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Controversial township gets the nod Ken Sapwell
Millionaire property developer Peter van Lieshout has won a three-year fight to create a new hinterland township in the shadow of Mt Warning despite a massive backlash from surrounding villages. Tweed Shire councillors rejected demands from more than 500 residents to refuse the controversial development during a highly charged meeting called after a Land and Environment Court judge threatened to intervene. Acting Mayor Barry Longland was forced to order protestors to be cleared from the public gallery after they unleashed a tirade of abuse aimed at councillors who voted against his motion to refuse the so-called eco-village development near Kunghur. Two of the councillors who were targets of accusations of ‘shameful’, ‘disgusting’ and ‘horrific’ conduct left the chamber while one of only two supporters of the proposal, Jim Warburton, sought refuge in the chamber after claiming he had been jostled by opponents. Pandemonium erupted after Cr Longland and Greens’ councillor Katie Milne’s move to refuse approval for what will be Tweed’s first new hinterland town in a century failed to win the support of fellow community councillor Dot Holdom and pro-development councillors Phil Youngblutt, Kevin Skinner and Warren Polglase.
Mr van Lieshout, a local Liberal Party organiser, also came under fire over alleged tree clearing. His wife, mayor Joan van Lieshout, was ineligible to vote but still sent a formal apology for her non-attendance. After more than two hours of debate the council voted four-two to approve the Nightcap village concept plan, designed to house up to 1,000 people in two and three-storey villas on a 3,000-acre site that includes a hotel, conference centre, backpackers and shops, but with a slew of new conditions, including a ban on ferrets, goats and horses. This week’s extraordinary meeting was called following a warning from the court to make a decision just days after the council voted unanimously to delay approval while it weighed a raft of objections, mainly relating to the development’s isolation, size and sustainability. Commissioner of the court, former NSW Liberal Party state minister Tim Moore, who earlier this year inspected Mr van Lieshout’s property, told the council to act quickly or he would take the matter out of its hands. Uki Residents’ Association spokesman, Phil Carr, told council in an address it was clear that surrounding communities were overwhelmingly against building a suburbia in the middle of an area more biodiverse than Kakadu. ‘We should not fear the court – it’s part of the planning process and even if it costs (money) it’s the price you
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Luis Feliu Photo Jeff Dawson Elenor Sapir’s passion for shadow puppetry has a genetic string to it. Elenor, (pictured) of Murwillumbah, is a member of ‘Puppeteers Without Borders,’ an organisation dedicated to education through puppetry and founded in France by her mother, Erica Sapir. Shadow Puppet Theatre is the oldest form of motion picture story telling. Its origins lie in prehistory, prior to written language. Over the past few weeks, Elenor has been running weekly workshops in teaching children how to make a simple but effective puppet show. The workshops will culminate in a performance at the Ukitopia Youth Arts Festival on May 16 at the Uki Sports Ground clubhouse. The ‘shadows’ will tell their stories between 2 and 3pm.
have to pay for proper outcomes,’ he said. Two residents living near the property questioned Mr van Lieshout’s environmental credentials, alleging that he had bulldozed and burnt koala food trees and replanted other varieties four years ago, with complaints to the council going unheeded. Mr van Lieshout yesterday admitted felling a ‘few hundred’ trees during a noxious weed clearing opera-
Elenor grew up making puppets and performing puppet shows, but in her adult life chose a musical path. After completing a degree in music she ventured into writing and performing songs. In 2004 Elenor started Epiphany Arts, a communal performing arts event at Stokers Siding, which proved popular over its four-year run. In recent years Elenor has travelled back and forth between Europe and Australia with her family, performing abroad with her husband in their duo, Tupenny Opera. Elenor returned from a long stay in France last year, where she had again joined her mother in the world of puppetry. While in France she designed and prepared a shadow puppet show which mum Erica performed at an international AIDS conference in Mexico City. She also worked with Erica in puppetry workshops in local schools. For further info on the workshops call Elenor on 02 6672 3245.
tion, but he had Forestry Commission approval and had since replanted the site with mixed plantation trees. Other speakers raised concerns over the impact of an extra 4,500 cars on local roads, its isolation from services and predictions it would become home for drug users moving between Brisbane and Nimbin. They also questioned whether future residents would fulfill financial obligations to maintain a high-tech
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Hobbies galore at seniors expo One of Australia’s best known actors, Noeline Browne (pictured), who has been appointed Australia’s first Ambassador for Ageing, will help celebrate Tweed Seniors Expo’s 10th birthday on May 21. The Logie-award-winning actor started her career in 1962 and will be known by many for her roles in The Mavis Brampton Show, The Naked Vicar Show, Blankety Blanks and more recently on the TV series Dancing with the Stars. The 70year-old also recently appeared in the film Razzle Dazzle and has written her autobiography, Longterm Memoir. The Federal Government created the Ambassador for Ageing role last year with the aim of ensuring that older Australians have a strong voice, a direct link into government and a person to promote positive and active ageing. The Tweed Seniors Expo will be held from 9am till 3pm on Thursday, May 21, at the Seventh Day Adventist Centre, Racecourse Road, Murwillumbah. The expo will feature more than 100 stalls, information sessions and workshops promoting health and services information, entertainment, recreation and hobbies and products aimed at seniors. Entry is $2. Ten-year-old cellist Stephen Aveling-Rowe is set to win
Ambassador for Ageing Noeline Browne is the seniors expo special guest and will speak about her new role in Murwillumbah on May 16.
some hearts when he performs at the expo. Stephen has already recorded a CD and DVD, and also is accomplished on the piano and pipe organ. Profits from his performances go towards charity work in India.
Seniors will be on song at the Seniors Expo too, with performances by the recorder ensemble La Fontanella. The group began through the Lismore/ Alstonville University of the Third Age (U3A) over 10
years ago and has an extensive repertoire. Tweed Shire Seniors Week Committee chairperson Pauline Dow said La Fontanella bring a quality to recorder music that is astounding. ‘The ensemble play recorders ranging in size from the high-pitched and tiny garklein to a subcontra great bass which stands 2.5m tall,’ Mrs Dow said. Mrs Dow said seniors looking for a new hobby will have no shortage of options including Sailability, miniature railways, radio control yachts, gardening, woodwork, motor homes, spinning and weaving and cake decorating. Some new exhibitors this year include the National Heart Foundation walking groups, Qdeck (the Q1 building), the Murwillumbah Men’s Shed and the healing therapy, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. There will be free shuttle buses from Murwillumbah, Tweed, West Tweed /Bilambil/Terranora and the Tweed Coast. Booking is essential for the Tweed, West Tweed and Tweed Coast buses. To book your seat contact Pam Veness on 02 6670 2674. For further info call Kristen Forster on 02 6670 2527 or via email kforster@tweed.nsw.gov. au.
Nightcap gets the nod
He said it was important to avoid a similar fiasco which occurred at the failed Tanglewood estate near Cabarita when the council had to foot the bill for infrastructure maintenance when residents’ coffers ran dry. But more hardline conditions put forward by Crs Milne and Longland, including halving the population cap, extending buffer zones beside the Tweed River and imposing a two-storey limit, were rejected 4-2. Cr Longland said the development was too big and isolated and had too many environmental and social is2 May 7, 2009 The Tweed Shire Echo
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Some of the residents alarmed by the new rural development protest from the gallery at Tuesday’s meeting.
sues mitigating against it, but planners warned that his proposed amendments could see the council fighting the case in court. Other new conditions imposed included ones by Cr Holdom that ferrets, rabbits and ‘hooved animals’ join cats and dogs on a list of banned animals and that street signs carry Aboriginal names with translations beneath. A bid by Cr Milne to impose penalty infringement notices on residents who don’t comply with any of the 200 conditions
attached to the approval, with a quarter of the cost to be paid by the community association, won the backing of only Cr Longland. Only two speakers were in favour of the project. One of them, Jim Warburton, was booed and hissed from the gallery when he described the concept village as a ‘showcase of conservation’. Mr van Lieshout said that while he could do without some of the new conditions, he was prepared to abide by them. www.tweedecho.com.au
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Rally takes on Speed on Tweed Luis Feliu
Murwillumbah’s newly-elected business chamber has urged the community to support the resurrected Festival of Speed on Tweed in September so it can be run again in following years. Repco Rally Australia (RRA) last week announced it would underwrite the popular classic-car event this year, as part of the proposed staging of the world rally championship through the Tweed in September. Speed on Tweed organisers pulled the plug on the historic-racing-car event last year after running it one last time, saying they did not have the resources to continue. Rally organisers are yet to lodge a development application (DA) for the controversial rally, which has drawn flak from residents throughout
the Tweed including Kingscliff, where the pit-stop area is planned to be established for a month, as well as those living along some of the suggested routes in the heart of the valley. At a Murwillumbah and District Business Chamber breakfast meeting on Tuesday, newly-elected president Toni Zuschke said the town was devastated to lose the event last year but was now thrilled it was being revived by RRA. But Ms Zuschke, who was on the Speed on Tweed organising committee for five years, said the RRA-backed event this year was a stand-alone one and the community had to get behind it in other years in order for it to continue. Rally Australia general manager Gary Upson told the business breakfast the rally had provided the opportunity
for the iconic Speed on Tweed event to be revived as a joint venture between RRA and Murwillumbah Rotary Club, to be run September 5-6. Mr Upson said the temporary CBD circuit would also be used on three nights as a special stage by competitors in the world rally championship round from September 3-6. The nearby soccer field would be transformed into as a ‘centrepiece’ for both motoring events with marquees and grandstands. He said that despite the ‘hammering’ the rally was getting from ‘a small but vocal part of the community’, there were many opportunities for business to make money. Murwillumbah lawyer and Rotarian, Tony Smith, said the involvement of the rally with the Speed on Tweed was an ‘absolute positive for the town’ which would ‘put it on the map’
and spark more interest from locals. ‘If Speed on Tweed thought the world rally championship was detrimental to the town we would not support it or lend our name to it,’ he said. Local resident Jim Warburton urged rally organisers to counter bad publicity from ‘a small minority’, by promoting pro-environmental activities such as tree planting. He said many people were ‘unsure’ of the need for the rally to use roads in national parks and rally organisers could do more on the pro-environment front. Mr Upson replied that environmental impacts were ‘very, very minimal’. He said the event needed 700 tonnes of carbon credits to offset carbon emissions and organisers were looking at various options to achieve this.
Controlling youth anger is his aim
Former champion boxer Peter Gauge of Dungay (pictured above) is on a mission to control teenage anger, aggression and violence. Peter, 41, wants young people not to deny their rage but to channel it into something
safe like the fitness training he is offering he calls ‘Boxation’, a combination of no-contact boxing training together with yoga, circuit training, core stability and gentle stretching. He wants to teach Tweed teenagers how to keep their
cool and keep their anger and aggression under wraps through his fitness training classes every Monday from 6pm-7pm at Uki Public School, starting next Monday, May 11. Peter says anger is a natural emotion. ‘When children and teenagers are taught anger is wrong and shouldn’t be feeling it, they will have a difficult time dealing with their anger as adults.’ he said. ‘When anger is “owned” and expressed through boxing or martial arts or yoga, etc the anger doesn’t own them. Anger that is continually repressed becomes rage, aggression and violence towards others or equally hurtful to oneself. Anger then turns from a natural emotion to an unnatural one.’ Peter competed in 75 fights in his 23-year-long amateur boxing career in the light welterweight class throughout UK and Europe and was West of England champion 20 years ago for several years. ‘When a child is angry and not dealing with it appropriately, the parent usually becomes angry about the child being angry and this is where the trouble starts, the child is crying out for help, not more anger. The an-
Petition circulating against rally A petition against the planned world rally has been doing the rounds of the Tweed. Under the banner of No Rally Group, scores of locals have united to campaign against the rally. More than 350 Tweed residents have signed petitions to the state government and Tweed Shire Council after a series of public meetings at Uki, Kingscliff and Kyogle calling on Council to refuse permission for the rally to be held in Tweed Shire. www.tweedecho.com.au
Kingscliff retired resort owner Scott Sledge said residents were concerned about the adverse impacts the rally would have on the Tweed’s reputation as a tourism destination. ‘People from all walks of life, backgrounds and age groups have joined together because of a commitment to the Tweed area and its unique environment. We don’t see a need to give up our quiet lifestyles for the amusement of international car hoons. The economy
will benefit much more from smaller participation events,’ he said. ‘How can we believe that this car crash race will benefit us financially? It didn’t work in WA. We believe that the State Government has been hoodwinked by the organisers. We hope that Council will have the courage to refuse the imposition of this outdated “sport” brought to us by friends in high places. ‘It is a poisoned chalice,’ he said.
ger then becomes resentment through misunderstanding, aggression and so on. ‘Just because our parents and their parents were taught to repress their natural feelings doesn’t mean we have to.’ Cost of the classes is $15 for adults, $10 for children. For info call Peter on 0421 920 616.
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Tweed Shire councillors won’t be facing any more rowdy public meetings in the lead up to the budget under changes to the community consultation process which were quietly introduced earlier this year. Instead, the process will be more tightly managed with invited community and business groups this week given varying time slots to voice concerns about this year’s proposed $166 million budget and management plan. The radical policy shift spares new councillors from the often hostile and volatile opposition to pending rate rises which their predecessors traditionally endured. It has received a mixed reaction. Former mayor and re-elected councillor Warren Polglase says councillors should be prepared to stand up and face their critics in an open public forum rather than hear from individual groups on an invitation-only basis. ‘Most people who get up and speak at the public meetings have genuine concerns and councillors should not be frightened of copping one or two on the chin,’ said the veteran councillor. ‘The new system favours community groups who prob-
ably represent less than two per cent of the total population.’ But another veteran councillor Dot Holdom says it’s an improvement on the old public meetings which often degenerated into non-constructive council-bashing exercises, with those with the loudest voice drowning out others. ‘This way we can have an informal chat and take on board ideas which are worthy of research and further consultation,’ she said. Deputy Mayor Barry Longland says it was only his intention to streamline the way the council consulted with community groups over the management plan when he won unanimous support for the move earlier in the year. ‘Previously the council attempted to meet with up to 23 groups on their home turf in a period of 28 days and it was a bit of an ask. I thought it would be more efficient if we could set aside a day where they could sit down with us.’ Cr Longland, a former president of the Uki Residents’ Association, said he was unaware the change involved axing the often well-attended but firey public forums in the Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads civic centres. Former community councillor Ron Cooper says the coun-
cil’s going down the wrong track by ditching the public meetings. ‘I think the council should use its newsletter to inform the community of the key elements of the management plan to stimulate a bit of interest in the wider community,’ he said. ‘The meetings are a bit difficult to organise but should be attempted. At the moment they seem to be just picking off the ones they think might be the most noisy but they’re leaving out the broader community.’ Corporate services direc-
tor Troy Green said 20 of the 23 groups had attended ‘feedback’ sessions with councillors and staff on Tuesday where their views were listened to but not documented. ‘We make it very clear that they, along with everyone else, must make a written submission,’ he said. Mr Green said those chosen were ‘groups who made persistent representations to the council’ and those left off the list could still make their submissions at community access meetings.
Koala-friendly development urged Koala activist Jenny Hayes wants the proposed new township at Kings Forest to be modelled on the award-winning Koala Beach residential development at Pottsville. Ms Hayes, president of the newly formed organisation, Team Koala, believes the bushland estate by deceased developer Brian Ray shows that humans and koalas can happily coexist if a few basic planning initiatives are taken. She said koala-friendly aspects of Koala Beach that should be replicated included a ban on cats and dogs, better fencing and larger house blocks to encourage the growth of food trees.
She said the current concept plan for Kings Forest fragmented wildlife corridors which were essential for the koalas’ survival. ‘It’s not just the population at Kings Forest, there’s only about 15 in there, but it’s quadruple this number that move through this corridor, where a major four-lane access road is to go,’ she said. ‘This is our last chance to save our koala population and it’s important that we get the planning right.’ Ms Hayes’ organisation was among those which were not invited to make a submission to Tweed Shire Council’s management plan this week.
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A group of enthusiastic amateur historians will launch their book depicting the European history and settlement of the Kingscliff area at a function on Saturday, May 16. The Kingscliff History Book Group, a subcommittee of the Tweed Heads Historical Society, compiled pictures and material for the 70-page pictorial book Between River and Sea, subtitled ‘Historical Images of Kingscliff, Chinderah and Cudgen’, over several years. Three hundred copies of the book have been printed and many locals new and old are expected to buy a copy. Group member Colleen Hewitson said the launch, to be held on May 16 at 10am at Kingscliff Amenities Hall, would coincide with the naming of a park at South Kingscliff in honour of a pioneer surveyor Robert Dixon (18001858). Mrs Hewitson said Dixon, as surveyor in charge of the Moreton Bay district, led an exploratory party south along the coast from Brisbane to the mouth of the Richmond River in 1840. He named several places such as Fingal Head and Norries Head at Bogangar. Group member Robert Longhurst said the area’s South Sea Island population made up a large labour force for the Kingscliff, Chinderah and Cudgen area and ‘there were very few communities like this in NSW’. Mrs Hewitson said the history group had lots of fun compiling the book which doubled up as ‘a social occasion Doris Maddon (left), Colleen Hewitson and Robert Longhurst admire for us as well’. their history group’s work.
Action aplenty at skate comp The annual Beachside Skate Comp at Cabarita skate park this Saturday, May 9, is set to draw another big crowd of skate fans young and old. Californian skating celebrity David Reasbeck returns for the popular family fun day event and in the leadup to the comp he will visit local high schools to speak about the sport and the event. He travels the world helping communities with Skate Outreaches. The skate comp, which began in 2006 and is hosted by Beachside Church, Pottsville, and supported by Tweed Shire Council and many local businesses, was introduced to address the needs of local youth by providing a quality event that supported their sport of choice. It aims to give local skaters the chance to experience skating at a competitive level and
to lift the profile of skateboard riding locally. Competition entry is $8 and there are categories for each age group with skate products as main prizes. Music, food and drinks are available at the park. Bring a chair and shade and join in on the fun. This year sees the introduction of the ‘Skate Shop Super Jam’ where local skate shops Pharside Skate (Murwillumbah), Concrete Lines (Tweed Heads), Home (Pottsville) and Truckstop SK8 (Ballina) will match their expertise and skills. Right: Palm Beach skater Jim Dandy powered up in Byron Bay recently with some electrifying aerial skate stunts for an international photo shoot. Similar aerobatics will be a feature of the Cabarita Skate Comp next Saturday. Photo Jeff ‘Ollie’ Dawson
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Kevin is messing with our minds Volume 1 #35
May 7, 2009
Decision will haunt us Councillors’ majority approval on Tuesday night of a controversial new township of 430 homes and around 1,000 people at Kunghur despite overwhelming public opposition flies in the face of common sense and good planning. The four councillors who gave it the green light appeared to have fallen for the threat of the Land and Environment Court commisioner Tim Moore to decide quickly or he would decide for them. So much for court-sponsored ‘mediation’. Those four councillors should have rejected the project, as proposed, and awaited – and strenuously defended – whatever legal challenge might ensue.
Keep it unspoilt Developers will obviously be upset by Tweed Shire Council’s recent decision to bring in new planning controls which restrict the height and densities of future buildings in Hastings Point. But they have been living on borrowed time ever since the council decided to consider a two storey height limit for the village in 1996. It’s been an enduring mystery to many why subsequent councils and even the administrators have backed away from implementing planning controls similar to those protecting the character of much larger coastal villages. The delays have left the doors open to bulky developments which are inappropriate for the town and are contributing to an ecological disaster unfolding in Cudgera and Christies creeks. Residents now have the backing of council-commissioned urban design consultants and chief planner Vince Connell. More importantly, they have a newly elected council which is willing for the first time in 13 years to take the residents’ concerns on board and act accordingly. The controls will protect the unique amenity of the seaside village whose relatively unspoilt beauty is a magnet for holiday-makers and people looking for a sea-change. Developers should recognise the controls will make the village an even more desirable destination and that well-designed homes enjoying creek or ocean frontages will generate more profits than their signature box-like walk-up unit blocks smothering every permissible inch of land. A few kilometres down the road at Pottsville such homes are fetching millions.
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The electorate remains on side, but it could be forgiven for feeling a tad confused, and confusion can only lead to dismay, and thence to rejection. by Mungo MacCallum enough small change to pay for intravenous cancer treatments, dole payments for the growing numbers of unemployed would remain well below the poverty line and even the promised tax cuts, already enshrined in legislation could not be guaranteed. Faced with this seemingly unfathomable paradox, the voters sat down to wait for next Tuesday, when all will presumably be made clear. It better be; Malcolm Turnbull has already latched on to what he calls Rudd’s Jekyll and Hyde approach, and while it has so far failed to stick, Rudd just keeps on giving him ammunition. The electorate remains on side, but it could be forgiven for feeling a tad confused, and confusion can only lead to dismay, and thence to rejection. Australians don’t like having their minds messed with. Of course, some are pretty mixed up already. Australians have a habit of making martyrs out of some pretty grim people – Kerry Packer and Steve Irwin
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followed the Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar, but while Escobar gave to the poor, Pratt was more inclined to subsidise the hobbies of the rich. It must be doubted that too many of those who paid extra for the cardboard around their cornflakes were regular patrons of Opera Australia. It should be noted that, when finally sprung, Pratt returned his Order of Australia; now his claque of devotees want it back, to cancel any shred of remorse the corporate criminal might have exhibited. This is in sharp contrast to their eagerness to strip the honours from another fallen idol, the former Judge Marcus Einfeld. Einfeld was rightly jailed for perjury and other offences, but in material terms the damage he inflicted on the public was very small; compared to the depredations of Pratt it was unnoticeable. Einfeld, too, did a great many praiseworthy things in his life; he was formerly regarded as a living national treasure. But none of the famous and powerful who gave him the accolade want to know him today. In particular the Jewish establishment, so unstinting in its embrace of Pratt, has dumped Einfeld like a stale pork sausage. Perhaps it is because he was not as enthusiastic and generous a supporter of the zionist cause as Pratt, and he was less charismatic in other ways; his mistress was not as glamorous as Pratt’s and of course, he didn’t die of cancer. But it is hard not to suspect that the real difference is simply that he didn’t have as much money, even if a lot of Pratt’s really belonged to other people. Wealth may not buy happiness, or even votes, but you can’t beat it if you’re after instant adulation.
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Road works Well done, Tweed Council, for resealing part of Round Mountain and the Tweed Coast Road, Cabarita – both in good repair – and neglecting to do anything about the adjoining pot-holed and gravel roads in desperate need of repair. Residents lose again! S K Southey
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Rally proposal The speed at which the NSW government seems to aim to destroy the remaining natural and environmental surrounds of the Tweed seems synonymous now with their dealings with the speed driven Repco rally. I could not envisage such a speed driven rally being authorised through the Queensland Daintree or the promenade in Cairns dug up and turned into a rally pit maintenance area. However, the heritage listed environmental areas of the Tweed and the foreshore areas of Kingscliff seem of little significance and community value to those in southern government and I fear some in local government. Should the rally sadly become a rubber stamped foregone conclusion, as rally organisers seem to be promoting, I offer an alternative to the use of the Kingscliff foreshore parkland. We have alternative prominent beachfront and creek front land available close to Kingscliff and land that has been set aside to be used for as I feel an equally distasteful commercial enterprise as it stands. I refer to beachfront crown reserve trust (peoples) land Lot 490 now removed from council’s control. I am sure the Lands Department (Leightons’ glove puppet as it might seem) could work with its other government authorities and facilitate the part use
Development confusion reigns Tweed Coast Vet An article in a Gold Coast newspaper on April 24 is of grave concern. Statements in the article indicate the developers and agent have been led up the garden path, or it’s a blatant con to seduce investors. Queries confirm a bulky goods project at Boyds Bay Garden World has not been granted preliminary council approval. If the developers and agent did a little research, they will find the sewage and employment land strategies for Tweed Shire were signed off on March 17, giving crucial information contrary to their claims. The fact is the sewage plant at West Tweed is to be rebuilt. A Crown reserve the developer and agent wish to include in the mixed-use estate with residential, light industry, showroom and office components, is deleted from the strategy due to environmental and airport constraints. These strategies were not
dreamt up overnight. They are our strategic planning tools to drive sustainable development for the next 25-30 years. They have evolved from a very lengthy, extensive consultation process with the professional expertise of our council staff and others. The developer states, it ‘is committed, but there is a potential for the company to be scared off if the council delays. It could walk away and spend millions elsewhere’. This is simply bully boy stuff, ie. ‘if you don’t give me what I want I’ll take my bat and ball and go home’. The agent states that ‘we have the owners lined up, the developers, the councillors, the state and federal governments, and we have hit a snag with the council.’ My inquiries reveal councillors, at least not all, are in fact not lined up. There is a whole raft of legislation prohibiting such proposals on the Crown
of Lot 490 for this race event. Or might I ask would the longterm noise and area disruption be offensive or distasteful to Leightons and their planned commercially crammed socalled ‘eco- resort’ on the public beachfront lands at Lot 490 along Casuarina Way? The race event pit area could be part of the eco-resort’s long term beach and creek area 20 year plan. Being along Casuarina Way the pit area on Lot 490 (but not beach area Lot 489) would be ideally located to Salt and also Kingscliff by road, walkways and cycleway while offering convenience to the eco resort visitors and contributing a future late night ambience and sound setting as to our natural environmental regions for the commercial eco-resort and its visitors to appreciate and encompass. Rally organisers could possibly clear areas and locate there this year and do follow up restoration as already likewise planned at Kingscliff. The use of the lot 490 could be a side by side, win-win situation for two corporate manipu-
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the Mackerel Boulder habitat protection zones. Spearfishing is restricted in NSW waters. Spearfishing is not allowed in rivers or estuaries, such as the Brunswick River nor on open beaches. Places where spearfishing is permitted in the Cape Byron Marine Park are within the habitat protection zones at Cosy Corner and Broken Head. If care is not taken, even activities associated with scuba diving and snorkelling can result in damage to marine ecosystems. Divers and snorkellers are requested to observe a code of conduct which includes measures such as appropriate methods of anchoring and behaviour to minimise impacts on marine habitats and animals. Make sure you pick up a
zoning plan users guide to Cape Byron Marine Park before going out to explore the marine park. Users guides are readily available at Marine Park offices and many outlets, including information centres, accommodation outlets, general stores and fishing supply outlets. They are also available at www.mpa.nsw.gov.au or by phoning the Cape Byron Marine Park office on (02) 6620 9300.
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Television Guide
FRIDAY 8
1. Imagine being stuck in an airport with Tom Hanks forever and ever. The Terminal (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm) makes that dream true. Catherine Zeta-Jones helps with the suffering. 2. Would you like acid slime with that? The Alien franchise is among the best of the scifi genre and Alien 3 (TEN, Saturday, 8.30pm), lives up to the weirdness. Sigourney Weaver takes interspecies relationships to greater depths than those occasionally seen in the barn late at night. 3. The glorious snow leopard of the Himalaya comes under investigation in Snow Leopard: Beyond The Myth (ABC, Sunday, 7.30pm). See it while it still exists.
4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Island Life (G) Repeat 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Darling Buds Of May (PG) 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 (G) 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 Midsomer Murders (M) 10.10 The Hollowmen (M) 10.40 Lateline (M) 11.20 triple j tv With The Doctor Repeat 11.50 Good Game Repeat. 12.20 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday.
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6.00 ABC News Breakfast 2.30 2009 UEFA Cup Semi Final 9.00 ABC Asia Pacific News 5.00 2009 UEFA Cup Semi Final 9.30 Business Today 7.00 World News in various languages. 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 Insight 2.30 World News in various languages. 4.30 The New Inventors Repeat. 3.15 Space files: The Universe Unveiled 5.00 7.30 Select 3.30 Living Black 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 6.00 Compass (G) Repeat. 4.00 The Journal 6.35 A Place In Greece (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 5.30 Hotspell (G) Doco. 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat. 6.00 Global Village: Ardeche (G) 8.00 Father Ted (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 8.30 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... 7.30 Afghan Star (G) She And Him (G) 8.35 As It Happened: Guests Of The 9.15 A Little Later (G) Ayatollah – Endgame (PG) Doco from US. 9.30 Massive: Recording The Single (M) 10.05 BBC Electric Proms: Paul 9.30 World News Australia McCartney (G) 10.00 In Search Of The Perfect Penis (MA) 11.05 triple jtv’s One Night Stand 2008 11.00 Movie: The Final Gaze (M 2005) 11.30 London Live (G) Drama from Mexico. Stars Sergi 12.00 Close Mateu, Marisol Centeno, Arcelia Ramirez, Gina Morett. 1.10 Movie: A Tale Of A Naughty Girl (M) Drama from India. Stars Samata Dus, Rituporna Sengupta. 2.45 WeatherWatch Overnight
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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 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 (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (PG) 4.30 NBN News 3.30 MasterChef Australia (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 5.30 Hot Seat 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 Friday Night Football 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. Australia v New Zealand. 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 9.45 Friday Night Football 7.30 The Simpsons (G) City v Country. 8.30 Law & Order (M) 11.45 NBN News 9.30 Law & Order (M) 12.15 Movie: New Jack City (M 1992) 10.30 Life On Mars (M) Stars Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Chris 11.20 Ten Late News Rock, Judd Nelson. 11.50 Sports Tonight 12.20 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 2.15 Ellen Degeneres (PG) 1.20 Infomercials (PG) 3.15 MADTV (M) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG). 4.00 Guthy Renker Australia (G) 4.30 Good Morning America
6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Doomsday Man (M 1998) Stars James Marshall, Esai Morales, Yancy Butler, Renee Griffen. 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 House Call (PG) 3.30 Raggs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Terminal (PG) Stars Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride. 11.05 2009 AFL Premiership Season Essendon v Hawthorn. 2.30 Danoz And Guthy-Renker
SATURDAY 9
Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 The Gibb River Road And Beyond (G) 1.00 Movie: If You Knew Susue (PG 1948) 2.30 Deal Or No Deal 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟
6.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 5.20 World News in various languages. 5.00 rage (PG) 7.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Dex Hamilton 1.00 Le Sacre Du Printemps (G) 6.00 rage (G) 3.00 rage (G) 12.00 Eclipse (PG) 10.00 Video Hits (PG) Masterpiece from Germany. 8.00 rage (G) 5.00 rage (PG) 1.00 V8 Extra (G) 12.00 Infomercials 1.45 Gabriel Yared (G) Masterpiece from 1.30 Motorsport On Prime (G) 10.00 Rage (PG) 6.05 The New Inventors Repeat. 1.00 MasterChef Australia (G) UK. 11.00 Executive Stress (G) 6.35 Heartland (G) Repeat. 2.30 Chrome (G) 1.30 Hook Line & Sinker (PG) 2.45 Jumba Jimba (G) Masterpiece from 3.05 Movie: When We Were Kings (PG 11.30 The Cook And The Chef 7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Repeat. Australia. 12.00 Stateline 7.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 1996) Stars Muhammad Ali, George 2.00 AFL Premiership Season 2009 Geelong v Sydney. 3.20 I’m Not Here Today (G) 12.30 Australian Story 8.00 At The Movies Repeat. Foreman, Don King, James Brown, 5.00 Ten News 3.30 Buren And The Gugenheim (G) 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Movie: Suspicion (PG 1941) Stars Spike Lee, BB King, Mobutu Sese 5.30 Sports Tonight (PG) Masterpiece from France. 1.30 Can We Help? Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Seko, Norman Mailer. 6.00 Futurama (PG) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 2.00 Rugby League 2009 Bruce, Cedric Hardwicke, Isabel 5.00 Border Patrol (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons Marathon (PG) 5.30 The Colony (PG) 4.00 Naked Science: Roman Tech Jeans. 5.30 Sydney Weekender (G) 8.30 Movie: Alien 3 (M) Stars Sigouney 5.00 Bowls: Perth International 2009 10.15 Movie: Slaughter On Tenth Avenue 6.30 World News Australia 6.00 Seven News Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Lance Australia v Malaysia: Womens pairs. (PG 1957) Stars Wlter Matthau, Dan 7.30 Mythbusters (PG) 6.30 Billy Connolly: Journey To The Henriksen, Paul McGann. 8.30 Iron Chef (G) 6.00 Echo Beach (PG) Repeat. Duryea, Jan Sterling, Richard Egan. Edge Of The World (PG) 10.45 AFL Premiership Season 2009 9.20 RocKwiz (PG) Entertainment. 6.25 Minuscule (G) 11.45 Close 7.30 Kath & Kim (PG) Repeat. Carlton v Fremantle. 10.10 Movie: A Friend Of Mine (M 2006) 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 8.00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 1.15 Good New Week (M) Comedy from Germany. Stars Daniel 9.00 Movie: Cast Away (M 2000) Stars 7.00 ABC News Bruehl, Juergen Vogel, Sabine 7.30 New Tricks (PG) Repeat. Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Chris Noth. 2.15 Infomercials Timoteo. 8.25 ABC News 12.00 Movie: Igby Goes Down (MA 2002) 2.45 Video Hits Up Late 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 11.40 SOS (PG) 8.30 The Bill (M) Stars Kieran Culkin, Jeff Goldblum, 12.40 Sinchronicity (MA) 10.00 ABC News Claire Danes, Jared Harris. 1.35 Weatherwatch Overnight 10.05 Foyle’s War (M) Repeat. 2.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 11.45 rage (M)
Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 V8 Supercars 4.30 Harry’s Practice (G) 5.00 Better Homes And Gardens ➟ 12.00 Movie: War Stories (M) 1.30 Final 24 2.30 Deal Or No Deal
SUNDAY 10
5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise
7.00 Classic Albums: Paul Simon: Graceland (G) 8.00 Zoo Days (G) 12.00 Landline (G) 8.55 A Place In Slovakia (G) 1.00 Gardening Australia 9.20 Scrapheap Challenge (G) 1.30 Message Stick (G) 10.10 Scrapheap Challenge (G) 2.00 Mummy Detective: Crypt Of The 11.00 Beautiful Noise (G) Medici (G) 11.55 London Live (PG) Music. Repeat. 3.00 The Brothers Warner 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 4.30 First Tuesday Book Club With 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles (G) Jennifer Byrne 1.55 Neil Finn: One Nil Live (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts 3.00 Charles Mingus: Live At Montreux 6.00 At The Movies (G) 6.30 The Einstein Factor 4.00 Genesis: Songbook (G) 7.00 ABC News 5.00 A Journey Through American 7.30 Snow Leopard: Beyond The Myth Music: Soul Stirrings 8.30 Dirt Game (PG) 5.45 Short Movie: Sub (G 2006) 9.25 Compass (G) 6.00 ABC Fora Hosted by Tony Jones. 10.25 The Film Festival Project (M) 7.00 First Tuesday Book Club With 11.15 Movie: A Matter Of Life And Death Jennifer Byrne (PG 1946) Stars David Niven, Kim 7.30 Sunday Arts (G) Hunter. 8.30 Spielberg On Spielberg (M) 1.00 Movie: Blackbeard The Pirate (G 10.00 Monumental Vision In Nepal 1952) Stars Robert Newton, Linda 10.30 Wild At Heart (PG) Darnell, Keith Andes. 11.15 Close 2.45 Movie: The Spanish Main (G 1945) Stars Maureen O’Hara, Paul Henreid.
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6.05 World News in various languages. 6.00 Religion 10.00 Mythbusters (PG) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 11.00 50 Years Of Don Burrows (G) 10.00 AFL Game Day (PG) 11.30 James Morrison: Blowing His Own 11.00 Magnum, P.I. (PG) Trumpet (G) 12.00 Movie: Barbie Presents 12.00 Cycling: Fleche Wallonne 2009 Thumbelina (G) 12.30 Cycling: Leige-Bastogne-Leige 2009 1.30 Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (PG) 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 10 Days That Made The Queen (PG) 3.00 UEFA Cup Highlights 5.00 Destination New Sealand (G) 3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5.30 Mercurio’s Menu (G) 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 6.00 Seven News 5.00 The World Game 6.30 Sunday Night Live (PG) 6.00 Thalassa: The Girassol Oilfield (G) 7.30 Border Security (PG) Doco from France. 8.00 The Force – Behind The Line (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 8.30 Bones (M) 7.30 Lost Worlds: Secret Files Of The 9.30 Bones (M) Inquisition – The End Of The 10.30 Infamous Assassinations: The Inquisition (PG) Doco from UK. Assination Of Yitzhak Rabin (M) 8.30 Dateline 11.00 24 (M) 9.30 Movie: Shadows Of Time (M 12.00 Auction Squad (G) 2004) Drama from Germany. Stars 12.30 Brand Developers Tannishtha Chatterjee, Prashant 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker Narayanan, Tillotama Shome. 5.30 Seven Early News 11.25 Cycling: Giro d’Italia 2009 11.55 Film: The Saddest Music In The World (M 2001) Drama from Canada. Stars Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Mediros, Mark McKinney. Prime HD program same as above except: 1.05 Speaking In Tongues (M) ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 Final 24 (M) 2.00 1.35 Weatherwatch Overnight Gear 3.00 Guthy Renker
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6.00 Religion 7.00 Totally Wild 7.30 Animalia 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 State Focus 9.00 Video Hits (G) 12.00 Oprah’s Big Give (G) 1.00 Infomercial 2.00 Orangutan Diaries (PG) 2.30 Netball: ANZ Championship 2009 Swifts v Thunderbirds. 4.30 Meerkat Manor (G) 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) 6.00 Guerrilla Gardeners (PG) 6.30 Merlin (PG) 7.30 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.30 Rove (M) 9.40 Harper’s Island (M) 10.40 Formula One Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix 12.55 The Office (PG) 1.25 Video Hits Up Late (PG) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)
6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Kids’ Programs 11.30 TVP Direct (G) 12.00 My Boys (PG) 12.30 2009 Ironman Australian Triathlon 1.30 Movie: Big Jum McLain (G 1952) Stars John Wayne, Nancy Olson. 3.30 Discover Downunder (G) 4.00 Talk To The Animals (G) 4.30 The Garden Gurus (G) 5.00 David Attenborough’s Life Of Mammals (PG) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Secondhand Lions (PG) Stars Michael Caine, Hayley JoelOsment, Robert Duvall. 8.40 Saturday Lotto 9.50 Movie: Wolf Creek (AV) Stars John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi. 11.50 Movie: Ghost Ship (AV) Stars Gabriel Byrne, Alex Dimitriades, Julianna Marqulies. 2.00 Movie: S.O.B. (M 1981) Stars Julie Andrews, Richard Mulligan, Larry Hagman, William Holden. 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Guthy Renker 6.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker 7.00 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 Wakefield Wildcats v Wigan Warriors. 4.00 Sunday Football Brisbane Broncos v Manly Sea Eagles. 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Home Made (PG) New series. 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 CSI (M) 9.30 CSI: NY (M) 10.30 The Evidence (M) 11.30 Body Of Evidence (M) 12.00 A1GP – World Cup Of Motorsport Brands Hatch, Great Britain. 1.00 Spyforce (PG) 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News
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MONDAY 11
4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline Extra Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Poirot (PG) 1.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (G) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Landline Repeat. 6.30 Talking Heads: Garry McDonald 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 Spooks (M) 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Taxidermy: Stuff The World (M) Repeat. 1.30 MDA (M) Repeat. 2.10 Parkinson (PG) 3.25 Bowls: Perth International 2009 Australia v Malaysia Womens pairs.
6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Asia Pacific News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia (G) 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 9.30 Business Today Repeat. 11.30 Seven News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 The Bridge At Midnight Trembles 12.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 4.30 Gardening Australia (G) Rpt (M) 2.00 All Saints (M) 5.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat. 2.30 Dateline 3.00 House Call (G) 5.30 Can We Help? (G) Repeat. 3.30 Insight 3.30 Raggs 6.00 Collectors (G) Repeat. 4.30 The Journal 4.00 It’s Acadamic 6.35 A Place In Greece (G) 5.00 The Crew (G) 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Corner Gas (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 6.00 Living Black 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 Red Dwarf (PG) Repeat. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 8.30 Good Game (PG) Repeat. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 8.30 Dave In The Life... Of A Shock Jock 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 9.00 triple j tv With The Doctor (M) 9.30 Code Geass (M) 8.00 Scrubs (PG) 9.00 South Park (M) 9.55 Aussie Battlers (MA) 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.55 dig tv presents: The Hoodoo 9.30 Brothers & Sisters (M) 10.00 Shameless (MA) Comedy from UK. 10.30 Boston Legal (M) Gurus: Live In Sydney 1984 10.55 Cycling: Giro d’Italia 2009 11.25 TBA 11.30 2009 AFL Premiership Season (G) 2.30 Danoz Direct 11.30 Cowboy Bebop: Pierrot Le Fou (M) 11.25 Movie: Down By Law (M 1986) Comedy from US. Stars Tom Waits, 5.30 Seven Early News Repeat. Ellen Barkin, John Lurie, Robert Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi. 1.20 Movie: Duplicity (M 2004) Thriller from France. Stars Benoit Magimel, Natacha Regnier. Prime HD program same as above except: 3.00 WeatherWatch Overnight 12.00 Movie: The Long Shot (G) 1.30 Gear (G)
WEDNESDAY 13
TUESDAY 12
2.00 The Great Outdoors (G) ➟ 12.30 Urban Legends 1.00 Deal Or No Deal 1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards
6.00 ABC News Breakfast 4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 5.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 9.30 Business Today 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 How To Divorce Without Screwing 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.35 Little Angels (G) Repeat. Up Your Kids (PG) Repeat. 5.05 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 5.35 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 6.35 A Place In Greece (G) 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 1.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (PG) 8.00 Australian Story (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Teachers (M) Repeat. 6.05 Time Team (G) 9.20 The Bill (PG) Repeat. 7.00 ABC News 10.55 Fireflies (PG) Repeat. 7.30 The Treasurer’s Budget Speech 11.45 Close 8.00 Budget Special 8.30 Around The World In 80 Gardens 9.30 Mumbai Calling: Teknobable (M) 10.00 Atscape 10.35 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.30 Four Corners Repeat. 12.20 Media Watch Repeat. 12.35 Foyle’s War (M) 2.15 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor (G) Repeat
4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Einistein Factor (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.05 Super Worm (G) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parliament Question Time House Of Representatives 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Travel Oz (G) 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 Moving Wallpaper (M) 10.00 At the Movies 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.30 Vincent (M) 12.40 Magnificent 7 (PG). 2.10 Parliament Question Time The Senate 3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat.
6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Travel Oz (G) Repeat. 4.55 Animal Cops: South Africa (G) 5.45 Time Team (G) Repeat. 6.35 A place In Greece (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 Body Hits: Face Value (PG) 8.30 Beyond Boundaries: Across The Andes (M) 9.30 Something In The Water (M) 10.30 638 Ways To Kill Castro (MA) 11.45 Close
5.20 World News in various languages 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Drama from Lebanon. 2.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Drama from Lebanon. 3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood (G) Repeat. 3.30 Living Black 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. 6.00 Global Village: Portugal (G) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight 8.30 Cutting Edge: US Debt – Ten Trillioon And Counting (PG) Doco from US. 9.30 World News 10.00 Hot Docs: When Borat Came To Town (M) Doco from Netherlands. 11.05 Cycling: Giro d’Italia 2009 11.40 Movie: Days Of Abandonment (MA 2005) Drama from Italy. Stars Margherita Buy, Luca Zingaretti, Goran Bregovic, Sara Santostasi. 1.20 Going For The Kill (M) 2.40 WeatherWatch Overnight
6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 House Call (PG) 3.30 Raggs 4.00 It’s Acadamic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 The Zoo (G) 8.00 Find My Family (PG) 8.30 All Saints (M) 9.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days (G) 10.30 Lipstick Jungle (M) 11.30 Carpoolers (PG) New series. 12.00 House Calls To The Rescue (G) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News
Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: In The Time Of The Butterflies (M 2001) 1.30 Urban Legends 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 Sensing Murder (M) 1.00 Deal Or No Deal 1.30 A Country Practice (G) 2.30 Guthy Ranker
5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 7.10 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Update 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 7.25 World News in various languages. 11.30 Seven News 1.00 Eurovision Song Contest Junior 12.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 3.30 Nerds FC (G) 2.00 Lost Special (M) 4.00 The Journal 3.00 House Call 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 3.30 Raqgs 5.30 Countdown To Eurovision 2009 (G) 4.00 It’s Acadamic 6.00 Global Village: Madagascar (G) 4.30 Seven and Prime News 6.30 World News Australia 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 7.30 Food Safari: Pakistani Safari (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 8.00 Trawlermen (G) Doco from UK. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 8.35 Long Way Round (PG) Doco from 7.00 Home And Away (PG) UK. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 10.00 Movie: Mystery Train (M 1989) Indie 9.30 My Name Is Earl (PG) from US. Stars Nicoletta Braschi, Joe 10.00 Family Guy (M) Strummer, Steve Buscemi, Masatoshi 10.30 Russell Brand’s Ponderland (M) Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin’ Jay 11.00 Lost (M) Hawkins. 12.00 Hot Auctions (G) 11.55 Cycling: Giro d’Italia 2009 12.30 Brand Developers (G) Highlights 1.00 Guthy Renker & Danoz 12.25 Movie: Raid (M 2003) Action from 5.30 Seven Early News Sweden. Stars Kai Lehtinen, Mari Rantasita, Oiva Lohtander. 2.35 Weatherwatch Overnight
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 (G) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) 4.00 The Shak 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 6.00 Evening News 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair 8.00 Recruits (PG) 7.30 You Saved My Life (PG) 8.30 Good News Week (M) 8.00 Missing pieces (PG) 9.30 Supernatural (M) 8.30 Trimbole: The Real Underbelly (M) 8.45 Lotto 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 9.30 Eleventh Hour (M) 12.00 Plus One (PG) 10.30 CSI: NY (M) 11.30 NBN News) 12.30 Judge Judy (PG) 12.15 English Challenge Cup Rugby 1.00 Infomercials (PG) League St Helens v Catalans 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG). Dragons 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News 5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker (G) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.00 Ten News 1.00 Home Made (PG) talk show. 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Hi-5 3.00 Infomercial 4.00 The Shak 3.30 MasterChef Australia (G) 4.30 Afternoon News 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 6.00 Evening News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 7.30 Home Made (PG) 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 7.30 Talkin’ ‘bout your generation (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 Underbelly Uncut (MA15+) 9.30 Lie To Me (M) 10.30 Federal Budget 2009 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.30 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 11.00 Hell’s Kitchen (MA15+) 12.00 NBN News 12.20 Video Hits Up Late (PG) 12.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.30 State Focus 1.30 Guthy Renker 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.00 Religion 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News
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 Bio-Magnetics (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 (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Infomercial 4.30 NBN News 3.30 Huey’sCooking Adventures (PG) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G). 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) 5.30 Hot Seat (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 (PG) 7.30 What’s Good For You (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.00 RPA (PG) 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 8.00 The Simpsons (PG) 8.45 Lotto 8.30 House (M) 9.30 Cold Case (M) 9.30 Numb3rs (M) Series return. 10.30 Cold Case (M) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 11.30 NBN News 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Cops (PG) 1.00 The Baron (PG) 12.30 Infomercials 2.00 Guthy Renker And Danoz 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News
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Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Documentary: The Need For Speed (G) 1.00 Final 24 2.00 The Great Outdoors (PG) ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 A Country Practice (G)
4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Einistein Factor (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The War (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Pilot Guides (G) Repeat. 1.30 Collectors (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parliament Question Time The Senate (G) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 Grand Designs (G) Repeat. 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Budget 2009: The right of reply 8.00 The 7.30 Report 8.30 The Wedding Makers (PG) 9.30 Q&A With Tony Jones 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.30 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... (G) 12.20 Wildside (M) 1.10 Parliament Question Time House Of Representatives 2.30 Movie: Underwater (G 1955) Stars Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland. 3.55 The Glass House (M)
Programs are correct at the time of going to press but beware – all stations like tinkering with things at the last minute.
6.00 ABC News Breakfast 6.00 Sunrise 5.20 World News in various languages. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 7.10 Cycling: Giro D’Italia Update 9.30 Business Today 7.25 World News in various languages. 11.30 Seven News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 TV Around The World (G) Doco from 12.00 Desperate Housewives (M) 4.35 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. France. 2.00 All Saints (M) 5.05 The Cook and the Chef (G) Repeat. 1.30 Secrets Of The First Emperor (M) 3.00 House Call (PG) 5.35 ABC Fora 3.30 Raggs Kid’s program. 2.30 Dateline 6.35 A place In Greece (G) 3.30 Kings Of Clubs (G) 4.00 It’s Acadamic 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 4.30 Seven and Prime News 4.00 The Journal 7.30 The Royal Today (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 8.00 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Countdown To Eurovision 2009 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 8.30 The Gruen Transfer 6.00 Global Village: Roma (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 9.00 Moving Wallpaper (M) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 9.30 The Graham Norton Show 7.30 Ghost Whisperer (PG) 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) Austria Repeat. 10.00 Peep Show (M) 8.30 Mad Men (M) Excellent series telling 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 10.25 Little Miss Jocelyn (M) 9.30 Private Practice (M) it as it was in the early 60s. 10.55 Phoenix Nights (PG) 10.30 Scrubbs (M) 9.30 World News Australia 11.20 Ideal: The Body (MA) Repeat. 10.00 Movie: Up And Down (M 2004) 11.00 Heroes (M) 11.50 Close Stars Jiri Machacek, Pavel Liska, Petr 12.00 King Of The Hill (PG) 12.30 Brand Developers (G) Forman. 1.30 Danoz & Guthy-Renker 11.55 Cycling: Giro D’ItaliaH highlights 5.30 Seven Early News 12.25 Oz (MAV) 1.30 Movie: Astronauts (M 2004) Drama [s] = Sex [cl] = Coarse language from Spain. Stars Nancho Novo, [a] = Adult themes Prime HD program same as above except: [sr] = Sexual references Teresa Hurtado 12.00 The Gibb River Road And Beyond (G) 1.00 [n] = Nudity [mp] = Medical Final 24 2.00 The Great Outdoors (PG) ➟ 12.30 [du] = Drug use 3.05 Weatherwatch Overnight procedures [dr] [v] [*] [h]
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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 (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Infomercial 4.30 NBN News 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 5.30 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (G) 4.00 Everybody Love Raymond (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 NBN News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.30 Getaway (PG) 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.30 20 To 1 (M) 7.30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 9.30 The Footy Show (M) 8.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) 11.00 NBN News 9.30 Medium (M) 11.30 The AFL Footy Show (M) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 1.30 Entertainment Tonight (G) 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 12.00 Cops (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 12.30 Infomercials (PG) 5.00 Early Morning News 4.00 Religion to 6am.
Movie: Abandon (M 2002) 2.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker
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All Ten programs between 5pm and 11pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)
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MAY 7 – 13
A L L
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L O C A L
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Live Music
The Rhythms of Ireland
The Three Tenors Show
Long before Riverdance… there was Irish dance, music and song, often taking place spontaneously in kitchens, taverns and family gatherings. These traditional arts endure today in much the same way. The Rhythms of Ireland is an exhilarating show of perfectly sounded traditional rhythms, song and dance that is the most exciting Irish dance and music production at this present time. This production has been seen by over two-million worldwide amassing an unsurpassed reputation for their ‘stunningly executed performances’. It’s great music, dancing and singing by performers of amazing quality and enthusiasm. I spoke with Thomas Johnston, musical director (and Uilleann pipes and whistle player) of the show. It was 1.15am in the morning in Ireland (County Limerick), and he had just finished teaching a group of kids flute. What was your upbringing like? Was there much music in your household as a child? ‘My mum was in a show band, and my parents brought me kicking and screaming to the shows until I turned 16. Then I saw the social aspect, so it’s been simmering away in the background.’ You completed a Bachelor of Arts in Irish Music and Dance – does
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the course focus on just that or are there other components? ‘It’s a four year course, which includes performance, history, entrepreneur skills, classical. There are twenty four modules every year. I am currently doing a PHD in music education.’
Not only do Angelo Falcone, Vittorio Sacca and Lawrence Allen look like the real Three Tenors – they can sing!And what`s more, they can entertain! With over thirty years of experience, these three great voices sing the most noted songs of the century. From the ever popular operatic arias to English, Spanish and Italian Classics and also modern songs and ballads loved by all. Saturday May 9, 8pm, Seagulls.
Valentinos, Leader Cheetah, Splendour In The Grass returns Jack Ladder, The Middle East, Polaroid Fame and Glass Saturday and Sunday July Towers. Tickets go on sale at 25 and 26 at Byron Bay’s www.qjump.com.au from Belongil Fields. Here’s the first round of announcements: 9am on Thursday May 14 (Internet sales only). For a Bloc Party, The Flaming Lips, Jane’s Addiction, MGMT, Hilltop third year running Splendour will be offering Carbon Offset Hoods, Grinspoon, Midnight Tickets to punters. To find Juggernauts, The Specials, out more about becoming Sarah Blasko, Augie March, carbon neutral visit www. Josh Pyke, Friendly Fires, climatefriendly.com . Event Little Birdy, Birds Of Tokyo, ticket: $240 (inc gst) + bf, The Gutter Twins, Manchester Carbon Offset Ticket: $245.95 Orchestra, Yuksek, Bob Evans, (inc gst) + bf, Camping ticket: White Lies, Kram, Yves Klein $132 (inc gst) + bf. www. Blue, Decoder Ring, Lost splendourinthegrass.com
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Ireland has a great tradition for its artistic culture – It is passionate and has a rich harmonic and rhythmic tradition that is comparable to African music. Thomas agrees. ‘Yes, it’s not so much about the music, it’s the culture that keeps it alive. it’s as much about what goes on around the music as what is played.’ How have the shows been so far – has there been much dancing in the aisles? ‘Yes, people are encouraged to shout out and dance – the more people dancing the better. This show is the longest tour of any Irish tour in Australia. This tour started two weeks ago in Darwin, and I will be joining them shortly. I can’t wait.’ See it at the Byron Bay Community Centre this Tuesday night (bookings: 02 6685 6807). If you miss it there, it will be at Seagulls on Friday May 16 (bookings: 07 5536 3433).
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The Gin Club Joining forces for one night only at the Coolangatta Hotel are The Gin Club and Sierra Fin with this being their final show before they jet off to Europe for a run of shows. Sierra Fin are hot on the promotional trail of the release of their debut EP Shake Stare Sleep. Support is by Hungry Kids of Hungary who have recently been touring with Triple J, and Villains of Wilhelm, who landed themselves a slot on V Festival! Tickets are available from the venue: www.thecoolyhotel.com. au, OzTix www.oztix.com.au. Coolangatta Hotel, Marine Parade, Coolangatta, Gold Coast. Friday May 8.
Bob Evans Goodnight, Bull Creek is the third album from Bob Evans and was recorded in Nashville with producer Brad Jones (Josh Rouse, Sheryl Crow) who also produced the last Bob Evans album Suburban Songbook. While keeping you in the palm of his hand with his endearing lyrics and melodies, the album does take a sidestep away from the previous albums to show a different side to Bob. Coolangatta Hotel, 8pm Saturday.
United United is a group of young aspiring performers and features Coby Grant, Tara Simmons, Edward Gugliemino,
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McCartney and Simon Kelly. Doors, food and bar open at 7.30pm with DVDs screening. Bands start at 8.15pm. Gold Coast Arts Centre, Thursday. Tickets $10 sold at door.
these songs in small venues in London by myself and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to bring them to life in a unique way with my mates.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Joining Alex on tour will be long time friends Kinnon Holt on guitar and Ian Jones on Bigger Than Texas drums. Both musicians have Warren Spiteri and Chris Hunter played alongside Alex since join forces to bring you a Black The Sun. Soundlounge, dynamic and very entertaining Thursday at 8pm. performance. With a diverse Captain Wow selection of songs, this two Captain Wow is an ever man show is arguably one of Brisbanes finest duos. Cabarita evolving juggernaught in the Beach Sports Club, Bogangar Gold Coast entertainment industry. Their sense of fun Friday at 8pm. weaves in and out of each VUE set that they play, but never VUE define themselves as compromising the delivery of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Positive Consciousness Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, any song they choose to cover, and in their career theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an acoustic roots secured video hits, commercial tune or a 70s disco classic. airplay, international radio, and They are a highly entertaining, support gigs. www.thevue. energy packed show party com.au or www.myspace. band. Not many bands will com/thevuerock â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cabarita play 60s flower powered pop, Beach Sports Club, Bogangar 70s disco, 80s retro, a set of Saturday at 8pm. reggae, a whole set of country rock, and then turn around Alex Lloyd and do a set of acoustic singWith his base now London along classics by anyone from for the past two years, one of Anastasia, to Jack Johnson, Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most loved male Simon and Garfunkel or even artists, Alex Lloyd is coming Hugo Montenegro! Over the home for a run of national years, the band has scored dates throughout May. These supports for Aussie greats shows will be the first in such as Jimmy Barnes, and Australia for Alex since the Mental As Anything. Last year release of his album Good lead singer Nick Waters also In The Face of a Stranger. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m played the support slot for looking forward to heading Diesel and Mark Seymour from home and playing these songs Hunters and Collectors. This to a local audience,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Alex said, is free entertainment at the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ive been playing around with Currumbin RSL, Friday 7pm.
THE BAH IN MURWILLUMBAH ARE NOW HOSTING A JAM NIGHT TUESDAYS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ALL BANDS, SINGERS, GUITARISTS ARE WELCOME.
Grace Knight Grace Knight took the Eurogliderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to chart topping success throughout the 80s, then she became Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number one selling Jazz Diva in the 90s. And now for something completely different. Grace has just completed her latest album, Zeitgeist, a blend of textures, genres and styles, taking the listener on an exciting journey through sexy grooves, tribal rhythms, and amazing harmonies. She has earned a reputation as an emotive and sensual singer. Twin Towns, Saturday May 9.
The Tiffany-Rae Trio While away your Sunday afternoon with the smooth sounds of the Tiffany-Rae Trio at the newly renovated Shed Cafe. Every Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 6pm you can enjoy jazz in the afternoon light, local style.
Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day with Mandi Lodge Be entertained at the Gold Coast Arts Centre, Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Sunday at 12pm, by acclaimed performer Mandi Lodge as she transforms into Tina Turner, Shirley Bassey, Barbara Streisand and Bette Midler. Everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite Scottish comedian, Billy Raymond, will compere the fun-filled afternoon with the fabulous SJ Jazz Quartet welcoming guests. For all
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COMEDY
Comedian Kent Valentine On the second Wednesday of every month, enjoy the stylings of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best comedians live on the Saltbar Comedy Stage. Tickets are $9 each or take advantage of the delicious BBQ Dinner Show package for $22. This month Kent Valentine will have you in stitches as he performs live on the comedy stage. Support act is Fiona McGary and MC is Andrew Nason. Wednesday May 13, 7.30pm.
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Comedy in the Basement – Dave Williams Hailing from Adelaide, Dave broke into the industry after being spotted at the Melbourne Comedy Festival by tour organisers. Impressed by his talent, Dave was subsequently sent on a tour of the UK encompassing England, Ireland and Scotland where he performed at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since his initial success, Dave has appeared on television programs such as Rove, Hey, Hey It’s Saturday and maintained a strong presence on Adelaide’s radio, television and standup circuit. Gold Coast Arts Centre, Friday at 7.30pm.
DANCE AND THEATRE
A Midsummer Night’s Dream A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a magical tale of gods and fairies, mischief and misadventures, and the confusing path of true love. Full of action, humour and drama, Francois Klaus’s lavish production is based on Shakespeare’s much-loved play, and features several different musical styles, including Mendelssohn’s famous incidental music. Gold Coast Arts Centre, 2pm and 7.30pm Saturday.
by Enfold. A festival for the young and young at heart with fun, fantasy and fairytales. Other performers include Andrea Soler, Mr Percival, Drumming Troupe Budaka, DJ Freddie Holler, Indigenous dancers Boogulbunji, French Butler called Smith. Saturday 9am to 5pm. For more see the full program at www. currumbinrsl.com.au .
Beachside Skate Comp Following great success with last year’s event, it’s on again with sign up for competitions starting at 9am and under 12’s comp from 11am. There’s live music, give aways and BBQ. Special attraction is Skate Shop Super Jam with local skate shops battling it out to test their skills and endurance. It’s a great family day, and is an alcohol and drug ree event. Bring a chair and shade provisions. Cabarita Skate Park, May 9.
FILM
The Merchants of Bollywood – tickets on sale now
Following the worldwide success of the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Bollywood is set to release The Merchants of Bollywood, screening from May 28. This live theatre experience was filmed at the Tivoli Theatre in Barcelona, Spain, and features a cast of Scooby Doo 40 performers direct from After thrilling theatre audFilm City Mumbai – the iences around the World home of Bollywood Cinema. Scooby-Doo and the Gang This dazzling and colourful are finally heading to the cinematic experience can be Gold Coast in a totally live seen in pristine high definition show. Scooby-Doo along with and surround sound at Birch Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Carroll & Coyle Cinema, Velma are set to solve the Pacific Fair, for a strictly limited mystery at an old Movie Studio. season from Thursday May Monday 2pm and 4.30pm 28 until Wednesday June 3 at Gold Coast Arts Centre. 6.45pm nightly, as well as 4pm on weekends and 10.30am ART GALLERIES Tweed River Art Gallery Monday to Wednesday.
Exhibitions ‘… a thousand words’. On display at the Tweed River Art Gallery until September 13. This collection of artist prints selected from the Print Archive of the Print Council of Australia illustrates the myriad of stories that artists often draw upon as inspiration for their work. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.
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soAP boX IVY’S STORY Mandy Nolan
Last Friday April 24, I pushed my fourth child, a brand new baby daughter, into the world. In just one push she was delivered, head to toe, still in her sac. A friend of mine remarked that it’s just how horses give birth. I didn’t mention that I had to chew her free, and in just five minutes she was up and we were galloping around the grassy fields outside the birth centre. Even after four shots at it, I am still humbled by the amazing human process, that as a woman, with a little bit of help, I can make people. The day started like most others, with me wandering the streets and people remarking: ‘wow, still pregnant?’ I was beginning to feel like a self-inflating camping mattress without the plug, just taking on more air, engorging to the point where bending over was a conceptual activity and thongs my only form of footwear. Friday morning I had taken one last look at the rubbish in my garage and given my partner the orders: ‘It has to go. Today we take it to the dump.’ The car was loaded and ready to go. The cramps had started. I timed them at two minutes apart. But it was OK, I could still talk. Still time to tip it. By Myocum, contractions were a minute apart and getting more intense. With a history of births under two hours, and a whole recycling system to negotiate, and a stench that had me wretching, I made a quick decision. Pull out. I am committed to the concept of responsible waste management but I wasn’t about to give birth there and have to pay extra on the car weigh-in on the way out. My partner looked relieved, although he thought we should call our daughter Tippi. Next job: sort the kids. After four phone calls I found a friend to come and be with my children. As luck would have it, none of the people who I’d lined up could make it. For a minute I thought I was going to have to give birth with the kids sitting around going, Are we there yet?’ ‘Shut up mum, we can’t hear the telly.’ An available girlfriend was located. I was free to give birth. We rang the Mullum Hospital. ‘You’re lucky we just sent two women home who thought they were in labour but weren’t’. Lucky alright, if I got up there and didn’t get a shot at the birth pool there would have been a bitch fight. I may be a feminist, but three women in a birth
pool is just a little too cosy. ‘Excuse me, is that my placenta or yours?’ I’m not a drug free birther. I like to go the gas. I’m in the bath hallucinating with pain and I make my nitrous request. The midwife, who was very adorable, informed me there was none, and offered me affirmations instead. ‘You’re doing so well’. I had a small moment of panic: those bloody hippies have tricked me into a natural birth! Naked, and about 9cm dilated, I decided it wasn’t the time for a tantrum. I fell into the pain and followed it. I used my voice to make a noise that I don’t think I could make again. Except for my next Brazilian. The roaring was my only relief. And it was extraordinarily effective. I think roaring may even be better than gas. I thanked god I wasn’t married to Tom Cruise and was left with the solace of biting on a sock. Ivy was born around 2.30pm. We think. The clock wasn’t working properly. Which in Mullumbimby is a sueable offence. What if my daughter never knows her rising sign? What if she’s the only kid in the class who hasn’t had her chart done? We called our daughter Ivy Mae Elizabeth Stevens. Named after maternal and paternal grandmothers – a small human legacy to the memory of our old women. I rang my nanna, Ivy. At 93 and blind she lives independently and hasn’t lost a dot of her memory. She’s a courageous, at times tactless but warm and extraordinary woman who I often use for inspiration: she’s the one that offered me the family strap to discipline my kids, loves John Laws but hates injustice, who sits and entertains a constant stream of friends and animals and kids through the tiny home where she has lived for 70 years. It’s the kind of place Diane Arbus would have paid top dollar for a photo shoot. I told my nan we had called our baby Ivy. She said ‘Get out of here. You didn’t. What an honour. Oh Mandy, you’ve done me proud. When I die, she’ll be there to remember me by. I think I have to go now and have a cry.’ So Mandy the super overachiever takes a break. I am now in that blissful breastfeeding land where thoughts start but never finish, tea is made but never drunk hot, and a whole day’s output is just one load of washing. It’s wonderful. (Tune in next week for episode one of Matriarchal Jones and the Evil Hormone Plunge.)
Tweed River Art Gallery ON DISPLAY UNTIL 10 MAY Momentum: 18th Tamworth fibre textile biennial 2008 A Tamworth Regional Gallery exhibition toured by Museums and Galleries NSW Deep Earth – Avital Sheffer Ceramic vessels explore multi-faceted Middle-Eastern culture, history and design Reconstruction: the genesis of available evidence – Lucille Martin Sculptural installations in response to the global diet of over-consumption Until 3 May A life of lithographs – William Robinson A fascinating display of comical self portraits by one of Australia’s most renowned artists Until 13 September “...a thousand words” A selection of prints from the Print Archive of the Print Council of Australia Contact the Gallery for children’s holiday workshop brochure – OUT NOW!
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FRIDAY 8 ■ AUSTRALIAN TAVERN, M’BAH 9PM DOOR 7 ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, KINGSCLIFF 7.30PM PAUL ANTHONY ■ CUDGEN SURF LIFESAVING CLUB 7PM DAN HANNAFORD ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB, BOGANGAR 8PM BIGGER THAN TEXAS ■ CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL 9PM LIVE MUSIC ■ CLUB BANORA 7.30PM KAREN BECKET
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SUNDAY 10 ■ CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL 2PM LIVE MUSIC ■ CLUB BANORA 12.15PM TEST PATTERN ■ CLUB BANORA 11AM JOE DANIELS ■ SANDS HOTEL, COOLANGATTA 5PM MOTHERS DAY: LIVE DUO
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This week brings the first of Mercuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual three week retrograde periods â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a cosmic pause which gives us a chance to slow down, catch our breath, integrate change, recharge, reflect and reassess.
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ARIES: Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emphasis is in your house of money, funds and income â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and with Venus gracing you with a long stay in Aries, it could be an exceptionally loving and successful month so long as you maintain emotional poise and stay mindful of other peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feelings. TAURUS: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time again to re-evaluate what works and what doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in your life, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother unless you can be honest. Keep trusting your intuition, which is just another way of saying your basic common sense. Oh, and beef is the rave flavour this week â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you sexy thingâ&#x20AC;Ś GEMINI: Your ruling planet retrograde says slow down and do some serious thinking, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming up to crunch time for big decisions around partnerships and finances. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the zodiacs ace talkers but this week benefits from listening: to relatives, co-workers, health professionals, sensible advice.
For half a century, the Soviet Union was the dominant chess power and only a tiny trickle of defectors and ĂŠmigrĂŠs were able to leave the communist empire and compete under other flags â&#x20AC;&#x201C; most notably world title challenger Viktor Korchnoi and World Champion Boris Spassky. When the USSR split into 15 pieces in 1990/1, many ex-Soviet Grandmasters took the opportunity to leave for greener pastures. Many countries gained a new ex-Soviet as their number one; these included Spain, Germany, Belgium and, controversially, Slovenia, who lured Alexander Beliavsky from the Ukrainian team without requiring him to change his country of residence. Australia also benefited, Irina Berezina becoming the leader of our Olympic womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team. Earlier this decade the world body FIDE made country transfer rules quicker and easier â&#x20AC;&#x201C; although far more expensive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; resulting in some Grandmasters spruiking their services to the highest bidder. Subsequent Olympiads have seen Bulgarian
CANCER: If this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healing energy triggers uncomfortable past patterns or issues, then thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what needs to happen to work through your present concerns so a new cycle can begin. Best let small annoyances slide â&#x20AC;&#x201C; remember theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happening to everyone, not just you.
LIBRA: This month isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t helpful for anything much except doing the prep for what you want to launch next month. Communications are a bit off, but Tuesday-Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Libra moon favors value-adding upgrades to your base of operations: home, office or wherever you spend the most time. LEO: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worthwhile being the SCORPIO: If something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re first to say sorry this week, even trying to finalize gets put on if you think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s you whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due hold or falls through this week, an apology. Better to avoid a full on attitude is strongly fireworks, aim for grace and find contraindicated. Dark Moods fun ways to indulge yourself and arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the smart response. those on your current A list that Pushing things? Even worse. Cutting your losses and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t break the bank. moving on can be an incredibly VIRGO: A week astrally designed liberating decision. for analyzing, clarifying, SAGITTARIUS: With Mercury simplifying and realigning, with throwing the glitch switch this shopping definitely less costly week wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be without hiccups, than gossiping â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but only for which neednâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily be smallish comfort purchases of negative: they could open up the pampering kind. Put off big new avenues of action. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ticket buying till next month, no sense in extending yourself when deals are more likely to be right now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; much better to build in your favour. on what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already got.
CHESS by Ian Rogers Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6-10pm veteran Evgeny Ermenkov leading the Palestinian team (despite his political sympathies being with Israel) and Mikhail Gurevich moving (again) from Belgium to Turkey. Last month saw another two prominent Grandmasters making unexpected changes of allegiance. Most attention was focussed on Sergey Karjakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to leave his native Ukraine and play for the old colonial power, Russia. Karjakin, pictured, who earned the Grandmaster title at age 12 (still a record) claimed that he did not have enough financial support in the Ukraine and wished to work with better coaches. Karjakin plans to move to Moscow and work with Garry Kasparovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old mentor, Yuri Dokhoian, who has a contract with the Russian Chess Federation preventing him from working with foreigners. Karjakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move has received a mixed reaction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not surprising in a country where political bat-
tles are often fought between the Ukrainian and Russian-speaking parts of the population. But if Karjakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision was a surprise, Ivan Sokolovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s announcement that he would in future be representing Bosnia rather than Holland came as a complete shock. Sokolov, 40, moved to the Netherlands 15 years ago during the Yugoslav wars and has since won two Dutch Championships and become the most successful player in the history of the Dutch club competition. Concurrently Sokolov has frequently battled with the Dutch Chess federation over appearance fees and skipped the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympics. So when the Bosnians sent out feelers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and a firm financial offer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sokolov was happy to abandon the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;richerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Netherlands and begin representing a
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CAPRICORN: Mercury retrograde in your health sector suggests misunderstandings about your physical needs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; perhaps you or your health professional out of synch with what your body wants. Take time out from world concerns for some deep listening, and give yourself the kind of personal TLC we all need. AQUARIUS: This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best activities? Pruning dead wood in the form of profitless pursuits and time wasting activities. Aquarians facing family dramas involving property are advised to resist being pressured into big decisions or signing anything life changing till after June first. PISCES: Keep communications clear and simple this week. Put things in writing, double check dates, confirm arrangements â&#x20AC;&#x201C; might sound fussy but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll thank me. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let economic pressures get you down â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you started life with nothing, so whatever youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got is a bonus.
country which he believed would provide him with more respect and resources. Notably, Sokolov has no desire to relocate back to Bosnia and will remain as a Dutch resident and citizen. Chess migration patterns were once entirely predictable: east to west, with Grandmasters going from being a small fish in a big pond to becoming the murray cod of a chess puddle. However, Karjakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Sokolovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moves show that players seeking opportunity may find it anywhere in the world.
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club had set was to ensure Koala Beach and the wider Pottsville community would have access to Koala Beach Sports Fields, a goal which has now come to fruition. The new sporting grounds, located at the southern end of Lomandra Avenue in Koala Beach, Pottsville, feature two full size football fields and will be used for touch football and soccer. KBSC is sharing Koala Beach Sports Fields with one of the largest sporting organistion on the Tweed Coast, Pottsville Panthers Soccer Club and is looking forward to a long and healthy relationship into the future. The first sporting venture for the club is a Social Mixed Touch Football competition,
to be held under lights on Monday nights. Entry is open to women and men of all skill levels and nominations are currently being taken for teams and individuals. Everyone is welcome and interested players needn’t worry if they don’t have a team, one will be found for you. Affiliated with Queensland Touch League, the competition is fully insured, features qualified referees and will offer representative options for many of the talented touch football players of the Tweed Coast. To register or obtain more information, please email koalabeachsportsclub@gmail. com or contact the committee on 0428 399 121.
Leather 27/16; John Heath, Stan Williams d. George Kendall, Michael VanRunt 18/17; David Taylor, John Mann, d. Russell Leeson, Jim Bryant 29/10; John Bailey, Graham Richards d. Rodney and Boyd McAlpine 21/20. Round 2: played on or before 23 May. Social Results: Sun April 26 Green 1: Ena and Gordon Haydon, George and Eve Herwig; r/up, Margaret Marquis, Marie and John Purcell. Green 2: Doreen Kendall, Michael VanRunt; r/up, : Betty and Peter Howell. Tues 28 April: Men - Ian McLean, Ralph Armstrong, Peter Howell, Tom Kelly; runner up, : Roger Bell, John Seiben, George Craog, Ladies - Audrey houghton, Eileen titmarsh, Ruth Wallis; runner up, : Marie Kelly, Jan Patton, Bridie Carey, Doris McNamara. Wed 29 April; Green 1: Peter Newman, Adrian Herron, Con Impellizzeri; runner up, : Tony Nicholls, Tom Wotton, Bill Knight, Ian Mathers. Green 2: John Moon, Norm Picking; runner up, : Andy Lavelle, Clive Weston. Green 3: Ted Ryan, Rob Chubb; runner up, : Allen Jackson, Bill Davies. Green 4: Ken Davey, Ross Cali; runner up, : Owen Thew, Niels Jurgenson. Fri 1 May: Green 1: Clinton Bailey, Tony Govett, Jack McMaster; runner up, : Peter Ross, Rod Mullings, John Mann. Green 2: Rob Henshaw, Eddie Hewitt, Dennis Agnew; runner up, : Arthur Collins, George Kendall, Jim Croghan. Green 3: Tom Marling, Ray White, Col Moses; runner up, : Bob Trinder, Laurie Cooper, Gordon Holthouse. Sat 2 May; Green 1: Tony Goad, Graham Jones; runner up, : Bob Withers, Bill Grose. Green 2: Mike Alder, Frank Birkin; runner up, : Ken Withington, Chris Bidwell, Max Kerrison, Brian Varley. Tweed Heads Tourers Last Sunday was Cancer Day at Musgrave Hill. Along with the Tourers there was a total of 126 players for the morning and the overall winners were Margaret Marquis, Norma Bell and Paul Price from the Tourers. Winners of the Losers were Frank Dawson, Joy Dodsley and Alan Stephen for the Tourers. For
the record Alan Stephen also volunteered to have his head shaved for the occasion. Well done, Alan. No organised bowls next Sunday, Mothers Day. DARTS Tweed Valley Darts Association Results of games played on May 4th 2009. Jokers 9 def Gulls 6 and Hogan’s Heroes 12 def Clockwork Orange 3. Devils 6 def Leftovers 5 and Cgulls 9 def Sharks 2. Current point score is A grade Jokers 114, Gulls 88, Hogan’s Heroes 82 and Clockwork Orange 52. B grade is Leftovers 69, Devils 67, Cgulls 64 and Sharks 40. These scores are subject to confirmation and as only one game to go before the semis anything can happen. Congratulations to Mick Duncan who threw 180 this week. GOLF Murwillumbah Golf Club Sunday 26th April Women’s Winner P. Buckler 37 pts Menbers Winner G. Chadwick 40 pts N/Pin 2nd R. McIvor B/R/Down Women 33 Mmebers 34 Monday 27th April Winner A. Fraser 40 pts c. b Runner up, N. Shepherd 40 pts R/Down to 34 pts c. b N/Pin 2nd G. Thorburn 8th. T. Chilcott10th. R. Kulmer14th. B. Masiar Tuesday 28th Winner A. Grade M. Shields 37 pts c. b Runner up, J. Pezet 35 pts c. b B. Grade D. Stafford 37 pts Runner up, B. Attard 35 pts Winner C. Grade D. Colter 37 pts Runner up, J. Roche 33 pts c. b Wednesday 29th Winner A. Grade T. grugan 41 pts Runner up, R. Suttie 40 pts B. Grade Winner B. Harbison 43 pts Runner up, R. Venn 41 pts N/Pin 2nd P. Coddington 10th N. De Hayr B. R. D. to 36 pts Thursday 30th Winners M. Shanley and L. Turner 28 nett Runner up, J. East and V. Ireland 63 nett c. b 2nd R. McIvor 8th S. Reguson and L. Whitlaw 10th J. Rockliff 14th K. Nicholls and G. Somerville B/R/ Down 67 nett c. b Fri 1st May Women Winner L. Casey 35 pts c. b Member C. Chapman 41 pts B/R/D/own to 36 pts Sat 2nd May Indiv. idual Stroke Winner A. Grade C. Evesson 69 nett Runner up, P. Ross 70 nett B. Grade T. McDonald 68 nett Runner up, D. Kaleyias 71 nett C. Grade M. Fenn 69 nett Runner up, J. Berryman 69 nett D. Grade H. Eustace 68 nett Runner up, P. Brown 70 nett 2nd C. Olive 8th K. Bulbeck 10th P. Ross 14th P. Whitford B/R/D. 75 nett c.b.
Two new sporting events are going through the birthing stages in the area giving locals the opportunity to try something unusual and different and nice. The Mount Warning Dragon Boat Club are inviting corporate, school and social teams take part in their inaugural Dragon Boat Festival to be held on Sunday, May 31.
TIDE TIMES PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon 9th May 2.02 pm Last Quarter 17th May 5.26 pm New Moon 24th May 10.11 pm First Quarter 31st May 1.22 pm FRI 8th
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For more information pho phone n 0427 815 930 or Chris on Jacqui on 02 6670 2569 (8am4.30pm Monday to Friday). The Gold Coast Roller Derby are looking for girls to come and join the fun. Roller Derby is a women’s sport and we need women of all shape, sizes and fitness levels. Skating experience is not a requirement to being a participant and skating lessons are available. Skaters need to be over 18 years of age to be a part of Roller Derby. Interested women can meet at the Epic Skate Rink on Enterprise Drive in South Tweedheads on the First Thursday of the month at 6.30pm. For more information contact Jayne on 0413 503 569.
After a long and at times frustrating wait, the residents of Koala Beach have finally received their sports fields. Part of the original DA for the environmentally friendly estate in Pottsville, the new sports fields have been on the drawing board for over a decade and there were times when their future was in doubt. However thanks to the efforts of Tweed Shire Council, Pottsville Soccer and Koala Beach Sports Club, the fields are ready for action. Koala Beach Sports Club (KBSC) was formed several years ago by local residents in the interest of providing more sporting options for Pottsville and the Tweed Coast. One of the main goals the
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Wylie. Thurs Ladies Social results – Winners Rnk3, Joy White, Pat Pieterse. Raffle Clarice Blake. Coming up – Lorraine Sandall and June Wotherspoon to play Eileen Burke and Val Andrews in Rnd3 Club C’Ship Pairs at 1pm today. Thurs Ladies Social 12. 30pm for 1pm start. Everybody welcome. Mon 11th 1pm – Social Mixed Triples, mufti dress. Everybody welcome. Tues 12th 9. 30am, Quarterly General Meeting open for all Members. Sun Social Bowls Club Day with BBQ lunch, Sun 17th May, Cost $10 pp, all welcome. Happy Birthday to all celebrating this week. Members on the sick list, well wishes from all Members. Look forward to seeing Members and Visitors. Bookings 02 6674 1816 / 2734. Cudgen Leagues Men Wed. 29/4/09 Mens Mufti N. Tilley, S. Else. Sat. 25/4/09 Mens Whites T. King, G. Tobin, R. Corney, T. Conlon. Championship Results ‘B’ triples K. Hansen, G. Murphy, L. Noble24 def J. Hazel, T,Grimes, B. Blake 17 ‘A’ Pairs I. Tilley, P. Tinsdale 33 def V. Schiemer, D. Ryan 16. Pennants 4 div. ision Cudgen 6 Cabarita 0 Div. ision 6 Cudgen 6 Cabarita 0 Amended Saturday and Wednesday trophy allocations. Winners $30-00. [out of the hat]. Jackpot, 3x $120-00[2 times ability,1x out of hat] Thank you members for your attention to championship arrangements. Kingscliff Ladies Results for April 29 Social Bowls Winners on Green 2: B. Sheehy / M. Lincoln / S. Hammond. Winners on Green 3: L. Willoughby / J. Brown / D. Anthony. Overall Runners-Up (coin tossed): J. Mitchell / D. Abraham / S. Davies. The Open Pairs were played with the winner of A Grade D. Jones def E. Taylor and in the B Grade B. Lane def A. Wonka. Congratulations to all on excellent games. Friday the 8th AM will see the first round of the A and B Grade Pairs. Don’t forget the BIGGEST MORNING TEA for cancer on Wednesday the May 27 in the Waves Lounge (Bowlers Lounge). And another reminder the Hibiscus Triples on May 18.
Kingscliff Men The first round of the Club Two Bowls Triples was played last weekend. K Banks, G Barrack, R Parlett defeated B Harris, L Morris and D Roughly; H Hockey, I Smith, K Liddington defeated D Wittington, J Julius, R Julius; J Ritchie, O Simpson, B Turner defeated P Murphy, P Jones, S Jamieson; W Blackwood, N Cruickshank, J Akers defeated V Lewis, A Carpenter: The quarter finals are set down for Saturday 9th May. Roll up at 8:45am. K Banks, G Barrack, R Parlett v K Dawson, J McLaughlin, T Hills; J Ritchie, O Simpson, B Turner v T Wonka, TBA, L Murphy; W Blackwood, N Cruickshank, J Akers v J Quinn, B Mullins, M Turner. Thursday 30th Winners: F Coombe, B Butler, C Lacey; P Atkinson, G Borthwick, R Payne; B Jack, R Cavanagh, T Schofield; Plate Winners: K Symons, B Viertel, B Clarke: Saturday 2nd Winners: P Hammond, H Hockey, R Julius; N Orme, P Grogan, J Davies; R Eglington, A Curnow, G Pritchard: Plate Winners L Gillespie, R Dark, D Gleave: Tuesday 5th Winners: K Stanley, L Arthur Runner Up: B Harris, D Roughly Plate Winner: T Dimmock, B Mullins: Nominations for the B Grade Singles are now open. The list is on the board. Coming Up: Kingscliff Men’s Over 55 Pairs – Monday May 25: Total Prize Money: $1000. 00. Tweed Heads Men Championships: Open Fours results Round 1: Paul Price, Ian Wildman d. Don Shoobert, Graham Simpson 23/20; Sam Ramsay, Eddie Hewitt d. Jim Croghan, Arthur Collins 23/14; Jack Blagbrough, Bernie Fletcher d. Jim A. Smith, Greg Kelly, 29/11; Carlo Campana, Russell Luland d. Joe Moore, Gary Hewitt 18/15; John Millington, Peter Harris d. Keith Downey, Bill Boyle 24/9; Jack Barnes, Col Hawkins d. John Griffiths, Les Hughes 19/16; Dennis Agnew, Col Fishlock d. Sean Harty, Mario Liberatore 22/19; Max Reiter, John Parker-Smith d. Paul Fargher, Mark Howarde 23/17; Al Kalnins, Nick Separovich d. Greg Hardman, Laurie Cooper 23/22; Simon Bass, Jim Hammersley d. Allen Jackson, Bill Davies 23/20; Peter Goldsmith, Ron Edwards d. Simon Stephenson, Peter McKenzie 21/17; Steve Ross, Tony Willemsen d. Ron Taylor, John Reardon 32/16; Ray Arrowsmith, Mario Matteucci d. Simon Bailey, Vince
BOWLS Cabarita Men 29/4/09 Winners R Tonkin and J Hay runner up, G Lake and B Burger cons B Laybutt and A Latif. Sat 2/5/09 Winners R Woodbury,K Clark and A Campbell, cons A Paine, R Lee and G Bowen. Pennant 2nd div. Cabarita def Byron Bay 56-55, 4th div. Cudgen def Cabarita 70-46. 6th div. Cudgen def Cabarita 68-42 4/5/09 winners G Lake and N Thorley, runner up, J Rannie and R McCauley, cons B Verrills and G Verrills. Condong Cane Toads Thirty-two Cane Toads travled to Brisbane to play Algester Barflies and have a BBQ lunch. Playing for our trophy witch the Barflies kept, winning by a few points . Our next game on Mother’s Day will be cancelled due to lack of numbers. Sunday 17th we have a visit from South Tweed bowls at Condong. Names on sheet in club please. Condong Men Wednesday 29-4 50 bowlers played in fine weather. Winners were N Smith, B Halliday, runners/up G Cranney, B Dunne, B Elvy. Rafell winners D Danes, R Fuller, T Needs, P Houghton. Open Pairs played S Massey 31 def B Ayres 30. Open fours played saw J Miller, R Fuller, T Scuis, LEdmonds, DEF K Hall, T Kennedy, L Muir, C Douglas. Saturday 2nd May Div. 1 Con def Brunswick Heads 6-0 Div. 3 Murwillumbah def Con 6-0 Div. 5 Con def Byron Bay 6-0 Div. 7 Con lost to Ocean Shores -5 to 5-5 . Great day for Condong . Monday 4th May 34 Woodridge bowlers enjoyed a BBQ lunch and a game against Condong all enjoyed the afternoon. Coming events Pennants on 9th May Condong home div. 3 play Ocean Shores div. 5 play Brunswick Headsd div. 7 play Pottsville. Div. ision 1 away to Ocean Shores. Thursday 14th 21 bowlers to play Hoteliers. Cudgen Leagues Ladies Thurs 30th was a great afternoon for our Members who played Social and C’ Ship events. Rnd2 Club C ‘ Ship Pairs results – Faye Turner, Joy Ashford def Isabel Nipperess, Margaret Huddy ; Eileen Burke, Val Andrews def Betty Sydneham, Helen
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Quota Quota International of Tweed Heads/ Coolangatta Inc will hold an information evening on Monday, May 18, at Calypso, Coolangatta. Guests welcomed at 5.30pm to share drinks and finger food. This year Quota is pleased to support Blair Athol in their support for the needy.
Coast guard Kingscliff Volunteer Coast Guard is looking for new members to join the flotilla. Boat crew and radio operators will be trained, as well as fund raising activities. For info call John on 02 6676 6079.
U3A U3A Tweed Coast second term just commenced with three new courses: Laughter Club Wed 4pm 0412 030 412; Knit and Chat Tues 1pm 6674 2968; Qigong (gentle exercise) Wed 1pm 0434 331 351. A reminder that Walk, Talk and Gawk has resumed on alternative Sats and Suns 0428 740 905. Visit our stall at the Seniors Expo.
Garden club Tweed Coast Garden Assoc. will hold its monthly meeting in the
Museum, history Tweed Heads Historical Society and Museum will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 19, commencing 10am in the Old Court House, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, West Tweed Heads. Guest speaker will be the Historian Miriam Estensen, the author of The Life of Matthew Flinders and her latest book The Letters of George & Elizabeth Bass. Visitors welcome. The Tweed River Regional Museum (Tweed Heads) wish to advise visitors that the Centaur exhibition will close after this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s service for the sinking of the Centaur hospital ship, to be held at the Point Danger Memorial on May 14. Museum opening days: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 11am4pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm. Further enquiries ph.07 5536 8625.
Theatre auditions Tweed Theatre auditions for their next major musical South Pacific on Sunday May 10 from 2-4pm in ANZAC Room at Twin Towns Clubs and Resorts, also Monday May 11 at Tweed Heads Civic Centre 6-8pm. Cast required male and female singers, dancers and actors 7 years and over. Check the website www. tweedtheatre.com.au for list of characters. Production dates July 16, 17, 18 in Twin Towns Showroom. For info call Coral 07 5536 2556.
Spotlight Theatre Spotlight Theatre musical May 15June 13, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee with evening performances at 7.30pm and matinees at 2pm. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Parent-Teacher Nightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (no children) June 5-12 at 7.30pm. To book call 5539 4255 visit www. spotlighttheatre.com.au.
Tugun Theatre Tugun Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new murder mystery The Sound of Murder, May 14-30 at Tugun Community Centre, Coolangatta Road. Bookings on 07 5593 9174.
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The Uki Great Australian Morning Tea in Aid of Cancer will be held in Uki Hall on Thursday, May 21, from 9.30am. Lifeline will also be in attendance. Donations of cooking gratefully accepted. For info call Edith on 02 6679 5251.
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 on the 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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Uki and District Residents Association and the Department of State and Regional Development have teamed up with the Tyalgum and District Residents Association and residents of the Tweed Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s north-west to gain ideas from their communities to help formulate the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Caldera Economic Transition Planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This plan will then be used to help steer Uki and the other Tweed communities towards sustainability and then, as a template, to be taken to the rest of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s villages. A workshop to gather ideas will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 2-5pm at the Uki Hall. For info call Eddie Roberts on 02 6679 4079.
Cabarita Community hall at 1.30pm on Tuesday, May 12. Flower of the month is Chrysanthemum, one cut/ stem. Floral art theme â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Mothers Day Arrangementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Tips and problems, show and tell and trivia quiz. New members and visitors welcome. Phone Dennis or Kathy on 02 6676 4402.
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MATTRESS Sgl Bed x 2 exc cond. Paid $120 ea, sell $60 each. Ph 0421932219
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Ink Brush Painting Sumi-e & Calligraphy classes held Wed & Fri 10-12.30pm at Ewingsdale Phone Ester 66847609, 0412221576 LIFE PURPOSE RETREAT June 12-14, Gunnebah Retreat Centre â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Live the life youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve imaginedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Call Marlena on 0404486712
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WILD HONEY DANCE FESTIVAL - 22-27 SEPT 09 Seeks passionate volunteers Ph Belinda 0420398590
HEALTH
KINESIOLOGY Clear subconscious sabotages. Reprogram patterns and beliefs. De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies. SANDRA DAVEY Reg. Pract. 66846914 OSTEOPATH A biodynamic approach to Osteopathy in the cranial ďŹ eld
ANDREW HALL New Brighton, 66802027, Thurs, Fri. Not your usual Osteopathy.
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CONSCIOUS COUNSELLING Dru Jai 0415242485
CHOKE THE SMOKES WITH HYPNOSIS. Paul L. Jones C.Ht. DO IT NOW! 66807030 COUNSELLOR, ORGANISATIONAL CONSULTANT, DESTINY PATH FINDER Over 20 yrs exp. Gregâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talent is identifying core issues with amazing results. Phone or private sessions call 0418130050
relationship counselling family mediation co-parenting coaching tel: 0402 207 137 www.KateChase.com.au
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DIGGER MAN Excavator & tipper hire. 0427172684
TRACTOR REPAIRS Rural Machinery Repair Service
TRACTOR REPAIRS Repairs, Parts and Restorations to all Makes and Models, on-site service available. Prepurchase inspections. Tractors sold on consignment for clients. Unwanted tractors removed at no charge.
WANTED DISUSED WINDMILLS. Any cond, will dismantle and remove. Ocean kayak. One seat plastic moulded. Ph 66779359 msg RECORD COLLECTIONS 1950-2000 Rock, Jazz, Blues. Rod 040948997
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SICK of CLUTTER? Time to clear it out with a garage sale. Call us on 6672220 to advertise here. MOVING MUST SELL. 2 full houses of furniture Modern & antiques, electrical, and kids toys. Sideboards, tables, ofďŹ ce, outdoor. 8am Sat 9/5, 9 & 11 Angourie St Kingscliff. 0414775154
MOTOR VEHICLES HOLDEN VN â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90 gc, low kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 16 inch mags, auto, air, qld rego June, will sell with blue slip $2000 ono. 0415317329 VW GOLF RALLY 2000 all leather, alloys, 130000 km, 12 mth reg great mechanics, body has some wear will consider trade for 4wd, ute, or van $10,400. Phone 0400434188
BARGAINS 94 Nissan Navara Dual Cab Ute, 5 spd, canopy, AC, PS, QIA-123.................... $4,995 Mitsubishi Magna Verada sedan, auto, air, ALY-27Y........................................... $1,500 98 Toyota Corolla Seca hatch, full service log book, 161,017kms, 5 spd, ONF-118 .. $6,250 2003 Holden Commodore wgn, A/C, P/S, log books, YJD-646, 141, 000kms............$9,750 Toyota Tarago, 5 spd, people mover, AC, PS, sun roofs, AQ-89-B1 ................. $2,950
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LIVE IN FEMALE CARER, to care for author with Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Mullum. Drug & alcohol free, nursing experience preferred & refs required. Phone 66844554 REMEDIAL MASSAGE THERAPIST required. Must have membership in an association and be listed with the majority of health funds. Contact Murwillumbah Chiropractic and Massage on 66722760.
PAPER DELIVERY MURWILLUMBAH LETTERBOXES
The Echo has a position for contractor(s) to insert, fold and deliver The Tweed Shire Echo to letterboxes in the Murwillumbah town area. Receiving the paper Thurs morning, you will complete house delivery by dark on Thursday, but in rainy conditions or unusual circumstances delivery may stretch over to Friday or Saturday. This is a contract position offering good renumeration of 16c per paper + GST. Depending on the size of the run, it would normally require an ABN, starts soon, and would suit active, very reliable persons/couples of settled habilts, who live in Murwillumbah. Ph Jodie 66722280 bh at
WE HAVE TRACTORS FOR SALE
WORK WANTED ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.
TRACTOR SAFETY SCHEME Have an approved R.O.P.S. safety frame fitted to your tractor. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheaper than a funeral. Phone us now. Workshop Charltons Rd, Federal. Phone Bill for service.
POTTSVILLE: Duplex - Pre construction Architect designed, 3 bed, 2 bath, DLUG, 3 decks, elevated, north facing, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be built out $435,000. Ph 0411422855
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PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070 FREE LABRADOODLE Puppies, also 6mth old female & male all on breeders terms. Ph 0430219741 PEDIGREE JACK RUSSELL bitch for sale. $225. good with older children & people. Ph 02 66191642, 0428384040
TOMMY is a beautiful, big, grey & white desexed boy who is friendly and affectionate but is also quiet and gentle. He is a golden oldie at 10 years of age but Tommy still has plenty of spark left in him and lots of love to give. FRIENDS OF THE POUND are offering this desexed, microchipped and vaccinated boy for $90 plus $40 NSW registration.
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Mahindra Lenar 25411 Tractor 4WD, 25HP, with front end loader, canopy, slasher, 92 HRS. $16,000 ONO
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DUCATI, MONSTER 695 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07 model, Termignoni pipes, Ducati performance seat, 7000 km, perfect condition $11,900. Phone 0408740480
PIANO $1000, Retro/PaciďŹ ca chic sofas x 2, $200 each, Retro Cocktail Cabinet $250. Phone 66728316
GARAGE SALES
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MOTOR BIKES
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CALMBIRTH BIRTH PREPARATION & DOULA Raine Sharpe 66771104, 0409534052
ADD A PHOTO OF YOUR CAR TO MAXIMISE ITS SELLING POTENTIAL Phone and ask our Echo staff for our special rates for car photos. 66722280
THE ECONOMY & SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISANS AT HAMMER & HAND Jewellery & Metal Collective 1/4 Ti Tree Pl, Byron A & I Estate, 10am-5pm, 7 days. Enq 0409960614
TO BUY Womens 2nd Hand Designer Label clothing. eg Lisa Ho, Verge, Maggie T, Scanlan & Theodore + many more. Must be as new & clean. Ph 0400110651
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TILES 77m sq, sand colour, non-slip. Cost $1700, sell for $1150. 0404508902
ANIMAL HEALING Do you want to know more about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on with your animals? I can help by directly communicating with your pets to shed light on underlying emotional or health issues. Ph Allan 0432047432
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PIANO upright, steel frame, cannot be tuned to pitch, $320 Ph 0422465746
SUBARU FORESTER â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;04 106,000km, exc cond, log books, extras, 6 mnth rego. $15,000. Ph 66845396
DECKS & PERGOLAS & all carpentry needs. Ph for free quote 0427196962
MUSICAL NOTES MR SPEAKER Local Funk, Swing & Blues Band www.myspace.com/mrspeakerbb Ph 0422548251
TUITION LEAP. Learning Enhancement Advanced Program. Specialised Kinesiology for learning difďŹ culties. Proven results. Reg. Practitioner Sandra Davey. Ph 66846914 COM WWW.TEACHINTERNATIONAL.
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SHARE ACCOM. ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. POTTSVILLE BEACH share with 1 other. spacious, light home, own br, bthrm, living room, private gardens & pool, walk to beach. $170pw + exp. 0407098993 POTTSVILLE/KOALA BEACH sunny room, own bathrm, hse near beach, fem, d/f, n/s, no pets, share with 1 fem, $145pw +exp + 4 wks bond. Ph or txt 0400923105 ah STOKERS SIDING lge 2br peaceful rural house for 38+ yo long term pref fem. Must have car, no pets, $150 pw incl. elec + 1 weeks advance rent. Ph 0401448944
TO LET MACLEAY ISLAND, Moreton Bay, 2br cottage, exquisite waterfront location, perfect artists retreat, avail now, lease term neg, $250 pw neg. 0413437726 QUAINT CABIN Wilsons Creek, beautiful gardens & swimming pool, $200 pw incl elec Phone Ian 66840344, 0412211080
POSITIONS VACANT WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofďŹ ce box.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS Please stick this by your phone EMERGENCY ONLY AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE............... 000 AMBULANCE Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah .... 131 233 MURWILLUMBAH HOSPITAL ............................02 6672 1822 EMERGENCY ....................................02 6672 0230 TWEED HEADS HOSPITAL ...............................07 5536 1133 FIRE BRIGADE Kingscliff..........................................02 6674 1271 Murwillumbah ....................................02 6672 8305 Tweed Heads .....................................07 5536 2222 Tweed Rural Fire Service.......................02 6672 7888 POLICE NON EMERGENCIES 24/7 ............................ 131 444 Tweed Heads .....................................07 5536 0999 Murwillumbah ....................................02 6672 9499 Kingscliff..........................................02 6674 9399 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ................................ 132 500 Tweed Heads .....................................07 5524 1349 Murwillumbah ....................................02 6676 7355 LIFELINE .......................................................... 131 114 GOLD COAST HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICE .....07 5598 0222 TWEED COAST AIR SEA RESCUE......................07 5536 9333 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line .............1800 656 463 ANIMAL WELFARE (RSPCA) .............................07 5536 5135 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES) .02 6628 1898 WILDLIFE CARERS TWEED VALLEY ...................02 6672 4789 CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY ...............................07 5534 1266 SEA WORLD ................................................07 5588 2222
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Among those excluded from making submissions to councillors about the seven-year-management plan (see page 4) was Terry Sharples, even though he easily meets the criterion of being someone who makes â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;persistent representationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to the council. Then again he has made his views clear during his failed action in the Land and Environment Court to have the plan declared null and void and is set to make further representations in an upcoming appeal against the court decision. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;
Meantime Tweed Council has been partly successful in its bid to pursue Mr Sharples through the courts to pay its $258,712.18 legal bill for the case. Land and Environment Court judge Paul Briscoe determined that Mr Sharples should pay a third of the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costs. Mr Sharples, who argued that he initiated the appeal in the public interest, appeared philosophical about the outcome. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called the price of speaking up and actually doing something,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;
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Backburner hopes land at the planned massive residential subdivisions of Kings Forest and Cobaki wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the same fate as some up on the Gold Coast where Leda Developments, which owns and is developing the two Tweed properties, has been ordered to repair illegally cleared land. Gold Coast City Council this week secured orders in the Planning and Environment Court compelling companies owned by Gold Coast billionaire developer Bob Ell to revegetate land that had been illegally cleared in November and December last year. The court had judged that Leda Developments had cleared major portions of a holding of about 100 hectares at Pimpama without the relevant development permits from the Council. A local councillor said it was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;particularly disappointing that a developer the size and reputa-
Following last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revelations by newly elected councillor and mayor Joan van Lieshout that Kiama should be a model for our own future development, particularly the area surrounding its natural harbour, we asked the council controlling the NSW coastal town for some pictures. We are pleased to see that the images reveal relatively uncluttered foreshores with no high-rise buildings in sight. Which brings us to a readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suggestion that the Twin Towns Services Club building
tion of Leda removed vegetation without the proper approvalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and observed that developers â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cannot pre-empt the outcomes of development applicationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. A thriving koala colony lives around Kings Forest and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hate to see their habitat further reduced. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;
Which state are we in this time? A Repco Rally Australia media release last week mistakenly identified Kilcoy Shire in Queensland instead of Kyogle Shire in NSW as one of the regions hosting Repco Rally Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world rally championship leg. Backburner thinks itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Freudian slip, given NSW is the third state in which rally organisers have desperately tried to get the event happening over the past few years. To their credit, they did immediately correct their slip.
which has dominated the foreshores of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour for decades should consider relocating to a revamped Club Banora as part of a strategy to rescue its sister club. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that happening anytime soon but the same was said about the old Rowing and Aquatic Club and a Greek restaurant run by colourful identity Nick Carlos, which were both forced to give up their crown land leases on the harbour in recent years.
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Backburner suspected that the controversial jet-boat cruises up the Tweed River would eventually sink due to lack of interest, but other spanners seem to have got into the works instead. Tweed Shire Council gave the company the green light in February for a five-month trial of the river tours, despite objections from environmentalists and residents, but the operators last week told media it was pulling the plug on the venture and closing shop for 12 months because of all sorts of trouble, including mechanical and legal issues related to a faulty boat engine.
man fears for our planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) will give a free talk on important current news on climate change on Thursday, May 14, at the Imperial Hotel, Murwillumbah at 6.30pm. Climate Action Now (CAN) has urged interested people to bring their friends and neighbours. For info call Eddie on 02 6679 4079. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;
The Echo is soon to be immortalised on film. A rep from an Australian film production company currently filming a feature film starring British actor John Hurt, called us the other day to say their set-production designer had spied a copy of The Echo somewhere and liked it so much it was decided to use â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; They always said thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get it as a prop in one of the scenes. Good thing weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not a greedy weird when pigs flu. multinational media corporaâ&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Scientist Paul Taylor, who fea- tion or weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to pay for such tured in our last edition (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Astro product placement.
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