Tweed Echo – Issue 2.17 – 24/12/2009

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The extravagant Christmas light displays of Burringbar’s Newell and Purnell households have been delighting families for years.

When Marge Newell, mother and mother-in-law to the two households, passed away a couple of months ago, the ‘kids’ decided to go all out on their Station Street properties this year. Photo Jeff ‘Lights On But Nobody Home’ Dawson

Plastic-bag ban set to be trialled Ken Sapwell

Tweed Council wants to hear from any village whose shopkeepers are willing to participate in a pilot program to rid the shire of plastic shopping bags.

The council will work through local business chambers to identify a village or villages which could show the rest of the shire how a plastic bagfree scheme would work.

It will be based on a similar scheme introduced in the popular Tasmanian tourist town of Coles Bay in 2003.

It became Australia’s first plastic bag free town, stopping an estimated 1.75 million plastic bags going into landfill over five years and triggering similar schemes in other parts of Australia and overseas, say senior staff.

Community services director David Oxenham said the response to the Coles Bay experiment was ‘incredibly positive’.

‘The people of Coles Bay and all of their visitors have got into the habit of bringing their own bag every time they shop,’ he said.

‘Knowing that free plastic bags are not available has made the habit a lot easier to get into.

‘If they do forget their bag, then cheaper paper bags are available.’

Mr Oxenham said before introducing a shire-wide ban, the Coles Bay model should be demonstrated at a local level through a pilot project.

‘By working with one or more villages that have only a small number of retailers, the council could create a local model for other localities

in the shire to become plastic bag-free,’ he said.

‘Such a pilot program would see the Tweed shire having the first declared plastic bag free localities in northern NSW and south-east Queensland.

‘The first step will be to identify one or more villages that have a commitment from all retailers to participate in the program.’

Mr Oxenham named Chillingham, Tyalgum and Uki as possible candidates. The project will be assisted with a $3000 grant.

Lunch brings lonely people together

Organiser of the combined churches Christmas Day lunch, Corinne Pennay, busy preparing for the big day. Photo Jeff ‘The Grinch’ Dawson Kim Cousins

Christmas is a lonely time for many people, but it doesn’t have to be.

A traditional Christmas lunch (with all the trimmings) is once again being put on by the Tweed Combined Christmas Churches with around 400 people expected for the lunch at Tweed Heads Civic Centre, starting at 11.30am (DST).

Sonya Driver, of Tugun, found herself alone last Christmas after her husband walked out on her and her two young daughters so she decided to go along and help out.

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in my car and bawling my eyes out,’ she said. ‘I had to do something to get myself out of the black hole I was in.

‘I walked in with swollen eyes and walked out with a smile on my face.’

‘It was a great feeling,’ she said. ‘The worst Christmas of my life became the best.’

Organiser Corinne Pennay, from Tweed Heads, said the lunch has given many people a lifeline just when they need it.

‘One woman had her husband pass away when she was just 40,’ she said. ‘She didn’t want to live but came along and had a great Christmas.

‘One man is 99 years old and

he comes every year.’

Corinne has also been amazed by the community response.

‘Businesses, doctors and bowls clubs have donated and we’ve had lots of calls from volunteers,’ she said.

‘I’m a family orientated person and can see a need for this in the community. It’s a horrible feeling to be alone.’

There is a gift for everyone who attends and Santa will drop in with some presents for the kids. There’s also carols and other entertainment from local schools and bands.

For more information call Corinne on 0434 671 101. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Park dwellers upset over roadway

Luis Feliu

A natural waterway teeming with fish and birdlife next to a Chinderah caravan park and used by residents for recreation will be concreted over to build an access road for a controversial development recently approved.

A four-lot industrial subdivision, together with construction of 630 metres of the unformed Ozone Street, currently a road reserve running alongside the Tweed Heritage Caravan Park, was approved by Tweed Shire Council as a deferred commencement development in October with a 6-1 vote (Cr Katie Milne against), despite appeals by residents.

The developers earlier this year had threatened to take council to the Land and Environment Court over what they considered was a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;deemed refusalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and in a bid to avoid a court battle, council decided to deal with the development application by way of a deferred commencement.

But consent relies on the developer replacing a swampoak forest lining the waterway, which would be cut down for the road, an Aboriginal archaeological heritage assessment of the area as well as 84 conditions relating to construction.

The council plannersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; report on the development says the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;predominant built form is residential developmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;existing drainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; running alongside the unformed road reserve connected directly with the Tweed River to the west,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; with a tidal floodgate recently installed within the larger existing floodgate to allow direct tidal passage between the drainage line and the river to improve fish passage, reduce mosquito and midge breeding and balance acidity issuesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Permits required Planners said that as the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;drainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was classified as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;natural waterbodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in state legislation, approval was therefore needed from the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water and a fisheries permit for dredging of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;waterlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from NSW Fisheries.

The road is to be nine metres wide within the 17-metre wide road reserve.

But the residents still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand why their amenity and open space has to be severely affected and a waterway destroyed to make way for a 630-metre-long road to be built just to service a twohectare property.

They say many heavy vehicles would drive past their homes along the road reserve almost every day once the industrial estate was up and running.

Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning chief Vince Connell said he could â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;see the logicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of pursuing an alwww.tweedecho.com.au

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Tweed Heritage Caravan Park residents on the banks of the tidal creek adjoining their park which they use for recreation such as feeding the fish. They say all the fish and bird life will disappear if the contentious development gets the green light. Photo Luis Feliu

ternative, much shorter route to access the developerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property from the other end of Ozone Street but council dealt with the proposal for the 630-metre road â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;as it was proposed to usâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Keep away from RTA According to minutes of a development assessment panel meeting held in April last year between the developers and council planners, the shorter access was dismissed because â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;access to Chinderah Road at the highway roundabout is unlikely to be supported as it is considered too close to the roundabout and unlikely to be able to be designed to accommodate industrial traffic. It is also a matter that would be referred to the RTA, who would be not expected to support the intersectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

The minutes also say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;it is councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preference that any application be for construction of the access and development of the site as opposed to separate proposalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Cr Dot Holdom told The Echo she believed the reason the shorter access was not pursued was because it would have been too costly and problematic for the developer. She said the decision to approve was made â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;for the whole shire not just two or three peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and that the deferred commencement meant that until all plans were signed off â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nothing can happenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and that future concerns â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;can be monitoredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Residents angry However, Cr Holdomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the contentious development has raised the ire of residents because they thought she of all councillors would help them.

She visited the tenants recently to discuss the development which she voted for in October and, according to residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spokesperson Lynda Mack, told residents â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;not to get the media involvedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;keep it quietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because it could

backfire on them.

But Cr Holdom told The Echo that what she had said to residents was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;to be very careful if you go to the mediaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, because they did not have â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;signed residential agreements to prove theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re long-term residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and they could be given notice to quit â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;if the park owner or manager takes exception to any notoriety and you are considered a troublemakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Nicole Robertson, who has lived at the park with her family for 17 years, told councillors during a public access earlier this month that she feared the whole area around her park would be turned into an industrial estate.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Part of the reason one woman bought in was because she had a nine-year-old son who could safely play in the reserve,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said.

Ms Robertson said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been denied natural justice because there was no sign up notifying us of this and the DA [development application]; during a council meeting dealing with two hugely controversial developments at Kings Forest and Bilambil Heights, continued on page 6

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Industrial fears â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand why a 630-metre road needs to be built to service a two-hectare property, when other avenues could be looked at. Unless this is just the beginning.

Do I now need to worry that where I live will be turned industrial, as a 630-metre road makes more sense there,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she told the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ruin our waterways and environment for the sake of a two-hectare blockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, she said.

The owner/manager of the park was the only objector to the proposal on grounds including traffic and amenity but regulations prevented individual residents from being notified and as a result they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the right to lodge individual objections, an issue which council is currently looking at.

Mr Connell said a report with a few options to address the issue of notification was being prepared for councillors to act on.

Resident spokesperson Lynda Mack said new buyers as a result were not notified of the development and some had told her that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;if they had known, they would never have bought into the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; .

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The yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest winners and losers in council affairs The yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest winner by a country mile was veteran councillor Warren Polglase, pulling off a Lazarus-like comeback in a lucky dip to regain the mayoral mantle stripped away with the sacking of his old council four years ago.

A slew of complaints from ratepayers triggered by subsequent pro-development and allegedly intimidating mayoral press releases were water off a duckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back when an overworked conduct review panel found he had no case to answer.

On top of that, he was able to cock a snoot at an inquiry which cut short his mayoral career after it found his council was controlled by puppets of developers, a claim he rejects as part of a political stitch-up.

Not so lucky was his National Party sidekick and fellow veteran Phil Youngblutt who copped a caning from the panel after voters complained of branding them morons.

He escaped censure after issuing a carefully worded apology.

Pull-no-punches Phil was also deposed as president of Murwillumbahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influential chamber of commerce but appeared underwhelmed by his surprise title of deputy mayor after competing in the same lucky dip.

Paving the way for the upset result was undoubtedly the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest loser, deposed mayor Joan van Lieshout who triggered a draw for the two top jobs by refusing to participate in the vote after most of her colleagues turned against her.

What began as a love-in with Dot Holdom, whose support was vital

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a year of surprise winners and big losers, of intrigue and insult.

Council reporter Ken Sapwell had a front-row seat as machinations unfolded. in crowning her mayor 15 months ago, ended in tears after she publicly challenged councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment of its boss, Mike Rayner, to the board of a company organising the recent car rally.

Winner: Warren Polglase

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Holdem-to-itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Holdom joined up with party foot soldier Phil to complain about her public comments to the conduct review panel, which subsequently made no findings and said in an interim report that councillors should â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stop their bickeringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

While their complaints were being heard behind closed-doors, Cr Polglase unleashed a public attack, saying the Liberal Party mayor was a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lame duckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; who was leading the most dysfunctional council he had seen in 28 years.

Cr Lieshout alienated pro-develop-

ment councillors by supporting new planning controls for Hastings Point, but felt betrayed by what she saw as an attempt by the other side to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sin binâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; her in the lead-up to the mayoral election.

She has now become a mayor-inexile, establishing her own office in Tweeds Heads to consult ratepayers and run a Christian-based charity which she hopes will double as an electoral office if the Libs allow her to stand for the federal seat of Richmond.

Cr Holdom, who was personally untainted by the cash for favors allegations against the old sacked council, suffered a backlash from Cr van Lieshoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing army of supporters who believed she had played a key role in the rookie mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downfall.

The self-styled stickler for the rules also came under the spotlight for using the conduct review panel to plug so-called council leaks, championing hard-line changes to a new media policy and leading the charge to debate controversial matters in secret.

The Kingscliff-based councillor offsided other fans by fighting their right to see council agendas before they address access meetings and foreshadowing a new rule banning members of the public from holding signs or wearing costume masks, a rule which is now open to public comment.

It was also a bad year for Greens councillor Milne who suffered a

backlash from the business community in particular when she launched a last-minute legal bid to stop Septemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car rally, only to fail and have costs in excess of $20,000 awarded against her.

Loser: Joan van Lieshout

She also copped plenty of barbs from hardliners whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost patience with her more radical ideas like banning beef at council dinners, but still manages to remain popular with the electorate, with a newspaper poll naming her the best performing councillor and preferred mayor.

Another loser was former deputy Barry Longland, whose aspirations to become the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first mayor were foiled in a bizarre twist, missed out this time on both the mayor and deputyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jobs in the infamous lucky dip. He was also unable to force Phil

to apologise for branding him a Laborite, a tag he views as defamatory.

Despite the smear and barbs about being a media picture hogger, the Uki-based councillorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considered approach to DAs also seems to sustain a level of popular support, with the same poll ranking him second in both categories.

Staying clear of all controversy since his initial mobile phone gaffe giving Cr van Lieshout her first clue sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d made enemies for supporting Hastings Point controls, is Kingscliffbased councillor Kevin Skinner.

He was flying so far under the radar he was ranked at the bottom in both the best and worst performing categories in the October poll, but since then has emerged as a possible Greensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pin-up boy with his vocal opposition to developersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attempts to privatise beachfronts and river banks.

As head of the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s river committee, he alerted the community of the need to save the Cobaki and Terranora broadwaters which are suffering because of the poor health of feeder creeks caused by land clearing and upstream developments.

He also shared Cr Milneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s philosophy of a more transparent council when he was the only one to support her failed push at this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s council meeting to publish councillorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual expenses list.

In all, an unpredictable and volatile mix capable of self-destruction if the comeback mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observations prove close to the mark. â&#x2013; See A year of turmoil, page 31

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Crs fear van-park upgrade sets poor precedent Ken Sapwell

Tweed Shire Council has smoothed the way for the once notorious Banora Point Caravan Park to be converted into an upmarket resort in a move which some fear could set a dangerous precedent for the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other caravan parks.

The council last week voted 5-2 to give Gold Coast developer Bob Morrison approval to change the residential and road layout within the now vacant waterfront park â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;to allow a lawful way forward for development of the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

The millionaire resort developer will be allowed to replace the existing 180 caravan park sites with 148 larger sites as part of long-term plans to turn it into a residential resort complete with swimming pools and a marina of between 90 and 135 berths.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If we are going to sit back and let somebody buy an old approval and convert it into expensive housing we are setting a dangerous precedent.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chief planner Vince Connell says although the site layout has been changed the new homes, pools and marina will be subject to separate development applications.

But the move has come under fire from former residents who left after Mr Morrison took control of the park in 2007 from former owner Warren Tschannen who had allowed conditions to deteriorate to the point that some occupants lived in fear of their lives.

Greens councillor Katie Milne and community councillor Barry Longland believe the approvals will allow Mr Morrison to push ahead with his stated plans to turn the park

into a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gated resort-styleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; style community for the rich.

Cr Longland said it could have implications for the other 30-odd caravan parks in the shire. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we are doing the right thing by the ratepayers. If we are going to sit back and let somebody buy an old approval and convert it into expensive housing we are setting a dangerous precedent,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said.

Cr Milne said she was concerned it would have a serious impact on the availability of low cost housing in the shire. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to have huge implications for other caravan parks,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said.

Brand new boardwalk for Kingscliff

Trying out the brand new boardwalk last Friday were Indiana Putra, 14, of Banora Point, and Georgia Walker, 14, of Kingscliff, with Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-year-old cousin Max Rider. Photo Luis Feliu

The new 300-metre-long Cudgen Creek boardwalk and cycleway, built at a cost of over $800,000, was opened up to the public last Friday morning, just in time for the influx of families and tourists who visit Kingscliff over the Christmas holiday period.

The low-maintenance boardwalk connects with existing boardwalks and paths at Clough Lane and Marine Parade, making it easy to walk or ride from Salt at South Kingscliff.

Built at a cost of $828,847, the boardwalk has a concrete sub-structure topped with pre-cast concrete panel deck slabs and has been designed to withstand king tides and other natural events.

Tweed mayor Warren Polglase took a walk along the 300-metre foreshore structure before it was opened, saying he was impressed with the way the sturdy structure was built out over the water. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very popular and wellloved creek and this board-

walk allows residents and visitors to get up close to water and even view the marine life,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said.

The boardwalk has been finished with stainless steel running rails which have been placed outside the fence alignment to ensure bicycle pedals are not impeded.

Council provided $421,078 for the project with $144,847 from developer Section 94 contributions and $263,000 from cycleways funding from the Department of Planning.

Cabarita supermarket project approved The NSW government has given the go-ahead for a $14 million Woolworths supermarket and residential complex at Cabarita Beach even though it will breach the shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-storey height limit for the town.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;adequately mitigate the economic impact of the project and preserve the amenity of the locality.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The project has split the town, with the local residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; association in favour but others, including existing shop keepers, expressing fears it will impact on their viability and destroy the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coastal

village lifestyle.

Developers WA Stockwell has welcomed the approval, saying construction would begin once pre-sales of units made it viable.

Although the development will effectively be four storeys at the rear, it will present as three-storeys from the Coast Road.

Cr Kevin Skinner said he backed the changes because he could â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;not see any sense of going into any more legal battlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Residents say Mr Morrison is marketing homes on the site with a starting price of $385,000, compared to the cost of the average manufactured home of between $30,000 and $100,000.

Council planners warned material marketing the project may not comply with developments allowed in caravan parks, and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;accordingly the applicant may have to redesign the ultimate built formâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

The planners â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;have put in a condition that requires plans for any structures to be submitted to Council in anticipation of problems with the design that has been advertisedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

In a press release, Cr Milne challenged plannerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s description of the changes as minor amendments to the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing approvals. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The final go ahead for the development that is now being promoted as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Riverâ&#x20AC;? is still not resolved by approving supposed â&#x20AC;&#x153;minorâ&#x20AC;? amendments to development approvals dating back to 1967,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The changes to the existing approval are very substantial, changing the park layout, removing and realigning roads and earthworks over most of the site.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

She said if the council had insisted on a new development application, park residents would have been given 12 months notice. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The council decision has not provided the protection that the now former residents were hoping for. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very disturbing precedent.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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‘It’s the most positive health thing that has happened to me since I was first diagnosed with cancer,’ Trisha said, who has survived cancer of the throat, uterus and twice of the left breast.

Tricia, from Pottsville, and ten other Tweed women have completed the eight-week program focusing on recovery after breast cancer.

The program is designed to improve health with gentle exercise and guest speakers such as naturopaths and other therapists.

‘When you’re sick for a long time you lose not just your health and mobility but your confidence,’ Tricia said.

‘The program helped us wake up and feel like we can face the day, instead of wanting to stay in bed.’

Tricia said the support and encouragement from other women in the group was also important.

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busy, once you’re out of the hospital many people feel abandoned,’ she said.

‘Being in the same boat is beneficial, you understand each other. We giggled a lot in the pool and shared jokes. We didn’t want it to end.’

Program coordinators Sue

Phillips and Ricarda Funke said the program was also a positive and inspirational experience for them.

‘We feel very privileged to be able to present this program to the local community,’ Sue said. ‘The program fills a much needed gap to support and as-

sist women recovering from breast cancer.’

Held at the Aquatic Centre in Murwillumbah, the free program is funded by NSW Health and will run again in February next year. For more info call Sue on 6679 5091 or Ricarda on 0420 925 353.

Councillor complaints costly for ratepayers Ken Sapwell

Complaints by councillors about the behaviour of two of their colleagues has so far cost $8,500 in legal expenses alone, according to a report tabled at last week’s council meeting.

The report, which details all council’s legal costs during the nine months to September, reveals that Maddocks lawyers were paid $8,530 to ‘provide advice in relation to issues impacting upon council’s code of conduct’.

Most of the expenses were incurred by members of the council’s conduct review panel since it was first fired up seven months ago to consider a complaint about the so-called

leaking of an email by Greens councillor Katie Milne which was subsequently dismissed.

Since then it has also dealt with other complaints by councillors against former mayor Joan van Lieshout, another against Cr Milne as well as a resident’s complaint against mayor Warren Polglase.

Legal advice sought Corporate Services director Troy Green said apart from panel members having access to the firm, it was sometimes necessary for council staff to seek legal advice before deciding whether to pass on a complaint for adjudication.

‘We do this because we have to remain at arm’s length

throughout the process,’ Mr Green said.

The report does not include other expenses incurred by panel members for their accommodation and travel as well as their fees.

Certain to top the list will be the inquiry initiated by Crs Dot Holdom and Phil Youngblutt about alleged breaches of the code-of-conduct by Cr van Lieshout which was adjudicated by three panel members, including one from Sydney.

The full panel, which is entitled to fees totalling $820 a day plus expenses, met on several occasions to hear evidence and prepare interim and final reports on the actions of the former mayor.

It found that while some breaches had occurred when Cr van Lieshout publicly criticised council chief Mike Rayner’s position on the organising board of the recent car rally, they were not serious enough to warrant any disciplinary action.

JRPP on $200/hour Meanwhile, the council has endorsed fees of $200 an hour for members of the newly formed joint regional planning panel (JRPP) to cover site inspections and meetings.

The government will pick up the tab for its three representatives but the council will pay the cost of the two community representatives.

Park dwellers upset (from page 3) this one was at the bottom of the pile’.

Ms Mack said she was also concerned about acid-sulphate soil runoff into the river from construction of the road, which could cause fish kills.

‘Just in our little creek here we have all sorts of fish from mullet, bream, flathead, whiting and even an estuary cod has been seen as well as crabs,’ she said.

Cr Katie Milne said the proposed road was ‘horrible’ with the ‘beautiful natural waterway’ to be concreted over.

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lous place area for an industrial estate with around 500 people living in those parks.’

She said she had tried to rescind the council decision and had support, but was told by council staff that under the regulations, such a motion was too late.

Cr Milne said the development would not go ahead if the developers failed to satisfy the state agencies while residents are seeking a judicial review on the development application process.

The blocks however, are already being advertised for sale.

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Copenhagen collapse not end of world Volume 2 #17

t wasn’t quite the end of the year party that Kevin Rudd had planned. Copenhagen ended not with a bang but a whimper, and not even the most zealous apologist can possibly spin it any other way.

Even the Mickey Mouse position announced unilaterally

by Barack Obama in the death throes was rejected by a large number of the participants, most of whom simply refused to believe that the heavies were serious about anything except their own self interest.

The Australian take on this debacle is that at least some of the opponents of the Obama declaration were ‘rebel nations’, which may have some truth in it, but is hardly the most diplomatic description if any kind of progress is to be resumed in the foreseeable future. Dividing the world into the goodies (our side) and some kind of axis of evil (those who don’t agree with us) is exactly what Copenhagen was supposed not to be about. The fact that it degenerated so far and so fast does not bode well.

The collapse of Copenhagen is not the end of the world; at least the urgency of the problem has now been acknowledged, and while the sceptics may continue to grumble in the privacy of their medieval cells, scepticism is no longer an acceptable political position, even for the National Party of Australia. A theoretical target has been set: the mean temperature should not rise by more than two degrees Celsius. How this is to be achieved is not even hinted at, but there is a general acceptance that all countries have to do something, and that they should start sooner rather than later.

And there is a tacit understanding that the lead has to

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Road to ruin Residents of the Tweed Heritage Caravan Park at Chinderah are justified in asking why a 630-metre road has to be built to access a two-hectare industrial subdivision rather than use a much shorter route which would not so severely disrupt their amenity.

The Ozone Street road reserve straddles the eastern edge of the park and has been used for years as open recreational space by park residents, especially with a small waterway running alongside it, which will be concreted over and used as drainage.

The developers and planners dealing with the development application for the industrial subdivision have mostly called the small waterway a ‘drain’ or ‘drainage channel’, reinforcing a perception that it’s only worthwhile use is to remove water. When The Echo visited the site this week, residents were enjoying feeding the abundant fish with bread while riparian bird life was also evident. To build this road, most if not all the vegetation along the waterway will be removed and the creek concreted over, with a condition for the developer to replace a swamp oak forest to be cut down, elsewhere on public land on a two-for-one basis.

In pre-assessment reports, council traffic engineers said the reason not to access the proposed industrial site from the much shorter, eastern end of the Ozone Street reserve was because it would have to be referred to the RTA and was ‘unlikely’ to be supported because it was too close to the Pacific Highway Chinderah offramp roundabout and ‘unlikely’ to accommodate industrial traffic. So this option was never pursued, although the RTA may have easily accommodated it. Some councillors who voted for it believed the shorter route would have meant the developer, who is paying for the road, purchasing private land, but then what is the road reserve for?

The state water and fisheries agencies should look closely at this development as there are too many issues at stake, not least acid-sulphate soil disturbance for the roadworks which could impact on nearby ecosystems including a fish breeding ground. Previous planners opposed the building of this road in a largely residential area to service only one or two lots , rightly so as it would create ongoing noise and amenity issues for those residents.

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come from the big polluters of the developed world, which of course begins with the United States, but very definitely includes the per capita gold medallist, Australia. If we are to get back on track at Mexico City next year, there is no more time to lose.

It was not meant to be like this. Rudd had hoped to go to Copenhagen with an Emissions Trading Scheme for

ny was already destroyed.

From the beginning there had been antipathy and distrust, and these quickly led to a determination among many of the key participants to take the view that their most important job was to defend their own turf. Even Rudd talked constantly about doing what was in Australia’s national interest, not about what was needed to solve the crisis. Unsurprisingly

Dividing the world into the goodies (our side) and some kind of axis of evil (those who don’t agree with us) is what Copenhagen was supposed not to be about.

by Mungo MacCallum Australia signed and sealed, and, his credentials thus proven, to operate as one of the inner negotiating group to bring the various competing blocs to some kind of consensus. After all, he had been appointed as a Friend of the Chair, had had lengthy discussions on the subject with most of the key players and was, uniquely, a professional diplomat as well as a head of government.

Securing a legally binding agreement from the 190–odd (and we do mean odd) participants may have always been too much to hope for, but it should have been possible to arrive at a more general understanding about what was required and how the burden was to be shared. If ever there was an occasion to apply the old socialist adage: ‘To each according to his need, from each according to his ability’ then Copenhagen was it. But by the time Rudd arrived on the scene any hope of harmo-

Australia was quickly identified as a member of the enemy camp by the groupings of smaller undeveloped nations, particularly the Africans and the Pacific Islanders.

The only hope of correcting this impression will be for Rudd to produce concrete evidence that Australia is doing its bit, and given the intransigence of the Tony Abbott led opposition, this will not be easy. Abbott made no real attempt to conceal his pleasure at the fiasco in Copenhagen, and promptly renewed his fatuous demand for a debate with Rudd about the whole issue of climate change, a subject on which he has no policy beyond wishful thinking. This is a slight improvement on outright denial, but not much.

The prospect of a year stuck in the dark ages must be something of a nightmare for Rudd, and he could hardly be blamed for pulling an election trigger as soon as possible. A poll in

the first half of the year would be disruptive to the political timetable, but since Abbott has announced his determination to celebrate his leadership by disrupting the entire process of government, it might be the lesser of two evils. hey call this the silly season for the media, and it seems that the Sydney newspapers are determined to prove it. Both the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph have decided that it’s time for the state Labor government to go, and they are not going to let the inconvenient fact that the election is not due until March 2011 get in the way of their convictions.

The Tele takes the straightforward approach: the governor should simply sack the bastards. This would involve tearing up the state constitution, which provides for dismissal only in the case of proven illegalities, but so what. Granny Herald is a little more subtle: she’s running a petition for people to sign requesting a change to the rules which would provide a way for the people (well, at least some of them) to demand an early election if they felt like it.

This is cheap populism at its worst; it took a long time to secure fixed four-year terms of government, a campaign applauded by Granny for the stability it promised, and the consequent improvement to government. To seek to undo this important reform simply because one particular government is on the nose is too silly even for this season.

On which note allow me to say bah, humbug for another year. I’m sure Kevin Rudd would agree.

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Letter to Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong You know, based on science provided by your government institutes, paid for by taxpayers, what is certainly needed to prevent dangerous climate change. You know that the demand of the island nations for a 1.5 degree cap is the right thing, and even that is likely too much. That target may now seem a dramatic commitment, but that is because of delays due to the obstruction of Australia and the US for 20 years.

You know that anything more than 1.5 degrees is robbing the present from many people, and the future from almost everyone.

Please take the courage to stand up with the island nations, the people of Australia and most of the people of the world, and use the power given to you by your electorate to call for actions necessary for a 1.5 degree and 350 part per million carbon dioxide cap. Do not go along with the apparently more politically convenient lies of 2 degrees and 450 ppm and 60 per cent cuts by 2050. Get ahead of the ever more dire demands of nature, science and your electorate.

Have the courage to commit Australia to cuts of 40 per cent by 2020 and negative emissions (carbon capture) before 2050.

We can do it mates! Commit Australia, and call on the developed world, not to build any more CO2 emitting infrastructures of any type, to build only the C neutral and C negative infrastructure needed for the future. Tell them Australians have the right stuff to live with what we have, and make it more efficient, while we build the new. And we will help the developing nations to do the same as fast as we can transfer technology to them.

Take your standing ovation.

Come back to the Australian people with your head high and explain why this is necessary, and how this will lead to a high time of innovation, entrepreneurship and jobs for all. If you had not been beguiled by the fossil fools, you would be less surprised how many people already know this. Speak the truth and claim your place in history. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, you know you will have done more than your share to end history, but not before your own infamy.

Paul Taylor PhD

Mount Warning

Pushy capital After the fundraiser for Ian Cohen on Saturday night I was left wondering, why is it that a bigtime developer, presumably worth millions, should purwww.tweedecho.com.au

Kings Forest needs urgent action now â&#x2013; Have I got a fabulous New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolution for you! I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care if you continue to smoke, eat unhealthy food, drive a Hummer, drink, chase bad women (or men) or even not exercise, just take this one small action, and all will be forgiven.

Join Team Tweed and become part of the Resistance!

All you have to do is care more about the Tweed, its people and nature, than what you do about an extremely rich person making another billion, by being able to write their own planning rules, on the Tweed. There, that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hard was it?

The Department of Planning is deciding if the developer of Kings Forest will be able to write their own planning stan-

dards. There are 4,500 blocks in this development. Rather than becoming a more ecofriendly development, as people here would like, they want to be able to have blocks from 175m2. There will be a vast number of people lured here with huge advertising campaigns. The least they can do is stick to our normal planning standards. This will not be natural growth. Why should you care? Because it will affect us all, we will pay the social and financial costs that we will inherit. We are in this together.

They will use our water. Nine million litres, every day.

Why are our councillors not trying harder to let people know that they can comment on this proposal? It may not be in their hands any more,

but surely a decision this big should involve us all? Our Tweed Shire Council will be the ones picking up the tab for much of this development, because the NSW ALP has put limits on what the developer would have to contribute.

Resist â&#x20AC;&#x201C; help save the Tweed.

The Environment Centre in Murwillumbah has letters available, or you can write your own. Send to PO Box 39, Sydney 2001 (Quote Ref: MP 06-0318) or email plan_comment@planning.nsw.gov.au. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Please make it your resolution to help save the soul of the Tweed, grab a pen or keyboard and stick up for her. Time is running out very fast. Plus, as a bonus, you

need not make other resolutions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this is the one that will count, right now. The smallest action is more important than the biggest plan and this is the action we need to make.

Thanks to all who have already written. Many, many, blessings on all who do.

Lisa Townsend

Murwillumbah â&#x2013; It is with horror that I read of the Kings Forest developerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to depart from Tweed Shire Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing planning standards to create building lots as small as 175m2.

I urge you to deny this blatant grab for extra profits and insist that all developers, now and in the future maintain our councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minimum standards or better.

There is ample and overwhelming evidence of the social ills that come from crowding people into ghetto-like housing and these blocks are even smaller than the average terrace house in Redfern or Surrey Hills and are much smaller than the worst examples of urban sardine tins on the Gold Coast.

No reasonable person expects the developer to not make a profit but, while he may not care, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure the NSW Labor Government does not want to be remembered as the mob that caved in to excessive greed and allowed a huge eyesore in such a beautiful part of our world. Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let this happen!

Bruce Moore

Tweed Heads

Elected officials ignoring important issues â&#x2013; It was once speculated that ten million monkeys tapping at random on laptop computers will eventually produce a work of Shakespeare; but the internet proved that wrong.

One might also theorise that, with the future of the planet at stake, the leaders of 190 nations and their supposedly intelligent advisers might be able to agree on a single binding measure to reduce the human contribution to climate change.

Then again, when seven councillors with an assumed residual remnant of cerebral matter appear unable or, worse, disinclined to adequately gov-

ern the humble Tweed, the chances of an ape-authored Mid-Summer Tweedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream look reasonably promising.

Dream on!

sue a relatively small Greens spokesperson for nine years and sue him for a million he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t got?

The remark which sparked the offensive was mundane in the extreme, many of us are used to a bit of name calling; the terms â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tree huggerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;greenie loserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spring to my mind. It could be that the bigger and more powerful you are the more defensive and oversensitive to critical suggestion or accusation you become.

Perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a warning to all who would dare to confront the corporate â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; law; the one employed by those ever in pursuit of profit, control, and the next major project.

They are the people who employ teams of PR spin doctors who plead the case that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;develop or dieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a fixed concept, and that in their wake theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bring greater prosperity to the local economy and that the majority of people welcome them and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;advantagesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; they bring to society.

Their equation is very much like erasing a marvellous natural feature or building of great architectural value in order to build a car park and service area for the people who would want to come and experience

the, now vanished, object of attraction.

But, as Ian Cohen demonstrates, one is not supposed to be cognisant of this scenario, but lie back and accept what one reads in the local rags. The tyranny of distance we can discuss freely enough, but the tyranny of pushy capital development is not supposed to be talked of at all.

Jeremy Cornford

Kingscliff Former mayor Joan van Lieshout hit the nail on the head at the last council meeting when she pointed out to the other councillors that the developers â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;are our clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Clearly developers are more important to her than voters and taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wishes.

Greens councillor Katie Milne had been desperately trying to get just a few sustain-

â&#x2013;

ability measures incorporated into yet one more development and that was supposedly â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; councillor Cr van Lieshoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response. Later on I also heard Cr Skinner respond to Cr Milneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suggestions for more sustainability, saying that council didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to put developers off by demanding changes that would be too expensive.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painfully obvious that all this council thinks about is economics. How conveniently they forget that Cr Milne, who is constantly trying to steer the council in an environmentally friendly direction, got the highest vote ever in the his-

est. If there are car crashes, injuries or death during these races, so much the better: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the public comes to see.

The message is in fact getting through; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the wrong message. The message needs to be responsible, not one that panders to immature attitudes and promotes dangerous driving. Hurtling masses of metal are not toys. Disaster is not Trish Mann amusing.

Burringbar S Sledge Kingscliff

tory of Tweed shire at the last election.

Why isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t this council understanding that protecting the environment is more important to us than economic growth, economic development, and an ever-increasing population needed to fuel same? The real treasure of the Tweed is not the potential for development but the natural beauty of the area and its frighteningly dwindling level of biodiversity. The two are mutually exclusive.

Mayor Polglase showed a very rude attitude towards councillors by talking over the top of them when they were

speaking because he wanted to move on. When Cr Skinner seconded a motion by Cr Milne he was ignored by the mayor which I found very strange. Is he deaf or just deaf to support for Cr Milne?

Does anyone else get the feeling that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to replace this council? Perhaps more letters to the Ombudsman and Local Government Department?

It is so frustrating to have our elected officials ignoring the most important issues, our dwindling environment and biodiversity.

Menkit Prince

Uki

Why the big road toll?

The NSW road toll has risen sharply this year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mainly due to excessive speed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and police tell the media they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the message isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting throughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

I am surprised that no one seems to connect the dots.

What is different this year? The NSW government has spent many million of taxpayer dollars promotingâ&#x20AC;Ś speed!

The Northern Rivers area had the world rally championship forced upon it in September and then Homebush Bay got the V8 Supercars in December. The message on the billboards reads â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No one thinks big of you for speedingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, yet the government makes heroes of those drivers who go the fast<echowebsection=Letters>

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Or, if you think you might be more in the mood for a hoedown then head to the club itself for a cowboy/cowgirl fancy dress night with live entertainment

by Fiddle Dance, who will have the joint swinging and jumping with a collection of Irish ďŹ ddle tunes, bluegrass, rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll and a great selection of hits and contemporary music.

With the club open till 2am, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no ďŹ ner place to be singing Auld Lang Syne this New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s than at the Kingscliff Beach Club. Marine Pde Kingscliff. Ph: (02) 6674 1404

This New Year theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting on the amazing Zed Leppelin, Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier Led Zeppelin tribute band, whom Richie Yorke, author of the ofďŹ cial Led Zeppelin biography, described as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;Śthe best tribute performance to the incomparable Led Zeppelin that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever witnessedâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Zed Leppelin at Burringbar Sports Club 8pm NYE. $15 members, $20 non members, $35 non member couples. Fourth Avenue Burringbar, ph: 6677 1188.

Djg a^iiaZ hZXgZi Ă&#x201E; 7jgg^c\WVg Hedgih 8ajW ;V^gn ;adhh Tucked away in the hills between Byron and Murwillumbah sits one of the Northern Riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hidden gems. Having a drink or a meal at the Burringbar Sports Club harks back to the North Coast of years gone by, when life moved at a slower pace and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your friend. Burringbar Sports Club is the ideal place to escape to anytime, but especially so on New Years Eve if you want to avoid the bedlam and long queues of Byron and the Gold Coast.

Fairy merry wishes And happy sunny days To all the funky people Regardless of age and race.

We thank you for your ongoing support and blessing us all with peach, abundance, good vibrations and creative inspirations.

See you at Fairy Floss, your local outlet for unique threads.6/52 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, phone 6680 8896.

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Cat Power

LEIGH JAMES AT THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH THURSDAY 24, KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL SATURDAY 26 DAN HANNAFORD 7PM SATURDAY DECEMBER 26 CURRUMBIN RSL

The enigmatic Cat Power (US) returns to Australia this summer and will be appearing at the Coolangatta Hotel Saturday January 2. This follows a string of gigs including Phillip Island’s Pyramid Rock Festival, Sydney’s Days Like This Festival and a special New Year’s Eve appearance in the Turbine Hall of the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Backing Cat Power will be the sensational Dirty Delta Blues – a supergroup that includes Jim White of the Dirty Three and Judah Bauer of the Blues Explosion. New indie-sensations, The Middle East are also on the bill. Saturday, January 2 Coolangatta Hotel..

Dan Hannaford ZED LEPPELIN BURRINGBAR SPORTS CLUB, NYE CAT POWER SATURDAY JANUARY 2 COOLANGATTA HOTEL

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Dan Hannaford combines his rootsy acoustic guitars, bottleneck slide, jaw harp and a backyard built stomp box to create a coastal country sound that harks of this unique area.

He has travelled his show extensively from coastal Australia across to outback country and even to the historic city of Bath in the UK. Fresh from recording at Sony Studios in Sydney, he has worked with some of the best in the business to produce a six track demo of brand new tracks. ‘It’s one thing to be able to play,’ says ABC Radio Presenter Briony Petch, ‘it’s another to be able to play and perform. Dan Hannaford’s Soundwaves set had an infec-

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and most definitive album, No Bridges. A more introspective CD, it still breathes of humour while searching for the mystic.

If you get the opportunity to see a Martin Way live performance – do so, as they are a rare treat. It is rich with stories of faces and places, a quiet reflection that touches all of us and makes him one of the true troubadours of our time.

Pottsville Beach Sports Club, 7.30pm Saturday.

tious energy about it. Dan loves making music – and it shows!’

7pm Saturday at the Currumbin RSL.

Paul Atkins Paul has been compared to the likes of Ben Harper and Jack Johnson, and holds an impressive ‘who’s who’ CV – he has toured with E.M.I recording artists The Tea Party for five years, and sang and played percussion on The Tea Party’s 2002’s Interzone Mantras LP which sold 350,000 albums! Paul has also toured and worked with the likes of Ozzy Osborne, Bob Rock, Metallica, The Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Oasis, Macy Gray, Billy Talent, Live, Moby, Midnight Oil, Billy Idol, BushX, Rage Against The Machine, Muse and many many more.

Paul is performing Christmas Eve and Boxing Day at the Coolangatta Sands Hotel from 8pm.

Martin Way Solo guitarist and poet Martin Way’s recent move to the Northern Rivers says it ‘has given him a new sense of freedom’, and has allowed him

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to concentrate on his writing. The release of Inside Out was a sensitive tapestry of the human emotion. Martin later recorded the anthem Sail Away and the 4-track EP Begin the Journey, for promotion for the Volvo Around the World Yacht Race. Martin still remains one of Australia’s best-kept secrets, even though he has played with the likes of Mark Kennedy (Renee Geyer), Jeremy Stone (David Bowie), Tim Reeves (Mungo Jerry) and ‘Pixie’ Paul Jenkins (John Williamson). Now entrenched in the north coast scene, he has released his third

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Dave Cavanagh Acoustic guitarist/singer/ songwriter Dave Cavanagh’s influences include Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Deep Purple, The Band and The Wilbury’s. That hasn’t stopped him from creating a distinct and original sound however, and his guitar, harmonica, insightful lyrics and catchy melodies are the tools that give this storyteller a platform to deliver a quality original performance.

For more visit www.myspace. com/dkcavanagh/ or see him at the Pottsville Sports Club, Sunday from 4pm.

Bill

Jacobi

Singer songwriter/ guitarist/bass guitarist consider himself one of the luckiest people alive. ‘I have been able to spend most of my life doing what I love most: playing music. Music has taken me all over the world and brought me together with amazing people both musicians and otherwise.

Music still continues to be a sanctuary and a refuge as well as a source of great inspiration. At the moment I’m doing allot of solo work with acoustic guitar and stomp boxes but I have also just released a new album Times Like These with my band Method (www.myspace. com/methodmusic2001). I’m also playing bass with Floyd Vincent and the Childbrides.

Writing and recording as much new music as possible is my main goal of late, but I have to admit that having enough time to sit on the verandah, play some guitar and watch things grow has to be up there as well.

A few years ago I built myself a solar passive, mud-rendered strawbale house in the foothills of Mt. Warning. Another reason I call myself one of the luckiest men alive. Something I’ve been telling myself lately: life’s too short to be in a hurry’. What luxury. Salt Bar, Salt Villiage 1pm Sunday.

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and the Politics soAP Zen of Christmas Lunch boX Mandy Nolan

Every year, families around the country have the annual discussion: who gets Christmas this year? In the typical nuclear family it’s a jostle between inlaws and doting grandparents who must vie for this ‘special’ day.

It’s like winning an Olympic bid. The victorious family shoots streamers into the sky, lights sparklers and covers themselves in fairy lights in celebration of a home Christmas. It’s a relatively simple affair for the average family. They have the obvious tussle between husband and wife, inlaws and outlaws with an overwhelming desire to bugger it all and just grab an esky and head to the beach.

Let grandma sit in the car.

I have a very complicated situation. In our family group there are three dads, one ex wife and numerous sets of grandparents to consider.

Of course all five kids also expect to have a shot at a bit of Christmas action as well.

This is the one time of year that we are reminded that we are a family that exists on the margins. We are the next generation of Brady, if Mike had already been married and Carol was a wild tart with a history. Being the instigator

of a family tree that looks more like a ground cover, or an advanced game of Twister, I took it upon myself to meditate on our complicated structure and devise a plan that keeps everyone happy.

Our first Christmas starts on the traditional Chrissy Eve. This is where we gather all the kids, my three originals, my stepdaughter and my newest baby girl for a Mullumbimby Christmas. We pretend it’s the 25th. Wake up do prezzies. Eat ham. Get hot. Have a fight.

Eat more ham. And then sit around wondering what all the excitement was about

Coast, taking my eldest to her dad (partner one – circa ‘95) and grandma, and then fly to Sydney to be with my partner’s family for the day.

After a relaxing few hours on Wiley’s Beach, eating some more ham, we then take a late flight full of other bloated tired peacemakers back to the Goldie. Car it back to Mullumbimby. Sleep. Ham. Coffee. Are we having fun yet? Boxing Day. We wake to a fine breakfast of ham.

The meat of celebration.

The meat that says welcome Baby Jesus. We pack the car for Woodford festival (where I have agreed to suffer the interminable heat for the sake of the two teenage daughters). But it’s not over yet. We swing by and pick up my son and daughter, and my stepdaughter and head north for a boxing day brunch with Gold Coast Grandma. Please don’t let there be ham. We swim. We eat. We celebrate our sweet but strange family (courtesy of me and my rather curious inabilty to and why this much desired commit). My longsuffering pinnacle of pleasure is always and patient ex husband such a let down. Except for follows in the rearguard. He the ham. The ham is excellent. picks up the youngest son That evening my partner and middle daughter and and I climb aboard our seven takes them home. My partner seater bus and drive the and I take the teenage girls kids to the Bangalow Street and the baby daughter Party where we return my on to my mother’s house son and daughter to their at the Sunshine Coast for dad. We forge on to return his daughter to her mum. We Boxing Day tea… with ham.

It’s perfect. I can’t believe I then head home with our baby and my eldest daughter. managed to come up with a plan where everyone gets a Christmas morning we wake at 5am, eat some ham and piece of the action. Shit. The then shoot up to the Gold Dog!

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(musical and familial) Elizabeth as the ‘Australian Outback Lord in 1996, and they have Spectacular,’ (2006/2007), The two beautiful children to that Mud bulls and Music Festival union, Lara and Jesse. This (2007/2008), and the Brisbane was an additional welcome to Exhibition (2008). Kye’s country the existing family of Elizarock cover band Coalbucket beth’s son Ryleigh and Leigh’s was personally invited to be daughter Jasmine. In 1997 they the exclusive live entertainalso ‘birthed’ an original album ment for the Ewan Race Meet Share. west of Townsville in 2008 and With four Dolphin Awards to has already been invited back his credit, for Funk, Pop, Gosfor 2009. More recently the pel, and Country, Leigh James Kye Cole Band toured their has supported and backed way down the east coast and the likes of Shane Howard, AUSTEN TAYSHUS DINNER AND SHOW Graeme ConSATURDAY JANUARY 2 nors, Kate CABARITA BEACH BAR Ceberano, The AND GRILL 8.30PM Black Sorrows, James Morrison, Renee Geyer, Marcia Hines and Brian Cadd to name a few. Since 2006, Leigh has pooled live arrangements of the best of James Taylor’s live Leigh James concerts for the As a young 12 year old, Leigh last 20 years was captivated by the poetry and produced of ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean, a ‘Tribute to and it was from then that James Taylor’ Leigh knew that somehow which features someday he would also sing played at this year’s Kinross a highly talented eight piece and write songs. He is a selfCountry Muster in Albury. band: Alan Park (keyboards), taught musician and gained Cabarita Beach Bar and Grill, Greg Lyon (bass), Scott Hills experience on the streets and New Year’s Eve from 8.30pm. (drums), Matt Hanley (electric cafe’s of Australia’s cities, and guitar), John Hoffman (trumcontinued to study pop/folk pet), Martha Baartz (sax), and Big Willy James artists like James Taylor. Like Elizabeth Lord and Leigh Carall working musos, he earned William James – or more comriage (backing vocals). See him his dues playing Oz pub rock, monly known as Big Willy by perform at the Imperial Hotel, covers and originals in an almost everyone who knows Murwillumbah, Thursday assortment of lineups in the him, has enjoyed a career of 8.30pm, December 24. early 80s including world music such variety and experience band Funjungle with friends that he can truly be described The Kye Cole Duo in Cairns, North Queensland. as an great all rounder. His In October of 2003 Kye and his quick wit, frightening ability on By 1992 however, the lure of Byron Bay found Leigh in com- wife relocated from Canada to guitar and rich full vocal style pany with musical companions Australia. Shortly after settling, have solidified his place as a Kye started work on his music Jo Jo Smith and Greg Lyon. truly professional entertainer, career. In only five short years, Their funky soulful band, Hip whether it be in a solo situaKye has carved out his own Pocket, produced the 1994 tion, or with his very popular niche in the Brisbane music album called Get Loved. duo Beauty and The Beast. His scene playing at venues such Leigh married his partner new and exciting show, Big Now 26 years on, you can experience Zed Leppelin at the Burringbar Sports Club this New Year’s Eve. This spectacular production recreates the extraordinary magic of the original masters and captures their supernatural stage presence with breathtaking realism.

Zed Leppelin consistently sells out shows throughout Australia, and time after time, Zed Leppelin arouses their audience into a euphoric frenzy always leaving them begging for more. Close your eyes, you will hear Led Zeppelin, open your eyes and you will see the latest and greatest incarnation of a concept band playing and living the music of the band that changed the world. ‘Zed Leppelin – the most thrilling, electrifying and mind-blowing reproduction of Led Zeppelin’s music ever to tour Australia.’

Ritchie Yorke (music journalist and author of Led Zeppelin: The Definitive Biography).

Burringbar Sports Club, NYE, Thursday December 31.

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Vasuda and Jem Poet, pianist, composer and songstress, Vasuda is ‘a creative cornerstone of the (Byron Bay) community’ (Mandy Nolan).

As a saucy cabaret artist, MASON RACK she delivers lush BAND performances IVORY TAVERN, TWEED HEADS on grand pianos 7PM wherever they NEW can be found.

YEARS This classy jazz EVE cowgirl supported Don BurMARTIN WAY rows on his 70th POTTSVILLE birthday tour BEACH SPORTS and her Bootleg CLUB SATURDAY CD of eleven DECEMBER 26 original songs was launched in 2003 with Hans Lovejoy and James Cruickshank. It was dubbed one of the most avant garde musical events in the Byron Shire in a long time. Experience spontaneous moments of perfectly executed dishevelled glamour with Vasuda and her musical and life partner Jem. Willy James - The Biggest ‘Willy’ Sheoak Shack, Fingal Head, in Australia will be no excepNew Year’s Eve from 7pm. tion.

Originally from NZ, he arrived here 23 years ago and quickly made his mark in a very short time. His first showband, aptly named Kiwi’s Downunder, soon gained momentum and he became an entertainer more than a musician. Willy’s ability to read a crowd and give them just what they want is what keeps him working at a very hectic pace and his work load speaks for itself. Kingscliff Beach Club, 7.30pm Saturday December 26.

Mason Rack Energetic, talented, unique and captivating audiences everywhere, Mason Rack has just picked up two nominations in the Qsong Awards, with a song he co-wrote with legend Steve Balbi. His talents have been discovered by a host of venues and festivals up and down the east coast, where Mason Rack is a familiar face and a major drawcard, playing to packed audiences and drawing an entourage of dedicated fans.

They are touring regularly now, and Mason Rack has notched up a number of prestigious achievements and is causing music buffs, sponsors, recording studios and star catchers to sit up, take notice, and make notes. Ivory Tavern, New Year’s Eve from 7pm and Cabarita Beach Sports Club on Friday January 1.

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Innocent Bystanders The Bystanders’ music and performances attract a variety of punter – from the late teen, early 20 age group who love the guitar driven rock of Green Day, Eskimo Joe and AC/DC, to the elders who reminisce to the Angels, Easy Beats, U2 and Credence. The bands genre would have to be described as Classic Pub Rock Covers – if it doesn’t make ‘em dance, they don’t play it. All in all there is something for everyone which guarantees a happy, friendly night of partying. This atmosphere is assisted greatly by the band’s attitude: ‘We are not too cool! We love to play, laugh and have a good time and that simply rubs off.’ New Year’s Eve at the Cudgen Surf Club, Kingscliff. 9pm to 1am.

Bondi Cigars Although they are not touring like a pack of wild dogs like they used to, they are still around, still trying new things and still packing ‘em in. The Cigars started in late ‘89 and many fine players have been through the ranks since then, including Robbie Souter, Declan Kelley, Matt Morrison, Mitch Grainger, Andy Vainauskas and Joel Sutton, but the existing line-up has been the most stable for some time.

The driving force of the band has always been its insistance

on playing predominantly original music, penned mainly

by Shane, with contributions from Lez, Al and Eben. Calypso Tavern, Coolangatta, January 2 from 8.30pm.

renowned personality Frank Miles.

Runs until January 27 at Escape fine Art Gallery, Brisbane St, Murwillumbah.

of FAME at STOKERS

Austen Tahshus In a world of comedy where people are careful not to offend, Austen lets fly in a stream of consciousness tirade that is drop dead funny to some and drop dead obnoxious to others.

You can’t be middle ground about Tayshus, you either love him or you hate him. If you hate him that generally means you don’t quite get satire or appreciate it in that rapid fire high energy delivery. If you love him it means that you do get it.

Austen is not just a comic, he’s a fearless social commentator who’s been making people uncomfortable for well over three decades.

It’s the cause of the strongest criticism of Gutman as a comedian: that he is always on; that there is no respite from Austen’s bombastic rhetoric.

But equally it’s his greatest strength, a shield that allows Gutman to remain uncensored and unafraid to speak his mind.

‘The character was created in response to the loud, boorish pub crowds Gutman faced when he began his career, almost 30 years ago. Gutman’s style of comedy – raw, rebellious and libertarian – usually comes in short bursts before flaming out. Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks, among others, expired from the effort.

But Gutman carries on, still railing against the evil trio he despises so greatly: apathy, hypocrisy and mediocrity. He is an intellectual punk who will not go gently in to that good night.’

His material polarises an audience, which is his ultimate goal.

His routine makes the audience angry, makes them laugh, makes them think, makes them question everything.

Cabarita Beach Bar and Grill, Saturday January 2, 8.30pm Austen Tahshus Dinner and Show

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NO SHOW IN JANUARY Tweed River Art Gallery A Tweed Shire Council community facility

ON DISPLAY UNTIL 17 JANUARY Gallery closed Christmas Day / open Boxing Day

Michelle Dawson Sleeping Sphinx (detail)

Step right up: the circus in Australian art An AlburyCity touring exhibition looks at ‘circus’ from a fine arts perspective

Drawing breath

Works on paper developed from a collaborative project by four artists - Michael Baartz, Donna Malone, Jude Roberts and Gabriela Soelkner

Here be monsters: Michelle Dawson Michelle literally explores the place of monsters in the human experience using acute drawing skills, intelligence and humour

Stories of our making: contemporary prints from Australia Presenting a breadth of contemporary Australian printmaking with an emphasis on artists whose work reflects an investigation of Australian identity PUBLIC PROGRAM Sun 3 Jan 1pm - 3pm Drawing Breath: help grow a drawing with D Malone Sun 10 Jan 11am-3pm Michelle Dawson: Drawing a monster by committee Thu 14 Jan 11am Story telling: Monsters 12.30pm Story telling: Circus Thu 14 Jan 2pm Free Circus workshop with Michelle Thomas (6yrs +) Contact the Gallery for children’s January holiday workshop brochure !!

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The Golden Mean The exhibition, titled The Golden Mean, sees five internationally recognised local male artists together for the first time. This shows 32 major works by David Calrow including some sensational 3-dimensional wall art that defies belief.

Also featured will be Graeme Stevenson working onsite with his 5 metre by 2 metre canvas scheduled for completion by the end of January. This is a very rare opportunity to watch the development of a work in progress by one of Australia’s foremost artists. Some brilliant works by Robert Todonai and Robert Pope will hang alongside over 40 bronze statues by <echowebsection=entertainmenet> <echowebsection=entertainment>

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The Echo’s g guide to

The Shade

Shop 2/52 Marine Parade Road, Coolangatta 07 5599 2200

O-Sushi

KINGSCLIFF

Coolangatta – Showcase on the Beach 07 5536 5455 www.osushi.com.au

Fins Salt Village, Kingscliff 02 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun

Tweed River Art Gallery

Escape Coffee Lounge

Japanese Restaurant Winner Best Sushi Bar NSW region 7 days 11.00 – 21.30 Licensed Eat in or take away

1 Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah Meals from 8am 02 6672 9025

New Years Eve at FINS: Degustation Menu $150pp (6 courses) 8.00pm-9.00pm arrival.

Early Bird Menu $99pp (4 courses) 5.30pm-6.30pm arrival (2 hour seating).

Mount Warning Hotel

Mt Warning Hotel Open 7 days 10am till late Bistro open daily 1497 Kyogle Rd, Uki 02 6679 5111

Chefs Hats every year in the Good Food Guide since 1998.

Delicious menu and the best coffee in town. Airconditioned for your comfort. Plenty of seating for groups or functions. And the fabulous Escape Art Gallery is upstairs. Watch world class artworks being created. Both venues open 6 days a week. Visit www.escapeart.com.au for details.

One of the region’s great old country pubs. Delicious food, bistro open for lunch everyday from 12-2pm, dinner Thursday to Sunday from 6-8pm. Children’s playground, relaxing beer garden. Curry night on Thursday, raffles and member’s draw on Friday, punter’s draw on Saturday and on Sunday there is a delicious roast.

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Australian company Sunbeam Foods has introduced a Future Farmers Fund designed to keep young Australians on our farms by creating positions and careers for them.

This national initiative, in partnership with Rural Skills Australia, is open to any farmers involved in horticulture and is a way to secure the future of the ever-dwindling farming community. The Sunbeam Future Farmers program will match farmers with young Australians considering or participating in a full, part-time or school-based Australian apprenticeship in Production Horticulture, enabling the apprentices to develop their practical skills on the land and be certificated. By contributing to the costs of the apprenticeship, the program also provides a financial incentive for the farmers.

In addition to this, Sunbeam is undertaking a $2 million facility upgrade so they can buy and process more fruit from Australian farmers, re-igniting what has been a lethargic industry in recent years and vastly reducing the importation of overseas product. Sunbeam sees the Future Farmers program as a way of thanking the rural industry for its continued support in the supply of quality dried fruit and nuts.

Slow Food Australia has launched a public campaign supporting the right of Australian artisan cheese makers to produce raw milk cheese and Australian consumers the right to eat it. Raw milk products are available throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, and shortly to be produced in New Zealand. Archaic regulations are preventing Australian producers from making raw milk products – which offer greater flavour and textures of complexity and length, thereby retaining the inherent and distinctive qualities of the milk. This may be the cause Slow Food Australia has been looking for. If successful, it could silence the critics who periodically level at it charges of inertia, political quibbling, lack of community support and the inability to have a real impact on protecting and improving the local food industry.

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The Gallery Café combines art with fresh food and wine. Enjoy having lunch at the beautifully appointed licensed café with indoor and outdoor seating and cnr Tweed Valley Way magnificent panoramic views over the Tweed River and Mistral Road, and Border Ranges. View the art and treat yourself to Murwillumbah delicious cakes and great coffee. A fabulous venue for Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm special events, office parties and wedding receptions.

02 6672 5088 Group bookings essential.

Located across from Cooli beach you could not ask for a better location or atmosphere. Relax and dine with our famous Rib and Reef, or our Kiwi Fried Bread or just the casual drink with the mates, our local beers are brewed all the way in Burleigh. Bring this ad and receive 20% discount on your food bill.

Keeping the farm going

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Come and join us at Steven Snow (of Fin’s) new restaurant Bellini Mediterranean licensed restaurant.

Salt Village, Kingscliff Sit on our new verandah and watch the moon rise or 02 6674 8748 Open Friday-Sunday for lunch a lazy day pass while enjoying contemporary Italian Seven nights from 5.30pm cuisine in a relaxed family atmosphere.

Thinking New Years Eve? for dinner Early sitting 6.30pm: $79pp Book now for a 5 course Italian Journey.

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Greg uses produce sourced locally in the Tweed region and was awarded the prestigious ‘chef’s hat’ – the toque – by the SMH Good Food Guide 2009/2010.

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Here you will find some of the best local dining on offer. Restaurant owners take note: Good Taste provides you with the chance to tell your customers more about your business with ample room for that extra information that may not fit in a small advertisment. Great introductory rates are on offer, call 02 6672 2280 to find out more.

We bought Tuvalu for a song post-Copenhagen, cut it adrift from its rapidly sinking coral underpinnings and buoyed it up with some tasteful anodised steel flotation devices, bought for a song from Halliburton when they were no longer required for executive bunkers in Iraq. This was offshore diversification at its finest.

It was nice to have a retreat in the Pacific and we made the best of it by building a 36 hole golf course. We soon learnt to counteract the effects of under-island wave action with a deft twist of the mashie niblick. The original inhabitants, too, benefited from our benign despotism. Firstly, they did not have to vacate the premises. In addition to that, many found employment on the golf course and in the clubhouse; local fishers supplemented our diet and several chaps took to wearing woven palmfrond panamas – a cottage industry was born which found markets in Paris and London.

occasionally dropping onto all fours and growling at the umbrella stand.

stressed by lifting heavy documents in incomprehensible jargon. The soup we followed ‘Sir may be interested to know with a Grilled Albacore with New Potatoes, and for afters that it is the 1989 Climate we hoed into a simply divine Change Early Prognostication Cabernet Merlot,’ said Sanders Jaboticaba Sorbet, drizzled the butler, the doyen of gentle- with Cognac. men’s gentlemen. ‘If I may be Dining is the prerequisite for a so bold, the discerning memmeaningful life, n’est-ce pas? ber might find in its textures a That and an annual income of hint of ripe smugness and an at least $5 million, and a good afterpalate of rosemary.’ woman with a mean whip hand or a capable manner Sanders was spot on in his description. I believe I also de- with dairy products. If one is tected a note of self-righteous- waiting, as that Russian chap ness masked by premonitions Turgenev crudely put it, in the slaughter line for that nimble of blueberry and a backwash butcher Death to do his work, of mint. The wine served as one might as well have a a precursor to Chef’s Potage pleasant wait, what?

De Bandicoot in a Smother of Lemongrass accompanied by a side dish of Jenny Wren, the ingredients for which were all fetched from the site of our old clubhouse at Myocum, which we had converted to a fauna reserve and a rest home for council executives over-

As the afternoon wore on, one of the groundsmen picked out Beethoven’s Eroica on his ukelele, Abbotsleigh discovered the inner meaning of his shoelaces and that splendid chap Sanders brought round the absinthe cart. Bliss.

‘I say,’ said Abbotsleigh, as we sat on the clubhouse deck, staring out to the flying fish cavorting in the bay, the sun glinting on their scales like diamonds flashing around Elizabeth Taylor’s neck, ‘this red really hits the spot.’

Said chap had accompanied his beverage with a handful of Lophophora williamsii, which may have accounted for him

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GOLD COAST â&#x2013; BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM MICHAEL â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 8.30PM COMEDY NIGHT, FRED LANG â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 8PM PAUL ATKINS

BYRON â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 9PM MATT HANLEY & THE MAINTENANCE MEN â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM TIM STOKES DUO â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY THE GRAINS â&#x2013; LE PETIT SNAIL, 7PM MICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SASHIMI BAND â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;WE WISH U A MERRY CHRISTMASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; W/ MATT NUGENT & DANIEL WEBBER â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM CHRISTMAS EVE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DAVE BASEK | JD | DEEGS | DEE DEE â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, HOT WET T SHIRT SHOW â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM MADISON KAT â&#x2013; BANGALOW CHRISTMAS EVE CARNIVAL 7.30PM SAMBABLISSTAS â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 8.30PM PINK ZINC â&#x2013; MULLUMBIMBY RSL 7PM MULLUMBERRY JAM

FRIDAY 25 CHRISTMAS DAY TWEED â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 9.30PM CENTRAL SOUND MACHINE

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 10PM CHRISTMAS PACKAGE LAS

SATURDAY 26 TWEED

â&#x2013; CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 8.30PM DJ BOOST â&#x2013; CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 8PM TWO OF A KIND â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 8PM THE CAT STEVENS STORY BY GLENN BRACE â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB QUADRANT â&#x2013; IVORY TAVERN, TWEED HEADS ZEUS BABY & CONCRETE STREET â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM BIG WILLY JAMES â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM LEIGH JAMES â&#x2013; MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM DELISH â&#x2013; POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM MARTIN WAY â&#x2013; SEAGULLS LEAGUES CLUB 8PM AKASA â&#x2013; SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 5PM MUSIC & DANCING â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM DANCE ON â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 2PM RUSSELL SPROUT 9.30PM CENTRAL SOUND MACHINE â&#x2013; TYALGUM HOTEL 2PM JED ROWE

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB

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BYRON â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, MAX JUDO â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 9PM DIRTY LAUNDRY W/ DJ NOWAK â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM SOMERSAULT â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY DUB MARINE â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, LIVEWIRE â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM HELLO DISCO EASY P | RED MAYNE | LT80 | CAPTAIN KAINE

PARADISE ROYALE SUNDAY W/ STRETCH + GIV â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 6.30PM PAUL LINES DUO â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 3PM BLUE VOX 6PM GAVIN BELL â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN RSL 1.30PM THE JAZZ BAND â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN SLSC 3PM GAS â&#x2013; SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB HENRY HUOBYRON

BYRON â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 4.30PM LATE FOR WOODSTOCK 8PM DJ CRUCIAL D â&#x2013; THE RAILS, HILLBILLY BLUES BANDITS â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY MATT HANLEY â&#x2013; CHAMELEON GLOBAL CAFE, 5PM IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, CARL KENNEDY + CAPTAIN KAINE & DISCO HOOKERS â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 3PM WEAR THE FOX HAT 7PM RAGGA JUMP â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 12.30PM JACK THORNCRAFT â&#x2013; FEDERAL HOTEL, ALSTONVILLE 2.30PM HUSSY HICKS

MONDAY 28 TWEED â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 12PM CRAIG SHAW â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM PETER JOHNSON â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 4PM JAYNE HENRY 7.30PM SPIN

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 8PM VERTIGO TRIO â&#x2013; SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB 11AM PAUL CAMERON â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, LADIES NIGHT â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, DJ QC + GOODWOOD â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 2PM CATH SIMES BAND 7.30PM FOSSIL ROCK â&#x2013; SANDBAR, BRUNSWICK HEADS 3-5PM ILONA HARKER & GUESTS â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 8.30PM BLIND WILLY WAGTAIL â&#x2013; MULLUMBIMBY RSL 7.30PM JIM FAIRFULL â&#x2013; TYALGUM HOTEL 2PM JED ROWE BAND

SUNDAY 27 FROM SUNDAY 27 TO FRIDAY 1 â&#x2013; WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL

TWEED â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 11AM LESYAH â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 1PM SMOKE HOUSE COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB â&#x2013; ILNAM ESTATE WINERY, CAROOL 12.30PM PETE LAWSON & THE BLOKE FROM BALLAMAKANKA â&#x2013; POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM DAVE CAVANAGH â&#x2013; SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 1PM BILL JACOBI

BYRON â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, SMASHED CRABS â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL 9PM RAGGA JUMP â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM THE GRAINS â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY PING PONG COMP â&#x2013; BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 8PM MAYA AND NANDYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, JOHN COURSE + DANIEL WEBBER & RHYS BYNON â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, MEXICAN MADNESS â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, BACKPACKER PARTY PRIZE GIVEAWAYS â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM PINK ZINC

TUESDAY 29 TWEED â&#x2013; SEAGULLS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM CRAIG SHAW â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM MICHAEL KING â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 1PM ROCKING TUESDAYS 8.30PM MATT ZARB

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 8PM DJ & GUEST, 9.30PM INDUSTRY NIGHT, VERTIGO

BYRON

â&#x2013; SEAGULLS LEAGUES CLUB 2PM CALYPSO DELIGHT â&#x2013; SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 2PM JOHNNY MAC â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM DICK BARNS â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 12.30PM ROBERT KEITH 7.30PM CENTRAL SOUND MACHINE

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB, MIAMI 2.30PM SEDUCIVE SOUL â&#x2013; CLUB ELSEWHERE, SURFERS

â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, FAT ALBERT â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 9PM GRANT WALMSLEYS AGENTS OF PEACE â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM JED ROWE BAND â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY OPEN MIC â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, FEENIXPAWL + STRETCH & RHYS BYNON â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM TUNESPOTTING ADAM TAYLOR | BUZZ | RUBIX â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, TIGHTARSE TUESDAY â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, COYOTE UGLY â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM MUD CRAB BOOGIE â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 7.30PM BRACKETS JAM NIGHT

WEDNESDAY 30

N COCOMANGAS, BYRON RETRO FEVER

TWEED â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT

11AM MANDY GOULLET â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DAVE CLAYTON â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 10.30PM SUE REID 2PM STEVEN MICHAEL 8.30PM THE AVENGERS

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 8PM RETRO NIGHT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; CAPTAIN WOW, 7PM HODADS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HOGS, HOPS & HODADA

BYRON â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL 9PM MHIRANGI + DJ KATCH â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, SLIM BUDDHAS â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM BARON SAMADHI â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY COCKATOO PAUL â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, TENZIN, STRETCH +RHYS BYNON â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM YOUNG GUNS DISCO EASY P | RED MAYNE | DEEGS | LT80 â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, LADIES NIGHT â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, BEACH PARTY â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUSWICK 7.30PM HEKYL & JIVE

THURSDAY 31 NEW YEARS EVE TWEED â&#x2013; BURRINGBAR SPORTS CLUB, 8PM ZED LEPPELIN TRIBUTE BAND â&#x2013; CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 8.30PM THE KYE COLE DUO â&#x2013; CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB NYE FATHOM â&#x2013; CUDGEN SURF CLUB, KINGSCLIFF 9PM-1AM INNOCENT BYSTANDERS â&#x2013; CRABBES CREEK COMMUNITY HALL 9PM JAMES T AND THE TOMAHAWKS â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 7.30PM JUST THE TICKET â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB JUNGLE VIBES â&#x2013; IMPERIAL HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 9PM THE PARTY ANIMALS â&#x2013; IVORY TAVERN, TWEED HEADS 7PM MASON RACK BAND â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 8.30PM FIDDLE DANCE â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8 PHIL EIZENBERG 11PM DJ GHOST ALL THE WAY FROM IRELAND â&#x2013; MURWILLUMBAH BOWLING CLUB 8.30PM PHILL GUEST â&#x2013; MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM SURFS UP â&#x2013; POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 8PM AVOCADO THEORY â&#x2013; SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 9.30PM 3 DAYS OFF â&#x2013; SEAGULLS LEAGUES CLUB 9PM BLUES BROTHERS BAND â&#x2013; SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD 7PM VASUDA & JEM â&#x2013; SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 8PM KEVIN WILSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DANCE PARTY â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM ROARING 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PARTY WITH DANCE ON BAND â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 1.30PM DENIS WARREN 5PM LONE WOLF 8.30PM STEVE CUMMINS & STEVEN MICHAEL â&#x2013; TYALGUM HOTEL 9PM PRESTON TRAIN

â&#x2013; SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB 7.30PM BLACK MAGIC 8PM ROUTE 66

BYRON â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 7.30PM THE RED EYES â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, TRIP KICKS-ACID DISCO â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM FYAH WALK + SIMON WRIGHT & THE ECLECTIVE â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY TIGHT ROPE ALLEY + GUEST DJS â&#x2013; APEX PARK, BYRON 7.30PM SAMBA-BLISSTAS â&#x2013; LE PETIT SNAIL, 7PM MICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SASHIMI BAND â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I GO TO RIOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PARTY W LITTLE BAMBALAM DJS CHRISSY G + FRIENDS â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM LIQUID NYE DEE DEE, DAVE C, NIRAV, ADAM J TAYLOR, DAVE BASEK, BUZZ, RUBIX AND SPECIAL GUESTS â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, REQUEST FEST â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, WET T SHIRT SHOW â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM PUSH + SUPERFREAKS â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 8.30PM BRUCE BUTLER & GOODRICH â&#x2013; KOHINUR HALL 8PM NYE: ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, GROOVE FOUNDATION, POSITIVE TIMING, â&#x2013; MULLUMBIMBY RSL 8PM WALLY & THE GATORS â&#x2013; MIDDLE PUB, MULLUMBIMBY 8PM SABOTAGE â&#x2013; MULLUM BOWLO 6.30PM DISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DJS INCHIE & THE FUNKFANATIK DINNER + SHOW â&#x2013; BALLINA RSL 7.30PM BOB DOWNE

FRIDAY 1 TWEED â&#x2013; CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 8PM MASON RACK BAND â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 7PM DEAN FULLER â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM CRAIG SHAW â&#x2013; SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 8.30PM TOM ROBERTS DUO â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 12PM CRAIG SHAW 6.30PM STREET CAFE BAND â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 9.30PM THE AVENGERS

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM CAT POWER (USA) â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM KAFFENE â&#x2013; SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB 7.30PM GORAN SELDAR DUO

GOLD COAST â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA HOTEL CAT POWER (USA) â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN RSL 12.30PM SIMON ASQUITH 7PM TRACE â&#x2013; CALYPSO TAVERN, COOLANGATTA 8.30PM THE BONDI CIGARS â&#x2013; SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB 7.30PM DANCE ON

BYRON â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 9.30PM THE BAKERY BAND â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, AMP FIDDLER & MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6.30PM THREE QUARTERS HAZEL â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY 8.30PM KEVIN BORICH â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, DON NADI â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM HELLO DISCO STREETLIFE DJS | LT80 | CAPTAIN KAINE | ADAM J TAYLOR | DEE DEE â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, LADIES NIGHT â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, DJ QC + GOODWOOD â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM FOSSIL ROCK â&#x2013; SANDBAR, BRUNSWICK 3PM ILONA HARKER & GUESTS â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 8.30PM RAY RED â&#x2013; MULLUM RSL 8.15PM LEGEND â&#x2013; LENNOX POINT HOTEL 9.30PM MISTER & SUNBIRD

SUNDAY 3 TWEED â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 11AM GEORGE HARVEY PRESENTS DAVO â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 2PM TWEED LINKS MUSIC CLUB â&#x2013; SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 2PM JOHN BRADLEY â&#x2013; SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 2PM MONKEY & THE FISH â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM CRAIG SHAW â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 12.30PM ROBERT KEITH 7.30PM THE AVENGERS

GOLD COAST

BYRON â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 9.30PM SIMON WRIGHT & THE ECLECTIVE â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, ENORMOUS HORNS â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 7PM PAINTED CROWS â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY 7.30PM THE BONDI CIGARS â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, DANIEL WEBBER + RYAN RUSHTON â&#x2013; LIQUID, 10PM H2O DAVE BASEK | DEEGS | FOXXY â&#x2013; COCOMANGAS, DJ QC + KRISTIN â&#x2013; CHEEKY MONKEYS, TIGHT N BRIGHT DRESS UP PARTY â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM SOUL SHAKERS â&#x2013; BANGALOW HOTEL 8.30PM MATT BUGGY

GOLD COAST

SATURDAY 2

â&#x2013; BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB THE BEATLEGS â&#x2013; CEDAR LAKE COUNTRY CLUB, THE MAGIC NUMBER â&#x2013; CONRAD JUPITERS 8.30PM DUELLING PIANOS, TRACE, 10PM AGENT 77 â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA HOTEL NYE SPECTACULAR â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL BIG TOP SPECTACULAR - TIMMY TRUMPET â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN RSL 8.30PM LOADED DICE â&#x2013; DREAMWORLD AMPED ROCK N RIDES â&#x2013; GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE ABBA LIVE SHOW â&#x2013; NEVERLAND BAR, COOLANGATTA THE BOLLOCKS

â&#x2013; BILAMBIL HALL 7.30PM SUMMER DANCE â&#x2013; CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 8.30PM AUSTEN TAYSHUS DINNER & SHOW â&#x2013; CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 8PM PAULLY â&#x2013; COOLANGATTA TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB DARREN J RAY â&#x2013; KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM KARAOKE â&#x2013; SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 8.30PM LIVEWIRE â&#x2013; SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 3PM SATURDAY JAZZ 7.30PM WALLY & THE GATERS â&#x2013; SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL HEAD 7PM JED ROWE

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â&#x2013; TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM ROUTE 66 â&#x2013; TWIN TOWNS CLUBS & RESORTS 2PM RUSSELL SPROUT 9.30PM THE AVENGERS

TWEED

â&#x2013; CURRUMBIN RSL 12PM CANDICE MCLEOD 3PM SUITE LOUNGE JAZZ â&#x2013; PEREGIAN ORIGINALS, PEREGIAN BEACH 3PM MIHIRANGI â&#x2013; SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB 2PM ROCKIN FUNDAYS, WALLY & THE GATORS

BYRON â&#x2013; BEACH HOTEL, 4.30PM FYAH WALK 8PM DJ CAPTAIN KAINE â&#x2013; HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, THE MICK HART BAND â&#x2013; THE RAILS, 6PM POSITIVE TIMING â&#x2013; BYRON BAY BREWERY 7PM CASTANETS â&#x2013; CHAMELEON GLOBAL CAFE, BYRON 5PM IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC â&#x2013; LA LA LAND, CAPTAIN KAINE, DISCO HOOKERS & GUESTS â&#x2013; HOTEL BRUNSWICK 3PM ONE 2 MANY BAND 7PM FORD BROS â&#x2013; BANGALOW A&I HALL 8PM THE RHYTHM HUNTERS

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STARS

Mungoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossword

The leadup to our infant centuryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second decade has challenging planetary patterns, so play it safe on the Big Nights Out. That said, I bring you tidings of joy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which are that each star sign can make its own personal contribution to the season of goodwillâ&#x20AC;Ś

WITH LILITH

Quick Clues

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. The spine, courage (8) 5. Floor covering, rug (6) 10. ScientiďŹ c impossibility : something of inďŹ nite inertia (9,6) 11. Green stock feed, alfalfa (7) 12. Piece of furniture used to display crockery (7) 13. Take apart, in pieces (8) 15. Fungal disease, usually of feet (5) 18. Onrush of fear (5) 20. Hoarse, throaty (8) 23. Cans, boats for ďŹ shermen (7) 25. Idler, wanderer (7) 26. Endless unpowered movement, another impossibility (9,6) 27. Playground equipment (6) 28. 2400 hours (8)

ACROSS 1. Enob 24 (8) 5. Fish with Roman and Persian perhaps (6) 10. One, two thousand, zero and ďŹ ve with power to protest, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shift it; scientiďŹ c impossibility! (9,6) 11. Cattle fodder free; make money, they say (7) 12 Does she clothe the queen? (7) 13. See apart, pull apart, take apart (8) 15.Rash audience has tone deaf symptom (5) 18. One caught after pot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; outbreak of terror (5) 20. From the stomach, tenor range â&#x20AC;&#x201C; sounds hoarse (8) 23. Crafts beers? (7) 25. Leftist turns back over split â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he lacks purpose (7) 26. Oriental toe pump attempts the impossible â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the same class as 10!

(9,6) 27. View now, and in the past â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it has ups and downs (6) 28. G, the witching hour (8)

DOWN 1. Part of horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harness (6) 2. Confess everything, hold nothing back (4,5) 3. State in Southern Germany (7) 4. Aristocratic, a peer (5) 6. Totally surrounding, especially of atmosphere or mood (7) 7. Push hard, crowd (5) 8. Teaching period for small group (8) 9. Down and out, derelict (8) 14. Octavianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name as Roman emperor (8) 16. Close call, narrow escape (4,5) 17. Obituaries, inscriptions on tombs (8) 19. Mythical beast, fancy (7) 21. Mythical beast on Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coat of arms (7) 22. Former German chancellor Willy â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;Ś (6) 24. Neurons, courage (5) 25. Capital of India (5)

Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solution

DOWN 1. Restrain 550 getting into cheese (6) 2. Arrive with a hundred on list and admit all (4,5) 3. Big song about Virginia in part of Germany (7) 4. Joint swaps one direction for another, backs aristocrat (5) 6. Surrounding could be a bit mean (7) 7. Lift a weight â&#x20AC;&#x201C; iron! (5) 8. Punish liar and tout with a lesson (8) 9. Tramp, perhaps, with lifeless rhythm (8) 14. A month with America for the emperor (8) 16. New protection against electric shock is a narrow escape (4,5) 17. Happiest inscriptions? Often the revers (8) 19. Fancy ring god (7) 21. Undergraduate humour? A myth, like 19 (7) 22. Former German statesman to mark time (6) 24. Never muck around with courage (5) 25. Capital for smallgoods purveyor taking heat (5) Mungoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossword ďŹ rst published in The Week.

ARIES: Ariesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gift to the world is their ability to simplify â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential with Mars retrograde in your house of fun. The festive seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more clamorous than amorous, so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re partying hearty or low key, make the coming weeks a summer of love.

CANCER: Your special gift is nurturing others, though right now Venus insists you give yourself some pampering as well.

Wrest your attention from whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not working to what is so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready for the Main Event: sunrise full moon eclipse in Cancer at 5.12 am on new yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day.

TAURUS: Your gifts to the hectic seasonal scene are patience and practicality, so give lavishly.

Should toxic nostalgia rear its head, remind yourself that that was then and this is now, so you can move into your new decade open hearted, unencumbered and baggage free. Happy everythingâ&#x20AC;Ś

LEO: Charismatic Leos are brilliant at fixing things, and adverse holiday aspects suggest superior repairpersons will be needed as arrangements and relationships succumb to festive stress. Staying user friendly in the face of this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frictions, pressures and temper flares is easier said than done â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but then what isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t?

GEMINI: The Twinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gift is communication, which as we know plays up when Mercury retrogrades. As do communication devices, so back up, keep in communication with yourself (ie. listen to your instincts), and keep in mind Tom Robbinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; observation that Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll only hurt when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t laugh.

VIRGO: These holidays might spring surprises that catch you off guard, but surely unpredictableâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better than uneventful â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or even worse, bland? While organization and order are your forte, press the pause button, proceed slowly and this fertile Mercury retrograde will reward you with brilliant insights and inspirations.

LIBRA: These holidays need you creating an oasis of calm, so consider astrologer Roz Breznyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observation that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stressedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dessertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spelled backwards: could sweets be the secret to a harmonious ecosystem? Balance social exposure with quiet time and take that peaceful loving feeling into your new yearâ&#x20AC;Ś SCORPIO: Your trademark gift is self control, and with the festive star scenario high on heat and low on tolerance, exercising it makes the difference between holiday heaven and hell. With Mercury retrograde in your communication zone, keep checking you and others are on the same page. And enjoy Scorps, enjoyâ&#x20AC;Ś SAGITTARIUS: Your gift to the xmas afflicted is helping us all laugh at disaster and enjoy our respective states of divine disorder. If travelling as Sagittarians love to, be advised that holiday stars arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t auspicious so take health and safety seriously. Laptop travel may not be your worst alternativeâ&#x20AC;Ś

CHESS by Ian Rogers

Carlsen (standing) and Adams during their sixth round game.

On January 1 Magnus Carlsen will become the youngest player ever to take the official world number one ranking.

The Norwegian, just turned 19, achieved his exalted status after winning the London Classic this week.

This was not the imperious Carlsen of Nanjing but a player willing to scrap and scrape for every point. After a smooth first round victory over former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who then chased Carlsen all the way home â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Carlsen struggled to assert himself against the elite field.

Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6-10pm In the final two rounds the to celebrate his success with the wheels almost came off the crowd, instead being hustled off Carlsen bandwagon, being on the to a private club where he coledge of defeat against Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lected his cup and the 25,000 top two players, Michael Adams Euro first prize in front of a group and Nigel Short, before hanging of politicians and businessmen. on to draw both games. (A loss This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game sees Carlsen

by Carlsen in either game would enjoy a narrow escape against have seen Veselin Topalov keep Adams. the top ranking.)

London 2009 The London Classic broke new White: M.Carlsen ground in charging $20 for adult Black: M.Adams spectator entry but the crowds Opening: Nimzo-Indian Defence flocked to the giant Olympia Comments by Magnus Carlsen Conference Centre, with the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 weekends being sell-outs. The d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 is not very theoretical but I just wanted to spectators enjoyed live com- â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This create a complicated position.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; mentary plus press conferences 7...Re8 8.Bg2 Bf8 9.0-0 Na6 10.a3 c6 11.f3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; effectively master-classes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by c5 12.g4 h6 13.h3!? b6 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.f4?! the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite after their games. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Too risky. Probably I should play 15.Qc2 Rc8 (Edited highlights of these press 16.Qf2 followed by 17.Bd2. I decided, probably conference can be seen at www. wrongly, that I should attack before Black had londonchessclassic.com/videos. time to play developing moves like ...Rc8 and ...Nc7.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; htm.)

15...Rc8 16.g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Ne4 18.Ncxe4 However, the tournament dxe4 19.Qg4 g6! 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 finished on a sour note when cxd4 22.Bb7 Rc2! 23.Bxa6?

Carlsen was not given a chance â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Here I was quite happy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; until I saw his next

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CAPRICORN: Capricorns laugh in the face of adversity so you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let astral idiosyncrasies mess with your end of year enjoyment.

Not while the massive planetary gathering of Sun, Venus, Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn advises putting your furry feet up while admirers fill your glass with vintage sparkles.

AQUARIUS: Fairness and free thinking are Aquariansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gifts to any gathering, so respect other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to play whatever part they choose to in the next fortnightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dramas. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget a private mental ritual farewelling the past year so you can start the new one unimpededâ&#x20AC;Ś PISCES: Fish are unusually gifted at making others feel loved, so extend that gift to yourself â&#x20AC;&#x201C; surround yourself with a love bubble and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t poke holes in it with your own thoughts. Also keep your psychic antennae tuned to the giant downloads of guidance arriving for your new yearâ&#x20AC;Ś move. 23.Qf4 was possible.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 23...Qc7!! 24.Qf4 Bd6 25.Qf3 Bc5? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was lucky that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that I was lost here!

After 25...dxe3! I was intending 26.Bd3 but I had missed 26...Bc5!!.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The players looked at 27.Bxc2 e2+ 28.Kg2 exf1Q+ 29.Qxf1 (29.Kxf1 Qh2!) 29...Qc6+ 30.Kh2 (30.Qf3 Re2+ 31.Kg3 Bf2+ wins the queen.) 30...Bd6+ but Black wins in every variation.

26.Qf4 Bd6 27.Qf3 Bc5? 28.Qf4 Qxf4 Adams explained â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this was winning but I was rather short of time and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find anything better.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 29.Rxf4 dxe3 30.Kf1! e2+ 31.Ke1 Rd8 32.Bxe2 Re8 33.Bd2 Rxd2 34.Kxd2 Be3+ 35.Kc2 Bxf4 36.Bc4! Bxg5 37.Rg1! Re5 38.h4?!

Adams indicated 38.Rf1! Re7 39.Rg1 with an immediate draw. Now Carlsen must defend for a little longer.

38...Bxh4 39.Rxg6+ Kf8 40.Rd6 Re7 41.Bb5 Rc7+ 42.Rc6 Re7 43.Rd6 Re5 44.Bc4 Rf5 45.b4 Ke7 46.Rd5 Rf2+ 47.Rd2 Rf4 48.Bb5 Ke6 49.Re2+ Kf6 50.Rd2 Ke6 51.Re2+ Kf6 52.Rd2 Bf2 53.Rd7 a5 54.bxa5 bxa5 55.a4 Bc5 56.Rd5 Bb4 57.Kd3 Ke6 58.Rd4 Rf3+ 59.Ke2 Ra3 60.Bc4+ Ke5 61.Rd3 Rxd3 Draw Agreed London final scores: 1.Carlsen (Nor) 5/7; 2.Kramnik (Rus) 4.5; =3.Adams (Eng), Howell (Eng) 4; =5.Nakamura (USA) 3; =6.Ni Hua (Chn), McShane (Eng), Short (Eng) 2.5.

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2. This charming species is the star of Final Chance To save The Orangutans (ABC1, Saturday, 7.30pm) in which the tall and determined Joanna Lumley comes to their aid.

3. Brad Pitt is at home among exploding cars in Ocean’s Twelve (NBN, Sunday, 8.30pm), an action thriller studded with megastars and little else.

For those who must indulge in Christmas, De-Stuffing Christmas on ABC1 at 7.30pm on the big day is insightful.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The Christ Files 12.00 The Difference Christmas Makes 12.30 Letters To Santa A Muppets Christmas 1.20 Erky Perky 2.20 Movie: Blinky Bill’s White Christmas (C) 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 7.30 Lanny And Wayne: The Christmas Elves In Prep & Landing 8.00 Australian Dancesport Championships 2009 10.00 Movie: The Breakfast Club (M 1985) Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall 12.00 Ignite Film Festival 2009 12.30 Movie: Gilda Radner – It’s Always Something (PG 2002) Jamie Gertz, Tom Rooney, George Wyner, Eric Siegel 2.30 Infomercials

6.00 Santa Claus Parade 2009 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Celebrate Christmas 12.00 Jamie Cooks Christmas 1.00 Movie: Miracle On 34th Street (G 1947) Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott 3.10 Movie: Silver Bells (G 2005) Anne Heche, Tate Donovan, Michael Mitchell 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Movie: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (G 2000) Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor 7.40 Movie: Eragon (PG 2006) A boy becomes the keeper of the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle 9.50 Movie: Jerry Maguire (M 1996) A sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it. Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renee Zellweger 12.40 Hour Of Power Candlelight Service

6.00 Rise & Shine 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Movie: The Little Drummer Boy (C) 10.00 A Miser Brother’s Christmas 11.00 The Bill Engvall Show

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Kids’ Programs Grumpy Old Holidays Wild At Heart Hamish Macbeth Movie: Bush Christmas (PG 1983) The Thompson kids chase crooks who stole their horse. Stars Nicole Kidman, John Howard 10.00 Movie: Holiday Inn (G B&W 1941) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire 11.40 Close

6.00 AFL Footy Flashbacks 8.30 Leyland Brothers World 9.30 Harry’s Practice 10.00 Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (G 1968) Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes 12.45 Movie: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (PG 1976) Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom 2.50 Movie: Trail Of The Pink Panther (PG 1982) Peter Sellers, David Niven 4.40 Movie: Curse Of The Pink Panther (PG 1983) David Niven, Herbert Lom 6.00 Style

By Jury 6.30 India With Sanjeev Bhaskar 7.30 In The Bush 8.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie 9.30 60 Minute Makeover 10.30 How Not To Decorate 11.30 Monster House 12.30 Room For Improvement 1.00 AFL Replays

10.30 National Football League Game Of The Week 1.00 Bundesliga Football Weekly Highlights 2.10 FIFA Club World Cup Football 4.05 Motorsport 5.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series Highlights

9.30 Movie: Bad Santa (MA 2003) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly 11.30 Marine Boy 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Black Adder’s Christmas Carol (M) 2.00 Movie: Bad Santa (MA 2003) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partrige Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 10.00 Hit List TV 7.00 Weekend Today 12.00 Olivia’s Great Walk Olivia Newton9.00 Dennis & Ghasher John’s 21 day walk along the Great Wall 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan of China in 2008 LIVE from MCG 1.00 Australia v NZ Golf Skins Challenge 12.30 The Cricket Show 2.00 Escape With ET 1.00 Cricket continues 2.30 Saving Babies 6.00 NBN News 3.00 Jamie’s Ministry Of Food 6.30 Wipeout 4.00 The Doctors 7.30 Crusoe 5.00 Ten News 8.40 Lotto 5.30 Sports Tonight 9.30 Movie: Clubland (MA15+ 2007) Peter 6.00 The Simpsons Callan, Brenda Blethyn, Emma Booth 6.30 Merlin (PG) 11.45 Movie: Money Train (AV15+ 1995) 7.30 Movie: That Thing You Do! (G 1996) Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, 1.45 Movie: The Sleeping Dictionary (M Giovanni Ribisi 2003) A young English diplomat is 9.45 Movie: Happy Gilmore (M 1996) Adam assigned a position in the jungles of Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher 1920’s Sarawak. Jessica Alba, Hugh McDonald, Bob Barker Dancy 11.40 Hell’s Kitchen 3.50 Neil Diamond Homecoming 12.40 Rock Of Love (MA15+) 4.00 Infomercials 1.05 Sex And The City (MA15+)

ONE HD 6.00 Motorsport: Australian Off Road Championships 6.30 NBA Basketball 9.00 NBA Doubleheader Basketball: LA Lakers v Cleveland LIVE 12.00 Mecum Auto Auction 1.00 The Pro Shop 2.00 Transworld Sport 3.00 Super X 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Australian Fishing Championships 6.00 Escape With ET 6.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 7.30 Sports Tonight 8.00 NBA Basketball 10.00 The Poker Star 11.00 UFC Wired 1.00 NBA Basketball 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 World Heli Challenge 4.00 Motorsport 5.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup Highlights

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Stars Marion Cotillard, Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal 1.25 Weatherwatch

3.25 Skippy 3.50 Getaway Moments 4.00 Infomercials 4.30 Spyforce (PG) 5.30 Skippy

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Hamilton Island Yacht Race Week 12.30 Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race LIVE from Sydney Harbour 2.00 According To Jim 2.30 Movie: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific (PG 2001) Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr, Rade Sherbedgia, Jack Thompson 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 No Leave, No Life (G) 7.00 Borderline (PG) 7.30 Kingdom (PG) 8.30 Wallender (M) Final 10.30 Movie: The Take (MA 2004) Doco filmed in the wake of Argentina’s economic collapse in 2001: a movement of workers occupy bankrupt businesses creating jobs in the failed system 12.40 Movie: Alien Abduction (M 1998) Benz Antoine, Kristian Ayre 2.30 Infomercials

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

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6.00 UCI World Road Cycling Championship 10.30 Super X 11.30 National Football League 2.00 College Basketball 4.00 Real NBA 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Motorsport 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 Transworld Sport

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11.30 Movie: Christmas Story (G 1983) Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin 1.30 Carols By Candlelight 4.00 Movie: Unaccompanied Minors (PG 2006) Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama 6.00 NBN News 6.30 A Current Affair 7.00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Elf (G 2003) Will Ferrell, Edward Asner 9.30 Movie: Razzle Dazzle (PG 2007) Ben Miller, Kerry Armstrong 11.30 Queen’s Christmas Message 11.40 Mad TV 12.40 Movie: Little City (M 1997) Jon Bon Jovi, Josh Charles, Annabella Sciorra 2.25 The Avengers (PG)

1.40 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

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5.00 rage (PG) 5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 11.00 Live From Abbey Road Dr John, 1.00 Hansel And Gretel English opera in LeAnn Rimes, Massive Attack German 12.00 Dynasties The Mora Family 2.55 James Ravilious A World In 12.30 Best Of Australian Story: The Heat Of Photographs The Moment Climate change and the 3.30 Golden Soundtracks death of the Great Barrier Reef 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 1.00 Movie: Penny Serenade (G B&W 1941) 5.30 Humanimal (PG) Irene Dunne, Cary Grant 6.30 World News Australia 3.00 The Wind In The Willows 7.30 Mythbusters 4.40 Adrift 8.30 Iron Chef 5.00 Platypus 9.20 Rockwiz (PG) 6.00 Nigella Express 10.00 Movie: Volver (M 2006) Spanish drama 6.30 Best Of Gardening Australia of family, death and superstition. Stars 7.00 ABC News Penelope Cruz, Yohana Cobo, Lola 7.30 Final Chance To Save The Orangutans Deuñas (G) Joanna Lumley in Borneo with a 12.05 SOS species that could disappear within 50 1.05 NEWStopia (M) years 1.35 Movie: Hair High (M 2004) US adult 8.25 ABC News animation 8.30 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Weatherwatch 9.15 Taggart (M) 10.05 Rebus (M) 11.20 rage (M)

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9.30 Father Of The Pride (M) 10.00 South Park (M) 10.30 Reno 911 (M) 11.00 Movie: Wattstax (MA 1973) The ‘black Woodstock’ in Los Angeles 1972 features Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas 1.00 Movie: Jimi Hendrix (M 1973) Made three years after his death 3.00 Get Smart 3.30 Hogan’s Heroes 4.30 Reno 911 (M) 5.00 The Jetsons 5.30 Marine Boy

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ABC 1 5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Q&A 10.00 Carbon Cops 10.30 God’s Next Army 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Best Of Landline 1.00 Best Of Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G) 2.00 The Kindness Of Strangers 3.00 Standing In The Shadows Of Motown 4.50 Slim Dusty Live 1987 6.00 The Man Inside Dame Edna 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Operation Jumbo (PG) Rescuing endangered elephants from Sumatra 8.30 Oliver Twist (M) 10.00 Compass: The Sleeping Book 10.30 Play: She Stoops To Conquer (G) Ian Redford, Mark Dexter 11.00 Movie: Speak Easily (G B&W 1932) Buster Keaton 12.25 Movie: Pot o’ Gold (G 1941) James Stewart 1.55 Movie: Two O’Clock Courage (PG B&W 1945) Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford 3.00 Psychic Investigators 3.30 Talking Heads: Tom Keneally 4.00 The Pet Show (G)

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Inside The Actors Studio 7.00 1 Giant Leap

7.30 Pride And Prejudice 8.30 Cold Feet 9.30 The Jewel In The Crown (M) 10.30 Beautiful Noise Pilot Speed

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11.25 East Of Everything (PG) 12.25 Close

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6.30 7.30 8.35 9.30

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7 TWO 6.00 AFL Footy Flashbacks 8.30 Kids Time 12.00 Leyland Brothers World 12.50 Movie: On The Line (PG 2001) Lance Bass, Joey Fatone 2.30 Movie: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (PG 1969) Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane 4.15 Movie: Support Your Local Gunfighter (PG 1971) James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette 6.00 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape 7.00 Movie: The Love Bug (G 1968) Dean Jones, Michele Lee 9.00 Movie: We Were Soldiers (M 2002) Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe 11.30 Movie: Garage Days (MA 2002) Pia Miranda, Kick Gurry 1.30 AFL Superstars

TEN 6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Australian Super X 1.00 Australian Fishing Championship 2.00 The Travel Bug 3.00 Natural Conflict 4.00 How To Look Good Naked 4.30 Boys Weekend 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Don’t Forget The Lyrics 7.30 Glee (PG) 10.30 Medium (M) 11.30 Sex And The City (MA15+/M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 FIA GT-3 European Championship 7.30 College Basketball 10.00 NBA Game Of The Week Basketball 12.00 Australian Off Road Championship 2.30 Sports Unlimited 3.30 TNA Xplosion 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 I Fish 5.30 World Series Sprint Cars

6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00

Drive World’s Strongest Man Sports Tonight Super X Australian Superbike Championship 11.00 Motorsport 1.00 Drift 1.30 BMX Mega Tour 2.30 Omnisport 3.00 Motorsport

ABC 1

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Best Of Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Rain Shadow 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 An Island Parish 6.30 Once A Soldier 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Working With Jane (G) Jane Campion 8.30 Lilies (PG) 9.35 Make ‘Em Laugh (M) 10.30 Late Edition News 10.40 The Girl With Eight Limbs (M) 11.30 Movie: God’s Little Acre (PG B&W 1958) Robert Ryan, Tina Louise 1.30 Movie: Let’s Live A Little (G B&W 1949) Hedy Lamarr, Robert Cummings 2.55 Worimi Bight Back (G) Crown land at Stockton Bight handed back in 2007 3.25 Island Life: Barrow Island

5.20 World News and Weatherwatch 1.00 Movie: Iberia (G 2005) French/Spanish musical. Stars Sara Baras, Antonio Canales 2.40 Movie: To Be And To Have (G) About a single-class French village school in a remote Auvergne farming community 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Futbol Mundial 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 8.35 Man Vs Wild Scotland 9.30 World News 10.00 The Fixer (M) 10.55 Entourage (M) 11.25 Jacquie Brown Diaries 11.55 Movie: The Devil’s Backbone (MA 2001) Mexican thriller about an orphanage that serves as a hiding place for gold. Stars Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, Inigo Garces 1.45 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Murder, She Wrote 1.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 The Force 8.00 Destroyed In Seconds (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Banger Sisters (M 2002) Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen 10.30 30 Rock (PG) 11.00 Parks And Recreation (M) 11.30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (M) 12.00 Auction Squad 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle (G) Double episode 7.30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) Double episode 8.30 Stargate Universe (M) 9.30 Supernatural 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman

SBS 2 ABC 2 5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Little Angels (G) 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors

8.00 Teenage Kicks (PG) 8.30 Jack Osbourne (M) 9.30 Doctor Who 10.30 Massive: Recording The Single (M) 11.00 Planet Rock Profiles (PG) 11.25 Death Note (M) 12.00 Close

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia India Reborn 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Revanche (MA 2008) Austrian drama. Stars Johannes Krisch, Hanno Poeschi, Irina Potapenko 11.05 Movie: Obaba (M 2005) Spanish drama. Stars Barbara Lennie, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Eduard Fernandez 1.00 Weatherwatch

ABC 1

TUESDAY 29

PRIME 6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Sea Princesses 11.00 Dive Olly Dive 11.30 Staines Down Drains 12.00 Erky Perky 12.30 Seaside Hotel 1.00 Backyard Science 1.30 Toon Disney 2.00 Dreams Come True: Princess & Frog 3.00 Movie: Max Keeble’s Big Move (PG 2001) Alex D Linz, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Zena Grey 5.00 The Rich List 6.00 Seven News 6.30 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 7.30 Border Patrol (PG) 8.00 Operation Croc (G) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Band Of Brothers (M) 11.40 The First 48 (M) 12.35 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Thunderheads (PG) 1.00 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Beachcomber Cottage 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Bush Slam: Cowra 8.30 The Queen’s Coronation Behind Palace doors 9.20 Pieces Of Me (PG) 10.10 Late Edition News 10.20 The Cut (M) 11.20 Poirot (PG) 12.10 Movie: Salt Of The Earth (PG B&W 1954) Will Geer, Rosaura Revueltas 1.50 Movie: On Dangerous Ground (M B&W 1952) Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan 3.25 Good Game (M) 3.55 Eagle And Evans (M)

6.00 A Place In Greece (G) 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.00 Lead Balloon (PG) 8.35 Murphy’s Law (M) 9.30 The Wire (MA) 10.30 Teachers (M) 11.20 Dirt Game: Down Among The Dead Men (PG) 12.20 Close

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Murder, She Wrote 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Headland 1.00 The Amazing Race 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 The Jay Leno Show 7.00 Mother & Son 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Gavin & Stacey (M) 9.00 Not Going Out 9.30 Judge John Deed (M) 11.15 Magnum PI 12.00 Movie: Chato’s Land (M 1972) Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, Richard Basehart 1.45 AFL Flashback Classics: Western Bulldogs v Essendon 2000 & Richmond v Essendon1995

ONE HD 6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 Motorsport 8.00 NFL Game Day 8.15 National Football League LIVE 11.25 Transworld Sport 12.20 National Football League LIVE 3.45 Surfing Moment 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Next Wave 5.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 FIFA Club World Cup Football 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 The Magic Of The FA Cup 11.00 National Football League 1.30 Sports Tonight 1.45 College Basketball 4.15 Omnisport 4.40 Raceworld Motorsport 5.30 Australian Off Road Championships

4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Movie: Gidget Goes To Rome (G 1963) Cindy Carol, James Darren, Jessie Royce Landis 3.00 Movie: Ride The Wild Surf (G 1964) Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Peter Brown 5.00 Green Acres 6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Wipeout 8.30 South Park (M) 9.30 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 10.00 Weeds (MA) 11.00 Movie: Night Shift (M 1982) Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton 1.00 Big Bang Theory 2.00 South Park 3.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 3.30 Weeds (MA) 4.30 Charlie’s Angels 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.30 The Shak 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 The Middle (PG) 8.25 Lotto 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 Burying Brian (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Young Lions (M) 1.00 WWE Afterburn (M) 2.00 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kid’s Programs 9.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 10.00 Bewitched 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 Wipeout Australia 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Vampire Diaries (M) 9.30 Nip/ Tuck (MA) 10.30 Dante’s Cove (AV) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Vampire Diaries (M) 2.00 Nip/Tuck (MA) 3.00 Dante’s Cove (AV) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones.

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

NBN

World News Weatherwatch World News Summernight Concert Schonbrunn 2009 New Years Day concert from Wiener Philharmoniker 2.35 Spacefiles: The Universe Unveiled 3.00 And Brigitte Created Bardot 4.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Make Me Live Forever (PG) 8.30 The Circuit (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Hot Docs: Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison (PG) In 1968 11.35 Movie: Jasmine Women (MA 2004) Mandarin drama about three generations of women. Stars Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Lu Yi 1.50 Humanimal: Monkeys (M) 2.50 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 News 12.00 Murder, She Wrote 1.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Gary Unmarried (PG) 8.00 Wacked Out Sports (PG) 8.30 Private Practice (M) 9.30 Sexiest Beach Bodies (M) From Jessica Alba to Hugh Jackson and Beyonce 10.30 30 Rock (PG) 11.00 Parks And Recreation (M) 11.30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (M) 12.00 Ships In The Coral 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7.30 Accidently On Purpose (PG) 8.00 The Office (PG) 8.30 White Collar (M) 9.30 Numb3rs (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 House (M) 1.00 Sex And The City (MA15+)

5.30 Today 9.00 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.30 The Shak 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Survivor: Samoa (PG) Double episode 9.30 Movie: The Pink Panther (PG 2006) Chief Inspector Dreyfus is up for the Medal of Honour and can’t afford to make any mistakes when a famous soccer coach is murdered and his priceless ring stolen. Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyonce Knowles 11.30 Nightline 12.00 20/20 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

5.20 7.15 7.25 1.00

SBS 2

ABC 2 5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs

12.00 Medium (M) 1.00 Sex And The City (M) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

NBN 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 6.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Movie: Oceans Twelve (M 2004) Danny Ocean and his band team up again for three heists in Rome, London and Berlin. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia 11.00 True CSI (M) 12.00 Movie: Spinning Boris (M 2003) Russians hire American consultants to help with President Yeltsin’s re-election campaign. Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber 2.05 Skippy 2.30 Infomercials

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia The Adventure Of English 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Rally Chicks (2008) Swedish romantic comedy. Stars Eva Röse, Marie Robertson 10.40 Movie: Waiter (M 2006) Dutch black comedy. Stars Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Mark Rietman 12.25 Weatherwatch

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1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Murder, She Wrote 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Headland 1.00 The Amazing Race 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 The Jay Leno Show 7.00 Mother & Son 7.30 Ugly Betty 8.30 Reaper (M) 9.30 The Unit (M) 10.30 Strikeforce (M) 10.50 Most Shocking (M)

11.45 Movie: Firestarter (M 1984) Drew Barrymore, Fred Jones, Heather Locklear 1.45 AFL Footy Flashbacks: Adelaide v Richmond 1997 & Geelong v Kangaroos 2001

ONE HD

GO!

6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 FIA GT-3 European Championship 7.30 Jayco Herald Sun Tour Cycling Highlights 8.30 Super X 9.30 College Basketball 11.30 America’s Game 12.30 National Football League 3.45 NFL Game Day 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball World Tour 5.00 ASP Season Surfing 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 Golf 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Johnny Lewis Boxing Classics 11.00 National Football League 1.30 Sports Tonight 1.45 College Football 4.15 Omnisport 4.40 Sports Unlimited 5.30 Motorsport

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Hills 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 The Bachelor 9.30 Tool Academy 10.30 The Bachelorette 12.30 TMZ 1.00 The Bachelor 2.00 The Bachelorette 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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ABC 1

SBS 1

4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 6.10 The Best In Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 My Family (PG) 8.35 Beautiful People (M) 9.05 The IT Crowd (PG) 9.35 Chandon Pictures (M) 10.00 Review With Myles Barlow (MA) 10.30 Late Edition News 10.40 Being Human (M) 11.40 Outback House (PG) 12.40 Movie: Rain (PG B&W 1932) A group is stranded in Pago Pago during an epidemic. Stars Joan Crawford 2.20 Movie: San Quentin (PG B&W 1946) Lawrence Tierney, Barton MacLane, Marian Carr, Harry Shannon 3.25 National Press Club Address

5.30 World News And Weatherwatch 1.00 Solstrom: The Special Cirque du Soleilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magical solar wind transforms everyday life into a playful world 2.40 Spacefiles: The Universe Unveiled 3.00 The Fabric Of A Dream: The Fletcher Jones Story 4.00 Is Your House Killing You 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Rex In Rome (PG) 8.30 Paper Dolls: Australian Pinups Of World War 2 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (M) 11.05 Movie: The Last Kiss (M 2000) Italian comedy about a man facing his anxieties about adulthood. Stars Martina Stella, Stefano Accorsi 1.10 Movie: The Swamp (MAV 2004) South Korean drama. Stars Ji Young Park, Jim Geun Kim 2.25 Weatherwatch

ABC 2 5.30 Can We Help? 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 6.00 Everest ER

6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.00 No Way San Jose 8.30 Willieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonky Chocolate Factory 9.20 Shrink Rap Salman Rushdie 10.15 Bombora Story of Australian surfing 11.15 Mind, Body And Kick Ass Moves 11.50 Close

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.35 8.30 9.00

World News Australia Return Of The Bible Plagues 112 Emergency Movie: Family Law (PG 2006) Argentinian drama. Stars Daniel Hendler, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman 10.45 Movie: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;idole (M 2002) French drama. Stars Leelee Sobieski 12.40 Weatherwatch

THURSDAY 31

6.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 How The Hell Did We Get Here?

1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 6.05 Winter In Yellowstone 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Francescoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mediterranean Voyage 8.35 Movie: The Glenn Miller Story (G 1954) James Stewart, June Allyson 10.30 Late Edition News 10.40 Sydney Symphony With Human Nature 12.10 Movie: And Now For Something Completely Different (M 1972) Monty Pythonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flying Circus sketches 1.35 Movie: Body And Soul (PG B&W 1947) John Garfield, Lilli Palmer 3.25 Eagle And Evans (M) 3.55 The Glass House (M)

ABC 2 5.30 Can We Help?

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 6.00 Kylie Kwong: Heart And Soul 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.05 Mumbai Calling 8.30 The IT Crowd 9.00 Chandon Pictures (M) 9.30 U2 Equals BBC London 2009 10.20 Seal Soul Live Performing in Chicago 11.10 Graham Norton Show NYE special 12.10 Close

SBS 1

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Murder, She Wrote 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Headland 1.00 Heartbeat 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 The Jay Leno Show 7.00 Mother & Son 7.30 US Gladiators 8.30 Tin Man (M) 9.30 The Unit (M) 10.30 What About Brian 11.20 Commander In Chief (M) 12.50 Room For Improvement 1.15 The Mole 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 The Body Specialists 4.30 Medical Rookies 5.00 Wind In The Willows

PRIME

5.20 World News And Weatherwatch 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 Opera: Tosca 9.00 Morning Show 3.05 Spacefiles: The Universe Unveiled (G) 11.30 News 3.30 Office Tigers (PG) 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 4.00 Feast India 1.00 Go Go Stop 4.30 The Journal 1.30 Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academic 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 2.00 Erky Perky 6.00 Global Village 2.30 Staines Down Drains 6.30 World News Australia 3.00 Dive Olly Dive 7.30 Dinner For One 3.30 The Fairies 7.50 The Drummer Of Ravelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bolero 4.00 Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academic 8.00 My Family Feast: Cuban 4.30 Seven and Prime News 8.30 The Venice Carnival 5.00 The Zoo 9.30 World News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 10.00 Movie: Boudu (M 2005) French com6.00 Prime News edy about the house guest from hell.

6.30 Seven News Stars GĂŠrard Depardieu, Catherine Frot 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 11.50 Respect Yourself: The Stax Records 7.30 Gary Unmarried (PG) Story 8.00 Whacked Out Sports (PG) 1.50 Movie: Miffo (M 2003) Swedish roman- 8.30 Movie: The Lord Of The Rings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The tic comedy about a young minister Return Of The King (M 2003) Viggo wanting to make a difference. Stars Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Jonas Karlsson, Livia Millhagen Cate Blanchett 3.35 Weatherwatch 12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

SBS 2

7 TWO

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia As It Happened 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Les Choristes (M 2004) French drama. Stars Gerard Jugot, Francois Berleand 10.45 Movie: My Wife Is An Actress (M 2001) French comedy. Stars Charlotte Cainsbourg, Terence Stamp 12.25 Weatherwatch

TEN

NBN

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil Phi (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 33.000 Judge Judy 3.0 Infomercial 3.3 3.30 .3 Infom 4.00 Hueyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooking Adventures 44.0 4. ..00 Hueyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bold & The Beautiful 44.30 4.3 .330 The T Bo 55.00 5.0 .000 Ten Ten News Ne 6.00 Simpsons 6.0 .000 The Si Malcolm In The Middle 66.30 6.3 6. .30 Malco 7.30 Simpsons (PG) 7.3 .30 The Si 8.00 Futurama (PG) 8.0 00 Futura 8.30 Show (M) 8.3 .330 The Cleveland Cl Simpsons (PG) 99.00 00 The Si 9.30 Californication (MA15+) 10.40 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.25 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) 1.00 Sex And The City (MA15+) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

7 TWO

SBS 2

ABC 1 4.30 G.P. 5.30 The Einstein Factor

PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 1.00 Go Go Stop 1.30 Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academic demic 2.00 Erky Perky rkky 2.30 Staines Down Drain Drains ns 3.00 Dive Ollyy Dive 3.30 The Fairies ies 4.00 Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academic demic 4.30 Seven News ew ws 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Deal Or No Dea Deal aall 6.00 Prime News ews 6.30 Seven News ews 7.00 How I Met et Your Mother Mot Mo otth o her er (PG) (PG) 7.30 Air Crash h Investigations 8.30 City Homicide micid de (M) 9.30 Most Shocking (PG) 10.30 Band Of Brothers (M) Final 11.40 The First 48 (M) 12.35 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Murder, She Wrote 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Headland 1.00 Heartbeat 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 The Jay Leno Show 7.00 Mother & Son 7.30 Fifth Gear 8.30 Stargate Atlantis (M) 9.30 Shark (M) 11.15 Strikeforce (M) 11.40 Monster Garage12.30 Movie: The Saintâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vacation (PG 1941) Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Cecil Parker 1.45 AFL Footy Flashbacks

ONE HD 6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 Motorsport: FIA GT-3 European Championship 7.30 Australian Rally Championships 12.30 NBA Basketball 3.00 TNA Xplosion 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball 5.00 ASP Surfing Season 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Twenty20 Cricket 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Real NBA 10.30 NBA Basketball 12.30 Sports Tonight 12.45 UCI World Road Cycling Championship 5.15 Omnisport 5.30 Australian Off Road Championships

5.30 Today 9.00 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 9.30 The Shak 10.00 First Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from MCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Superstars Of Dance 8.25 Lotto 9.30 Cold Case (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 The Strip (M) 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelorette 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs

6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Fringe (M) 9.30 New Amsterdam (M) 10.30 Eleventh Hour (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Fringe (M) 2.00 New Amsterdam (M) 3.00 Eleventh Hour (M) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

TEN

NBN

6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Hueyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Malcolm In The Middle 7.30 Movie: Back To The Future (PG 1985) Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover 10.00 Shaun Micallefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rave (M) 12.00 Video Hits Welcomes 2010 1.45 The Late Show With David Letterman 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View

2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.40

Days Of Our Lives Alive And Cooking The Zoo Pyramid Afternoon News Antiques Roadshow Hot Seat NBN News A Current Affair The Noughties â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Decade In Review New Years Eve LIVE from Sydney Harbour 9.00 Fireworks LIVE from Sydney Harbour 9.10 New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve Countdown (M) 11.40 New Years Eve LIVE from Sydney Harbour 12.00 Fireworks LIVE from Sydney Harbour 12.10 Movie: Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stop The Music (PG 1980) Steve Guttenberg, Paul Sand, Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, the Village People 2.30 Infomercial 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

ONE HD 6.00 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.00 Motorsport 7.30 National Football League 10.00 Netball Championship Grand Final 2009

12.30 ITU World Triathlon Championship Series Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grand final from the Gold Coast 3.00 Transworld Sport 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball 5.00 ASP Surfing Season 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 TNA Xplosion 8.30 Hulkamania 11.30 F1 Rocks: Singapore 12.30 Omnisport 1.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup 5.30 Australian Off Road Championships

GO! 6.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Bachelor 2.00 Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Entertainment Tonight 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 South Park (M) 1.00 Father Of The Pride (M) 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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SBS 1

FRIDAY 1

ABC 1 4.30 G.P. (PG) 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Poirot 1.30 Lusitania: Murder On The Atlantic 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 National Parks 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 The Old Guys (PG) 8.35 Wire In The Blood (M) 10.05 beached az: The End (PG) Final 10.10 The Worst Christmas Of My Life (PG) 10.40 Late Edition News 10.50 Movie: Fanny Hill (M 2007) A young orphaned country girl falls into prostitution and works her way up the social ladder of bawdy 18th century London.

Stars Rebecca Night 12.30 rage (M)

ABC 2 5.30 Can We Help?

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 What Would Happen If… 6.30 Scrapheap Challenge 7.30 The Re-Inventors 8.05 Ketch! And Hiro-Pon Get It On (PG) 8.30 Doctor Who 9.30 Ideal (M) 10.00 Star Stories (M) Kate Moss: My Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall Again, Then Rise 10.30 Radio 1’s Big Weekend Highlights 11.30 Live From Abbey Road Rascal Flatts, Kate Nash, Herbie Hancock 12.20 Close

SBS 2

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

SATURDAY 2

NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show

7 TWO

World News Australia Metropolis Cities of the Dark Ages 112 Emergency (PG) Movie: Warm Water Under A Red Bridge (MA 2001) Japanese black comedy. Stars Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Zazuo Kitamura 11.00 Movie: The Magic Kitchen (PG 2004) Cantonese romantic comedy. Stars Sammi Cheng, Jerry Yan, Maggie Q 12.50 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Murder, She Wrote 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Headland 1.00 Heartbeat 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 4.00 Kids Time 6.00 The Jay Leno Show 7.00 Mother & Son 7.30 Airline USA 8.30 Best Dish… 9.30 Escape To The Country 10.30 Human Body 11.30 Cheaters (M) 12.20 Movie: The Saint In New York (PG 1939) Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Jack Carson 1.45 AFL Friday Finals Night

SBS 1

PRIME

ABC 1

TEN 6.00 Totally Australia 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am Summertime 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Malcolm In The Middle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Cooking Adventures 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 7.30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 8.30 Movie: Center Stage (M 2000) A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enrol at the Ballet Academy. Stars Amanda Schull, Peter Gallagher, Debra Monk, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt 10.50 Outrageous Fortune (M) 11.50 Ten Late News 12.20 Sports Tonight 12.50 The Late Show With David Letterman 1.40 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

PRIME

5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 Movie: Not On The Lips (G 2003) 9.00 The Morning Show French musical. Stars Sabine Azema, 11.30 Seven Morning News Lambert Wilson 12.00 Murder, She Wrote (PG) 3.00 Ritz Life story of Cesar Ritz 1.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 Classical Destinations London & Halle 3.30 All For Kids 4.30 The Journal 4.00 Kid Detectives 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.30 Seven News 6.00 Global Village 5.00 Home Improvement 6.30 World News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 7.30 Movie: Orchestra Seats (PG 2006) 6.00 Prime News French drama. Stars Valerie LeMercier, 6.30 Seven News Suzanne Flon, Cecile De France, Sydney 7.00 How I Met Your Mother (PG) Pollack 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer 9.15 New Year’s Day Concert Vienna 8.30 Movie: King Arthur (M 2004) Arthur Philharmonic Orchestra struggles to find the strength to 11.45 Movie: Junebug (M 2005) American forsake his dreams and change the drama about a Chicago art dealer who face of history. Stars Clive Owen, threatens the equilibrium of her deeply Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads religious middle-class in-laws in North Mikkelsen Carolina. Stars Embeth Davidtz, David 11.00 Movie: Rumble In The Bronx (M 1995) Kuhn, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Francoise Yip 1.35 Weatherwatch 1.00 Movie: Kissing Jessica Stein (M 2001) Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen 2.30 Infomercials

ONE HD 6.00 College Football 9.30 Surfing 10.30 Real NBA 11.00 NBA Basketball 1.45 NBA Doubleheader Basketball 4.15 Omnisport 4.45 NFL Game Day 5.00 Surfing 6.00 Slamball 6.30 Pro Bull Riding 7.30 NBA Basketball

9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Sports Soup Special 10.30 America’s Game 11.30 NBA Basketball 1.30 College Basketball 3.30 Sports Tonight Late 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Motorsport

TEN

6.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 6.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 rage (PG) 11.30 Australian International 3 Day Event 10.00 Hit List TV 11.00 Live From Abbey Road Gnarls Barkley, 1.00 Opera: Cosi Fan Tutte Stars Werner Gura, Hanno Muller-Brachmann Equestrian competition in Rymill Park, 12.00 Out Of The Blue (PG) The Feeling, The Killers 1.00 Escape With ET 4.15 Dance: Two Pieces For Het Adelaide 12.00 Dynasties: The Bullen Family Three 1.30 Saving Babies 12.30 Classic Adelaide 2009 generations of Bullens circus showmen 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 2.00 Life Is Wild 5.30 Once Upon A Time: Walt Disney (G) 1.40 Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (G 12.30 Best Of Australian Story: Back To 3.00 Jamie’s Ministry Of Food In the 1930s, Walt Disney journeyed 1968) Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Earth One man’s mission to feed the 4.00 The Doctors across Europe returning with hundreds Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe world on chemical-free food. Does 5.00 Ten News of illustrated books and engravings 5.00 Does My Bum Look Big? (PG) clean and green come at a cost?

5.30 Sports Tonight 6.30 World News Australia 6.00 Seven News 1.00 Hopman Cup Tennis: Australia vs 6.00 The Simpsons 7.30 Mythbusters 6.30 No Leave, No Life (G) Romania LIVE from Perth 6.30 Merlin (PG) 9.15 Rockwiz (PG) 7.00 Borderline (PG) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Movie: Edward Scissorhands (PG 10.05 Movie: Pan’s Labyrinth (MAV 2006) 7.30 Kingdom (PG) 7.30 Bed Of Roses (PG) 1990) An inventor creates a nearly Spanish fantasy set in fascist Spain 8.30 Movie: The Good Shepherd (M 8.25 ABC News complete person who falls in love of 1944 where the bookish young 2006) Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, 8.30 Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2009 with the Avon girl. Stars Johnny Depp, stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy 10.00 ABC News Update Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony escapes into an eerie but captivating Crudup 10.05 Rebus (M) Michael Hall fantasy world. Stars Iva Baquero, Sergi 11.50 Movie: The Dancer Upstairs (AV 2002) 11.15 rage (M) López, Maribel Verdú. Doug Jones Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura 9.40 Movie: What Dreams May Come (M 1998) When a man dies and finds him12.10 SOS (M) Morante self in heaven his wife kills herself and 1.10 NEWStopia (M) 2.30 Infomercials goes to hell. Stars Robin Williams, Cuba 1.40 Weatherwatch Godding Jr, Max Von Sydow, Annabella 6.00 Kids’ Programs Sciorra 6.00 Clone 6.00 AFL Footy Flashbacks 8.30 Leyland 12.10 Hell’s Kitchen 1.00 Sex And The City 6.30 Wild At Heart Brothers World 9.30 Harry’s Practice 10.00 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and (MA15+) 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 7.35 Hamish Macbeth Movie: A Knight In Camelot (G 2000) Whoopi Weatherwatch 8.30 Movie: Tycoon (PG 1947) A man sets Goldberg, Michael York, Amanda Donohoe 6.30 World News Australia out to build a railroad for a wealthy 11.30 Movie: Return To The Batcave – The 7.30 Don Matteo (PG) American. Stars John Wayne, Laraine Misadventures Of Adam And Burt (PG 2003) 6.00 College Football 7.00 World Cup Golf 8.30 Unit One (M) Day, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Anthony Adam West, Burt Ward, Lyle Waggoner 1.15 Highlights Beijing 8.00 Mecum Auto Auction 9.35 Movie: One Nite In Mongkok (MAV Quinn Movie: Drumline (PG 2002) Nick Cannon, Zoe 9.00 Transworld Sport 10.00 College Football 2004) Cantonese action. Stars Cecilia Saldana, Orlando Jones 3.30 Movie: De-Lovely 10.40 Movie: The Story Of GI Joe (PG 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Powerboating 5.00 Cheung, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong (PG 2004) Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan B&W 1945) Based on the columns of Australian Fishing Championships 6.00 Escape 11.35 Movie: Wild Camp (MAV 2005) Pryce 6.00 The Benny Hill Show 6.30 Cirque war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Stars With ET 6.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures 7.30 French drama of a fatal attraction Du Soleil: Corteo 7.50 In The Bush 8.45 Sports Tonight 8.00 AFL Saturday Night Classics Freddie Steele, Burgess Meredith between a teenage girl and a fortyThe Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie 9.15 10.00 The Poker Star 11.00 UFC Countdown 12.30 Close something sailing instructor. Stars Mercurio’s Menu 9.40 60 Minute Makeover 12.00 Sports Soup Special 12.30 Boxing Isild Le Besco, Denis Lavant 10.30 How Not To Decorate 11.30 Monster A2Z 2.30 Super X 3.20 Motorsport: Race Of 1.00 Weatherwatch House 12.30 Room For Improvement 1.00 AFL Champions

ABC 2

SBS 2

7 TWO

ONE HD

SBS 1

SUNDAY 3

ABC 1 5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Q&A 10.00 Carbon Cops 10.30 Knocking (PG) 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Best Of Landline 1.00 Hopman Cup Tennis: Spain vs USA LIVE from Perth 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Penguin Adventure With Nigel Marven King, gentoo and macaroni penguins and elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia 8.30 Movie: Wah-Wah (M 2005) Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson 10.05 Compass: A Story Of The Salvos 10.40 She Stoops To Conquer (G) 11.10 Movie: Gulliver’s Travels (G 1939) Animation 12.30 Movie: Captain Kidd (PG B&W 1945) Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott 1.55 Movie: Saint’s Double Trouble (PG B&W 1940) George Sanders, Helen Whitney, Jonathan Hale 3.05 MDA (M) 4.00 The Pet Show (G)

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Inside The Actors Studio 7.00 1 Giant Leap 7.30 Pride And Prejudice 8.30 Cold Feet (M) 9.30 The Jewel In The Crown (PG) 10.30 Beautiful Noise The Black Angels 11.25 East Of Everything (PG) 12.25 Close

6.25 World News 10.00 A Fork In The Road: Chicago 10.30 Everyone Loves A Wedding 11.00 A Russian Resurrection 11.30 Buffalo Bill 12.30 Dakar Rally 2010 Preview 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 Football Asia 3.30 Futbol Mundial 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5.00 The World Game 6.00 2010 Dakar Rally Daily Highlights From France 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 A History Of Scotland 8.35 Heston’s Feasts (PG) 9.30 John Adams (M) 10.40 Inspector Montalbano (M) Italian crime 12.40 Movie: Bamako (M 2006) French drama. Stars Aissa Maiga, Tiecoura Traore 2.40 Weatherwatch

SBS 2 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.35 9.20 9.30

World News Australia The World Game Nynne (M) Marx & Venus (PG) Movie: Kops (M 2002) Swedish comedy. Stars Fares Fares, Goran Ragnerstam 11.05 Movie: The Best Of Times (M 2002) Taiwanese drama. Stars Wan-mei Yu, Yu-chih Wu 1.05 Weatherwatch

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PRIME 6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Movie: The Unforgiven (PG 1968) Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy 12.45 Movie: Because Of Winn-Dixie (PG 2003) Annasophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson 5.00 The Rich List 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Mighty Ships (G) 7.30 Border Patrol (PG) 8.00 Coastwatch (PG) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Movie: 48 Shades (M 2006) Richard Wilson, Robin McLeavy, Emma Lung 12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven Early News

7 TWO 6.00 AFL Footy Flashbacks 8.30 Kids Time 12.00 Behind The Scenes Of Wicked 12.30 Movie: The Amati Girls (PG 2000) Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl 2.15 Movie: Another Pretty Face (PG 2002) Mel Harris, Wendy Braun, Perry King 4.00 Movie: Separate Tables (PG 1958) Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven 6.00 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape 7.00 Movie: The Love Bug 2 (G 1974) Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers

8.40 Movie: Finding Neverland (PG 2004) Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman 10.40 Movie: Fistful Of Dollars (AV 1964) Clint Easwood, Marianne Koch, John Wels 12.30 Movie: Hunt The Man Down (M 1950) Gig Young, Lynn Roberts 1.45 AFL Superstars

6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Australian Super X 1.00 Australian Fishing Championship 2.00 The Travel Bug 3.00 How To Look Good Naked 3.30 The Doctors 4.30 Boys Weekend 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Don’t Forget The Lyrics 7.30 Glee (PG) 8.30 Movie: Die Hard 2 (M 1990) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Dennis Franz 11.00 Cops (M) 12.00 Sex And The City (MA15+/M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.00 College Football 9.30 National Football League Game Of The Week 12.00 NBA Game Of The Week Basketball 2.00 College Basketball 4.00 Omnisport 5.30 World Series Sprintcars 6.30 I Fish 7.00 World’s Strongest Man

7.30 Sports Tonight 8.00 Super X 9.00 Moto GP Classics 10.00 Motorsport: Goodwood Festival Of Speed 11.00 Drift 12.30 World Series Sprintcars 1.30 BMX Mega Tour 2.30 Tread BMX 3.00 Transworld Sport 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 World Cup Golf Highlights Beijing 5.30 World Heli Challenge

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The View Days Of Our Lives Alive And Cooking The Kingdom Of Paramithi The Shak The Bill Engvall Show (G) Antiques Roadshow Hot Seat NBN News A Current Affair Motorway Patrol Rapid Response (PG) Movie: The Time Machine (M 2002) Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba 10.30 Movie: Unfaithful (AV15+ 2002) Diane Lane, Richard Gere 12.55 Movie: Hysterical Blindness (M 2002) Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis 3.00 Spyforce (PG) 4.00 Infomercials 4.30 Good Morning America

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Take 40 Live Presents Powderfinger 2.00 JET Live At The House Of Blues 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 ET 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Black Adder (M) 9.30 Movie: D.E.B.S. (M 2004) Sara Foster, Jill Ritchie, Devon Aoki 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Black Adder (M) 2.00 Take 40 Live Presents Powderfinger 3.00 JET Live At The House Of Blues 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today

9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Bush Beat 12.30 Gilligan’s Island 1.00 Jack Newton Celebrity Classic 2.00 Movie: An American In Paris (G 1951) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron 4.30 Garden Gurus 5.00 Airline 5.30 We Love Summer 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Wipeout 7.30 Crusoe 9.40 Lotto 9.30 Movie: West (AV15+ 2007) Khan Chittenden, Nathan Phillips 11.30 Movie: Life As A House (MA15+ 2001) Faced with a diagnosis of terminal cancer, a man decides to construct a beautiful new house and he tries to find love amongst the ruins of his family’s lives.

Stars Kevin Kline, Hayden Christensen 2.00 Movie: And Soon The Darkness (M 1970) Claire Kelly, Pamela Franklin 4.00 Infomercials

GO! 6.00 Kid’s Programs 1.00 Get Smart 2.00 Seinfeld 3.00 Frasier 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny 6.30 Get Smart 7.30 Hogan’s Heroes 8.30 Seinfeld 9.30 Father Of The Pride (M) 10.00 South Park (M) 10.30 Reno 911 (M) 11.00 Movie: Ziggy Stardust (PG 1973) DA Pennebaker, David Bowie 12.40 Movie: The Song Remains The Same (MA 1976) Peter Clifton, Led Zeppelin 3.00 Get Smart 3.30 Hogan’s Heroes 4.30 Reno 911 (M) 5.00 The Jetsons 5.30 Marine Boy

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Second Test Cricket Australia v Pakistan LIVE from SCG 12.30 The Cricket Show 1.00 Cricket continues 6.00 NBN News 6.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Movie: Troy (M 2004) Paris, Prince of Troy and Helen, Queen of Sparta ignite a passion that will devastate a civilisation. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom 12.00 Movie: Pavement (AV15+ 2002) When a San Francisco woman is murdered her brother joins forces with the police.

Stars Robert Patrick, Lauren Holly 2.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Movie: Trouble With Angels (G 1966) Ida Lupino, Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding 3.00 Movie: When Angels Fly (PG 1982) Jennifer Dale, Robin Ward, Patricia Collins, David Gardner 5.00 Green Acres 6.00 The Nanny 6.30 Wipeout 8.30 South Park (M) 9.30 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 10.00 Weeds (MA) 11.00 Movie: The Cable Guy (M 1996) Jim Carrey, Matthew, Broderick, Leslie Mann 1.00 Wipeout 2.00 South Park (M) 3.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm (MA) 3.30 Weeds (MA) 4.30 Charlie’s Angels 5.30 The Flintstones

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Giving clients eco-friendly choices Story & photo Lou Beaumont

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Business Directory page 25

Open Houses, Auctions & New Listings page 25

new local company, Econstruct Australia, is specialising in designing and building affordable and sustainable project homes that won’t cost the earth. They have been recognised with awards from Eco Green Building NSW and the Master Builders Association, and ensure their office habits also reflect the eco principles that develop each house built.

Director Tate Neale told The Echo, ‘We would love to see people move away from the old brick veneer, carbon dioxide guzzling homes. As well as building green homes, it’s equally fulfilling to see people gain better lifestyles and saving thousands of dollars in annual bills as a result of a better designed house.

Standard brick veneer homes may seem cheap but they are more expensive in the long term. We are aiming to strike the perfect balance between affordability and sustainability for each client.

‘Each client can leave the design and materials up to our architects and builders, or they can search our eco materials catalogues and choose materials that suit them best.’

The catalogue is a result of an in depth independent study commissioned by Econstruct into building ma-

Tate Neale and Paul Benhaim of Econstruct Australia with some of their designs.

terial options for home construction. Clients can make an informed decision on the materials, from paints to timber, they want to include in their home.

Some people may choose a higher priced product as it has the lowest carbon footprint, and others may have a smaller budget and therefore choose a product that is still eco-friendly, but more affordable. The end products and fittings in a home are ultimately a balance of environmentally conscious decisions, based on local, low carbon or

Zugai Strudwick Architects Pty Ltd po box 2299 byron bay nsw 2481 p: 6687 2694 f: 6687 0497 e: info@zsarchitects.com.au w: zsarchitects.com.au

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non-toxic products, and the client’s budget.

Each house has solar passive design, making it energy efficient from the offset, and uses mega-anchors, a green alternative to concrete slabs.

House designs allow for efficient cross ventilation, part of the solar passive design, and grey water recycling, high efficiency plumbing and double glazed windows are standard design features.

Materials and fittings used

by Econstruct include bamboo floors, spotted gum decks, gas boosted hot water, solar

electricity, eco-wool insulation, underground rainwater tanks, LED lighting, low VOC paints (less or no toxic vapours), underground LPG, electric shutdown switches, green glue soundproofing, eco appliances and eco furniture.

Project Manager Paul Benhaim said, ‘We have several standard homes and how they are customised comes down to how green, local and affordable you want your house to be.’

Visit www.e-construct.com. au or call Paul on 6684 2100.

Phone now for a design consultation

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Price $745,000 Please call Anne Besgrove 0402 608 503

Stokers Siding â&#x153;&#x201D; 120 acres (approx half cleared the

â&#x153;&#x201D; Permanent water (dams, creeks and

balance bush) â&#x153;&#x201D; 2 Council approved dwellings (5 bed brick/iron & 3 bed original farm cottage) â&#x153;&#x201D; 100 fruit (lime & mango) â&#x153;&#x201D; 1000 macadamia nut trees â&#x153;&#x201D; 30 head cows/steers

bore) Great rural Tweed location off major sealed road, 30 minutes to Gold Coast Airport and Byron, 2 hours to Brisbane.

Visit www.tweedfarmforsale.com for photos and additional information

SWEEPING CHINCOGAN VIEWS

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$ 729,000

Please call Anne Besgrove 0402 608 503

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$ 775,000

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Less than 2kms from Mullum, and only a short drive to shops and beaches, this usable 7 acres with creek is your ideal horse property. The home can be 3-4 bedrooms, having a separate room with its own ensuite. Renovated kitchen with dining room and a separate lounge. The parklike gardens are private and entice a large variety of birdlife. A separate artists studio has an amazing view of Mt Chincogan. This is the best value for money property on the market today.

This private comfortable home sits on an elevated knoll overlooking eight acres. The rural and mountain vistas from the north aspected covered verandah are relaxing and ever changing. Open plan living, dining and kitchen, with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. An added bonus is a self contained granny ďŹ&#x201A;at or guest accom. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a double garage and carport, good fencing and pretty creek. See for yourself what this property has to offer.

Just 7kms from Mullum this private 5 acre property has 2 dwellings and plenty of tropical ambience. The main house is timber with an open plan kitchen/dining area and living area with open ďŹ replace.

3 bedrooms with oversized master suite, ofďŹ ce/study and pool bar to enjoy those balmy evenings by the pool. The second dwelling is chic with 2 bedrooms, ďŹ replace and functional kitchen and bathroom. Exceptional buying.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a unique opportunity! A beautiful parcel of private parklike land fronting Chinbible Creek on the edge of town.

Really well presented brick home featuring big family/ lounge, lovely kitchen/dining, 3 bedrooms, great covered outdoor entertaining area and double garage with ofďŹ ce.

Too many great features to list.

FIRST HOME BUYERS VALUE

BYRON HORSE ACREAGE

LIFESTYLE PARCEL OF LAND

LARGE HOME WITH POOL

$ 415,000

A well presented home on a level block (695sqm) not too far from shopping centre and beautiful beaches. The home has three bedrooms, the main with own ensuite.

Open plan kitchen/dining with a covered rear verandah.

A single lock up garage and fencing makes this attractive buying.

$ 899,000

Within 10 minutes of Byron Shireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4 main towns, a long driveway leads to a pretty, tree-lined refuge on 20 usable acres.

A private rainforest is the backdrop to an energy efďŹ cient home and large liveable shed/workshop. Superior infrastructure includes additional shedding, safe durable fencing and ample water supply.

$ 519,000

Located about 15 minutes from the colourful town of Mullumbimby and only 5 minutes from the local Main Arm store this 5 acre lifestyle parcel of land has plenty going for it.

Swimming holes, pecan orchard, some bush, level land and a council approved shed.

$ 589,000

Within walking distance to the CBD of the township of Mullumbimby this property has 4 bedrooms, the master with ensuite. Modern kitchen, dining combined, lounge with slow comb stove.

The north facing covered verandah provides a good entertaining area by the pool. The shed is enormous and can house more than 2 cars plus have workshop space.

Big house â&#x20AC;&#x201C; small price.

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6687 1306 35 BYRON ST BANGALOW

Mary O’Connor 0418 462 849 Tim Miller 0411 757 425 Rick Knight 0416 181 306 John Brophy 0438 878 465

OPEN HOUSE INSPECTIONS EVERY SATURDAY THROUGHOUT JANUARY – UNLESS SOLD PRIOR BANGALOW 8 Muskwood Place – $ 565,500 Potential to improve by styling and decor upgrade from this modern 3 bedroom home in one of Bangalow’s most sought after streets.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 11.00am – 11.30am MYOCUM 240 Manse Road – $ 1,095,000 Drastically reduced. Owner has purchased elsewhere.

Spacious residence on near level 5 acres.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 11.00am – 11.30am

COORABELL 3 Newes Road – Reduced to sell at $1,390,000 Contemporary architecture & highly desirable location. Two residences. Approx 6 acres.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 12.00pm – 12.30pm

PRIVATE HINTERLAND RETREAT WITH RURAL VIEWS Set high on the hill, this desirable lifestyle property is approx. 5 acres.

Lovely valley views.

Set on 2 levels with 3 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, living & dining upstairs.

Separate living, bedroom & bathroom downstairs. Huge undercover deck area on 2 sides makes a perfect outdoor entertaining area. Established gardens. Easement to creek.

Plenty of room for a horse. The ideal hinterland hideaway.

AUCTION: Onsite Saturday February 13th, 2010 INSPECT: ADDRESS: 182 Nashua Road Fernleigh Saturdays 12.30pm – 1.00pm CONTACT: Mary O’Connor 0418 462 849

A HERITAGE CLASSIC Heritage architecture offering unparalleled luxury and grandeur.

Exceptional early 1900s residence meticulously renovated offers grand scale rooms with breathtaking hinterland views.

Classically elegant design – spacious floor plan includes generous living areas, four large bedrooms, two luxurious bathrooms, well-equipped kitchen, high ceilings & magnificent wide verandahs. Separate self-contained studio accommodation. Beautifully landscaped – lush gardens, majestic water feature, rock walls & lawns. First-class three car garage. Approx. 10 private acres with creek.

AUCTION: 1.00pm onsite Saturday February 13th, 2010 INSPECT: Saturdays 1.30pm – 2.00pm ADDRESS: 50 Callistemon Drive Federal CONTACT: Tim Miller 0411 757 425

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FEDERAL 4 Wean Way – $ 790,000 Stylists & decorators spacious character 3 bedroom home with teenage studio & hobby room.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 12.00pm – 12.30pm

FERNLEIGH 182 Nashua Rd – AUCTION Private hinterland retreat on 5 acres with sweeping views & separate studio. Modern entertainers home with huge outdoor entertaining. Owner moved back to Melbourne and must sell.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 12.30pm – 1.00pm ROSEBANK 547 Rosebank Rd – $ 750,000 Rental income, 3 buildings. Great position opposite general store in the heart of the village with school bus at door.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 1.00pm – 1.30pm FEDERAL 50 Callistemon Drive – AUCTION One of Byron hinterland’s premier properties – A Modern Masterpiece – breathtaking views.

Approx. 10 acres.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 1.30pm – 2.00pm Auction: 13/2/10 at 1.00pm BEXHILL 31 Coleman Street – $ 320,000 Investors Special! 4 bedroom family home plus rumpus & office. Vendor keen to lease back and priced to sell immediately.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 2.00pm – 2.30pm DUNOON 145 Frazer Road – $ 675,000 Hobby farm. Magic 15 acres. Great 3 bedroom home with huge shed, dairy bails, glasshouse and rural views afar.

INSPECT SATURDAYS 2.00pm – 2.30pm FEDERAL Teak Lane Cedar Ridge – Starting at $290,000 For immediate sales Limited release – 9 superb small acreages.

Rainforest. Sweeping hinterland views. A limited selection of quality parcels.

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beach buzz what’s happening on the coast It’s all about CPR With more than 100 years’ experience in saving lives, Surf Life Saving NSW has joined Royal Life Saving in urging all Australians to learn CPR. Surf Life Saving NSW CEO, Phil Vanny, says today’s focus on 50 years of CPR has turned the spotlight on the fact that so many people are not equipped with the basic first aid skills needed to save the life of a family member or friend.

‘We’ve taken our bank of experience and skills built over many years of saving lives on our beaches and extended it into classrooms and offices everywhere,’ he said. ‘It’s not just surf lifesavers who need to be equipped with first aid and CPR skills, everyone can be a lifesaver.’

Surf Life Saving NSW is one of the primary providers of first aid and CPR training in the state and since becoming a registered training organisation in 2004, has trained more than 70,000 members of the public to save a life. That’s on top of the extensive training delivered to volunteer surf lifesavers who keep the public safe on our beaches year after year. Last year in NSW alone, surf lifesavers performed more than 12,000 first aid and CPR treatments on members of the beachgoing public.

Every week, Surf Life Saving professional trainers deliver first aid courses to schools, preschools and businesses. In the last 12 months we they delivered first aid and CPR training to staff and students at more than 750 NSW schools and 500

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child care centres. SLSNSW is also the preferred CPR Provider for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).

The importance of CPR training was highlighted just days ago, with the rescue of a four year old boy from a backyard swimming pool by his 12 year old sister, who had just completed first aid instruction at school, including CPR. Her quick actions were praised by emergency services personnel, who encouraged everyone, including young people, to learn how to save a life. They also praised organisations such as Surf Life Saving, for developing training courses tailored to young people, as it has often been demonstrated that you can never be too young to save a life.

Launched in October 2008, the Surf Life Saving NSW Junior First Aid course is one way in which we are equipping young people with the skills to save a life. Developed for NSW school aged students in Years 4, 5 and 6, it provides the basics of first aid and CPR and to date more than 4000 students have completed the course.

Nipper of the Week Surf life saving is an amazing activity for growing a child’s confidence, knowledge and skills in the beach environment. Not only will your child have fun and meet new friends they will become part of an iconic organisation that has served the Australian community for over 100 years.

The juniors of today are the future of surf life saving and that is not lost on the thousands of Age Managers and support personnel that look after nippers every summer.

Every club around Australia offers a nippers program, all with various styles and sizes.

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SPORT RESULTS BOWLS Condong Men Wednesday 19th dec 22 bow winners D Reynolds, D Hunt, R Bell, runner/s up B Dunne, T Kennedy, L Muir. Lucky Ham winners C Douglas,R Gerdes xmas cake.

Bowls are on next Wednesday also. Thursday 3 Bowl pairs shootout 14 teams winners R Pilon, D Hopps $50 each second B Clifford, B Clifford $25 each.Jackpot next week $375-00 Next game thur 24th 1-30pm start..Saturday 19th December Condong played Burringbar for the Real dunny shield witch has been mislaid for 9 months and Condong won 125 to 117. Rink winners of meatrays R Nelson , R Fredericks, W Peart. Second winners Outback hats S Bell, Jako, F More. Raffle Hams F More, J Andrassey, K Sharpley, xmas cake R Bell. A very merry Christmas and a propos new year from Condong men bowlers.

Cudgen Leagues Men Wed. 16/12/09 Winners T.Pototnick, R.Corney, J.Krizman – Losing Rink I.Tilley, R.Makin, T.Tilley

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‘Targeting Tinnies’ Nipper of the Week this summer Emily Reynolds Small runabouts were the target of safety checks across the State’s waterways recently as NSW Maritime began the first in a series of ‘Targeting Tinnies’ safety campaigns Ports and Water ways Minister Paul McLeay said the campaign will involve a coordinated education campaign coupled with water safety checks aimed at runabouts which are the most popular type of boat in NSW. ‘There are more than 224,000 registered boats in NSW and some 50 per cent are tinnies and runabouts,’ Mr McLeay said. ‘This type of boat is also the most common vessel involved in serious and fatal boating incidents.’

NSW Maritime figures show that since July 1 this year, eight lives have been lost in boating incidents in NSW and five involved a tinnie or runabout.

Mr McLeay said it is important the skipper of every tinnie understands the limits of their craft and regularly checks weather conditions.

Basic rules provided by NSW Maritime include: Any person travelling at 10 knots or more must hold a current boat licence; All skippers must comply with safety equipment requirements, especially display correct navigation lights when operating at night; wear kill-switch lanyards when boating alone; and encourage people to wear lifejackets particularly when boating alone, at night, in times of heightened risk, if elderly, young or are poor swimmers.

Mr McLeay also stressed the need for skippers to ensure their vessels are seaworthy and suitable for the conditions.

Checking the weather is also a fundamental precaution prior to and during any boating activity. The ‘Targeting Tinnies’ campaign will run through the summer boating season.

For more information on boating safety go to www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/ campaign.html/.

way for your child to enjoy the beach in a safe environment, it also offers children an educational pathway through the delivery of the SLSA Junior Development Program.

The Nippers program is designed to ensure children have fun at the beach while participating in lessons that will pathway them to becoming fully rounded participants in both lifesaving and sport – Surf Life Saving Australia likes to call it ‘Serious Fun’.

Recently Newcastle Permanent began awarding a ‘Nipper of the Week’ prize to deserving kids in the Far North Coast Branch of SLS NSW, congratulations to Emily Reynolds who recently won this award. The Under 12 Nipper at Cabarita Beach SLSC has won a Newcastle Permanent Bank Account to the value of $30. Emily has shown excellent consistency and sportsmanship throughout the season and is a valuable

member of the Club.

The Cabarita Beach SLSC wish to thank the Far North Coast Branch of Surf Life Saving NSW and Newcastle Permanent for this award and their continued support of Surf es, Felicity Maitre, Michard Life Saving.

Parsons and Donna Curtis.

The club has been successful Cudgen Surf Notes in gaining a grant under the Last Sunday saw successful exstate government’s Community amination for 15 Juniors for Building Partnership program the Surf Rescue Certificate and as announced by Tweed MP 7 Bronze Medallions – Cert II Geof Provest last week.

Aquatic Rescue, congratulaSanta arrived safely on surftions to all and appreciation to boat for the Junior club Christtheir trainers. mas party on Sunday. With the SRCs went to Elise Butler, holiday period approaching we Samantha FreeDaly, Dylan remind beach goers to swim in Loder, Olivia Kingston, Angus the patrolled areas of beaches.

McPhail, Rose Nelson, Laura O’Callaghan, Holly O’Neil, Cudgen Patrols Anna Patch, Ashlee Spence, Christmas Day 25.12.09 Daniel Swift, Kate Tesch, Sa- Voluntary Patrols – Available mantha Vickery, Edward White members to contact the Club and Max Williams.

Vice Captain.

BMs went to John Smith- Saturday 26.12.09 wick, Ben Blacklock, Rebecca AM ‘Barracudas’ David Field Van Der Waal, Quinton Hugh- (Captain)PM ‘Dolphins’ Peter

Quinlan (Captain) Sunday 27.12.09 AM ‘Prawns’ Jason Pearson (Captain) PM ‘Lobsters’ Jarrad Cain (Captain) Monday 28.12.09 AM ‘ Mermaids: Carol Nelson (Captain) PM ‘Seagulls’ Doug Fewtrell (Captain) New Years Day Voluntary Patrols – Available members to contact the Club Vice Captain.

Saturday 2.1.2010 AM ‘Ducks’ Gary Raso (Captain) PM ‘Crabs’ Jo Colja (Captain) Sunday 3.1.2010 AM ‘Whales’ Phil Klein (Captain) PM ‘Sea Horses’ Rod McCarthy (Captain)\ K Kennedy.

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Sat. 19/12/09 Mens Whites T. Pototnick, R.Corney, J.Krizman Merry Xmas to all bowlers, have a good one. Happy hangovers.

Kingscliff Men It was great to see so many spectators turn up to watch the latest rounds of Open Singles played last weekend and they weren’t disappointed with a number of very tight games and excellent bowling. Those present on Sunday observed that 1994 Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist, Ian Taylor, is quickly returning to top form. Results Saturday 19th December: I Smith d W Blackwood; G Barrack d J Julius; T Hills d B Harris; M Turner d P Murphy; G Searle d D Roughly; H Hockey d G Hallett; J Ritchie d B Butler; R Armour d M Richards; R Julius d D Grenfell; K Liddington d V Lewis; T Cusack d F McNamara; K Banks d L Rootsey; L Murphey d C Lane. Results of Sunday 20th J Hanson d I Smith; G Searle d H Hockey; J Ritchie d R Lewis; R Armour d R Julius; K Liddington d T Cusack; I Taylor d O Simpson. The Open Singles will resume on Saturday 16th Janu-

ary. Social Bowls Results: Thursday 17th December: Winners; K Prichard, L Berger, G Prichard; G Davis, M Rice, B Raeburn; J Frazer, F McNamara, L Murphey; Plate Winners: N Peacock, B Massey, H DeVries; Saturday 19th December: Winners: H Hockey, I Smith, T Hills; T Dimmock, C Withey, B Raeburn; Plate Winners: K Berger, D Clark. Tuesday 22nd December: Winners: B McIllhatton, M Rice; Runners Up: I Taylor, O Simpson; Plate Winners: S Felton, J Ritchie; Social bowls will be on Saturday 26th and the end of month raffle will be drawn. Winners need to be there to claim the prize. If not the money will jackpot to the next month. Coming Up: Nomination sheets are on the board for Open Pairs, Triples and Fours.

Bowlers interested in playing in the 2010 Premier Sevens which will be played Friday or Saturday evenings, the Tweed Valley Shield which will be played on Monday afternoons or the Summer Nines which will be played on Saturday mornings, are asked to place their names on the relevant sheets on the notice board.

GOLF Chinderah Seniors Social Golf Results Thursday 17th Stroke Winner “A” grade - Rus Pitchers - net 57 - new h/cap 8, R/up - Jim Robertson - net 58 (c/back) - new h/cap 2 Winner “B” grade - Daryl Hibbs - net 56 - new h/cap 15, R/up - Helen Steele - net 58 (c/back) - new h/cap 18 Winner “C” grade - Julie Mackay net 55 - new h/cap 19, R/up - Ann Cranch - net 58 - new h/cap 19 Ball rundown to net 60 Next event 11/1/2010 - Stroke Ball competitions each Monday & Thursday till 11/1/2010 Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all!

Murwillumbah Golf Club Sunday 13th December Members Winner G.Philp 42 pts Women’s Winner F.Chadwick 35 pts N.Pin 2nd B.Blunden & S.Ritchie B.R.D to 37 pts Monday 14th Veterans Winner A.Grade C.Hulme 42 pts R.Up K.Blyth 40 pts Winner B.Grade B.Bolt 43 pts R.Up C.Pursey 42 pts c.b N.Pin 2nd K.Blyth 8th A.Soan 10th I.Audsley 14th B.Bolt B.R.D.to 36 pts c.b Wednesday 16th December Indiivdiual Stableford Winners A.Grade T.Hindle 3 pts c.b R.Up P.Berryman

42 pts B.Grade P.Keegan 45 pts R.Up A.Rowe 43 pts Veteran C.Hulme 39 pts N.Pin 2nd D.Malcolmson 10th L.McCormack B.R.D 35 pts c.b Friday 18th .Members Winner J.Baker 44 pts B.R.D 40 pts c.b Saturday 19th December Individual Stroke in 4 Grades Winners .Grade A.Harrison 67nett R.Up D.Hobday 69 nett B.Grade Winner J.Moen 67 nett R.Up J.Hopkins 72 nett C.Grade R,Castle 67 nett R.Up S.Whitney 71 nett D.Grade T.Sayer 69 nett R.Up B.Cooper 70 nett N.Pin 2nd B.McLean 8th C,Threadgate 14th G.Bartlett B.R.D 40 nett c.b SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club The club would like to wish all members a safe and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Results for 15-Dec-09; AIR PISTOL - A Uren 579, J Lumsden 577, R Rees 540.

19-Dec-09; SPORTS PISTOL - G Andronicus 603, M Lahey 585, S Stebbing 584, N Davis 583, A Unwin 567, J Hoctor 563, R Rees 560, J Duckworth 559, D Stebbing 546, A Berry 538, J Traves 503, D Gazzard 432. CENTRE FIRE - J Lumsden 567, J Gove 560, G Andronicus 559. 20Dec-09; AIR PISTOL - E Wenban 576, B Wenban 504..

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend Christmas alone, get into the festive spirit and share the day (and a free hot lunch) with new friends. Tweed Combined Christmas Churches are throwing a Christmas Day lunch from 11.30am Music concert (DST) at Tweed Heads Civic Centre.

Bike ride Entertainment and carols will add The Tweed Links Music Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next to the fun and Santa set to pay a Sunday, January 10, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pedal to the concert will be the first Sunday Pacificâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, depart from Nullum St near special visit. Transport available to in February, 2pm (DST) at the Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Golf the Duck Pond in Knox Park, Murwil- the centre, call (07) 5599 2615 or 0434 671 101. lumbah, 6.30am, 50kms, medium/ Club, Soorley Street Tweed Heads. hard ride, some hills, short gravel For whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performing visit www.

Museum dates section, via Clothierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creek Rd to tweedlinksmusicclub.org or call Bogangar and then along the cycle Tweed Heads Historical Society at Elaine on 07 5590 7870. path to Hastings Point. Stop for a Tweed Heads Regional Museum, swim/drink and return home via Mental health Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive Tweed Reserve Creek Road. To register visit Heads West is open Tuesday, Families and friends of people wollumbinbug@yahoo.com.au Thursday Friday 11am-4pm (DST) with mental illness are welcome to and Sunday 1-4pm (DST) or by apshare friendship, information and Probus club pointment. Free entry, call 07 5536 experiences with other carers from 10am on the first and third Mondays Banora Point Probus Club. No meet- 8625 for info. Last open day Friday, ing for December, next meeting December 18 and re-opening in each month at the Tweed Heads January 25 at South Tweed Sports Tuesday, January 12. Special book Library, Brett Street (no public holidays). Knowledgeable volunteer Club 10.30am. Visitors welcome. For sale ends Dec 18. For info call 07 5536 8625. members of the Tweed Valley Men- info call Frank on 07 5599 9528. tal Health Carers Network help out.

PCYC markets Meditation groups For info call 07 5524 4556.

Held every Sunday at the Tweed Every Monday evening, 6pm-9pm Hospital auxiliary Heads PCYC, corner of Florence at Kingscliff Holistic Centre, For info and Adelaide Streets, running from call 6674 4866.

The Tweed Hospital Auxiliaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early in the morning to around Christmas stocking raffle winners Volunteering were: 1st prize P. Moore; 2nd E. Dav- lunchtime. For more info call 07 5599 1714. ies; 3rd B. McFadden; 4th D. Rope; Looking for a way to gain work and 5th A. McKenzie. We raised experience, meet friends and/or Free meals $5700 from the raffle which will be contribute to your community?

Delicious free meals prepared by Sri Each week NORTEC Volunteering put to good use for the hospital.

Govinda Dham are served every sec- has around 200 volunteer positions Food giveaway ond Tuesday at the Murwillumbah available through community Community Centre from 11.45amorganisations in our region. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;five Free food giveaway starts again on 12.30pm. All welcome. For info call most wantedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; volunteer vacancies January 6 at 12.30pm (DST) at the this week include: Tweed Heads, iBar in Tweed Heads. We need more Prema Das on 6679 5541. child care assistant; Chillingham, donations of non-perishable food gardener/ground maintenance; to help the pensioners through the U3A Murwillumbah, handyman/gardenholiday break. For info call Terri 0414 U3A Tweed Coast looking for a er, kitchen hand; Tweed Shire, sports volunteer tutor for beginners 376 057. program development officer. For For aged pension card holders only, French in our 1st term of 2010.

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Wildlife carers Lismore/Byron Bay Jonathan 02 Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers provide 6694 2212. a 24-hour emergency wildlife servByron Arts Classic ice, 365 days a year and always need more help. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to know Calling artists from Ballina, Byron, more call 02 6672 4789.

Lismore and Tweed Shires working in painting, sculpture, works-on-paParent support per and photography â&#x20AC;&#x201C; entries are The Family Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trained volunopen for the Byron Arts Classic to be held at Byron Community Centre teers and support workers provide practical parenting support to parin January. For entry form and info ents and carers living in the Tweed artsclassic@byroncentre.con.au or Shire who are caring for at least one 02 6685 6807. child 0-3 years of age. For info call Landcare volunteers 07 5524 871.

Friends of Wollumbuin (FOW) LandWalking group care group are looking for more Murwillumbah on the Move walking people to help with the Byangum group meets at information centre Community Tweed Riverbank Restoration Project. Volunteers meet carpark at 6.50am Wednesdays and Saturdays. Enjoyable walks around the first Saturday of the month town. All welcome. For info call 02 from 8am to 1pm to plant trees on 6672 1660. the banks of the Tweed River on Kyogle Road, one kilometre south of Byangum Bridge. For further info Bargain shop call Marcia on 6672 8146 or email The Uniting Church Bargain Shop podge@netspace.net.au. helps the Blair Athol Supported Accommodation and Assistance ProKids helpline gram. Pre-loved clothing, bric-a-brac, When kids face a crisis, Kids Helpline small household items, linen, books is there to help, Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only and luggage as well as new greeting telephone and online counselling cards and wrapping paper available. service specifically for children and At 2/3 Machinery Drive, Tweed young people aged 5 to 25 years.

Heads South, from Monday to Friday For info call 1800 55 1800 (free call) 9.30am-3.30pm. For info call Malcolm or go to www.kidshelpline.com.au. or Georgina on 07 5524 4963. region visit www.nortecltd.com.au or call 02 6672 8288.

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Kingscliff Volunteer Coast Guard are asking for donations for the flotillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garage sale to be held in January next year, which we will pick up. For info call Helena on 02 6674 0576 or 0427 740 576.

Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets at 10.30am on the third Wednesday of each month at Seagulls. Learn computer skills from other seniors. For info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939 (Mon-Fri 9-5). All welcome.

Community exchange Tweed Shire Community Exchange.

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Toastmasters Become a popular, confident public

speaker, tune listening skills and have a laugh as well. Join Murwillumbah Toastmasters every other Thursday for dinner and friendship (all ages). Call Marg 02 6677 9575 or Phil 02 6677 9388.

Justices Tweed Valley Justices of the Peace have a desk at Tweed Centro each Tuesday 10am-2pm. Also at Tweed City Thursday from 10am-2pm and 5pm-7pm. For info call Margaret on 07 5599 2975. Returning mid January.

Breast screening BreastScreen NSW Tweed Heads clinic at the Tweed Hospital offers free mammograms on Thursday nights and Saturdays. To book call 02 6622 1822.

Community calendar Tweed Shire Council online community calendar of events lets you know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on. Available for event organisers, community groups, resident and ratepayer groups and others to promote their local events.

Visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ Events/WhatsOnCommunity.aspx.

Nashos Tweed Valley-Murwillumbah National Servicemens Association meets every month on the 3rd Tuesday at 10-15am at the Murwillumbah Services Club. For info call Peter on 07 5590 5467 or Barb on 07 5523 3599. Regular guest speakers.

Interested people welcome.

The Gold Coast South-Twin Towns Branch of the National Servicemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association of Australia serving from Tallebudgera to The Tweed will hold its next general meeting on Sunday, January 17, at 11am (DST) in the Anzac Room of The Twin Towns Services Club. If you served in any of the forces of The Commonwealth between 1951-1972 then why not bring your partner. New members welcome. For info call John on 07 5535 2484.

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A year of turmoil in Tweed Shire Council For Tweed Shire councillors it’s been a bruising year marked by in-fighting, dummy spits and a mayoral election which turned into a draw from a box.

It’s also been a steep learning curve for most as they confronted several thorny issues and watched helplessly as the NSW government continued to usurp more of their planning powers.

The year began with mounting public protests over the go ahead for the part sale of Bay Street amid secrecy surrounding the design and footprint of a high-rise building proposed for the prime CBD site.

It ended with the details still shrouded in mystery after the developer, Walker Corp, continues to defy a council edict to unveil its plans to the public, stalling any further consideration of the project.

Other decisions also divided the community.

They included a narrow vote to stick with the administrators’ seven-year plan which resulted in a 9.6 per cent accumulating rate hike and approval of a commune-style development near Uki which will be home to up to 1000 people.

The Nightcap Village venture by millionaire developer Peter van Lieshout, husband

Council reporter Ken Sapwell takes a look at the year that was. of Cr Joan van Lieshout, was given the go ahead on condition residents are banned from keeping ferrets, rabbits, hoofed animals as well as the usual cats and dogs.

Another contentious issue was a government decision to

Council general manager Mike Rayner, enthusiastic proponent (and board member) of the Repco rally.

stage a world rally event on the Tweed and the appointment of council boss Mike Rayner to the rally board, prompting the now dumped mayor to earn the wrath of some councillors by publicly questioning his dual role.

In the end allegations that it created a potential conflict

of interest became academic when the government sidelined the council by passing special laws making itself the consent authority for the event.

Macquarie Street planners also had a field day at council’s expense, giving billionaire developer Bob Ell the right to override the council’s major planning implement, the LEP, in designing his massive Kings Forest estate west of Kingscliff, allowing homes as small as 175 square metres.

They also gave the green light to Don O’Rorke to make substantial changes to the layout of his Casuarina estate, including the removal of a beachfront parking esplanade despite strong opposition from the council.

The government also scrapped a recently prepared master plan for Tweed Heads, sending in its own team to devise a new vision aimed at revitalising the town’s run-down CBD that is yet to be publicly unveiled.

Latest plans sighted six months ago featured twin highrise towers forming a gateway to the southern approach to the town but it’s unknown

V-dub guru hangs up his spanners Story and photo Eve Jeffery

Who would have ever thought that the small village of Stokers Siding would become a nationally and internationally renowned focal point in the V-dub (Volkswagen) world.

Well Alan Atkins (pictured) didn’t, but it happened, and Alan’s the guru.

After completing his mechanics apprenticeship in 1964 at a Volkswagen dealership in Glen Innes, Alan and his wife Jan, moved to Stokers in 1970 where he started repairing cars for friends and neighbours from his home. The next year the Atkins purchased the vacant service station in the village and in 1980 Alan made a conscious decision to deal exclusively with Volkswagens.

The business expanded dramatically to become the largest supplier of new used VW parts between Southport and Newcastle and by the 90s, Alan had an overflowing wrecking yard and a growing fan base as he gained the reputation for his experience, knowledge and expertise with Volkswagens.

Alan says he has literally worked on thousands of Vdubs and has had his head under every type of make and model brought into Australia including the Beetle, Type 3, Water Cooled, T4, Golf, Passat, Audi and of course the iconic Kombi. He attributes much of

his success to some of the great staff he has employed over the years including his daughters Michelle and Amanda.

In 2009 the Stokers VW Parts became an ever increasing central focus of the business while at the same time Alan was scaling down mechanical repairs and earlier this year, the premises was sold as Alan and Jan, who now live in Pottsville, prepared for the next adventure and moving exclusively into selling parts ‘People think I am folding up all together,’ says Alan. ‘We aren’t closing we are just relocating. I still have an extensive range of new and second hand parts but I will have more time to travel to swap meets and shows and will have parts available online and over the phone.

And the obvious question?

Alan was very reluctant to

name his favourite VW but did say he once owned a twin cab that he fixed up in ’72.

‘It was a great Kombi,’ said Alan. ‘When I sold that, it almost made me cry.’

For more information about where you can get those all elusive V-dub parts, visit the website at: www.stokersparts. com.au.

whether the controversial idea will be incorporated into the final document supposed to be delivered by the end of the year.

But its most controversial decision was to remove the council’s powers to decide major developments and infrastructure projects, creating regional planning panels stacked with its own appointees to do the job.

One issue which filled the letter columns was the council’s decision to splurge $45,000 on a corporate make-over involving a new logo which bears an eerie resemblance to a shopdummy torso.

It incensed groups who had been calling on the council to save the Tweed’s dwindling koala population by funding its 11-year-old undertaking to implement a koala plan of management in the Tweed.

Most observers were not impressed with the media policy adopted at the start of coun-

cil’s term. When it began to be invoked a few months later (mainly against Crs van Lieshout and Milne) it transpired that councillors were not able to make anything public which was not already public.

In a decision more widely accepted, council responded to concerns about the sustainability of the development onslaught with a new LEP which does not envisage any more rezonings of greenfield sites after concluding that there’s enough residential land to last another 25 years.

In another plus it has identified six sites suitable for the development of industrial estates after studies found that the shire’s economic output lagged well behind other regions, contributing just 0.4 per cent of the state’s total.

But councillors managed to end the year on a controversial note when they decided to ditch a long-standing tradition and keep secret their individual expenses, some of which were branded by one councillor as exorbitant.

First quarter December 25 03:36 Full moon January 1 06:13 Third quarter January 7 21:40 New moon January 15 18:12 First quarter January 23 21:54 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 F 0551 1947 2017 0551 0915,2.00; 2158,1.39 0240,0.36; 1600,0.12 2 S 0552 1947 2106 0703 1006,2.04; 2248,1.42 0332,0.33; 1648,0.09 3 S 0552 1947 2149 0815 1056,2.01; 2340,1.45 0427,0.32; 1736,0.10 1146,1.92 4 M 0553 1947 2227 0924 0522,0.34; 1824,0.15 5 T 0554 1947 2302 1030 0032,1.46; 1238,1.78 0620,0.39; 1912,0.23 6 W 0554 1948 2336 1133 0126,1.47; 1330,1.60 0720,0.46; 2000,0.33 7 T 0555 1948 1235 0222,1.48; 1427,1.42 0826,0.53; 2047,0.42 8 F 0556 1948 0011 1336 0330,1.50; 1530,1.27 0939,0.58; 2139,0.50 9 S 0557 1948 0048 1437 0420,1.52; 1642,1.17 1057,0.59; 2233,0.55 10 S 0558 1948 0127 1537 0521,1.55; 1755,1.13 1213,0.56; 2330,0.58 11 M 0558 1948 0211 1635 0618,1.59; 1859,1.14 1315,0.50 12 T 0559 1948 0258 1729 0710,1.64; 1949,1.18 0024,0.58; 1402,0.45 13 W 0600 1948 0350 1819 0755,1.68; 2031,1.22 0113,0.56; 1443,0.40 14 T 0601 1948 0444 1904 0835,1.71; 2109,1.26 0156,0.53; 1518,0.37 15 F 0602 1948 0539 1944 0912,1.73; 2145,1.28 0236,0.51; 1552,0.35 16 S 0602 1948 0635 2020 0947,1.73; 2218,1.31 0314,0.49; 1624,0.34 17 S 0603 1947 0729 2052 1021,1.71; 2252,1.32 0350,0.48; 1655,0.34 18 M 0604 1947 0822 2122 1054,1.68; 2328,1.34 0428,0.49; 1726,0.35 19 T 0605 1947 0914 2150 1127,1.62 0507,0.51; 1758,0.37 20 W 0606 1947 1007 2218 0004,1.35;1201,1.54 0548,0.54; 1830,0.41 21 T 0607 1946 1059 2248 0044,1.36; 1239,1.44 0632,0.58; 1903,0.45 22 F 0608 1946 1154 2319 0127,1.38; 1320,1.34 0723,0.63; 1941,0.49 23 S 0608 1946 1251 2355 0215,1.40; 1413,1.24 0821,0.66; 2027,0.54 24 S 0609 1945 1350 0309,1.43; 1519,1.16 0932,0.66; 2122,0.57 25 M 0610 1945 1453 0036 0411,1.48; 1639,1.13 1054,0.62; 2229,0.58 26 T 0611 1945 1557 0123 0515,1.57; 1759,1.16 1209,0.52; 2336,0.54 27 W 0612 1944 1700 0219 0617,1.69; 1904,1.23 1312,0.39 28 T 0613 1944 1758 0324 0715,1.82; 2000,1.31 0038,0.47; 1405,0.26 29 F 0613 1943 1851 0434 0810,1.93; 2051,1.40 0135,0.38; 1455,0.15 30 S 0614 1943 1938 0547 0901,2.01; 2140,1.48 0230,0.30; 1542,0.08 31 S 0615 1942 2020 0659 0951,2.03; 2229,1.54 0323,0.25; 1627,0.06 All times are Daylight Savings Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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by Fingal Rovers Surf Lifesavers to rebuild their ageing club house. Start on the $750,000 program will now depend on an application for a government grant and the success of a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;donate-a-brickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fundraising program. People wishing to donate can visit the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.fingalrovers.slsc. com and click on the please donate here button.

An Echo reader tells us her Christmas wish for the Tweed is that next year will be the Year of The Conscience, that on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve those with a conscience will be vindicated for their concern for the whole community, and those with no conscience will suddenly develop one, and not just be driven by their own selfish interests and/or personal bank accounts, wherever they are located. However, she tells us that like the failure of 192 leaders in Copenhagen to reach agreement on how to save us from ourselves, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;even Mary McKillop wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pull off this miracle on the Tweedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

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Backburner has heard that 27 trees are set to be removed from Murwillumbah East Public School to make way for a new hall. Duranbah Public School was faced with the same situation in November but after public appeal, 21 trees were saved. Starting the work in school holidays makes the job easier, no kids or public around to get in the way.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;So, as you enjoy your air conditioning and barbecued steaks over Christmas, remember that most of the offshore banking companies that are tax havens are in danger of disappearing because of climate change. So donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t complain at the thousands of climate refugees who will need resettlement next door to you in the next few decades.

Perhaps they can all come and live in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;thousands of new homesâ&#x20AC;? now the koalas have strangely been burnt out!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sign of bygones being bygones when council chief Mike Rayner and an entourage of senior staff turned up to mark the opening of former mayor Joan van Lieshoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office-in-exile last Friday. The invitationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boast of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;substantialâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; refreshments proved spoton, with a range of succulent canapĂŠs and fine wines and soft-drinks lifting bonhomie levels to new heights. Councillors stayed away in droves apart from her armour-plated nemesis, Warren Polgalse, who unsurprisingly was not invited to cut the official ribbon. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ironic that while council recently approved a development at Chinderah which, if it goes ahead, would obliterate a

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Fingal Head Public School captain Patric Pearson puts the finishing touches to his mosaic as local artist and school mum Marcia Gibbs, one of the coordinators of the mosaic project for the school, looks on.

Years 4, 5 and 6 of the Fingal Public School created the individual artworks, on tile mesh with broken and shaped tiles, with the theme of the Fingal Head area. Each mosaic measures around 25cms square, and in pairs they have been glued onto the low brick pillars surrounding the main old school building.

Teachers say the mosaics have transformed the building and have given the school an atmosphere of colour and vibrancy.

Photo Jeff â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;On The Tilesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dawson

small waterway teeming with fish and birdlife, the state government is pumping money into fish habitat rehabilitation projects. The Department of Primary Industries will provide funds to Tweed Shire Council and Tweed Landcare for such projects along the Tweed River estuary from funds provided through recreational fishing licenses.

when the clock strikes 12am (DST) on January 1 next year.

Fireworks were invented in ancient China in the 12th century to scare away evil spirits, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see if they can clear the Tweed of evil. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

In a story last week on sustainable farming at Cudgen, we incorrectly called the farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Dennis instead of Ian. We apologise for any emâ&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; It wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be new yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s barrassment caused by this without fire works. You can blooper. catch the colourful explosions â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; at Jack Evans Boat Harbour Tweed Council has given the

Tyalgum residents are advised that the level 2 water restrictions introduced in the village earlier this month have been lifted following last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steady rain, which also helped flush out the dreaded bluegreen algae from the village weir. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Tweed MP Geoff Provest has called for a local drug squad to be formed after 53kg of illicit drugs was confiscated by police in the Tweed-Byron police command this year. The Tweed may have a high rate of cannabis use, but it also has one of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest rates of alcohol-induced crime and violence. Maybe a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;grogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; squad focusing on drink driving and domestic abuse would be money better spent. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

The last page of the final issue for 2009 means that all the Echo drudges can now take a break. We wish all our readers and advertisers the best for the holiday season and will see you again on Thursday, January 14!

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LIGHT IT UP THIS NEW YEARS EVE @ THE IVORY TAVERN LOCAL BLUES LEGEND MASON RACK BAND FROM 7PM TILL 12PM & INTERNATIONAL DJ ALL THE WAY FROM SCOTLAND | ANDY FINN FROM 12-3AM 156 Wharf Street, Tweed Heads, NSW 2485 www.ivorytavern.com/ phone 07 5506 9988 fax 07 5506 9977

32 December 24, 2009 The Tweed Shire Echo

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