choking air for the balcony doors that overlooked the street and wrenched them open, as terror and wonder fuelled her nerve to do what she knew she must do next.

The only thing she could do.

Now, Brigid Kennedy was no delicate flower.

Even when she’d been a girl, she’d never been small and spry like Nell. Brigid was a broad-shouldered and sturdy woman and, with all the strength of her body and her will combined, she picked up that mattress and, without it touching floor, or wall or curtain, she hoped to throw it out of those balcony doors and into the street.

It was four o’clock in the afternoon, and Crown Street was packed with carts going both ways: fruit and vegetables heading south, up from Paddy’s at the Haymarket for next day’s selling in all the cheaper grocers, and fruit and vegetables heading in from the countryside, from the Alexandria railhead, for selling at Paddy’s tomorrow. There were dogs barking, children playing on the footpaths, a man on a bicycle weaving his way, and Mrs Upton carrying her basket from the shops.

It all swirled round and down and round for Brigid Kennedy as she sought what to do with the flaming mattress in her arms.

For the barest of moments she rested the mattress on the edge of the balcony rail; for the barest of seconds she might have considered dropping it on Mrs Upton’s head, but she didn’t.

She shouted out so that the furthest reaches of heaven and hell would hear her: ‘Look out!

Fire! Look out!’ And with all her might she heaved that burning mattress over the rail and hurled it so that it hit nothing and no-one but the footpath below the balcony.

The man on the bicycle stopped at the sound of that great lump of a thing hitting the ground, but he was the only one on the busy street who noticed that anything out of the

ordinary had occurred.

Apart from Mrs Upton. She had seen this drama unfold from the moment the mattress appeared teetering on the edge of the balcony.

She saw the flames reaching towards the awning of the roof of number 654; she saw the strength with which Mrs Kennedy steered the unwieldy heap of coir so that any tragedy was averted. She saw the selflessness of her neighbour; she saw the power of unthinking, ordinary courage. It was as if Mrs Upton had stuck her head out of her own house and looked up at the blueness of the sunny sky for the first time in her life. She saw what might have happened otherwise: the flames raging through every stick of Crown Street right down to Saint Peter’s church, her little Johnny consumed in the blaze. She’d have crossed herself, had she been a Catholic.

As it was, the whispers, privy to privy, spoke only of deliverance, and no-one said too much of a bad word ever about Mrs Kennedy after that. They would not have dared.

Brigid herself had little time to consider it. Pete was at the door of the bedroom now, standing there sobbing: ‘Mummy! Mummy!

I’m sorry!’

Her Lucky Pete, her little Peter Daniel. His fat little cheeks so red and raw and sore with grief and shame. Her heart was still thumping from the exertion and excitement just past, and when she grabbed up her boy now and crushed him to that heart, she felt the force of all it was to be alive: his fear and his love thumping against her own.

She said: ‘Shush now, Petey bub, it’s all right.’

He only sobbed, on and on. He was only almost four after all, but although he couldn’t tell his mother in words to make it plain, he knew what a terrible, frightening thing he’d done.

And she continued to hold him to her breast; she sat with him in her room on the edge of the frame of the bed till he ran out of sobs and she ran out of disbelief at what she had just done, too, and when he was quiet and calming she said to him: ‘Oh my Pete, don’t you worry, things could have been worse.’

Little Lucky Pete looked up at his mother from inside her arms. He looked at her with his great big blue eyes, and he reached out his hand and lightly touched her cheek, in that way we all do when we’re testing that our miracles are real, and he asked his mother, wondering at the word and the world: ‘Worse?

What’s worse?’

Brigid Kennedy smiled down at her son, and

she answered him: ‘Well, at least you’re not our Nell.’

‘Nellie hurt her head,’ the little boy said with

all his remorse, and his chin began to tremble again that he’d ever had a bad thought for his

sister, who was still downstairs in the kitchen, holding the bandage to her head and, like her

brothers there with her, none the wiser as to all that had gone on upstairs just now.

‘Never mind our Nell.’ Pete’s mother squeezed

him tight. ‘Don’t you remember the story of the little milkmaid, little Nell of Ballymacyarn?’

The little boy turned in her arms, in her smile:

he knew the story. It was Mum’s best story ever.

He always laughed until his belly hurt when he heard it.

She nodded: ‘You remember – our Nell with

them skinny legs she’s got?’

He nodded back at her, tears forgotten, waiting

for her to begin, one of her tales from before he was born, a tale from where he came from.

But she didn’t begin now as he had

remembered she always did; she said to him

over a sigh, closing her eyes: ‘Worse, my lad? We all had to leave Ireland because of what Nell did.’

And that was at least half true.

— AUTHOR NOTE —

Fact and fiction always play a merry game in my tales and Wild Chicory is no exception. I’ve thieved much of its truth and its hea rt from the lore of my Irish family – the Kellys and the O’Reillys – and I’ve pinched others from my hus band, Dean’s family, the Brownlees and the O’Bree s, especially from Aunty Yvonne. The rest is bla rney.

This is a story spun from my admiration for the economic refugees who have contributed to Australia from all over the wor ld, all you brave wanderers, the ordinary har d-working dreamers who have made and continu e to make our country what it is: a colourful patchw ork of beauty and bigotry both, all sewn togeth er with love. And no small part of its intricately cra zed design is Irish.

Indeed, Australia remains pro portionately the most Irish country outside Irel and.

But most of all, Wild Chicory is the story of how I came to be a writer myself, by the love of those who fed my soul their own sto ries when I was small, especially my grandmother, Lillian.

To those who have helped brin g this story into the world, thankyou is never a larg e enough word. Lou Johnson, my inspiring publish er, and Alex Nahlous, my excellent editor, as well as all those comrades and readers who egged me on along the way: this book wouldn’t be here withou t you.

So, slàinte, friends – I hope you enjoyed the tale.

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Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show. 2.05 Doctor Foster.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank.

5.00 The Repair Shop. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Vera. 10.00 Keeping Faith. 11.05 ABC Late News. 11.20 The Vaccine. 11.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 12.05 Fisk. Final.

12.35 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Apocalypse: The Second World War. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Prosecuting Evil. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Hunting Egypt’s Lost Treasures. 8.30 London: 2,000 Years Of History. 9.20 Patriot Brains.

10.15 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 10.55 SBS News. 11.25 Woodstock. 1.15 Mr Mercedes.

3.10 Late Programs.

Morning (6) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Harry And Meghan: Becoming Royal.

(2019) 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: The Mule. (2018) Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper. 11.00 The Clown And The Candyman. 12.00 World’s Richest Dogs. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 Ellen DeGeneres. 1.00 MOVIE: Honey. (2003) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Parramatta Eels v Brisbane Broncos. 9.50 Golden Point.

10.35 MOVIE: RoboCop. (2014) 12.45 New Amsterdam. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Late Programs.

Morning (8) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Just For Laughs. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 MOVIE: Kenny. (2006) 10.35 Brush With Fame. 11.05 Would I Lie To You? 11.35 Insert Name Here. 12.05 Catalyst. 1.05 Parks And Recreation. 1.30 Reno 911! 1.50 The IT Crowd. 2.15 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Figure Skating. 2.00 States Of Undress.

2.50 Jungletown. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 The Joy Of Painting. 5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. 9.20 How Sex Changed The World. 10.10 Sex In The World’s Cities. 11.10 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Medical Rookies. 2.30 Weekender. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Patrol.

8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Angels One Five. (1952) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II. 8.40 MOVIE: Wonder. (2017) Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts. 11.00 MOVIE: Collateral Beauty. (2016) 1.00 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 To Be Advised. 9.40 iFish. 10.05 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.05 MacGyver. 12.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 AliA’s Superchargers. 4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Endlings. 5.20 Miraculous.

6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: The Next Step Live: The Movie. (2015) 8.25 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Fruits Basket. 9.05 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.

9.30 Radiant. 9.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Black-ish. 1.00 Surf Patrol. 2.00 How I Met Your Mother. 3.00 Jabba’s Movies. New. 3.30 Futurama. 3.55 The Simpsons. 4.45 MOVIE: The Looney, Looney, Looney, Bugs Bunny Movie. (1981) 6.30 MOVIE: The Karate Kid. (2010) 9.20 MOVIE: Rush Hour 2. (2001) Jackie Chan. 11.20 MOVIE: Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. (1972) 1.20 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Alaska’s Wild Gourmet.

3.00 Bull Riding. PBR Australia. 3.30 The Food Dude. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 6. GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs. 10.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Hollywood Medium. 1.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 3.00 Red Bull Soapbox Race: Paris. 4.00 Ultimate Rush.

4.30 Dance Moms. 5.30 MOVIE: Suddenly 30.

(2004) 7.30 MOVIE: Maid In Manhattan. (2002) 9.40 MOVIE: The Wedding Planner. (2001) 11.45 Love Island. 12.45 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 1.40 Late Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 The Unicorn.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Conners.

10.30 Charmed. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage.

12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

1.20 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds.

2.30 Love On The Spectrum.

3.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame.

4.00 Ask The Doctor.

4.30 Landline.

5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 18. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. From Central Coast Stadium, NSW. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 The Durrells.

8.20 Finding Alice.

9.10 Wakefield.

10.10 The Split.

11.10 Doctor Foster.

12.05 Rage.

4.25 Anzac Dawn Service From Sydney.

5.30 Anzac Dawn Service From Canberra.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Small Business Secrets. 2.30 Figure Skating. 2021 ISU World Championships. Ice dance. 4.05 Travel Man. 4.35 The Great Escape.

5.35 Hunting Nazi Treasure. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. Final.

8.30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns.

9.25 MOVIE: The Game. (1997) Michael Douglas.

(MA15+) 11.45 MOVIE: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.

(2016) Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund. 1.45 MOVIE: Shutter Island. (2010) Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley.

4.15 Nocturne In Black. 4.40 Memorable. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

1.20 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 1.40 Pablo. 2.15 Get Grubby TV. 2.30 Wallykazam!

3.00 Molly Of Denali. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 The Wiggles World. 4.35 Thomas. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 5.35 Rusty Rivets. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.35 The Hive. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 The Set. Return. 8.30 Unprotected Sets. 9.25 Live From The BBC. 10.15 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 10.50 Insert Name Here. 11.20 Staged. 11.45 High Fidelity. 12.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.55 Escape From The City. 1.50 Gruen XL. 2.45 Close.

5.05 Timmy Time. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel.

5.45 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.00 Romanian News. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.00 Croatian News. 9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Dutch News. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 MOVIE: Beat Street. (1984) 2.05 Suspect Moustache. 2.35 New Girl. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 ABC America: World News Tonight. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 15. Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Dateline. 11.30 Insight. 12.30 MOVIE: Captain Fantastic. (2016) 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News.

3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Art Ninja. 12.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.15 The Dengineers. 2.05 Danger Mouse. 2.20 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

2.45 Radiant. 3.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Endlings. 5.20 Miraculous.

6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Top Jobs For Dogs.

7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

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6.00 It’s Academic.

7.00 ZooMoo Wild Friends. 8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Spit It Out. 10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast.

11.00 Weekender. 12.00 Jabba’s Movies. 12.30 Yummy Mummies. 1.45 Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions. 3.45 Britain’s Got Talent Best And Worst. 5.00 MOVIE: Looney Tunes: Back In Action. (2003) 7.00 MOVIE: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971) Gene Wilder. 9.10 MOVIE: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

(2005) Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell.

11.40 Bridezillas. 12.40 MOVIE: The Saint’s Vacation. (1941) 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.00 MOVIE: Sea Devils. (1937) 5.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Anzac Dawn Service From Melbourne.

6.30 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Anzac Day March Sydney. 10.30 Insiders. 11.25 Offsiders. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Insiders.

1.30 Offsiders.

2.00 Landline.

3.00 Gardening Australia.

4.00 Air Force 100 Highlights.

5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame.

5.30 You Can’t Ask That.

5.55 The Art Of Remembrance.

6.25 Compass: The Jesuit Who Dared.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Spicks And Specks.

8.30 Wakefield.

9.25 MOVIE: Goldstone. (2016) Aaron Pedersen, David Wenham.

11.20 Top Of The Lake: China Girl.

12.20 Keeping Faith. 1.25 Black Comedy. 1.55 Back In Very Small Business. 2.25 Rage. 3.55 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. 5.00 Insiders.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 Small Business Secrets. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU World Championships. Ice Gala. 4.05 Tour De Legacy: The Western Front. 5.05 Small Business Secrets.

5.35 Hunting Nazi Treasure.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Russia: 1000 Years Of History.

9.15 Sydney’s Super Tunnel: Digging Deep.

10.15 An Australian Hero: Keith Payne VC. 11.15 Who Gets To Stay In Australia?

12.15 D-Day: 75 Years.

2.00 The Honesty Experiment.

3.10 Spina Bifida And Me. 4.05 Depression And Me. 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

12.45 Clangers. 1.20 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 1.40 Pablo. 2.15 Get Grubby TV. 2.30 Wallykazam! 3.00 Molly Of Denali. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 The Wiggles World. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 5.35 Rusty Rivets. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures.

7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Sir Mouse.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Dark States. 9.30 Last Woman On The Planet. 10.30 Catalyst. 11.30 The Romantics And Us. 12.30 You Can’t Ask That.

1.00 Restoration Australia. 2.00 Gruen XL. 2.45 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel. 5.45 Kazoops!

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 Croatian News.

9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Portuguese News.

10.50 Urdu News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 Noma Australia. 1.30 New Girl. 2.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 15.

Brisbane Bullets v South East Melbourne Phoenix.

5.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 7. Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Women’s race. 9.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

Men’s race. 1.25 Weediquette. 2.25 France 24.

3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.45 Operation Ouch! 12.15 Art Ninja. 12.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.15 The Dengineers. 2.05 Danger Mouse. 2.20 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

2.40 Prank You Very Much. 3.05 Top Chef Jr. 4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Endlings. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Space Nova.

6.30 Top Jobs For Dogs. 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

It’s Academic.

(66) 6.00 7.00 ZooMoo Wild Friends. 8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Spit It Out. 10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 Weekender. 12.00 The Food Dude. 12.30 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. 1.45 Weird, True And Freaky. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.30 MOVIE: Looney Tunes: Back In Action. (2003) Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman.

6.30 MOVIE: The Lego Batman Movie. (2017) Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson.

8.40 First Dates Australia.

11.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 12.00 Aquarius. 2.00 Weird, True And Freaky.

3.15 MOVIE: Badman’s Territory. (1946) 5.00 Deception.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 Football. AFL. Round 6. Gold Coast v Sydney.

4.30 Highway Cops.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE: 2012. (2009) John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor. A man tries to protect his family when a global cataclysm threatens to destroy the world. (PG) 10.10 MOVIE: Die Hard. (1988) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman. A New York City police detective heads to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve to be reunited with his estranged wife. However, his plans are disrupted when a gang of terrorists take over the office tower where she works. (M) 1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 Currumbin Dawn Service.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. 12.30 Destination WA. 1.00 National Anzac Centre: War Stories.

1.30 Animal Embassy.

2.00 Australian Red Cross Connecting.

4.00 The Pet Rescuers.

4.30 The Garden Gurus.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Music From The Home Front.

10.00 Made From Melbourne.

10.40 MOVIE: Dreamgirls. (2006) Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson. Three singers are plucked from obscurity by an ambitious talent agent. (M) 1.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Weekend Today.

6.00 WhichCar. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight. 7.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 7.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show.

9.30 Studio 10: Saturday.

12.00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn.

12.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient.

1.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

1.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

2.00 To Be Advised.

3.00 What’s Up Down Under.

3.30 To Be Advised.

4.30 Farm To Fork.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Advancing Australia.

6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.00 The Dog House.

8.00 Ambulance.

10.20 999: What’s Your Emergency?

11.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 NBC Today. 12.00 Weekender.

12.30 Creek To Coast.

1.00 House Of Wellness.

2.00 Sydney Weekender.

2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

3.00 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Weekender.

4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Sydney Weekender.

5.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Fish Of The Day. 7.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 8.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 10.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 11.00 Living The Ride. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 Bull Riding. PBR Australia.

Replay. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld.

1.30 The Food Dude. 2.00 Alaska’s Wild Gourmet.

2.30 American Pickers. 3.30 Heavy Rescue: 401.

New. 4.30 Counting Cars. 5.30 Megastructures.

6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Melbourne v Richmond. 10.30 AFL PostGame Show. 11.00 America’s Hardest Prisons.

12.15 Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.30 Late Programs.

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(52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Bottoms Up. (1960) Jimmy Edwards.

12.20 MOVIE: The Colditz Story. (1955) Lionel Jeffries, John Mills. 2.20 MOVIE: The Cruel Sea. (1953) Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton. 4.55 MOVIE: The Dam Busters. (1955) Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans.

7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 10. NSW Waratahs v Melbourne Rebels.

9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match.

10.00 MOVIE: Ambush Bay. (1966) 12.10 My Favorite Martian. 12.35 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs.

8.00 MOVIE: Barbie And Chelsea The Lost Birthday. (2021) 9.30 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 Ironman. Australian Championships. 2.00 Road Trick. 2.30 Race Across The World. 3.45 MOVIE: Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back. (1998) 5.15 MOVIE: The Golden Compass. (2007) 7.30 MOVIE: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. (2014) 10.20 MOVIE: Jumper. (2008) 12.10 Love Island: Unseen Bits. 1.10 A Night With My Ex. 2.05 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds.

4.30 Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy. 4.50 Monkie Kid. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 2. Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Highlights. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder.

12.00 JAG. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 iFish. 4.00 Stories Of Bikes. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 Hawaii Five-0.

12.15 48 Hours. 2.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 3. Grand Prix of Portugal. Replay. 3.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.00 Carol’s Second Act. 10.00 To Be Advised. 12.55 Becker. 2.00 Frasier.

3.00 Friends.

6.00 Columbo.

7.30 Kojak.

8.30 Spyforce.

9.20 The Big Bang Theory.

9.45 Friends.

10.45 MOVIE: Air Force One. (1997) 1.15 Home Shopping. 1.45 2 Broke Girls. 3.15 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.30 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 To Be Advised.

2.30 Dog Patrol.

3.00 Highway Cops.

3.30 Border Patrol.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. Final.

8.45 MOVIE: Danger Close: The Battle Of Long Tan. (2019) Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey.

11.15 MOVIE: Fallen. (1998) Denzel Washington, John Goodman.

2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

1.00 Kokoda: The Spirit Lives.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Sydney Roosters v St George Illawarra Dragons. From the SCG. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 LEGO Masters.

8.45 60 Minutes.

9.45 Australian Crime Stories: Bodies Of Evidence.

10.55 Shallow Grave: No Borders.

11.45 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 12.35 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Mass For You At Home.

6.30 Hillsong.

7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef.

7.30 Fishing Australia.

8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture.

9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

12.00 Advancing Australia.

12.30 My Market Kitchen.

1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. Final.

2.00 To Be Advised.

3.40 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.00 Roads Less Travelled.

4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

9.10 FBI: Most Wanted.

11.10 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 12.15 The Garden Gurus. 12.45 Getaway. 1.15 MOVIE: Beachhead. (1954) 3.15 MOVIE: Dunkirk. (1958) John Mills. 6.00 MOVIE: Battle Of Britain. (1969) Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer.

8.45 MOVIE: Saving Private Ryan. (1998) 12.05 Miracle Hospital. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 12.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 1.00 MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Holidays Unwrapped. (2019) 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle.

(2000) 5.45 MOVIE: Nacho Libre. (2006) 7.30 MOVIE: War Of The Worlds. (2005) Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning. 9.45 MOVIE: Super 8. (2011) Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning. 12.00 Love Island.

1.00 Dance Moms. 2.40 MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Holidays Unwrapped. (2019) 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 5.10 Lego City Adventures. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 1.00 The Zoo. 1.30 SA Weekender. 2.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Escape To The Country.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

8.30 Air Crash Investigation: Explosive Touchdown.

9.30 MOVIE: They Shall Not Grow Old. (2018) Thomas Adlam, William Argent, John Ashby.

11.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 SA Weekender. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Swamp (63) 6.00 People. 7.30 Home Shopping. 10.00 Fishing. Australian Championships. 11.00 Oz Fish TV. Return. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. 12.00 The Fishing Show.

1.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 On Tour With Allan Border. 2.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Collingwood v Essendon. 6.00 Counting Cars. 6.30 MOVIE: Wild Hogs. (2007) Tim Allen. 8.35 MOVIE: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. (2019) Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne. 11.15 Tattoo Nightmares. 12.20 Blokesworld. 1.00 Blue Water Savages. 2.00 Shipping Wars. 2.30 Counting Cars. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Fishing Edge. 4.00 Pooches At Play.

4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Madam Secretary. 12.15 Hawaii Five-0. 1.10 NCIS: New Orleans. 2.10 Elementary. 3.05 MacGyver. 4.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 5.00 The Doctors.

WIN BOLd

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.

7.00 The Neighborhood.

8.00 Neighbours.

10.30 To Be Advised.

1.50 Carol’s Second Act. 3.30 Friends.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

8.30 Friends.

10.00 2 Broke Girls.

11.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Posh Frock Shop. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 4.30 Home Shopping.

WIN PEaCH

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Monash And Me. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.10 The Durrells. 2.00 Loch Ness. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 The Repair Shop. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 To Be Advised. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. 12.05 Trump Takes On The World. 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.05 Apocalypse: The Second World War. 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys.

3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 The Queen Mother. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 8.30 Secret Scotland. 9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Outlander.

11.55 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 1.45 Asylum City. 3.35 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 Penguin King. 10.00 Back In Time For Dinner. 11.00 The Set. 11.30 Escape From The City. 12.30 Extras. 1.00 Parks And Recreation.

1.20 Reno 911! 1.40 The IT Crowd. 2.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 2.50 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

11.30 SBS Courtside. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Golden State Warriors v Sacramento Kings.

2.30 VICE World Of Sports. 3.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week.

5.15 The Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street.

6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster.

Return. 10.20 Back To Chernobyl. 11.20 Return To Chernobyl. 12.25 Colony. 1.15 The Point. 2.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 AliA’s Superchargers. 4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Endlings. 5.20 Miraculous.

6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots.

8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

It’s (66) 6.00 Academic.

7.00 Match It. 8.00 Spit It Out. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Black-ish.

1.30 Surf Patrol. 2.30 Jabba’s Movies. 3.00 Me, Myself & I. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother.

4.30 To Be Advised. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

8.30 Ink Master.

10.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 11.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. 12.30 90210. 2.30 MOVIE: Marabunta.

(1998) 4.30 Me, Myself & I. 5.00 Deception.

News (2) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.55 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Finding Alice. 2.00 Loch Ness. Final. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 The Repair Shop. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. 9.30 Laura’s Choice. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 Q+A. 12.10 Black Comedy. 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.05 Apocalypse: The Second World War. 3.10 Living Black Conversations. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 The Queen Mother. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 The Point.

12.00 Box 21. 1.50 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 3.40 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures.

7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Staged. 9.10 Back. Return. 9.35 Extras. 10.05 Fisk. Final. 10.35 High Fidelity.

Final. 11.00 In The Long Run. 11.25 The Games.

11.55 Live From The BBC. 12.40 Unprotected Sets. 1.35 Parks And Recreation. 1.55 Reno 911!

2.20 The IT Crowd. 2.40 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. Final. 3.30 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.30 SBS Courtside. 9.00 Basketball. NBA. Magic v Lakers. 11.30 WorldWatch. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Warriors v Sacramento Kings.

Replay. 2.00 States Of Undress. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Asia’s Next Top Model. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Patriot Brains.

9.25 The Casketeers. 9.55 Travel Man. 10.25 Rise Up. 11.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 AliA’s Superchargers. 4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Endlings. 5.20 Miraculous.

6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots.

8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

It’s (66) 6.00 Academic.

7.00 Match It. 8.00 Spit It Out. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Deception.

2.00 Trial & Error. 3.00 Jabba’s Movies. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: Vacation. (2015) Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chris Hemsworth. 10.30 MOVIE: She’s Funny That Way. (2014) 12.30 90210. 2.30 Late Programs.

MondAy, April 26

ABC TV (2)

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TUESdAy, April 27

ABC TV

ABC TV PLUS

ABC ME

WEdnESdAy, April 28

SBS VLnd

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SBS

SBS VLnd

7FLIX

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Gardening Australia. 11.00 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch.

1.55 Informer. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 4.55 The Repair Shop. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 You Can’t Ask That.

Return. 9.35 QI. 10.10 The Set. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Four Corners. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight.

3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Queen Victoria And Her Nine Children. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson’s History Of Britain. 8.30 Building The Channel Tunnel. 9.30 Miniseries: Deadwater Fell. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 The Crimson Rivers.

12.45 Miniseries: Hungry Ghosts. 2.45 George Clarke’s Shed Of The Year. 3.40 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 5.00 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 The Romantics And Us. 9.50 Restoration Australia. 10.45 Last Woman On The Planet.

11.50 Louis Theroux: Dark States. 12.50 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.35 The IT Crowd. 1.55 Small Tales And True. 2.30 Close.

5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Orlando Magic v LA Lakers. Replay. 2.00 States Of Undress. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Vs Arashi. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: The Death Of Stalin. (2017) Steve Buscemi. 10.25 MOVIE: Jackass: The Movie.

(2002) 12.00 News. 12.25 MOVIE: Top Five.

(2014) 2.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Ali-A’s Superchargers. 4.10 The Inbestigators.

4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Endlings. Final. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

It’s (66) 6.00 Academic.

7.00 Match It. 8.00 Spit It Out. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Jabba’s Movies. 12.30 Deception. 2.30 Trial & Error.

3.00 Me, Myself & I. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons.

6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 MOVIE: Exodus: Gods And Kings. (2014) Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton. 10.35 MOVIE: Body Of Lies. (2008) 1.10 The Guardian. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC TV (2)

ABC TV PLUS

ABC ME

SBS (3)

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7FLIX

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Australian Story. 10.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame.

11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 2.00 Informer. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 The Repair Shop. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Trump Takes On The World. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.10 Employable Me Australia.

12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Nazi Megastructures.

2.55 Magic Alps. 3.10 The Perfect Serve. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Queen Victoria And Her Nine Children. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 World’s Greatest Bridges. 8.30 The Handmaid’s Tale. Return.

10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Baghdad Central.

11.45 Bosch. 12.35 Miniseries: The Hunting.

2.35 Cruising With Jane McDonald. 3.30 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures.

7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.30 Hard Quiz. 10.00 The Weekly. 10.30 You Can’t Ask That. 11.05 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.35 Penguin King. 12.30 Back. 12.55 In The Long Run. 1.20 Parks And Recreation. 1.45 Reno 911!

2.05 The IT Crowd. 2.30 Small Tales And True.

3.00 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 MOVIE: The X-Files. (1998) 2.10 States Of Undress. 3.00 Jungletown. 3.50 WorldWatch.

5.15 NBL: Overtime. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Future Man. 10.25 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 11.20 The Feed. 11.50 Over The Black Dot. 12.45 News.

1.10 La Jauria. 2.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Ali-A’s Superchargers. 4.10 The Inbestigators.

4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 The Demon Headmaster.

5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 Space Nova. Final. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 9.30 Cleopatra In Space. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

It’s (66) 6.00 Academic.

7.00 Match It. 8.00 Spit It Out. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Jabba’s Movies. 12.30 Deception. 2.30 Trial & Error.

3.00 Me, Myself & I. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons.

6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 MOVIE: Exodus: Gods And Kings. (2014) Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton. 10.35 MOVIE: Body Of Lies. (2008) 1.10 The Guardian. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC TV

THURSdAy, April 29

SBS

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ABC ME

SBS (3)

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7FLIX

PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 10.00 The 93rd Annual Academy Awards. 1.00 Highway Cops.

1.30 Border Patrol. 2.00 World’s Most Extreme Airports. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Big Brother. Return.

9.30 The 93rd Annual Academy Awards.

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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Headline News.

(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.40 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia.

8.40 Hughesy, We Have A Problem.

9.40 The Graham Norton Show. 10.40 The Project. 11.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 To Be Advised. 9.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 10.05 Star Trek: Voyager. 12.05 Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised. 12.10 Home Shopping.

2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Enterprise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Explore. 1.15 LEGO Masters. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 LEGO Masters. 8.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. 9.50 100% Footy. 10.50 Nine News Late.

11.20 Manson: The Lost Tapes. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

7TWo

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct.

10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Are You Being Served? (1977) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 The Bill.

10.10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.10 Murdered By Morning. 12.05 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Hollywood Medium. 1.00 MOVIE: Suddenly 30. (2004) 3.00 Soapbox Racing.

Red Bull Series. Round 6. Replay. 4.00 Peaking.

4.45 Dance Moms. 5.45 LEGO Masters. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: The Expendables 3. (2014) Sylvester Stallone. 11.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.00 Love Island. 1.00 Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen. 2.00 Hollywood Medium.

3.00 Beyblade Burst Surge. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.10 Getaway. 1.40 LEGO Masters. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 LEGO Masters. 8.50 Resident Alien. New. 10.50 Nine News Late. 11.20 Australian Scandal. 12.10 Emergence. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 10.40 MOVIE: The Saint Strikes Back. (1939) 12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Medical Rookies. 2.30 The Zoo. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed.

10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Cop Squad. 12.30 Doc Martin. 1.30 The Zoo. 2.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life.

12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Highway Cops.

2.00 Alaska’s Wild Gourmet. 3.00 Freesurfer.

4.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 8.30 MOVIE: Terminator Salvation. (2009) Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood. 11.00 Tattoo Nightmares. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Sorority Surrogate. (2014) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother.

9.15 The Good Doctor.

10.15 The Resident. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Station 19. 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

9Go!

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 To Be Advised. 9.10 Diagnosis Murder.

10.05 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.05 MacGyver.

12.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 9.25 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 Madam Secretary.

4.10 Star Trek: Voyager. 5.05 The Doctors.

9Go!

(82) 6.00 Cheers.

7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Friends. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Unicorn. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 2.30 Becker. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 3.10 The Break Boys. 4.10 Dance Moms. 5.10 Baywatch. 6.10 LEGO Masters. 7.30 MOVIE: Spy Game. (2001) Robert Redford, Brad Pitt. 10.00 MOVIE: The Net. (1995) Sandra Bullock. 12.20 Love Island. 1.30 90 Day Fiance.

2.20 Peaking. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Surge.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Rev & Roll. 5.10 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Pregnant At 17. (2016) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother. 9.00 Reckoning.

New. 10.00 Born To Kill? 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Autopsy USA. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.10 Driving Test. 1.40 LEGO Masters.

3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. Return. 8.30 Doctor Doctor.

Return. 9.30 New Amsterdam. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 The Enemy Within. 11.50 Timeless. 12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 MOVIE: She’ll Have To Go. (1962) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Born To Kill? Class Of Evil. 11.50 Antiques Roadshow. 12.20 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.10 The Break Boys. 4.10 Dance Moms. 5.10 Baywatch.

6.10 LEGO Masters. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Ghostbusters II. (1989) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd. 10.40 MOVIE: Brüno. (2009) 12.10 Love Island. 1.10 Bridezillas.

2.10 90 Day Fiance. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Rev & Roll. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 2.30 SA Weekender. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries.

8.30 A Touch Of Frost.

10.50 Dog Patrol. 11.50 Property Ladder UK. 2.30 Home Shopping.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life.

12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Highway Cops.

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THUMBS UP to Anson Street School for their digital sign message - “Life is short, wear your party pants.” Brought a smile to my face on the way to work, thank you!

THUMBS UP to the amazing person who found my wedding band at the central Orange Woolies and handed it in. You have absolutely no idea what this meant to me!

Thank you so much! It restored my faith in good people!”

HUGE THUMBS UP to Plumb Call for doing a great job on fixing our down pipes, guttering and small leak. Not only were they very professional, but most of all they were on time, extremely helpful and well mannered. Will always recommend you and Thanks for the amusing fridge magnet.

Won’t tell what’s on it, people will just have to give you a call and get their own.

MASSIVE THUMBS DOWN to the female truck driver who was driving one handed around the corner turning from Southern Feeder drive heading into town last week, because they were on the phone with their other hand!! So irresponsible.

Pull over or get better Bluetooth gear. You should know better people!

THUMBS DOWN to ADULTS who take their children to the movies and are given allocated seating but sit in other seats. Having witnessed on several occasions young children standing at the side, saying to adults ‘excuse me you are in our seat numbers’, only to be told ‘bad luck – sit somewhere else’ is not acceptable behaviour from a responsible adult. It is also certainly not showing their own children respect and correct behaviour.

These actions are bullying and make the children feel uncomfortable and I hope all caring adults will call out this behaviour. So please sit in your allocated seats.

THUMBS UP for more parking in the CBD. The ideal location would be in the existing car park on the corner of Lords Place and Kite Street. It’s in the middle of the CBD and yet also out of the way.

Perfect spot.

THUMBS UP to James Blacker and his keyboard. James, the brackets you choose to play are liked by everyone at Calare Aged Care. We now are waiting in anticipation for your next visit.

THUMBS UP Thank you Absolute Auto Body for the wonderful job you did on my Rio Kia. Thank you.

MASSIV THUMBS UP to the organisers, participants and businesses of the Ride Blue, Mental Health Awareness Motorbike ride on Saturday 10th April.

What an absolutely amazing sight it was to see so many people riding to break down the stigma of mental health in our community, young and old. Mental health and suicide affects so many people and families in and around Orange, so to see so many people involved was extremely emotional. Also, to all the businesses that generously donated towards the day. So very kind of you all. To the organisers – you are so truly wonderful. Please continue to do this event and hopefully next time we will see more local media covering this wonderful ride.

THUMBS UP In response to last week’s Thumbs down – a big thumbs up to the staff at Service NSW for trying their very best. Since the introduction of the Dine and Discover vouchers they have been run off their feet for weeks and their efforts are appreciated.

A BIG THUMBS DOWN to the people whingeing about how long they have to wait in line to receive them. Everyone is in the same boat and YOU ARE GETTING FREE MONEY!

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SUNDAY • APRIL 25 2021

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DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ASKED TO REGISTER ONLINE IF THEY WISH TO ATTEND THE CIVIC COMMEMORATION OR DAWN SERVICES IN ROBERTSON PARK. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE REQUESTED NOT TO LINE THE ROUTE OF THE MARCHES BUT INSTEAD TO GATHER IN ROBERTSON PARK.

2021 OFFICIAL PROGRAM DAWN SERVICE

6.00AM ASSEMBLY AT MEMORIAL HALL ON ANSON STREET 6.15AM DAWN MARCH (SERVING & EX-SERVICES' PERSONNEL ONLY) 6.30AM DAWN SERVICE AT THE CENOTAPH IN ROBERTSON PARK 7.00AM DAWN BREAKFAST IN THE CORAL SEA ROOM AT ORANGE EX-SERVICES' CLUB (SERVING & EX-SERVICES' PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILY)

COMMEMORATION OF THE FALLEN

8.00AM HOLY COMMUNION AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH HALL 8.30AM ANZAC MASS (ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE ST JOSEPHS' CHURCH AT 8.15AM)

ANZAC MARCH 10.00AM ASSEMBLE AT MEMORIAL HALL (SERVING & EX-SERVICES' PERSONNEL ONLY) COLOUR PARTIES ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT TO THE MEMORIAL HALL ON ANSON STREET 10.35AM PARADE TO CENOTAPH IN ROBERTSON PARK

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11.00AM CENOTAPH IN ROBERTSON PARK

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12.30PM CORAL SEA ROOM AT ORANGE EX-SERVICES' CLUB (SERVING & EX-SERVICES' PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILY)

ORANGE EX-SERVICES' CLUB 10AM - 4AM THE GREENHOUSE OF ORANGE DOORS OPEN 11:30AM