Clarence Valley Monopoly comes to town

By Tim Howard

Clarence Valley residents who love a game of Monopoly are now able to play a version of the game designed for their neighbourhood.

details, but said it was not a move that came cheaply.

“The cost was a factor,” he said. “But it was something we thought was too good not to be part of.

selling well.

It’s on again Come join us in Kyogle for the Summerland Giant Pumpkin & Watermelon Festival Saturday January 20, 2024, event will be bigger & better, with more entertainment & competitions for all the family.

Dale Oliver still holds the Australian Record for the heaviest Atlantic Giant Pumpkin set at the 2022 Kyogle Festival weighing 867Kg.

The Still Life Painting Prize will be exhibited at the Roxy Gallery from January 16th, 2024. To continue the celebration of Margret Olley’s 100th Birthday. Margret’s frst home was at Horseshoe Creek, Kyogle.

The entries in the Still Life Painting Prize will this year be displayed at the Roxy Gallery from 17th of January, along with the entries in the Woodworking Prize & the Soft Crafts Prize. This year we have included a Woodworking Prize and a Soft Furnishing Craft Prize. Prize money will again be substantial in each section. Entry forms are available from the Roxy Gallery, Clay Corner & the Tourist Information Centre Kyogle, Nimbin

Art Gallery and the Regional Gallery outlet in Lismore.

The prize money is generous in all categories and age groups.

The Still Life Painting Prize First Prize Adult $500; 2nd $250; 3rd $100

Intermediate (12 – 18yrs

High School Student) 1st

Prize$150; 2nd $100;

3rd $75

Junior (5-12yrs primary school) 1st Prize $100; 2nd; $75; 3rd $50

Woodworking Prize

Senior (over 16yr) 1st

Prize $500: 2nd $250;

3rd $100

Junior 1st Prize $150;

2nd $100; 3rd $50

Soft Craft Prize

Senior (over16 yrs) 1st

Prize $500; 2nd $250;

3rd $10

Junior (Under 16yrs) 1st $150; 2nd $100; 3rd $50

Entry forms to be received by 15th

DECEMBER 2023

ARTWORKS to be delivered on JANUARY

15th 2024 to the Roxy Gallery Kyogle

The Committee is grateful to Ruth, her the team at the art Gallery & Council for their support of this event. Opening Night Is 16th January, 2024.

Last year’s entries where awesome in all categories, The prize money is again very generous in all age categories and genre defnitely worth entering. Entry forms available at the Gallery & Clay Corner, Kyogle & Nimbin Art Gallery

Further enquiries

Caroline 0459 401 568 Or contact us Via our Facebook Page Summerland Giant Pumpkin & Watermelon Festival email cheviotdowns@gmail. com our Facebook Page Summerland Giant Pumpkin & Watermelon Festival or phone Joan on 6633 9143 or Rob 0408 278 685.

Clarence-based company Westlawn Finance, Ashley Albert Performing Arts and the Lower Clarence Netball Association combined to fund the development of the local variant, which went on sale this month.

Westlawn Finance chief fnancial offcer and company director Andrew Hayes said it has been popular, with the 500 copies of the local version of the board game well on the way to being sold out.

Mr Hayes said the Australian distributor of the game Winning Moves came calling several months ago to see if there was interest in a local version of the game.

“We had a meeting and decided it was something we could be part of,” Mr Hayes said. He did not reveal the

Westlawn became the gold sponsor of the project, earning itself the lion’s share of the promotion and getting plenty of bang for its bucks in the game, with Westlawn yellow featuring on the board and on the Monopoly money used in the game.

“There’s plenty of local places all around the Clarence Valley,” he said.

“There’s the Clocktower, Grafton Bridge, the Pacifc Highway, Maclean Lookout, Iluka Museum. Stacks of places locals would know.”

He said the move had struck a chord with Clarence Valley people with copies of the game selling fast.

There was also a card game version called Clarence Valley Top Trumps, which was also

A regionalised Monopoly has always been part of the game since it’s earliest variant, The Landlords Game, was invented around 1903 in the USA.

Mr Hayes said the game most Australians were familiar with was the English game, with places like Mayfair and Piccadilly.

“I’m sure the American version has properties they are familiar with,” he said. The Clarence is not alone in Australia in having a regionalised version available.

Mr Hayes said he knew of versions for Wagga, Tamworth, Melbourne and and Gold Coast.

“But it’s still the same game it’s always been and a lot of fun to play,” he said.

He was also confdent should the game sell out, Westlawn would seriously consider a reprint.

“If it comes to the I’m sure it’s something we consider worth doing again,” he said.

An Irish orphan fnds her home in a new land

Title: A Spirit of Place

Author: Jeff Townsend

Price: $40.66

Publisher: Balboa

Press

By Samantha Elley

Cherokee Rose Harper has just buried her mother and then watched her father be murdered. Before she has even reached womanhood she is an orphan and has to decide how she will survive.

Her only living relative is her step brother who has gone o to war and may never return.

It is Ireland in 1835 and there isn’t a great deal of choice, so she manages to disguise herself as a cabin boy on a ship bound for the new colony in a place called New South Wales.

On the voyage she meets Ruian Conner, a young man who keeps