Tweed Echo – Issue 1.27 – 12/03/2009

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Volume 1 #27 Thursday, March 12, 2009 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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Mystery vandal poisons trees Burringbar residents are stumped over the motive behind the deliberate poisoning of three large historic trees in the village park.

The act, described by some as a hate crime, has puzzled and upset locals.

The 70-to-80-year-old trees, a Moreton Bay fig and two hoop pines, are deemed significant, being some of the largest and oldest trees in Masterson Park, providing shade to the many tourists and locals who use the nearby picnic tables and facilities.

A hand drill or similar tool was used to make several holes at the base of each tree to allow poison to be injected into them in order to kill them off.

Tweed Shire Council has condemned the senseless act and is asking locals for information which could help them root out the culprit. The three poisoned trees are now likely to be removed.

But it’s the motive that has locals miffed, as there is no view to be gained from poisoning the trees and their roots were not causing any problems for pedestrians.

The Echo did its own investigation and suspects the local resident who did it was trying to get rid of a colony of flying foxes which roost in the trees in the park at night.

Burning or cutting down trees used as a roost for native flying foxes (which some people unfortunately regard as pests because of their noise and smell up close) has occurred before in the Tweed, especially at Dallis Park on the outskirts of Murwillumbah where a nearby bat colony caused a stink among residents years ago.

Locals approached with the theory agreed that could be the reason for

the ‘massacre’ as flying foxes roosted in or fed on the old trees.

Burringbar Real Estate principal Stuart Cahill said the tree poisoning was the current talking point of the town. ‘They’re all scratching their heads as to why someone would do something like this. It’s such a shame,’ he said. ‘Tourists come to this park all the time and the trees shade them from the searing sun, they are a big part of the streetscape here. ‘The whole town is now on the lookout so it doesn’t happen again. ‘You’re right, bats do roost in those trees, but there’s also possums there which people feed and lots of parrots too,’ Mr Cahill said.

Burringbar General Store co-owner Doug Clarke said the whole town was horrified and shocked by the act. ‘We’re at a loss as to why someone would do something like this‌ now you mention the bats, that could well be it,’ he told The Echo. ‘They’re pretty historic trees – they make up a line of trees running down the park and the old Anzac Day marchers used to march between them when the cenotaph was at the other end of town, but they haven’t done that for a while since it was moved up this end.’ Mr Clarke said he noticed the top of one of the trees was dying several months ago.

Council’s parks supervisor Paul Fahy found the fig had lost the majority of its leaves with some signs of regrowth flush, consistent with signs of stress, and the large pines were dying back from the top.

Council’s recreation services manager Stewart Brawley described the attack on the trees as ‘outrageous’,

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Women clad in punk-rock attire and wearing snarls on their faces are hunting down opponents for the ultimate thrill – roller derby.

This aggressive contact sport pits two teams of roller skating women against each other in an all-out riot to destroy the other team with shoulder shoves and hip hits.

Gold coast woman Jayne Moran is trying to establish a team at South Tweed’s Epic Skate Rink to give Australia’s other 15 teams something to worry about. ‘There aren’t too many women’s only sports out there, which this is,’ she said. ‘I love it because you get out on the rink and can change who you are, release all your aggression and dress up as a totally different person. ‘It is a really good way to put your nine-to-five persona to bed.’ continued on page 2 Described by some as Girls Gone

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Wild on Wheels, the roller derby started in 1935, evolved into a spandex format in the 1970s and went badass in 2001.

Bashing the sport back into style have been New York’s infamous Gotham Girls – a pack of punk-rock chicks with aliases such as Sybil Unrest and Iva Vendetta.

The sport has found a fan base throughout Australia among women who respect its no-holds-barred athleticism, punk-rock feminism and unbridled aggression.

Ms Moran, better known as GI Jayne, said the game is pretty easy to learn and relatively safe thanks to all the protective gear players must wear. ‘If you have two legs and the coordination to stand on skates you can absolutely do it,’ she said. ‘Most of the girls on the team so far haven’t skated for 20 or 30 years. We can also organise learn-to-skate classes for people who need a refresher.’

Roller derby is played by two teams of five. Each team has three defenders, one person who acts as the last line of defence (a pivot) and one scorer (the jammer).

When the game starts everyone except the jammers skate around the track in a pack.

When a second whistle blows, the jammers try to catch up to the pack.

Before they can score points, they have to get through the pack and go all the way around and catch up again.

Defenders and pivots try to help their own jammer through the scrum while also blocking the other team’s jammer.

Ms Moran said plenty of training would take place before the Tweed team moved into major competitions.

She is looking for at least three more team members. Training is on Thursday nights from 7pm to 8pm at Epic Skate Rink. For details call 0413 503 569.

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Ron Penglase at the creek clogged up by a weed infestation which he says helps block the causeway after heavy rain.

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An out of control weed infestation that causes a Sleepy Hollow creek to flood is leaving residents stranded in their homes upstream for days at a time.

Former farmer Ron Penglase never thought he would dread rain as much as he has since Sheens Creek has become a garden for thriving weeds.

The creek, which runs beneath the Chinderah to Yelgun freeway and along the old Sleepy Hollow golf course, is virtually invisible due to a rabid infestation of para grass.

One day’s worth of steady rain is enough to make it back up and flood a ground-level concrete causeway that provides dozens of residents access to their homes.

‘This creek is trouble because of the weeds and it is troubling everyone’s lives in

Sleepy Hollow,’ he said.

‘When it rains the weeds are so thick that the extra runoff cannot get through and it floods the creek almost immediately.

‘The whole area gets backed up and if you are out, you can’t get back in, and if you are at home, you can’t go to work.’

Mr Penglase’s wife Lynne is a theatre nurse at Murwillumbah District Hospital and has had to cancel shifts after becoming stranded at home following a day’s rain.

‘If they can’t get a replacement they might have to cancel some patient’s procedures,’ Mr Penglase said.

One resident was unable to collect her daughter from a Friday night sleepover until the following Sunday because she was flooded in all weekend.

Mr Penglase said residents were frustrated because local authorities and agencies would

not take responsibility for the problem.

‘No one is interested and everyone keeps blaming someone else,’ he said.

Far North Coast Weeds said it cannot act because para grass is not a declared noxious weed.

Tweed Shire Council won’t intervene because the weeds have not caused an engineering problem and are located on private land.

The landowner has been asked by Far North Coast Weeds to fix the backed up creek, but cannot be forced to act.

A council spokeswoman said it was looking into the problem.

Meanwhile, the Sleepy Hollow residents face more time as hostages in their own homes as rainfall from Cyclone Hamish threatens to flood them in this week.

Vandal poisons historic trees (continued from page 1) saying they were ‘assets to the broader community which have been part of the village streetscape for many years’.

‘We will vigorously pursue prosecution against anyone found to have carried out this act of vandalism.’

Mr Brawley said they would monitor the trees to give them

‘every chance possible’ of recovery and surviving and would cut any limbs posing a safety risk to park users.

‘We’ll try the best we can… but keeping in mind that we need to keep the area safe.’

He said the suggestion that the culprit did it to get rid of the bats was ‘plausible’, but an

‘extreme measure’ to take.

Other theories and rumours as to the why the trees were killed and by whom were rife around the town with fingers pointed in many directions.

Anyone with information on the vandalism is asked to contact Council’s Recreation Services Unit on 6670 2615.

Burringbar’s dying trees, with (inset) the holes drilled in the fig’s base.

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Fire service volunteer enjoying life For Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer Peter Millar all it takes to spot a potential problem on a fire truck is a carefully cocked ear, tuned to the mysterious crankings and groaning of machinery.

‘That is the difference with experience,’ he said.

‘If equipment malfunctions I can detect it by just listening to it and get in and fix it, whereas young people just wait until it runs out of petrol and stops working.’

At 75 years old, Peter is an active member of the Cudgen RFS, manning the radio, maintaining equipment, mowing lawns and helping at fundraisers.

His wife Val, 74, also gets her hands dirty helping out at fundraisers too.

Speaking in the leadup to Seniors Week, which runs from March 15 to 22, Peter said a busy lifestyle was the key to enjoying life as a senior citizen.

‘My wife and I get the most out of life by being active,’ he said. ‘We find that there is always something you can do for others to brighten their day and your own too.’

The Millars moved to their hilltop home above Banora Point in 2001 from Sydney, where Peter first got involved in the RFS in 1995.

He said that while he wasn’t allowed to man the fire hose

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Rural Fire Service volunteer Peter Millar, 75, says the key to enjoying life as a senior citizen is his busy lifestyle, though here he takes a moment to relax. Photo Jeff ‘Reflected Glory’ Dawson

anymore, he had plenty to offer the younger members of the crew at Cudgen.

Peter said his involvement with the firies made him feel

like he hadn’t been put out to pasture yet.

‘I’ll be doing this as long as I am able to – until the guys tell me I am a liability.’

Adventure tours of the Tweed, technological tune-ups and art activities are all on the menu for this year’s Seniors Week celebrations.

The schedule of events running from March 15 to 22 starts this Sunday at 2pm with an afternoon tea and entertainment at Mountain View Retirement Village, Murwillumbah.

A big focus of the week will be tours of the region, with almost daily Northern Breeze bus tours of Brisbane, Mount Tambourine, Brunswick Heads and Lennox Head and regular river cruises and coastal walks.

There will be computer sessions and mobile phone workshops throughout the week, and morning tea events at local schools as well as luncheons and concerts all over the shire.

The Tweed River Regional Art Gallery will host an access all areas tour from 11am on Wednesday, March 18.

Tweed Valley Jazz Club’s afternoon tea at Greenhills on Tweed today (Thursday) between 1-4pm features wellknown singer Johnny Nicole.

Bookings are required for some events. To access the full schedule of events and details go to www.tweed.nsw.gov.au.

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High society’s cure for cancer In a departure from last weekend’s bogan bingo fundraiser, organisers of the local Relay for Life event will hold a high tea this weekend.

All money raised will go to the NSW Cancer Council.

Organiser Di Endicott said the event is being held to support Murwillumbah’s Relay for Life walk on April 4 and 5.

A Thai and Vietnamese banquet will also be held in the leadup at Nam Yeng in Murwillumbah on April 1 from 6.30pm. Tickets are $25.

The Murwillumbah Showground relay starts at 3pm on April 4 and finishes at 9am on April 5. To register go to www. relayforlife.com.au/nsw.

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Vanessa Hoffman may not be a household name yet, but when it comes to busking she is way ahead of ARIA-award winner John Butler.

The Murwillumbah singer songwriter reckons she used to rake in way more money than the blues and roots musician in the days when they both used to busk on the streets of Perth.

‘He hardly got anything because he never sang, he just jammed on the guitar,’ she said.

‘I didn’t even know he could sing!’

With the support of good mate Butler, Hoffman has been steadily building a career for herself with her own brand of ambient pop rock.

She has supported friends including Butler, Xavier Rudd, Deborah Conway and Things of Stone and Wood.

Last year she moved to Murwillumbah where she has been teaching the region’s hopeful Whitney Houstons how to sing.

She has also released a book called Learn to Sing in a Clear and Powerful Way to help budding singers.

‘Anyone can sing but they have to want to,’ she said.

‘I have taught tone deaf people because they want to learn and will persevere. It is hard for

Have guitar will travel – Vanessa Hoffman has written a book to help budding singers. Photo Jeff ‘Golden Tonsils’ Dawson

them and takes longer because they don’t hear it, but they get there.’

Classically trained herself, Hoffman has had a residency at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium and Arts Centre and has recorded her own album Find Your Own Way. Although she has had the backing of some superstar friends, she said the road has been long and arduous.

A few years back she auditioned for Australian Idol and

made the top 60 but got no further.

Although she is reluctant to hand her songs and life over to the television show, she is going to give it one last go.

‘It is a sucky record deal that you get, but music can be really fickle in general anyway,’ she said.

‘If you are going to make it you have to be strong because at the end of the day Idol will be looking for someone to replace you the following year.’

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Stars surf the Walk of Fame Among the excitement of the Roxy Pro, friends, family, fans and supporters gathered last week in Tweed Heads to see the induction of Stephanie Gilmore into the the Australian Walk of Fame.

In total, four local legends of the waves received the honour – a star plaque and the inductees’ handprints embedded in the footpath across from Twin Towns Services Club. Memorably, the first and last women world champions were inducted on the same day.

Joining Steph on the star walk was Phyllis O’Donnell, who became the first Women’s World Surfing Champion when she won the inaugural competition in 1964.

In a gender mirror, the other two inducted on the day were Peter Townend, who was the first ever World Champion of International Professional Surfing, and Mick Fanning, the most recent Australian world champion on the international circuit.

Steph arrived at the ceremony literally dripping from the waters at Snapper Rocks and was both gracious and excited about her induction.

‘It feels awesome to get this recognition,’ said Steph. ‘To be

Past meeting present, Phyllis O’Donnell and Steph Gilmore hang five on the Australian Walk of Fame. Photo Tree Faerie

here along with the greats is very humbling.’

The who’s who of the local surfing clans attended the event and guest speaker Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew congrat-

ulated both Steph and Phyllis who he called the ‘bookends’ of female surfing.

‘Here we have Phyllis who won the first women’s championship and Steph who has only

been on the circuit two years and won the title both times.

That’s amazing.’

Meanwhile, Gilmore has warned her best is yet to come after winning the season-opening Roxy Pro event over the weekend. The former Kingscliff High School student defeated Hawaii’s Melanie Bartels in the final of the Roxy to win the event for the first time since 2005, when she claimed victory as a wildcard.

The win puts her well on the path to a third consecutive world title and she has warned upcoming rookies that she has plenty of room to improve.

Gilmore scored a 9.57 out of a possible 10 on her opening wave in the final for a fluid series of fin releases and power carves.

She said the victory was more satisfying than her 2005 win, although it had all the hallmarks of that surf.

‘It was a really little wave,’ she said.

‘I had a few flashbacks from 2005 where I was trying to pick off the little ones that were going to grow down the line. On Sunday it just so happened I picked a good one. It is important to get a good start and get a lead early in the heat.’

Homeless shelter ‘needed urgently’ Roxanne Millar

Social workers have pledged to establish a homeless shelter and drop-in centre in central Tweed Heads within the next few years, as the number of people living on the street soars.

A working party set up by You Have A Friend president John Lee and led by Tweed MP Geoff Provest will next week start a campaign to obtain a Tweed Shire Council site near Minjungbal Drive for the centre.

It will be the working party’s first official meeting to tackle a homeless crisis on the Tweed that sees more than 600 people sleeping rough every night.

‘We can’t have people wandering aimlessly anymore,’ said Mr Lee. ‘We can no longer afford to wait for developers or the council to give us land. Ours is a situation where we have to move fast – sooner rather than later.’

The Echo spoke to Chris, 35, a foreigner who has been living on the streets of Tweed for the past four years after he lost everything to sports gambling.

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because all of his documents were stolen.

‘People deserve a second chance and probably six out of 10 people would take that chance and make the best of it,’ he said.

‘But to get out of the hole, we need a shovel. We need someone to ask us how they can help. (Homeless) people need guidance because they are broken down.’

Chris was once a talented hospitality worker who worked around the world in some of the best hotels. He said it was

a misconception that homeless people were on drugs, alcoholics or mentally ill.

‘It would be great to have well-run drop-in centre where you can watch TV, use a computer and have a hot shower,’ he said.

Mr Lee said in recent months the number of homeless had started to escalate and well-known business people had begun turning up to free meals in local parks after losing everything.

He slammed the media’s focus on youth homelessness,

saying that 90 per cent of those sleeping rough were older than 26 years of age.

‘I call them the forgotten faces because everyone is focused on youth,’ Mr Lee said.

‘What we hope to establish for them is a centralised service where we can bring together services so people know they can get a shower, a coffee, that Centrelink is there on a Thursday and drug and alcohol workers are there on a Friday.

‘We will definitely also be looking at affordable shelter as well and homeless shelters.’

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For more information on the Tweed Kenya Mentoring Program, visit Council’s website www.tweed.nsw.gov.au.

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Medallion muster Anyone with sports medallions (unengraved) lying around is asked to consider donating them to the Tweed Kenya Mentoring Program’s ‘Medallion Muster’ to hand out to young soccer players in Kenya.

Council and the Murwillumbah Football Club are conducting the muster to encourage Kenya’s young soccer players.

The medallions will be given out to children who participate in soccer tournaments.

The program uses the popularity of soccer among young people in Kenya as a platform to promote its message for environmental health and safe water access. It concentrates its efforts in Kiberia, Africa’s largest slum.

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‘Wonderful’ women honoured The Tweed’s Wonders of Women Gala Ball and awards will be back next year following the success of the roaring 1920sthemed event last weekend.

Medical practitioner and political hopeful Dr Sue PageMitchell scored the Woman of the Year award while Aboriginal leader Aunty Kath Lena scooped the Culture award.

Also recognised was Justine Elliot in the legal and law category, Jody Ball for education, Dr Betty Marks for health, Ilma Doenau for community work, Jennifer Maroney for welfare and Tania Fummerell for arts and music.

Tweed Shire Women’s Service manager Tracy Asby said more than 150 people attended the inaugural event clad in feathers and waving BB guns in homage to the Great Gatsby Sue Page with her husband Chris Mitchell. Photo Jeff Dawson theme.

Club plans massive redevelopment Twin Towns Services Club is steaming ahead with plans to demolish its historic twostorey building and replace it with a massive conference and cinema complex.

The services club plans to pour $25 million into the refurbishment to establish itself as a leading venue for large conferences and corporate dinner packages.

Under the plans yet to be approved by the state government, Twin Towns wants to demolish its oldest remaining building – the 1968 two-storey structure near Jack Evans Boat Harbour.

The plans propose construction of a three-storey building in three stages. It will include an atrium on the ground level, an alfresco balcony overlooking the boat harbour, cinemas and conference space able to seat 1000 people.

Twin Towns general manager Rob Smith said the plans aimed to build on the $3.5m

made annually on conferences.

‘Under the plans we will be able to handle conference dinners of 500 to 600 people and match them with the accommodation we offer,’ he said.

‘It will equate to 30 new fulltime jobs at Twin Towns.’

Mr Smith said the proposed expansion would take place within the club’s land and would require no reclamation of public land.

The refurbishment was originally intended to be completed by 2006 but was held up during design stages because of its

location on a state significant site.

Mr Smith said, if approved, construction would take 14 months but could be delayed until the economy recovers.

‘We would like to have it up as soon as possible but we will not be counting our chickens before they hatch,’ he said.

Copies of an Environmental Assessment for the proposed redevelopment are available at Tweed Shire Council offices in Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads or online at http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au.

An artist’s impression of what the new Twin Towns Services Club will look like after its $25 million makeover.

Minister boosts emergency services A new $310,000 high-tech pager network and a new $40,000 fire truck is set to boost emergency services on the Far North Coast.

During a visit to the Tweed last week, Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan met members of the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and State Emergency Service (SES) at the Tweed Fire Control Centre near Murwillumbah.

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deployment of RFS and SES volunteers from the Queensland border to Evans Head and inland to the Great Dividing Range.

Mr Whan also handed over a new RFS vehicle worth more than $40,000, along with two grants of $5,000 to the Tweed District RFS and the Murwillumbah SES. Richmond MP Justine Elliot praised the Tweed Heads Fire Brigade’s dedication this month to the Tweed’s seniors.

‘As the Minister for Ageing,

I’m very proud to support the NSW Fire Brigade’s focus on Seniors Fire Safety.

‘Nearly one third of all victims in fatal house fires are seniors and I encourage our local seniors to take advantage of the Smoke Alarm Battery Replacement for the Elderly program (SABRE) because home fire safety can help prevent a tragedy,’ she said.

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Widget Group calls for Rudd bailout Dear Shareholders, Volume 1 #27

March 12, 2009

Keeping it local Councillor Katie Milne does have a point in her quest to keep a $40,000 consultancy job for Tweed Shire Council’s new corporateimage branding strategy, which includes a design for a new logo, kept local.

The Greens councillor has been admonished for revealing that a Brisbane company was likely to get the contract designing a new logo but she has rightfully argued that she simply wanted Tweed’s large artistic community to have a say in any future logo design.

The ten-year-old logo consists of painted squiggles representing the Tweed River, Mt Warning and the sun, which mayor Joan van Lieshout says no longer portrays the true image of the Tweed.

A logo competition in the community involving schools is the way to go for a local design for the logo, which won’t cost ratepayers a cent, and the branding work (for such things as letterheads, website and colour schemes) could all be done right here in the Tweed.

Indeed, this would be a golden opportunity to promote the Tweed’s local talent and in these times of economic uncertainty, Council should be setting the example in buying locally. After all, $40,000 could go much further spent in the shire.

It is with a heavy heart that the board of directors of Widgets of Oz (WOO) Corporation announce a loss of $2 billion for the first quarter of 2009 and give notice that the company may be forced into administration.

What’s to blame? The world economic crisis, of course. The company has been struck by a financial tsunami, a hurricane of bad debts, a typhoon of lost orders and a volcano of overheads.

The directors utterly reject the so-called financial commentators who have sought to blame certain entrepreneurial aspects of our business model. We have agreed to hand in our passports and attend any investigation launched by the Australian Stock Exchange into our salaries and performance bonuses, the pre-crash sale of shares, our auditor’s misguided forecast of multi-million-dollar profits and the arrest of our principal Wall Street investment adviser, Mr It’s obvious a sick person who, in today’s vernacular, needs to ‘get a Bernie Madoff.

As responsible directors we life’ was responsible for the great Burringbar tree massacre. have taken the only steps open The worrying thing is that the person who attacked these to us – we have closed plants, majestic old trees, which provide shade for tourists and residents enjoying the ambience of the village park, appears to be a local as sacked most of the work force and moved our manufacturing plenty of time was needed, and found, to carry out the dastardly operations to Taiwan. deed.

We would like to express our What prompts someone to become a killer and a killjoy to their hearty thanks to the former own neighbours and fellow Australians? Is it a hate of trees, bats, Howard government which contheir neighbours or all of the above? You have to wonder what tributed more than $100 million made them so annoyed as to destroy a historic part of their own to our bottom line over the past village – the old diggers who used to proudly march past or sit un- five years. This money was spent der these trees each Anzac Day are surely turning in their graves at carefully and in the most practisuch a low act. cal manner to advance the interests of all shareholders.

To attract directors of the Tweed Shire Echo highest calibre we increased rePublisher David Lovejoy muneration to board members Editor Luis Feliu to $250,000-a-year plus access to Advertising Manager Jeff Dawson Accounts Manager Simon Haslam a corporate boxes at the SCG, the Production Manager Ziggi Browning MCG and the races at Randwick ‘The job of a newspaper is to comfort the aficted and afict and Moonee Valley. the comfortable.’ – Finley Peter Dunne 1867–1936 We also expanded the board Š 2008 Echo Publications Pty Ltd for the first time in a decade Suite 1, Warina Walk Arcade, Murwillumbah to include additional talent to Phone 02 6672 2280 Fax 02 6672 4933 email: editor@tweedecho.com.au facilitate our New Directions Printer: Horton Media Australia Ltd program – they include my

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wife, Hyacinthe, who is a multimillionairess in her own right from careful investment in the modelling industry, my daughter-in-law Le Knee and my longstanding personal assistant Ms Rosie Firefly, the former Miss Sunshine Coast, 1998.

WOO forecasts Since Kevin Rudd’s communist administration seized power in Canberra, the Corporation has been seeking ways to protect the interests of shareholders.

This has included transferring our registered headquarters from Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast to Lichtenstein, a European principality with hundreds of years experience in banking,

State of Affairs Shareholders will not receive a dividend this year due to overheads. with Alex Mitchell investment and taxation opportunities.

Following the persecution of our accountant by the jackbooting commissars of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) he has been obliged to take up residence in one of Her Majesty’s correctional facilities for ten years on trumped-up charges.

In his place we have appointed a world renowned member of the Royal Society of Chartered Accountants and Notaries, Mr Hector de Ponzi, of the Guernsey Island firm of Swipe, Hide & Scarper.

When WOO first hit bad trading at the start of the 2008-09 financial year, WOO directors sought short-term financing from four of the world’s most respected banks – Bear Stearns, Lehmann Brothers, Citibank and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Future markets With the world widget market flatlining, WOO Corp has begun expanding the munitions division with strong sales recorded in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Albania and Kosovo. Our most successful product is the de luxe phosphorus rocket, known as The Pacifier, which performed with outstanding success in crushing the terrorists in their rat holes in Gaza over Christmas and New Year.

As long as our strongest ally, the United States, continues to fight for liberty and democracy, WOO Corp will stand shoulderto-shoulder supplying what weapons are needed to exterminate all those who stand in the way of Western values and our Christian way of life.

Directors have warmly welcomed Mr Rudd’s $42 billion stimulus package and we have written to him offering our expertise and know-how. WOO stands ready to help fortify Australia with a fleet of submarines and to supply specially engineered robots to operate them in the absence of submariners. We have offered to build affordable housing in the Northern Territory and NSW regional communities using the company’s large portfolio of secondhand containers which are ideal for remote communities.

Directors have said unequivocally that they are ready to work with the new communist regime in Canberra in a spirit of cooperation if it means access to the billions of dollars which have been allocated to put this country back on its foot.

WOO is proudly Australian.

We are as Aussie as Singo, Richo, Warnie or Alan Jones. Well, maybe not Alan Jones. We have temporarily domiciled the company overseas to avoid costly and vexatious litigation from a handful of disgruntled employees complaining about the whereabouts of their contributions to superannuation and long service leave.

The company’s lawyers have forbidden me to answer any questions about the Corp’s assets, pension fund or political donations to the ALP, Liberal Party and Nationals.

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Ignorance on CCTV Before we throw away taxpayers’ ever-diminishing earnings on closed circuit television surveillance, may I be so bold as to throw in a fact. A report from the Visual Images Identification and Detections Office of Scotland Yard UK states, ‘Only three per cent of street crime including robberies in London were solved using the images, despite Britain having more cameras than any other country in Europe’ (Sydney Morning Herald May 7, 2008).

Can anyone remember what policemen look like, especially walking ones?

Peter Rae

Condong

Council logo So it seems we are to decide on a whole new branding and Council logo at next council meeting, March 17. We have been informed that spending this $40,000 will actually save us money due to having a consistent template available.

This new branding and logo is to be recommended for tender with a number of companies including a Brisbane and Lismore based consultancy

firm. I begged councillors and staff present to at least source the design work for the logo from the community via a logo competition.

I read recently that this community has the third highest number of artists per population in NSW. We also have an excellent graphic art course at Kingscliff TAFE and arts courses at Murwillumbah TAFE. We are supposed to be promoting our talents, our residents, our character, our environment and our economy.

How can a Queensland company understand this identity?

This could be a beautiful opportunity for Council to support and engage with our community. I do not accept the insistent argument put forward that the Council ‘Corporation’ is separate from the community in this regard; that ‘the main Council logo is not about the community’.

I believe this is a perfect example of the prevailing attitude Council ‘Rulers’ have towards this highly knowledgeable community and internationally significant environment.

Cr Katie Milne

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Road toll As a thirteen year old I am horrified by the number of road accidents claiming lives on NSW roads every year. It is apparent there are a number of black spots where these accidents occur more regularly due to difficult road conditions.

The real deal on rail funding ■ In March 2003 Don Page, the member for Ballina, reminded the NSW Legislative Council of an early 1990s feasibility study on the future of the M’bah/ Casino line that concluded the line needed to connect with Queensland rail. Costs then varied from $300m to $450m depending on the option selected. Costs today would be at least double those estimates.

If we only plan to patch up the old 115 year rail line with no cross border option and place a temporary and slow light rail service back on the old repaired line the old rail corridor should be preserved and because of its limited future it would most likely be given a low funding priority.

If we plan to satisfy a clearly defined and continually growing cross border commuter/tourist service from at least Byron Bay to the Brisbane commuter net-

The use of large signs indicating that a black spot is ahead would reduce the death toll at these sites. Signs such as these would alert people to problem areas so that they can drive more carefully through these zones. A large, visible black sign with white writing saying, ‘warning black spot ahead’ placed either side of this zone would influence drivers’ behavior.

work and to two international airports then the present rail corridor with its tight curves and many steep grades should be mostly abandoned and research commenced immediately on a new more suitable and cost effective rail corridor for our future.

If we have the vision to plan for the second we will also achieve the first plan.

We do not elect our politicians to patch up and ‘make do with our past’. Today we must also lobby realistically for Rudd’s infrastructure funding as our local Labor branches are, and have been doing.

Laurie Ganter

Tweed Heads ■ Just before the last NSW State election, the then premiers of NSW and Queensland met at the State border and signed a letter of intent

Rape of species

According to Greek mythology, Zeus assumes the guise of a beautiful swan so that he can approach and rape Leda.

In the modern mirror image tragedy reflected by the surface of the lakes at Cobaki and Cudgen (Kings Forest), swans (and other rare and threatened species) are about to be, or have already been, raped by Leda (Holdings).

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to extend the Queensland rail system along the coast of NSW from the proposed terminus at Coolangatta Airport. That’s all that happened! There are no plans as to where it would service, where it would terminate, who would run it or who would pay for the construction or who would own the NSW section, but worst of all no railway reserve has been set aside, without which it is all a pipe dream!

What we know for certain is the letter of intent was to bolster the Labor government’s chances of holding on to this seat, and that did not eventuate, the people elected an opposition candidate, so there is no chance the government in NSW is going to spend any money on a railway project in a National Party seat.

Also it was obvious that letter of intent, if it was ever going to happen, meant the railway

would extend along the coast where the population is; there was never any mention by the premiers of connecting to the closed NSW line to Murwillumbah, why would they? The potential passengers would be where population resides along the coast between Kingscliff and Pottsville.

So what’s the answer? Lobby the Federal Government to build the railway to Queensland from, say, Byron Bay using the existing alignment to Mooball, then east to Pottsville and along the western side of the coastal villages to Coolangatta.

There are some major engineering problems to be solved such as rivers to cross and a tunnel under Sexton Hill, so lobby Justine Elliot the Federal member (she wants to get elected next time) and forget the rest.

dential development on the Tweed at Cobaki Lakes and Cudgen Lake (Kings Forest) for the next 15 to 20 years. The vast majority of urban expansion (approximately 10,000 dwellings) will effectively be controlled by one major development company.

Can this be good for our local economy and indigenous ecology? Where is the competition and scrutiny to achieve sustainable outcomes? An aerial view of the Cobaki development site

reveals a few scattered remnant pockets of native vegetation contained by, but also containing, a lunar landscape of scraped earth and rock. Can the future of Kings Forest be very different?

The plan for Kings Forest also shows a fragmented landscape where Environmental Protection Zoned Areas are the same low lying areas not suitable for development, but compromised by flood inundation and/or acid

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sulphate soils. The fragmentation of native habitat and lack of adequate linkages will not ensure ecological sustainability into the future.

Exotic species like cane toads, plague minnow, fox, dogs, cats, and weeds of many types will easily invade the environmental areas because of flooding, increased ‘edge effects’, lack of proper 50m ecological buffers and the absence of a ‘no cats and dogs’ policy.

A golf course in the middle of the Cudgen sandplain (paddock) surrounding proposed residential development areas, effectively ensures the demise of local threatened species like koala, potoroo and wallum frogs.

Too many problems with the motor rally

■ Rally Australia’s tactics to win the minds of residents are degenerating.

Rally Australia’s Gary Upson emailed Kyogle Council’s general manager, Arthur Piggott, asking that he get as many pro-rally supporters as possible to Rally Australia’s Community meeting in February. Mr Upson wrote that he would do the same from within the rally fraternity and yes, that meeting was stacked by people from as far away as Brisbane.

Unfortunately for Repco Rally Australia organisers, the email had been E P Hopkins inadvertently sent to a rally oppoCoordinator, Caldera nent. Kyogle Council’s general manEnvironment Centre ager now also appears, like Tweed Council’s general manager, to be coopted to a pro-rally agenda. Given That mural Obviously this local and independ- that the Tweed’s general manager now ent free paper is biased in its opinion sits on the board of the Repco Rally, about the levee-wall mural. How dare I’m curious as to how much more people voice their opposition to it. political power mayors and councilYou call it a mural, I call it graffiti. lors will siphon off to administrative ‘Graffiti (singular: graffito, the plural staff. Whether you are for or against is used as a mass noun) is the name the rally is irrelevant to the argument for images or lettering scratched, of the undermining of representative scrawled, painted or marked in any democracy through local government manner on property. Graffiti is some- failing to protect itself from undue times regarded as a form of art and influence. other times regarded as unsightly Where can residents turn when damage or unwanted.’

Council no longer represents their Well this person regards it as un- best interests but instead represents sightly damage or unwanted. I can’t the interests of a client soon to have see any difference between that and a development application pending? the rubbish painted on the other side Refreshingly, Kyogle Councillor Janet of the wall. In my opinion it’s unsightly, Wilson has raised the very real conmakes an unnatural man-made object cern that Council does not have the more so, and cheapens the town by appropriate planning policy to adpromoting graffiti. If a person sprays dress the detail of a Rally Australia his tags and paints graffiti over other DA. walls, he may well be prosecuted, but Kyogle Councillor and Chamber in that person’s opinion his so-called of Commerce president, Lynette Zito, art looks just fine. Oh, the irony. claimed quite ingenuously that the Comparisons are being made to chamber ‘did not ask the proposed other countries and their wall art. Well rally to come here, but now that they the walls I saw, especially in Europe, are looking to hold this international were covered by hedges or creeping ivy event in our location we are lookand you were unaware that there was a ing at what we want to make of it’. wall behind it. Looks more natural to A reason the chamber did not invite me than paint, but in this paper’s view Rally Australia is because it is not the that’s just my wrong opinion. kind of sustainable business opporIf you can’t print the whole letter tunity identified by people like Ms without editing to your choice, don’t Zito in community workshops held bother.

by Council during the development Luke Catt of their Sense of Place Economic Murwillumbah Statement. The common desire echoed throughout the fourteen commu■ As a frequent visitor to Murwillumnity workshops was that while ‘most bah, I read with dismay, the article [participants] recognise the need for in The Echo (February 26) that the economic development and growth, Tweed Shire Council has ordered a they fear the loss of their way of life suspension of work on the mural. and core cultural elements that build I love to drive past this mural each a sense of ownership and pride in time I visit to see its progress and their community’. marvel at the quality of the artwork Too right they do! It was identified and the accurate depiction on the that the ‘environment, its protection trees, birds and animals. and enhancement [was] a priority to I cannot understand how anyone the community [and] the reason why could liken this mural as being hippy- people chose this place to live’. They like, ie. Nimbin, as this couldn’t be fur- confirmed that the environment was ther from the truth. It is such a shame critical to the growth of tourism in the that the complaints of a few narrowarea because it was Kyogle’s greatest minded people can halt the work that attraction. So yes, why would these means so much to so many people, people invite a motor sporting event especially the participants who are uninto the community? employed and would feel such pride in Kyogle ex-mayor and now current this work and it would produce such councillor, Ernie Bennett, met with self-esteem within themselves. the World Rally Championship orI do hope commonsense rules and ganisers in mid April 2008. At the work will start again on this magnifiordinary Council meeting a few days cent mural. later, an urgent motion without notice Michele Musgrave was passed to confirm Council’s apOrmiston, Qld proval of the Rally in principle. They ■ Letters from G Lawrie, Murwillumhave, however, failed to acknowledge bah, W James, Tugun, D Ogilvie, how motor sports is an unsustainable Bilambil, also acknowledged. activity, how it is largely irrelevant to 10 March 12, 2009 The Tweed Shire Echo

their agricultural industry and how a car rally can only undermine the very World Heritage environmental values their residents so obviously value.

It now appears that the most urgent part of Kyogle Council’s last minute motion was to lock in the ‘in principle’ support by Council in defiance of their very own economic statement recommending that the fundamental and common rules underlining the values and principles important to residents ‘should be applied in the planning and implementation of all future projects.’ (My emphasis!)

Jenny Bluefields

Writing from Ecuador ■ A speed motor rally is proposed to go through our rural land and national parks in the Northern Rivers of Tweed and Kyogle Shires. This rally has been presented as fait accompli by our Tweed Shire Council using the council’s fortnightly community notices letter to call for environmental volunteers to support the rally.

Calling for environmental volunteers is a gross misrepresentation of the proposal which is in fact environmentally destructive. There are seven national parks in our area of high biological diversity set there for protection by and from us. We are not allowed to walk our dogs nor ride our horses through these sanctuaries necessary for the survival of native plants, animals, birds, bats, snakes lizards, insects, spiders, etc – the whole web of life.

These parks and quiet back roads provide an indispensable natural passageway ensuring a future for our native wildlife.

We are now told that this rally event is to take place over five days. Not only that, but to occur every two years over a ten-year period and to have the option for another ten years. Why is this destructive practice to be given such licence to continue for 20 years?

Can our society sanction the loss and misuse of natural resources necessary to prop up speed rallies? This is especially so as we are to spend our millions on this promotion of pollution and unsustainable oil when other vital sustainable practices go unsupported. We cannot afford to continue to destroy our fragile biodiversity.

Marie Jack

Burringbar ■ Last year I gave up the car and began to ride my son and I around as much as possible by bike. The lack of good cycleways is a little daunting but I am optimistic that the more the road is used by bikes the closer we come to decent bike paths. The state of the planet certainly concerns me, and I know a lot of people around who are similarly worried.

News of the Repco World Rally, to be staged in Tweed and Kyogle shires in September, is very saddening. As a climate conscious individual I feel we should be doing all we can in our local area and further afield to avert disaster – minimising our emissions by eating less meat, growing our own food, cycling and walking more when feasible. For the council’s general manager, Mike Rainer, to welcome with open arms an event promoting the reckless use of fossil fuels for mere entertainment is unacceptable.

It insults the local population to invite this racing body to make use of our beautiful area without any kind of community consultation. They already have an office in council chambers! Should this race eventuate (and it is already a sure thing according to the rally website) our ‘Green Caldera’ will be inundated by petrolheads every second year after this until 2017 with the option to extend for a further ten-year term.

The proposed route will pass through ‘less than 10km of national park’. How can a high-speed car race be allowed in a national park at all?

The Border Ranges region is a biodiversity hotspot and national parks should be safe from this kind of assault anyway.

The state government grant is rumoured to be $5 million. They want to cut back our hospital services and can’t build us safe bike paths, but they can splash money around to promote polluting! What is going on here?

One more point – the race is no longer held in WA because they don’t want it. The shameless spin doctors at Rally HQ can’t say enough about the economic benefits the rally will bring to our area but the Western Australian Parliamentary Hansard noted: ‘the sheer avarice of the FIA and its continual demands for more and more state taxpayers’ subsidy to keep… Rally Australia going.’ If it’s such a money-spinner why can’t it support itself?

Let this be a call to action for the people who love this area for its unique natural beauty. The DA is yet to be lodged so we can still try our best to make ourselves heard, and it may be rejected. If not, we are fortunate to have so many veteran protesters (think Terania Creek) among us. If local democracy is a fictional concept then direct action may be the answer.

Natalie Hollingsworth

Uki Gary Connelly from Repco Rally Australia seems to be surprised that many residents along the proposed route of his event are not welcoming him warmly. We await Dr Steven Phillips’s environmental report with great interest, to see how Rally Australia will demonstrate protection of our threatened species, but this report will not address all of our serious concerns.

1. Noise. Noise is not a new problem for the WRC (World Rally Championship), reading the Irish press reports it appears that residents in Drumkeerin have summoned WRC organisers to court over the noise.

They say ‘the previous rally held in November 2007 was held with total disregard for residents, their property and safety, and that the noise leading up to it caused total sleep deprivation and the “terrible” noise of the rally itself left animals and a disabled person traumatised.’

2. Lack of consultation. The public community meetings, which were stacked with outsiders, have not answered the serious concerns raised by the residents. Repco Rally Australia has, however, successfully and derisively divided our community and marginalised the residents. It is a great shame that Events NSW who have

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handed over our taxpayers’ dollars did not undertake a feasibility study prior to the event being placed in Northern NSW. It seems the process of decision-making has been rushed and the event is being pushed through without true consultation and consideration of the community living along the stages.

3. Dangerous copy cats. The WRC is a dangerous sporting event. Drivers, co-drivers and spectators have been killed during the WRC; Repco Rally Australia will try to ensure this will not happen in our region. They cannot, however, promise that there will not be a fatal accident and will have helicopters on site ready to airlift the wounded to hospital if necessary.

Have Repco Rally Australia considered that the residents do not want anyone dying at our mailboxes? In fact, many residents do not want a high speed, longterm activity on our roads. Existing research indicates a link between motor racing and road accidents. Accident rates can be higher in localities that have been associated with a motor racing event, casualty accident rates on the public roads around Melbourne’s Albert Park significantly increased when the public roads were used as a Formula One race circuit. This is not a family fun event; the majority of people attending the WRC are young males, a category already over-represented in our region as road statistics.

4. Pollution. Rally Australia’s carbon offsetting will not reduce the level of pollution that the residents who live on the route will be forced to endure: all the dust, fumes, noise and the potential for fire that is created by a high-speed motor sporting event of this scale.

5. Liberty and amenity. Repco Rally Australia is removing our civil liberty and amenity. They are restricting access to our properties and the public roads we pay council rates to upkeep.

6. The cost. NSW taxpayers are footing the bill for the event. Would you as a taxpayer rather the millions be spent on hospitals and education, or do you see this event, which has a non-viable record of accomplishment as a good choice for the NSW Government? The amount of money that Events NSW has provided to Repco Rally Australia should be disclosed and accounted for.

7. Community aspiration. Our community aspires towards principles of the organic industry; home grown, hand made, slow food, bird watching, bush walking, recycling and rainforest restoration are activities that we want to embrace and encourage for our region. We would like to see the local B&Bs full every weekend, we would like to see the verandahs in the village eateries bustling with customers every weekend, not overflowing and unable to cope once every second year.

The WRC will benefit a few financially in the short term, but it will carry a huge burden of cost for the residents in the long term.

Kathryn Kermode

Cawongla ■ These letters have been edited for

length. Others against the rally by W Smith, Wadesville, and P Symons, Byrrill Creek, can be seen on our website www.tweedecho.com.au.

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Designer Weddings has been created by a mother/daughter team, Maree and Annette Yopp who have lived in the area for 25 years. We bring to you our passion for creating unique and beautiful weddings with innovative concepts, ďŹ&#x201A;awless execution, exceeding expectations... every time.

Designer Weddings has an exclusive and ever expanding hire range which spans the contemporary, the chic and the classic â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as well as the practical.

Also a part of the team is Maureen Jarvis, our linen and textiles

coordinator, and Todd Knaus our prop and construction builder.

Coming soon is our designer wedding car collection which is sure to impress. Designer Weddings has also embellished the beauty and skill of creating spectacular wedding cakes, that are as pleasing to the eye as to the palate.

We are looking forward to helping you design a one of a kind, beautiful wedding that reďŹ&#x201A;ects your own personal style and is as unique as the two of you. www.byrondesignerweddings. com.au Phone: 6685 3244 Mobile: 0434 434 679

Byron Bay Wedding & Party Hire is the truly local, largest and original wedding hire business in Byron Bay with all of its operation based in the Byron Arts & Industry Estate.

Due to considerable confusion, this business would like it be known that the ofďŹ ce in town with a similar name is not a branch of Byron Bay Wedding and Party Hire.

Byron Bay Wedding and Party Hire has the local knowledge and contacts to deliver anything and everything you need from assisting you in ďŹ nding a venue to the ďŹ nal decoration. This is a family business with an excellent reputation in the local wedding industry so why not contact them for that personal touch in planning your big day.

For a free quote and site inspection, please call us on 6685 5483 or email to info@ byronbayweddingandpartyhire. com.au.

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Make your special day mouthwateringly memorable and effortless with Luscious Foods quality catering services.

Attention to every detail, delicious, fresh, innovative cuisine at reasonable prices. Professional stafďŹ ng and event coordination available. Exquisite cakes for all celebrations are our specialty. Call Liz at Luscious Foods 6680 8228.

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(Formerly known as Fresh Vibes Byron Bay) Knox Hair Design is a new salon in Byron, owned and operated

by Kate Saunders. Kate has been working in the Ballina area for the past four years and prior to that on the Gold Coast. She specializes in colouring, style cutting and wedding packages and believes that pampering you is her number one priority. So take the hassle out of your special day and give Kate a call on 6680 8158.

(Formerly known as Fresh Vibes Byron Bay)

Knox Hair Design is a new Salon in Byron.

Owned and operated by Kate Saunders. Kate has been working in the Ballina area for the past four years and prior to that on the Gold Coast. She specializes in Colouring, Style cutting and Wedding Packages and believes that pampering you is her number one priority.

So take the hassle out of your special day and give Kate a call on 6680 8158.

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Construction of the new generation of ‘hybrid’ resort style ‘I really look forward to coming retirement villages ‘The Point’ at each week.’ This is a common Hastings Point has reached First comment from participants of Floor Level. classes at Moo Moo Stitches.

Independent living apartments Laughter and chatter can always in stage 1 are selling off the plan be heard among the groups with prices starting at $285,000 learning new creative skills. for one bedroom apartments You can learn to create a table and ranging between $475,000 runner, star burst quilt, woven and $875,000 for two bedroom handbag, bead weaving, crazy apartments. patch tote and add to your The development will be a comwardrobe with a jacket. These munity within a community with are just some of the creative cafes, shops, well-being fitness classes available from the very centre and medical centre. Other talented tutors at Moo Moo facilities will include a library, Stitches. Jill and Sue have been function room, theatre and resiservicing the creative needs on dents’ clubhouse. the north coast for almost two The resort will have three swimyears with their well stocked ming pools, a crèche for visiting craft shop Tweed Valley Way, grandchildren and picnic and Mooball. Book your class at Moo barbecue areas. In addition to Moo Stitches. Ph: 02 6677 0200. all of this there will be 24-hour security and medical emergency 4&8*/( buttons in all residences.

Later stages will offer additional 1-&"463& services for people with higher Sewing Pleasure has moved care needs. to the lovely old heritage Premier beachfront living will listed building, Old Salvation never be this affordable again.

Army Citadel at 21 Queen St, For more information on ‘The Murwillumbah. These are ideal Point’, please call 1300 88 16 19 or premises for our patchwork, register your details on our webquilting, and haberdashery site www.seekchange.com.au store. The shop has just such a character and old world charm.

Classes have begun again in patchwork, quilting, bag making and dressmaking. We are also agents for Bernina sewing machines and overlockers as well as Horn cabinets. ‘Dan the Man’ is still on hand to service your machines, no matter what the brand. Do drop in for a chat with Patricia and Sandy at Sewing Pleasure, ph: 02 6672 1131. Plenty of parking available at the car park opposite.

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Television Guide

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1. This is Jack Nicholson’s famous waitress-bewildering scene from Five Easy Pieces (ABC2, Saturday 8.30pm).

Forty years on, the movie still holds up.

2. Renee Zellweger is Nurse Betty (Ten, Saturday 10.35pm), a pleasant screwball comedy.

3. The real Saturday night pleasure has to wait till 1.40am when NBN screens the original version of The Wicker Man, with Christopher Lee. Unfortunately, judging from the schedule, this is the elliptic 1973 release cut down to 90 minutes against the director’s wishes. It is still one of the best horror movies ever made, unlike the pathetic sludge that precedes it at 11.40pm. The remake with Nicholas Cage was universally panned, but kudos to NBN for letting us make up our own minds with back-to-back screenings.

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat.

5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.05 Perfect Disasters (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 I Can Jump Puddles (PG) Repeat.

1.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat.

2.00 Monarch Of The Glen (G) Repeat.

3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat.

6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 Trial And Retribution (M,l) Crime series.

9.40 Dalziel And Pascoe (M,v) Repeat.

10.35 Lateline 11.10 triple j tv With The Doctor Repeat 11.40 Good Game Repeat.

12.10 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday.

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6.00 Sunrise 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 Asia Pacific News 1.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 9.30 Business Today Australia (G) Repeat.

11.00 Larry The Lawnmower 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 Insight: Danger Zone Repeat.

11.30 Seven Morning News 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

2.30 Ayen’s Cooking School For African 12.30 Movie: Perilous (M 2000) Stars Bruce 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 4.30 The New Inventors Repeat.

1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) Men (G) Repeat.

5.00 7.30 Select Boxleitner, Catherine Oxenberg.

3.00 Fresh Cooking 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Living Black 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat.

2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Compass (G) Repeat.

4.00 The Journal 3.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 NBN News 6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.00 It’s Academic 4.00 Every Loves Raymond (G) 5.00 Airline (G) Races (G) 5.30 Inspiring Teachers: Nirupa (G) 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Antiques Roadshow (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat.

Repeat.

5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat.

6.00 NBN News 5.00 Ten News 8.00 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09 – 6.00 Global Village: The Green Ardeche 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat.

Grand Final Live AEDT. (G) Repeat.

6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.30 Friday Night Football Melbourne 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat.

10.00 Soundtrack To My Life: Crowded 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away (PG) Storm v St George Illawarra Dragons.

House (G) 7.30 The Thirties In Colour: Adventures 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 9.30 Friday Night Football Brisbane In The Americas Doco. UK. 10.30 Simple Plan: The Special Music.

8.30 Movie: Raising Helen (PG) Stars 7.30 The Simpsons (G) Broncos v Nth Queensland Cowboys.

11.20 London Live (PG) From London’s Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Helen 8.35 Churchill’s Bodyguard (PG) Repeat.

8.30 Medium (M) 11.30 Movie: Last Action Hero (M 1992) KOKO music venue: James Morrison, 9.30 World News Australia Mirren, Joan Cusack,.

9.30 Law & Order (M) Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. The Rapture, Brinkman, Faithless.

10.00 Naked On The Inside (M,a,s,n) Doco. 11.00 Scrubs (PG) 10.30 Law & Order (M) Murray Abraham, Charles Dance.

11.55 Close 11.00 Movie: The Bridesmaid (M,s 2004) 12.00 2009 NAB Cup Grand final.

11.20 Late News With Sports Tonight 3.00 Danoz And Guthy-Renker Thriller from France. Stars Benoit 12.20 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 2.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 3.00 MAD TV (M) Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore 1.20 Infomercials (PG) Clement.

4.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (PG) 4.00 Guthy Renker Australia (G) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

4.30 Good Morning America 12.55 Movie: Madame Sata (MA,s,l,d 2002) Drama from Brazil. Stars Lazaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo.

Prime HD program same as above except: 2.45 WeatherWatch Overnight

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12.00 Movie: Step Lively (G 1944) Stars Frank Sinatra 1.40 Movie: Having A Wonderful Time (G 1938) ➟ 11.30 Movie: Broken Lizards Club Dread 1.30 Movie: Porky’s II: The Next Day

5.00 rage (PG) 6.00 rage (G) 10.00 rage: Bill Callahan (PG) 11.00 Executive Stress (G) Repeat.

11.30 The Cook And The Chef Repeat.

12.00 Stateline Repeat.

12.30 Australian Story Repeat.

1.00 Foreign Correspondent Repeat.

1.30 Can We Help (G) Repeat.

2.00 Stealing Rugby (G) Repeat.

3.00 Bowls: Australian open 2009 4.00 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09 Grand Final Highlights.

5.58 ABC News Up-Date 6.00 Totally Frank (PG) Repeat.

6.25 Minuscule: Shell Less (G) 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 New Tricks (PG) Repeat.

8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (PG) 10.05 ABC News 10.10 The Long Firm: Jimmy’s Story (MA) Crime. Repeat.

11.00 rage (M)

7.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 rage (G) Repeat.

5.00 rage: Bill Callahan Repeat.

6.05 The New Inventors Repeat.

6.35 Robin Hood (PG) Repeat.

7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Repeat.

7.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat.

8.00 At The Movies Repeat.

8.30 Movie: Five Easy Pieces (M,s,l 1970) Stars Jack Nicholson, Fannie Flagg.

10.05 Movie: Stranger On The Third Floor (PG 1940) Stars Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Talichet, Charles Waldron.

11.10 Movie: Conquest Of The Air (PG 1940) Stars Laurence Olivier.

11.15 Close

6.00 Infomercials 5.20 World News in various languages.

6.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.30 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Il Viaggio A Reims (G) Opera. UK. 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 12.00 Eclipse (PG) 12.00 My Boys (PG) Rossini’s final comic opera.

11.30 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG) 1.00 V8 Xtra 12.30 The Hills (PG) 3.15 The Chopin Etudes (PG) UK. Freddy 4.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Golf: New Zealand Open 1.00 Gilmore Girls (PG) Kempf grapples with the techni4.00 Will & Grace (PG) 2.00 2009 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour 2.00 Movie: Blood Alley (PG 1955) Stars cal and emotional challenges of 5.00 Ten News With Sports Tonight 5.00 Border Patrol (PG) John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Anita Chopin’s Etudes.

6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat.

5.30 Sydney Weekender (PG) Ekberg.

3.25 Art in the 21st Century: Paradox 6.30 Movie: Babe (G 1995) Stars James 6.00 Seven News 4.30 Australia’s Greatest Athlete (G) UK 6.30 In The Bush With Malcolm Douglas Cromwell, Magda Szubanski.

5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 8.30 Movie: Step Up (M 2006) Stars (G) 5.30 Animal Emergency (G) 7.30 Kath & Kim (PG) Repeat.

5.30 The Children Of The Moon (G) Channing Tatum, Rachel Griffiths, 6.00 Evening News Repeat.

8.00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) Repeat.

Damaine Rdcliffe, Jenna Dewan.

6.30 World News Australia 8.40 Movie: Under The Tuscan Sun 10.35 Movie: Nurse Betty (M,s,l 2000) Stars 6.30 Untold Wealth (G) 7.00 Lab Rats 7.30 Prototype This (G) US. (M,l,s) Stars Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman.

7.30 Movie: Runaway Vacation (PG) 8.30 Iron Chef (G) Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova.

12.40 Good News Week (M) Repeat.

Stars Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines.

9.20 RocKwiz (PG) Entertainment.

11.00 Movie: The Planet Of The Apes (M) 1.40 Rush (M) Repeat.

8.40 Saturday Lotto 10.10 Movie: Suburban Hayhem 2.30 Infomercials Stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth.

4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 9.30 Movie: The Big White (M) Stars (MA,s,l,v,d 2006) Black comedy from 1.30 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Australia. Stars Emily Barclay, Steve Giovanni Ribisi.

Bastoni, Laurence Breuls, Michael 11.40 Movie: The Wicker Man (M 2006) Dorman.

Stars Nicholas Cage, Ellen Bursyn, 11.55 SOS (PG) Kate Heahan.

12.50 Bro’ Town: Morning Side Story (M) 1.40 Movie: The Wicker Man (AV15+ Comedy. NZ. Repeat.

1973) Stars Edward Woodward, 1.15 Jammin In The Middle E (M) Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland.

Comedy. Australia.

3.20 Girlfriends (M) 2.10 Weatherwatch Overnight Prime HD program same as above except: 3.50 Kate Noonan (G) 12.00 Saturday Disney 1.30 Movie: Pollyanna 4.00 Danoz (G 2003) 3.00 Movie: The Even Stevens Movie (G 4.30 Guthy Renker 2003) 5.00 Better Homes And Gardens

5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders And Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise (G) 12.00 Landline (G) 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G) 2.00 The War Of The World (PG) 3.00 Art Of Spain: The Mystical North (PG) 3.50 Stone Upon Stone (G) 4.00 The Network (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts 6.00 At The Movies Repeat.

6.30 The Einstein Factor Quiz show.

7.00 ABC News 7.30 Rogue Nation: Honour Amongst Thieves (PG) 8.25 ABC News Up-Date 8.30 Lost In Austen (PG) Final.

10.05 Compass 11.45 Where Words Prevail (G) 12.45 Order In The House 1.45 Earthly Treasures (G) 1.50 Movie: Lost Squadron (PG 1932) Stars Richard Dix, Mary Astor.

3.25 Pride Of The League 3.55 Eagle And Evans (M) Comedy.

7.00 Montreux Jazz Festival 2003: The Classics (G) 8.00 Brian Wilson On Tour (G) 9.20 Manic Street Preachers: Everything Live (G) Repeat.

10.30 jtv Live: Blue King Brown Go AWOL (G) Repeat.

11.00 Beautiful Noise: Jeff Healey And The Jazz Wizards (G) 11.55 London Live (PG) Music. Repeat.

12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Kaiser Chiefs (PG) Repeat.

2.05 Fatboy Slim And The Cheical Brothers (G) Repeat.

2.50 jtv Live: The Grates Go AWOL (G) 3.20 jtv Live: Powderfinger Go AWOL (G) 4.15 Cold Play: Then And Now (PG) 5.10 Classic Albums: Def Leppard – Hysteria (G) Repeat.

6.00 ABC Fora Hosted by Tony Jones.

7.00 Jennifer Byrne Presents Hoaxes 7.30 Sunday Arts 8.30 She Stoops To Conquer (G) 9.00 Ernest Hemingway: Rivers To The Sea Repeat.

9.30 The Network (G) 10.20 Deluge Repeat.

10.30 The Australian Poetry Slam ‘08 11.30 Close

6.25 World News in various languages. 10.30 Special: Directing Bond (PG) (G) 6.00 Religion 10.00 Mythbusters (PG) Repeat.

11.00 According To Jim (PG) 7.00 Totally Wild (G) Repeat.

11.00 Outsourced (G) Doco. Repeat.

11.45 Movie: G.I. Blues (G 1960) Stars Elvis 7.30 Animalia 11.55 Ice People (PG) Doco. US. Presley, Juliet Prowse.

8.00 Meet The Press 1.00 Speedweek 2.00 Movie: If Its Tuesday, This Must 8.30 State Focus 3.00 Football Asia Be Belgium (PG) Stars Suzanne 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine Pleshette, Ian McShane.

12.00 Golf: New Zealand Open 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature: 4.00 TBA 4.00 Athletics: Australian Grand Prix Coppa Italia 2009 5.15 Fawlty Towers (PG) 2009 5.00 The World Game football.

6.00 Seven News 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Thalassa: The Monaco Yacht Show 6.30 Sunday Night Live 5.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) (G) France.

7.30 Border Security (PG) 6.00 The Simpsons (G) 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 Triple Zero Heroes (PG) 6.30 The Biggest Loser (G) new series.

7.30 Lost Worlds: The Real Neanderthal 8.30 City Homicide (M) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Man (G) Doco. Germany.

9.30 Bones (M) Australia (PG) 8.30 Dateline current affairs.

10.30 Infamous Assassinations: John 9.30 Rove (M) 9.30 Movie: Rosenstrasse (M 2003) Lennon (M) 10.40 Dexter (AV15+) Double episode.

Drama from Germany. Stars Katja 11.00 24 (M) 12.50 Video Hits (PG) Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris 11.30 The First 48 (M) 1.00 Infomercials Schade, Jurgen Vogel, Martin Feifel. 12.00 Room For Improvement (G) 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 11.55 Colonia Dignidad (M) Doco. France. 12.30 Danoz Direct 12.55 Speaking In Tongues (M) Comedy. 1.35 Guthy Renker 1.25 Jamila (G) Entertainment.

5.30 Seven Early News 1.45 Scottish League Cup Final Rangers v Celtic. Live from Prime HD program same as above except: 10.00 Dateline 11.00 Weekend Sunrise 1.30 Movie: Hampden Park, Glasgow.

Parachute Battalion (PG 1941) 2.30 Movie: My Life 2.35 Weatherwatch Overnight

6.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker 7.30 Today On Sunday 10.00 Wide World Of Sports (G) 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show (G) 12.00 Sunday Roast (PG) 1.00 WWE Afterburn Live.

2.00 Super League Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors.

4.00 Sunday Football Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

6.00 Evening News 6.30 Domestic Blitz (PG) 7.30 60 Minutes Series return 8.30 CSI (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities (M) 11.30 Body Of Evidence (M) 12.00 Super League Castleford Tigers v Huddersfield Giants.

2.00 Girl Friends (M) 2.30 Guthy Renker Australia 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

With Caroline (PG 1941) 4.00 Special: Directing Bond (PG) 4.30 The Great Outdoors 5.30 Harry’s Practice 7.30 The All In Call – Live ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 Final24 2.00 Special Directing Bond (PG)

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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 Poirot (PG) 1.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Repeat.

2.00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Landline Extra (G) Repeat.

6.30 Talking Heads 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Australian Story (PG) 8.30 Four Corners 9.20 Media Watch 9.35 The Cut (M) 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 The Rise And Fall Of The Russian Oligarchs (PG) Repeat.

12.25 MDA (M) Repeat.

1.20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2.20 Movie: Saint’s Double Trouble (PG 1940) Stars George Sanders, Helen Whitney, Jonathan Hale.

3.25 Bowls: Australian Open 2009 Highlights.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 6.00 Sunrise 5.20 World News in various languages.

9.00 Asia Pacific News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia (G) 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 9.30 Business Today 11.30 Seven News Repeat.

10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 P.N.G: The Rules Of The Game (PG) 12.00 Movie: Jane Doe: Yes I Remember It Well (M) Stars Lea Thompson, Joe 4.30 Gardening Australia (G) Rpt Doco. Australia. Repeat.

Penny, Billy Moses.

5.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat.

2.30 Dateline 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.30 Insight 5.30 Can We Help? (G) Repeat.

3.00 Skin Doctors (PG) 6.00 Collectors (G) Repeat.

4.30 The Journal 6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy 5.00 The Crew (G) student video production 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 4.00 It’s Acadamic 5.30 Corner Gas (G) comedy series.

Races (G) 4.30 Seven News 6.00 Living Black 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat.

5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 Red Dwarf (PG) Repeat.

5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 8.30 Good Game (PG) Repeat.

6.00 Seven and Prime News 8.30 South Park (M) 9.00 triple j tv With The Doctor (PG) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 9.30 Code Geass (PG) 10.00 The Making Of ‘I Was Only 19’ (M) 10.00 The Mighty Boosh: The Legend Of 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) Old Gregg (M) Comedy. UK. 10.25 Coldplay: Live In Sydney 2003 (G) 9.30 Brothers And Sisters (M) 11.15 Cowboy Bebop: Jupiter Jazz Part 1 10.35 Skins (M,s,d,l,n) Repeat.

11.25 Movie: One Last Dance (MA 2007) 10.30 Boston Legal (M) (M) Repeat.

Action movie from Singapore. Stars 11.30 30 Rock (PG) 11.55 Close 12.00 Medical Incredible (PG) Francis NG, Ti Lung, Joseph Quek, Vivian Hsu. 1.00 Danoz Direct 2.00 Guthy Renker 1.20 Movie: Scratch (MA 2003) Drama from Denmark. Stars Stephanie 5.30 Seven Early News Leon, Nicolas Dufour, Christopher Laesso, Sofie Helqvist.

Prime HD program same as above except: 2.50 WeatherWatch Overnight 12.00 Movie: The Falcon And The Co-Eds (PG

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat.

5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Parkinson (PG) Repeat.

12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat.

1.00 The New Inventors (G) Repeat.

1.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat.

2.00 Parliament Question time: The House Of Representatives 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 Time Team (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Lead Balloon (PG) 8.30 Doctor Who (PG) Repeat.

9.15 Doctor Who: Confidential Cutdown (G) 9.30 Foreign Correspondent 10.05 Artscape: The Art Life 10.35 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 Four Corners Repeat.

12.25 Media Watch Repeat.

12.40 Parkinson (PG) 1.40 Parliament Question time: The Senate 2.55 Wirrangul Women (G) Repeat.

3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor (G) Repeat

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.35 Little Angels (G) Repeat.

5.05 Talking Heads (G) Repeat.

5.35 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting 6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy Races (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat.

8.00 Australian Story (PG) Repeat.

8.30 Rose And Maloney (M) Repeat.

9.20 The Bill (PG) Repeat.

10.50 MDA (G) Repeat.

11.45 Close

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat.

5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat.

6.00 Kids’ Program 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Repeat.

2.00 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives (G) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Queen’s Cavalry (G) Repeat.

6.30 The Cook and the Chef (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 The New Inventors (G) 8.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 9.00 The Gruen Transfer 9.35 Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul (M,l,s) Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse 10.05 At the Movies 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.35 Midsomer Murders (M) Repeat.

1.10 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 2.10 Movie: The Leopard Man (M 1943) Stars Dennis O’Keefe, Jean Brooks.

3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat.

00 ABC News Breakfast 6.00 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 A Place in Greece (G) Repeat.

4.55 Speed Machines (G) Repeat.

5.45 Time Team (G) Repeat.

6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy Races (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat.

8.00 Body Hits: Sensory Overload (G) 8.30 How To Become A Hero (M) 9.25 Extreme Rescue (PG) 10.20 My Teen’s A Nightmare: I’m Moving Out: Sairah Bagley (M) 11.05 Dust To Dust: The Rufiano (PG) repeat 11.35 Close

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat.

5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The War 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Murder Or Mutiny (M) Repeat.

1.30 Collectors (G) Repeat.

2.00 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 Grand Designs (G) Repeat.

7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Catalyst (G) 8.30 Operation Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot To Kill Hitler (PG) 9.30 Q&A With Tony Jones 10.25 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.30 The Passing Show: The Life And Music Of Ronnie Lane (M,l) 12.30 Wildside (M) 1.20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives (G) 2.20 Movie: Wagonmaster (G 1950) Stars Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru. 3.55 The Glass House (M) Repeat.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.35 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat.

5.05 The Cook and the Chef (G) Repeat.

5.35 ABC Fora 6.35 Scrapheap Chalenge: The Scrappy Races (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat.

8.00 Spicks And Specks (PG) Final.

8.30 The Gruen Transfer 9.00 Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul (M,s,l) Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse 9.30 The Graham Norton Show 10.00 Pulling (M,l,s) Comedy.

10.25 The Kevin Bishop Show (M,s,l,n) Comedy.

10.55 Spaced (M,l) Stars Simon Pegg 11.20 The Book Group (M,l,s,d) Repeat.

11.45 Close

Programs are correct at the time of going to press but beware – all stations like tinkering with things at the last minute.

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 11.00 Time/Life (G) 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Danoz (G) 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 2.00 Days of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.00 Fresh (G) 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Airline 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat.

5.30 Antique Roadshow (G) 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat.

6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) Australia (PG) 8.00 Customs (PG) 8.40 Good News Week (M) 8.30 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (M) 9.45 NCIS (M) 8.45 Lotto 9.30 Crime Investigation Australia (M) 10.50 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.35 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 10.40 CSI: NY (M) 12.30 State Focus 11.30 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 12.30 Australia’s Greatest Athlete 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

1.30 Guthy Renker Australia 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

1943) 1.00 Blue Heelers (M) 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 Dateline 1.00 Urban Legends 1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards

5.20 World News in various languages 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Repeat 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) drama from Lebanon.

11.30 Seven News 2.00 Don Matteo (PG) Drama. Italy.

12.00 Movie: The Colt (M) Stars Ryan Repeat.

Merriman, Steve Bacic, Darcy Belsher.

3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 2.00 All Saints (M) (G) Repeat.

3.00 Skin Doctors (PG) 3.30 Living Black 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 4.00 The Journal 4.00 It’s All Acadamic 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.30 Seven and Prime News 5.30 Corner Gas (G) comedy series.

5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat.

6.00 Global Village: Blue Eyes At 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show.

Shaolin (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Insight 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue (G) 8.30 Cutting Edge: Religious Right At 8.00 Find My Family (PG) The Crossroads Doco. US. 8.30 Packed To The Rafters (PG) 9.30 World News 9.30 All Saints (M) 10.00 Hot Docs: A Jihad For Love (TBA) 10.30 Eli Stone (M) Doco UK. 11.30 Carpoolers (PG) New series.

Doco.

11.30 Movie: Mov Blessed By Fire (MA 2005) 12.00 The Charm Of Britain (G) Repeat.

War movie from Spain. Stars Gaston 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker Paul Virginia Innocenti, Pablo Ribba. 5.30 Seven Early News Pauls, 1 0 Priso 1.2 1.20 Prisoner 345 (M) Doco. Qatar.

2 0 Wea 2.2 2.20 WeatherWatch Overnight

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 11.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker (G) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.00 Ten News 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

12.00 Dr Phil (M) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 3.00 Fresh (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Hi-5 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 Evening News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat.

7.30 Wipeout Australia 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat.

8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) Repeat.

8.00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 9.30 Aussie Ladette to Lady (M) 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.30 Bridezillas (M) New series.

9.30 Lie To Me (M) Crime series.

11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 12.30 The Dead Zone (M) 11.00 2009 Australian Swimming 1.30 Guthy Renker Championships Highlights.

12.00 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 3.00 Religion 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 5.00 Early Morning News

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Honeymoon (G 1947) 1.00 Blue Heelers 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 This Is Your Laugh (M) 1.00 The Knights Of Properity (PG) 1.30 A Country Practice.(G)

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5.20 5 20 World Wor Wo W or News in various languages.

1.00 Hammer And Tickle (PG) Doco from Denmark.

2.35 Dilemma (PG) Short from Netherlands 2.45 Wandering In Between (PG) Short from Ukraine.

3.00 Salam Cafe (PG) Comedy. Repeat.

3.30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy.

6.00 Global Village: The Ice Miners (G) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Feast India (G) 8.30 Trawlermen: Coming Home (G) Doco from UK. 8.30 Tribe: Layap, Bhutan (PG) Doco from UK. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: Tickets (MA 2005) Comedy from Italy. Stars Carlo Delie Piane, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.

11.55 Movie: Beamer (MA 2003) Crime drama from Russia. Stars Maxim Konovatov, Sergei Gorobchenko.

1.55 Weatherwatch Overnight

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Double Take (M) Stars Orlando Jones, Eddie Griffin, Gary Grubbs.

2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Skin Doctors (PG) 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show.

4.00 It’s Acadamic 4.30 Seven and Prime News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show.

6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Australia’s Got Talent 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 Beyond The Darklands (M) 10.30 Lost (M) 11.30 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape (PG) 12.30 Guthy Renker & Danoz 5.30 Seven Early News

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Five Came Back (PG 1939) 1.00 Blue Heelers (M) 2.00 My Restaurant Rules (PG) ➟ 12.30 Louis Theroux And The Nazies (MA) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

5.30 World News in various languages.

6.00 Sunrise 1.00 TV Around The World: Czech 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) Republic (PG) Doco from France.

11.30 Seven News 1.30 Suburb For Sale (PG) 12.00 Movie: Saving Jessica (M 2003) Stars 2.30 Dateline Nicolas Guilak, Laura Regan.

3.30 Parent Rescue: Sweating It Out 2.00 All Saints (M) (PG) 3.00 Skin Doctors (PG) 4.00 The Journal 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show.

4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.00 It’s Acadamic 5.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 4.30 Seven and Prime News 6.00 Global Village: Trentino (G) 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 6.30 World News Australia 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show.

7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) Austria Repeat.

6.00 Seven and Prime News 8.30 This Is Civilisation: Feelings (PG) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) Explores the history of religious art.

7.30 Ghost Whisperer (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 10.00 Movie: Close To Home (M 2005) 9.30 Private Practice (M) Drama from Israel. Stars Smadar 10.30 Scrubs (PG) Sayar, Naama Schendar.

11.30 Beauty And The Geek (PG) 11.45 Queer As Folk (MA,s,l,a) Repeat.

12.30 Danoz & Guthy-Renker 12.00 Movie: Whisky (M 2004) Drama from 5.30 Seven Early News Uruguay. Stars Andres Pazos, Mirella Pascual. [cl] = Coarse language [sr] = Sexual references 1.50 Weatherwatch Overnight

Sex Adult themes Nudity [mp] = Medical Drug use procedures Drug references [st] = Supernatural themes Violence [ie] = Issues about Could offend euthanasia Horror

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Danoz and Bio-Magnetics (G) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat.

2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat.

3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 NBN News 4.00 Everyone Loves Raymond (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G).

4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 NBN News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat 7.30 The Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.45 Lotto 8.00 Guerrilla Gardeners (PG) 9.30 Cold Case (M) New. 8.30 House (M) 10.30 Cold Case (M) Repeat.

9.30 Life (M) 11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 12.30 The Baron (PG) 11.15 2009 Australian Swimming 1.30 Guthy Renker And Danoz Championships (G) 3.30 Good Morning America 12.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 5.00 Early Morning News 12.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker (G) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat.

2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat.

3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 NBN News 4.00 Everyone Loves Raymond (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 NBN News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat 7.30 Getaway (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.30 Adults Only 20 To 1 (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 9.30 The Footy Show (M) 8.00 Bondi Vet (PG) 11.00 The AFL Footy Show (M) 8.30 Law & Order: S.V.U. (M) 1.00 Seinfeld (PG) 9.30 Life On Mars (M) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 11.15 2009 Australian Swimming 3.30 Good Morning America Championships (G) 5.00 Early Morning News 12.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Religion to 6am.

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: The Falcon In Danger (PG 1942) 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.30 Movie: Escape From Colditz Part 2 (M) 2.00 Guthy Renker

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

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

All Ten programs between 5pm and 11pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

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ne of the new things this year is that underwater photographers can submit digital entries to Marine Visions III, the Underwater Festival open medium Art competition and exhibition. This is especially useful for those entrants far away and for those who cannot physically attend the event in Byron Bay. For digital entries, the entry fee includes getting your photo printed on either 600 x 400 mm stretched canvas, or onto archival photo paper and box framed.

Marine Visions III will be launched on Friday, May 1 at Byron Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious gallery, Retrospect, and like in previous years we will have the wonderful wines of MadFish help to appreciate the more abstract art...

Here is a wrap-up of the main events of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival. make sure you visit the festival website often to stay up-to-date with news and additions to the program.

Monday & Tuesday April 27 & 29 These pre-shoot-out days are to help people prepare for what lies ahead. Neville Coleman is oďŹ&#x20AC;ering a full Underwater Naturalist Course to teach you to identify those critters underwater

and to spot unusual creatures that might have you walk away with the big prize in the photo competition (this can be a PADI specialty if you are into collecting cards).

Mathieu Meur, photographer extraordinaire and author of several book on underwater photography will host 2 days of pre-shootout Photo Clinics, one day for beginners and one day for advanced photographers. The skills you will learn during these clinics can become very handy during the competition and Mathieu will give tips on how to select your most suitable photos to win an underwater photo competition.

Wednesday April 29 Shootout competition starts and the day ends with a night dive at Julian Rocks where you can trial the amazing new LED lights from AUNOC at no charge. Following the night dive is the traditional PLANULA Welcome BBQ for shoot-out participants and this year we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just have the wonderful MadFish wines but also the support of Byron Bay Premium Brewery. Make sure you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go overboard as there are many days of diving ahead!

Thursday April 30 Second day of the shootout with another night dive opportunity at the end of the day. In the evening there will be presentations by our very special guests, Neville Coleman, Mathieu Meur and David Harasti.

Friday May 1 Third day of the shootout. The evening will see a pre-Marine Visions III launch dinner and sneak preview of the Marine Visions III Exhibition which will be launched to the public at

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Saturday May 2 Fourth and ďŹ nal day of the shootout and at the end of the day all photo and video submissions are due to be handed over to the judges who will include John Thet (Publisher

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More presentations in the afternoon where you can learn about marine life, photography and diving.

The evening will celebrate the end of the shootout at the Underwater Party at the famous Buddha Bar in Byron Bay, home of the Byron Bay Premium Brewery. The Underwater Party will have some great entertainment, loads of prizes and best of all, it will be totally free (FREE Beer will be limited to UF09 shootout participants of course). So think of your best underwater outďŹ tâ&#x20AC;Ś as there will be prizes for the best (and worst) dressed.

Sunday May 3 The judges go to work to decide who wins what and there are nearly $30,000 in prizes.

Activities oďŹ&#x20AC;ered throughout the day include a guided seabird walk and like every day of the festival you can go kayaking with the dolphins in the bay, snorkel the wreck of the Tassie II which lies in 5-8 metres of water just oďŹ&#x20AC; the main beach in Byron Bay or ďŹ t in another dive at Julian Rocks.

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I and posing in Underwater Festival T-Shirts… as we watch Neville consume copious amounts of Byron Bay ice cream.

The evening will see the Underwater Festival Finale with film screenings and the presentation of the winning images and films of the shoot-out as well as the all important handover of prizes.

Monday May 4 Festival organisers wake up and wonder what to do all day… ah well, we might as well start organising the 2010 Festival…

The Byron Underwater Festival would not be possible without the help of our sponsors, supporters and presenters. Please acknowledge the support of: Beuchat, Light & Motion, Matava Resort – Fiji, MadFish Wines, The Byron@Byron Resort and Spa, Ikelite, PADI, Aunoc Lights, Scubapix, Gates, Aquatica, Ultralight Control Systems, Sealife Cameras, The Marine Parks Authority NSW, SEADOO Seascooters, The Byron Bay Dive Centre, Sundive, Planula Divers Retreat in Byron Bay, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay Premium Ales, Cape Byron Kayaks and a fair few more ... as well as media sponsors ScubaDiver Australasia (co-organisers), SportDiving, DiveLog, X-Ray magazine and of course our very own underwater.com.au Thank you all very much!

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t came as a shock when in July 2008 divers reported a grey nurse shark swimming around at Julian Rocks - with a gaff sticking out of its mouth. Cape Byron Marine Park, NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries and Sea World rapidly formulated a plan to locate, capture and if possible treat the afflicted animal. All agreed that this was a tall and probably undeliverable order, however given that the shark was a female, part of the critically endangered East coast population, and almost certain to die a slow and painful death without intervention, it was decided to give it a go.

Initial doubt of success dissipated when, as luck would have it, the rescue crew located the shark in ‘The Nursery’. A relatively shallow and sheltered area at Julian Rocks, it is not known for commonly holding grey nurse sharks but was ideal to mount the complex rescue attempt.

The capture method was surprisingly simple and effective, however experienced personnel are required due to the risks involved, which are primarily from entanglement rather than aggression on the shark’s behalf. The lead diver got as close as possible and slipped a hoop over the exhausted shark’s head and tightened it over the sharks body just forward of the pectoral fins. Divers steadily and carefully manoeuvred the shark into a specially fabricated perspex container. However, at 2.9 metres long her tail protruded a little.

Once secured for transport, the gradual ascent and decompression of both shark and divers followed. At the surface the shark, contained in its perspex tube, was gently lifted onto the deck of Sea World 1 where a suitably sized holding tank, complete with continuous 100% oxygen supply was filled and ready.

The grey nurse shark will enter a state of near torpor for short periods if gently rolled onto its back and quietly restrained. This is termed ‘tonic immobility’. In this quiet state the shark’s

Photo – wikipedia.org lower jaw was gently opened. The gaff was firmly embedded in the shark’s ‘pharyngeal’ area and had been there long enough for the flesh to begin to adhere to the steel of the hook. The gaff was carefully manoeuvred and it was clear from the shark’s occasional flinches that this caused at least some discomfort. Fisheries researchers monitored the shark’s respirations to ensure that it was not overly distressed.

Exclamations of surprise, relief and happiness resounded on deck as the gaff was finally removed and the shark free from her torment.

After a brief pause the shark was rolled upright and a dose of antibiotics administered by injection. The Fisheries researchers then quickly took a DNA sample and attached a satellite tracking tag.

The time had finally come to release the grey nurse shark back to where she belongs. A small group of divers was tasked to observe for any sign of distress following release. Initially she swam quietly away from the group of attendant scuba divers and once clear headed rapidly to the surface for a gulp of air. This is quite a normal action for grey nurse and the swallowed air assists with buoyancy control. She then made her way purposefully toward the quiet of the depths.

The obvious question remains – how did a gaff come to be down the throat of a grey nurse shark? I doubt that we’ll ever know for certain.

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STARS

TAURUS: As unexpected shifts and chaotic conditions rock our world, the good news is that with midweek full moon illuminating your house of fun and entertainment, this week the finer things of life will revive your optimism: theatre, music, your favourite creative pursuits, celebrating with friends…

GEMINI: As people trawl for alternatives between rocks and hard places, they mightn’t grasp this week’s big picture as quickly as you – which is your cue to spell things out simply and patiently.

Midweek full moon will be more rewardingly spent at home than out on the town.

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VENUS RETROGRADE IN FLAMBOYANT ARIES MAKES THIS WEEK A LITTLE STEAMY, A LITTLE STORMY – THOUGH UNDENIABLY EXCITING IN A TRIAL BY FIRE KIND OF WAY. AND A FORTUNATE SENSE OF CONNECTION WITH OTHERS BRINGS A POSITIVE CHARGE FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION JUST AS OUR SECOND CONSECUTIVE FRIDAY 13TH CHUCKS TROUBLE DUST IN THE ASTRAL PANCAKE BATTER…

CANCER: Your ruling planet the moon, full at midweek, is an opportune time for reassessing personal, work and social relationships: are they supporting you – and are you supporting them? What changes could you make in the way you behave that might make everyone happier?

ARIES: Rather than getting all wild and riled up about difficult people, realize they’re just ordinary people having difficulties – who just like you are dealing with difficult feelings. Issuing ultimatums will only close doors that it’s in your

LEO: This week could put you in the mood for a tough love approach to problems. Not advised. With midweek full moon testing workplace relationships,

being over assertive could cause emotional fallout – softly softly will get better results. Make grace under pressure your mantra.

VIRGO: Midweek Virgo annual full moon brings personal change – whether that’s a major change of address, job, life path, partnership or a simply a new look.

Your resistance to stress isn’t at its strongest right now, so allow yourself plenty of veg out time to integrate necessary alterations.

LIBRA: Plans going pear-shaped provide this week’s opportunity to let go what you thought you wanted and be creative with what you get. Venus inundates your social calendar with new acquaintances and activities, but factor in some quality time listening to your best friend: your own inner wisdom.

SCORPIO: Although this week’s prone to emotional extravaganzas, why go there when it’s bringing unexpected luck in the form of precisely the insight, information or offer required for your next step forward? And why feed grievances when the best way to get even is to forget…

SAGITTARIUS: If economic meltdown’s brought on a stalled feeling, appreciate that delays

allow you to make clearer decisions. Everything’s in flux as the cosmic jigsaw recalibrates into new alignments, but that doesn’t mean you have to sit around waiting – keep up to date on breaking information.

CAPRICORN: Be advised this week’s people are extra sensitive, so if you disagree with their opinions, explain why and offer workable alternatives. Midweek full moon is a Capricorn friendly time for expressing feelings which don’t usually get an airing and spending spesh time with close companeros.

AQUARIUS: Even though the way people feel mightn’t make sense to you, emotions have their own logic and this week calls for tact and understanding all round. In the same way you don’t respond well to pressure, others won’t either – if you’re too pushy they’ll withdraw.

PISCES: Mercury in Pisces makes you this week’s people pleaser, and expressing affection will have a delicious ripple effect that boomerangs back to you on life’s karmic carousel in unexpectedly pleasant ways. New horizons are lighting up, possibly through past connections, and your stars say go for it.

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(Carlsen politely conceded that Korchnoi had a point.)

Korchnoi may have been referring to a textbook position which Carlsen, then 15, lost against Levon Aronian in 2006 – a simple endgame with just a rook and a pawn for Aronian and a rook for Carlsen.

CHESS by Ian Rogers Play at Seagulls Club, Thursdays 6–10pm times chess is just too difficult, even for the world’s elite players.

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Aronian said later that after 84.Kf2!, Carlsen’s original idea, he would have won anyway with 84...Rf6!? but he had not seen that after 85.Rh1 Kg4 Carlsen had a saving resource: (See diagram 3) 86.Rg1+!! White can draw even without his pawn by checking until the Black king goes to g7 (allowing Rh3 and Rxf3) or f4 (allowing Rg3).

Neither Aronian, Carlsen nor World Champion Viswanthan Anand have managed to find form in Linares; unfancied late entrant Alexander Grischuk has held a substantial lead for much of the tournament and is set to secure the $A200,000 first prize.

■ A one-day tournament will be held on Saturday March 14 at Seagulls Club, Gollan Drive, Tweed Heads. Advanced and Intermediate Divisions, entry $20, first prize $100. Registration 8.30am, presentations 5.30pm, 5 Rounds 45 minutes per game.

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CRYSTAL TREASURES Inspirational Gifts & Natural Therapies

Across 1. Beat Ed badly at formal discussion (6) 4. Part of payroll is off to be bribe money (3-3) 9. Actors Rooney and Driver become animated sweethearts (6,3,6) 10. Stare around first vegetarians to go without food (6) 11. World power making mistake? Never! (8) 12. Orchard yield almost full and productive (8) 14. Factional division of School of Marxism extremists (6) 15. Wooden horse that had everyone fooled in bistro, Janet (6) 18. Kickback package containing rucksack (8) 21. Sages all around USA make processed meat (8) 22. Spooner says to bring beer nigh and close (6) 24. Chris takes tea before Sam returns with Carlos for a change of Yuletide songs

Last week’s solution

(9,6) 25. Put on clothes - why? To look elegant (6) 26. River rose, for example (6) Down 1. Wanderer puts feet in drier (7) 2. Tubby friend of the candlestick maker and butcher comes up with the dough (5) 3. You, yourself, were caught up in apathy, selfishness (7) 5. Harmless, asserts the Cockney, as Venus de Milo (7) 6. Legal possession of Nero’s whip reviewed (9) 7. Friar mends missing arm for comrades (7) 8. Alternately turn aft, unroll and spread out (6) 13. The unfairness of being in just ice (9) 16. Made contact with part of sore, ache developed (7) 17. Contravenes the direction taken by the founder of Microsoft (7) 18. Basic confusion over first yacht in European bay (6) 19. Can coil be twisted into the shape of a cone? (7) 20. Clobber making the shoemaker? (7) 23. Narrow directionless pointer (5)

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This month’s GLO Dance is features the awesome tribal sound of Ganga Giri plus the global beats of DJ Pulse.

Ganga Giri mixes red natural elements with fat tribal beats and funky bass lines to create a unique tribal technological deep earth dance experience.

Explosive and pulsating, at times ambient and flowing, the music is a pumping percussive multi-layered experience of complex grooves and raw, deep natural sound. Having played Womad, Glastonbury, Joshua Tree, Woodford and a host of other festivals and with regular tours of Europe, Canada and USA, Ganga Giri is an international festival favourite. The show represents key elements and inspirations of Australia now and is a modern primitive celebration, a melting pot unifying many musical cultures and genres.

Ganga Giri is coming up from Melbourne especially to play GLO dance with his three piece band. With Ganga Giri on didgeridoo and vocals, DJ V-Ka mixing the beats and Yeshe on percussion they deliver the full Ganga Giri sound. Previewing new tracks from their forthcoming album, this is the only

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A limited number of tickets are available for the show, so don’t miss out. Pre sale tickets are available now online at www. originarts.com.au, or at Psy.Co Mullumbimby, Fresh Wholefoods (Santos) Murwillumbah, and Uki Cafe Uki. Get your dance fix and head to Uki (near Mt Warning) this Friday night for GLO Dance where the only vibes are good vibes. 8pm Uki Hall pre sale tickets $18/$20 on door if not sold out.

been watching our investments in punk rock stocks grow steadily since the mid nineties.

Imagine our surprise when our man on the trading floor radioed in to say 56 points had dropped off Frenzal Rhomb Touring And Petroleum Consolidated in less than 45 seconds!

And then to hear that the arse had completely dropped out of Nancy Vandal Smallgoods and Smaller Music Inc. faster than the Zimbabwean dollar?

We all almost had heart attacks – again! Frenzal Rhomb and Nancy Vandal this Saturday March 14, Coolangatta Hotel.

Gerry and The Pacemakers Liverpool rockers Gerry and The Pacemakers burst onto the music scene in the sixties, and 45 years later they are still performing their hits including Ferry Cross The Mersey, You’ll Never Walk Alone and I’m The One to sell-out audiences around the world.

A huge hit in the 60s, Gerry and the Pacemakers were major players in the ‘British Invasion’, even giving fellow English band The Beatles a run for their money. They have the honour of being the only pop group to have achieved No.1 with their first three singles in Britain.

Special guest, Doug Parkinson, arguably Australia’s greatest voice, will be joining Gerry and The Pacemakers. With his sweet and soulful sound, Doug Parkinson resonates in a way that few of his contemporaries can match. A multiple Mo Award winner, Doug Parkinson has been Australia’s pre-eminent voice amongst the musical community for more than four decades. Catch them at Seagulls Thursday.

Lissy Stanton Band Thursday March 12 Lissy Stanton Band at Unplugged In The Basement, Gold Coast Arts Centre, (Support Garry Bagnell) Doors open 7.30pm Qld time, Tickets $7 -$10.

ganga giri at the uki hall glo dance this friday Fitzroy, Victoria with producer Marty Brown (Art Of Fighting, Clare Bowditch). A cast of Melbourne’s finest musicians including Steve Hesketh, Pat Singer songwriter Andrew Bourke, Sime Nugent, Clare Morris has spent the past Bowditch and Laura Jean few months splitting his time joined him in the studio. Needs between live shows with his & Wants is the follow up to his side project The Wilson Pickers, critically acclaimed 2007 LP and putting the final touches Union Bars. See them Friday on his fourth solo studio LP, March 13 at the SoundNeeds & Wants, due in store and lounge. online March 7, 2009 through ABC Music/Universal Music Frenzal Rhomb and Australia. Written entirely on Nancy Vandal piano, Andrew left his home Well, the International Financial town of Brisbane, heading Crisis has hit us all hard, but no south to record the album in five days at Adelphia Studios in harder than those of us who’ve

Andrew Morris with guests The Brown Birds from Windy Hill

A French Butler Called Smith This Sunday’s Jam Factory will be lit up by the positively infectious organic funk of A French Butler Called Smith.

Also on the bill, Brisbane based Luke Reichelt celebrates the release of his album Snakes & No Ladders. Sunday March 15 from 6pm at Neverland Jam Factory.

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soAPboX Mandy Nolan Have you ever wanted to contact God, but just couldn’t get through? Have your prayers gone unanswered? Well, God has finally got with the program and updated his mode of contact – because let’s face it, in the wake of technological advance, praying is a bit old hat and with God’s poor history of actual engagement, public pleading with his holiness can lead passersby to suspect one has some mental health issues. Well, all that could be a thing of the past! Thanks to a Dutch artist, those pleading with God can now leave messages on his answering machine. I am not sure whether God is with Telstra, Optus or some other random provider, but it heartens me to know that God will also be targeted by cold calls from India at dinner time. ‘Hello Mr God. How would you like a holiday?’ What worries me is that God, being the busy dude he is, just won’t have the time to deal with his voicemail. I can imagine the messages left for God ‘Please God, help the starving children’, ‘God, this is Barack, just wondering if you’ve got a bit of time, if you don’t mind slipping by and stimulating the economy’ and the usual one from Warney ‘S’pose asking for a root’s outta the question? Oh yeah, mate, that’s between you and me. Don’t tell Simone’, and from Simone, ‘Please God, make Shane’s dick drop off’, then there’s the late night SMS from Shane.

‘Help, God, My nob’s gone.’ The God message has been formulated by a Dutch artist and goes something like this: ‘Hi, you are speaking to God. I’m not in right now so leave a message after the beep.’ I am worried that God isn’t in. Being

brought up Catholic, I was led to believe that the Lord was omnipresent. If he’s not in, then the atheists may in fact be right. If he doesn’t exist it’s a bit insensitive to ask people to leave a message. In fact some may even say it’s spiritually sadistic. A loving honest God would go for a more direct approach like ‘Hi, this is God. I don’t exist.

Please assume full responsibility for your actions immediately and cease calling this number.’ A truly modern God would get a website with a pulldown menu featuring all the usuals like ‘bio’ ‘pics’ and ‘press’. I’d love to read God’s bio: ‘In his early days God was an architect, and is perhaps best known for some of his more impressive work like creating heaven and earth... oh, and light.’ Hobbies would read ‘smiting, turning water into wine and breeding locusts.’ God might even consider putting a few clips on YouTube, that Indonesia tsunami was mighty impressive, not even Spielberg could have pulled that off. The other day I noticed God had a Facebook profile so I sent a friend request. A week later: nothing.

So much for loving everybody. So I left an abusive message on his answer phone: ‘Listen God, this relationship isn’t working. It’s all you you you.

You have serious intimacy issues, and I suggest you do a Pathways program to work on that weird stuff you have about your father and son issues. Truth is, God, I think you are a lonely man, and this whole Greenhouse, Iraq, bushfire thing is just a cry for help.’ Still nothing. It doesn’t do much for your self-esteem when you know God is screening your calls.

from Kylie Minogue and Rhianna to Alex Lloyd and Bernard Fanning. See them at Cabarita Beach Sports Club, Bogangar Friday at 8pm.

Very Unique Existence A reminder you can find a jam at the Australian Tavern, Murwillumbah on Tuesdays, and Coolangatta Hotel every Wednesday with house band Remedy. The Sands Hotel Coolangatta also has a jam night on Thursday from 8pm.

Mullumbimby RSL has a jam night from 7.30pm on Thursdays. The Buddha Bar, Byron Bay from 7.30pm has an Open Mike night also on Thursdays. South Tweed Sports Rasayana Club holds a jazz jam from Female-fronted devotional om- 3pm - 6.30pm every Saturday pop four-piece from the Sunny afternoon. ‘Brackets and Jam’ Coast. Touring a self-published happens at The Bangalow CD with a whirlwind weekPub on Tuesdays. end of Three Worlds, Byron Bay and us. Namaste. Sphinx Rock Cafe, Mt Burrell, 1- 5pm Sunday.

This Byron Bay act who define themselves as ‘Positive Consciousness Rock’, is dedicated to connecting with people.

Recently, they’ve secured video hits, commercial airplay, international radio, as well as support gigs, off the back of an EP that is set to take metro commercial radio by storm.

See them at Cabarita Beach Sports Club Saturday at 8pm.

New Art Exhibition Space – The Modern Grocer Murwillumbah Community Printmakers Murwillumbah (CPM) have expanded their presence in town, and are showing a variety of prints, photographs, drawings and paintings at The Modern Grocer, 3 Wollumbin Street Murwillumbah. Exhibitions by members will be changing every eight weeks and are available for sale.

First member to show her work is Babette Angell from Cabarita Beach. Titled D24 – D Commissioned, her exhibition consists of large format digital

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acclaimed ‘Darkside’ and ‘So Rock’ stuff to keep the old fans from rioting. Tim Minchin performs 5pm Sunday March 15 at The Gold Coast Arts Centre.

Tickets Adults $36, Concession, Groups, Child $30.

‘Allo ‘Allo

by the Murwillumbah Theatre Company The Murwillumbah Theatre Company invites you to ‘Allo ‘Allo’, a bawdy farcical spoof on war, which opens on Friday March 20, 7.30 pm at the Civic Centre.

This is a stage version, based on the long-running TV series of the 80’s from the scriptwriters Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft who gave us the popular sitcoms ‘Are You Being Served?’ and ‘Dad’s Army’.

Set in war–torn France, ‘Allo ‘Allo tells the story of Renee Artois, a French café owner (played by Brian Meldrum) who is working with the French Tim Minchin Resistance.

St Patrick’s Day at This hilarious comedy has a After storming another EdinFlutterbies Cottage burgh Fringe and packing out large cast of outrageous and a 40 date UK tour, Tim Minchin easily recognizable characters, A three course dinner for $50 per person also includes a com- heads back to Australia with his all from the TV series. The production is full of physical plimentary glass of champagne latest critically acclaimed solo comedy, amusing fake accents show, Ready For This? or Guinness on arrival. Live Minchin’s first Australian show and plenty of sexual innuendo. music will be from 7pm. It’s Be warned: this is an adults located at 23 Coolman Street, since 2007, Ready for This? contains new songs, new rants, only production!

Tyalgum St. For bookings call (02) 6679 3221 or email: info@ a 9-minute beat poem about a The show continues on Saturday March 21, Friday 27, Sathippy, and just enough of his flutterbies.com.au

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urday March 28, Friday April 3 and Saturday April 4 at all 7.30 pm, with one matinee on Sunday March 29 at 2 pm.

Seating will be café style and patrons are invited to bring drinks and their own food. Eagle Boys pizzas may be ordered before evening performances and will be delivered in the interval. Tickets ($15, $12 concession) and table bookings are available at Murwillumbah Music Shop (02 6672 5404) or at the door on the night. For enquiries please ring Rosemary on 02 6672 1520.

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TWEED RIVER ART GALLERY ON DISPLAY UNTIL 15 MARCH Special Event: GREAT COLLECTIONS A Museums & Galleries NSW touring exhibition, linking a mix of old, new, historical and nationally significant items including contemporary art, drawn from the magnificent collections of eight NSW premier institutions

ON DISPLAY UNTIL 22 MARCH In-Between: Zom Osborne Paintings and drawings exploring humanity in states of physical, psychological and spiritual transition

ON DISPLAY UNTIL 3 MAY MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO, Tokyo, Japan.

Issey MIYAKE, designer Minaret dress, 1995 Polyester 137.0 length, 98.0 cm diameter Image courtesy Powerhouse Museum

A life in lithographs: William Robinson A display of self portraits by one of Australia’s most renowned artists. Supported by The University of Queensland Art Museum & Philip Bacon Galleries

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Tweed River Art Gallery Zom Osborne’s In-Between is an exhibition of paintings and drawings that explore humanity in states of physical, psychological and spiritual transition. Her exhibitions runs until Sunday March 22.

Great Collections This fantastic Museums and Galleries NSW touring exhibition will close on Sunday March 15.

On Sunday at 11am, curator John McPhee discusses Great Collections. To create this exciting exhibition, John McPhee delved into the collections of eight premier institutions in NSW. He assembled a superb collection of works ranging from prints by Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne and Albrecht Durer to photographs

by Max Dupain, David Moore and Olive Cotton and paintings by Russell Drysdale and Brett Whiteley. Textile works

by Marion Best, sculptures by Ron Mueck and Joseph Beuys and cultural treasures such as a plant specimen collected by Sir Joseph Banks, documents from both Miles Franklin and Patrick White, original plans by Walter Burley Griffin, selections from the portfolio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and a significant selection of Aboriginal artifacts make this a truly great collection.

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prints documenting the former Art Deco Russell Street Police Headquarters in Melbourne, when it was converted into inner city apartments in 2005.

It is now a listed building by Heritage Victoria.

This building was a famous backdrop for one of Australia’s most successful cop shows Homicide, and the site of a car bomb attack which killed a police officer and injured many.

Three of these limited edition works were acquired by the Victorian Police Museum in 2006. On display from Monday March 9. Phone 6672 5007

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Fifteen Minutes of Fame at Stokers Two local Stoker’s Siding blokes, Rob and Carl, who like to do a bit for the community, have decided to keep up the fun and entertainment with a proposed monthly talent night at Stokers. It’s called Fifteen Minutes of Fame at Stokers.

Rob and Carl are keen to provide a venue and PA set-up to encourage local musicians and performers to have a go.

They’re hoping for the widest variety of acts from near and far, young and old, groups and

solo, musical and non-musical.

They are undertaking to create a ‘club’ atmosphere where everyone who performs will be supported by an encouraging, quiet and appreciative audience and where the audience gets a timely ‘buzz’. The whole idea is fun and enjoyment, so naturally any crass, boringly tedious and/or offensive acts will get the ‘gong’. As the name says each act will get fifteen minutes to get on, set up and be off with seven available time slots.

The first show is Friday April 3, at Stoker’s Siding Hall, 7pm to 10pm, with the first act going on at 7.30pm. Free entry for acts and audience pays $10 each for covering costs. It is anticipated that light refreshments will be available.

If you want to make sure you get a slot, email who you are and what you want to do at fifteenminutesatstokers@gmail. com otherwise just turn up and keep your fingers crossed.

murwillumbah theatre co presents ‘allo,’allo’ friday march 20 at the

civic centre the zook eepers at cabarita beach sports club friday

The Big Joke Comedy Festival Bangalow March 26 to 29 The Big Joke four day comedy festival in Bangalow (just outside of Byron Bay) is hotting up for the third year running. And this year’s line-up of acts is the biggest in the festival’s history!

Festival Director Mandy Nolan takes great pride in bringing these top name acts to her beloved Byron Bay region – Tim Minchin, Arj Barker, Nina Conti and Kitty Flanagan are just some of the headliners.

For more visit www.thebigjoke. com.au

tim minchin at gc arts centre sunday

rasayana at sphinx rock cafe sunday

super group Quill’s Folly feaBluesfest turing Wil Sargisson (Galapagos It’s shaping up to be a simply Duck) massive year for Bluesfest – quite fittingly for its 20th Parissa Bouas & birthday taking place over the Diaspora Latina Easter long weekend just five Friday March 27 weeks away. Now over 100 artt $PPMBOHBUUB )PUFM Courthouse Hotel, Mullum. ists with 200+ performances on Mason Rack Band 8pm, FREE entry.

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MONDAY 16 â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 12PM GREG AND LAURA DOOLAN â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7PM DICK BARNS â&#x2013; THE RAILS, BYRON BAY 6.30PM DAN HANNAFORD

TUESDAY 17 â&#x2013; AUSTRALIAN TAVERN, Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;BAH 8PM JAM NIGHT â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN RSL ST PATRICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY CELEBRATION â&#x2013; MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL RAY CATT AND FRIENDS 5.30PM â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB, 7PM DAVO â&#x2013; SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 5.30PM B.J. LITTLE â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7PM PETER JOHNSON â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB, IRISH ALBERT & THE ELDERLY BROTHERS

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Tweed Coast Tigers host Mudgeeraba AFC

beach buzz what’s happening in the surf Cudgen Surf Notes The Cudgen SLSC season winners will be announced on presentation night.

With all our competition gear in transit to Perth for the Australian titles commencing next Tuesday with the masters, the boat crews thank Salt SLSC for the loan of their boat which enabled us to compete in the final round of the North Coast Boat Series at Yamba last Saturday.

Our masters crew won on Saturday and also the series, with the ‘A’ crew third and second overall.

Over the past two weekends patrols recorded 43 preventative actions and 18 first aid treatments for bluebottle stings.

When the present meets the future: Surfing fan 11 year old Roxanne Pena from the Gold Coast

TIDE TIMES PHASES OF THE MOON Last Quarter 19th Mar 3.48 am New Moon 27th Mar 2.06 am First Quarter 3rd Apr 12.34 am Full Moon 10th Apr 12.56 am FRI High 10.40 am 1.6 Sunrise 6.45 am 13th 11.04 pm 1.6 Sunset 7.05 pm Low 4.34 am 0.3 Moonrise 8.05 pm 4.45 am 0.3 Moonset 8.34 am SAT High 11.20 am 1.4 Sunrise 6.45 am 14th 11.42 pm 1.6 Sunset 7.04 pm Low 5.20 am 0.3 Moonrise 8.40 pm 5.16 pm 0.4 Moonset 9.34 am 6.46 am SUN High 12.00 am 1.3 Sunrise 15th Sunset 7.03 pm Low 6.05 am 0.5 Moonrise 9.19 pm 5.48 pm 0.5 Moonset 10.34 am MON High 12.21 am 1.6 Sunrise 6.46 am 16th 12.43 pm 1.2 Sunset 7.02 pm Low 6.53 am 0.5 Moonrise 10.01 pm 6.22 pm 0.5 Moonset 11.33 am TUE High 1.03 am 1.5 Sunrise 6.47 am 17th 1.32 pm 1.1 Sunset 7.01 pm Low 7.47 am 0.5 Moonrise 10.47 pm 7.02 pm 0.6 Moonset 12.30 pm WED High 1.51 am 1.5 Sunrise 6.44 am 18th 2.36 pm 1.0 Sunset 7.07 pm Low 8.52 am 0.6 Moonrise 11.38 pm 7.56 pm 0.7 Moonset 1.24 pm THU High 2.51 am 1.4 Sunrise 6.44 am 19th 3.59 pm 1.0 Sunset 7.06 pm Low 10.09 am 0.6 9.08 pm 0.7 Moonset 2.13 pm Eastern Standard Time. Heights in metres.

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MONTHLY MARKETS 1st Sat Brunswick Heads (02) 6684 4437 1st Sat 8-11am Casuarina Farmers’ Market 0414 777 432 1st Sun Banora Point Farmers’ Market 0417 759 777 1st Sun Byron Bay (02) 6680 9703 1st Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 1st Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 2nd Sat 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun

Kingscliff (02) 6674 0827 The Channon (02) 6688 6433 Chillingham (02) 6679 1284 Lennox Head (02) 6672 2874 Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

3rd Sat 8-11am Casuarina Farmers’ Market 0414 777 432 3rd Sat Mullumbimby (02) 6684 3370 3rd Sat Murwillumbah Cottage Markets 0417 759 777 3rd Sun Ballina 6687 4328 3rd Sun Banora Point Farmers’ Market 0417 759 777 3rd Sun Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 3rd Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 3rd Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 3rd Sun Uki (02) 6679 9026 4th Sat Kingscliff (02) 6674 0827 4th Sun Bangalow (02) 6687 1911 4th Sun (in 5 Sun month) Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 4th Sun Murwillumbah 0422 565 168 4th Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 5th Sun 5th Sun

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made a good start on a ‘board of fame’ when both Phyllis O’Donnell and Steph Gilomore signed her ride at the Walk of Fame induction last Thursday. Photo Tree Faerie.

A few tickets remain for Fridays sportsman’s luncheon and can be purchased by contacting the club bar. Proceeds will assist the team travel expenses to Perth.

World Champion Everyone here at the The Echo would like to congratulate World Champion surfer Steph Gilmore on the excellent start

to her third ASP title and her star on the Walk of Fame.

Here’s hoping you can make it a hat trick Steph (not that we’re putting on the pressure or anything).

SPORT RESULTS

bowlers from Tweed heads bowls to a social where all had a great morning of bowls followed by a BBQ cooked by Toby Scuis. Lucky rink winners were S Cook, I Hunt, J Blake, Runner/ups being J Lee, M McLennan, R Cox. Rafell winners Surge , A Adie , L Muir. Our next game will be at Cudgen on 22nd March Please have names down by 20th.March.

Congong Men Wednesday 4th 36 bowlers enjoyed a warm day. Winners were I Hunt, P Houghton, T Houghton, runner/ups D Coates, K Bland, B McLennan. Rafell winners R Pilon, Nutz, B Albury, T Kennedy.

The finish of the triples last thursday night winners being Terry Fuller and team $300-00 Khris Leafelt and team 21000 Maureen Peart 7 team 90-00.Thanks for playing . The next two Thursday 12th and 19th nights will be pairs names on board in club please. Friday Open pairs played W Peart, J Knight, def B Ayres, D Lucan.. Saturday bowls Condong played Burringbar for the dunny shield and was won by Condong in a very hard fort battle for this time. Open triples played

by P Martain, S Reading def S Knight, S Halmia. Thursday 12th and 19th March starts at 6 pm sharp. Sunday 28th March Legacy Bowls Day Come and enjoy a fun day and help raise for a very good cause all welcome.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies Pennant Results for Thurs 5th, Cudgen Div 4 defeated Pottsville. Raffle – Colleen Wein. Congratulations well done everyone. Coming up – Cudgen Div 4 Pennant V’s Cabarita at home today. Umpire Liz Fleming, Controlling Body June Wotherspoon. M’tea 8.30am, Sharon Hinks and Lola Taylor. Thursday Ladies Social 9.30am, Everybody Welcome. Ladies Social bowls resume 1pm next Thurs 19th.

Next Sun 15th 9.30am, Sun Social Bowls Club Day with a beautiful BBQ Lunch, Cost $10 pp Mufti Dress. All welcome.

Mon 16th 1pm Social Mixed Triples. Everybody welcome. Entries close today for the Presidents Triples at Cabarita. Draw on Board for Club Championship Triples, first round to be played next Thurs 19th please. Check Notice Board for Cudgen Ladies Pennant Luncheon to be held at Cudgen Leagues Club on Wed 8th April, open for all players and Members.

Kingscliff Ladies The results for Wednesday 4th Social Bowls are: Winners: I. Azzopardi/J. Brown.

Runners-Up: P.Freeman/W. Butler/M. Moores The raffle winners were Jenny Greenbank and Elaine Downes.

Congratulations to Fay Lean who is our Open Singles Champion.

Open Pairs results are: E. Taylor/L. Willoughby def B. Lane/B. Mirls – R. Archibald/J. Duffy def J. Maas/J. He-

garty – M. Lincoln/E. Claybourn def N. Craven/M. Brown – D. Jones/S. Akers def F. Lean/J. Scher.

The next round of this competition will be played on Wednesday March 25 commencing 9am.

The Open Triples will start Friday 13 Kingscliff Men March 10 Thursday 5th Winners: J Ritchie, G Barrack, B Mullins: J McGill, A Brown, T Hills; B Eggins, G Douglas, S Cuppitt; Plate Winners: J Lean, B O’Kane, I Smith: Super Challenge Results: Gold Division; Kingscliff defeated Moorooka 3 rinks to 2.

Bronze Division: Bulimba defeated Kingscliff 3 rinks to 2. Draw for the 14th March: Gold Division: Kingscliff play Mermaid Beach on Saturday at Mermaid Beach.

Game commences at 2:00pm NSW time.

Bronze Division: Kingscliff play St Lucia at Kingscliff. Game commences at 1:00pm NSW time. Summer Nines: Results for 7th March: Broadbeach defeated Kingscliff A 80 shots to 54. Benowa defeated Kingscliff B 95 shots to 75. Draw for Saturday 14th March: Kingscliff A play Gold Coast Lawn A at Gold Coast Lawn and Kingscliff B play Canungra at Canungra. Roll up starts at 9:15am. Please check the board for teams. Tweed Valley Shield. Monday 16th March. Kingscliff Play at Coolangatta. The final of the Open Singles between Greg Barrack and Michael Turner will be played on Sunday 15th march commencing at 10:00am. Open Fours: Round One will be played on Tuesday 17th March. K Liddington v A Carpenter; O Simpson v P Jones; G Searle v R Julius; M Turner v D Langtry. Check the Board for start time. Winners on Tuesday will play again on Thursday 19th March.

There will be a Special General Meeting on Thursday 12th March at 11:00am NSW time. All bowlers are encouraged to attend. Upcoming Events: Monday 16th March: Gala Two Bowl Pairs: 5 Games of 17 Ends.

Pottsville Men Wednesday the 04/03/2009 Winners of the Winners:- B Laybutt, D Dever and D Grant-Mitchell.

Winners of the Losers B Mackay, F Moore and B Mackay Saturday 07/03/2009 Winners: - A Margan and M Brady Runners U/P: - L Swift and G Reading Notice to Members: All Members are urged to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held at 9:30 am Saturday the MArch 14 in the Club.

Reminders: All are reminded that Pottsville is celebrating their 25th Anniversary between March 17 and 22.

Come along and help us celebrate. For information on events contact the Pottsville Bowls Club.

BOWLS Burringbar Men Singles Championships: S Wade def R Chapman T Giacomini def T Allard Pairs Championships: T Allard and D Dixon def T Giacomini and K Philips Pairs Championships: R Howard and S Robson def B Bathie and W Deering KG Shield: R Donnelly def L Philip Saturday 7th March 17 bowlers traveled to Condong to do battle for the Dunny Shield. Condong emerged easy winners on a hot and fast rink, better luck next time guys.

Saturday 14th March General Meeting 10.30am Sports Club all bowlers welcome to attend.

Saturday 28th March Division 1 Pennant day twilight bowls for members starting 5pm.

Burringbar Bush TicksGreen full Wednesday night with a few challenges around and the winners were Baldy Pete, and Isa Togo. Everyone out to get their scalps next week so look out boys. Other winners were M Shackell D Proudlock P Bekker and M Allard.

Don’t forget Banglow coming Sunday 15th 9.30am start.

Draw for pairs championship is on the board so arrange games asap.

Cabarita Beach Men 25/2/09 winners D Hopps and J Ferguson, r/up S Dimauro and P Rose, cons L Thorneycroft and C Harvey.

Social 28/2/09 winners E Stenner,J Double and S Vincent.cons W Nicholson,K Clark and J Rae. 2/3/09 winners W Chatman and K Doolin, r/up J Rannie and R McCauley. Cons J Stewart and M Morgan. 4/3/09 winners D Hopps and J Ferguson, r/up W Chatman and K Doolin cons E Carsley and M Morgan.

Social 7/3/09 winners M Shaw, E Stenner and A Richards. Cons W Nicholson, R Lee and E Carsley. Visit in from Southport winners R Peters, N Simpson and D Peirpoint. N Rolfe, J Teirnan and T Cox. cons B South,G Scoles and J Simpson.

9/3/09 winners J McArdle and E Carsley, r/upW Chatman and K Doolin cons J Browning and I Crabb.

Cabarita Beach Women’s Bowls 10/3/09 Winners: P. Rannie, L. King, J. Schmidt. Consolation: C. Lynch, S. Firth, M. Hatcliffe, D. Paterson. Raffle winners: G. Perry, P. Rannie, E. Walker. Jackpot is $200.00, not won. Lucky Numbers won

by J. McArdle, 2nd prize: G. Schanburg (S.Port). District President’s Triples is 30th March, entries close 18th March.

Free coaching available each Saturday at 9 a.m.

Condong Cane Toads Sunday 8th 30 Cane toads hosted 12

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The Tweed Coast Tigers Junior Australian Football Club will be hosting a visit from Mudgeeraba AFC on Sunday March 22.

Games will commence at 10am with the under 12s followed by the Under 14s and then the Under 16s.

Any young player who just wishes to try out for this game is welcome to play. Matches will be played at the Pottsville Memorial Oval. A canteen service will be provided.

Club President Bob Mackay said this is another positive step forward for the Australian game in our region and expects this to be the start of an ongoing relationship with Gold Coast Clubs.

The League is also looking at having a Lightning Premiership day for all clubs prior to the start of the season proper.

Currently this season looks set to be a record for Australian football in our region he says.

Mr Mackay that this will be an excellent warm up for the

players who have ambitions of playing in the finals again this year in the Northern Rivers League.

Registrations have again exceeded expectations except for the Under 16’s. Mackay said he would like to see more young men joining their mates on the field.

The Under 16 competition this year will be a local four team competition with Alstonville, Lismore, a combined Byron/Brunswick team and the Tigers. This will minimize travel and be played on a Sunday immediately after the Under 14’s have finished.

The League is also looking for more umpires, so if there are any persons looking to keep fit and pick up pay for doing so, please take this opportunity to contact the club.

Also invited to contact the club are any young players looking for a game for a game this season, though time is running out, so get in quick.

Phone 6676 0028 ASAP.

Pottsville Women Thursday, March 5 Lucky Bowler: J Kent. Winning Rink: P Sherwood, L Johns, J Richards. Raffle:.P Sherwood, J Tuckey. Moneyboard: P Sherwood, G Cox. Updates: March 26 – Club Pairs close.

Birthday Celebration Week for Pottsville Sports’ Silver Anniversary will be held from March 17 –22 featuring monster give-aways, heaps of prizes and no green fees all week.

Tuesday, March 17: Mixed bowls, 1-3.30 pm with a Yesteryear theme – whites.

Opening ceremony at 4 pm with guest speaker Kelvin Kerkow. A special St Patrick’s theme for the evening.

Thursday, March 19: Two games of 11 ends with a super special lunch, ladies only, yesteryear mufti theme. Spiders, monster run-down raffles and prizes galore. Ladies take note and come along.

Friday, March 20: Mixed bowls from 12.30 pm with monster night raffles and entertainment.

Saturday, March 21: Mixed bowls, whites, 1 pm followed by a Celebration Dinner and Entertainment.

Sunday, March 22: Special Sub-Club Day with barefoot mixed bowls 2 pm – 4.30 pm, barbecue and heaps of fun for the kids.

Tuesday afternoon, 1 pm Cards.

Darts Tweed Valley Darts Results of games played on Monday 9th March. Jokers 11 def Gulls 4, Clockwork Orange and Hogan’s Heroes no result.

Devils 9 def Leftovers 2, Sharks 6 def Cgulls 5.

A grade point score Jokers 50, Gulls 37, Hogan’s Heroes 28 and Clockwork Orange 20. B grade point score Devils 35, Leftovers 27, Cgulls and Sharks both on 24.

Congratulations to Ron McBurney who threw the first 180 for the year.

GOLF Chinderah Veterans Results for Monday 9/3/09 - Stableford Winner ‘A’ grade - Jack Kuhne - 44 points - new h/cap 10. R/up - Dudley Wallis - 40 points (c/back) - new h/cap 8.

Winner ‘B’ grade - Claire Manthey - 42 points - new h/cap 14. R/up - Renee Innes - 40 points - new h/cap 17.

Winner ‘C’ grade - Daphne Douglas - 43 points - new h/cap 27. R/up - Jan Boulton - 42 points - new h/cap - 25.

Ball rundown to 36 points.

Next event 16/3/09 - Stroke.

Murwillumbah Golf Club Sunday 1st March Women’s Winner Member N/Pin 2nd Monday 2nd March Veteran’s Winner pts R/Up pts N/Pin 2nd 5th 10th 17th B.R.D.to c.b Tuesday 3rd March Women Ind Strableford A,Grade J.Gielis 40pts and S.Pursey 37 pts B.Grade C.Fogo 40 pts and D.Blundson 39 pts

C.Grade M.Shanley 35 pts and D.Fraser 32 pts 1st Nine V.Rayner 21 pts 2nd Nine A.Thompson 20 pts N.pin 2nd A.Wedlock 5th D.Rabe and h.Mackay 10th J.Watts 17th D,McCabe and L.Sheppard Wednesday 4th March Winners A.Grade K.Maxwell 41 pts R.Up I.Douglas 38 pts Winner B.Grade B.Harbison 41 pts R/Up M.Condon 39 pts Veteran B.Harbison 41 pts N/Pin 2nd R.Masair 17th A.Causley B/R/Down to 35 pts c.b Thur 5th Women Individual Stableford in 3 Grades A.Winner J.De Closey 38 pts R/Up J.Jenkins 36 pts B.Winner P.Smith 37 pts R/Up D.O’Brien 36 pts C.Winner J.Boyd 35 pts c.b R/Up D.Fraser 35 pts 1st Nine J.Smitth 19 pts c.b 2nd Nine J.Pezet 21 pts N/Pin 2nd B.Wingad 5th J.Chapman and J.Baker 10th P.Buckler 17th J.Pezet and M.Mandigo B/R/Down to 34 pts Fri 6th Winners Women D.O;brien 29 pts and Members T.McDonald 40 pts B/R/D/own to 38 pts Sat 7th Ind Stroke in 4 Grades A,Grade Winner P.Berryman 67 nett c.b R/ Up B.Sterling 67 nett B.Grade J.Hoffman 68 nett R/Up J.Cousins 69 nett C.Grade P.Thomas 65 nett R/Up E.Sherwood 67 nett D.Grade D,Carpenter 66 nett R/Up K.Prichard 67 nett N/Pin 2nd P.Nicholls 8th. B.Harbison 10th S.Bliss 14th.G.Carroll B.R.Down to 73 nett c.b SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club Week ended 7th March2009: Air Pistol – Men – P Hulme 555. Ladies – E Bartrim 386. Standard Pistol – D Dowling 585 S Nash 569 R Fleming 568 J Lumsden 562 M Thomas 562 S Stebbing 561 J Gove 557 D Gazzard 553 J Traves 552 J Clough 552 D Stebbing 546 P Stupka 546 W Gray 546 R Rees 539 L Tease 538 R King 537 T Walters 535 A Unwin 530 G Callaghan 523 M Fleming 494 A Gazzard 465 P Cusack 461 F Andrews 429. SURF LIFE SAVING Cudgen The last of the season point scores were finalised last Sunday. Sunday nominated time swims will still be conducted however.

RESULTS: Swim 1.Lynton Hurt 2. Russell Zahn 3.

David Field Board 1.Phil Klein 2. russell Zahn 3. jack Raward.

SLSC PATROLS Cudgen SATURDAY 14.3.09 10-3pm ‘Sea Horses’ Rod McCarthy (Capt) SUNDAY 15.3.09 AM ‘Seagulls’ Doug Fewtrell (Capt) PM ‘Ducks’ Gary Raso (Capt).

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The new program has also been welcomed by the 12 local government authorities throughout the NCAS catchment including Tweed, Byron, Lismore, Ballina, Kyogle, Richmond Valley, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca, Kempsey and Port Macquarie-Hastings. Each of these councils provides an annual financial contribution to www.tweedecho.com.au

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The delivery of the inaugural AWD program will consist of two weekend camps at Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation Centre in the middle of 2009 and then a Regional Athlete and Coach Education weekend.

The camp-based format will be designed to support the athlete as they progress along their development pathway and will engage specialist presenters, coaches, sports trainers and mentors to assist the each athlete achieve this goal.

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The Tweed Valley Kings is a collaborative venture between Kingscliff District Soccer Club, Murwillumbah Football Club, and Banora Point Soccer Club, with the view of expanding its membership to other Tweed Valley clubs. Their primary aim is to provide all Tweed Valley players with a clearly defined development pathway from grassroots football to the Premier League Competition and to promote the game of football at all levels within the Tweed Valley.

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U3A Tweed Coast. We have vacancies in the following classes and information can be obtained by phoning the team leader applicable. French, Wed am Marie 6679 5721; Candlewicking and embroidery Tues afternoon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Angela 07 5523 4918; Scrabble, Thurs am Dianne 6674 4046; Five hundred (500), Thurs am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Elizabeth 6674 0806.

Singing for pleasure Wed 2pm Elva 07 5524 9672.

Probus club Murwillumbah Probus Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly meeting 10am March 16 at the bowls club, followed by the annual meeting and a luncheon 12 noon, $12. Book for lunch with Jack Peacock (6672 1353) by Friday, March 13. Payment of $20 due for April 27 trip to Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum. Lunch at Ballina RSL Club at own cost. Kingscliff Probus Club meets on 1st Wednesday of each month at Uniting Church Hall Kingscliff Street Kingscliff at 10am. New members phone 02 6674 1743.

Bring and buy Sale, March 15, inside the Tyalgum Community Hall, 9am-1pm. Tables available at $5 but must be prebooked.

Plus: Bush poet, music, sausage sizzle, tea/coffee/cakes. Fundraiser for hall and local community association. For information phone Joan 02 66 79 3897.

Historical society Tweed Heads Historical Society and Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general meeting Tuesday, March 17 at 10am [DST] in the Old Court House, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, West Tweed Heads. Guest speaker Bob Missingham, a Paul Harris Fellow, talks on his exploits such as the Kokoda Trail before taking off on his Great Australian Bike Ride. Visitors welcome. Inquiries 07 5536 8625.

Mental carers Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network is a support group for families of people with mental illness, offering friendship and sharing experiences and information. The group meets first and third Mondays in each month at the Tweed Heads Library, Brett Street (no public holidays). Inquiries 07 5524 4556.

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Family Centre Bookings now taken for the following courses, on (07) 5524 8711. ParentSpace: Birth to 3 years, Wednesday 18 March 10-11.30am. Brain Development â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Family Centre Playgroup Kingscliff, Monday mornings, places available, no cost. Living with Teenagers, Thursdays 12.30-3.30pm, March 19-April 2 threeweek course for parents of 12-16 year olds. Anger and Parenting: Friday, March 20, 9.30am-3.30pm, one-day workshop. Walking the Blues Away, Friday, March 27, 9-4pm. Single Parents Workshop, Friday, April 30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2.30pm 1 day workshop.

Ratepayers Murwillumbah Ratepayers and Residents Association meets on Monday, March 16, 7.30pm at the Autumn Club.

Our guest will be Vince Connell, Tweed Shire Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of planning. He will speak about the new residential developments now selling and their impact on current infrastructure and advise on how to participate in constructing the Development Control Plan for Murwillumbah and the Local Environment plan for the Knox Park precinct. All welcome.

Wildlife carers Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers are holding an orientation day on Sunday, March 15, for those interested in finding out about the rescue and rehabilitation of injured or orphaned native animals.

Be a carer, a transporter of animals, a phone volunteer or fundraiser. The Orientation Day runs from 9.30am to 4pm at the Banora Point Community Centre, Leisure Drive, Banora Point. For info or booking call 02 6672 4789.

Back pain seminar Tweed residents suffering from back, neck and joint pain, plus over 300 other conditions of pain, ache and discomfort are invited to a free, natural health seminar given by Dr More of the Back Pain Relief Association at the Kingscliff Community Hall, Marine Parade, Kingscliff, on Saturday, March 14. For info call 02 6676 3136.

Garden club Murwillumbah and District Garden Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next meeting will be held on Monday, March 23, at 7.30pm in the Jessie McMillan Hall. Guest speaker for our March meeting will be Caroline Moody-Preston from Teacups and Roses Collectables, Murwillumbah. Her topic: floral arrangements. New members and visitors are always welcome. For info call Len Foster on 02 6672 2020.

ONLY ADULTS $$$$$$$$ - DANCERS required at our new lapdance room at the ibar. Immediate start. No experience required. Training provided.

Ph Pania 07 55365047

PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070

FAWN is a lovely affectionate 7 month old Red Kelpie who will be easily trained as she is very intelligent. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great with kids, dogs & other animals, inc. livestock.

Acreage would suit her perfectly. Friends of the Pound are offering this desexed, microchipped and vaccinated girl for just $200 (inc. lifetime NSW registration).

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It will be another Groundhog day for Hastings Point residents next Tuesday as they face a renewed assault on hardwon planning controls aimed at protecting their village from bulky three-storey unit blocks.

A rescission motion seeks to overturn interim controls which the council adopted at its last meeting pending the finalisation of a development control plan for the village.

The interim plan is in line with the findings of an urban design expert but developers are continuing to say the community has not been consulted.

The battle-weary residents are hoping thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be no repeat of the infamous backflip which sank moves to bring in similar controls way back in 2004, sparking more calls for an inquiry which subsequently led to the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sacking the following year.

There is gnome place like home for Cobaki Broadwater Village residents Tony (pictured) and Tina Stollery and their 90-something collection of gnomes. The couple maintain a gigantic collection of smurf-like gnomes, gnomes with beards and even a rare lady gnome in their front garden. Tina said the little fellows are like their family and were collected on travels around Australia. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If I see one, I have got to have one,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. The hoarders also obsessively collect spoons, hats and stickers on their travels. Photo Jeff â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gnome on the Rangeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dawson

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Following on from our Backburner last week about dogs and their owners illegally playing on local beaches, a local National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger called us for more information and to thank us for publicising the problem. The ranger said there are enough dog-exercise areas on beaches for pet owners to use without spoiling it for families who take their kids to the beach. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just the threat to the environment and wildlife such as the endangered pied oystercatcher or the nesting sites of loggerhead turtles but even the smell of a dog affects wildlife to the point where their habitat is limited. Locals annoyed at such careless pet owners should call Tweed Shire Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ranger on 6670 2400 during working hours or 1800 818 326 after hours. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

David Johnstone of the Greenhouse in Murwillumbah is signalling for rail enthusiasts/ experts to put the finishing touches to the Murwillumbah/Gold Coast Airport rail

link. What an optimist! But you have to start somewhere.

Which route? Which rolling stock? What colour trim on the new stations at Chinderah and South Tweed? What fun.

Timetable: Sunday, March 22, at 2pm at No. 2 Hartigan Street.

Seat bookings greenhousemurbah@bigpond.com or 02 6672 4310. All aboard.

next production â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Allo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Allo, a bawdy farcical spoof on war, opens on Friday, March 20, at 7.30pm at the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s civic centre. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on the longrunning TV series of the 80s from the same scriptwriters who gave us the popular sitcoms Are You Being Served? and Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Army. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an adultsonly production and runs for â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; three weekends. For info call We know Tweed MP Geoff Rosemary on 6672 1520.

Provest loves a photo opporâ&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; tunity just like any politician Taking the name of this page but what would it take for him literally, chiropractor Dr to actually shave his head? The Andrew Kaltenbach has offered Nats man is urging locals to join Backburner a little light relief. him in supporting the Leuke- The Kingscliff chiro has offered mia Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Great- us and anyone else a free spinal est Shave for Cure, tomorrow, assessment on Sunday, March Friday, March 13, when he will 15, as part of the celebrations to dye his hair instead of shav- launch his Kingscliff business. ing his head at Seagulls Club Free spinal assessments are at 2pm. Others will get their available from 10am to 2pm noggins shaved. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asking for and comprehensive exams sponsors to go online at www. are $27 instead of $110 for worldsgreatestshave.com.au. a limited time. All money Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good cause but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love raised will be donated to the to see Geoff bare it all.

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The wowsers of Commercial Road opposed to any colour in their lives should look on the bright side. The wall could otherwise have been used for tagging all sorts of messages, such as on the West Bank wall in Palestine where you can spray your tag â&#x20AC;&#x201C; online!

The massive and controversial concrete barrier separating Israel from the Palestinians may turn out to be the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest graffiti space. Over the Internet, a group of Palestinian graffiti artists is offering to spray-paint your personal message on Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s towering security wall in the occupied West Bank. It costs 30 euros ($40) per message and they can be as solemn or wacky as you want. Everything goes, except for obscene, offensive or extremist hate speech. Clients get three digital pictures of the finished product. The taggers at www.sendamessage.nl are from the Palestinian Peace and Freedom Youth Forum, which set up the scheme along with a Dutch Christian organisation.

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