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THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 1 #13 Thursday, November 20, 2008 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933 editor@tweedecho.com.au adcopy@tweedecho.com.au www.tweedecho.com.au

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Mayor backs Hastings Pt community Ken Sapwell

Tweed Mayor Joan van Lieshout was hailed the saviour of Hastings Point after her crucial vote at Tuesday’s council meeting secured new planning controls for the village. Cheers and applause erupted from a packed public gallery when she used her vote to break a three-all deadlock to bring in a development control plan (DCP) for the town south of Cudgera Creek and initiate a DCP for the northern part of the town. The new DCPs, along with a locality plan, will limit densities and reduce building heights from three storeys to two in a move to protect the village’s unique character and reduce pollution of the creek. More than 100 people waving placards crowded into the gallery and spilled out into the foyer to watch what was described as an historic decision which brings the shire’s smallest coastal village in line with Fingal and Pottsville. While 80-odd residents were wildly jubilant some 30 developers, landowners and tradesmen were visibly upset by the result which effectively blocks several multi-unit developments which were in the pipeline. In the first real test of her leadership, Cr van Lieshout, who is married to a property millionaire, surprised many when she came out in support of the community which had been fighting since 1996 for tighter controls to stop overdevelopment and avert what it sees as an ecological disaster. The mayor, who snubbed an invitation to a mayoral conference in Canberra in order to vote on the future of the village, sided with community councillors Barry Longland, Dot Holdom and Katie Milne to bring in the longoverdue controls. She also supported the same councillors in opposing a three-storey residential unit building on the Coast Road which council planners said should not be approved because of a range of environmental reasons. Residents and developers argued their cases before councillors voted but it was apparent that Cr van Lieshout, who was subject to heavy lobbying from both sides in recent weeks, had already made up her mind.

A mixed bag of signs at Tuesday’s council meeting to decide the fate of Hastings Point. Photo Luis Feliu

In a prepared statement afterwards, she indicated she had been persuaded to support the future protection of the village ‘as a result of the dedicated and passionate pleas from the representatives of the community’. She singled out local lawyer John O’Reilly, whose legal challenges have already stopped a seven-unit building from going ahead and threaten to stop the controversial Point development. She also commended local environmental campaigner Richard Gow. ‘They have relentlessly continued to inform authorities of the implications and sensitivity of the area for no personal gain,’ she said. ‘It is noted that Hastings Point is a unique part of the northern NSW coastline and requires specific regulations to maintain the desired community environment.

‘It is to be remembered that the council represents the whole community and that it is our responsibility to ensure that vital and relevant information is available to all parties at all times. ‘This of course will mean that not all decisions will favour all parties.’ In an apparent reference to claims from some speakers that the new controls will devalue their land, Cr van Lieshout said places like Byron Bay increased in value simply because they were not subject to overdevelopment. Conservative councillors Kevin Skinner, Phil Youngblutt and Warren Polgalse initially moved to bring in the new controls but insisted that the door remained open for development approvals waiting in the wings, but were defeated 4-3. The same councillors then unsuccessfully

tried to find a way to approve the Coast Road block of units by developer PDK but were again rebuffed by the mayor’s deciding vote. ‘It’s a fantastic result,’ said Mr O’Reilly, a leading figure in the residents’ long and until now frustrated campaign to retain the existing medium density zoning but with tighter controls to stop large multi-unit blocks of flats. Residents had the support of council planners, the state government and urban design consultants who found that existing controls did not go far enough to protect the village’s unique character. The residents’ campaign has involved ongoing legal battles, a nude YouTube video protest and accusations referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. ■ See Editorial, page 8

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Taste nuances With the tea now ready for the test Michael presses the cup to his lips and sucks the liquid through his teeth so that a fine spray hits his palate. It’s an art! ‘Unlike wine, you don’t spit the tea out,’ he said as he moved from the green teas through to the black teas, picking up the nuances in each brew. Needless to say Michael enjoys his job almost as much as he enjoys discussing with his work mates the last test cricket series between India and Australia!

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Louts snatch car in main street drama Madeleine Doherty

It was high drama in Murwillumbah’s main street last Saturday when three louts abused shopkeepers before one of them snatched a car from under the owner’s nose. Gary Bagnall, owner of the New Leaf Café, was unloading fruit from his car into the café when a young man took off with the vehicle. ‘It was about 7am and I’d parked the car right outside the shop. I looked out to see this guy reversing my car out on to the street,’ Mr Bagnall said. He took off after the thief, yelling out to other shopkeepers to help. ‘The thief swung the car on to the road, narrowly missing a jogger. I stood in front of the car with my hands on the bonnet and managed to jump out of the way before the guy planted it and drove forward, taking off down the street,’ Mr Bagnall said. But the day started much earlier for the louts who were seen walking along Byangum Road at about 5am. ‘They were yelling and abusing drivers, harassed a milkman, ran out at a bicycle rider before hitting town where they abused a baker for not giving them free food,’ Mr Bagnall said.

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Once the car was stolen the other two young men took off down the street but shopkeepers recognised them as having been with the car thief. ‘About eight shopkeepers surrounded them and I brought them back to the café, making them sit while I called the police,’ Mr Bagnall said. But with no police in town and the suspects becoming

‘agitated’ Mr Bagnall had to let them go after 45 minutes. Murwillumbah police followed up later in the day, finding the stolen car near Chillingham. ‘The driver obviously lost control on a bend, the car went through a fence and then down a 12-foot drop. It’s a write-off,’ he said. The driver escaped without

leaving signs of injury. Mr Bagnall was confident the police would find the main offender, ‘particularly as he left his mobile phone in the car.’ It’s the second brazen hit recently on a Murwillumbah business. Last month thieves broke into Sports World in the early hours of the morning and got away with thousand of dollars worth of sports gear.

Nats leader in town and talks economy down Madeleine Doherty

National Party heavyweights lined up at the Kingscliff Business Chamber breakfast this week to chew the fat on the global, national and local economy. Federal MP and leader of the National Party Warren Truss, National Party Senator Fiona Nash, Tweed MP Geoff Provest and Tweed Shire councillor Warren Polglase joined a lineup of party faithful, along with Seabreeze developers, builders, bankers and small business operators at the Salt Bar. Tweed Mayor Joan van Lieshout, who was also expected at the breakfast, did not arrive.

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Mr Truss told the group that while Australia had enjoyed a ‘wonderful decade’ there had been a dramatic turnaround in the world economy. ‘The average person’s wealth has declined by 30 per cent and unemployment is expected to rise to a quarter of a million,’ Mr Truss said. Other ‘alarming signs’ included the loss of business and consumer confidence, the ‘industrial lawlessness’ with, he said, strikes up by 800 per cent. He criticised the federal government’s approach of trying to buy its way out of trouble but did not offer the National Party’s solution to the current economic woes.

The NSW Government came in for a blast over its ‘budget disaster’ with a particular stab at the axing of the Sexton Hill upgrade. Mr Provest told the gathering that today (Thursday, November 20), NSW opposition leader Barry O’Farrell would arrive in the Tweed to meet with Queensland Liberal National Party (NLP) leader Lawrence Springborg to resurrect the crossborder committee. Mr Provest said with one in three fulltime workers from the Tweed crossing the border for work and 14 per cent of children from the Tweed going to school across the border there were issues that needed to be

addressed. Subcommittees of locals would be formed to help resolve the crossborder issues, he said. On a lighter note the breakfast was treated to a presentation on the new, revamped Kingscliff festival, Kingscliff Art Food and Entertainment festival, or KAFE Fiesta as it will be officially called, to debut in May. Festival organisers from the Burleigh Arts Group (BAG) promised an event ‘high in energy’ focusing on the arts. The breakfast finished with the drawing of the lucky door prize and the politicians headed off to Sexton Hill for a media conference.

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Meanwhile the campaign continues with local mums calling on local businesses to stop work for an hour at 2pm tomorrow (November 21) to attend the launch of their calendar at Escape Gallery in Murwillumbah. ‘We want as many as possible to come to the calendar launch – we just have to keep the message going out loud and clear: Murwillumbah Hospital is not open for negotiation,’ Mr Ross said.

Chairman of the Murwillumbah Hospital Support Committee Ian Ross will not be silenced, vowing to take on ‘the big boys’ at their own game.

fight for the hospital’s maternity unit. ‘Now we have mums bringing out a calendar with one mum going nude to raise funds for the hospital. What are we going to have to do next to make the big boys understand?’ he said. ‘They just don’t seem to speak the same language when it comes to community hospitals. ‘We are born in our hospital, we often die there and we expect to be looked after for everything in between. We un-

derstand and accept that for specialised services we go to Brisbane or the Gold Coast. But at Murwillumbah Hospital we are talking about giving birth and receiving simple procedures. With a growing population we expect to get that care at our local community hospital that we help to fund. ‘How our health services became negotiable I’ll never understand. ‘It’s not like we are asking for the earth. If the government doesn’t have a lot of spare dollars then it needs to look closely

at how it’s spending it. I haven’t seen the people in Sydney taking to the streets to save their hospitals, but I do see them take to the streets every New Year’s Eve to watch millions of dollars go up in a spectacular fire works display’. Mr Ross said that while he enjoyed the fireworks, he believed the money would be better spent on maintaining community hospital services. ‘Exactly what are we getting for our taxes? We don’t get public transport like they do in the big cities but our taxes are subsiding their buses, ferries and trains – so why can’t we have our share of public transport funds diverted to our hospitals?’ he asked. In October the North Coast Area Health Service invited Mr Ross to join the Tweed Byron Network of the North Coast Area Health Service. But Mr Ross said he and the majority of the support committee smelt a rat. ‘There’s a suspicion that this “network” is just a ploy to muzzle the Murwillumbah committee, diluting its work and distracting it from the main game, fighting for Murwillumbah Hospital,’ he said.

Mixed reaction to new rubbish tax Luis Feliu

The state government’s controversial waste and environment levy announced in last week’s mini budget has had a mixed reception. The new $10 per tonne levy on landfill rubbish disposal would help promote recycling, according to Tweed Shire Council, but Tweed MP Geoff Provest said ratepayers will bear the brunt of it. ‘That will double to $20 per tonne next year, and con-

tinue rising by $10 per tonne for each of the two years after that... Tweed Shire Council obviously can’t absorb this tax which amounts to several million dollars, and that means further Tweed rate increases,’ Mr Provest said. Council’s community and natural resources director David Oxenham agreed council would have to start charging people more to dispose of rubbish at its tips, but other services such as rubbish pickups from households and businesses would not be affected. He said the government’s reasoning behind the tax was to promote recycling which ‘fits in well’ with council’s recycling policy, and he did not think illegal dumping would increase as a result.

Council’s acting waste management coordinator Adam Faulkner said, ‘Obviously with landfilling around 60,000 tonnes per annum, a $10 per tonne levy will have to be addressed’. Mr Faulkner said council’s recycling rate was around 32 per cent and climbing. ‘We mostly recycle domestic recyclables, green organics, concrete and timber, but are always on the look out for new opportunities, such as the electronic waste (E-waste) recycling program where we have diverted almost 30 tonnes of old computers, TVs, stereos, etc from landfill and sent them to a purposebuilt recycling plant,’ he said. As a result, landfilling dropped from almost 67,000 tonnes in 2007 to around 60,000 tonnes this year.

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Weaving magic keeps tradition alive Luis Feliu

A recently-screened documentary on Australia’s foremost champion of native title, the late Eddie Mabo, brought his cousin, Tweed Heads South resident Aunty Bakoi Boulton, to tears. Childhood memories came flooding back for Aunty Bakoi, a teacher of traditional Torres Strait Islander weaving who grew up on Murray (Mer) Island in Torres Strait, as she watched the documentary on SBS TV earlier this month. (Eddie Koiki Mabo successfully fought for the recognition of ancestral rights and ownership by his people of Murray Island, where they had lived for generations. In 1992, six months after his death and a decade after his statement of claim was first lodged, the High Court of Australia ruled in his favour, ending the longstanding notion of terra nullius which wrongfully assumed the land belonged to no-one at the time of white settlement.) ‘I had tears... and cried, because he was doing it for us,’ Aunty Bakoi told The Echo. ‘I remember him well from Mer Island, we were always doing things together as kids, like fishing, playing and celebrating. ‘I also remember (former Queensland premier) Joh Bjel-

Aunty Bakoi Boulton had just as much fun as her students in the traditional weaving workshop she conducted at the Coolamon Cultural Centre in Murwillumbah last Friday.

ke-Petersen wanted to sell the island to the Japs for development and we said “no, just leave the island alone and go away�. ‘I went back there in 1984 and saw it was now different, they had built houses everywhere and it was not as I remembered it as a child, which was unspoilt,’ she said. For Aunty Bakoi, teaching traditional Torres Strait Islander weaving not only keeps the traditional indigenous craft alive but also keeps her active. ‘It’s a big part of Torres Strait Island culture... I’ve been teaching it all over the place for ten years and I enjoy it,’ she said. ‘It’s also part of our cultural

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Museum’s migrants project a winner at the Tweed Shire Council chambers in Murwillumbah to The Tweed Valley was the share a morning tea and to acother side of the world for the cept the award. To win the award the mumigrants who came here after seum beat all entrants from European settlement began. But now they call it home and through the years have added to the rich cultural diversity of the area. To celebrate their contribution and stories Tweed River Regional Museum put together a book The Other Side of the World. The project was led by museum curator Sally Watterson with a band of volunteers and covered migration to the Tweed between the 1940s and the 1960s. Last week the project on migration to the area won a prestigious Excellence in Education and Public Engagement award from Museums and Galleries NSW. The volunteers and dignitaries including deputy shire mayor Barry Longland and former deputy primer minister Doug Anthony joined the celebration with more than 50 volunteers Madeleine Doherty

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grants who shared their stories with us’. ‘The participating migrants included people from the South Sea islands, China, India, England, Greece and Italy,’ Ms Watterson said. Cr Longland praised the work, saying ‘we all came from somewhere and this project celebrates and has documented a part of the Tweed’s history’. Among the crowd was Shirley Donnelly, 75, of Crabbes Creek, who came clutching her photo album and the original photo that appears in the book. ‘I was a 16-year old bridesmaid for Jim and Marfa Pechinis of Crabbes Creek in 1947,’ Mrs Donnelly said proudly. The book is available from the Tweed River Regional Museum. The museum is still striving to get its own central building. You can join the Friends of the Regional Museum by calling 6670 2493.

Mayor hits back at critics Ken Sapwell

Tweed Mayor Joan van Lieshout has called on her critics to check their facts before making any more unfounded attacks on her character. Cr van Lieshout was commenting on a call for her to be sacked after just seven weeks in the top job over her dealings with developers. Community watchdog group Tweed Monitor, in a letter to local government minister Barbara Perry, accused the mayor of meeting with developers Gales Holdings and Metricon without senior council staff present as required under council’s code of conduct. But Cr van Lieshout says she has done nothing wrong. She said the meeting with Gales Holding director, Stephen Segal, who’s been involved in a long-running legal battle over the council’s refusal to allow a shopping centre on

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his land at Chinderah, was held in the presence of council’s chief planner, Vince Connell, and two other councillors. One of the councillors, deputy mayor Barry Longland, had even submitted a formal notation about the meeting after Mr Segal allegedly made derogatory comments about senior council staff. Cr van Lieshout said the supposed meeting with Metricon representatives just days before the company was due to take the council to court had the approval of general manager Mike Rayner as long as it was limited to a presentation without questions being asked by councillors. But Metricon cancelled after learning of the groundrules and that Tania Murdock, a critic of its plans to build a shopping centre on Pottsville’s Seabreeze estate, was planning to attend. ‘Everything I did was above board,’ Cr van Lieshout said.

‘People should speak to me first before they start writing letters to the local government minister because their allegations simply don’t hold any water. ‘No one has spoken to me about this and the letter is all based on hearsay, probably from some of my fellow councillors. ‘But it is a case of attempted character assassination and I intend to get pretty firm about things that are being said about me that aren’t true.’ Cr van Lieshout said she did not plan to take legal action, but would respond more vigorously to any wrongful allegations. ‘I have gone into council with no agenda and every intention to work for the community,’ she said. ‘If they start trying to knock out the people who are there for the right reasons they are going to lose in the end.’

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A chance encounter with a surveyor has exposed what residents say is a secret attempt by council’s hierarchy to swallow a swathe of parkland under a proposal to sell part of a Tweed Heads street to a developer. Angry residents living in the vicinity of the eastern end of Bay Street which faces partclosure and sale to troubled shopping centre giant Centro and developer Walker Corp say they feel they’ve been deliberately deceived. One of them, Kevin Tasker, says he only discovered that part of the park was set to disappear after meeting a retired surveyor who had used a theodolite and survey map to measure the full extent of a proposed realignment of part of the street. He said the surveyor found that a strip of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour had been built over some of the road reserve which the council now needed if were successfully to sell off two traffic lanes and the median strip and provide an-

other two lanes of traffic. But nowhere in the council’s public documents or maps did it indicate that a strip of existing parkland 200m long by up to 3m wide would be sacrificed as part of the controversial proposal to sell part of the road and realign the remaining section. ‘It’s an insult to our intelligence,’ the retired surf shop owner told a meeting of about 50 residents who heard details of what he described as a council con-job last week. ‘Their documents have deliberately obscured the true impact of this sell-off and not even the councillors who decided to put the proposal on public exhibition realised that a large part of the park would go.’ Council’s general manager, Mike Rayner, yesterday conceded that the section of park which now covered the road reserve would go if the council proceeded with the sale, but denied the council had deliberately tried to conceal the fact. He said a conceptual draw-

ing illustrating the proposed realignment of the road and published in the council’s weekly newsletter showed a chicane which he claims clearly indicates that the road would traverse part of the park. A council spokesman said that a council web page had been created this week in response to the calls in a bid to answer the most frequently asked questions about the proposed sale and to include a more detailed map than was contained in the original advertisement. But Mr Tasker said the site continued to avoid giving specific measurements and the map provided could only be understood by a surveyor. Save the Jack Evans Boat Harbour committee member Stephanie Deane is organising a meeting of residents at 10am today (Thursday) at Chris Cunningham Park to discuss the proposed road closure and to call on the council to come clean about the impact on existing park land and to extend the deadline for public submissions by three months.

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Spill the beans on the leak, Chris t’s time for Chris Mitchell, The Australian’s Editor in Chief, either to piss or get Volume 1 #13 November 20, 2008 off the pot. For weeks now his paper has been beating the hell out of what it describes variously as a gaffe, a blunder and a major security leak, which, it claims, Tweed Shire mayor Joan van Lieshout passed her first real has destabilised the Australtest of leadership on Tuesday in listening to overwhelmian government, irrevocably ing public opinion and sound planning advice to protect damaged its relationship with Hastings Point village and its fragile estuary environment the United States and generfrom destructive overdevelopment. ally rendered Kevin Rudd unfit to conduct international Her support for many village and shirewide residents’ diplomacy. views (by no means a minority, as many tried to paint Yet Mitchell himself, a key the large body of opposition) ensures the future of that unique jewel in enriching the Tweed coastline in a sustain- witness in the event which led to these charges, resolutely able manner. refuses to testify. Well, he can’t At the meeting which saw her crucial vote in both have it both ways. If the situaadopting a long-awaited development control plan for tion is even half as serious as he the village and supporting planning staff ’s recommended claims, then he owes it to the rejection of a controversial development in the village, she Australian public to tell them showed good sense and judgement in weighing up the the truth. Unfortunately this may get in the way of a good competing arguments of such a fiery issue and deciding beatup, but that’s journalism. accordingly. Or it used to be when I worked Cr van Lieshout had done her homework, visited the for The Australian. sites and surrounds in question, heard all the pros and The facts of the matter are cons from many quarters and understood the fragility and that on October 10 Rudd hosttrue value of the environment there. ed a dinner at Kirribilli House She stands in stark contrast to Crs Warren Polglase, Phil for a number of guests, one of Youngblutt and Kevin Skinner who were hell-bent on igwhom was Mitchell. Sometime noring the pleas of the community and favouring only the in the course of the evening developers pushing their controversial projects, despite a he left his guests in the drawhuge weight of argument that such developments threat- ing room to take a phone call from George Bush in the adened the viability of the village. jacent study. A fortnight later Cr van Lieshout’s decision surprised many in council’s The Weekend Australian ran a jampacked public gallery, not least because they wrongstory by-lined Matthew Franfully assumed the mayor would ‘pin her colours to the klin saying Rudd had been develop-at-all-costs mast’ by backing some elements of astonished to find that Bush her conservative constituency wanting three storeys and apparently did not know what denser development rules. the G20 group of countries Her actions thus are encouraging and speak volumes was. about how she sees herself in the scheme of things, even The story was immediately at this early stage in her stewardship, as a reasoning and proclaimed as a major embarfiercely independent mayor. rassment not for Bush, but for Rudd, who was accused by Arguments that controlling bulk and scale of developthe opposition of deliberately ments in Hastings Point would ‘downsize’ or lessen the leaking it for his own self-agvalue of land, or that the shire would miss out on jobs grandisement. In spite of degrowth were utter bunkum, and the mayor did not buy nials, both from Bush’s office them. and from Rudd’s office, that She has made good her previous comments, in the face the reported exchange had of criticism, that she wanted to act in the best interests ever taken place, the accusaof the whole shire and listen to all parties concerned, and she did. After all, it’s about protecting the village’s unique character along the same lines as other popular Tweed coast villages, Fingal Head and Pottsville. As the mayor pointed out, neighbouring Byron Shire’s two-storey height limit has not held back its land values. Quite the contrary, as its low-key built form combined with its natural qualities is what makes it the desirable tourism magnet it is.

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tions got shriller, culminating in a demand for a senate inquiry, thankfully vetoed by the Greens. And at the weekend, a month after the alleged offence took place, the papers splashed photographs of Rudd shaking Bush’s hand – at the G20. The fact that it was not the kind of homoerotic embrace regularly accorded to Howard, meant, declared the

When journalists become involved in politics they should not be immune to the scrutiny they demand of others‌ by Mungo MacCallum pundits, that the lame duck president was deeply annoyed with our leader. And through it all, Chris Mitchell, well he lays low and sez nuffin. Quite early in the saga it was suggested that if Rudd was using a speaker phone and if the door to the study was open, his guests may well have overheard at least part of the conversation; in spite of Malcolm Turnbull’s certainty, the leak may have come from somewhere other than Rudd’s office. Franklin has correctly refused to divulge his sources, as is his right and duty as a journalist. But Mitchell enjoys no such protection: he was present as a guest, not as a journalist, and he did not write the story (well, did he?). It is perfectly legitimate to ask him, or any of the other guests, whether the conversation was overheard, whether it was discussed, whether Rudd mentioned it later. Mitchell is entitled to remain silent, but when he does so the rest of

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nd speaking of pots and kettles, last week I received a personal (well, personalised) email from our beloved Prime Minister which opened with the sentence: ‘Dear Mungo, As a supporter of the Kevin07 campaign, I wanted you to be the first to hear about my new website: Kevin.PM.com.au.’ It was hardly surprising to learn that Mr Rudd was a supporter of the Kevin07 campaign; indeed I was myself, which is I think what he was trying to say. English usage 101: Adjectival phrases should be placed adjacent to

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nd I have spent most of the last week on my knees, praying for the strength to watch The Howard Years on the ABC. We had to live through the bloody things; do we really need to have them regurgitated in our living rooms? The only people apparently looking forward to the experience are the unreconstructed Howard-huggers in the media, who are already opining that the filthy socialist ABC will use the opportunity to traduce their hero’s impeccable record. And they may well be right: from the teasers broadcast it would appear that quite a few of Howard’s former colleagues are lining up to claim that there were times during those 12 years when they themselves had their doubts. Of course, in the interests of party loyalty, cabinet solidarity and the continuing good of the nation they said and did nothing at the time, but, well, they would now like to put on the record that they were not quite the cowards, sycophants, and arselickers that they appeared to be. Well, maybe not, but they were certainly willing accomplices. Perhaps the main interest in the series will be in seeing how many now plead the Nuremberg defence – we were only obeying orders – and how many fall back on the streaker’s defence: it seemed a good idea at the time.

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the noun or pronoun which they qualify. Correction: ‘Dear Mungo, I wanted you, as a supporter of the Kevin 07 campaign, to be the first to hear‌’ If required, your schoolmistressly Education Minister Julia Gillard will elaborate. Roll on the education revolution.

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he Australian Industry Group, the umbrella organisation representing the nation’s manufacturing, engineering, construction, defence, infrastructure, transport and services industries, is so high-powered that when it speaks, federal and state governments listen. AIG’s chief executive Helen Ridout is considered such an important political player in Canberra that MPs joke that she is an unofficial member of prime minister Kevin Rudd’s cabinet. Ridout chooses her words carefully when she gives interviews because she knows that 60,000 self-important CEOs from member organisations will be watching, listening or reading what she has to say. On Channel Ten’s Meet the Press last weekend, Ridout

dropped a bombshell when she ventured the idea that prime minister Kevin Rudd should appoint administrators to run NSW. ‘I think Kevin Rudd needs to take NSW aside from the COAG (Council of Australian Governments) process and work out what we need to do to fix this state, and what conditions need to be put on it,’ she said. ‘A bit like an administrator going into a local council and saying, “Let’s have a look at the books, let’s have a really good look at what’s going on here and fix it�.’ Ridout said the policies of the Rees government ‘definitely’ were pushing Australia closer to recession and the NSW economy had become a national issue requiring separate attention. ‘It is a third of the national economy, unemployment is

Letters to the Editor

The Nightcap Village concept

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Complaint complaint The ‘Complaint lodged over mayor’ by Jerry Cornford (The Echo, November 13) shows his group Tweed Monitor is not a ‘community watchdog’ but just another gripe-group, pushing their personal bias. His complaint to the minister seeking the dismissal of our new mayor is insultingly pathetic but in keeping with the tone of his previous nonsense letters. The press reported our mayor in the company of staff and other councillors meeting with Gales to discuss issues of importance, as she is entitled to do; it is the duty of elected councillors to openly discuss issues with all ratepayers and to seek to resolve problems where possible. Mayor van Lieshout did not give support to Gales, she suggested that all pending development be put on the table – to be openly assessed, as should be done. Cornford’s attempt to undermine our new mayor is unacceptable; such behindthe-scenes plotting has been the bane of this council for decades and has no place in an open democracy. Open, honest government is what our new councillors are about, those that attended the candidates meetings made that very clear to the audience. Cornford’s fanatical objections to any activity on Gales’s land was highlighted by his letters on Turnock Street, where history and Chief Justice Preston showed council evidence was wrong; Cornford is wrong again, Gales have not proposed a ‘strip mall shopping complex’ – this is very clear on reading www.tweedecho.com.au

highest here – well over five per cent now – it’s budget position is very ordinary,’ she said. As ratepayers in the Tweed Shire know well, the government has sweeping powers under the Local Government Act to hold

Any opinion poll conducted in NSW this weekend would confirm that a majority of people think the Labor government, after more than 13 years in power, is clapped out, off the rails and taking the state deeper

State of Affairs ‘Let’s have a really good look at what’s going on here and fix it.’ with Alex Mitchell public inquiries into councils which become dysfunctional or inoperable through maladministration, corruption or some other reason. After the inquiry process, local democracy can be suspended and administrators put in charge.

into debt. And just as Labor put administrators into Tweed, Liverpool, Rylstone, Warringah, Walgett, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Port Macquarie-Hastings and Shellharbour, Ridout believes there is prima facie case for the same medicine in NSW.

There is a lot of incorrect information put out by protest group leaders and so I would like to state the following facts re the Nightcap Village. The site, 15km past Uki next to the village of Kunghur, is 49 hectares and already zoned 2(D) village. The development application in front of the Land and Environment Court is for ‘the concept of a village’. Except for road design and engineering plans for the sewage system and storm water, etc no building design or infrastructure has been decided on. The sewage system will be state of the art and located more than 1km from the river. Building design can’t commence until after approval and after conditions have been agreed. The village will be as far as is practicable an eco-village. Water tanks for every block, solar heating and cottage de-

signs that allow the minimum use of energy. Grey water will be reticulated back to each block for gardens, etc. Unlike most villages, which have a main road running through the centre, this village is tucked away nicely to the side and is virtually unseen from the main road. Most people will be unaware that the village site adjoins my 3,000-plus acres ‘Nightcap Forest’. It is a mix of native forest, tree plantation and rainforest. I have spent the last three years managing this forest by eliminating hundreds of acres of noxious weeds – groundsel bush and camphor laurel. Feral cats and dogs are still a problem. I am preparing the forest as a future ‘Bushwalkers Paradise’ with facilities for both the people of the village and the Tweed Valley. There is a good spread of dams on the property to al-

low for future ‘food growing ventures’. I would also like to add that I have lived on the property for some 20 years and am developing the village to add some prosperity to the people of the valley. It is the only development that I am doing and unlike ‘developers’ who continually develop properties, I do not. Regarding my wife being a councillor, when she suggested to me that she would like to try for the position I was not totally in favour in case it would be seen that she was doing it to help my cause for the village. She told me not to be silly and went for it anyway. I of course have pledged my absolute support. I believe 100 per cent in people’s rights to voice their concerns for any developments, as long as their objections are based on facts.

their website. Other ratepayers will be writing to the minister asking that no notice be taken of further biased and misleading information from Jerry Cornford of Tweed Monitor.

Findings’ of the ‘Jan 2008 Assessment of the Deep Tunnel Option Costs’. These costs are qualified by a statement which advises that these costs do not include $78.3m of roadworks that are common to both options B and C. Geoff Provest is correct when he states the RTA have costed Option C ‘the tunnel’ at $63m more than Option B ‘the cutting’ ($204m minus $141m). However, to obtain the total project costs the common items costs must be added on to both these costs. This then makes Option B ‘the cutting’ $219.8m and Option C ‘the tunnel’ $63m more at $283.8m.(Rudd has offered $210m for the project). This of course does not include the costs of Geoff ’s Kirkwood Road interchange ($65m plus) which the RTA and Tweed Shire Council have proven is not required before 2015 or later.

I am asking Geoff Provest to get his act together and get his facts correct and directly approach the Rudd Government who have announced they have $22.3b to spend on infrastructure in Austlink II between 2009-2014 and get the funds to build our Sexton Hill Upgrade. The RTA is ready to go and all it needs is approval from the NSW Dept of Planning to commence construction in 2009. He might like to combine with Justine Elliot’s staff who have all the facts and have been working on the problem for over a week. Do something positive for the Tweed, Geoff!

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Check the figures Geoff Provest MLA needs advice on the RTA costing of the Banora Point Upgrade (Sexton Hill to us in the Tweed). In early 2008 the Environmental Assessment gave the estimated project cost for the preferred Option B as $219.8m. It is shown on top of page 300 of the Environmental Assessment in ‘Part E – Justification and Conclusions’. Geoff ’s costing figures of $141m for the Option B ‘the cutting’ and $204m for the Option C ‘the tunnel’, came from the table on page 5 of the Flagstaff ‘Summary of

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There is an overseas precedent. In 1975 US president Gerald Ford put the Municipal Assistance Corporation (Big Mac) in charge of New York City to rescue the Big Apple from sliding into bankruptcy and taking a large part of the US economy with it. In this column on October 30, I wondered aloud ‘whether NSW is broke’ and there was a howl from some quarters that I was being alarmist. Well, last week the NSW Treasury director-general John Pierce quit. He followed the director-general of the Premier’s and Cabinet Department Robyn Kruk who decamped on October 24. To paraphrase Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest: ‘To lose one director-general may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two

looks like carelessness.’ Having presided in no small part in turning NSW into the nation’s economic basket case, they have quit the air-conditioned splendour of Governor Macquarie Tower leaving others to pick up the guano sandwich and eat it. If state bureaucrats of the seniority of Kruk and Pierce are heading for the hills, and Helen Ridout believes Rudd should send in the administrators, what do they know about the NSW economy that we aren’t being told? As I wrote on October 30: ‘Surely it’s time to open the books so taxpayers can see what they’ve done with our money.’ But what if it’s like Lehman Brothers, which traded right up until September 15 and then filed for bankruptcy because it was skint? Heaven forbid.

Gluten And Dairy Free Food Preparation Class Saturday 29th November 9.30 to 3.30 Pottsville s ,EARN HOW TO MAKE DELICIOUS 'LUTEN AND Dairy Free foods for all the family s )NCLUDES BREAKFASTS LUNCHES DINNERS SNACKS DRINKS DIPS AND #HRISTMAS TREATS s .UTRITIONAL ADVICE E G WHERE DO ) GET MY CALCIUM IF ) AM NOT HAVING DAIRY s !LTERNATIVE FOOD CHOICES TO DAIRY GLUTEN s &EAST ON THE l NE FOODS THAT ARE demonstrated s 3PROUTING AND DEHYDRATOR USE s )NCLUDES PRINTED RECIPES AND INFORMATION Many people have made the change to a gluten and dairy free diet because of the beneďŹ ts to their health such as less bloating, more energy, easier weight control and allergy reduction. However, many feel that a gluten and dairy free lifestyle is too hard to manage, especially when it comes to keeping the kids happy. In this one day food preparation class, presented by naturopath Sue Kira, participants can learn how to make delicious Gluten and Dairy Free foods for all the family as well as understand the nutritional and energetic beneďŹ ts of eating this way.

#OST INCLUDES PRINTED RECIPES &OR ENQUIRIES OR BOOKINGS PLEASE CALL ,IFE &ORCE 6ITALITY OR EMAIL SUEKIRA LIFEFORCEVITALITY COM AU To make an appointment with Sue for a naturopathic consultation in the clinic room at the Healthy Life Natural Health Food Store, Kingscliff Shopping Plaza (opp. Woolies), please phone

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Globally minded with a philosophy of peace, light and prosperity, Home is a unique life and style shop/gallery whose main influences are art, travel, fashion, design, surf, skate and snow. Current stockists of SHOESHOE, Analog, My Brothers Keeper, DVS, Gravis, Anon Sunglasses, Rhythm Garments, Heaven Swimwear, Skull Candy, Hydroflex, Hammo & Robbie Page Surfboards. Tracker, Ruckus, Goliath, Madrid, Tum yeto, Santa Cruz. Ride & Burton Snowboards. Our gallery is host to many incredible young artists from all over the world including Steve Fawley, Stan Squire, OG1 Photography, Darren Love and the list continues. Exhibits and stock change bi-monthly

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In Coronation Ave - Pottsville All donated & organised by the Pottsville Beach Business Chamber Fun for everybody – Christmas carols sing along Bring the kids – Every child receives a FREE Christmas treat Sausage sizzle And of course, Santa will be there! Saturday 6th December from 11am – put it on your calendar now! Anyone who would like to have a stall or help out on the day, please phone Tania on 0407 575 852

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Pottsville Beach

02 6676 1150 Friday nights Local sports clubs and schools fundraiser 3.30-5.30pm Come and grab a sausage sizzle. Gold coin donation to support your clubs and schools.

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New season New menu Our restaurant is open 7 days for lunch and dinner with delicious dishes to suit everyone. Choose from our regular seasonal menu or exciting blackboard specials. All meals are freshly prepared in the restaurant kitchen using the freshest quality ingredients and lots of fresh local produce.

Getting together for a Christmas Party We can cater for you. We have a range of options and budgets available to suit everyone. Bar Snack Platters from $5pp or a set amount, substantial Finger foods from $10pp, 1, 2 or 3 course meals from $15pp. Small or large groups day or night event. Book Early.

Monday night Parma night @ $10 Chicken or veal parmigiana with chips and salad dine in only. Blackboard specials available everyday. Week day lunch specials @ $7.50 Monday – Friday, new pizza menu dine in or takeaway. Freshly made crispy bases with flavour packed wholesome toppings. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights ‘courtesy bus’ local pick up and take home conditions apply. Everyday ‘all day coffee and cake’ only $6.50 – homemade cake and espresso coffee.

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NEW SERVICE Parsons

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POTTSVILLE - CABARITA - MURWILLUMBAH MON - FRI (EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS)

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9:25

Pottsville Shops

9:28

Overall Dr / Kellehers Rd (Black Rocks)

9:32

Pottsville Water Shops

9:35

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Pottsville Primary

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10:08

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PM SERVICE

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Sunnyside (Murwillumbah)

MON - FRI (EXCLUDING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS)

Phone 6672 2353

Depot - Nullum St, Murwillumbah

Pottsville Beach Surfing. Fishing. Shopping. Or just doing nothing! We have the best Holiday accommodation! Whether it’s a unit in town or a property on the beach we can accommodate you and your family in one of our 24 holiday properties located at Pottsville Beach or Hastings Point. Enjoy the best beaches, patrolled during holiday times and the family friendly Pottsville or Hastings Point pristine estuaries for safe swimming and canoeing. We are an easy 20 min drive from Tweed Heads or Coolangatta. Our rates start from $320 per week in the low season to just a little more for a luxury abode.

Check out our website for details and photos on www.pottsvillebeachrealestate.com.au Please call Suzanne Chalfont our dedicated Holiday Manager on 02 6676 2997 to book your memorable holiday.

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Mullumbimby Music Festival November 20-23

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he biggest little town in Australia lives up to its name this week when musicians from around the country and overseas converge on the vibing village to kick off the first Mullumbimby Music Fest. With over 30 artists in venues from The Civic Hall to the Bowlo, the Drill Hall to the ExServices Club and the Poinciana Cafe taking a starring role as the Festival Club, this is going to be a weekend to remember. Festival director, Glenn Wright remarked that ‘there aren’t too many other little towns that have so many good community venues in walking distance from each other.’ Roots artist, Ash Grunwald (Friday at the Civic Hall) is quite the small town advocate: ‘Mullum has always been in my mind as the kind of place you’d love to bring up your kids in. There’s nothing like being in a place where nearly all of the locals have CHOSEN to be there because they value their happiness and they have some theories on how they might attain it. Good food, perfect weather and happy vibes are what spring to mind and these are also the ingredients for the perfect festival’ Mei Lai Swan (Saturday at Civic Hall and Sunday at the Drill Hall) shares the sentiment: ‘If I was moving to Northern NSW, Mullum would be the place I’d choose – great community, beautiful country, lots of music and creative folk, and Spaghetti Circus! If only it could be a

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month-long festival...’ Although for Fumes frontman Steve Merry, (Sunday at the Ex-Services Club) the last trip he had to Mullum wasn’t such a memorable occasion! ‘One day that sticks out is getting followed out of town by the local copper who pulled me over and decided to canary my HX253 Holden pano van! Sickest car I’ve ever had… for a couple of rust spots and a bald tyre. I then went into town and paid rent only to learn we had been evicted…so it turns out a bit like an Arlo Guthrie song where we got inspected, rejected, defected and evicted so completely disconnected…’ Hopefully Steve’s visit will be a little more friendly this time! Jackie Marshall (Saturday night at the Bowlo) echoes a sentiment that a lot of people share about Mullum. ‘Forget Byron, forget Nimbin – Mullumbimby is the Northern New South town to be: where wordly freaks ’n’ straights of all walks and wanderings are pitched together. Located smack-bang in the hinterland of the Eastern Oz corroboree zone, hugging mother Mount Tincogan and a mere teatowel-whipping’s distance from Mt. Wollumbin. It also has a very excellent Olympic pool (featuring oddly very well behaved local children) in which I swim regularly.‘ Jesse Lubitz of Tin Pan Orange (Saturday at the Civic Hall) agrees, ‘There’s a lot to love about Mullumbimby. I think Mullum embodies the vibe that I’d heard about in the

Byron area. I can’t wait for the festival – hearing some exciting new music and some good ol’ favourites.’ For Heidi Elva (Sunday at the Bowlo) it’s poetic: ‘The last time I was in Mullumbimby, I arrived late at night and drove out into the hills to stay with friends. Over little creeks, further and further into the unknown. Once there, I hopped out of my car and looked up at the sky. It was full of the brightest stars. Being from the city you forget how many stars there are up there.’ Locally based internationally acclaimed circus performer Joel Salom (opening night at the Civic Hall on Thursday) sums it up. ‘I like Mullum because there’s more locals than tourists. You can stop your car in the middle of the main street to talk to friends and other drivers don’t yell at you. On Sunday morning I saw a woman, off her trolley, wearing fairy wings, flying on a shopping trolley down the aisle at the local supermarket, most people laughed and others didn’t bat an eye lid. It’s not for everyone and I like that.’ Festival Director Glenn Wright highlighted some of the shows he was particularly looking forward to. ‘Morganics is just back from New York and his one man theatre show, Memoirs of a Hip Hop Nomad is something I personally really want to see. And the Jesse Younan Tribute is going to be great. His brother and his father will be coming up. His brother Emad Younan will

perform some of Jesse’s songs. He is also a very accomplished guitarist. Other performers on the tribute include Lucie Thorne, Sara Tindley, Tina Harrod, and Christian Pyle who produced his last album, A good day for a migraine. He will play two songs with Kye who played strings on the album.’ Mullum Music Festival is on from November 20 – 23. Tix available

at the door if not sold out. Avoid disappointment and get your tickets now as venue capacities are strictly limited. Go to the website: www. mullummusicfestival.com, try the hotline on 02 8250 1102 or in person at the Vitamin office – 28 Mill Street Mullumbimby. During the Festival the Box Office will be set up at the Civic Hall.

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cians starting back in the early Seagulls on Saturday Novem90s when she began perform- ber 22 at 8.30pm dst. ing with The Grandmasters and her subsequent long-standing Sphinx Rock Cafe personal and musical partner– Murray Kyle and ship with the much respected, late Jackie Orszaczky. ‘Although Friends with Mandy Nolan Jackie did not play on this Recent Murray Kyle shows album, he encouraged me to have been characterised by do this project, he supported an eclectic array of backing Tina Harrod at me and he was there the day musicians. You’re never quite we recorded. He will always be sure who’s going to be in Soundlounge part of my music,‘ says Tina. the band! This Sunday at the ‘When Harrod’s voice arrives Friday November 21, 7pm Sphinx Murray will be sharing it’s the power of Nina Simone at The SoundLounge (with Mr the audio chocolate with a with the expression of Billy Percival & Mei lai Swan) www. big gathering of blissed-out Holiday, yet Harrod’s individual- myspace.com/tinamharrod dancers. Also bush tucker ity is never compromised.’ John experts Koa and Gareth will McBeath, The Australian 2008. The Angels – be taking kids on a guided Following on from the huge walk around the grounds and Night Attack Tour success of her second solo passing on some survival skills album Worksongs (released After selling out the entire run (for a small donation). To make through Vitamin Records in of Face to Face anniversary for a bumper day, Rosnay will July 2008), Tina Harrod has hit concerts earlier this year, The be handing out free samples the road with her trio, and will Angels, with support act Hell of organic wine. A family day be performing Friday at The City Glamours, will perform for SoundLounge. one night only Worksongs is proving to be in the Starone of the most significant dust Room and successful Australian jazz at Seagulls. releases this year – it has been It has been featured on radio stations an amazing across the country, received reunion for glowing reviews and all of The Angels in Tina’s gigs since the album’s 2008 with rave release have sold out. Tina is reviews for equally at home channelling their shows, the power and emotion of their song No jazz greats like Nina Simone Secrets being Tina Harrod at the SoundLounge on Friday and Billie Holiday as she is in

not to miss – table reservations advised, phone 6679 7118. Sunday November 23, 1-5 PM, Sphinx Rock Cafe, 3220 Kyogle Road, Mt Burrell.

The Gold Coast Arts Centre presents: The comedic stylings of David Eastgate Dave Eastgate aka Easty-GFunk-Mac-Diddy-ShnizzelWhacky is the love child of waxed lyrics and pure, adulterated, rock ‘n’ roll! Having broken the shackles of circumstance, Eastgate’s unique brand of musical comedy has taken him around the globe and has blown minds in New York, LA, Toronto, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Film credits include a starring role in the soon to be released Chris Nyst feature Crooked Business and while he only appears in one short scene and speaks all of four lines, the performance is the highlight of the film. His favourite yoghurt is Boysenberry. Support: Matty Marr, MC: Rob Brown, Tickets $15. Friday November 21, 8pm. The Gold Coast Arts Centre.

Jazz in the Basement Vocalist Andrea Szabo has worked on stage as actress,

The Angels at Seagulls on Saturday November 22 more familiar soul terrain. She does so with such impeccable intuition and raw feeling that it takes your breath away. The musical pedigree of the trio of musicians featured on the album is also undeniable. ‘Jonathan Zwartz plays upright bass and has a big influence on what we play and how we play it. Hamish Stuart is a permanent member of my musical family. Matt McMahon is on piano. Some of his work on the album is achingly delicate and it reminds me of him as a person – softly spoken with never a bad word to say about anybody,’ says Tina. The fact that she has been performing with this trio for almost six years meant that they were able to go into the recording studio and lay the tracks down in one day – an immediacy and truthfulness that is reflected on the album. Tina is no stranger to working with Australia’s finest musi-

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used in the Bonds television campaign for ‘Shapers’ with Sara Murdoch, and to top it off Doc Neeson, Rick Brewster and John Brewster were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on August 29 to a standing ovation from the industry and fellow songwriters. Doc commented, ‘We had such a good time on the 30th anniversary Face To Face Tour that I am looking forward to meeting our fans again and wondering how many generations of fans will actually be coming along this time. From the point of view of somebody who has been in the band since its conception, it is fascinating and exciting how the band still connects with people and it is just awesome to be on stage being part of that!’ he said. Get a dose of great Aussie rock with The Angels, supported by the Hell City Glamours, on the Night Attack Tour, live in the Stardust Room at

Mandy Nolan

In the Family Way Lately I’ve been getting some rather peculiar stares. Eyes wander to below my breasts and pause on my swollen tummy. I can hear the thoughts ‘Oh no, Mandy’s getting fat again.’ Just to let you know, this is in fact not another weight blow out, but I am up the duff. Preggo. I have a bun in the oven. A biscuit in the tin, some ham on the sandwich, toilet paper on the roll. At the tender age of 40 I am with child. This will be my fourth. But after such a big gap between my youngest children (youngest will be eight and eldest 13 at the baby’s arrival) it feels a bit like doing it for the first time. I don’t even remember how they get the damn thing out! Last time I punched out a human (an 11 pound baby in just under an hour and a half) I missed out on the baby bonus by just a few weeks. I was devastated. Wait… hang on, two more weeks and mummy will get a plasma TV and a trip to Bali. Never happened. This time I am in the running for the human pokie payout. It was tempting to get IVF and go for the multiple birth. With three lemons on board I would have had a house deposit! No doubt, they’ll withdraw the

Baby Bonus the second I reach my ten centimetre dilation. I’m really looking forward to breastfeeding again. It’s just outright embarrassing when you don’t have a child. Last pregnancy I gained a massive 30 kilos. It was terrifying. Towards the end of my third trimester I managed to blow out three pairs of platform thongs. I looked more like a surrealist sculpture than a real live pregnant woman. Someone asked me the other day if I was going to have a home birth. I’m like – are you kidding me! I need some quiet time. I can imagine myself baring down and a voice peels across the house ‘Mum, get me some fruit’. And then again in another ten minutes ‘Mum, Charlie bit me’. I don’t envisage preparing fruit platters or monitoring child on child violence in the middle of a push. But I’m not going to hospital. Oh no. I have a birth plan. It involves five star luxury. I was thinking of booking in to the Byron@Byron and having it there – maybe even in the pool. I reckon the photos would look great on the website. Nothing like a bit of live streaming. Literally.

comedian and singer for over 20 years. Her verstile style covers ballads, pop, rock, country, cabaret and jazz. You can hear her on Saturday November 22, 7pm. Tickets: $15. The Gold Coast Arts Centre.

Joey and Maria’s Comedy Italian Wedding David Eastgate Friday November 21 at the Gold Coast Arts Centre

Andrea Szabo on November 22 at the Gold Coast Arts Centre

Biest Productions in conjunction with Dillstar Productions presents the Gnocchi’s and the Cavatellis in the longest running all-interactive comedy wedding in the nation. It’s one wedding that’s had an unbelievable reception in cities like Las Vegas, Boston, San Diego, Cleveland, St. Louis, and many more! Join these two wacky families as you dance the Tarantella, witness the vows, and take part in some un-conventional surprises. Critics have hailed Joey and Maria’s

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Television Guide

FRIDAY 21

1. The cricket season starts this week with the First Test against New Zealand (NBN, Thursday–Monday). How will unflappable Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori (pictured) measure up against the boorish Ricky Ponting? 2. Movie fans are in luck with SBS showing some of Kubrick’s best movies this week. A Clockwork Orange (Friday 10pm) was banned for many years in the UK, with the director’s agreement, until the moral panic about people copying what they see in works of art burned itself out (it has since been reignited). 3. Channel Ten obviously reads The Echo because they’ve heeded our plea to screen the intelligent comment of the Jon Stewart Daily Show (Sunday 11.05pm). But if we don’t all watch immediately they’ll rip it off air and go back to religious shopping.

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Shark Coasts (G) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Rewind (PG*,sr,a) Repeat. 1.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 2.00 Trial And Retribution (M*,at) Rpt. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 4.50 RollerCoaster 6.00 Message Stick (G*) Repeat. 6.30 Can We Help? (G*) Final. 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 The Stepfather (M*,at) family drama 9.40 The Thick Of It (MA*,cl) political drama. 10.10 Lateline 10.55 Review With Myles Barlow (MA) Final. 11.20 triple j tv Repeat. 11.50 Good Game Repeat. 12.20 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday.

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6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.20 World News in various languages. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 1.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To 9.30 Business Today Australia (G) Repeat. 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 Human Version 2.0 (M,cl) doco on 4.30 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. computers and the human brain. 5.00 7.30 Select 2.25 The Dream Life Of Rats (PG) Repeat 3.30 Living Black (G*) Repeat. 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 6.00 Compass: Bishop Of The Universe 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer (G) Repeat. 5.30 Andre Rieu (G) Part 3 of 6 doco from 6.35 Coach Trip (G) the Netherlands. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 6.00 Global Village (G) 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09 Live – 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Summer of Love (PG) Repeat doco. Sydney University vs Canberra. 10.00 Soundtrack To My Life: Midge Ure 8.30 As It Happened: The SS (M,a,v) Final 9.30 World News Australia (G) 10.00 Movie: A Clockwork Orange 10.25 Planet Rock Profiles: Doves (PG) (MA,v,n, 1971) Stars Malcolm 10.50 Freshmen On Campus (PG) Repeat. McDowell, Patrick McGee. 11.15 Close 12.20 Movie: Grimm (M,v,a,s, 2003) Black comedy from the Netherlands. 2.10 Life Support (M,a,s,) comedy series 2.40 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.00 All For Kids pre-schoolers program. 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Proof (M,s,cl, 2005) Stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins. 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) Repeat. 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Prime & Seven News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens (G) 8.30 Movie: I, Robot (M,v, 2004) Stars Will Smith, James Cromwell. 10.50 Movie: The Ring Two (M,h,cl, 2005) Stars Naomi Watts, Simon Baker. 12.55 Movie: Alien Abduction (M,v,cl, 1998) Stars Benz Antoine, Christian Ayre, Emmanuelle Chriqui. 3.00 Home Shopping

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SATURDAY 22

Seven QLD program same as above except: 6.30 Today Tonight Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Mole 12.50 Movie: That Championship Season (M,s,cl,v, 1999) 3.15 Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors

5.00 rage (PG) 7.00 Kids’ Programs 8.00 rage: Guest Programmers 3.00 rage (G) Repeat. Something With Numbers (G) 5.00 rage: Guest Programmers 9.00 triple j tv With The Doctor Something With Numbers (G) 10.00 Making The Monkees (PG) Repeat 6.05 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 11.00 The Kumars At No. 42: Emin / 6.35 Robin Hood (PG) Repeat. Seymour (G) Repeat. 7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Animated. 11.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Repeat. 7.30 The Einstein Factor Repeat. 12.00 Stateline Repeat. 8.00 At The Movies (G) Repeat. 12.30 Best Of Australian Story Repeat. 8.30 Movie: Two Mules For Sister Sara 1.00 Foreign Correspondent Repeat. (M*,v, 1969) Stars Clint Eastwood 1.30 Bowls: NSW Open 2008 – Women’s Shirley MacLaine, Alberto Morin. 2.30 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09 10.20 Movie: The Ex-Mrs Bradford (G, 4.00 Football: W-League – Canberra 1936) Stars William Powell, Jean United vs Adelaide United Live Arthur, James Gleason. 6.00 Totally Frank (PG) Repeat. 11.40 Close 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Mountain With Griff Rhys Jones : Wales (G) 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (PG) 10.05 ABC News 10.15 The Ghost Squad (M*,cl,v) Repeat. 11.05 The Last Detective (M*,v) Final. 12.20 rage (M)

5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders And Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise (G) Repeat. 12.00 Landline 1.00 Gardening Australia (G) Repeat. 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.00 The Celts (PG) Final. 3.00 Alice Neel (PG) Repeat biography. 4.25 Mozart, Constanze and Georg (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts (G) Final. 6.00 At The Movies Repeat. 6.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Final. 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Eagle Island (G) 8.25 ABC News Update 8.30 Movie: Little Fish (MA, 2005) Stars Cate Blanchett, Noni Hazelhurst. 10.20 Compass: Apocalypse Now? 10.35 Dickens In America (G) Repeat. 11.20 Ahead Of The Class (M*,cl,v) Rpt. 12.55 Movie: She Couldn’t Say No (G, 1954) Stars Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Edgar Buchanan. 2.25 Movie: Tom, Dick And Harry (G, 1941) Stars Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Jane Seymour, Phil Silvers. 3.55 Our Boys (PG) Repeat.

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6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Puzzle Play 9.00 9am With David & Kim (PG) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.00 The Elephant Princess (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 7.30 Ice Road Truckers (PG) 8.30 Movie: You, Me And Dupree (M, 2006) Stars Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon. 10.40 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.40 Late Show With David Letterman 12.40 Crime Files (M) 1.40 Video Hits Up Late (PG) 2.00 Infomercials 4.00 Celebrity Cooking Showdown (PG) 5.00 Religion

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kingdom Of Paramithi 10.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs New Zealand Live Day 2. 1.00 The Cricket Show (G) 1.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs New Zealand Live Day 2. 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (PG, 2005)Stars Emma Watson, Daniel Ratcliff. 10.50 Movie: Anaconda (M,v,cl, 1997) Stars Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez. 12.45 Movie: Spanish Fly (MA15+,cl,s 1998) Stars Daphna Kastner, Martin Donovan, Tony Canto. 2.35 Mad TV (M) Repeat. 3.30 Guthy-Renker (G) 4.30 Good Morning America

NBN QLD program same as above except 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. NBN HD program same as above except: All cricket on NBN this summer will be broadcast in HD.

5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (G) 6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 12.55 Clint Eastwood: :A Life In Film (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Video Hits First (G) 7.30 Kids’ Programs Masterpiece. Repeat. 12.00 Eclipse (PG) chart hits. 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 10.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs 2.25 Us Art 21: Art In The 21st Century 1.00 Home Improvement (G) 12.00 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG) New Zealand Live Day 3. (PG) Masterpiece. Repeat. 1.30 Scrubs (PG) double episode, series premier 1.00 The Cricket Show (G) 3.25 Franco Zeffirelli (G) Masterpiece 2.00 V8 Supercars 2008 – Symmons 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 1.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs from Italy. Repeat. Plains (G) Live. 2.00 Meerket Manor (G) New Zealand Live Day 3. 5.30 Sydney Weekender (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 2.30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape(PG) 6.00 Evening News 6.00 Seven News 5.30 Alain Ducasse at the Plaza 3.00 You Can Heal Your Life (PG) Repeat 6.30 Funniest Home Video Show (G) 4.00 Escape With ET (G) Athenee (G) food series from France. 6.30 Movie: Chicken Little (PG, 2005) 7.30 Rugby League World Cup Final 6.00 Classical Destinations : London & Stars Zach Braff, Don Knotts, Patrick 5.00 Ten News With Sports Tonight Live. Halle (Handel) (G) new doco series 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) Repeat. Stewart, Joan Cusack. 8.40 Saturday Lotto 6.30 World News Australia 6.30 Movie: Thunderbirds (PG,v, 2004) 10.00 Movie: The 6th Day (M,v,cl, 2000) 8.05 Movie: Agent Cody Banks 2: 7.30 Mythbusters (PG) doco series. Stars Bill Paxton, Brady Corbet. Destination London (PG, 2004) Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, 8.30 Movie: Gladiator (M,v,am 2000) 8.30 Iron Chef (G) Repeat. Stars Frankie Muniz, Anthony Michael Rapaport, Sarah Synter. Stars Russel Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, 12.30 Movie: Ride With The Devil (AV15+, 9.20 RocKwiz (PG) entertainment. Anderson, Hannah Spearritt. Oliver Reed, Richard Harris 10.00 Movie: Full Metal Jacket (M,a,v,cl, 10.05 Movie: Flight Of The Phoenix v, 1999) Stars Simon Baker, Skeet, 11.50 Movie: Extreme Ops (M,v, 2002) 1987) Stars Matthew Modine, Adam (M,v,cl, 2003) Stars Dennis Quaid, Tobey Maguire. Baldwin, Arliss Howard. Stars Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson. 3.00 Seinfeld (M) Miranda Otto, Tony Curran. 1.35 Infomercials) 12.00 SOS (G) 4.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 12.15 Movie: Antitrust (PG, 2000) Stars 1.00 Newstopia With Shaun Micallef (M) 4.00 Religion (G) Christopher Lambert, Charlton Comedy series. Repeat. Heston, Shirley Jones. 1.30 Drawn Together (MA,s,v) Animated 2.25 Auction Squad (G) comedy series. 3.30 Home Shopping 1.55 Stripperella (MA,s) Animated. 2.20 WeatherWatch Overnight Seven QLD program same as above except: 6.30 Today Tonight Prime HD program same as above except 12.00 Toons At Noon 2.00 Movie: Dark Blue (AV,cl, 2003) 12.05 Dr Danger 12.35 Gear

6.00 Religion 6.00 Religion 6.25 World News in various languages. 7.00 The Beach Boys: Live In Concert 6.30 Creflo A Dollar 6.30 Rugby Spring Tour 2008 – 10.00 Insight Summer Season: Car Knebworth 1980 (G) Repeat. 8.10 Roy Orbison: Greatest Hits (G) Wallabies vs France 7.00 Staines Down Drains Lovers Repeat. Repeat. 9.00 State Focus 11.00 Sunday Brunch Sessions: K D Lang 7.30 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 The Guitar Show (G) with Tony Joe 10.00 Kochie’s Business Builders (G) 9.30 Video Hits First (G) (G) White, Andy Summers, Peter Blyton’s 12.00 World Superbike Championships ‘08 10.30 Sea Change, Tree Change (G) 10.30 Video Hits (PG) Studio Call. Repeat. 1.00 Speedweek 11.00 Rolex Spirit Of Yachting (G) New 12.00 I Fish (G) 9.30 Pop[b]session: Session 2 (G) Repeat 3.00 Football Asia York Yacht Club. 1.00 Super X –Australasian Supercross 10.30 triple j tv With The Doctor 3.30 UEFA Champions League 11.30 Movie: Barbie Christmas Carol (G, Championship Round 5. 11.30 triple j tv presents The Herd (PG) Magazine Sport. 2008) Animated movie. 2.00 Rugby Spring Tour 2008: Wallabies 12.00 London Live (G) Music. Repeat. 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 1.30 Home Improvement (G) vs France Replay 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 5.00 The World Game Football. 2.00 V8 Supercars 2008 – Symmons 4.00 Country Matters (G) 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Katie Melua 6.00 Thalassa: Divers of The Caribbean Plains (G) Live. 5.00 Ten News With Sports Tonight 6.30 World News Australia 2.00 Fatboy Slim And The Chemical 5.30 Border Patrol (PG,d) 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) Repeat. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? – Colin 6.00 Seven News Brothers (G) Repeat. 6.30 Thank God You’re Here (PG) Repeat Jackson(G) doco series. 2.50 Gorillaz (PG) Repeat. 6.30 Kath & Kim (PG) Comedy 7.30 Australian Idol Grand Final (PG) 8.35 When Dogs Teach Bears (G) doco 4.00 Radiohead (PG) Repeat. 7.00 Movie: Over The Hedge (PG, 2006) 9.30 NCIS (M) Repeat. 5.00 Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder – from France. Stars Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling. 10.30 Californication (MA15+) Songs In The key Of Life (G) Repeat. 9.40 Movie: Swimming Pool (MA,s,n,v, 8.40 Movie: National Treasure (PG,v, 11.05 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 6.00 ABC Fora 2003) Stars Charlotte Rampling, 2004) Stars Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Global Edition (PG) 7.00 Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter And The Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance. Diane Kruger, Sean Bean. 11.35 The Office (PG) Wolf (PG) animated. 11.25 Movie: Silentium (M,a,v) Drama 11.20 Movie: Big Trouble In Little China 12.05 Video Hits Presents: Newton 7.35 Sunday Arts: Young Performers from Austria. (M,cl,v, 1986) Stars Kurt Russell, Kim Faulkner Awards 2008 (G) Repeat. 1.25 If The Dead Could Speak (M,v,a,cl) Cattrall, Kate Burton. 12.30 Judge Judy (PG) 8.35 Bejart! Did You Say Bejart? (G) Drama series from Argentina. Repeat. 1.20 Auction Squad 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 2.25 Weatherwatch Overnight biography. 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 10.05 The Widower (M*,s,cl) Repeat. 11.00 Close

NBN QLD program same as above except 6.30 Rugby League World Cup: Australia vs NZ – Live final.

6.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 7.00 Sharkey’s Friends Repeat. 7.30 TVP Direct (G) 8.00 Sunday News 9.00 Bio-Magnetics 9.30 Quicksilver Pro Gold Coast ASP World Championship Tour Highlights 10.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs New Zealand Live Day 4. 1.00 The Cricket Show (G) 1.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs New Zealand Live Day 4. 6.00 Evening News 6.30 20 to 1 (PG) Repeat. 7.30 60 Minutes Final. 8.30 CSI: Miami (M) double episode. 10.30 Movie: High Crimes (M,v,s, 2002) Stars Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman. 12.50 WWE Afterburn (M,v) wrestling. 1.50 Bruce Springsteen (G) Music. 2.00 Guthy Renker and Danoz 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard (PG) Repeat. 1.30 Atlantic Edge (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parliament Question Time 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 RollerCoaster 6.00 Landline Extra Final. 6.30 Talking Heads: Guest – Michael Carr-Gregg (G) Final. 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 Report with Kerry O’Brien 8.00 Face Painting With Bill Leak (G) 8.30 The Howard Years: Whatever It Takes 9.35 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.35 Bomb Harvest (M*,cl) Repeat. 12.35 Parliament Question Time. 1.55 Movie: The Big Steal (PG, 1949) Stars Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer. 2.55 Bandida Boulders / Surf Dreaming (G*) Repeat. 3.25 Bowls: Australian Indoor Champs

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Gardening Australia (G) Repeat. 5.00 Message Stick (G*) Repeat. 5.35 Can We Help? (G) Repeat. 6.05 Collectors (G) Repeat. 6.35 Coach Trip (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 triple j tv Final. 8.30 The Hack Half Hour (M*,sr) Final. 9.00 Good Game Final. 9.30 Death Note (M*,v) drama 10.00 triple j tv presents Augie March 10.30 Songbook: David Gray (G) Repeat. 11.20 Close

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Behind The News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 10.35 The Australian Experience (G*) 4.30 Little Angels (G) Repeat. 11.00 Sleek Geeks (G) Repeat. 5.00 Talking Heads (G*) Repeat. 11.30 Carbon Cops (G) Repeat 5.35 Friends For Dinner (G) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 6.05 The Gamblers: Casino (G) Repeat. 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Quiz show. 6.35 Coach Trip (G) 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 1.30 Catalyst (G) Final. 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parliament Question Time 8.05 Father Ted (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Hamish Macbeth (PG) Repeat. 4.55 RollerCoaster 9.20 The Bill (PG) Repeat. 6.05 Time Team: Godstone (G) 10.50 MDA (M*cl,a) Repeat. 7.00 ABC News 11.45 Close 7.30 7.30 Report with Kerry O’Brien 8.00 The Museum (PG) 8.35 The Last Aztec: Part Two (M*,v,cl) 9.30 Foreign Correspondent Final. 10.00 Al Andalus (G) dancing. Repeat. 10.25 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.30 Iconoclasts: Mikhail Baryshnikov And Alice Waters (G) Repeat. 12.15 Parliament Question Time 1.15 Movie: This Land Is Mine (PG, 1943) Stars Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara 3.10 Movie: Curse Of The Cat People (PG, 1942) Stars Simone Simon.

5.20 World News in various languages. 1.00 Living Black (G*) Repeat. 1.30 Taking on the Taliban: A Soldiers’ Story (M,d,cl) Repeat doco from the UK 2.30 Rendezvous With Death: Kennedy and Castro (PG) Final. 3.30 Young And Restless In China: Making It (G) Repeat doco. 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew (G) student video production. 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. Repeat. 6.00 Global Village (G) A Greek Odyssey 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear Australia (PG) new series 8.30 Swift And Shift Couriers (M,cl,a,s) part 5 of 9 comedy series. 9.00 South Park (M,a) Repeat. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Shameless (M,a,cl,d) Comedy. 10.55 Movie: Undead (MA,cl,h,v, 2003), 2000) Stars Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay Lisa Cunningham. 12.40 Movie: Divergence (MA,v, 2005) Thriller from Hong Kong 2.30 WeatherWatch Overnight

Seven QLD program same as above except: 6.30 Today Tonight Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Movie: Abandon (M,v, 2002) 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 10.30 Alias,11.30 Movie: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (PG,v,cl,h, 1992) 1.30 Out Of The Question (final).

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 7.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.00 9am With David & Kim 10.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs 11.00 Ten News New Zealand Live Day 5. 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) Repeat. 1.00 The Cricket Show (G) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 1.30 First Cricket Test – Australia vs 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (G) New Zealand Live Day 5. 3.00 Infomercials (PG) 6.00 Evening News 4.00 Outback 8 Kid’s travel to the 7.00 A Current Affair Australian Outback. 7.30 Weddings – Where Are They Now? 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) (PG) 5.00 Ten News 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. (M,v) Repeat. 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.45 Lotto 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 9.30 Cold Case (M) all new. 7.30 90210 (PG) series return. 10.30 True CSI: Cold Blood (AV15+,v) 8.30 2008 Good News Week Awards 11.30 Just Shoot Me (PG) Special (M) Final. 10.30 Out Of The Blue (PG,at) drama set in 12.00 Shipwrecked (PG) 1.00 The Baron (PG) Repeat. beach resort of Manly. 2.00 Guthy Renker and Danoz 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 3.30 Good Morning America 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 5.00 Early Morning News 12.30 Judge Judy (PG) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am.

6.00 Sunrise 5.20 World News in various languages 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Repeat 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.00 All For Kids pre-schoolers program drama from Lebanon. 2.00 Don Matteo (PG) Drama series from 11.30 Seven News Italy. 12.00 Movie: The Glow (M,v, 2001) Stars 3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood (G) Portia De Rossi, Dean Cain. Repeat. 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M,v,a) 3.30 The Closet Tales Of Australian 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) Fashion: Morrissey (PG) Part 1 of 4 4.00 It’s Academic Repeat. 4.30 Seven News 4.00 The Journal 5.00 M*A*S*H 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy series. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.00 Global Village (G) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 TBA 7.35 The Nest (PG) Part 2 of 6 doco series. 8.00 Find My Family (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Packed to the Rafters (PG,v,s) Final 8.30 Cutting Edge: Heat (Part 1) 9.30 All Saints (M) Final. 9.30 World News 10.30 Surgery Saved My Life (PG,a) heart. 11.30 Revenge TV (M) 10.00 Cutting Edge: Heat (Part 2) Final 12.30 Home Shopping 11.00 Movie: All Winter Without Fire (MA,v, 2004) Drama from France. 12.35 Emperor Hirohito (M,v) Repeat. Seven QLD program same as above except: 1.30 WeatherWatch Overnight 6.30 Today Tonight

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 8.30 Puzzle Play 9.00 9am With David And Kim 11.00 Ten Morning News 11.30 TTN (G) 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Totally Wild 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 7.30 The Simpsons (PG) double episode 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 Rush (M,at) Final. 10.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) drama set in beach resort of Manly. 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 12.30 State Focus Repeat. 1.00 Infomercials (PG) Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Movie: 4.00 Religion to 6am.

Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (M,a, 2003) 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 10.30 Urban Legends 11.00 Lost 12.00 Scrubs 1.00 Brainiac – Science Abuse

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 6.00 Ten Early News 4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 6.30 UEFA Champions League Live 9.00 The Morning Show 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 9.30 Business Today 11.00 All For Kids pre-schoolers program 8.30 Puzzle Play 6.00 Kids’ Program Match Arsenal vs Dynamo Kiev 10.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim 9.00 World News in various languages. 11.30 News 10.30 Behind The News Repeat. 4.30 Selling Australia (G) Repeat. 11.00 The Airships (G) Repeat. 3.30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow Repeat. 12.00 Movie: 12 Days Of Terror (M,v, 2003) 11.00 Ten Morning News 5.00 An Island Parish (G) Final. 4.00 The Journal Stars Jamie Bartlett, Mark Dexter. 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 5.35 Time Team (G) Repeat. 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 12.30 National Press Club Address 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 6.35 Coach Trip (G) six week bus trip of 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 1.30 Talking Heads (G*) Final. 5.30 Is Your House Killing You? (G) Repeat. 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) Europe. 2.00 Parliament Question Time 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 6.00 Global Village: Flavours of 4.00 It’s Academic 7.00 Zoo Days (G) Britain’s largest zoos 3.00 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) Northern Morocco (G) 4.30 Seven & Prime News 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 4.55 RollerCoaster 4.00 Totally Wild 6.30 World News Australia 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 6.05 Art Museums Of The World (G) Rpt. 8.00 Sleep Clinic (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 7.30 Food Safari: Korean (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 8.30 Spendaholics : Mathew Volkes (M) 8.00 Cooking In The Danger Zone: 5.00 Ten News 6.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Final. 6.00 Prime & Seven News 9.30 Fakes (PG) fastest rising crime. Final. 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 ABC News Burma (PG) 7.00 Home And Away (PG,v,d) 10.30 Peking To Paris (PG) Repeat. 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.30 Rosa’s Story (M,v) doco on East 7.30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) new 11.25 Close 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 8.00 The New Inventors (G) Final. Timor. episodes. 7.30 Futurama (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) Final. 8.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 8.30 House (M) 9.30 The Unit (M) 9.00 Stupid Stupid Man (PG) 10.00 NEWStopia (M) Comedy 9.35 Life (M) 9.30 Summer Heights High (M*,cl) Repeat 10.30 Movie: In The Company Of Men 10.30 Prison Break (M) series return. 10.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) drama set in (MA,v, 2004) Drama from France. 11.30 Revenge TV (M) 10.00 At The Movies Final. Manly. 12.40 Movie: Harry’s Daughters (MA, 12.30 Danoz, Expo and Guthy Renker 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 2005) Drama from Sweden. 11.30 Cracker (M*,v,at) Repeat. 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight 12.25 Parliament Question Time Seven Qld program same as above except: 12.45 Video Hits Up-Late 1.25 Movie: Citizen Kane (G,19415) Stars 6.30 Today Tonight 1.00 Infomercials (PG) Repeat. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten. Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Movie: 4.00 Religion to 6am. 3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat SBS Qld program same as above except: 5.30 UEFA Champions League Live Match: Arsenal vs Dynamo Kiev 8.00 World News in various languages.

THURSDAY 27

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.00 All For Kids pre-schoolers program 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: The Girl Next Door (M,v,a,s, 1997) Stars Tracey Gold, Tom Irwin, 2.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 3.00 Moonlighting (PG) 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 The Rich List (G) 8.30 City Homicide (M,v,s) 9.30 Bones (M) 10.30 Out Of The Question (M) Final. 11.00 Louis Theroux And The Demolition Derby (M) 12.00 Auction Squad (G) Repeat. 1.00 Home Shopping

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Riddles Of The Bible (PG) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Parkinson (M*,cl) Repeat. 1.30 The Collectors (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parliament Question Time 3.00 Kids’ Programs 4.55 RollerCoaster 6.05 Planet Earth: Mountains (G) Repeat 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Two Men In A Tinnie (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Exposed: Liars (G) Part 1 or 4 series on human behaviour. 9.30 Big Dreamers (G) in search of the world’s largest gumboot. 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.30 Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs (PG) alias Cat Stevens. 12.25 Wildside (M*,s,a) Repeat. 1.15 Parliament Question Time 2.15 Movie: Secret Beyond The Door (PG, 1948) Stars Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Paul Kavanagh. 3.55 The Glass House (M*,sr,a) Repeat. Programs are correct at the time of going to press but beware – all stations like tinkering with things at the last minute.

The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest (M,s, 2002) 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 10.30 Dr Danger 11.00 Gear 11.30 Make Me A Supermodel 12.30 BlackBeard (Night 1)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.30 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Asia Pacific News 6.30 UEFA Champions League Live 9.00 The Morning Show 9.30 Business Today Match Bordeaux vs Chelsea. 11.00 All for Kids pre-schoolers program. 10.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 World News in various languages. 11.30 2008 Australian Masters Golf Live. 4.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Final. 3.30 Feast Greece food series – part 2 of 5. 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 4.00 The Journal 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 5.00 The Cook And The Chef (G) Final. 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Prime & Seven News 5.35 ABC Fora 5.30 UEFA Champions League Hour 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 6.35 Coach Trip (G) six week bus trip of 6.00 Global Village: Romagna (G) 7.30 Life After People (PG) hypothetical Europe. 6.30 World News Australia questions into the future. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) Britain’s largest zoos 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) crime series from 9.00 The Amazing Race (PG) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. Austria. Repeat. 10.00 Bones (M) Final. 8.00 Star Stories: Jude And Sadie (PG) 8.30 The Eagle (M,v,a) drama series from 11.00 Heroes (M) 8.30 Stupid Stupid Man (PG) Repeat. Denmark. Repeat. 12.00 Room For Improvement (G) Repeat. 9.00 Summer Heights High (M*,cl) Repeat 9.30 Modern Toss (MA*,cl) cartoon 9.35 World News Australia 12.30 Sons And Daughters (G) books. 10.05 Walkley Awards 2008 journalism. 1.00 Danoz, Expo and Guthy Renker 10.00 The Graham Norton Show (M) 11.55 Queer As Folk (MA,cl,s) Repeat. 10.30 Ideal (MA*,s,du) 12.55 The Great Happiness Space: Tale Of An Osaka Love Thief (M,s,a) Repeat. Seven Qld program same as above except: 11.00 Bromwell High (M*,cl) Final. 11.25 Close 2.20 Weatherwatch Overnight 10.00 All For Kids 10.30 2008 Australian Masters [s] [a] [n] [du] [dr] [v] [*] [h]

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SBS Qld program same as above except: 5.30 UEFA Champions League Live Match: Bordeaux vs Chelsea 8.00 World News in various languages.

SBS advises viewers that programming between 6pm and 10.30pm nightly is Closed Captioned (CC)

Golf – Live 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 6.30 Today Tonight Prime HD program same as above except: 11.30 Bond On Location 12.00 The Mole – The Amazing Game 1.00 Six Degrees (final - double episode) 2.45 Harry’s Practice 3.15 Power Rangers Mystic Force 3.35 The Great Outdoors 11.30 Louis Theroux and the Demolition Derby 1.00 BlackBeard (final)

Most Prime programs between 6.30pm and 11.30pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

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5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 12.00 The View (PG) 1.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) 3.30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 4.00 The Shak 4.30 National News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) Bexhill-OnSea. 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 The Chopping Block (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M,s) double episode. 9.30 20 to 1 (PG) Repeat. 10.30 Survivor: Micronesia (PG). 11.30 Girls Of The Playboy Mansion (M) 12.00 E R (M) Repeat. 1.00 Sports Disasters (M) 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 3.00 Danoz (G) 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Danoz 12.00 The View (PG) 1.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) 3.30 Kingdom Of Paramithi 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge Final. 4.30 National News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) Sheffield. 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory (PG,sr) 8.30 Movie: Christmas With The Kranks (PG, 2004) Stars Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd. 8.45 Lotto 10.30 How to Have Sex After Marriage (MA) 11.30 Just Shoot Me (PG) 12.00 All Of Us (PG) 12.30 Twins (PG) 1.00 Mad TV (M) Repeat. 2.00 Guthy- Renker Australia 2.30 Danoz 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 8.30 Puzzle Play 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker (G) 9.00 9am With David And Kim 12.00 The View (PG) 11.00 Ten Morning News 1.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (M) Repeat. 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) Final. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 3.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 The Shak 4.00 The Elephant Princess new series. 4.30 Afternoon News 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Evening News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.30 Getaway (PG) travel series. Final. 7.00 Will And Grace (PG) Repeat. 8.30 The Strip (M) Final. 7.30 Young Rich And Famous (G) 9.30 RPA (M) Final. 8.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) Final 10.30 Amazing Medical Stories (M) 9.30 Law & Order: SVU (M) Repeat. 11.30 Seinfeld (PG) 10.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) drama set in 12.00 Movie: Pavement (AV15+,v,cl,2002) Manly. Stars Robert Patrick, Lauren Holly. 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 1.50 Guy Sebastian (G) Music special. 11.45 Late Show With David Letterman 2.00 Guthy-Renker Australia 12.30 Infomercials (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 4.00 Religion to 6am. 5.00 Early Morning News

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as ‘A blast’ and ‘The wackiest wedding show... not to be compared to the rest!’ Saturday November 22, 6pm. This show is rated PG-13. Presenting comedian Danny McMaster as MC. Tickets: $68 Paradise Showroom, The Gold Coast Arts Centre.

7:30pm. After three years of study, the Queensland Conservatorium graduates will farewell their student status with a musical showcase of original works. The evening will also serve as a platform for the graduates, many of whom are emerging artists within the local, national The Fairies – A Fairy and international music scenes. From pop to rock, R & B to Merry Christmas country, hip-hop to metal, the Christmas is just around the Queensland Conservatorium’s corner and The Fairies are programs (located on the Grifon their way in the biggest fith University Gold Coast Camand best Christmas Specpus) have helped countless tacular ever! Join Harmony and musicians develop and pursue Rhapsody, Elf the Fairy Cake their musical careers. Maker, Barnaby the Bizzy Buzzy This year’s Bachelor of Bee and Wizzy the Wizard in Popular Music Graduates Show a Christmas Fairyland full of will feature Vincent Perry as songs and surprises for the MC along with a number of whole family. Watch out for talented, up-and-coming musiRudolph the Red Nosed Reincians such as Jess McLoughlin, deer and Santa, who both drop Australian Idol Finalist Brianna by to visit all their Fairyland Carpenter, Chris Mallory, Ryan friends. Arts Theatre,The Gold Murphy and many more. Coast Arts Centre, Monday Many of these artists have November 24, 11.30am and already tasted industry suc1.30pm. Tickets $31.90. cess, building solid fan bases, performing and touring at The Bachelor of both local and national venues, recording EPs and supporting Popular Music established artists. Graduates Show Come along and support Bachelor of Popular Music these talented Bachelor of graduates from the QueensPopular Music Graduates, and land Conservatorium showcase enjoy a musical showcase their work at the Gold Coast of original work by some of Arts Centre’s Basement on Australia’s best up-and-coming Thursday November 27, artists! $5 on the door.

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Red Eye Records and they were signed and officially released. Most know the band for their Aria Award winning album The Honeymoon is Over. It was the year they blitzed it with Best Group, Best Album, Best Song. One of the band joked, and I still remember because no one ever says anything remotely clever at those nights, that ‘tonight we were told we were going to clean up, so if you could help by packing up chairs and ashtrays’. (That’s a memory quote, not a real one!) Join the band, quite possibly one of this country’s finest for a laid back rock voodoo styled set you won’t forget.

The Rishikesh Express from the Rails

Sara Tindley and the Kingfishers at the Mullum Music Festival Friday and Sunday

Mullum band Broadfoot threaded the volume restriction needle at their last gig at the Rails to cruise into an evening spot this Sunday kicking off at 6.30pm. Guitarist/ pianist ‘Q’ heading to India after this gig for a couple of months was dismayed to find that alcohol is banned in Rishikesh where he intends to stay. His intention was to keep out the bugs by keeping his stomach lined with beer. The Rails gig should be a nice mix of music and crowd engagement as Broadfoot (in the words of Hamburg punters in the early 60’s) ‘Mak Schau’.

Funk it up

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The very dancey Funk’N’Stein comes to Mullum Civic Hall on Thursday December 4. This promises to be a very special show from a band who bring a fresh and edgy sound sourced from the funk fountain of funk bands past. It’s uncompromising groove. These guys are dudes. From day one Funk’N’Stein the band was a phenomenom, packing up clubs and developing a strong fan base that is growing every day. They’ll sweep into your soul with their deadly groove.

Where Art, Poetry and Music meet If you are looking for something to brighten up the walls or someone’s christmas stocking this festive season come along to the Buttery Summer Art Sale, which will be on again this weekend at the Bangalow Catholic Hall. The exhibition will open at 6pm on Friday showcasing works by more than 40 North Coast artists. Thanks to the Northern Rivers Writers Centre’s support, Friday’s opening night will also feature poetic performance and musical entertainment starting at 7.15pm with Dangerously Poetic’s Kathryn Boorman, Bev Sweeney, Richard Rowland and Jan Mulcahy and the beautiful harmonies of local singers Suzanne Staples and David Hall, entry is $2. Sales continue on Saturday from 9am until 3pm with an Af-

ternoon Tea Concert featuring absorbing acapella from The Jazz Drops, operatic arias from Loani and Owen and folk rap by contemporary music artist Michael Turner. Entry will be $5 for the afternoon concert. There will be raffles with a hamper donated by the Bangalow Farmers Market, poetry books and on sale will be The Buttery fundraising CD Caution – Life Ahead which has recently captured national attention for the Buttery on Australian Story. Food and refreshments will provided by the Eltham Inn Kitchen.

Hilary’s Creatures Cape Gallery is thrilled to be presenting a solo exhibition ‘Creatures’ by Hilary Herrmann on Thursday. Creatures introduces the viewer to the extraordinary beings that inhabit Hilary’s imagination.

They reflect her wide ranging curiosity and reference a diverse range of sources that include fragments and abstractions from world mythologies, the Kabbalah, poetry, novels, current affairs and personal memory. She uses these creatures metaphorically to find haven from the harsh and complicated realities of the modern world, the shadow of which is still discernible. This makes for a strangely compelling cocktail of innocence, whimsy and menace. It is also a show very much about paint and mark making, the energy and generosity with which the paint is applied, the layering and visible searching leave no doubt about Hilary’s unstoppable enthusiasm and sheer joy for the act of painting. Creatures is a show to inspire, intrigue and delight. Opening from 6pm on Thursday. All welcome.

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Awaken your senses with some beautiful orchestral and chamber music performed by the Lismore Community Orchestra. This is the 10th concert series which brings to the stage a range of famous orchestral and chamber works from composers such as Mendelssohn (The Hebrides), Mozart (Allegro Symphony 40), Ravel (Bolero) and Grieg (Holberg Suite). Lismore Symphony Orchestra, established 2003, is a not for profit community organisation aiming to make orchestral music accessible to and enjoyable for a broad range of the community. Tickets – $15 adults and $10 school age children – Lismore Music Centre. Enquiries to 6628 5361. Two shows only, Saturday and Sunday at Lismore City Hall, 8pm and 2pm respectively.

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gig guide local events and entertainment FRIDAY 21 ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE, THE BASEMENT COMEDIAN DAVID EASTGATE ■ CURRUMBIN RSL SOUNDLOUNGE 7PM LOADED DICE ■ IMPERIAL HOTEL M’BAH JAMES HIGGENS & GUEST ■ KINGSCLIFF HOTEL 9.30PM TIPPING POINT ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM DJ HERVE ■ MULLUM CIVIC CENTRE 7PM MULUM MUSIC FEST: ROOTS ‘N’ ALL – ASH GRUNWALD & FRIENDS ■ MULLUMBIMBY RSL 8PM MUSIC FEST: KINGTIDE + FIREWALK ■ MULLUMBIMBY BOWLO 7PM MUSIC FEST: AFRO DIZZI ACT ■ DRILL HALL, MULLUM 7PM SCARLET AFFECTION, GIN, MULLUM FOLK CLUB ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF OWEN HOGAN ■ SEAGULLS 8.30PM NEARLY NEIL & THE SOLITARY MAN BAND ■ SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN TINA HARROD + MR PERCIVAL + MEI LAI SWAN, ■ TWIN TOWNS TWEED HEADS JOHN WILLIAMSON CHAMPIONS BAR 9PM ANTHONY CLASSEN BREEZES BAR CARGO / UPSTAGE HARBOUR LOUNGE LINE DANCING RUSSELL HINTON + DENIS WARREN: AN EVENING WITH JAZZ ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLING CLUB JUST THE TICKET ■ OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB 6.30PM TREVOR RIX ■ UKI CAFE 6PM JAM NIGHT ■ SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD MOVIE NIGHT: ‘REBECCA’ – ALFRED HITCHCOCK ■ LUFFLEY CAFE, M’BAH 7PM LIVE MUSIC

SATURDAY 22 ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE, THE BASEMENT ANDREA SZABO 7PM HARRY LYNN QUARTET WITH MAL WOOD

■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM AVALON DRIVE ■ COOLANGATTA/TWEED GOLF CLUB MARK WINDLE (DUO) ■ SOUTH TWEED BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM CHILLED PRESTON ■ CURRUMBIN RSL SOUNDLOUNGE 7PM STREET CAFE ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM BLIND LEMON ■ MULLUM CIVIC CENTRE 8PM–12AM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: THE BAND OF BROTHERS, + ME LAI SWAN ■ MULLUMBIMBY RSL 8PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: PEOPLE OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD, RHOMBUS, LAD16 + MIHIRANGI ■ MULLUMBIMBY BOWLO 7PM–10PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: TIN PAN ORANGE, JACKIE MARSHALL, LUCIE THORNE ■ DRILL HALL, MULLUM 8.30PM–11.30PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: OUT OF THE LOOP + MR PERCIVAL ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF BIGGER THAN TEXAS ■ SEAGULLS 8.30PM THE ANGELS (NIGHT ATTACK TOUR) + HELL CITY GLAMOURS ■ TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS JOHN WILLIAMSON CHAMPIONS BAR 9PM BEN AMOR BREEZES BAR RUSSELL SPROUT + 2 PLAY HARBOUR LOUNGE HARRY LYNN + GOOD VIBRATIONS ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLING CLUB JOHNNY CASH & FRIENDS ■ UKI CAFE 6PM–9PM SOULMAN ■ UKI HALL 5PM IMAGES OF UKI & UKITOPIA FESTIVAL OPENING ■ SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD MOHINI COX – JAZZ, FUNK, SOUL ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON 9.30PM THE CRUEL SEA

SUNDAY 23 ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM EIGHTBALL AITKEN BLUES SESSION ■ CURRUMBIN RSL

1.30PM ANTHONY HOPE ■ KINGSCLIFF HOTEL 1.30PM TRACEY HOPEWELL ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF SOULMAN ■ MULLUM CIVIC CENTRE 1PM–8.30PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: THE BROWN BIRDS FROM WINDY HILL, TIN PAN ORANGE, GREG SHEEHAN, CW STONEKING, TINA HARROD, MR PERCIVAL, WILD MARMALADE ■ MULLUMBIMBY RSL 1PM–9PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: JESSE YOUNAN TRIBUTE, GIN, GHOST MOUNTAIN, THE FUMES, RHOMBUS ■ MULLUMBIMBY BOWLO 2PM–7.30PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: LOREN, HEIDI, ELVA, THE MILLERS TALE, SARA TINDLEY + THE KINGFISHERS, AFRO DIZZI ACT, TIJUANA CARTEL ■ DRILL HALL, MULLUM 4PM–8PM MULLUM MUSIC FEST: PERCH FAMILY CREEK JUG BAND, JEZ MEAD, GYAN, LUCIE THORNE, MEI LAI SWAN ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 1PM MURRAY KYLE ■ TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS, BREEZES BAR ROBERT KEITH + ALICE ANDERSON HARBOUR LOUNGE PETE DAVIS + VOICE & CONGAS (LATIN NIGHT) ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLING CLUB DICK BARNS ■ BEACH HOTEL BYRON 4.30PM FYAH WALK 8PM DJ GOODIE ■ THE RAILS 6PM BROADFOOT ■ HOTEL BRUNSWICK 3PM FOSSIL ROCK

MONDAY 24 ■ THE RAILS BYRON 6.30PM GUY KACHEL ■ LIQUID BYRON DJS DAVE GRAVEY + FOXY SOUNDSYSTEM

TUESDAY 25 ■ SEAGULLS 10.30AM PLAYSCHOOL IN CONCERT ■ TWIN TOWNS, TWEED HEADS MENOPAUSE – THE MUSICAL

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Max Payne Mark Wahlberg’s solemn voiceover tells at the beginning that ‘I believe in pain, I believe in death, I believe in fear.’ Isn’t that just peachy? As New York Detective Max Payne, he has seen his wife and little girl murdered before his eyes and, rather like Charles Bronson’s character in Death Wish (1974), he decides that vengeance will be his at any cost. The

typecast Bronson made a wonderful film, Hard Times, with director Walter Hill, about a bare-knuckle fighter and his stray cat… but I digress, which is all you want to do from this bucket of swill. Shame on its creators. The plot might have had some legs, for it ostensibly exposes the manner in which big business can corrupt authority – in this instance it is a pharmaceutical company producing a magic potion that will make soldiers invincible. Conspiracy theories are the go in our paranoid times and, as in the excellent Michael Clayton, they might as easily be investigated intelligently and – shock horror – with little or no bloodshed. Alas, appealing to the functioning brain was not an option for the

scriptwriters here. Everything happens at night, in the rain or snow, with frosty lighting and against the metallic backdrop of a most inhospitable Gotham. (Visually, it reminded me of the equally putrid animation, Sin City.) A cold, almost monochromatic palette is relieved only by occasional crosses to Max’s honey coloured vision of his wife and kid in their bedroom, angels waiting for him to complete his murderous revenge. Picking the bent cop in the chain is a lay-down misere the minute he appears and after that it is all guns blazing until his summary execution. In one thrilling scene (just kidding), Max is confronted by a SWAT team a dozen strong. They’ve got the Darth Vader caps, the armoured body-wear, the high powered automatic rifles etc, and they’re no more than a few metres away. Max has only his pistol. Mind you, it’s a whopper – in fact, I wouldn’t back myself to pick it up with one

preferential treatment by pretending to be wheelchair bound, he blows the scam by absent-mindedly standing to shake his superior’s hand. It’s a hilarious moment and one that immediately puts you on side with the schmuck who, for his dishonesty, is shunted off to the godforsaken North for two years. It appears that Picardy is regarded in much the same way by Southerners as Ballina is by the urbane burghers of Byron – it is a place to be avoided at all costs. Philippe’s wife won’t have a bar of it, so she stays at home with their little son, seeing her husband off as though he were going to perish in the trenches. He arrives in Bourges, one of those ancient stone towns that are bypassed by tourists in their hurry to get to Paris and Provence, and, to his surprise, it doesn’t rain all the time, the food is not entirely indigestible and the locals are friendlier than expected. The dialect, Shtimi, is difficult though, and it is on Philippe’s coping with it that many of the gags are centred. His first conversation with new workmate Antoine is probably uproarious if you’re a French speaker (which I’m not), running like the old ‘who’s on first?’ routine as both men confuse and confound each other with double entendres, but it does not quite sparkle in the subtitles. No matter, there is much more happening. Soon Philippe is acclimatised and forging friendships with his staff. Mailman Antoine (played by writer/director Dany Boon) is under the thumb of his mother, a Gallic Pat the Rat, and is hitting the bottle due to his failed love affair with clerk Annabelle. Philippe tries to help Antoine with his drinking problem but predictably gets plastered himself – his turn as the loaded bicyclist is a scream – while he also needs to come to a rapprochement with his depressed wife. This constantly amusing and endearing piece has a palpable sense of place, a ton of heart and, after the postal workers outdoor lunches of beer and pommes hand (you don’t think it could frites, such is the suggestive be plastic, do you?), but Max power of cinema, I came out takes the blokes on and half a tonguin’ it for a schooner and a minute later he’s plugged them plate of chips. all without so much as copping a flesh wound. That’s the sort of movie it is. Max Dupain, on the other hand, was a great Australian photographer, one of whose pictures, Sunbaker (1937), remains a truly iconic Fri 21 6.00 Young@Heart (PG) Australian image… but I 7.45 The Duchess (M) digress. Sat 22 2.40 Wild Child (PG)

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keeps art on the walls where it’s sure to be seen.’ You don’t have to be rich to contribute. The 1,300-strong Friends group, who pay a modest membership fee and organise fundraising activities, provided three significant pictures – a fine mezzotint print by Graham Peebles, Anne Zahalka’s iconic beach image and an environmentally-aware painting by local artist Hobie Porter. ‘Our members come from far and wide, and from all walks of life,’ says President Josephine Nugent. ‘The comwith Judith White mitment of our Friends has judith@tweedecho.com.au not faltered since 1988. I can’t thank everyone enough.’ A book on the Tweed gallery Wish comes true The people of the Tweed shire collection will be launched at 10.30am next Tuesday, Noare richer by 28 works of art following the regional gallery’s vember 25, by art dealer Philip Bacon, and Echo readers are 20th anniversary exhibition welcome. Wish you were here. By last Sunday, when the show closed, Celebrating young supporters and benefactors artists had combined to buy the exhibits from among the 72 For the next two weeks the selected for display by director regional gallery is showing its Susi Muddiman. They now enter the permanent collection of the Tweed River Art Gallery – and that means that they belong to all of us. ‘We’re extremely elated that we’ve had such a wonderful response,’ says deputy director Anne Schardin. ‘People have been very generous, in spite of the economic climate. The acquisitions are truly unique and the support for the gallery and its collection is something the community can be justly proud of.’ Substantial contributions came from the gallery’s Foundation and Friends group as well as from private individuals. Artists Bill Robinson, James Guppy, Stephen Blanch, Angus annual exhibitions of work by McDonald, Rodney Pople and students from primary to tertiJohn Wolseley donated the ary levels. Under the umbrella works they had lent to the title Creative Communities, an show. extraordinary array of talent One of the individual donors will be on display. is Dr Patrick Corrigan, who proThe Les Peterkin Portrait vided the funds for Barbie Kjar’s Prize for children (LPPP), work Escucha. Corrigan, who named after the innovative recently gave the gallery a sub- local artist and teacher, is now stantial collection of valuable in its 12th year and this time artists’ prints and drawings, has the theme is Fantasy Faces. Admade hundreds of donations ministered by Tyalgum Public to galleries, libraries and musiSchool, it’s open to all prical organisations at national, mary students in the area and state and local levels. this time 1,450 entries were ‘I do it because I enjoy it,’ he received from more than 20 says with a chuckle. ‘It works schools. The judges had their really well when you have a work cut out to cull them down rapport with the institution – to the 44 works the gallery has when the works are going to room for. enthusiastic people, like the Frameworks is an exhibiteam at the Tweed.’ tion of work by HSC students Corrigan, a collector with a from the eight local secondary great eye for emerging talent, schools. The perfect antidote to has recently been acquiring cynicism about the young, the 21st century Aboriginal art show reflects a great breadth and a book about his collecof concern with subjects of tion, New Beginnings, will be launched tomorrow, November personal and universal significance. 21, at Bond University. The two remaining shows He has been particularly are by students from Kingsupportive of young artists and scliff and Murwillumbah jazz musicians during his 40year involvement with the arts, TAFE. Cue consists of work by some 20 people graduating in for which he was awarded an AM. ‘I get a lot of pleasure from visual arts, while Human Soup presents work by 16 graphic giving to galleries,’ he says. ‘It

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design graduates. ‘It’s a great thing to see people who’ve been committed to their studies get to the end of the year and display their work in such a professional, high-profile gallery,’ says John Stewart, TAFE acting head of art and design. ‘It’s an extraordinary privilege. We’re fortunate in this area to have such a large number of outlets for artists – there’s also an exceptional number of private galleries.’ Creative Communities is on show from tomorrow, with the official opening on Sunday at 1pm for the LPPP, 2pm for the HSC and TAFE shows. I have to declare an interest – your arts correspondent has been asked to open the exhibitions, which is a real honour. Here at the Echo we love our connection with local artists. And by the way, no apologies for devoting this week’s column entirely to the visual arts – there are so many interesting exhibitions opening

now for the summer. Tweed River Art Gallery open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.

New galleries The global economy may be in dire straits but undaunted, artists in the Tweed are starting new galleries. Recently we told you about the relaunch of How Great Thou Art at Cabarita. Now comes news that the old bakery at Bilambil has been converted into an exhibition space by artist Brett Williams, who recently moved into the area from Brisbane. ‘The original oven doors are still functional,’ he says. ‘They open from the gallery into what was originally the oven, but as the roof caved in years ago, the oven is now a small rainforest and sculpture garden.’ The opening exhibition Leftoverture, starting on December 5, is of Williams’ own sculptures and paintings, including his innovative one-hour 3D portraits, but he hopes other artists will soon be encouraged to exhibit in the Old Bakery Gallery. Meanwhile Tyalgum artist Clare Johnson, a member of the Curious Art collective, is opening her own gallery in the village’s original general store,

which she’s been busy renovating and decorating for several weeks. The store was built in 1908 and installing a gallery is a great way to celebrate its centenary. Called The Laughing Cat, it’s open to the public from the end of the month, Thursdays to Mondays from 10.30am to 5pm. ‘The name suggests it’s an easy-going place, an invitation to come and enjoy,’ says Johnson. The cat will be no stranger to those familiar with her whimsical Miss Prissy drawings, a series about a character who, watched by her narrow-eyed pet, remains joyful in the midst of gloom. ‘Miss Prissy’s cat does seem to be taking over the world lately,’ says Johnson.

were amazed by the quality of the art.’ No fewer than 22 works were sold, and all proceeds from the event went to the fund to restore the Uki Hall. A great community initiative.

Kingscliff appeal

Organisers of the new festival planned for Kingscliff in May are appealing for assistance from artists who could give workshops. The festival will be called KAFE – Kingscliff Art, Food and Entertainment fiesta. ‘We are looking at doing a community arts workshop program on the Saturday and Sunday,’ says coordinator Carol Collins of Burleigh Arts Group, ‘but we’d like expressions of interest from artists who could conduct classes before, during and after the festival. These Childhood dreams classes could include dancing Over at Chinderah Drive, Curi- and art and we are especially looking for classes that will ous Art opens the doors this weekend for its summer exhibi- involve young people.’ Anyone able to help can contact Gillian tion, What if, featuring work Hayllar on 0409 381987 or 02 by both adults and children. ‘Sometimes as adults we’ve left 6674 5874.

Clockwise from top: A 3D work by artist Brett Williams at Bilambil. A class run by artist Jacqueline Ormond, a member of the Burleigh Arts Group organising the new Kingscliff festival KAFE. Lighthouse image from Michael Bryant’s new book 3 Points North. Courtesy the artist and Curious Art. The Collector by Graham Peebles, mezzotint print. Tweed River Art Gallery Collection, gift of the Friends. Image courtesy the artist. Pat Corrigan AM by Euan Macleod, oil on canvas 124 x 100cm. Tweed River Art Gallery Collection, gift of the artist through the Cultural Gifts Program.

something behind in our childhood that finds us needing to think like a child to retrieve it,’ says the gallery’s moving spirit Michael Bryant. ‘What if allows both the children and adults exhibiting to dip into their dreams and hopes and emerge with extraordinary legends of possibilities.’ Next month Bryant will launch 3 Points North, his third book in a series of East Coast perspectives through photography and verse. It’s about ‘how culture and the curve of a coastline can influence you and affect you for the rest of your life’. Bryant is a highly accomplished photographer and his love for our coastal environment shines through his work. Curious Art, Chinderah Drive, Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm.

Creative Uki The Images of Uki exhibition last weekend was a great success, attracting 101 works by local artists and 60 from primary school students. ‘The response was overwhelming,’ says organiser Julia Hancock, who worked all year to put the show together. ‘I knew there was talent out there, but we

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When it comes to collective nouns starting with the letter E, it’s not exactly an EMBARRASSMENT of riches. An ECONOMY of scale isn’t but an EXALTATION of larks is. An EXAGGERATION of fishermen might be, and an ENIGMA of platypuses should be. Could an EIDER of down qualify? Or an ELAN of deer? An EISTEDDFOD of leeks sounds wrong but an EMBRACE of lovers sounds right. Would an ERSTWHILE of divorcees or an ESCORT of hookers count as collective nouns? How about an EQUERRY of corgis? (We guarantee that two of the above are right).

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LIVING & COOKING @ LIZOTTE’S

MANGO, ROCKET AND MACADAMIA SALAD

BRIAN LIZOTTE

His brother Diesel has been a well-known name on the Australian music scene for decades – and clearly creativity courses strongly through the Lizotte genes, as this exuberant, often larrikin cookbook proves. At the age of 18 Brian Lizotte, despite his shared love of music, decided to choose cooking as a career over that of trombonist. His restaurant on the central coast of NSW – from whence many of the recipes spring – has actually ended up satisfying both passions, having long been the dining destination for musicians local and international alike.

delicious dishes. It’s easy to see how Brian’s reputation was forged from the likes of Char grilled Baby Octopus with Persian Fetta, Chilli and Coriander; Pistachio and Herb Roasted Chicken Breast with Chilli Jam; Deep Fried Vintage Cheddar Filled Zucchini This book represents a Flowers with SunDried warmly – even cheekily Tomato and Macadamia written – insight into both the Pesto – chilli, cheese and world of catering to musicians deep-frying pop up regularly! and life on the road – but But so too do native bush better still, it is a valid source flavours and ingredients, of of mostly lip-smackingly which Brian is an unabashed proponent.

than the other way around – and not only come to eat but come to play. The list of those who over the years have dined there could just about read as a Who’s Who of contemporary rock, blues and jazz musicians.

Lizotte’s On The Bay, launched in 2000, was the culmination of years spent catering for touring bands, a lifestyle requiring virtually the same relentless schedules as the artists for whom Brian cooked. More than that, it was a means whereby he had his own venue at last, a ‘lounge room’ concept where artists could come to him rather 24 November 20, 2008 The Tweed Shire Echo

There is even a section toward the end where he offers cosy, homely recipes for the sort of comfort food we all at times crave – not least musicians who spend months eating takeaway or restaurant meals – and so there is Joe

Cocker’s Shepherd’s Pie; Roast Beef and Brown Potatoes; Aunty Anna’s Lumberjack Cake, and possibly one of the most gorgeous chocolate brownie versions I have come across (‘Momma Lizotte’s’) which calls for 600 grams of dark chocolate, 350 grams of crushed pecans or macadamias, 500 grams of butter and 8 eggs, amongst other ingredients. Even the Chocolate Chip Cookies employ brown sugar AND honey AND caster sugar as well as generous doses of chocolate chips and more crushed macadamias. Sweetest of all is the way Brian sets out the recipes, listing ingredients under the word ‘Instruments’ and method under ‘Rhythm’ The food photography is just about edible and even the regular references to famous names manages not to annoy.

Servings: 4 Preparation Time: 10 min Cooking Time: 5 min Mangoes are in season through summer, so make the most of them with our simple rocket salad with mango, macadamia nuts and grilled haloumi.

Method Spray a non-stick frying pan with oil and place over medium-high heat. Cook haloumi for 1-2 minutes each side, or until golden brown. Transfer to a plate, then slice each piece into three. Cover haloumi with foil and keep warm.

Ingredients 1-3 second spray olive oil spray

Meanwhile place rocket, sliced mango, macadamias 120g haloumi cheese, sliced and shallots in a large bowl. into 1cm thick pieces Add haloumi. Combine 120g fresh rocket leaves dressing and cajun 1 small fresh mango, seasoning in a separate peeled, thinly sliced bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour 40g macadamia nuts, dressing over salad and chopped toss well to coat. 2 individual shallots, peeled, No Notes thinly sliced Leftover haloumi is best Lefto 3 tbs fat free dressing, stor stored tored in an airtight (French) conta container in the fridge and ntai 1 tsp Cajun seasoning us used 7 days. ed within w

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STARS

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AS THE SEASON OF MERRY MADNESS ADVANCES, QUIET MOMENTS OF RELAXATION AND INTIMACY WILL HAVE THE MOST MEANING AND VALUE IN THIS WEEK’S RUSH AND BUSTLE… ARIES: With Aries ruler Mars in fiery Sagittarius you’re hot and unstoppable: fabulous, frazzled – or fabulously frazzled. Right now you could sell anyone anything, but here’s the catch: you’ll shoot yourself in the foot unless you take regular breaks to assess and realign… TAURUS: With Venus your planetary leader in the sign of ambition and career

advancement, Tauran success stars are as solid as anything can be right now. But don’t just go thinking: Well, about time… An attitude of gratitude will keep your good fortunes buoyant. GEMINI: A conglomerate of positive aspects to your ruling planet Mercury make this a winning week in finance, creativity and your private life – if you’re not too busy to have one. That’s excepting Tuesday’s unfavourable alignment, when a blind spot in your thinking or communication could trip you up. CANCER: This week’s about boundaries sweetie, boundaries, because under the current star scenario others will definitely overstep them. But don’t get your stuff in a huff – there’s also plenty of Crab friendly vibes making your mood brighter, spirits lighter and reminding you you’re a lover not a fighter. LEO: You’re on a fiery kind of roll right now, but watch your internal thermostat. While others love your fun way of getting things done, royal dummy spits or displays of irritated impatience on Tuesday, this week’s only bad hair day, won’t impress the fans.

VIRGO: A high powered work week, intensifying round Thursday/Friday’s Virgo moon. If getting information feels like pulling teeth and withholding types are driving you wild, enjoy it while you can – when next week turns the cosmic volume full on you’ll be lunging for the mute button. LIBRA: This week’s material world Venus placement can create tensions between the urge to work and the pull of play – that perennial challenge to Libran balance. If Tuesday has you unable to choose, that’s a good thing – decisions are best postponed till late week when disruptive energy’s dispersed. SCORPIO: You’ve done the hard yards, now during this year’s last week of Scorpio Sun, Mars in the zesty sign of activity effervesces away some of that energetic density you’ve collected recently. Let this week’s winds of change take you for a very interesting ride… SAGITTARIUS: Assertive Mars in Casa Archer has a flammable effect on the Sagittarian temperament, stimulating your tendencies to impatience and

conversational space invading which could produce rumbles in this week’s jungle. But sensitivity and awareness, my fiery friends, could make this a highly memorable week. CAPRICORN: Venus and Jupiter amping up your magnetism suggests a peak week for Capricorns. The more ruthlessly truthful you’ve been with yourself lately, the more rewards you can expect. You can even afford to let serendipity take care of a few of your more boring chores. AQUARIUS: This week’s critics and detractors are no match for your unconventional brilliance – which you’ll prove by solving a tricky problem like a true Aquarian visionary, coming up with a clever compromise it’s unlikely anyone but you could have thought of. PISCES: Evolutionary frequencies expanding your everyday thinking and behaviour beyond its usual confines makes this a door opening week. Though with Tuesday’s tricky Neptune causing emotional static, you may need a few reality checks to keep new plans on a solid base and firm foundation.

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CHESS by Ian Rogers Play at Seagulls Club, Thursdays 6–10pm Seeded first by a considerable However, it is one of the vetmargin, the Russians (Kramnik, erans, Stephen Solomon, who Morozevich, Svidler, etc) aided enters the Olympiad in top by a new scoring system should form, having dominated the be unbackable favourites, but powerful Elwood Open earlier after their blow-up in 2006 there this month. are many tipping China for their Solomon described the folfirst Open Olympic gold. lowing win against Mirko China’s chances in the Rujevic from Elwood as one of Women’s Olympiad are in the his favourite games. hands of an extraordinarily Elwood Open 2008 young team, featuring three White: S Solomon teenagers and a ‘veteran’ in Black: M Rujevic 23-year-old Zhao Xue. Opening: Centre Counter With Garry Kasparov’s wily 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6!? 4.d4 a6 old coach Yuri Dokhoian train- 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be3 Bg4 ing an invigorated Russian 6...Nc6 is considered more reliable. women’s team, the chances of 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5 Nd5?! Russia taking their first-ever Now Black gets into terrible trouble. 9...c6 is necessary. team gold are excellent. The Australian teams arrived 10.Qf3! Nxe3 11.fxe3 c6 12.h4 f6 12...h5 hangs on, though only barely after in Dresden in optimistic mood, 13.Bc4 Qf6 14.0-0! Qxf3 15.Rxf3 hxg4 with a lot expected of the three 16.Rxf7!! Olympic debutants, George Xie, 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bd3 g5 15.hxg5 Rxh1+ Giang Nguyen and Shannon 16.Qxh1 Qg3+ 17.Kd2 Qxg4 Oliver. (See diagram) Black is chronically weak on the

light squares but Solomon finds a way to crash through in style. 18.Nd5!! cxd5 19.Qxd5 Qd7 20.Bg6+ Kd8 21.Qf7! Kc7 22.Qxf8 Qg4 23.a4 The icing on the cake. With 24.Ra3-c3 in the air, Black finds nothing better than to transpose to a losing endgame. 23...Qg2+ 24.Kd3 Qxg5 25.Be4 f5 26.Qxf5 Qxf5 27.Bxf5 Nc6 28.Rg1 Rf8 29.Be4 Rf7 30.Rg6 a5 31.c3 Kd7 32.Bd5 Rf2 33.b3 Nd8 34.Rxg7 Kd6 35.Rg8 Kd7 36.Bc4 Rh2 37.Bb5+ Kc7 38.Rg7 Kd6 39.e4 Rh3+ 40.Kc4 Rh6 41.e5+ Ke6 42.Rg8 Nf7 43.Kc5 1-0

Cryptic Crossword 013

ACROSS 1. Jump in river’s source (6) 4. Whipped a cream snapper (6) 9. To botch building a staff eatery (2,4,1,4,2,2) 10. Learner follows code to get a tiny bit of food (6) 11. It’s enough to make Addie quit, we hear (8) 12. Lawbreaker to insult the Queen (8) 14. Two learners leave killer aboard ship with slalom performers (6) 15. German city where I go in to munch (6) 18. It helps to jog the memory about baby-sitter (8) 21. How Nero was cooking the books as Rome burned (8) 22. Strange things in times of darkness (6) 24. Underwater worker to surface because of an itch to become acceptable (4,2,2,7) 25. Headless emu to sing when lost in thought (6) 26. Taunted, but oddly sedate (6)

DOWN 1. Display cancelled by exhibitionist (4-3) 2. Harvests rotten pears (5) 3. Used hypodermic syringe and got under the skin? (7) 5. Responds to solutions (7) 6. Swapped uncool tie for speech training (9) 7. Rota Iva returned for pilot (7) 8. Mess up part of blimp airshow (6) 13. Do servile characters become perpetrators of wickedness? (9) 16. Even a regulation dress (7) 17. Nip up to support locks (7) 18. District where religion ignored Romans 51 (6) 19. Ana takes Ira’s place in miracle restraint (7) 20. Drawn in by shaking ten dice (7) 23. Left appears right in glass lawn (5)

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Pottsville’s Josh is Fuller surf Eve Jeffery

When I was a kid we didn’t have any surf near my house. You had to travel miles to get anything that resembled a surfable wave. What we did have an abundance of was surfers. Most of these were kids of parents who lived near the beach, parents who had not been fortunate enough to move to an area before it was discovered, or had not yet become economically secure enough to move to a real beach were there was actual surf. So what we had was a plethora of boys with all the right clothes and all the right boards and wax and leg ropes, the steamers (this was Melbourne, remember), the whole haven’twashed-it-in-anything-butsaltwater-for-months blond on blond hair and stuff and stuff and stuff. And no waves. Apart from hitching a ride to Torquay on the weekends and the occasional ripple on Port Philip Bay, most of these boys didn’t get to see much surf, but they had the stuff and that was a start, and boy, were they cute in their stuff. Heartbreakers really, but I don’t recall any of them ever becoming Mark Richards or Mick Fanning – just a bunch of spunks. Local surfer Josh Fuller also registers on the spunk-o-meter but he’s not just a pretty face. The Pottsville beach surfer once wished to be the Pottsville Posty but has fallen short of his childhood dream. ‘I remember in primary school my first response to “what do you want to be when you grow up?” was: the Pottsville post man. I had heard that he only had to work a half day because the town was so small. I thought his job would be great because I could surf for the other half day. Funny what you think when your world is so small. It’s also funny how things change. If I had really pursued the posty career path there is no way it would now be possible to do the mail run in half a day – the town has grown so much.’

PLAYER PROFILE Name: Joshua Fuller Age: 28 Eyes: blue Favourite colour: black and white Birthsign: Scorp-Sag cusp Eats: spaghetti Bolognese Drinks: Açaí Last read: Spearfishing Downunder Last saw: Zeitgeist Sport hero: Taylor Knox Claim to fame: featured surfer on the cover of Tracks Magazine – May ‘08 Would love to have dinner with: my niece Isla Josh Fuller above, checking out the waves at Cabarita on Tuesday, Photo Tree Faerie, and below, featured on the cover of this year’s May edition of surfing bible Tracks Magazine.

Born in Byron Bay, Josh started to surf when he was about 9. He moved to Pottsville as a lil’ tacker and attended both Pottsville Primary School and Kingscliff High but once he left school was off and away. ‘By the time I left school I was on the road to a career in professional surfing. I had been working toward this since about year 9 or 10 and really had no other thoughts (apart from being the postman) on what to do after school. It all seemed so far away then.’ Josh threw himself into his chosen path and until recently, pretty much lived out of a suitcase for half the year moving between his home base in Pottsville and a semi home base in Hawaii. Josh now surfs very few events. He was on the WQS full time for about 5 years, but a number of things contributed to his retraction from the circuit, one being a lack of interest in the types of waves professional events are drawn to, but he still has a strong desire to surf in a few certain comps. ‘The events in Hawaii, at Pipeline and Sunset are still very

important to me as well as the trials event at Teahupoo. These are events that push me physically as well as mentally, which I like a lot.’

Josh is now more involved with a group of other surfers doing low budget exploratory surf travel, as there are still many undiscovered spots to be found. ‘You don’t have to be extremely wealthy and own a yacht and not work to find good surf. Finding new breaks quenches my thirst for off the beaten track travel and quality high risk waves. I have recently come back from a trip with some surfers from here

and overseas to explore a very unsurfed area. On the trip we found over 20 waves which we believe have never been surfed before, a number of these were world class waves. One of which was one of the best places I have ever surfed. We only used local transport and fishing boats and scooters and we hired drivers to get us to places where we had guessed there to be waves.’ Josh is still surfing at his local club at Cabarita, for the same reasons he moved back to the area on a permanent basis: he just loves the place and the club is still family oriented and has a great community spirit. The club really gets behind the surfers, they are really supportive in trying to get the kids as far in their careers as possible, that being said it’s still all about fun and not too serious. It’s great for anyone who is interested coming for the social event or as a springboard for bigger and better things in their surfing.’ ‘I am not surfing as much as I used to, I was real hungry as a Grom, I’d surf every day for at least 4 hours regardless of conditions. These days I tend

Keeping a watchful eye on the wicket umpire According to a recent study by optomertrist David Southgate, it maybe time for the video umpire to make a debut in the world of professional cricket. Today’s technology allows for cameras to be inserted into the smallest of places and wicket-cam has long been available for our cricket viewing pleasure (though it makes me eyes water and my reflexes cringe). In the era of electronic viewing of anything that moves it may now be a good idea to put this technological party trick to good use in the quest for the perfect cricket match as a aid to umpires, who due to the inadequate evolotionary design of

humans, have only two eyes. Leg before wicket (LBW) dismissals would be significantly more accurate if umpires did not have to watch to see if bowlers overstepped the mark to detect ‘no balls’, a recent study has found. The study, which measured the decision-making accuracy of four of Victoria’s best cricket umpires under simulated match conditions, watching the bowler’s front foot, watching the bowler’s back foot or not watching either of the bowler’s feet, found the umpires’ performance improved significantly when they were not required to watch the bowler’s feet.

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There was no significant difference between watching the front foot or their back foot. Study author and optometrist, David Southgate, says the role of the cricket umpire is complex and requires precise visual skills, which are rarely acknowledged. ‘It’s not surprising that LBW decisions are often disputed. It may be that there simply isn’t enough time for the eye movements needed to look from the bowler’s foot to the wickets. ‘If another system was used to make the “no ball” decisions, the ground umpire could keep their eye on the batsman, and the study suggests we would

see greater accuracy in LBW decisions. ‘Umpires have to watch the bowler’s front foot for a ‘no ball’ and then move their eyes down the pitch to look for a possible LBW dismissal. ‘Not only do umpires have to judge the flight of the ball within a fraction of a second, they have to determine if the likely path of the ball through the batsman’s legs would have hit the wickets,’ Mr Southgate said. ‘The requirement for umpires to shift their eyes at a rapid speed and make a split second decision is a demanding visual skill.’

to be a bit picky. I guess I’ve been treated a bit. I still surf a lot when it’s good but no so much when it’s not.’ Josh has had a fruitful professional career but these days enjoys competing more with the waves than people. ‘I like the challenge and challenging myself. The events I surf now are more about myself and the elements rather than myself and the other competitors. I enjoy it a lot more.’ Josh is living a lifestyle that encompasses his love of the water and a shared camaraderie with like minded people. ‘I have a lot of friends outside the surfing world but most of my friends are surfers to some degree. The professional side of friendships is a bit different than most competitive sports, the common ground is a love for the lifestyle as well as the competitive arena, so most people in the sporting group are friends or associates. It is a very tight knit group really, every one knows everyone and most get on fairly well.’

Josh is now living back at Pottsville permanently. He founded the Cabarita Beach Surf School with the vision to teach and share the passion he has for the ocean and surfing. Josh has also been doing some high performance coaching to share the knowledge he has gained over the years with the local kids pursuing the same thing. ‘It is also really rewarding for me to see improvement and enjoyment at every level. My girlfriend is from California, she is a professional longboarder and she is living here with me and running an all girls section (Salty Girls Surf School), to inspire women of all ages and sizes to get into the sport. ‘Surfing for me is fun and relaxing, always where ever I am. Some of the competing was in the past was stressful, but that stress is now gone. I now feel no pressure at all in any part of surfing, I only compete in events I really have a passion for and enjoy every part of that. I hurt my back 2 years ago which kept me out of the water for quite a while. I was unsure of how well it would recover. Now that it is back to 100% I am just really happy to be surfing at all, any time I get out there. Surfing for me was always about enjoyment, the only reason professional surfing was a career I pursued was because it meant surfing all the time, any time I wanted. Money was never an influence. I also loved the travelling and that all came as a bonus. I just loved to go surfing.’ For more information about the Cabarita Beach Surf School and the all girl surfing lessons, phone 0406 318 162 or visit: www.cabaritabeachsurfschool. com and to contact the Cabarita Boardriders Club, phone club president Tony on 0414 538 077.

The Echo wants you! There is an abundance of gifted and talented sports humans like Pottsville surfer Josh Fuller in the Tweed Shire and The Echo wants to hear from you (or we would like you to dob in a mate). If you excel in your chosen sport and compete locally or you play with a local team, we’d love to hear from you and we are leaving no sport untouched. If you play in the Cudgen Marble Championships, the Fingal Elastic Band Flicking round-robin, the Murwillumbah Marshmallow Eating Master or if you are simply the fastest runner in your street, we want to see your story and photo on our pages. Of course we also want to see rugby big blokes, cricketing bat brains, surfing water babes and terrific tennisers – no sport is too mainstream for The Echo. To let us know about your upcoming event or to see your sport stories, results or a profile of your favourite sport in the pages of The Echo, drop us a line and we’ll put you in print. Email stories and news to sport@tweedecho.com.au and send all results to results@tweedecho.com.au.

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BOWLS Burringbar Bush Ticks Wednesday winners C Allard L Andrew E Graham & L Proudlock Friday winners L Andrew & C Allard Sunday 16th was our Manchester Unity Lodge Charity day for the kids heart foundation winning lead was Maz Giacomini second Bob Bathie & skip Lyn Proudlock winning rink was F Allard & D Proudlock Losing rink D Blanchlone M Shackle & T Allard the most valued prize for the day was the biggest ‘Dummy Spit’ won by Betty Boyle although the afternoon was cut short by the storms we managed to raise $200.00 for the foundation thanks to all Don’t forget our Christmas get together with the men’s club Saturday 6th Dec bowls commences at 1pm dinner 6.30 all welcome sheet is on the board a reminder that our next euchre night is on Thursday 27th Nov. comm. At 7pm. Burringbar Men’s Bowls Club Saturday 15th November President Lex welcomed visitors Paul Earl & Ken Nilon good to see you back on the green Kenny results for the day B Andrews & B Bathie def R Chapman & K Sharpley R Young & R Stevens def K Nilon & E Roberts P Earl & T Giacomini def R Howard & S Robson T Standfield & R Grob def L Philip & M Cox. The draw for the KG Philip Shield is on the board we need to complete as many matches as possible prior to the Xmas break sheets for the singles & pairs championships will be on the board next week please note entry close by dates for each event. We have a full card for the Mick Dignan Day this Saturday 22nd November players required at the club by 9am for a 9.15 start. Don’t forget our day with the Bush Ticks Saturday 29th Nov. & our Christmas Function Sat. 6th Dec sheet is on the board Cudgen Leagues Ladies Congratulations to Lola Taylor, Judy Martin, Val Andrews & Margaret Trapnell winners of the Club Selected Fours Final played last Thursday 13th, and to Runners-up Ann Revie, Colleen Payne, Rosalie Lowe & Lorraine Sandall. Well done girls. Thurs Ladies Social results,Winners, Rnk 7, Colleen Wein, Betty Sydneham. Raffle – Faye Clingan. Congratulations

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The Mt Warning Dragon Boat Club paddlers in the white caps, combined with Gold Coast Dragons Abreast and Currumbin Breast Mates supporters team to compete in the 500m paddle at the recent Pan Pacs on the Gold Coast.

and spirited spectacle for the crowd and a great feat for those who paddled, considering that these girls then turned around and paddled for the breast cancer race of 500m. The breast cancer event was followed by the very moving ‘Flowers on the Water Ceremo-

ny’, the traditional end to Dragon Boats Abreast regattas, in remembrance of women who have succumbed to breast cancer. Four of the Mt Warning Dragons Boat paddlers came away with a medal and the other six with a great sense of achievement and the desire to

get into training and do it all again in two years time. For more info about Dragon Boats Abreast, visit their website at: www.dragonsabreast. com.au. To contact the Mt Warning Dragons about becoming a paddler contact Chris Lonie on 0427 815 930.

everybody. Everyone enjoyed themselves at the Sun Social Break up day (Xmas Party) last Sun 16th. Results for the day – Spiders – D Gleave, S Archbold, L McLeod,L Fleming, G Hayden. Winners – Rnk 7, F & D Clingan, J & A Brown. Runners – up – Rnk 5, E Scheimer, Y Corcoran, L Fleming & V Scheimer. Raffle winners – Judy Martin, George Murphy, Liz Fleming, Vickii Needs, Ray Mathews, Marion Hull, Faye Clingan & Carmen Henry. Congratulations to all the winners & to all who supported this great event during 2008, thank you, hope you all have a great Christmas & New Year. The next Sun Social will be on Sun 15th Feb-09. Coming up – Thursday Ladies social 12.30 for 1pm start. All welcome. Attendance sheet is on the Notice board for our Ladies Social Break up & Presentations day Thurs 11th Dec -08. Cost $10, Xmas Mufti, M’tea 9.30, Bowls 10am – Midday. Grn fees $4, pay on day. Donations of xmas goodies would be appreciated by Thurs 4th Dec, thank you. Payment to Mary by Thurs 4th Dec please. Mon 24th 1pm – Social mixed Triples. All welcome. Committee Meeting next Tues 25th, 9.30am. Nomination sheet on N – Board for 2009 TBDWBA District Championship Pairs, Singles, Triples, Fours. Entries close for all events Thurs 19th Feb – 09. Sheet on N – Board for 2009 Pennant & Club Championship Fours. TBDWBA Christmas Delegates Meeting & Presentations day, Cabarita Beach. Mon 8th Dec – 08 – day includes M’tea 10am. Delegates meeting 10.30am, Xmas Lunch 12 noon, bowls 1pm, Presentations 3pm, dress Club Uniform / whites. Inter District – Sheild winning team Members are especially invited to attend for presentation & Group Photo. May attend whole day if desired, Cost M’tea only $2. M’tea ,Lnch bowls $16. Attendance at Bowls & Presentations – no cost. Entries close Fri 21st Nov – 08. Bowlers not well at the moment, well wishes from all Members. Happy Birthday to all celebrating this week. All welcome sheet at front desk for all events. Bookings – 02 6674 1816 / 2734. Good Bowling Everybody. Pottsville Women Thursday, November 6 Lucky Bowler: V Scott. Winning Rink: P Thorburn, B Spindler, L Rice, N Bonnor. Raffle: E Macdonald, J Richards. Moneyboard: M Moore, D Connolly.

Thursday, November 13: Lucky Bowler: R Booth. Winning Rink: P Sherwood, G Moore, V Scott. Raffle: L Johns, K Gray. Updates: Nov 22: Pennant entries close. Nov 24: Mystery Bus Trip. Dec 4: Monthly Meeting. Dec 6: Dinner Dance. Dec 8: Delegate presentation and break-up, Cabarita. Dec 11: Presentation Day. Dec 18 Break Up Day – bowls and Christmas lunch – wear a Christmas T-Shirt. Visitor Info: Fri 1.30 pm mixed pairs with jackpot. Thurs Women’s Social Bowls 9 am. Order lunch and enjoy our warm & friendly club. For new bowlers, should coaching be required, please contact the club on 6676 1077 and follow the prompts. CRICKET League Scores for Round 3 Murwillumbah 6 /214 defeated Pottsville 98 & 115. Ballina 152 defeated Cudgen 140. Terranora 214 defeated Casino 185. Tweed Colts 9/137 defeated Lismore Workers 133. South Lismore 173 defeated Byron-Brunswick 114. Alstonville 5/221 defeated Marist Brothers Lismore 220. Tintenbar 144 defeated Lennox Head 142. Points: Ballina 26, Casino and Murwillumbah 20, Tintenbar, Alstonville, Tweed Colts and Lennox Head15, Souths10, Terranora 9, Marist Brotjhers 8, ByronBrunswick andLismore Workers 3 and Pottsville 2. GOLF Chinderah Veterans Social Golf Results of Championships: ‘A’ grade champion - Barry Martin (defending champion) net winner Bruce Thompson. ‘B’ grade winner - Margaret Watson net winner - Claire Manthey & Peter Ireland ‘C’ grade winner - Kath Gordon net winner - Maree Platt. Results for 13/11/08 - Stroke Winner ‘A’ grade - Brian Hunt - net 58 - new h/cap 12. R/up - Jim Robertson - net 60 - new h/cap 3. Winner ‘B’ grade - John Ross - net 58 - new h/cap 21. R/up - Hisa Mackay net 63 - new h/cap 19. Ball rundown to net 62 Next event 20/11/08 - Stableford Murwillumbah Golf Club Sunday 9th Nov Women’s Winner C.Fogo 39 pts Member D.McCalman 39 pts Hole in One N.Groeneweger

N/Pin 2nd G.Philp Monday 10th Nov Veterans Individual Stableford Winner C.Smith 39 pts c.b R/Up B.Polley 39 pts N/Pin 2nd C.Hulme 5th W.Bruce 10th C.Hulme 17th A.Fraser B.R.Down 36 pts Tuesday 11th Winne Ra.Grade J.Gielis 36 pts & C.Miller 34 pts Winner B.Grade L.Anderson 35 pts & V.Ireland 33 pts C.Grade L.Sheppard 37 pts & M.Hanger 33 pts Best 1st Nine B.Thompson 19 pts 2nd Nine K.Toovey 18 pts N.pin 2nd K.Toovey 5TH j.Moore & J.Davis 17TH c.Miller & M.Hanger B/R/Down to 30 pts c.b Wed 12th Nov Individual Stableford Winner A,Grade S.Derepas 36 pts B.Grade G.Thorburn 37 pts N/ Pin 2nd J.Djordevic 17th J.Djordevic B/R/Down to 30 pts c.b Friday 14th Women’s Winner Y.Watson 37 pts Members Winner C.Read 39 pts c.b B.R.Down to 35 pts Friday 14th Womwn’s Winner Y.Watson 37 pts Members C.Read 39 pts Saturday 15th Nov .4.B.B.B.Stableford Winners D.Burgess & R.Masiar 48 pts c.b R/ Up N.Graae & J.Purdie 48 pts c.b N/ Pins 2nd C.Oakshott 5th N.Fogo 10th G.Bartlett 17th F.Monement B/R/ Down to 43 pts SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club Week ended 15th November, 2008: Air Pistol – Men – R Smith 575 S Nash 574 N Frankland 563 D Stamoudis 561 R Rees 555 T Walters 532 E Machielson 530 R Stamoudis 484 M Walters 408. Air Pistol – Ladies / Junior – J Stamoudis 408 T Clinch 395 R Walters 371. Free Pistol – P Stupka 571 J Lumsden 569. Centre Fire - B Clinch. Sports Pistol – T Clinch. Black Powder – A Unwin 381 P Stupka 373. Standard Pistol – D Stebbing 579 A Berry 573 A Gazzard 563 M Thomas 561 J Lumsden 560 S Stebbing 560 J Hoctor 553 J Traves 547 R Fleming 546 J Gove 539 C Everett 533 A Quirk 529 G Callaghan 524 S Nash 520 R Gospel 520 P Faulkner 515 R Rees 512 D Gazzard 440 G Faulkner 385. Rifle – P Gospel 600 M Luxton 600 B Wenban 600 E Wenban 600 R Gospel 599 L Blair 598 J Lumsden 597 N Luxton 596 W Vidler 595 R Blair 595 J Blair 588. SURF LIFE SAVING Cudgen Surf Notes The club had some good results in competition over the past weekend. At the Salt carnival the level of competition was high from the strong Qld clubs as all events carried large prize

money. Ben James won the 19yr surf with Dylan Klein third. Jarrad Cain was second in the open surf to Cory Jones of Met-Caloundra. Kate Smith was placed second in the 15yr surf race and iron woman. Brother, Callum was second in the 15yr surf and third in the iron man and the 15yr board relay also third. The North Coast boat series at Scotts Head attracted over 50 crews including 4 Sydney clubs. Our Masters crew won both rounds on Saturday and Sunday in which 14 clubs rowed. Doubling up the same crew were equal first both days. Cudgen will host the next two rounds on the 6th - 7th December. Callum Smith and Nathan Sharp have been selected in the NSW High Performance squad just announced. Congratulations to both. Sunday club results. Nominated time swim 1. Andrew Baynes 2. Jo Colja 3. Susan Nelson-Hill Handicap Board 1. Jo Colja 2. Heike Capper 3.Jemma Walker Friday, November 28 is National Boardies Day. By wearing your boardies or beach themed gear to work and make a gold coin donation (or more) to your local surf club who will benefit from your fundraising. Last year we benefited by approximately $1500 which included a contribution from Kandos primary school in Western NSW. To receive a Boardies Day Kit from Cudgen please register by phoning (02) 6674 2093 or email cudgen@norex.com.au. The Murwillumbah contact number is 66722296. This Sunday a squad of -15yr members will be examined for their Surf Rescue Certificate.

SLSC PATROLS Cudgen Saturday: 22.11.08 10-3pm ‘Mermaids’ C.Nelson (Capt) Sunday: 23.11.08 AM ‘Crabs’ J.Coja (Capt) PM ‘Prawns’ L.Hawkey (Capt)

ing must be turning between 12 and 17 years of age in 2009 and live within reasonable travelling distance from any of these five endorsed training centres so that they can regularly attend squad sessions with their local NCAS coaches. The various tests used to assess and select the squad will include a progressive exertion 20 metre beep test to measure endurance, then to measure strength and explosive power, a vertical leap test and 20 second ergometer cycle test. A practical cycle skills assessment will also be conducted to measure fundamental skills such as starting, stopping, balance and turning. To obtain more information and an expression of interest form, visit: www.ncas.org.au or phone 02 6620 3073. Expressions of interest close on Thursday November 27.

TIDE TIMES PHASES OF THE MOON Last Quarter 19th Dec 9.30 pm New Moon 27th Dec 11.23 pm First Quarter 4th Jan 9.56 pm Capricorn Full Moon 11th Jan 1.27 pm FRI High 4.13 am 1.3 21st 4.14 pm 1.4 Low 10.05 am 0.5 10.45 pm 0.4 SAT High 5.08 am 1.4 22nd 5.14 pm 1.4 Low 11.13 am 0.5 11.30 pm 0.4 SUN High 5.57 am 1.5 23rd 6.08 pm 1.3 Low 12.14 am 0.5

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BLISS BOTANICALS 100% NATURAL SKIN CARE Handmade with all natural ingredients. Great for you or a great gift idea! Avail at: GYPSY LE FAY 7 Park St, Brunswick Heads Shop enquiries: 0417427518 AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS CONVENTION 2008 21-23 November, Gunundi Camp, Shelly Beach Ballina. Ph Leanne 0427553571 All welcome! Our spirit: strong-sober

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TAX DOCTOR! Ronald H Wolff, former ofďŹ cer with Tax Dept is happy to keep you in good tax health incl. GST. For personal and professional tax services call 66794129 Will make house calls.

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ANDREW HALL New Brighton, 66802027, Thurs, Fri. Not your usual Osteopathy.

LEARN REIKI Workshops in New Brighton. 66805098

TRADEWORK MASTER PLUMBER Absolutely everything to do with plumbing. Drainage, rooďŹ ng, gas ďŹ tting. From Tweed Heads to Mullumbimby & surrounding areas. Prompt, reliable. Phone Scott anytime on 0419443196

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Natives & exotics for the home garden and larger landscapes. Great prices & huge range. Come and browse. Ocean Shores end of Coolamon Scenic Drive. Open 7 days. 66805505

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CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE $$$s for most. Phone 0418189324, 0438189323

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from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA Panasonic NV-GS400. Excellent Condition, $1480. Ph 66779207 FISHTANKS near new. 750x450x450. 150ltr. With accessories. $75 each. Phone 0266741823 Kingscliff.

CHRISTMAS HAMS BLACKMOUNTAIN FREERANGE $25 per kilo, free delivery. ORDER NOW. Phone 67715130 www.blackmountain.com.au 3 SEATER SETTEE with 2 recliners, near new $900. 2 Seater settee $60. 2 single beds with mattresses, near new $150. Custom made corner TV unit $200. Oil heater $60. Antique treadle Singer sewing machine $250. Ph 66743864 LOCALLY HAND-MADE

JEWELLERY

PIZZA SHOP Located in popular seaside town, Pottsville. Good client base, fully equipped, $60,000 ono. Ph 0425375044

BUSINESS OPP. WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofďŹ ce box. GRAPHIC DESIGN / MARKETING Well Established, excellent client base, modern studio. Contact 0431044254

JEWELLERY COLLECTIVE Members wanted, sell your jewellery 7 days a week with no commission, work 1 day per week 10am-5pm, limited places, Byron Arts & Industry Est Phone Bruce Pringle 0409960614

PROPERTY FOR SALE

TRACTOR REPAIRS

PERMANENT SITE MT WARNING Caravan Park. Exc cond. Lng room, sun room, garden area, phone connected. Must sell $16,500 ono. Ph 0432283777

Rural Machinery Repair Service

TRACTOR REPAIRS Repairs, Parts and Restorations to all Makes and Models, on-site service available. Prepurchase inspections. Tractors sold on consignment for clients. Unwanted tractors removed at no charge

WE HAVE TRACTORS FOR SALE Tractor loader Daedong DK80C– 82 hp, 4wd, 925 hrs, a/c cab, FEL, QR, bucket forks auger $37,000 o.n.o.

TRACTOR SAFETY SCHEME Have an approved R.O.P.S. safety frame fitted to your tractor. It’s cheaper than a funeral. Phone us now. Workshop Charltons Rd, Federal. Phone Bill for service.

02 6688 4143 MOTOR VEHICLES

HOLIDAY ACCOM. PETS OK Mullum, lush, pool, spa, for single to family. Louella 0434497774

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BARGAINS ’92 Commodore Wagon auto, air, p/s, rego 5/09, LPG 1yr old. AK-51-KM ....... $2200 Holden Astra auto, air, p/s, small hatch, rego 10/09. TTF-678 ............................. $2350 Mitsubishi Magna auto, air, p/s, rego 5/09, new motor with receipts, 1 owner, 172km. POU-828 ............................................... $2150 Ford Laser auto, air, p/s, rego 10/09, fuel efďŹ cient. ZAY-827................................... $2350 Holden Commodore auto, air, p/s, rego 7/09, 184km. AQ-61-ER ........................ $1600

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COLOUR PHOTO PRINTER for A3+ paper, Epson R2400, 12 months old, $850. Phone Jeff 0418841777

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POSITIONS VACANT DON’T BUY A LEMON!

JUNIOR waitress / piccolo for busy Japanese Restaurant, Coolangatta. Phone 0755363455

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BURLS Redgum & Coolibah, all sizes. Phone David on 0414959446

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EMERGENCY NUMBERS Please stick this by your phone EMERGENCY ONLY AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE.................... 000 AMBULANCE Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah ......... 131 233 MURWILLUMBAH HOSPITAL .................................... 6672 1822 EMERGENCY ............................................ 6672 0230 TWEED HEADS HOSPITAL ....................................07 5536 1133 FIRE BRIGADE Kingscliff ................................................. 6674 1271 Murwillumbah ........................................... 6672 8305 Tweed Heads .........................................07 5536 2222 Tweed Rural Fire Service .............................. 6672 7888 POLICE NON EMERGENCIES 24/7 ................................ 131 444 Tweed Heads .........................................07 5536 0999 Murwillumbah ........................................... 6672 9499 Kingscliff ................................................. 6674 9399 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ..................................... 132 500 Banora Point..........................................07 5524 1349 Murwillumbah ........................................... 6670 2460 Tweed District ........................................... 6672 4093 LIFELINE ............................................................... 131 114 GOLD COAST HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICE ..........07 5598 0222 TWEED COAST AIR SEA RESCUE...........................07 5536 9333 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ..................1800 656 463 ANIMAL WELFARE (RSPCA) ..................................07 5536 5135 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES)........ 6628 1898 WILDLIFE CARERS TWEED VALLEY ........................... 6672 4789 CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY ....................................07 5534 1266 SEA WORLD .....................................................07 5588 2222

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Noticeboard Helping young families Could you help a family with young children? Would you enjoy sharing your parenting experience with new parents and families? Do you have a couple hours to spare? Do you know someone who may be interested? The Family Centre is looking for people from all walks of life that have an interest in: supporting and encouraging families in their parenting role; providing emotional and practical support; assisting families to access health and communities services. Our valued team of volunteers receive ongoing training and professional support. If you want to find out more about how you can make a difference in a young family’s life, contact Yvonne on 07 5524 8711.

Getup meetings Getup is an independent community advocacy organisation aiming to hold politicians accountable on issues such as climate change and reconciliation. We are internet based but hold monthly meetings at Pottsville’s Neighbourhood Centre. Our next meeting is scheduled for 6pm on December 2. Interested people are welcome to attend. Email lairesgetup@live.com.

Wildlife carers Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers are holding an orientation day on Saturday, November 29, for those interested in finding out about the rescue and rehabilitation of injured or orphaned native animals. Learn about the many

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ways you can be involved, not only as a carer, but as a transporter of animals to vets or carers, as a phone volunteer, helping with fundraising etc, in order that this wonderful voluntary service can be continued. The Orientation Day runs from 9.30am to 4pm at the Banora Point Community Centre, Leisure Drive, Banora Point. The day is free, but bookings are essential. To book a place or find out more call (02) 6672 4789.

Never alone WONFA (We Ought Never Feel Alone) – All are invited to enjoy a varied program on November 25 with entertainment by Tweed Valley U.C. Music group and followed by two-course luncheon at Kingscliff Uniting Church, 24 Kingscliff St. at 11am. Donation $5. Bring your friends. RSVP 6676 2577 by November 24.

Need a justice? The Tweed Valley Justices Association, the voice of JPs in the local area, provides a voluntary service at Tweed Centro shopping centre on Tuesdays between 10am and 2 pm. If you are a registered JP you are invited to join our association and an application form can be obtained by calling Margaret on 07 5590 4541 or Diana on 07 5524 2227. You can also obtain a form from the office of Geoff Provest or from one of our volunteer JPs on duty at Tweed City on Thursdays or Tweed Centro on Tuesdays.

Hospital auxiliary At the November meeting of the Tweed Hospital Auxiliary members voted to spend the $31,000 raised at the fete on 10 electric beds for the hospital. In addition, they voted to spend $28,000

on an infant warming bed and $35,000 on a Bipap machine. Two new members, Margaret Hartup and Jan Tobin were made welcome. Tickets in the Christmas Stocking raffle are now being sold at various venues and the Gift Shop in the foyer of the hospital. The stocking contains $650 worth of new groceries and a few toys, so this is a great prize to win at Christmas time. Next meeting will be held at the Civic Centre, Tweed Heads, at 1.30pm on Monday, December 1. Infor from Muriel Read on 07 5524 1429.

Craft fun We are taking bookings now for Christmas Story and Craft Fun, Tuesday, December 16 from 10am-11.30am. Come and share some Christmas stories and songs with your 2-5 year olds. Make cards gifts and decorations to take the stress out of this time and have a whole lot of fun while you are at it. Location: Kingscliff Playground Marine Parade. Bookings essential contact Michelle at The Family Centre 07 5524 8711. Cost $5 per family.

SOUTH MURWILLUMBAH HOUSE FOR SALE

$419,000 s SQUARE METRES s GOOD SIZED BEDROOMS PLUS STUDY UPSTAIRS s DESIGNER BATHROOM s MASTER BEDROOM WITH SEPARATE TOILET s NEW KITCHEN WITH STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES s l RE PLACE s BUILT INS THROUGHOUT s BRAND NEW SOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEM s ESTABLISHED GARDENS s FULLY INDEPENDENT BED ROOM m AT DOWNSTAIRS s CURRENTLY RENTED FOR PW s POTENTIAL RENTAL RETURN

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SEAN KENNY REAL ESTATE

AUCTION

COMMITTED TO SELL! 7 Ivory Curl Place, Bangalow

• Bali pavilion home with 4 bedrooms & study • Sandstone & timber features • Private reserve on two sides • Bi-fold doors bring two worlds together Agent Interest Declared Committed to sell as new project looms – will sell prior to Auction

To Be Auctioned Sat 29th November, 11am On Site E US am HO -10.30 N E OP day 10 ur Sat

Music concert Sunday, December 7 at 2pm (NSW time) Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Club, Soorley Street, Tweed Heads South. Enjoy an afternoon of entertainment in the main auditorium with the Tweed Links Quartet in a special Olde Time Music Hall presentation. Dress or wear a hat for the occasion, get in the mood and singalong, learn the Lambeth Walk with a variety of popular Link artists. Admission is $5 for Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Club members: $10 for visitors. Call Elaine on (07) 5590 7870 for further information.

Vendor Moved- Must Sell 32 Tincogan Street, Mullumbimby • One block from town centre • Two bedrooms with ensuite • Large single garage • Private patio & fully fenced $415,000

First Home Buyer Will Snap This Up 12 King Street, Mullumbimby • Affordable home in Mullumbimby • Recent renovation, cosy 2 bedroom home • Good sized block, quiet location • Vendor wants it sold NOW! Reduced! $385,000

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The appeal against the rate increases, lodged more than a year ago by Tweed Heads accountant Terry Sharples who is seeking to have them declared null and void, has been adjourned until December for final submissions following a five-day hearing in Sydney. With no less than five barristers, a small retinue of lawyers and five council officers involved in the Land and Environment Court, the costs of the long-running case will be astronomical. If the council loses, ratepayers won’t know whether to laugh or cry. On the one hand they will be footing a big legal bill, but on the other they can look forward to some relief from annual rate increases which are set to almost double rates over the seven years of the plan. Still, the council is not in a bad state financially. Officers revealed they had more than $100 million in funds invested and gaining interest. ■ ■ ■ ■

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What’s more, the council’s long-standing claim that rate rises under its controversial seven-year plan will cost 83 per cent of ratepayers just an extra $1 a week appears to be fraying at the edges. According to those watching the challenge to the rate hikes in Sydney, council officers confessed under cross-examination that the touted $1 a week increase only applied to the first year, increasing to $2 a week for the second year, $3 for the third year and so on, with the increases being in perpetuity. Things unravelled a little further when one of council’s expert witnesses said a question in a council survey used to determine public support for the rate hikes was ‘loaded’ and designed to achieve a positive response. We eagerly await the full transcripts.

the ubiquitous Santa with the clincher – a Christmas treat for every child! Anyone wanting to conduct a stall or help out on the day is asked to call Tania on 0407 575 852. ■ ■ ■ ■

Mayor Joan van Lieshout’s desire for a top-of-the range satellite navigation aid to be installed in her new mayoral car so she won’t get lost revives memories of former councillor Lynne Beck who also insisted on modifications to her vehicle during her stint as mayor. Ms Beck caused a minor stir when she won approval to attach a bullbar to the front of her mayoral conveyance. It was not to minimise the impact of any head-on collisions, she explained, but was to be used to nudge open the front gate of her cattle property near Tyalgum. ■ ■ ■ ■

Boardies Day helps lifesavers to do whatever it takes! Next Saturday, November 28, is Boardies Day and heralds the first weekend prior to summer. By wearing your boardies or beach themed gear to work, your organisation can get into the mood for summer while helping the volunteer surf lifesavers. The idea is to join in the fun and raise some money to donate to your chosen surf club. Some work places make red and yellow cup cakes and sell them at morning tea or hold a competition for the best dressed. For more info contact Keith Kennedy (pictured in his best boardies) on 6672 2296 or check out what last year’s participants did on www.boardiesday.com.au

couldn’t agree more. Pedestrians are risking their safety by using technologies such as mobile phones, MP3 players and other gadgets near busy roads and intersections, with a pedestrian a day injured on NSW roads, some as the result of people using these portable technologies on the run. Mobile technology is part of everyday life but has the potential to take our minds and eyes off the road around us by splitting our attention between two tasks, the insurer ■ ■ ■ ■ Think before you walk says. Texting is a prime culprit and talk, says an insurance and we’re wondering if a new company, and Backburner technology can be developed

Speaking of the mayor, Joan will be joined by Tweed’s top cop Michael Kenny at the White Ribbon breakfast to be held at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary tomorrow (Friday November 21). White Ribbon Day is to raise awareness of violence against women. The cost of the breakfast is $25 with profits going to the Tweed Family Centre. For more information contact Kristie or Sarah on 07 5536 0960. ■ ■ ■ ■

to warn users off mobiles and MP3s anywhere near bitumen before any more pedestrians are tarred and feathered by lethal moving metal. ■ ■ ■ ■

Pottsville residents are set to celebrate this Christmas as you would on the balmy coast – al fresco style, with a street party in Coronation Avenue on Saturday, December 6, from 11am. The Pottsville Beach Business Chamber is putting it all on for the locals and, if successful, it could become a regular Chrissy get-together. The party includes a carols singalong, sausage sizzle and

The announcement by the ABS that the average wage is now $1,147 per week certainly took Backburner by surprise. Since we all know that the ordinary battler doesn’t get anything like that, the figure must be pushed up by the obscenely inflated salaries of the greedy fat cats in our economy. For example, Crikey.com financial columnist Stephen Mayne pointed out last week that Fairfax could hire 30 extra journalists for the $3.4 million it pays CEO David Kirk. Now what did Obama say that so offended the Yanks? ‘Spread the wealth.’

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Introduction to Grail Quest (a 9-week Course) which is the opening term of the two year parttime foundation course.

...a journey into the Spiritual Science of Rudolf Steiner...

GRAIL QUEST offers a modern form of adult education based on the work of Rudolf Steiner. Through a deepened understanding of the inner workings of the world and ourselves, inner development and soul transformation are brought about. This in turn leads to an enhanced capacity to transform the outer world. The course consists of lectures, discussions and meditation which are expanded through artistic experiences in music, painting, sculpture, story telling, speech, writing, drama, craft and the new art of eurythmy. No previous artistic experience is necessary. The emphasis of the course is away from competition and is focused on individual growth. The course aims to teach through the heart, hand and mind and to bring our efforts to fruition through love of the deed. GRAIL QUEST is also the prerequisite for the Steiner Teacher Training Program.

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Some of the themes explored in the course are: The Quest for Meaning. The Elements. The Temperaments. Sacred Geometry. The Origins of the Earth & Humanity. The Evolution of Consciousness. Christology. Mystery Schools & Mystery Centres. The Birth of Modern Consciousness in the Renaissance. The Search for the Holy Grail. Life Phases: an Exploration of Biography. 9 week Introductory Course: $600 Friday 4.30 – 7.30pm Saturday 9.30am – 12.30pm Commencing 6th February Venue: Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, McGettigans Lane, Ewingsdale Enquiries: Kristy Brake 0431 833 959 or Gerry Josephson 6684 8280 or (mob) 0406 788 050

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