The Monaro Post October 26, 2016

WEDNESDAY October 26, 2016

THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SNOWY MONARO REGION

$100,000 FOR MEIS CEO of Vail Resorts, the company that owns Perisher, Rob Katz, has made a personal donation to the Monaro Early Intervention Service in Cooma.

The donation will be used to fund a program for the Snowy Monaro community aimed at helping parents build stronger connections with their children.

Pictured are MEIS educator Tonelle Lewis, MEIS General Manager Rhonda Howie, MEIS Chairman Mark Herbert, MEIS Committee member Robyn Boyce and Perisher CEO Peter Brulisauer. See story p3.

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Jandemarra’s bandanna goes nation-wide

An artwork by local elder Uncle Jandemarra Wall has been chosen to feature on bandannas issued by children’s cancer charity, CanTeen.

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each year to raise money for young people facing the challenge of cancer. “I’m just rapt,� said Uncle Jandemarra. “I’m really proud that my design was chosen to be part of such a great cause.�

J a n d e m a r r a ’s design entitled ‘Snowy Mountains (Googar) Goanna’ is the only Indigenous design available in the CanTeen bandannas, which are being sold all around Australia. “But of course it’s not just about me, it’s about the kids,� said Uncle Jandemarra who is encouraging the local community to buy a bandanna in support of the cause.

Bandannas are available at the Cooma Visitors Centre and at Monaro High School as well as other various retailers.

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23,000 young people have their world turned upside down by cancer each year, whether it is a close family members diagnoses or their own. “Young people facing the challenge of cancer are three to six times more likely to

experience high levels of psychological distress, which can lead to longterm mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression,� said Mr Orchard. “The CanTeen bandanna is a powerful symbol of

hope, connection and resilience for the young people we work with.

That’s why we are urging all Australians to buy and wear a bandanna this National Bandanna Day in a show of solidarity.�

Mitre 10 draws its mighty raffle Mitre 10 Cooma held the draw of their raffle in support of charity beyondblue last week.

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With the construction industry having a high percentage of cases of depression and anxiety, particularly in apprentices, Manager of Cooma Mitre 10 Chris Fitzgerald wanted to support the cause.

Chris would like to thank all the local businesses who generously donated prizes for the raffle and for all those in the community who contributed to the cause.

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A generous donation to MEIS CEO of Vail Resorts Rob Katz has recently made a personal donation of $100,000 to the Monaro Early Intervention Service (MEIS) in Cooma.

Selecting 12 not-forprofit organisations in the local communities where Vail Resorts operate, MEIS is one beneficiary of a $2 million giveaway by the former investment banker and his wife, Elana Amsterdam.

Perisher’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Brulisauer attended the annual general meeting of the MEIS last Wednesday.

Mr Brulisauer expressed how happy Mr Katz was to be able to help MEIS, being such a valuable resource to the local community.

MEIS General Manager Rhonda Howie expressed her thanks to Mr Brulisauer and to Mr Katz, and said the money will be used to fund a parenting program called Circle of Security. This program aims to build stronger connections between children and their parents. It has already been made available to families who have children involved with MEIS, but with the new funds, they will be able to bring the program to the wider community.

“The connection between parents and their children are essential for children’s secure attachment and their emotional development,” said Ms Howie.

“Children with secure

attachment have better relationships with their families and peers, can manage their emotions better, can show more empathy towards others and have greater self esteem than those who don’t have secure attachments.”

The Circle of Security program is for parents of young children. It guides parents in understanding their children’s behaviour and what that behaviour is actually communicating to the parents.

Currently, three families are undergoing the Circle of Security program, facilitated by a qualified educator at MEIS, Tonelle Lewis.

“Circle of Security is an eight week program that is very

powerful,” says Ms Lewis.

“It focuses on recognising kids emotional needs and in doing so the behaviour of the child will improve.”

“We work with the parent and provide a very supportive relationship.”

MEIS previously only had the facilities to provide early childhood services and education. Over the years they have been able to expand to primary school aged children, and they now have the capacity to accept children from zero to 18.

For more information about MEIS and the Circle of Security program, visit their website at meis.org.au or call 6452 7424.

Students creativity on show If your child is wanting to get into the Christmas spirit nice and early, then it’s time to break out the coloured pencils.

Monaro pre-schoolers and primary students are being encouraged to put their creative skills to the test, and come up with the design for the Member for Monaro’s Christmas card.

Launching the competition at St Patrick’s Parish School in Cooma, the member called on local students to let their talents shine.

“There is obviously a great deal of creativity in the electorate that needs to be

captured,” Mr Barilaro said.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for students to let their creative abilities flow.”

Year Six students at St Pat’s helped kickstart the month long competition. Matilda, Ava and Sam showed off their designs to Mr Barilaro. This year’s theme is ‘Christmas in the Future’.

“The children will have a few weeks to send in an entry, so I hope that lots of schools will take up the challenge and get involved.”

The winning design will go front and centre on Mr Barilaro’s official Christmas

cards that will be distributed to hundreds of organisations and individuals across the Monaro.

All entries must be sent to 213 Crawford Street, PO Box 998, Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620, and received by 5pm on Monday, November 21.

The winner will receive a $100 gift vouchers, second a $50 vouchers and third prize a $25 voucher. A presentation for the winner is set down for December.

Pictured - Matilda, Ava and Sam join Mr Barilaro and MLC Bronnie Taylor.

Administrator’s Column The last of our Bombala/Delegate Streetscape meetings was held on Thursday 13 October at the Bombala Community Centre. Again, we had a really good turn out and had some fantastic discussion about what the residents wanted for their town and how they felt about the concept plans. We have also been receiving submissions directly to council and these will help us reach a final determination about how to proceed. Once the final amendments have been received from the production company, staff will process the new plan and develop a strategy that will ultimately deliver a renewed streetscape for the Bombala and Delegate communities.

Council recently held a civic reception for the Renew Cooma committee, which is a sub-committee of the Cooma Chamber of Commerce. Council wanted to recognise the success of the project and congratulate the hard work of the members that made the project happen. Since the project was initiated there are a significant number of empty shop fronts that have been filled which vindicates how well this venture has worked. We also held another civic reception to welcome the District Governor of Rotary to Cooma. It was great to welcome Mr Steve Hill and see where he is planning to take to Rotary and his vision for the future. Both receptions went really well and many of the community took time out of their busy schedules to attend.

The first round of the Snowy Monaro Community Grants has been allocated and Joe Vescio and I have been meeting with some of the winners, along with John Barilaro. Mr Barilaro was really keen to meet with winners from all over the region and speak with them face to face about their projects. The second round of funding will open shortly, so I encourage any community non-for-profit groups to apply, regardless if you applied in the first round. Please keep an eye out as the opening date will be announced shortly.

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Funding projects to make our community stronger Further distribution of the Stronger Community Fund took place last week, with Cooma Lambie Street Preschool and Cooma Challenge Limited receiving cheques.

Administrator Dean Lynch, Member for Monaro John Barilaro

and MLC Bronnie Taylor attended the presentations to the recipients.

Cooma Lambie Street Preschool was given $31,500 for the renovation of the children’s bathroom.

Of particular need of upgrading are the non-

slip floor tiles, which have worn away at the surface. Director Cathy Toohey said she was very pleased with the outcome, having the safety of the children as her main priority. The renovations are expected to be completed over the upcoming Christmas

break. The money will also go towards finishing an outdoor play area for the preschool.

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CEO Sandra Donkers said that this money will give Cooma Challenge Limited the opportunity to provide employment to many people with disabilities in the community.

Currently looking into the business plan, this project is expected to be launched in 2017 at the Cooma Challenge Limited facility in Polo Flat.

There have been 28 local projects that have been successful in gaining funding under round one of the fund, with round two to open shortly.

Some of those other recipients include Monaro Air Rifle Club, Cooma Public School P&C OOSCH, Cooma Horse and Pony Club, Cooma Field and Game, Monaro Community Access Service, CWA Adaminaby branch, Cooma Golf Club, Snowy Monaro Readers

Writers Festival, Monaro Early Intervention Service and the Cooma Monaro Historic Automobile Club.

Snowy Monaro Regional Council secured the $15 million fund from the NSW Government as part of the recent council amalgamation.

“Community groups are the heart and soul of our communities and the services they provide make a real and lasting difference to the lives of residents,” said Mr Barilaro.

With more than 100 applications to choose from, the Assessment Panel had their work cut out for them.

The panel consisted of the State Member of Parliament’s representative; Regional Coordinator of the Department of Premier and Cabinet; the three chairs of the Local Representative Committees (Steve

Goodyer, Rogan Corbett and John Cahill); Administrator Dean Lynch; General Manager Joe Vescio; Chair of the Audit Committee, in capacity of Independent Probity Adviser; and Council’s Grants Officer in an observer capacity.

“The Assessment Panel considered all of the applications regionally and selected those that would have a beneficial impact for everyone in the community.

“We were all impressed by the high calibre of projects that the community would like to get up and running,” said Administrator Lynch.

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Malcolm and Gordon at the finish line following the gruelling climb for a cause.

Weeks of slogging up and down Plunkett Street have paid off for two of Bombala’s Fire & Rescue NSW firefighters, with Malcolm Lavender and Gordon Anderson having successfully completed the Firefighters Climb for MND on Sunday.

Malcolm and Gordon have been in training for the worthwhile cause for some weeks, and on Sunday joined 446 fellow firefighters from around the world who climbed all 98 floors of the Sydney Tower Eye in full structural fire fighting ensemble to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

And together they raised an incredible total of over $467,000!

Of course taking on 1504 steps wearing 20kgs of gear was gruelling, but Malcolm and Gordon had nothing but praise for the experience, and were proud to be a part of the special fundraising event.

Both of the Bombala firefighters made good time on the challenge, with Malcolm reaching the top of the Sydney Tower Eye in 20.11 minutes, and Gordon 23.02. “Most of all, we would like to thank all in the community that have

shown their support to us over our time in preparation for the climb, as well as all those that have donated to our cause and given us even more reason to give it our all and get to the top,� Gordon said. “Also we would like to say thank you to Matt Pridham for all the work he has put into organising this event and all the people that have taken their time to help out on the day; the event ran so smoothly, it was amazing seeing what they have organised.�

And the praise has been returned, with MND sufferer, Adam Regal gratefully thanking all of those who participated in the Climb this year. “Your determination and efforts to extinguish MND hasn’t been short of extraordinary,â€? Adam, the best friend of coordinator, Matt Pridham, said. “It’s dedication, it’s hard work, it’s pride, it’s mateship, it’s the Australian spirit‌it’s the way of the firefighter. “I know each and every family that has been effected by MND are thankful for what you have all done.

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Adaminaby Rural Fire Brigade celebrates 75th birthday The Adaminaby Rural Fire Brigade is 75 years old this year. To celebrate, Assistant Commissioner Rebel Talbert presented 21 members of the brigade with Long Service Medals on Saturday 22 October in the fire shed at Adaminaby. Pictured right, Bill Mansfield unveiling the plaque. Bill is the longest serving volunteer with 46 years under his belt.

Volunteers were today honored by the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) for their ongoing commitment to the local community.

A total of 21 volunteers from the Adaminaby Brigade were presented with Long

Service Medals by NSW RFS Assistant Commissioner Rebel Talbert.

Assistant Commissioner Talbert recognised that in total, these medal recipients have accumulated an impressive 491 years of

service between them. “This is testament to the ongoing commitment shown

by Monaro District volunteers to both the NSW RFS and the local community,�

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“One volunteer, William (Bill) Mansfield, was honoured for giving 46 years of dedicated service to his Brigade and the local community. “Receiving the Long Service Medal and 3rd Clasp, Bill has filled various ranks

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this is a great opportunity for the broader community to express their gratitude and say thank you. “Today’s recipients, as do all NSW RFS volunteers, dedicate themselves to providing a vital service to the community and these medals are our proud acknowledgement of their efforts. “It is an absolute honour to present these awards and to take a moment in which we can reflect upon the outstanding achievements of these members.�

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The golden oil from Numeralla Snowy Mountains Producers of Numeralla have landed yet another prestigious award.

Recently they won international acclaim for their extra virgin olive oil and now they have been awarded gold in the 2016 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show, a national competition discovering Australia’s best fine food producers.

Snowy Mountain Extra Virgin Olive Oil won GOLD for its product SMEVOO. Chair, Sydney Royal Fine Food Show, Sally Evans, said all winners were selected by a judging panel of industry specialists, who aim to select the best in Australia while nurturing the growth of

producers nationally.

“Sydney Royal is committed to fostering a competitive space that assesses, promotes and rewards Australian produce across a large number of categories, and this year’s show was no exception,” she said.

“We’ve seen companies benefit considerably from winning a Sydney Royal medal, which provides multiple marketing opportunities to leverage success both local and internationally.

I encourage all Australians to look out for Sydney Royal medals and support these great Australian

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Mr Aoun the founder of Snowy Mountain Extra Virgin Olive Oil said, “It is an absolute honour to receive Gold this year at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards. We are excited our Australian cold climate ultra premium oil is being recognised and awarded by the best and most respected institutions.”

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Grubby Children’s obstacle course On Sunday November 13 between 11.00am and 2.00pm Cooma North Preschool will be running their inaugural “Colour Me Grubby� obstacle course for children aged between three and six years old.

It is based on the very popular courses such as “The Colour Run� and “Miss Muddy� which encourage physical movement in a fun and engaging way.

This event is the brainchild of the Cooma North Preschool staff through their involvement with the NSW

Department of Health Program “Munch and Move� which supports regular physical activity and the importance of the development of fundamental movement skills for young children.

This event is open to all children in the community aged between three and six years old. Groups of children will participate in the course in staggered time slots between 11.00am and 2.00pm.

Registration is $20 for early bird pre registration and $25 for those children that register on

the day at the event.

Registration includes the Colour Me Grubby event, a t-shirt, sausage sizzle, wrist band and certificate of participation. Please contact Cooma North Preschool on 64521198 or email coomanthpreschool@ bigpond.com for a registration form to be sent to you.

We would love to see as many children as possible join us for a day of fun, mud, water, colour, challenges and obstacles.

Ring in New Year with Tony As part of a bid to keep people local over the holiday period, Tony Nassar and Roses Restaurant are organising a New Year’s extravaganza to be held at the Cooma Car Club.

This is the second year the New Year party will run, with last year’s event reaching capacity of around 130 people.

Tony anticipates this year to be even bigger with a larger available capacity and he is predicting over 200 people will attend.

The party will feature a banquet style dinner with fresh local roasted meat and produce, as well as seafood and traditional Lebanese.

Tony recalls Cooma New Year’s parties in their former glory when hundreds of revelers would attend Centennial Park for festivities followed by fireworks.

Following on from the success of the Back to Cooma dinner in the park, Tony is anticipating returning New Year’s parties to the park and

backs it to be a success if this years’ event is well attended.

Tony believes if there are more local attractions over the New Year period, people will stay in town over the holidays, benefitting the town and the local economy.

The Car Club will open up the museum and provide a bar for the evening and people can call Rose’s Restaurant or visit the website http:// www.rosesrestaurant. com.au/ to express interest.

Left to right - Front Row: Terry Aiton, Barbara Daley, Maureen Campbell and Carole Morris Back Row: Chrissi Webb, Pat Field, Rae Foot, Kaye Anderson, Margaret Barron, Judy Walters, Philippa Dodds and Lorraine Phillips.

There wasn’t a vacant seat available in the house when 56 members of the Monaro Group of the Country Women’s Association gathered in the Berridale branch rooms on Tuesday October 18th for their Annual Group Conference which was opened by Mrs Pauline Dunk, President of the CWA Southern Tablelands Group.

Mrs Dunk was accompanied by her Group Representative Mrs Brenda Phillips of Yass.

Mr Dean Lynch of the Snowy Monaro Regional Council was a guest of honour, and NSW Police Senior Constable Tony Edwards of Berridale, was the guest speaker.

Senior Constable Tony Edwards warned members of the various fraud tactics occurring through the use of the internet,

telephone, and mail.

He summed up his talk with the words “It is a scam, if it sounds too good to be true.�

Mrs Maureen Campbell of Gungahlin branch was elected president, Group Representative: Carole Morris; Secretary: Barbara Daley (Jindabyne); Treasurer: and Terry Aiton (Jindabyne).

The Vice Presidents are Rae Foot (Canberra); Kaye Anderson (Cooma); Judith Walters (Dalgety Numbla Vale); and Margaret Barron (Peak View Jerangle).

Philippa Dodds of Bredbo will be the International Officer, Agriculture and Environment: Pat Field (Berridale); Land Cookery: Lorraine Phillips (Jindabyne) and Chrissi Webb (Jindabyne) will continue as Publicity Officer.

Awards were presented to Jerangle Peak View for the best attendance at meetings.

Adaminaby received Coins for Friendship, and the beautifully dressed International Doll went to Dalgety Numba Vale. Whilst all the branches spoke of their many and diversity of branch activities, Canberra branch was awarded the best Branch Report. Belconnen’s Agriculture and Environment Report was judged the best in its category and Dalgety had the most points in Handicraft Competition.

The next date in the diary is the trip to visit the Tumbarumba Heritage Museum and Quilt Room being organised by Philippa Dodds on Tuesday November 1st.

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2016 Awards of Excellence.

Taking home the Best Holiday Park Inland (100 sites or less) category for

Rick Martin and Kerry Parrot recently attended the NSW Caravan and Camping Industry Association

Administrator Dean Lynch, Member for Monaro John Barilaro, Garden Club Members Denham Williams, Ken Brown, Anne Daniel and SMRC general manager Joe Vescio in Nimmitabel.

The Nimmitabel Garden Club was a successful applicant of the NSW State Government’s Stronger Communities Fund.

The club received $10,000 for the beautification of Nimmitabel which will include the planting of trees at both ends of

town as well as side streets.

The club has already been responsible for planting flowering pear trees and say the money will go a long way to helping complete the project.

The Garden club has been fundraising through their open days

and has already planted 90 trees thanks to their own funding as well as donations from council and the Bocco Rock Windfarm.

The club aims to plant fairly mature trees so they are of equal age and does all the work to monitor and care for the trees.

the second year in a row, Rick and Kerry are very proud of their park located at Old Adaminaby.

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Newly elected president Denham Williams said she would like to thank the contributions from everyone in the club, particularly Claire Hillyer, Anne Daniel, Marie Hampson and past president Sue Jardine.

At 10:55pm on Thursday October 20, a 20-year-old old male from ACT was issued with an infringement notice for offensive behaviour after being evicted from a licensed premises in Jindabyne.

The 20-year-old became abusive towards staff and was instructed to leave the licensed premises. He complied however in the process of leaving has overturned a number of outside tables. Police attended a short

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Wicked comes to Canberra - SMGS attends

On Saturday October 15,40 Jindabyne students from Jindabyne Central School and Snowy Mountains Grammar were fortunate enough to attend the wondrous production of the Stephen Schwartz musical, ‘Wicked’, at Canberra

Theatre. Expertly directed

by Shaun Rennie, the production tells the story of an unusual friendship which highlights the acceptance of difference.

The cast, with the exception of two people are all from Canberra, and the musical

is produced by Anne Somes and the ‘Free Rain theatre. The Tim Draxl performing Arts Fund made the trip possible for the students, but not without the generous assistance of Snowy Mountains Grammar School, who provided two

buses and drivers.

Teachers from both school also accompanied the students as well as two committee members.

Grateful thanks goes to Tim, who arrived in time for the interesting Q and A session at the conclusion, and to

Shaun Rennie for giving the students such a wonderful opportunity.

All experiences and exposure to shows such as ‘Wicked’ give young students a fantastic insight into the world of performing arts, as well as absolute

enjoyment. This is exactly the idea that Tim Draxl had years ago when he created the Performing Arts Fund. Tim, along with his committee are very happy that his idea has come to fruition.

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With four tables overflowing with bonsai specimens, those enjoying Centennial Park in Cooma on October 15 were treated to quite a display.

The informal “bonsai show� was put on by a group of local enthusiasts who meet regularly at the park to talk all things bonsai, work on their trees and simply admire the bonsai being grown by like minded people of the region.

The group was very pleased to welcome one new member on board for the recent display day, adding his own

specimens to the show.

The event also led to six people adding their name to the group’s email list to stay abreast of future bonsai activities. “It is encouraging to see the local interest,�

Bombala bonsai enthusiast, Graham Cook said.

Should you be interested in learning more about the group or perhaps even getting some free advice on your own bonsai during one of the get togethers at the park, please contact A group of local region bonsai enthusiasts put on a great Graham on 0428 754 display at the Cooma Centennial Park on October 15.

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Guest speakers on the day included Acting Director, Mental Health and Drug Abuse, Nicola Yates, ABC journalist and presenter Sophie Longden and local gardener, John Bowe.

Ms Yates referred to the Australian attitude “I’m alright� when in fact that person is far from being right.

She emphasised that everyone can and should take an interest in the wellbeing of others and look beyond the flippant response.

Ms Longden also spoke of the need to be more aware of others’ real feelings and also of the impact some media has on people’s sense of self worth.

She said the happy and glamorous image presented on and in many media outlets is misleading and can lead to a sense of under-achieving and dissatisfaction.

Mr Bowe talked of the need to be keeping the body and mind active, being engaged in activities which give satisfaction and a sense of well-being. This includes

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are you celebrating?� she asked. “Fifty years of teaching�, I replied, feeling very proud of myself. “God�, she said, “you don’t even get that if you commit MURDER!!!!�.

I can remember showing up on my first day at Monaro High in 1966 wearing a woollen suit and running into John Jeffery, the English Head teacher at the time. I remember being initially very scared of Ted Rugendyke, the Head of the Mathematics Department. I also remember the first class that I had in my teaching career. I walked down along ‘A’ block at Monaro and stood in front of a group of Year 9 students who were lined up in two beautifully straight lines. Is this 3A Maths? I was about to tell them to move into the room. As I was about to move them in Garry Stanger came along and said that that was his class and my class was down near the next door. I looked down and saw students running riot and being very noisy. That’s your class, he told me! That is your 3B Class!!!!!. In that year there were over 20 new teachers starting at Monaro High and Arthur Pearce was one of them. Arthur and his wife Ali are with us tonight.

Speaking of Arthur and Alison I know some of you would now the story of the time Alison and Maree caught the DC3 Plane from Sydney to attend the Education Week Ball at MHS. At that time neither none of us were married. After the ball I suggested that we go to the Lido Night Club for coffee.

We arrived at the club and ordered the coffee. The four of us seemed to be the only people there. As we were waiting the music started and a round stage came out of the floor and next moment a middle aged woman appeared who began to strip her clothes off. Arthur and I did not know which way to look. I would have been a little interested but the woman must have been 55-60 in the shade.

Terribly embarrassed we had quite a bit of explaining to do to Alison and Maree.

There have been many people who have been influential in my teaching career. One of these people was Frank Meaney, who was the District Inspector of Schools for a time in Cooma and later became a Regional Director of Education at Liverpool. I asked him one day what would be the best single piece of advice that he would offer a young teacher. I still remember his words. ‘Treat the cleaner as if he or she was the Prime Minister of Australia’.

I particularly want to pay tribute to teachers and the teaching profession.

It is a wonderful vocation yet teachers are often unappreciated and taken for granted. One of my friends gave me a congratulatory card this week and on the card he had written a quote which describes for me the essence of being a good teacher. “A ,! JVVTH'OPWWVJRL[^VYR^LHY JVT H\ teacher takes a Hand, opens a

I also want to acknowledge the wonderful support of my beautiful wife Maree over this time and I praise God for giving me such a selfless and compassionate wife. I thank, too, my children for their support and I am pleased that, Michelle, Christina and her family and Matthew are able to be present Kevin Dunne (centre) with some former Monaro tonight for these celebrations as well High School colleagues. as two of my three sisters, brother Popular local teacher Kevin Dunne and their partners. Special thank recently celebrated 50 years of you to all who have travelled long teaching with a mass and a special distances to join in the celebration dinner. tonight.

This is Mr Dunne’s speech: Matthew has placed a selection I want to thank everyone of wines on the table for you to who helped with the beautiful sample and enjoy.

Thanksgiving Mass, especially Many of you will have some Father Mick, Father George, Paul great stories and memories of your Mackay and those who helped with time teaching in Cooma either with the liturgy and music. I particularly the Department or with Catholic wanted to have a Thanksgiving Education. I hope you have been Mass to praise and thank God for able to share a few of these stories my 50 years as a teacher. I have over dinner tonight. On Tuesday been very blessed to have worked morning, after I finally got into the in a vocation that I have really right car, I went to the dry cleaners enjoyed and had the privilege to here in town. I told the lady behind meet so many wonderful teachers, the counter that I was having a ancillary staff, students and parents. special celebration this week. �What

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One person who has been an example to me of someone who has ‘taken a Hand’ is not here tonight and is certainly not a professional teacher. He is a former SMA engineer and his name is Keith Montague. Keith is now 92 years old but for over 8 years cared for his wife Val at their home in Orana Avenue. Keith was in his late eighties when he was caring for his wife who had advanced dementia and he has been a great inspiration to me of someone who has lovingly taken ‘someone’s Hand ‘. He was still swimming 30 laps each morning as well. I think it was Hugh Mackay, the social commentator who said that ‘serving others will not necessarily bring you happiness, but nothing else will.’ Speaking of ‘opening minds ‘another person who has had a big influence on my life has been Peter O’Keefe.

Peter and his wife Debby are here tonight. Peter worked in Cooma at Snowy Hydro and was in charge of Training and Development and his division won Australian Awards for innovative practices in training, human resource development and problem solving strategies. Over the course of his professional life Peter constantly sought out people overseas who were leaders in their fields (Microsoft, IBM) and has done longitudinal studies on 50 of these organizations to learn how they adapt to change and develop best practice. On many occasions talking to Peter, I was challenged by him to reflect on my leadership skills when I was Principal at St Pats as well as my own teaching practices and strove to develop new and better ways of managing staff and solving challenging problems. Be open to new and innovative ways of looking at and doing things.

I have always tried to be interested in the lives of other people and their stories. I think this ability and interest came from my father and also one of my former Principals, John McGee. I spoke to John last Thursday for about three quarters of an hour.

I still remember the school secretaries constantly looking for John. They could never find him.

He was always around and about the school visiting classrooms, talking to students or coaching the football team on the oval. He had a great love of others and was a great example to me of how to be interested in other people. John certainly touched the hearts of students he met. We need to affirm people we meet and seek out their gifts and talents. We work and teach with individuals who love to be accepted and acknowledged.

One of the simplest ways of ‘touching people’s hearts’ is to remember their names.

Having just said that, last week Paul Mackay and I were about to have lunch together at Annabelle’s FEED cafÊ in Cooma. Just as I was about to sit down this woman grabbed my hand and looked me

directly in the eyes and said “Do you remember who I am?� I had no idea until she finally told me that her name was Jo Parks from Jindabyne and that when I was Principal at St Pats I had visited her younger daughter, who was critically ill, several times in Canberra hospital. Her daughter Nicole was 10 years old and a student at the school. ‘I will never forget what you did’, Jo told me. It reinforced the importance of being interested in every person that you meet and treat them with great dignity and respect. You never know whose heart you will touch.

I would like to leave you with a few thoughts. Many of us oldies have lots of wisdom to share but the trouble is no one is really all that interested in listening to the advice.

Anyway, in conclusion, I would like to share these words with you.

Your work is very important, but you must never forget the importance and significance of building family ties and strong friendships.

Develop, reflect and foster a belief in a higher power than yourself.

For Christians this will be God, revealed through Jesus Christ but for many others it will be expressed differently.

Be grateful for what you have been given.

Appreciate the gifts of others and affirm them often.

Think of others before yourself and be prepared to serve and care for others.

Suffering is part of the human experience and ,although confronting, can provide sacred moments of joy and love.

Laughter is indeed the best medicine so be prepared to laugh, particularly at yourself.

Persevere and stick at things.

When I think of perseverance I cannot go past that extraordinary woman, Debby Merrill who lived in Cooma many years ago. Debby had two liver transplants many years ago. My wife, Maree, belonged to a ladies bible study group and they sponsored Maree to visit Debby in a Brisbane hospital after the first transplant. Sadly, the first transplant failed shortly after that visit and Debby had only a slim chance of survival but amazingly was given a second transplant and eventually recovered to lead a reasonably normal life. A few years ago Debby had a very serious brain aneurism at her home in Ulladulla. She was eventually airlifted to the Prince of Wales hospital in Sydney. Her mobility and speech were seriously impaired. I visited Debby at the Prince of Wales hospital after her aneurism and thought to myself that there was no way she would survive this traumatic event. She did survive and learnt to talk and walk again and recently came to Cooma especially to visit Maree just after Maree entered permanent care at Yallambee Lodge. Debby said to me that Maree had visited her those many years ago in Brisbane when she had the liver transplant and the least that she could do was to come and visit Maree after she had gone into care.

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Out and about with Delegate Public School Last term students from Delegate Public School participated in a variety of engaging and educational excursions throughout the district.

Students from Years 2-6 developed their swimming skills during a wonderful two night trip to Pambula.

The excursion comprised of a skill-based swimming program at the Aquatic Centre, an educational tour of the Merimbula Aquarium and a range of activities at the Pambula Discovery Park.

The swimming lessons, the primary focus of the excursion, focused on improving each individual’s skill level in and around the water.

The whole school also participated in an excursion to Canberra to see the highly acclaimed production of Carnival of the Animals at the Canberra Theatre Centre.

They also visited the Pod Playground at the National Arboretum Canberra.

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The program also aligns with the key learning areas such as mass and measurement, reading and writing.

This term at Delegate Public School the students are beginning to reap the benefits of their Spring harvest with a range of fresh produce being sourced from the school garden and utilised in the kitchen.

Pictured at top: The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program is continuing at Delegate PS, with the students reaping the rewards of their spring harvest.

Bottom: The students of the Delegate Public School visited the Pod Playground at the National Arboretum in Canberra recently.

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Public welcome.

NOTE: SMRC OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED FROM 1PM ON TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER FOR MELBOURNE CUP EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER Saturday 5 November - The annual Snowy Ride. Checkpoints are located across the Council area.

Saturday 5 November – The Australian Busking Championships held in and around Cooma CDB. Final concert is held in Centennial Park.

Friday 11 - Sunday 13 November “Working the Past” Engine Rally. Bombala Historic Engine and Machinery Society host this wonderful event at Railway Park Bombala. Come along and marvel at the beautifully restored engines from bygone times.

Saturday 19 November Adaminaby Annual Race Meeting - This is a fantastic day of country racing.

Saturday 19 November Bombala Bike Show – Come and celebrate the 25th year of this great event. Stalls, competitions, music, food stalls and much more at the Bombala Exhibition Grounds.

Sunday 27 November Annual Ando Art and Craft Sale. Doors open at 11 am at the Ando Hall. Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to purchase original handmade presents for Christmas at very reasonable prices.

PUBLIC NOTICES DRAFT SNOWY RIVER LEP 2013, AMENDMENT 2 PUBLIC HEARING -RECLASSIFICATION AND REZONING OF COMMUNITY LAND Members of the public are invited to attend a Public Hearing in the Education Room Snowy River Health Centre on Thursday 3rd November 2016 from 5.30-6.30pm, regarding the reclassification of Council owned land. Members of the public are invited to make submissions at the hearing. Any submissions received are considered public, however a person may request to have their personal details suppressed.

The proposed changes will rezone and reclassify part of Lot 20 DP219584 as show below located in fronting Kosciusko Road, Jindabyne. The area outlined in red below is to be reclassified from community to operational land and rezoned from RE1 Public Recreation to R1 General Residential under Snowy River LEP 2013. The majority of the lot is to be retained as community land and be a green buffer along Kosciuszko Road. The Planning Proposal and associated documents for the amendment have been on public exhibition and are available between the hours of 8.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday at: • Snowy Monaro Regional Council Offices or website

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH US? We have a number of positions currently available for complete information including selection criteria please view our website www.snowymonaro.nsw.gov.au Trainee Care Service Employee (12 month position) Apprentice Fleet Mechanic Water and Wastewater Trainee (2 positions) (2 year Traineeship)

Cleaner Compliance Officer Water and Sewer Labourer Trainee Stores Officer Trainee Records Assistant

CURRENT ROAD WORKS If you would like to know what roadworks are currently being undertaken, or where the graders are working, please visit Council’s website or phone 1300 345 345.

BURRA ROAD Be advised that the Burra Creek Bridge has a 15 Tonne Load Limit until further notice.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST The Bombala Branch of Council has a toilet block for sale. For more infomation contact Steve Baldwin on (02) 6458 3555.

NEW ROAD NAME “GREYSTONE ROAD” Council is currently seeking submissions for the following road name “Greystone Road”, which comes off Murrells Road, Bunyan This was previously an unnamed Crown Road, generally referred to as Murrells Road.

If you wish to comment, forward a written submission to the General Manager, Snowy Monaro Regional Council. Submissions will be accepted to the close of business Tuesday 8 November 2016.

FUNDING….

LOCAL HERITAGE FUND 2016-2017 Council invites all eligible applicants to submit their Application Form for grant funding under the Local Heritage Fund 2016-2017 by close of business on Friday, 4 November 2016. The Local Heritage Fund 2016-2017 Guidelines which provide detailed advice on lodging an application and the Application Form are available on Council’s website at www.snowymonaro.nsw.gov.au.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Jindabyne Beautification s355 Committee is calling for nominations to fill one vacant membership position. If you are interested in joining the committee, please download a nomination form from our website https://www.snowymonaro. nsw.gov.au/192/Section-355-Committees and return to Council

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LOOSE FILL ASBESTOS FREE TESTING REGISTRATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2016 Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello has announced that eligible homeowners who contacted NSW Fair Trading after the 1 August 2016 deadline registering interest in the Voluntary Purchase and Demolition Program will now be accepted. Eligible homeowners across the 28 identified local government areas who have not yet contacted NSW Fair Trading to register for the Program have until 31 October 2016 to do so. More information is available by calling Service NSW on 13 77 88 or by visiting www.loosefillasbestos.nsw.gov.au.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NEW MEMBERS FOR THE COOMA TOURISM COMMITTEE We are looking for enthusiastic people, who are keen to attract more visitors to Cooma and the surrounding area, to join Snowy Monaro Regional Council’s Cooma Tourism Committee.

Council is looking for representation from, but not limited to, accommodation, food & beverage, retail, transport and attraction businesses to help us develop tourism in our wonderful region.

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Application Forms and associated documents may be mailed, hand delivered or emailed.

BOCO ROCK COMMUNITY FUND BOMBALA REGION Second round funding is now open closing on 25 November.

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Kindergarten and Year 1 have been learning about taxonomy of animals including looking at skeleton examples such as a partial skull of a wombat and a thigh bone from a cow.

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New book on Bibbenluke Bonang Hall rocks with Bombalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Country Music A new book on Bibbenluke will be launched in the Bibbenluke Hall on Saturday, November 12.

Not our little Bibbenluke of today but the huge Bibbenluke Estate of the 1860s and 1870s. This is the story of the battle over land that transpired after John Robertson introduced his land reform legislation into the NSW parliament in 1861.

It is a story of struggle and success. All the participants struggled for the land they wanted (or wanted to keep). But who succeeded?

The author, Dr Barbara Dawson, has followed the gains and the losses, the intrigues and the disappointments of the people of the Bombala area who strove to own their own plots of land in the nineteenth century.

The names of William Bradley, HT Edwards, George Garnock, Jigger Bulgary and John and Coulson Murphy all take leading roles, but so do many local family groups: these include the Abercrombies, the Caldwells, the Cotterills, the Ingrams, the Rumphs, the Thompsons and the Witts. Many other family names are included. Is yours there?

William Bradley was the leaseholder of the huge Bibbenluke run that stretched far and away, up towards Nimmitabel. In 1860, his vast Monaro properties stretched over more than 300,000 acres; the Bibbenluke runs comprised 78,000 of those acres.

Bradley, however, was an absentee owner. He knew Bibbenluke well from his earlier years but, from 1861 until his death in 1868, he never once visited his southern-most property.

From January 1862 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the very month that the Robertson (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Selectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) Land Acts became law â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the management of Bibbenluke was in the hands of Henry Tollemache Edwards. Aged 28 and still an untried â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;youthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Edwards proved his mettle in the strenuous years ahead.

Little did the surrounding leaseholders, who eyed off the Bibbenluke fields, suspect to what extent they would have to contend with Edwardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; iron will and persistent energy in the contests for land that

lay ahead.

George Garnock, Timothy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara and Caroline Whalen all found out how far Edwards would go to protect Bibbenluke land from those who had in mind to free select under the provisions of the Land Act. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a story worth reading. Entitled, The Bibbenluke Estate and The Robertson Land Acts, 1861â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1884: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;One of the finest properties in New South Wales (if not the best)â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the book has been published by Barbara Dawson, in conjunction with the Bombala & District Historical Society.

It will be launched by the ANUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Professor Bill Gammage, himself a land historian, who has written Narranderra Shire (1986) and, in 2011, published the award-winning The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia (Allen & Unwin).

After the launch there will be an excursion, led by Barbara Dawson, to four sites where the contest for land turned nasty! Two of these are in the region of Bibbenluke and involved battles for land between Henry Edwards and John Murphy.

The third site is the eastern bank of the McLaughlin River at the Allen Caldwell Bridge on the Snowy River Way, where Caroline Whalan (Whalen) was one of the first selectors to take up land on the Bibbenluke Estate.

The last site to be visited will be at Ando, now owned by John Rumph, but in the 1860s it was the place where Jigger Bulgary and his family selected land to make their home.

The launch itself will be held on November 12 at the Bibbenluke Hall from 10.30am, with morning tea provided.

As for the excursion, a hand-out with the itinerary will be provided at the launch, and people are invited to follow in their cars. If you are planning to join the excursion, please bring along a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;packedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;/picnic lunch.

Please note that this is an excursion associated with the book launch. It is not a Bombala & District Historical Society excursion and, as such, people will be responsible for their own safety. All welcome.

The Bombala Country Music Club visited Bonang on Sunday October 16th for their monthly meeting and music session and invited local people to share the event with them.

T u b b u t Neighbourhood House promoted the event and suggested the inclusion of the celebration of the 70th birthday of local resident and club member Gary Sandford in the event.

Coordinator Deb Foskey said that the event was a great success, with members of the club offering to come back and play for an old time dance at Bonang. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The club was very appreciative of the acoustics of the hall with Kevin Turnbull saying that they were better than the other halls where they play.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The event also provided an opportunity for Cann River Country singer Faye Kristiansen to perform and resume her musical career which was interrupted by an illness which stopped her singing for a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faye and husband Darren have now joined the Bombala Country Music Club and we can expect to hear more of Fayeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful voice in our area in future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a lot of talent in the club and members play together and share.

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Zoomobile entertains and educates Bombala and Delegate schools The children from the Bombala and the Delegate Public Schools had a wonderful day last Tuesday with the visit of teachers from the Bournda Environmental Centre and Taronga’s Zoomobile.

Children were able to

learn more about the characteristics of some of the larger animals in our district.

They also had the opportunity to inspect some live ‘mini-beasts’ under a large magnification microscope.

Amazing to see were the brush-like legs of a millipede, or the scales on a moths wing.

The Zoomobile animals were a hit with all children. A python, a shingleback lizard, a ringtail possum, a green tree frog and an echidna

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C A L L S Nice to see Tony Nassar’s Isetta on the Today Show last week at Motorclassica in Melbourne… it was at least as impressive at the new BMW which was unveiled on the show.

The Postman would not consider himself prudish – in the least – but an ad which was run ad infinitum on Sunday really was over the top.

The ad, for a camping/fishing franchise, is borderline offensive in its language use. The Postman wonders how many other people thought the same and how many would have contacted the Australian Broadcasting Commission to complain?

Two outstanding exhibitions at the Raglan Two wonderful exhibitions opened at the Raglan on Saturday afternoon. Despite the weather and a very busy day around the area, quite a crowd attended the Gallery for the openings.

Award winning artist Stephanie Sheppard’s exhibition called “TreeLines” was opened.

Stephanie has a great fondness for the Monaro region. Since moving here 10 years ago she has focussed on landscape to capture “a sense of place”.

The paintings in this exhibition are predominantly small and completed in one sitting, or to use a technical term, they are painted “alla prima” or wet-on-wet. The immediacy of this technique creates an

appealing surface and richness of colour.

Stephanie studied Fine Art at the National Art School and completed a Masters in Fine Art at the University of NSW. She teaches at Monaro High School. She has been represented in many exhibitions and prizes, including the Art Gallery of NSW Sulman Price, the Alice Prize, Alice Springs, the Waterhouse Natural History Prize at the South Australia Museum and in 2013 she won the John Briscoe Memorial Award.

The other exhibition called “Art in Miniature” was opened by Wendy Neville, herself a well renowned artist.

The exhibition presents a selection of traditional and contemporary works of art in miniature.

As all art works need to be viewed from a distance to get the artist’s interpretation of the subject matter, a miniature art work invites you into have a closer look at the exquisite and delicate work portrayed.

A number of Canberra based artists including Isla Patterson, Sharon Buckland, Eva Henry, Margaret Carr, Lyn Cottingham, Deborah Hamilton, Cheryl Hodges, Janet Hicks, Sandra House, Val Johnson, Michaela Laurie, Stuart Marshall, Heather Pricket, Camelia Smith, Jan Vincent and Arlene Williams submitted work for the exhibition.

Both exhibitions run through to November 6 2016.

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But anyone foolish (or enthusiastic) enough to have planted out tomatoes BEFORE Melbourne Cup Day surely realises the folly of their ways by now?

The summer app certainly does not appear to be working this year.

This weekend sees the official opening of the Cooma Car Club’s home in Bolaro Street.

The clubhouse is testament to the initiative, energy and imagination of the car club members. Maybe they should be running the country - they would surely get things done!

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W HAT ’S O N. . .

Wednesday October 26 MAGIC Craft at the Cooma Multicultural Centre 10am-2pm Nimmitabel Public School presents ‘Pirates of the Curry Bean’ 1pm-6pm Thursday October 27 Patchwork @ Inspire, Write and Educate 1am-2pm Cooma Interact Club presents Movie Night ‘Doctor Strange’ 6.30pm Monaro Bridge Club sessions 6.30pm Taco and Trivia Night at the Cooma Hotel 7.30pm Thursday Night Music Night at the Two Vaults Restaurant 7.30pm Trivia Night at the Alpine Hotel 7.30pm Friday October 28 Ladies Mountain Bike workshop and wellness weekend, Crackenback 9am Kids writing classes at Inspire, Write and Educate 3.30pm-5pm Reclaim the Night 5pm-8.30pm Centennial Park Cooma Little Theatre presents ‘Sleeping Beauty’ a Pantomime, 7pm Friday Night Live at the Federal Hotel, Nimmitabel Saturday October 29 Magnified Healing by Revelation Kinesiology Nimmity Bell Festival Snowy Mountains Trout Festival opening The 2016 Cooma Open weekend, Cooma Golf Club

Cooma Table Top Wargaming at Inspire, Write and Educate 4pm Diwali Festival in Cooma, 6pm-10pm Shannon’s Flat Spring Time celebration, Shannon’s Flat community Hall 6pm RSPCA 60s, 70s and 80s Rock ‘n’ Roll dance, 6.30pm Halloween Trivia at the Cooma Hotel, 8pm Sunday October 30 Open Mic at the Snowy Vineyard and Microbrewery, 12pm Melbourne Cup Calcutta at The Cooma Hotel, 12pm Galaxy of Stars at Nimmitabel Country Club, 2pm Monday October 31 Pasture and soil fertility workshops, all day in Cooma and surrounds Monaro Bridge Club sessions, 12.15pm Tuesday November 1 Melbourne Cup Day Luncheon at The Cooma Ex-Services Club, 11.30am Melbourne Cup at The Federal Hotel, Nimmitabel, 12.30pm The Community Chest presents Melbourne Cup Day Luncheon, 12.30pm Melbourne Cup at Rydges, Jindabyne 1pm-4pm Drumming for Peace at Cooma Multicultural Centre, 5.45pm7pm Snowy training restaurant, Cooma TAFE

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Wednesday October 26, 2016

Headspace day Editor, On Tuesday, 11 October, thousands of people across the country generously threw their support behind the inaugural headspace day.

This national day is to ensure that every young person has access to youth friendly mental health services, no matter where they live. headspace day celebrated 10 years of innovation in youth mental health and was also triggered by alarming new research from Orygen and headspace that revealed over 50 per cent of young people were waiting six or more months before seeking help for mental health issues.

This period of waiting and worrying can have detrimental effects. From social isolation to relationship breakdowns, drug and alcohol abuse and in severe cases, incidents of selfharm or suicide.

The research also uncovered that close to 50 per cent of young people said financial cost was a barrier in preventing them from getting treatment. Nearly half said they believed they could not be helped and more than 50 per cent said they were afraid of what others would think. We need to change these perceptions.

Every year, a quarter of all young people in this country will experience mental health

issues and we want them all to know headspace is here to help.

With 95 centres across Australia, integrated with a phone and online chat service eheadspace, over the past decade headspace has enabled over 270,000 young people to access mental health care. We will soon expand to 110 headspace centres thanks to the Government’s election commitment and a ringing endorsement of headspace as its model for youth mental health care for the future. headspace has made outstanding progress over the past ten years but we still have a way to go. Access is crucial and help seeking is the first step that every young person must make and we need to continue to provide effective and easy pathways to make sure this can happen for everyone. We want to see every Australian community with a headspace centre.

If you who would like to support headspace visit headspaceday.org.au to see how you and your local community can get involved or give a donation to support young people in need.

And finally thanks to everyone who took part in the first headspace day, we look forward to you all joining us again next year.

Sincerely, Professor Patrick McGorry AO

CSIRO Double Helix Quiz Quiz questions 1. How would you represent the number 16 in binary?

2. Who invented binomial nomenclature?

3. True or false? All of the gas planets in our solar system have rings.

4. Does it take days, months or years for a cultured pearl to grow inside an oyster?

5. In a healthy adult, which of these is the heaviest organ? a) brain, b) skin, c) liver or d) heart.

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By Lisa Ashurst Remember Desk Buddy?

I devoted a column to him a couple of weeks ago and here we go again because Desk Buddy can moonlight with the best of them as a Wake Up It’s Morning Buddy. Or Dawn Buddy for short.

It goes something like this; the dawn light is barely visible along the eastern horizon but the sun has yet to rise and you are sound asleep because that’s what most humans are doing at that time of the morning.

But not for long if you are sharing your residence with a Dawn Buddy.

First light means breakfast for these guys so they will only tolerate an empty bowl for so long, and that’s not very long at all.

This means you need to get up and Dawn Buddies are masters at getting you to do exactly that.

It will start with a body landing heavily on the bed, followed by kneading and loud purring.

If this fails to rouse you then the four paws stomping heavily up and down your body is bound to because they can keep it up for a very long time, but how long depends on how long you can put up with being pummelled, I guess.

If you can put up with it however, you will then be subjected to having your face head-butted and punctuated here and there with a large paw pushing against your cheek.

The purring gets louder too, either that or it just seems louder because by this time, Dawn Buddy has flopped onto your shoulder so his face is in your ear.

Then in your face.

The close proximity definitely ups the volume.

It’s a bit lighter outside by this stage.

You are also wide awake now, depending on how much purring

Quiz answers 1. The number 16 in binary is 10000.

2. Carl Linnaeus invented binomial nomenclature.

3. True, all of the gas planets in our solar system have rings.

4. It takes years to grow a cultured pearl inside an oyster.

5. b) skin. The skin of an average adult weighs about four kilograms.

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Having achieved the desired result of getting you to do the breakfast thingy, but you couldn’t be more wrong.

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It is your job to open and close the door and then open it again. And so on.

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Janine Young, the Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW, said.

EWON received 23,760 complaints in 2015/2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; down 22% from 30,402 in 2014/2015. This is the second consecutive year that complaint numbers have fallen, after eight years of increasing complaint numbers.

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Providers have also expanded assistance programs, such as

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During the same period, the number of gas customers on hardship programs rose by 68%.

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Wednesday October 26, 2016

Cooma farewells a favourite son One of Cooma’s more memorable characters, Bede Nichols was fatally injured in a mountain bike accident on October 14. His funeral was held last Friday at St Patrick’s Church Cooma.

The following is, in part, the eulogy delivered by Mark Herbert.

Bede Francis Nichols was born at the Queen Victoria hospital at Annandale on 7 September 1948.

As many of us have heard, at 11 lbs 11ozs he was the biggest baby ever to be born at QV, a claim that can never be independently verified due to the subsequent closure of the hospital and the loss of its records.

His father Fred was a fitter and turner and munitions worker during the war and his mother Lil a telephonist who had become a fulltime mother and housewife. Whilst anyone who new Fred and Lil would not deny they were remarkable themselves, there was nothing in their circumstances to pre-destine Bede for an exceptional life.

They were not exceptionally lucky or well-connected and they were certainly not wealthy.

After Fred and Lil returned to Cooma Bede grew up there during the 50s and 60s with his two brothers and two sisters and attended St Patricks Parish School where he was an unremarkable student.

He briefly attended the Redemptorists Fathers Monastery at Galong, preparing to study for the priesthood. Many who knew him later expressed surprise when they first found out that Bede briefly considered taking holy orders, but I do not think that his religious education was entirely inconsistent with the man he later became. The faith that he learned from his parents, the Brigidine nuns at St Pats and the Redemptorist Fathers was, I believe, embedded in the character of a man who clearly began every day in the certain if unconscious belief that Jesus Christ and his blessed mother Mary loved him.

In any case Bede and the worthy fathers mutually agreed that God had another vocation for him and he soon returned to Cooma where he commenced an apprenticeship as a linesman with Monaro County Council.

He had the indecent good fortune to have Kath set her cap at him and they married on 20 January 1973.

After several months of working in Canberra for the electrical contractor Bob Jilkes, Bede decided to return to Cooma in 1974 where he started his own business, Bede Nichols Electrical, which he and Kath have run ever since. Their first child Mark was born on 16 July 1981, followed by Gab on 31 March 1983.

So how did Bede create from such a straight forward biography a life that was so extraordinary?

The first factor was an irrepressible enthusiasm. I don’t mean that Bede was enthusiastic about everything. If he wasn’t interested in something, he simply didn’t do it. He was never a big drinker or a party animal, and was renowned for bailing out on parties and family functions at around 10.00pm, as soon as he decided he’d had enough. This trait was so predictable that hosts of parties regularly resorted to a clever ruse, setting their clocks back an hour and arranging for all their guests to do likewise, so that Bede, who never wore a wristwatch, could be duped into staying up past his bed time.

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But if he did want to do something, he did it with unbridled enthusiasm.

Bede had no mere hobbies or interests, he only had passions. His most enduring passion, outside his family, or really an extension of his family, was the fire brigade. This was hardly surprising, as he had grown up in a house regularly disturbed by the sound of the bells summoning Old Fred to the station. Bede joined the NSW Fire Brigades at Cooma on 24 August 1971, and apart from a brief absence when he lived in Canberra, he served the Brigade and his community literally until the day he died, turning out for his last call, an ambulance assist at Albert Street, late last Thursday night. Although he never sought the recognition of officer rank, he was the Brigade’s most dedicated member, enthusiastic driver and pump operator, its loudest supporter and sometimes its harshest critic, and the most diligent instructor and mentor to the junior members who had joined after him.

He remained consciously on duty every day and night that he was in or within driving distance of Cooma, carefully parking the car in emergency take off position in the garage and hanging the key by the door to ensure he would be the first to the station when the alarm rang, sitting in the driver’s seat of the pump with the engine running, roaring at the younger or higher ranking members of the crew that stumbled bleary eyed into the station after him.

We sometimes made fun of what seemed his excessive zeal in racing to the station, or even upbraided him for the risks he took, but even after forty five years in the Brigade, when experience told him that a call at two o’clock in the morning was most likely a nurse burning toast in the hospital or some delinquents setting fire to a bin in Centennial Park, for Bede every call was potentially a house alight with kids’ lives in peril, and he responded to every alarm in accordance with that imperative.

Bede’s next passion was sport, and he played plenty of them. He played club cricket for most of the 70’s, starting at High School and moving onto Peak View/Jerangle when that team folded. It was the era of Thommo and Lilley and big tall cranky fast bowlers with shaggy hair and bushy moustaches were all the go. Bede fitted right into the mould.

Those who faced him or played with him would all describe his playing style, somewhat euphemistically, as “extremely competitive.” He didn’t like batsman who didn’t know when they were out and he had no time for umpires who couldn’t spot when a batsman was plumb or who could not detect the sound of a snick just before a catch in the slips cordon (Bede himself being blessed, like the rest of his family, with acute hearing).

However he didn’t mind being caught in slips by Taffy Phillips, because he thought he was a gentleman. But no matter how close he came to blows with his rivals on the pitch Bede was always ready for a friendly beer with them in the pub after the match.

His aggression, energy and willingness to engage in a full and frank exchange of views with the umpire were doubled when he stepped onto the basketball court. continued page 25.

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Community says goodbye to a favourite son – Bede Nichols From page 24 He once wore all the way through the soles of a new pair of Dunlop Volleys during the course of a single days’ tournament on the bitumen courts at Cootamundra. On another occasion at Cooma, when failure to keep count of the number of technical fouls against him led to Bede being sent off for five infringements in a single game and his vigorous protests failed to change the ref’s mind, he led his team mates in a mass walk out to the Alpine, stunning the officials who had never before seen a team abandon a game when four points up in the final quarter.

He was however adamant that there is no truth in the popular slander that his playing career was ended by a lifetime ban imposed by exasperated officials.

Bede was also a pretty handy player for the Cooma Red Devils during winter, for several seasons from the early 70’s, including playing in the Devils’ Eiby Cup winning team in 1973. Many a cauliflower eared forward still residing on the Monaro can recall the experience of lying on the bottom of a ruck, being raked by the sprigs of the opposing pack and hearing the stentorian voice of Bede Nichols, sea gulling at fullback, roaring “come on you forwards, have a go.”

Although Bede’s actual playing career may have been shorter than he sometimes gave people to believe, it was long enough for him to work out that if he really wanted to dominate the field he could do that best whilst in possession of a whistle.

The archives of the ACT Rugby Referees’ Association show Bede starting his refereeing career in 1988, being awarded his member’s badge in 1989 and his senior badge in 1990.

He refereed a total of 382 games for the ACT Association, placing him in the top 20 referees in its history, by the number of games refereed. That does not include the many games he refereed for St Joseph’s College in Sydney and school matches in Cooma, which would have taken his total to a much higher figure.

Bede was also a well-respected referee coach and mentor to younger and more junior referees on their trips to Cooma, both in an official capacity and as raucous leader of the gallery in the stands.

Bede’s particular skill as a rugby referee was based on an intimate knowledge of the psyche of the smart alec, argumentative player who thinks he knows more about the laws than the referee does. I will leave you to guess where he may have gained that insight, but when he started his career and Kath asked him “how could you be a referee when you were such a mongrel of a player in your day?” he replied “because I didn’t have a good referee.” He was often selected by the Referees’ Association when there was likely to be trouble caused by aggressive or intransigent players, heckling fans or obnoxious coaches. Bede took them all in his stride and many will remember the match at Bombala at which Bede was persistently heckled by the late Heather Litchfield from the sideline. Bede blew the whistle and stopped play, walked off the field and sat down next to Heather and said “I really appreciate your input Heather, can you tell me a bit more about where I am going wrong?” while the players stood nonplussed and scratching their heads on the field.

Bede played tennis from childhood, probably being signed up by Lil as a member of the Town & Country Club from birth, and became a member of the Royal Tennis Club in the mid 1970s. If his fellow members thought that his pursuit of a more genteel game would involve a reduction in Bede’s fierce competitive spirit, they were sadly mistaken. He brought to the game all of the aggression he showed in his other sports, only with slightly less body contact.

Bede remained a member of the club for the rest of his life, becoming a life member in November 2002 and regularly competing all over the Monaro and at Tathra and at Country Week in Sydney. He also served on the committee on and off for many years and was a fountain of knowledge and assistance in the maintenance of the club’s facilities. In his last years, constantly searching for worthy competition, he arranged his work schedule to ensure he was in the Bega area on as many Tuesday nights as possible, so he could take on the gun players from that club.

Next on the list of Bede’s enthusiasms

were motor sports, being a combination of two things that he loved: motors and sport.

Bede was irresistibly attracted to motor vehicles long before the day he drove a ladder mounted on top of a County Council land rover through the window of Cooma Police station when arriving for his driving test. He and other Egan Street kids had been pulled over by the police in the 50s, having mounted an old petrol engine on their billy cart, beginning a long and mutually rewarding relationship with the NSW Police Force.

Bede pursued his love of cars by buying, fixing restoring, racing and frequently smashing an EJ Holden ute, and HR sedan, a couple of mini cooper Ss, a Triumph Dolomite Sprint, a Lotus Escort, a Mark II Jag, a succession of landrovers, a mob of four wheel drive utes, a 911 Porsch and finally another mini Cooper S. He didn’t let repairers’ manuals restrict his mechanical flair either, once helping Rogan Corbett cut a mini moke in half, chopping a foot out of the middle and welding it back together just to see how much the operation improved its handling and performance.

Despite his love of automobiles Bede often felt that four wheels were just too many and motor bikes offered far more opportunity for speed and thrills. He participated in his first dirt bike expedition from Cooma to Numeralla in 1974 or 5, and was a regular starter for the next 27 outings. Each trip yielded at least a couple of priceless stories. Bede accompanied the members of Back Shed Racing to the BP Desert Rally in 1977, 78 and 79 and to motor cross races at Sea Lake in Victoria and other salubrious locations throughout the 70’s and into the 80’s.

Later in life he applied the skills developed in years of motor cross racing to mountain biking, taking part in races at Thredbo and elsewhere when the sport was in its infancy in Australia and continuing to ride for both recreation and competition until the end of his life. The last mountain bike race he took part in was the Tathra Enduro on 28th of August this year.

Bede’s lust for motor sports and mountain biking gave him more than his fair share of injuries. Although the medical records are contradictory, the often-boasted list of ailments included at least 18 broken ribs, two broken collar bones and a torn rotator cuff, not to mention countless bruises, contusions, cuts and abrasions. He even managed to crash his mountain bike without riding it, when contrary winds somehow contrived to undo his tie-down straps and fling the machine out of the back of his fast moving ute. Apparently though, none of the accidents were the result of excessive speed or Bede’s manner of riding or driving, being caused for the most part by the recklessness of some young punk.

Bede always had two particular skills that he applied to derive the maximum satisfaction from the pursuit of his passions. The first was to describe everything in superlatives.

Nothing Bede ever did was mediocre, nothing that he ever experienced was ordinary and nothing that he ever bought was run of the mill.

The other skill was inviting as many friends as possible to join him in any activity he wanted to attend. If he felt like a drive to Jerangle he would call a friend, tell him he was coming too and he had to be ready to leave in five minutes. If he wanted to watch a Rugby test on television he would set up a stand in the garage and invite a crowd of supporters around. If he wanted to ride his motorbike in the Victorian Alps or drive across the Simpson Desert, then why not invite 20 of his closest friends along? And if those friends happened to save him from some of the tedious details like working out the route, organising permits, assembling stores and equipment, packing the vehicles, catering, setting up the camp, cooking, washing up, cutting the firewood, fetching the water, digging the toilet hole, packing up the camp, unpacking the vehicles and cleaning

the stores, then so much the better. In the end it was still Bede’s idea in the first place, everybody had a great time and it was the best trip ever.

And he had many friends to choose from.

He had some very close mates, prominent amongst whom were Dougie Treloar and George Griffin and the early death of both of those friends left him with a deep sadness that he only revealed in rare moments of introspection. But he had hordes of other friends because every person he met was a potential new friend. He had an inherent affinity for all people and he was a natural democrat, without a trace of class consciousness. It didn’t matter if you were a shearer or a captain of industry, the scion of an old established Monaro farming family or the tenant of a housing commission flat he’d been sent to do electrical work on; if you were a good bloke or a good bird he liked you and he let you know it, so that you felt your own self worth rising as you basked in the glow of his genuine interest in what you were up to. And if you weren’t a good bloke and he didn’t like you …..well, he had ways of letting you know that too, but mostly not in an unkind way.

Bede detested political correctness, perhaps understanding that his overall generosity of spirit would allow him to get away with the most outrageously inappropriate comments, like roaring at one armed Doug Treloar to “try using both hands

next time” every time Dougie dropped a catch at cricket or a pass at Rugby. And he was very generous. Whilst he treasured his possessions, because everything he owned was the best, if he met someone who could use something of his, more often than not he would simply give it to them, pressing tools or toys or bike parts or car accessories on close friends or new acquaintances, simply talking over any objections to such spontaneous generosity. And if after giving away a valued possession he then went straight to the trading post or jumped on eBay and bought himself a better one, well that takes nothing away from the initial gift.

In his electrical business he acted as a self appointed Robin Hood, not exactly robbing from the rich, but undercharging or not charging pensioners or other customers more in need, knowing that he had enough loyal more well heeled clients to make sure the business stayed healthy. And that Kath would find a way to square the accounts.

But more important than possessions or money, Bede was generous with his time, and he seemed to have an amazing abundance of it (except when he was on his way to the fire station). The first order barked at customers when he arrived for a job was usually “put the jug on” and most jobs were preceded by a chat and a cup of tea, to slake the thirst built up during the long drive from the coffee shop. And if the chat revealed a problem that he thought he could solve, like a dispute with a petty bureaucrat or overweening electricity authority, he would go into bat for the customer, giving of his time and energy and his bluff and bluster, to compel the problem maker to back down and be reasonable.

Although Bede never sought the prestige of public office or official recognition, there is one gift to his community that I would like to highlight, and that is his enduring interest in mentoring boys and young men. He had

a knack with all children, but he was ahead of his time in recognising the importance of male role models. I have not met anyone who enjoyed being a bloke so much, and he never missed an opportunity to pass on to boys and young men his principles on how to be a better man: stand up for yourself, be brave, have fun, don’t smoke, be respectful to women and look after your mates. You don’t have to swear or drink to be a man.

He passed those principles on to the kids on the footy field, or the cricket pitch, the boys who went mountain bike riding or camping with him, the boys he coaxed and goaded into jumping off terribly high cliffs, boulders or bridges, the apprentices he took on in his business or just the young blokes doing a bit of work for him in the holidays. I see at least a dozen fathers, my age or slightly older or younger, who know their sons will be better men for the influence of Bede on their young lives.

Bede was the second of his parents’ five children, but he was for practical purposes the eldest, because his brother Johnny was born with Downes Syndrome. There has been a lot of publicity lately about a couple of young people with Downes Syndrome who wish to marry each other, their parents having raised them as much as possible like any other children. Well, fifty years before those two kids were born, Fred and Lil Nichols pioneered that approach with Johnny. At a time when most kids with Downes were institutionalised from shortly after their birth, and rarely lived to adolescence, Johnny was kept at home to live with his siblings and when he was old enough Lil contrived with her fast friend Sister Theodore of the Brigidine Nuns to send him to St Pats to attend school with all of the other kids in town. It was a brave move. None of the other kids could have had any idea why Johnny was different, and in the days before anti bullying campaigns he was bound to be the target of their jibes and their infantile cruelty. Bede, while only a youngster himself, was tasked by his parents, and particularly his Mum, with looking after Johnny and he spent his early school years standing up to bullies and protecting his brother. Bede and Johnny, or Stan and Ollie, as they knew each other, formed a lifelong bond that surpassed the normal ties of fraternity and I believe this experience forged many of the traits that characterised Bede for the rest of his life: his refusal to take a backward step, his need to stand up for the little bloke and his ability to overlook superficial differences and recognise the value of the character beneath the surface. If anyone ever found him bossy (and let’s face it, many did), his bossiness was based on a genuine belief that he was doing his best for the people he bossed around.

When Bede’s younger siblings, Francis, Freddy and Trish, came along Bede expanded his role as leader and protector.

They formed a gang around Johnny, who drew them closer to each other even as they gave him the ability to grow up as nearly as possible like other children. Through long summer holidays down the coast, while their parents spent hours at tennis tournaments, they roamed the seaside under Bede’s leadership, tethering baby Trish to the flagpole on the beach while they went swimming in the surf and experiencing all of the life threatening adventures that our modern society now denies to our children.

Once, after lengthy efforts of cajoling and encouraging, they managed to persuade Johnny to jump with them off the Tathra Wharf into the sea below and they all headed triumphantly back to the camp where Johnny promptly and proudly announced his achievement to his appalled mother. Well all of the other kids copped a flogging and confinement to the tent for a week, but Bede took the worst hiding, despite his efforts to pin the blame on Fran and Freddy.

Those childhood bonds with his siblings, including Ollie until his death in 2003, endured throughout Bede’s life, and anyone who observed Bede, Fran, Fred, Trish and their families together at Christmas, birthdays or weddings could not help but be struck by the depth of their mutual affection and regard.

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NEWS

Wednesday October 26, 2016

Community service awards presented

Member for Monaro, John Barilaro, Monaro Service Award recipient, Ibarra Mercedes, and MLC Bronnie Taylor.

Cooma Hospital manager, Antje Badger received her award for her dedication to local healthcare.

John Bedingfield was recognised for service to the RFS, Men of League Group, St Vinnies, and other causes.

Jindabyne Lions Club stalwart, Wendy Hukins, was congratulated for her community efforts.

Kevin Turnbull has dedicated more than 70 years to music. He also plays in the ANZAC Day brass band.

For commitment to the ermergency services, Les Threlfo, received a Monaro Service Award.

Henry and Carol Byrne were congratulated for their servce to Cooma sport.

Colin and Leonie McMillan were honoured for their efforts in supporting the Berridale RSL sub-branch.

Dr John Price is congratulated by Mr Barilaro and Bronnie Taylor for his work as a GP. Britt Couse has been a leading figure in establishing the Easter Art Exhibition and promoting art in the region.

She received her award from Mr Barilaro and Member of the Legislative Council, Bronnie Taylor.

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University of the Third Age Welcome to our Spring column

Iain MacDonald (middle) received his Monaro Service Award from John Barilaro and Bronnie Taylor.

The Upper Snowy Landcare group was honoured for services to the environment.

Carl Crotty plays a leading role in the Delegate Country Club and other organisations in town.

Colin and Sue Fabish from the holiday park in Dalgety were congratulated for their efforts in the community.

John Adamson was recognised for services to the Bombala Lions Club and efforts with the local garden club.

Ellery Farran is 14-years-old and is a dedicated member of the Lone Scout movement.

Michael Hardwick works diligently with youth at the Sea Cadet Unit and promotes the work of cadets across the region.

Allen and Faye Simpson work tirelessly with the Friends of the Bombala Railway Group.

This month our featured craft is "Silk Painting" tutored by the lovely Linda who is so creative in whatever art form she chooses to play with.

I did ceramics with her at Tafe many years ago she is also into Mosaics. Linda has the magical whimsical gift to create such beauty in her silk paintings.

Silk Painting Silk Painting has something for everyone from experienced artists to those who have never painted at all.

We all have this creative spirit within us and by U3A running the various courses an opportunity is offered to enjoy the wonder world of colour and to create some "wearable art" for yourself.

Silk is a gift from nature that has been cultivated for over 3,500 years. Ancient colourists and resist techniques were developed to embellish the woven cloth of silk and cotton that came from China and India.

Gutta is one of several linear barrier resists currently used in the process of painting on silk. The French loved the sensuous hand painted silk and the 1920's turned the gutta-serta technique into a very profitable industry.

U3A Silk Painting class has proved to be very popular but unfortunately there are currently no vacancies but, if you are interested please come to The Shed and observe and put your name down to join.

Mosiacs by Bet Braden Publicity officer I wandered over to Polo Flat Airport where the class is held in the end room of the building.

The sun was flooding into the room as I walked in. Tiles were being nibbled and cut by Joan, Linda and Kathy into different designs unique to each one.

Kathy was doing a round design all pretty flowers and patterns around a chess pattern. Stunning. Linda was making an old worldly tree design and Joan was working on checkered pieces with added features. Plenty of tiles are stored there for their work and there are 4 regular attendees.

The history of Mosiacs goes back some 4,000 years or more, with the use of terracotta cones pushed point-first into a background to give decoration. By the 8th century BC there were pebble pavements, using different coloured stones to create patterns, tending to be unstructured decoration. It was the Greeks in the 4 centuries BC who raised the pebble technique to an art form with precise geometric patterns and detailed scenes of people and animals.

Mosaics grew from there with the Turks Romans and Islamic empires with their distinctive styles. History was told in Mosiac Art Form.

Classes are held every Wednesday from 10am to 12.30pm. you are most welcome to come and see a class in action.

I like the history of the different class choices hope you do too.

75a Sharp St, Cooma Cooma Pistol Club stalwart, Peter Duncan, was recognised for his contribution to the sport and club.

Bombalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clare Trevanion was congratulated by the member for her efforts with a number of Bombala organisations.

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

ABC (2)

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 Q&A. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club.

1.30 Pointless. 2.15 The Book Club. 2.45 Family Confidential. 3.15 The Cook And The Chef. 3.45 The Bill.

4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.10 Pointless. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Upper Middle Bogan.

(M) 9.00 Rosehaven. (M) 9.30 Adam Hills: Happyism.

(M) 10.20 Lateline. 10.50 The Business. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.55 Media Watch. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? Final. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Pointless.

1.50 The Musketeers. 2.45 Family Confidential. 3.15 The Cook And The Chef. 3.45 The Bill. 4.15 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.10 Pointless. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Silvia’s Italian Table. 8.30 Miniseries: National Treasure. 9.20 Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild. 10.10 Shock Horror Aunty. 10.45 Lateline. 11.15 The Business. 11.30 Keeping Australia Alive.

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 One Plus One. 10.30 Catalyst.

11.00 Devil Island. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Pointless. 1.40 Miniseries: National Treasure. 2.30 Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild. 3.20 Silvia’s Italian Table. 3.45 The Bill. 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.10 Pointless. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 QI. (M) 8.30 The Level. Premiere. (M) 9.20 DCI Banks. (M) 10.05 Hard Quiz.

(PG) 10.40 Lateline. 11.10 The Business. 11.25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M)

6.00 Rage. 10.30 Rage.

11.35 The Checkout. (PG) 12.05 Myf Warhurst’s Nice.

(PG) 12.30 QI. (PG) 1.05 Pointless. 1.50 The Level. (M) 2.40 Reinventing The Royals.

(PG) 3.30 Great Southern Land. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG) 6.30 Gardening Australia.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.20 Home Fires. (M) Kate and Jack’s relationship intensifies.

9.10 Inspector George Gently. (M) 10.40 Call The Midwife. (M) 11.40 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders.

10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 Australia Wide. 11.00 World This Week. 11.30 Praise. 12.00 Landline. 1.00 Gardening Australia. 1.30 The Mix. 2.00 Home Fires.

3.00 Fake Or Fortune?

4.10 Australian Story. 5.10 Doc Martin. 6.00 QI. (PG) 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year.

8.30 Poldark. (M) 9.30 Wolf Hall. Final. (M) 10.30 Orion: The Man Who Would Be King. (M)

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 Landline.

11.00 Compass. 11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Poldark. 2.00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 2.45 QI. 3.15 The Cook And The Chef.

3.45 The Bill. 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.10 Pointless.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners.

9.20 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Q&A. 10.40 Lateline. 11.10 The Business. 11.30 Golf. PGA Tour. Sanderson Farms Championship. Highlights.

6.00 News. 9.00 News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.45 Media Watch.

11.00 Country Town Rescue.

11.30 Eggheads. 12.00 News. 1.00 Pointless. 1.50 The Musketeers. 2.45 Family Confidential. 3.15 The Cook And The Chef. 3.45 The Bill.

4.10 Murder, She Wrote. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Drum. 6.10 Pointless. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Catalyst. (PG) 8.30 Joanna Lumley: Elvis And Me. (PG) 9.25 Trillion Dollar Island.

10.30 Lateline. 11.00 The Business. 11.15 Q&A.

PRIME7 (6)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Saving Emily. (2004) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.00 Beach Cops. (PG) 8.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell.

(M) Gordon Ramsay visits Towns Inn. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG) Penny and Leonard fight about money.

11.00 Blindspot. (M) 12.00 Hannibal. (MA15+)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Every Woman’s Dream. (1996) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.00 World’s Angriest. (PG) Footage of people losing their cool.

9.00 Movie: Fury. (2014) (MA15+) Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf. A tank and its crew go behind enemy lines.

11.45 The Goldbergs. (PG) 12.10 Revenge. (M)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: First Daughter. (1999) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Joh catches up with top beauty experts.

8.30 Movie: Maleficent.

(2014) (M) Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley. After a fairy is betrayed by a king, she places a curse on his infant daughter.

10.30 To Be Advised.

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

(PG) 11.00 Horse Racing.

Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Victoria Derby Day. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Movie: Spider-Man. (2002) (PG) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. A teenager becomes a superhero.

9.30 Movie: Deliver Us From Evil. (2014) (MA15+) Eric Bana, Olivia Munn.

A police officer joins forces with a priest.

12.00 Mistresses. (M)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Melbourne Cup Preview Show. 12.30 Business Builders. (PG) 1.00 The Franchise Show. (PG) 1.30 To Be Advised. 3.00 African Cats. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The X Factor Live. (PG) Hosted by Jason Dundas.

8.50 Sunday Night. Current affairs program, hosted by Melissa Doyle.

9.50 To Be Advised.

12.00 Scandal. (M)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: The Perfect Teacher. (2010) (M) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The X Factor Live. (PG) 8.40 The Secret Daughter.

(PG) Billie’s court appearance grows closer.

9.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 11.10 The Catch. (M) 12.10 Packed To The Rafters. (PG)

6.00 Sunrise. 10.00 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Melbourne Cup Day. Featuring the Group 1 $6.2 million Melbourne Cup (3200m). 5.30 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 First Dates.

Return. (PG) 8.30 Gold Coast Medical.

Premiere. (M) A man’s legs and life get saved.

9.30 Cold Feet. (M) Jenny’s old flame turns up at work.

10.30 The Windsors. (M) 11.00 Chicago Fire. (M) 12.00 Grey’s Anatomy. (M)

NINE (5)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.

(PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Ellen DeGeneres.

(PG) 1.00 Extra. 1.30 Hot In Cleveland. (PG) 2.00 The Block. (PG) 3.00 News.

4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PG) 8.40 Doctor Doctor.

(M) Aoife confesses her love for Hugh.

9.40 The Truth About Alcohol. (PG) 11.00 Embarrassing Bodies. (M) 12.00 Stalker. (M)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 1.00 Extra. 1.30 Hot In Cleveland.

(PG) 2.00 The Block. (PG) 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Better Late Than Never. (PG) Part 4 of 4.

9.30 James Franco Roast.

Hosted by Jonah Hill.

11.00 Survivor: Millennials Vs Gen X. (PG) 12.00 The Mysteries Of Laura. (M)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.

(PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 1.00 Ready For Takeoff. (PG) 2.00 Hyde & Seek. (M) 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.30 Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Ready For Takeoff. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Catch Me If You Can. (2002) (M) Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks. An FBI agent chases a young con man.

11.20 Movie: Oranges And Sunshine. (2010) (M) Emily Watson.

6.00 PAW Patrol. 6.30 Dora.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 Full Cycle. 1.00 The Block. (PG) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Movie: Pacific Rim. (2013) (PG) Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day. 9.35 Movie: A Walk Among The Tombstones. (2014) (MA15+) Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens. An ex-cop is hired by a drug dealer.

11.35 Movie: Bad Boys.

(1983) (MA15+) Sean Penn.

6.00 PAW Patrol. 6.30 Dora.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 The Conversation. 10.30 Wide World Of Sports. 11.30 Surfing. World League.

Round 8. Hurley Pro at Trestles. Highlights. 12.30 My Surf TV. 1.00 Full Cycle.

1.30 Athletics. Melbourne Marathon. Highlights. 2.30 Wildlife Man: Shark Rider.

3.30 The Block. 4.30 Gurus Explore NZ. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Customs. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Block.

8.30 60 Minutes. 9.30 Events That Changed The Noughties.

(M) 10.30 Hyde & Seek.

11.30 Unforgettable.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG) 1.00 Extra. 1.30 The Block. (PG) 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PG) 8.40 Hyde & Seek. (M) Claire is held hostage.

9.40 Australian Crime Stories: Ray Bennett – The Criminal Mastermind. (M) 10.40 Person Of Interest.

(M) 11.40 Undateable. (M) 12.10 A.D. Kingdom And Empire. (M)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.

(PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Ellen DeGeneres.

(PG) 1.00 Extra. 1.30 Hot In Cleveland. (PG) 2.00 The Block. (PG) 3.00 News.

4.00 Afternoon News. 5.30 Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PG) 8.40 Unreal Estate.

Kate and Cam explore a mansion.

9.40 The Secret Life Of Growing Up: Teenagers.

(PG) Part 1 of 2.

10.40 Doctor Doctor. (M) 11.40 20/20.

WIN (8)

26–November 1

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. 7.00 WIN News. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk.

12.40 Dr Phil. (M) 1.40 The Wrong Girl. 2.40 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Ben’s Menu. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Bachelorette Australia.

8.40 The Wrong Girl.

(M) Lily’s 30th birthday approaches.

9.40 Madam Secretary. (M) 10.40 Hawaii Five-0. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. 7.00 WIN News. 8.00 Ent. Tonight.

(PG) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 To Be Advised. 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.40 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Ben’s Menu. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Bachelorette Australia. Final.

9.00 Law & Order: SVU. (M) An exonerated prisoner is accused of a crime.

11.00 Blue Bloods. Final. (M)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. 7.00 WIN News. 8.00 Ent. Tonight.

8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Ben’s Menu. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

9.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 The Project.

6.00 Fishing Edge. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. 7.00 iFish. 8.00 Family Feud. 8.30 Weekend Feast. 9.30 St10.

12.00 The Living Room. 1.00 Everyday Gourmet. 1.30 Life Inside The Markets. 2.00 Sara’s Australia Unveiled.

Premiere. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 iFish. 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. 4.30 A Taste Of Travel.

5.00 News. 6.00 Territory Cops. (PG) 6.30 Scorpion.

(PG) 7.30 MacGyver. (M) 8.30 Hawaii Five-0.

9.30 Movie: Let’s Be Cops. (2014) (MA15+) Jake Johnson.

11.35 48 Hours. (PG)

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Hillsong.

7.00 Joseph Prince. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Fishing Australia. 8.30 Everyday Gourmet. 9.00 Car Torque.

(PG) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. Return. (PG) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.00 The Doctors.

3.00 iFish. 3.30 RPM GP. 4.00 RPM. 5.00 News. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. 6.30 Modern Family. (PG) 7.00 Modern Family.

7.30 All-Star Family Feud.

8.30 Michael Moore In TrumpLand.

10.00 To Be Advised.

11.00 48 Hours. (M)

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. 7.00 WIN News. 8.00 Ent. Tonight.

(PG) 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk. 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 Bondi Vet. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Ben’s Menu. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 All-Star Family Feud.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) 9.30 Life In Pieces. (PG) 10.30 The Odd Couple.

11.00 The Odd Couple. (PG) 11.30 WIN News.

6.00 Family Feud. 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. 7.00 WIN News. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 The Talk.

12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Bondi Vet. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. 3.00 Judge Judy.

(PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Ben’s Menu. 4.30 Bold.

(PG) 5.00 News. 6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 Jamie’s Super Food Family Classics. Premiere.

8.30 Todd Sampson’s Body Hack: Bollywood.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M) 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

SBS (3)

Prime Time TV Guide October

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The First Silent Night. (PG) 3.00 Dateline. 3.30 Insight. 4.30 Sri Lanka: Elephant Island.

5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Tony Robinson’s Hidden Britain By Drone.

8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Father And Sons. (M) A builder falls off some scaffolding.

10.25 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.00 The Five. (MA15+) 11.55 Movie: Outrage Beyond.

(2012) (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Smart Secrets Of Great Paintings. 2.30 Big Art. 3.00 SBS Flashback. 3.05 Tales From The Bush Larder. 3.35 Jackie Without Jack. 4.35 The British. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Matthew Evans’ For The Love Of Meat. (PG) 8.30 Luke Nguyen’s Street Food Asia.

9.00 My Restaurant In India.

9.30 Outlander. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Sex Toys: Frisky Business. (MA15+) 11.55 Movie: Ra.One. (2011) (M)

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Tribal Scent. 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Heston’s Mission Impossible. 4.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Wild Sri Lanka: Land Of Lakes.

8.30 Movie: Margin Call.

(2011) (MA15+) Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey. A risk analyst uncovers shocking information.

10.30 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.00 Movie: Best In Bed. (2014) (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Small Business Secrets. 2.30 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Pairs Skating and Ladies’ Singles.

3.30 Greeks, Romans, Vikings. (PG) 5.30 The Story Of Luxury. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Treasures Of Ancient India: Pakistan Unveiled. (M) 8.30 Outlander. (MA15+) A nurse travels back in time to 1743.

9.30 Outlander.

10.30 RocKwiz. (PG) 11.20 Grand Tours Of Scotland.

12.20 Soccer. EPL. Tottenham v Leicester City.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Soccer. EPL. Tottenham v Leicester City. Replay.

12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Basketball.

NBL. Round 4. Sydney Kings v Brisbane Bullets. 5.00 Small Business Secrets. 5.30 Nazi Megastructures. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Great Human Odyssey: The Adaptable Ape. (M) 8.35 I Am JFK Jr. Takes a look at the life of JFK Jr. 10.45 Fallout. (PG) 12.20 Movie: The House Of Branching Love.

(2009) (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Sol3 Mio: Live In Concert. 3.00 The Story Of The Jews. (PG) 4.00 Skies Above Britain. (M) 5.00 Noma Australia. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Supervet. (PG) 8.30 The Supervet: Bionic Stories. Part 2 of 4.

9.30 Richard Hammond’s Miracles Of Nature: Super-Powers.

10.35 SBS World News Late Edition. 11.05 The World Game. 11.35 Rectify. Return.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Ice Music: The Sound Of The North. 2.30 Good Listening.

3.00 Trawlermen. 3.30 Shackleton: Death Or Glory.

4.30 Wild Iran. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook: Melbourne. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? John Newcombe. Final. (PG) 8.30 Insight.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 SBS World News Late Edition.

10.30 Resistance.

Premiere. (M)

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Prime Time TV Guide October WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

26–November 1

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SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 River Monsters: Canadian Horror. (M) 8.20 #Shelfie With Dan Hong.

8.30 Man Up. (M) Part 3 of 3.

9.30 Professor Green: Dangerous Dogs. (M) 10.15 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M) 10.45 Class. (M)

7.00 Spicks And Specks.

7.30 River Monsters. (PG) 8.20 #Shelfie.

8.30 Hard Quiz.

9.00 Catastrophe. Final.

9.30 Episodes.

10.00 The Spoils Of Babylon.

10.25 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.55 Live At The Apollo.

11.40 Bad Education.

12.10 Swamp Brothers.

7.00 Spicks And Specks.

7.30 Seconds From Disaster. (PG) 8.20 To Be Advised.

8.30 The Midwives. (PG) 9.30 The Fried Chicken Shop. (M) 10.20 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.50 Professor Green: Dangerous Dogs. (M) 11.40 Sun, Sex And Suspicious Parents.

7.00 Spicks And Specks.

7.30 Highway Thru Hell. (PG) 8.20 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. (PG) 8.50 Rosehaven. (M) 9.15 Live At The Apollo. (M) 10.00 Catastrophe. Final.

10.30 Episodes.

11.00 The Spoils Of Babylon.

11.25 The Wrong Mans.

11.55 Bad Education.

7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 Stan Lee’s Superhumans: Man Vs Beast. (PG) 8.15 Miracle In The Storm. (PG) 9.05 Sicko. (M) 11.05 Ross Kemp: Extreme World. (M) 11.55 The Fried Chicken Shop. (M)

7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 Class.

8.15 To Be Advised.

8.30 Humans. Return. Niska is still at large.

9.20 Ross Kemp: Extreme World: Colombia. (M) 10.05 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M) 10.35 Trump’s Angry America. (M) 11.05 Sicko. (M)

7.00 Spicks And Specks.

7.30 Seconds From Disaster. (PG) 8.20 To Be Advised.

8.25 Gruen Rewind.

8.30 Good Game.

9.00 The Agony Of Modern Manners.

9.30 Hard Time. (M) 10.15 MAD AS HELL. 10.50 Humans.

11.40 Extreme World. (M) 12.25 Hard Time. (M)

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6.25 House Of Anubis.

6.50 BtN Newsbreak.

7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Deadly 60.

8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG) 8.20 Adventure Time. Finn is jealous of a new resident.

8.45 Stoked. Captain Ron sabotages a surf demo.

9.05 Move It Mob Style.

9.30 Rage. (PG) 10.35 Close.

6.25 House Of Anubis.

6.50 BtN Newsbreak.

7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Deadly 60: Borneo Pt 2.

8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG) 8.20 Adventure Time.

8.45 Stoked. Lo is disgusted by the staff quarters.

9.05 Move It Mob Style.

9.30 Rage. (PG) 10.35 Close.

6.25 House Of Anubis.

6.35 House Of Anubis. (PG) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak.

7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Deadly 60.

8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG) 8.20 Adventure Time.

8.45 Stoked.

9.05 Lanfeust Quest. (PG) 9.30 Sword Art Online. (PG) 9.55 K-On! (PG) 10.20 Close.

6.25 House Of Anubis.

6.35 House Of Anubis.

6.50 Let’s Go! 6.55 Secret Life Of Boys.

7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Deadly 60.

8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG) 8.20 Adventure Time.

8.45 Stoked. A drink sponsor wants to hire Broseph.

9.05 Move It Mob Style.

9.30 Close.

6.30 Movie: The House Of Magic. (2014) 7.50 Horrible Histories.

8.20 Adventure Time. Finn and Jake have creative differences.

8.45 Stoked. The boys fear vampires are nearby.

9.05 Move It Mob Style.

A youth health and fitness program.

9.30 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

6.00 The Deep.

6.25 House Of Anubis.

6.50 BtN Newsbreak.

7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Deadly 60.

8.00 Adventure Time.

8.45 Stoked. The groms discover a hidden room.

9.05 Move It Mob Style.

A youth health and fitness program.

9.30 Rage. (PG) 10.35 Close.

6.20 In Tune. Premiere.

6.25 House Of Anubis.

6.50 BtN Newsbreak.

7.00 Horrible Histories. (PG) 7.30 Deadly 60.

8.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG) 8.20 Adventure Time.

8.45 Stoked.

9.05 Move It Mob Style.

9.30 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

10.35 Close.

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6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) Martin is concerned about Mark Mylow.

8.30 Lewis. (M) While investigating the murder of an elderly lecturer, Lewis finds links to bareknuckle fighting and Wagnerian opera.

10.30 Air Crash Investigation. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Father Brown. (M) 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries.

(M) An alderman is murdered during the attempted assassination of Toronto’s Protestant mayor.

10.30 Air Crash Investigation: The Heathrow Enigma.

(PG) A look at a crash at Heathrow.

11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 The Border. (PG) 8.30 Selling Houses Australia. A gravedigger wants to sell his house.

9.30 Escape To The Country. Jonnie Irwin heads to Kent.

10.30 House Wreck Rescue. (PG) 11.30 Best Houses Australia.

12.00 Bargain Hunt.

6.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure.

Final. (PG) The Hairy Bikers conclude their Baltic trip, with a visit to Stockholm and a Viking blood test.

7.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure. (PG) The Hairy Bikers conclude their Baltic trip, with a visit to Stockholm and a Viking blood test.

6.00 SCU. (PG) 6.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 7.30 Around The World With Manu. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

10.30 The House That £100K Built: Tricks Of The Trade.

11.45 Mighty Cruise Ships. (PG)

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Rosemary & Thyme.

(PG) Rosemary and Thyme are hired by a barrister.

8.30 Foyle’s War. (M) After a girl is caught committing sabotage near a military camp, the trail leads to the White Feather Hotel.

10.30 Air Crash Investigation: Dead Tired. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Kingdom. (PG) Lyle falls for a paralegal.

8.30 Endeavour. Return. (M) While under suspension, Morse recuperates at the home of a friend.

Thursday investigates a bus conductor’s murder.

10.30 Air Crash Investigation: The Final Push. (PG) 11.30 Bargain Hunt.

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6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Cajun Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) A valuable comic is brought into the store.

9.00 American Restoration. (PG) 10.00 American Pickers. (PG)

6.00 American Pickers.

(PG) Rick Harrison pays a surprise visit.

7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 World’s Craziest Fools. (PG) Hosted by Mr T. 8.30 Family Guy. (M) Peter starts betting on Chris’ baseball games after Chris shows a talent for pitching.

9.00 Family Guy. (MA15+) The family swaps roles.

10.30 American Dad! (M)

6.30 Movie: After Earth.

(2013) (PG) Will Smith, Jaden Smith. A teenager and his father crashland on Earth.

8.30 Movie: 2012. (2009) (M) John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

A man tries to protect his family when a global cataclysm threatens to destroy the world.

11.40 Defiance. (M)

6.30 Cowboys Of The Sea. (PG) A look at Alaska’s fishing industry.

7.30 Wicked Tuna. (M) 8.30 Movie: Face/Off. (1997) (M) John Travolta, Nicolas Cage. An FBI agent has his own face replaced with that of a criminal, in order to foil a plot to bomb Los Angeles.

11.30 1000 Ways To Die. (MA15+)

6.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 6.30 Movie: The Mummy Returns. (2001) (PG) Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. A couple battle a resurrected mummy.

9.00 Movie: Apollo 13.

(1995) (PG) Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton. Three NASA astronauts on a mission to the Moon find their lives in danger after a potentially catastrophic explosion.

6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG) A driver climbs a tree.

8.30 Movie: Need For Speed. (2014) (M) Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper.

A mechanic tries to save his garage.

11.10 Ice Road Truckers. (M)

6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 Ice Road Truckers. (M) Dave Redmon is at odds with his bosses.

9.30 Counting Cars. (PG) Ziggy Marley commissions a restoration.

10.30 Restoration Garage. (PG) 11.30 Car Chasers. (PG)

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6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Auction Hunters. (PG) 8.30 Airplane Repo. (PG) Repo men chase luxury planes for big dollars.

9.30 Baggage Battles.

10.00 Baggage Battles. (PG) 10.30 Storage Hunters. (PG) 11.30 Toy Hunter.

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 RBT. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Dark Knight Rises. (2012) (M) Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway. After almost a decade, Batman comes out of retirement to battle a terrorist known as Bane.

11.45 Two And A Half Men. (PG)

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Movie: Racing Stripes.

(2005) Hayden Panettiere, Bruce Greenwood.

8.40 Movie: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. (2002) (M) Elijah Wood, Sean Astin.

The Fellowship, now scattered across Middle Earth, tries to complete their quest under threat of total war.

6.00 Movie: Igor. (2008) (PG) John Cusack, Molly Shannon.

7.45 Movie: Gremlins.

(1984) (PG) Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates. Malicious creatures terrorise a small town.

10.00 Movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch. (1990) (PG) Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan. Malicious creatures are unleashed.

6.00 Scared Shrekless. (PG) 6.30 Movie: The Addams Family. (1991) (PG) 8.30 Movie: Dark Shadows.

(2012) (M) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer. After an imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free, he returns to his ancestral home.

10.45 Movie: Interview With The Vampire.

(1994) (MA15+)

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 Movie: Addams Family Values. (1993) (PG) Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia.

9.30 Movie: Beetlejuice.

(1988) (M) Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin. A ghostly couple are plagued by mortals.

11.30 Tattoo Fixers. (MA15+)

6.00 Regular Show. (PG) 6.30 Adventure Time. (PG) 7.00 The Middle. (PG) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Ocean’s Thirteen. (2007) (PG) George Clooney, Brad Pitt.

The team pulls off one last heist.

11.00 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 11.30 South Beach Tow. (M)

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6.30 Friends. (PG) Jill sets out to seduce Ross.

7.30 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG) Miss Marple investigates a possible crime.

8.40 Midsomer Murders.

(M) Barnaby investigates after a man who has been missing for weeks is found dead in the woods.

10.50 Silent Witness. (MA15+)

6.30 Friends. (PG) The gang continues to reminisce.

7.30 What’s Your Emergency? (M) 8.30 Kings Cross ER. (M) A look at St Vincent’s Hospital’s ER. 9.30 Embarrassing Bodies: Erectile Dysfunction. (M) Doctors treat embarrassing conditions.

11.30 Supersize Vs Superskinny. (M)

6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood: Dragons Of The Dry. (PG) Explores the spread of reptiles.

8.40 Movie: The Enforcer.

(1976) (M) Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly. A cop goes undercover.

10.40 Movie: The Longest Yard. (1974) (M) Burt Reynolds.

8.30 Movie: Ghost. (1990) (PG) Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg.

A man murdered during a bungled mugging returns as a ghost to warn his love of imminent peril.

11.00 Scott & Bailey. (M) Janet feels pressured to stay silent about Nick’s malpractice, due to his relationship with Rachel.

8.30 Major Crimes. (M) The team works with an overbearing FBI agent.

9.30 Rizzoli & Isles.

(M) After the jeweller to Boston’s “cool and famous” dies, the investigation leads to a member of the Isles family.

10.30 The Closer. (M) A psychiatrist is murdered.

11.30 Murder In The First. (M)

6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s The Blue Planet: Open Ocean.

8.40 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: The Electric Boy. (PG) Presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

9.40 Nature’s Weirdest Events. (PG) Presented by Chris Packham.

11.00 World’s Worst Holiday Horrors. (M)

6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 New Tricks. (M) The team reinvestigates a highly sensitive case.

8.40 Agatha Christie’s Poirot. (M) Hercule Poirot investigates after a ruthless American businessman is murdered in aboard the Orient Express.

10.40 Cold Case. (M) 11.40 Dalziel And Pascoe. (M)

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6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark.

An exploration of the world of sharks.

8.30 Shark Tank. (PG) 9.30 Megafactories.

10.30 24: Live Another Day. (M) 11.30 Sons Of Anarchy. (MA15+)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Moments Of Impact. (PG) 8.30 Megastructures Breakdown: Navy Tanker.

A navy tanker is cut down.

9.30 Cops: Adults Only. (PG) 10.30 Undercover Boss. (PG) 11.30 Epic Meal Empire. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG) MacGyver’s friend is accused of murder.

8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(M) Walker falls into a coma.

9.30 Movie: True Justice: Angel Of Death. (2012) (M) Steven Seagal, Sarah Lind. Experts search for two nuclear weapons.

11.30 Nash Bridges. (M)

6.00 Last Man Standing. (PG) 7.00 David Attenborough’s Smart Sharks.

8.00 Attenborough’s Gorillas – On The Trail Of King Kong. (PG) 9.00 48 Hours: A Daughter, A Mortgage And Two Murders. (M) 10.00 Megastructures Breakdown.

11.00 Rosewood.

7.00 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 CSI: Cyber. (M) A hacker attacks a hospital.

8.30 Lands Of The Monsoon: Drought. (PG) Part 3 of 5.

9.30 Movie: The Factory.

(2012) (MA15+) John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter.

An obsessed cop pursues a serial killer.

11.35 Megastructures Breakdown.

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Undercover Boss.

Meet CEO Sam Dushey.

8.30 Movie: Die Hard.

(1988) (M) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia. A police officer takes on a gang of terrorists.

11.10 House Of Lies. (MA15+) 11.40 House Of Lies.

Final. (M)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 48 Hours: Killer Performance. (M) A look at the case of Julie Kibuishi.

9.30 48 Hours: Live To Tell – Black Wave. (PG) A look at the story of Jean Silverwood.

10.30 Rosewood.

11.30 Motor Racing.

Formula 1. Race 19.

Mexican Grand Prix. Replay.

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6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (M) 8.00 Futurama. (PG) 8.30 The Simpsons.

9.00 Son Of Zorn.

9.30 The Simpsons. (M) 10.00 Bob’s Burgers. (M) 10.30 Bob’s Burgers. (PG) 11.00 Duckman.

11.30 James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 New Girl. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Sahara. (2005) (M) Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz. An explorer searches for a lost ship.

11.00 Sex And The City. (M) 11.40 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 The Grinder. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Guilt Trip.

(2012) (M) Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen.

10.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+) 11.10 Sex And The City. (M) 11.50 James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Movie: How To Train Your Dragon 2.

(2014) (PG) Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett. A viking discovers a cave full of dragons.

8.00 To Be Advised.

9.00 Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival. (M) 10.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+) 11.00 The Loop. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday.

6.30 Futurama. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.00 The Simpsons.

8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 Movie: A Civil Action.

(1998) (M) John Travolta, Robert Duvall. A lawyer becomes entangled in a legal battle.

11.50 Frasier. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

8.00 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 8.30 Supernatural.

9.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 10.30 American Horror Story.

11.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG)

6.00 Family Feud.

6.30 Neighbours.

7.05 The Simpsons.

7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

8.00 Don’t Trust The B----.

8.30 Movie: Idiocracy.

(2006) (M) 10.20 How I Met Your Mother.

10.50 How I Met Your Mother.

11.20 James Corden.

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6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Community. Chaos erupts at Greendale.

7.30 The Feed.

8.00 RAW Comedy Roadshows. Part 2 of 4.

8.35 Movie: Afflicted.

(2013) (MA15+) Clif Prowse, Derek Lee. A man succumbs to a mysterious affliction.

10.05 Movie: Carrie. (1976) Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie.

6.00 If You Are The One. 7.00 Community.

7.30 The Feed.

8.00 Billy On The Street.

8.25 Billy On The Street.

8.55 South Park.

9.20 United Shades Of America. (PG) 10.10 Inside The Chinese Closet.

11.15 The Feed.

11.45 Derren Brown: The Events.

6.00 If You Are The One. 7.00 Community. The gang plays a game of Dungeons & Dragons.

7.30 Soccer. A-League.

Round 4. Melbourne City v Adelaide United. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

10.15 MythBusters. (PG) Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis.

7.05 Food, Booze And Tattoos.

7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 Royal Navy School. (MA15+) 9.25 Halfworlds. (MA15+) Gorga goes on a killing spree.

10.00 12 Monkeys. (MA15+) 10.50 Lost Girl. (M) 11.40 Movie: Helpless.

(2012) (M)

6.10 Fameless. (PG) 6.35 The Internet Ruined My Life. (PG) 7.30 If You Are The One. 8.30 MythBusters. (PG) 9.30 Great Minds With Dan Harmon.

9.55 Full Frontal. (M) 10.20 The Green Room With Paul Provenza. (MA15+) 11.25 Tent And Sex. (MA15+)

6.05 If You Are The One. 7.00 Community.

7.30 The Feed.

8.00 The Mindy Project. (M) Mindy gets a mysterious new patient.

8.30 The Mindy Project.

Final. (PG) Danny and Mindy spend time together.

9.00 Miniseries: Beyond The Walls. (PG) Part 1 of 3.

11.35 The Birthday Boys. (PG)

6.00 If You Are The One. 6.55 Community. (PG) 7.30 The Feed.

8.00 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 8.30 Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Disruptors. (M) 9.20 Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: CSI – Spurlock.

10.10 Deep Web. 11.45 The Feed.

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BIG ENOUGH FOR TWO â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only are property prices Welcome to your new smaller, smarter home; a roomy rising across most capital cities, 69.12m² with architect installed the way you want them. Live Happily Ever After. but all of the states have now removed the first home buyer grant BASIC MODEL ONLY $99,000 Finance available to approved applicants. for those wishing to purchase an Raine & Horne Cooma established dwelling,â&#x20AC;? Mr Flavell +VU 4LUJOPU ŕ Ž 7O! More information on page 11... said.

Most first home buyers are afraid to ask their parents for help with the purchase of a property.

According to Mortgage Choiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual First Home Buyer survey, 59.7% of respondents said they would not consider asking their parents to go guarantor on their home loan.

Mortgage Choice chief executive officer John Flavell said there are a myriad of reasons why first home buyers may not be comfortable asking their parents for financial assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One reason why first home buyers may be reluctant to ask their parents for assistance in purchasing a property is because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand what guarantor loans are and how they work,â&#x20AC;?

Mr Flavell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While guarantor loans have been around for a while, they have only enjoyed a surge

First home owner grant now $10,000

â&#x20AC;&#x153;From our data, we understand that more than 80% of first home buyers will look to purchase an established dwelling, meaning the vast majority of first timers will not receive any type of government financial incentive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With that in mind, there are plenty of reasons why a first home buyer may need financial assistance from their family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And while it is clear the majority of first home buyers are uncomfortable about asking a parent to go guarantor on their loan, there is a lot of benefits associated with this type of loan structure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A guarantor can not only help first home buyers get their foot on the property ladder sooner rather than later, but they can also help them to avoid paying potentially costly Lenders Mortgage Insurance.â&#x20AC;?

But while the benefits are clear, Mr Flavell said there are also some risks that both first home buyers and guarantors need to be wary of. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the mortgage holder canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet their debt obligations for some reason, the guarantor is financially responsible for the loan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is something both parties need to be aware of before signing on the dotted line,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Mr Flavell said it was important for the first home buyer and parent to speak to a mortgage professional to ensure both parties are comfortable with their obligations and responsibilities.

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Peace and serenity on the banks of the Numeralla river

Located on the edge of the quiet Numeralla township is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whispering Pinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. A very suitable name for a very well established and beautifully private small property, lovingly developed by the current owners over the past 20 years. Situated fronting the Numeralla River with rights to pump for water, it is a beautiful small farm perfect for family living with all the pets.

garage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Studio with power â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11Ã&#x2014;6 fully enclosed machinery shed; â&#x20AC;¢ Chook yards â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bird aviaries â&#x20AC;&#x201C; large veggie gardens, etc.

This is an extremely well presented home with so much that will grab your attention.

FEATURES INCLUDE: â&#x20AC;¢ Four acres of beautifully established trees and gardens as well as areas for a horse; â&#x20AC;¢ Large five bedroom brick home with spacious living and dining areas as well as surrounding verandahs; â&#x20AC;¢ Five large bedrooms, main bedroom with ensuite; â&#x20AC;¢ Large Tasmanian Blackwood kitchen overlooking the gardens; â&#x20AC;¢ Main bathroom is very large and in excellent order as is the ensuite; â&#x20AC;¢ Double lock up brick

10 Warrens Corner Road, Numeralla

ASKING $479,000

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3 Norris St, Cooma

Asking $415,000

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Asking $205,000

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Asking $139,000

Shannon Fergusson | M: 0429 788 143 | Office: 6452 7004 E: shannon@fergussonrealestate.com.au | www.fergussonrealestate.com.au | 50 Vale St, Cooma

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Buyers and sellers urged to get serious about property prices and budgets Seven dangers of overvaluing property this Spring season As national property prices continue to climb in most capital cities – by more than nine per cent in Melbourne and Sydney[1] – property expert and buyer’s agent Tim Godden from Seekology is encouraging buyers and sellers to get serious about the property valuation process as seasonal transactions gather pace.

“The Spring season historically attracts a flurry of activity. As prices increase alongside competition, sellers need to be confident in the true value of a property to attract appropriate buyers, while buyers need to ensure emotions are not driving purchasing decisions and risking finances,” says Tim. Here, Tim discusses the seven dangers of overvaluing property that buyers and sellers must be aware of: Potential to miss out on initial buyer interest: If a seller’s asking price is too high, in most instances a property will sit on the market, while more appropriately priced properties are sold. As a result, a seller may drop their asking price but in doing so, risks losing the initial round of buyer interest – which Tim says is often strong when a new

property is listed. “Remember, the longer a property is on the market, the more difficult it can be to stimulate interest. The cost to advertise a property for an extended period can also compromise gains made from a sale.”

Over-confident agents can over-promise on price: Sellers need to be confident in their choice of real estate agent, as agents have been known to overvalue a property to win business. While this is not characteristic of most agents, Tim encourages sellers to request and check an agent’s sales history, and compare this with median sales prices of properties sold in the area. “Sellers should always consider a valuation from more than one real estate or valuation agent, and I advise buyers to do the same before making an offer, as this will assist in sales negotiations,” says Tim. Websites such as realestate.com.au also provide sales prices of recently sold properties nationally.

Lender valuation doesn’t always match market price: Most banks or lenders independently value a property before granting a loan. “Buyers need to be mindful that the value set by lenders is often lower than the market value, usually to protect the lender from potential risks should the buyer

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struggle to meet loan repayments,” says Tim. “If there is a difference on price, this may jeopardise the loan approval process and require the buyer to pay a larger deposit.

When applying for finance, I encourage buyers to save a 20 per cent deposit rather than 10 per cent to act as a financial buffer.”

Emotional purchases can hurt pockets: Certain buyer demographics, such as owneroccupiers, are known to place a higher price on a property when emotions are involved.

“Buying a property is a major life investment, but too often I see buyers stretching their finances to secure their dream home. With more than two-thirds of owner-occupied mortgages now held by duel income households, and over 700,000 households at risk of mortgage stress, buyers need to be serious about paying within their means[2],” says Tim. Investors not immune to defaults: “Housing loans to Australian investors totaled more than $11.8 billion in July,[3] and the 30-plus day delinquency rate for prime residential mortgage backed securities is reportedly rising,” says Tim. “While there is no need to ring alarm bells, less sophisticated investors risk biting off more than they can chew at a time when interest rates are at record lows.

As a general rule, I suggest investors have more than 30 per cent in equity before releasing this to purchase another property. Any investor, novice or seasoned, should also engage the help of a trusted property mentor and financial advisor before making investment decisions.”

Seasonal competition alters prices: “Buyers purchasing property in highly sought after locations and in popular periods such as Spring should expect prices to increase above their market value – especially properties sold at auction, where prices can climb

by tens or even hundreds of thousands.

Sellers equally need to be mindful that buyer competition, trendy locations and investor hotspots can come and go. Just because a property is sought after at the time of auction or sales campaign does not mean the property will be valued at the same amount in 12 months’ time,” says Tim. Renovations don’t always offer immediate gains: “It is not uncommon for property investors to purchase older properties and make cosmetic and structural improvements in the hope of making quick capital gains.

While owner-occupiers may undertake renovations to maximise a future sale, short term investors risk losing time and money if they over-estimate a property’s postrenovation value. Before buying, I recommend investors obtain quotes from at least three qualified trades companies to compare costs – once a building inspection is completed – and obtain market intelligence on properties sold in the area to ensure sales history aligns with expectations,” says Tim. Tim adds, “Buyers and sellers need to do their homework to ensure they are confident on the market value of a property, as well as the future demand of property in the location being considered. When completing a suburb profile, buyers should always remember to investigate an area’s historical and projected population growth, established and planned infrastructure, percentage of tenants and owner occupiers, vacancy rates, and median income demographics.”

About Seekology Seekology is a division of Australian Properties International – an integrated group of property businesses challenging the conventional industry norms and providing property purchaser’s a simpler, efficient and financially beneficial way of creating wealth through property. Seekology is transforming the buyer’s agent industry, offering the first cost-free buyer’s agent service for investors in Australia. For more information, visit www. seekology.com.au.

CLEARING SALE 29th October 2016 275 Spring Hill Road, East Jindabyne NSW 2627 A/C: S. WALL

Please feel welcome to drop into the office to say hello and give them a warm welcome.

Ph: 6452 4043

www.realestatecooma.com.au salesc@fnfc.com.au

Shop 3 Centennial Plaza, Cooma

Clearing sale of assorted antiques, antique & working farm machinery, various memorabilia & assorted house-hold items with more to be added!

TAKING BOOKINGS NOW FOR OUTSIDE ENTRIES! If you have something to sell, this is the sale to do it!

With plenty of time until the sale, you will have maximum exposure ensuring the best price for your item!

INSPECT: 8am | AUCTION: 10 am TERMS: Bidding card system | ID required For full inventory, details & photos please see our website or contact

NICK KIRSHNER PROPERTY & LIVESTOCK P: (02) 6456 6783 E: info@nickkirshner.com.au W: nickkirshner.com.au

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Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reached the top From the street, this home has plenty of appeal and upon inspection the home does not disappoint.

Solid masonry home sits high on a large block (approx 2000m2) with the back yard overlooking the Bombala River and parklands.

This home has the advantage of location and is within a 5 minute walk to the centre of town.

Offering many features including ducted heating, wood heater, R C Unit, 4 large bedrooms, ensuite, formal lounge room, family room and separate dining room.

You will love the peaceful surrounds and yard with an elevated and picturesque outlook.

In addition there is a detached double garage with tandem carport plus separate single car garage.

The extensively landscaped gardens provide a private setting in which to enjoy the property and its surrounds to its full potential.

Enjoy the benefits of living so close to the main town centre with cafes, and shops, gyms, schools, beautiful parks and convenient walk/cycle ways Come and see for yourself what this unique property has to offer!

69 Maybe Street Bombala 4 Bed 2 Bath 5 Car NEW LISTING

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FOR SALE

HOME ON THE RANGE High enough to have views of the snow capped ranges, is this interesting hobby farm.

“Just what the family ordered, a place where the children can have a pony, alpacas, goats, chooks and a lot of fresh air” says Don Menchin of Raine & Horne Cooma about 2734 Shannon’s Flat Rd, Cooma.

The property offers 40 hects which provide 45 acres (approx) of open native grassland and a hill of heavy timber over the balance.

The seven year old home is an efficient plan with a centrally positioned open living area served by a modern kitchen.

All four bedrooms are large. The master bedroom has a walk in robe and a large ensuite.

“It is an excellent family home and property” Don added.

Address – 2734 Shannon’s Flat Rd, Cooma

Price - $430,000 Agent – Don Menchin 0413 028 795 TWO BRAND NEW UNITS

3 Bedrooms and 3 Bathrooms. Address Cnr Monaro Ave and East Camp Dr

OPEN FOR INSPECTION THIS SATURDAY AT 11AM 27 BUCHAN PDE, COOMA

Enter a world where construction was an art with time and skill on the builders side. With solid walls inside and out, this home offers spacious rooms, high ceilings, original features mixed with modern comforts. Ducted natural gas heating and a large kitchen space are welcoming benefits.

NOTE... A Quiet Location

DON’T MISS THIS ONE

Good enough to be your home and located right for an investment. A lovely brick home of 3 large bedrooms and an inviting open plan plus a self contained unit at rear. Winter income $10,800

$210,000 A1 PRESENTATION

The large, open living room is well served by a modern kitchen and made warm with a big wood heater. With 3 large bedrooms, a shower unit and bath, separate toilet and laundry, this family home is great value.

$185,000

Ph 6452 3777 Don Menchin: 0413 028 795

rh.com.au

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Once in a lifetime opportunity This unique property offers the perfect opportunity to invest or to retire in one unit and enjoy the income from the adjoining unit.

The property known as ‘Mulach Station’ has recently under gone extensive renovations and is immaculately presented in every way.

The two units (mirror images of the other) comprise of two bedrooms, good size living, new kitchens with dining space, modern bathroom and separate laundry. Both units are newly carpeted.

The property with beautiful low maintenance terraced gardens sits a large block of land. The view from the elevated front veranda of each unit is nothing short of superb.

The new owners will also benefit from a large garage to the rear or could derive additional revenue by continuing with the current leasing arrangement.

This is a rare opportunity.

11 Mulach Street, Cooma

$350,000

Don’t let this one get away!!!

25 Kiah Ave, Cooma $298,000 • 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 car Proudly set in Kiah Avenue is this single level welcoming home with nature reserve at its rear.

Enjoy the benefits of the open plan lounge/dining (with slate flooring) and its slow combustion wood fire for the winter months.

The kitchen with dishwasher and plenty of cupboard space and breakfast bench encompasses a family room with sliding door access to the lovely rear veranda.

Enclosed hideaway laundry.

BCBOLLER & COMPANY A GORGEOUS QUALITY NORTH FACING HOME, CLOSE TO EVERYTHING This full brick home offers a thoughtful and clever design, with two bedrooms (one with an ensuite), on the eastern side.

To the western end of the house, you will discover an additional two bedrooms, and a family bathroom.

The centre of the property you will find a large lounge complete with a slow

combustion wood burner.

From the lounge you will enter the stunning combined Kitchen, dining and additional lounge area.

Situated on approximately 3,600 square metres of cleared land, you will benefit from lots of space, a detached double garage and established gardens.

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Large two car garage and workshop plus an additional two carports.

Small bush creek on the boundary plus 1.5-acre horse paddock on Cooma Creek. All boundaries fenced.

89 Church Road is certainly a rare family property set in a unique private location.

Don’t miss it!

Ph: 6452 4155

89 Church Road, Cooma 4

Three-way family bathroom with corner spa, separate toilet and linen cupboard.

The bedrooms are all of good size and the master bedroom has built-in and ensuite.

Enclosed rear yard with garden shed.

Single garage underneath with room for storage or even the installation of a ducted heating system.

stock & station real estate agents

BIG RIVER FRONTAGE-2KMS

Just listed on the Eucumbene River downstream from the Lake is this 265 acre mountain block fully fenced with over 2 km’s of River frontage.

Undulating flat to hilly sections with old road to river.

Excellent access off Nimmo Road, with mains

power on the block.

Numerous pretty building spots with great views over farms and to the Mountains.

Approx 40 minutes from Cooma, ½ hour to Jindabyne. Close to Nature Reserves and the high country.

Lake EucumbeneNimmo district

$270,000

“THE SQUATTERS ARMS”

COOMA’S HIDDEN TREASURE Located only minutes from the town centre, schools and ovals is this wonderful semi-rural property sitting on approx. 6 acres.

Neatly tucked away in a quiet protected pocket lies the four bedroom brick and tile home set in an established native garden and numerous gums.

FOR SALE

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Offering one of the Monaro districts most historic stone residences.

Set on approx 25 acres of free and leasehold land.

This beautifully restored and maintained residence of 320m2 offers seven bedrooms, six fireplaces, 2 ensuites, an attic plus living areas. Easy care gardens surround the property.

“We are always here!”

Large historic stable complex. Springfed water supply.

Once an inn and Cobb & CO station, 945 Monaro Highway is zoned business and offers strong potential either as a B&B, tavern or restaurant.

“The Squatters Arms” – Style, Charm and Position.

CIRCA 1841 BUNYAN NSW

$695,000

www.bollerco.com.au

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Brand new family home - Light, bright and modern With a warm and bright northerly location in the Cooma township, this brand new home offers an outstanding opportunity to walk in sit down and relax with all the modern comforts and styling without the having to go through the building process!

All that is left to do is create a stunning low maintenance garden to suit your style.

M: 0429 788 143 | Office: 6452 7004 E: shannon@fergussonrealestate.com.au | www.fergussonrealestate.com.au | 50 Vale St, Cooma

13 Wangie Street, Cooma BIG REDUCTION $359,000

GREAT FEATURES INCLUDE: â&#x20AC;˘ A very appealing and modern rendered home with a bright and warm aspect; â&#x20AC;˘ Four extremely well sized bedrooms all with built ins, main has ensuite and walk in robe; â&#x20AC;˘ Two huge living areas, proving great space for families.

The main family room is a beautiful big open plan that incorporates the kitchen and dining; â&#x20AC;˘ Modern design and styled kitchen over looks back yard; â&#x20AC;˘ Large family bathroom with laundry space included and ample storage space; â&#x20AC;˘ Fully ducted natural gas heating

along with being fully insulated; â&#x20AC;˘ Fully fenced yard and a large under cover outdoor entertaining area; â&#x20AC;˘ A solid investment property with expected rental returns in the vicinity of $400 per week or 5.8% return on investment.

A really impressive home completed in 2015 ready for its first live in owner!!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;MURLINGBUNGâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MONARO DISTRICT Approx 1303.99 HA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3222.22 Acres (Freehold)

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A property which has not changed hands for 150 years.

Contact selling Agents for detailed information memorandum

FOR SALE BY TENDER: Closing Thursday 17th November 2016 Shannon Fergusson 0429 788 143 shannon@fergussonrealestate.com.au www.fergussonrealestate.com.au Will Dixon 0427 025 809 info@monarolivestock.com.au www.monarolivestock.com.au

GRASSROOTS

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37th annual White Wool ram sale results The 37th annual White Wool Ram sale was held at the Litchfield Sheep Pavilion at Cooma Showground on October 19.

Five local breeders offered more than 130 rams for sale.

Boudjah offered 76 rams and sold to a top of $4500, purchased

by Ec & MP Sisson from Guyra.

Boudjah sold 68 rams to average 1513 and gross $102,884.

Main Range offered 21rams sold to a top of $4200, purchased

by E G Gregory from Freshford, Tharwa.

The rams averaged $2047.62 to gross $43,000.

Snowy Plain sold 28 rams to average $1312. The top price was $3750, purchased

by Dooerdownes past Co from Brit Brit in Victoria.

Greenland rams sell to $2800

Pictured top left: Rick Power with the second top selling ram at Boudjah.

The ram was bought for $4,000 by Michael McCormack for Ron Hardy at Sutton.

Pictured above: Mick Hedger with his prize ram and the top seller of 2016, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Slippersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which he bought for $57,000. Mick is pictured with his daughters Brooke and Elly.

Pictured bottom left: The top Main Range ram sold for $4,200 with Gary Evans, Pat Cleaver, Grant Gregory from Freshford, Tharwa and Steven Tozer.

CLEARING SALE 10:30 am Saturday 12th November 2016 4887 The Snowy River Way Dalgety A/C Gordon Kimber (Property Sold)

300 ltr boom spray, B47 baler, Bamford hay rake, Small bale loader, 3 PL super spreader, 3 PL back blade, Tri axle trailer, Mobile water tank, Two 6 x 4 box trailers, Chas smith hammer mill, Toro ride on mower, 200 ltr spray unit, Spray unit for quad bike, 2 x fire fighting pumps, Sthil brush cutter, 4 x water troughs, 4 x 1000 ltr shuttles, 60 hp irrigation pump, 12 lengths irrigation pipe, Sprinklers with risers, Bee keeping equipment, Cattle scales and platform, 4 x cement tubs, Fencing material, Gates, Sling 90mm pipe post, Pasture harrows, 14 panels of temporary fencing with feet, Poly pipe, Poly pipe fittings, Ladders, Gal scaffolding, Round bale feeder, Steel, Roofing material, 12 round bales 2nd cut Lucerne.

Outside entries invited & recommended Selling Agents Pictured, stud principal John Alcock with Alison and Jill Burston and Schute Bell agent, Ben Litchfield.

Greenland Merino Studâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual ram sale last The top priced ram was bought by the Burston Monday saw 59 of 60 lots sold to an average of family of Benambra, Victoria. $1260 and a gross of $2800.

Cooma 0264526565 Myles Buchanan 0418 410 983

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Cooma Office & Wool Store: 54-56 Polo Flat Road,Cooma NSW 2630

P: 6452 4494 F: 6452 4464

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Be alert to signs of footrot

By Dr Pat Kluver, Livestock Biosecurity Network regional manager Recent outbreaks of footrot in areas that have been thought to be free for over 20 years, is a timely warning to be vigilant and make biosecurity part of the way you run your business.

Footrot is caused by a specific footrot bacteria and can range from benign footrot (often called scold), which presents as mild lameness with a little reddening between the toes, to virulent footrot (often referred to as just ‘footrot’) which can cause severe, production-limiting lameness and under running of the sole of the foot. Wet warm environments allow footrot to express and spread.

The most important thing to remember is that sheep are infected with footrot - not farms. Footrot can be eradicated and, importantly, you can prevent it by taking a few simple precautions when purchasing sheep.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FOOTROT 1. Ensure boundary fences are sheep proof, and if not, try to ensure a buffer between your neighbour’s sheep and yours with cattle or crops if suitable. By far the greatest risk to your sheep are incoming sheep - either purchased in or under the fence from a next door neighbour so talk to your neighbours about what you want done with your sheep if they stray and vice versa. An agreed “strays policy” is essential if you want to control the risks associated with sheep leaving or entering your property.

2. When purchasing sheep try to buy direct if possible. This minimises the chance of picking up disease in the saleyards.

3. Insist on a Sheep Health Statement and read it before you make a purchasing decision. It does not guarantee that sheep will be free of footrot, but it is a legally enforceable declaration on the disease status of the sheep.

4.When purchasing sheep, always inspect for footrot. Any evidence of the disease should be looked at by an experienced sheep vet or stock inspector. If diagnosed, footrot is still a notifiable

disease in most states.

5. Identifying problems before you purchase can save you time and money. If you can’t inspect sheep on-farm or at the saleyards, it is essential that they be looked at when they arrive on your property.

6. Once on-farm, you should get a quarantine drench of four different actives and a fluke drench if they have come from a fluke area. For footrot, all sheep should be run through a footbath on arrival made up of 10% zinc sulphate. This won’t eliminate virulent footrot but will remove footrot bacteria picked up in the saleyards or in the truck.

7. If possible, keep new sheep in the yards for three days and close to the yards for a few weeks to observe. Despite all these precautions it is still possible for sheep to carry the footrot organism without showing much in the way of lameness.

8. Keep new sheep segregated or quarantined from your existing flock until you are confident they are free of footrot. You can be sure they haven’t got footrot after a good spread period has occurred. In southern Australia this will be the end of a reasonable spring, like the one we are currently experiencing when warm wet conditions are ideal for expression and spread of the disease.

9. Footrot will not live for longer than seven days off the sheep, even under ideal conditions, so anywhere the new sheep have been is out of bounds for your existing flock for seven days. If sheep need to be drenched, bring the quarantined mob up last and don’t allow other sheep to use the yards or laneways for seven days. If sheep have been quarantined and they do turn out to have footrot, you have limited the damage they have caused making it easier and cheaper to clean up.

Footrot is caused by a specific footrot bacteria and can range from benign footrot (often called scold), which presents as mild lameness with a little reddening between the toes, to virulent footrot (often referred to as just ‘footrot’) which can cause severe, productionlimiting lameness and under running of the sole of the foot. Wet warm environments allow footrot to express and spread.

If you suspect you have footrot get it checked by an experienced vet. The sooner you have the cause of your lame sheep diagnosed, the quicker it can be controlled and eradicated.

Virulent footrot is eradicable and best done over a non-spread period over summer with an experienced contractor.

LBN will be running training in November for interested contractors.

More information can be found at http://www. lbn.org.au/2016/10/10/ footrot-trainingaccreditation/

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Cooma cattle salestrong monthly market Cooma Associated Agents yarded 250 principally store cattle at Cooma last Friday (21/10/2016). In a good quality yarding demand was very strong for all lines of restocker cattle with buyers keen to purchase yearling

cattle to fatten. In the fat cattle section, heavy cows realised from 2.05c to 2.25c kg, trade heifers to 2.54c, trade steers 3.20c to 3.30c, while plain bulls fetched from 2.00c to 2.40c

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Store Lines J & T Walters (MLP) 10 Ang hfrs, 1 ½ yrs, scanned in calf (dec) $1275 A & H Green (MLP) 15 Hfd Hfrs Rising 2yrs NSM, Gunyah Bld $1000 R R & J L Sands (MLP) 6 Ang Strs – 12/13 mths $1100 B A & C F Clarke (MLP) 5 Ang Strs – 10/11 mths $1020.

Bibenluke Common (MLP) 6 Ang Str Weaners $1015 A G & P I Warner (LMK) 8 Hfd Steers $950.00 G & J Dobbie (LMK) 6 Angus Steers $985.00 C Evans (BC) 5 Hfd Str Calves $905.00 D Sizmur (BC) 2 Ang Str Calves $880.00 T & C Fallins (BC) 6 Ang Str Calves $805.00 C Evans (BC) 7 Hfd Str Calves $780.00 P & A Devereux (ELD) 2 Ang Str Calves $900.00 P & A Devereux (ELD) 7 Ang Hfr Calves $655.00 Vendors are urged to support their local yards. Use them or Lose them.

This sale’s results were very, very strong.

Next monthly sale will be held on 18/11/2016.

Orange the place for DPI NSW Farmers welcomes the announcement by the NSW Government that the Department of Primary Industries will remain headquartered in Orange for the next two decades.

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Avonside sells to $4,000 Avonside Merino Studâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual on-property sale was held last Thursday.

Thirty-one rams sold to a top of $4000 to average $1380 and gross $42,800.

The top price was paid by Richard Maguire and Karen Thompson for lot 11.

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Mr Clifford said he was pleased with the results, especially given that it was his first sale.

Fifteen rams sold at an average of $807 anda a top of $1,600 to Ross Walters from Dalgety.

Twenty six rams sold at Manawa The sale at Manawa picked up the ram that was held last Friday he wanted. under the Helmsmen system. The sale saw 26 rams sold and Leon Clark thanked everyone Pictured: Tim Jardine in attendance for a from Berridale with good showing.

Leon Clark, auctioneer The top priced ram Myles Buchanan and sold for $1,600 and the the top selling ram from average on the day was the Manawa sale. $731.

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SELX Market Report Prime Sheep & Lamb – 19th October 2016 Today at SELX 15,685 sheep and lambs were yarded, with the market softer across all categories. The quality of new season lambs showed freshness with primarily trade weights penned, along with a good supply of feeder and store lambs. The mutton was represented by all weights and

categories, with some exceptional heavy shorn Wethers being penned.

Not all processors operated due to inflated numbers across the state, with the countryside starting to dry out. Overall the quality of the yarding is starting to reflect the promising season unfolding around the region.

MARKET REPORT: Jock Duncombe, Duncombe & Co.

Cottage Park top ram $12,000 Mark and Jodie Pendergast at Cottage Park Merino Stud held their annual ram sale on Thursday, October 20 with 90 rams on offer.

The top selling ram went for $12,000 to Trent Anderson from Darrimen, auctioned by study stock manager, NSW, Andy McGeoch.

Eighty-one out of 90 rams sold to an average of $2086.

Pictured: Mark Pendergast.

Trent Anderson and Andy McGeoch with the top selling ram at Cottage Park, which went for $12,000.

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Today at SELX 15,658 sheep and lambs were yarded, with the market softer across all categories. The quality of new season lambs showed freshness with primarily trade weights penned, along with a good supply of feeder and store lambs. The mutton was represented by all weights and categories, with some exceptional heavy shorn Wethers being penned. Not all processors operated due to inflated numbers across the state, with the countryside starting to dry out. Overall the quality of the yarding is starting to reflect the promising season unfolding around the region.

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Date: 19/10/2016, Yarding: 15,658 Suckers

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The SELX Prime Cattle sale for the 20th October drew just over 1,000 head, which was up by 300 from the previous week. The market for cows was 10-15 cents cheaper along with bulls, with one exception being a Limousin bull making 280 cents kg and returning over $3,000.00. The export and trade steers and heifers were also easier by 5-10 cents kg, especially for the off types. However restocking Angus steers remained fully firm and under strong competition topped out at 450.2 cents kg. The quality and condition of the stock is improving on a weekly basis.

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Community says goodbye to a favourite son â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bede Nichols from page 25 It extended to Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister in law Aunty Ree and his brothers in law uncle Mark and uncle Ralph.

It also gave Bede an abiding and constant interest in the lives and achievements of his nieces and nephews.

That found its most obvious expression in his support for their sporting exploits, particularly for Sam, whose Rugby League career Bede observed and encouraged closely and for Jimmy, who for many years enjoyed or perhaps endured the dubious benefit of Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s barracking from the sidelines at Rotary Oval.

But all of the others, Tom, Timmy, Jay, Pete, Kristy and Alana featured just as prominently in Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skiting about the achievements of his family and clearly he derived equal gratification from the success of each of his nephews and nieces.

It must be a great satisfaction to Bede, and I hope a consolation to his family, that almost the last 10 days of his life were spent with his extended clan celebrating the happy occasion of Tom and Kiaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wedding.

He would perhaps have been a tough father at times, sternly turning a deaf ear to Gabâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pleas to come home from boarding school. But in his own way he was a constant presence and source of encouragement to his children.

He never missed any of the highlights of their life, even if it restricted the pursuit of his other passions.

He once cut short a bike trip and rode his dirt bike from Cowombat Flat, deep in the Victorian High Country, over the Tin Mines and down the Nine Mile, all the way back to Cooma, just to attend Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s christening.

He even arrived at the Church with 20 minutes to spare.

The pride he never ceased expressing to everybody else about Mark and Gabâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievements must have made itself known to them, even if he may have been more circumspect in his direct praise. When Gab met Tom and Mark met Avril those two fortunates were immediately welcomed into the circle of trust and they became the latest subjects of highly favourable comment to all of Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends and associates.

In the last three and a half years Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s granddaughters, Mali, Elka and Indie have been the apples of his

eye and there is nothing more heart warming than seeing a big tough cranky bossy boots reduced to simpering foolishness as he dandles a baby girl on his knee. Perhaps the greatest tragedy of Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s untimely death is that his role as a mentor, guide and tribal elder to the next generation of the Nichols family has been cut short, but we can only hope that Mali, Elke and Indie retain some memory of the prince of men that was their grandfather.

Which brings us at last to perhaps the most significant, but least well known of Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roles, that of Kathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband. It has been commonplace at family functions to comment with wonder on Kathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing love, forbearance and patience and, given some of Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behaviour, they must certainly have been crucial factors in the success of their relationship. Observing Kath and Bede on the mornings of their camping trips to Tathra and elsewhere, as they went through their invariable routine of emerging one at a time from the tent, putting on the jug, making the tea and the toast, jumping on the scooter to head to the shop for coffees and the paper, all the while exchanging gentle jibes, insults and veiled threats, was like watching an episode of The Honeymooners.

No one has ever been able to comment on the other side of their bond, due to Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence because, although he put every other part of his character out for all the world to see, he was intensely private about the relationship at the centre of his life. Now that he is in no position to deny it, we can acknowledge that, for all of his gruffness and apparent indifference to matters of the heart, he was a loving and devoted husband. Even though he could be demanding and frustrating, and spent huge parts of his life enjoying his sport and the fire brigade and his friendships with others, he took every opportunity to let Kath know, in his own rough way, of his constant interest in, and unflagging devotion to her. While he was not given to public displays of affection and honeyed words may never have dripped from his lips into the ears of his beloved, he let her know, when no one else was looking, how essential she was to his existence.

He would bring her flowers on his return from

every refereeing trip to Canberra, have coffee with her every morning and lunch with her every day that he was in town, without regard to what plans of her own that she might have. If he wanted to go for a blast down to the coast on his motorbike, he would take Kath on the pillion, just as he had when they were courting. In recent years when Kath travelled frequently to Sydney to visit the kids and grandkids, he would call her constantly, ostensibly

to ask a question about some trifle, as a transparent excuse to check she was alright and to let her know he missed her. Even though Bede would never have publicly disclosed his love for Kath in a more conventional way, they appeared to develop a code that allowed them to demonstrate their regard for each other without any appearance of Bede being a sook or anything other than the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s man everyone knew him to be. Given Kathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

pedigree, she was always going to be a strong and independent woman.

But Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support and love made her even more so. Not long after they started going out Bede illustrated the depth of his commitment to Kath in the best way he knew how, by teaching her how to do a grease and oil change on her car, thus demonstrating he was in the relationship for at least 2000 miles.

Over the years he showed her many other skills, both practical

and more prosaic, and made her an intricate and indispensable part of his business. Their marriage was a true partnership on every level and if he never said in so many words that he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do without her, he made it obvious in a hundred different ways that he knew that was the case.

This then, was the secret to the great success of Bedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. The love and the confidence reposed in Bede by his family, by his parents and brothers

and sisters, his nieces and nephews, by his children and most importantly by Kath, gave him a bed rock of self-esteem and self confidence that allowed him to set forth every morning into the world as if he owned it. It allowed him to turn the commonplace grist of existence into a life abundantly lived and to give to others far more than most men have to give. We have all of us benefited from knowing Bede, and are grateful for his life.

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A well-established business in the Snowy Mountains is seeking a fully qualified Spray Painter for an immediate start.

Must be able to supervise apprentices and be able to work within a small team. This is an excellent full-time opportunity with above award wages, send applications to PO Box 600 Jindabyne before 11th November 2016.

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CRIMMINS, Jean Elizabeth Passed away peacefully on Sunday October, 23rd 2016 at Cooma Hospital, formerly of Bransby St, Bredbo.

Aged 71 years.

Much loved wife of 53 years of Tony Crimmins, Beloved mother and mother in-law of Stephen, Wayne and Kim, Ian and Kerry, Sherree and Michael. Adored Nan of Elise and Laura, Jessica, Hayley and Danielle, Thomas and Andrew, Tegan and Ryan.

Cherished Great Nan of Emma, William and Heath. Dearly Loved sister of, Barbara, Geoffrey ((DEC), William, Carlisle, Wallace (DEC), Katherine, Anne, Roger (DEC), Margaret (DEC).

The relatives and friends of the late JEAN ELIZABETH CRIMMINS are invited to attend her funeral service to be held in All Saints Catholic Church, Bredbo, on Thursday October 27th 2016 commencing at 11:00 am. At the conclusion of the service, the cortege will proceed to Bredbo Cemetery.

Allens Funerals Cooma Alan Dodd Director Family Owned & Operated FDA - 02 6452 2094

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WANTED The Bombala & District Rugby League Football Club are now calling for applications for the role of the 2017 First Grade coach, Reserve Grade coach and Ladies League Tag coach.

Closing date for applications: 1st of December 2016.

Please post applications to: Bombala & District Rugby League Football Club PO Box 267, Bombala NSW 2632 OR email to:blueheelersbombala@hotmail.com

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All this for just $1430/month inc GST. Contact: Shaun Hayward on 0419 258 457

THANKYOU

Eric ‘Mike’ Zola Sutton 28 March 1930 - 13 July 2016 Leone and family would like to thank all Mike’s friends and relatives who offered their love and support following our sad loss.

Thank you to all who attended the funeral service for Mike and for the beautiful flowers, cards and telephone calls.

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Liz Donald

14/2/1953 - 25/10/2015 Your life was a blessing, Your memory a treasure You are loved beyond words, And missed beyond measure.

We love you and miss you so much.

Love Robert, Tim, Lauren, Jayden & Mathilde, Jeff, Nat, Alyssa, Riley & Abby, Cole, Morgan, Todd & Henry.

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SMGS gain rewarding experience at the Tamworth Interschools Horse Extravaganza

Abbey Wilson and Beau in the Sporting.

Mackenzie Harding and Red in the One-Day event.

Danny Ternes-Dixon and SM Lychee in the cross country phase of the one-day event.

Jamie Russell and Can-Can in the cross country phase of the One-Day event.

Over the weekend of 14-17 October, the SMGS equestrian team started their 2016/2017 season campaign at the Interschools Horse Extravaganza (ISHE). The competition is held at the wonderful equestrian venue known as AELEC – the Australian Equestrian and Livestock Exhibition Complex – and is regarded as one of the best of its kind in the southern hemisphere. The competition included a one-day event, dressage, showjumping, sporting, stock horse events and show riding and gymkhana programs.

Team SMGS was comprised of Jamie Russell, Abbey Wilson, Cassie Nicholls, Charlotte Wilson, Mackenzie Harding, Danny Ternes-Dixon, Jess Dickson, Lara Fairfield-Smith and Stefania Nitto. With the event attracting over 500 students from across NSW and Queensland, this is always an exciting event and allowed our riders to gain some rewarding experience on a big stage. We also had some outstanding results from our students, including Cassie Nicholls (Dressage) and Mackenzie Harding (Showjumping), who were awarded Champion Sashes.

Families of all our riders accompanied them on the long trip to Tamworth and we appreciate their amazing support as this is essential in this sport. It was also great to have special support for the riders from their

instructors to warm up and prepare for each of the events.

Of her 2016 ISHE Newcomer ODE award, Mackenzie Harding, Year 7, said, “I cannot believe it. The 60cm ODE was so much fun, but after I was coming 20th after the dressage section, I NEVER THOUGHT that I would win this award. I can’t believe it.

The cross-country and showjumping phases are my favourites, and Red was awesome out there today. At the presentation, I never dreamed that my name would be called out”.

The accompanying staff member, Kelli Wilson, was pleased with the outcome of the event for our students, saying, “The ISHE event was indeed an “extravaganza”; it was exhausting and exciting, intense and fun. The SMGS team enjoyed many successes and they also enjoyed the tough competition and the wonderful facilities at AELEC. With nine competitors in 2016, we hope that this will become an integral part of our equestrian calendar. It’s a wonderful start to the season, and the chance to compete as a team in such awesome facilities cannot be beaten.”

Horses and riders arrived home exhausted but happy after a wonderful trip and all talking of the work they will do in the coming months to further improve their skills for competition.

Monaro celebrating Burns Cup victory

The Monaro district cricket association played host to the Burns Cup over the weekend with the combined Far South Coast-Monaro (South East) team taking out the prestigious competition for the second year in a row.

Top left: Mark Williams, who is a member of the last Monaro side to win the Burns cup in the 1960s, team manager Boyd Brennan, current player Sam Williams and Dick Blacka who is an ex-Monaro cricketer, now based on the coast, and has dedicated countless hours towards cricket in the region.

Top right: Lucas Rixon from Jindabyne starred in the South East’s success over the weekend and has been named in the combined rep side to play ACT.

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Camp Quality esCarpade spreading joy through Delegate

The Delegate community was excited to welcome the Camp Quality esCarpade into town on Monday, with the colourful gang stopping in for lunch and to share some fun and giveaways with the students of the Delegate and Goongerah Public Schools.

A colourful cast of characters and their crazy cars roared into Delegate on Monday as the wonderful Camp Quality esCarpade visited the area during its annual week-long journey.

The Delegate community was thrilled to welcome around 215 participants for lunch at the local showground as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;happiest and wackiest motoring adventureâ&#x20AC;? celebrated its 25th year on the road.

Students from both the Delegate and the Goongerah Public Schools came along to greet the esCarpade

drivers and crew, and of course wander around the brightly decorated cars, complete with lights flashing and sirens blaring.

Best of all, many of the drivers were dressed as super heroes or other interesting characters to add to the fun of the visit, handing out showbags, balloons, badges and more.

The youngsters were also treated to an interactive Camp Quality puppet show which was all about dispelling common myths and misconceptions about cancer.

The esCarpade gang

got to enjoy a beautifully catered lunch thrown on by the Delegate community, and the stop in the small town was clearly enjoyed by all, young and old, before the rally moved onto Lakes Entrance for the evening.

Over the years, esCarpade has clocked up over 70,000km, driven through 285 Aussie towns and has raised over $15million for kids and their families who are affected by cancer, and the rally was certainly shown a warm welcome in Delegate on Monday.

Saturday October 29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4BBB Championship $40.00 per team â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time Sheet Start.â&#x20AC;?

Winners and Runners-up plus Novelty Prizes The day and all prizes sponsored

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Kayakers The ‘Hip Pocket’ Little Athletics weekly report take on the Snowy Saturday.

Let’s hope it’s the only cancellation we endure this season.

Our President Lyndon Taylor has involved himself with the ACT Vets Athletics over the past few weeks on a Thursday evening in Canberra with some impressive results on the

their Fun Run. Brenna ran the 5km run in 20m49 sec. Brenna was very pleased with her effort and is looking forward to Athletics ACT’s longer events as the season progresses towards their State Championships and the Australian Youth Championships around March 2017.

Next Saturday Australian Little As are holding an

‘ORANGE Round’.

With the Jetstar Orange Round this Saturday we are encourageing every one to dress in Orange so we can enter into the Photos Competition that Jetstar are running.

This week is the start of our straight

Tradies hosted the Bears winning the night 8-3.

High scores for the Tradies were Brenden McAlister 135 and 138, Chris Smith 100 and 140 x 3 and Darren with 140. Darren also had a peg of 100 High scores for the Bears were Richard Montague-Brown 100, 125 and 140, Timmothy Kimbell 140 and Mitch Backhouse 110.

Weirdo’s hosted the Royal Flush’s winning the night 6-5.

High scores for the Weirdo’s were Jason Kelly 140, Rob Taylor 100 x 3 and 140, Danielle Shirvington 120, Bernie Warwick 120 and Martina Kelly 111. Rob also had a 68 peg.

High scores for the Flush’s were Russell 106, Corey Morrison 100 and 101, Jason Tony Harris 121 and Andrew Hopkins 100, 114, 121 and 123. Andrew also had pegs of 79 and 82.

26ers hosted the Peaches losing the night 7-4.

High scores for the 26ers were Kelsey Rourke 124, Charissa Newson 135, Don Markham 100 and Dubby Blyton 120.

High scores for the Peaches were Jacob Warwick 100, Paul Bradley Dando 114 and Aaron Stewart 100 and 132.

Jokers hosted the Sharks winning the night 8-3.

High scores for the Jokers were Mick Hart 100 x 2 and 140 x 2 and Quinton T. Stead 100 x 2, 110 and 140.

High scores for the Sharks was Jeff Threadgate with 100, 120 and 125.

Tigersharks hosted the Buggers losing the night 7-4.

High scores for the Tigersharks were Jakob Stewart 100, Rocky Zilinskas 100 and Cassie Rolfe 100 and 110.

High score for the Buggers was Leanne Gibson 114.

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There was no golf for the ladies on Wednesday. The ladies travelled to Canberra to farewell our friend and member Lana Withers. A beautiful service for a lovely lady.

Saturday the members played a Stableford for J. Ingram Trophy.

The winner was Ray Fermor on 34 points.

Ray also won the Ball.

Sunday there was no golf at home with the chaps braving the weather to travel to Coolamatong for their Open Mens Tournament.

They didn’t get too wet but it was cold, very cold, was the comment.

Ross Brown came home with a NTP Trophy and Brendan Weston finding the Fairway came home with the longest drive in his division and also NTP Trophy.

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the 100m and 28th out of 40 in the 200m.

Cohen Stanford came 35th out of 40 in the senior discus.

Nimmitabel Public School came 25th out of 30 in the small schools relay.

Tori Flanagan from Jindabyne came 30th out of 40 in the 11yr girls long jump.

Pictured above, Brenna Clayton who took part in a 5km fun run at Bega on Sunday.

Brenna is a keen athlete and a proud member of the Cooma Little Athletics family.

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A number of local athletes represented the region at the state athletics carnival recently.

The Jindabyne girls relay team came 9th out of 40 teams.

Zali Lavander came 21st out of 40 in the senior discus.

Ruben Hooper came 22nd out of 40 in long jump, 31st out of 40 in

U/6 –U/12 60m hurdles, U/13 and U/14 girls 80m hurdles, U/14 boys and U/15 girls 90m, U/15 to U/17 boys and U/16 and 17 girls 100m hurdles.

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This week Lyndon participated in 800m in 2m42.64 sec, also the 1500m in 5m34.53 sec and finally in a 3km run, where he clocked 12m16.78 sec. These times are around the times that our 13-15 years are running on our Track. We are expecting Lyndon to excel as the season heads towards to their championships in March 2017.

I hear that a couple of other dads are likely to be joining Lyndon at ACT Vets soon, either to rekindle their athletics careers or just to keep up with their children.

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Over the long weekend a stream of kayaks made their way through the region for the inaugural running of the Snowy River Extreme Race.

The Snowy River Extreme Race is a whitewater kayak race held on the iconic Snowy River.

82 competitors descended on Island Bend campground for the weekend festival for the largest gathering of whitewater kayakers in over 20 years, according to Brian Kilby of Random Adventure Gear, a long time supporter of the Australian whitewater scene.

The weekend was run over two days with Saturday dedicated to practice and Sunday being race day.

There were two categories, an expert class held on the upper section of the river and an intermediate class held below this.

The Expert race is a pairs time trial on a Class 3-4 stretch of whitewater. The Expert race starts below the rapid known as the ‘can-opener’ and finishes at the rafters track. The expert race is approximately 2km.

The intermediate race is a pairs time trial on a grade 3 stretch of whitewater. The Intermediate race starts at the rafters track and finishes at the flying fox cable. The intermediate race is approximately 1.7km.

Competitors travelled as far as Armidale in the north and Tasmania to the south.

Jindabyne and Canberra were well represented with the local teams being the ones to beat.

The youngest competitor, Remy Taylor, 13, teamed up with his father and placed equal third in the intermediate class.

The oldest competitor John Maddox was into his 70s and place higher than half his younger competitors.

The event was the idea of Jo Hendriks who saw a hole in the Australian whitewater scene, having travelled through Nz and the US paddling, he saw the fantastic community these events created. He approached Anna Herring, Nick Herald and Peter McIntyre and together they created the biggest wildwater racing event the sport has ever seen in Australia and a much anticipated annual event.

The weather caused the first cancellation for the season on

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Cooma Gun Club October shoot results On Saturday, October 10, 26 shooters from Bega, Bermagui, Bombala, Canberra, Boorowa, Yass and Cooma gun clubs contested the monthly, Down the Line (DTL) shoot held at Berridale.

Weather conditions were excellent, with the sun shining, making the targets easy to see, resulting in some great scores shot. The program consisted of 20 target point score graded cash divide, 50 target point score championship and 30 target continental.

Results are as follows: Event 1: 20 target point score graded cash divide (60 points meaning a perfect score) AA: A. Niesar 59/60, J. Barron 58/60, P. Craig 55/60 A: G. Mills and D. Blewitt 58/60 P. Ewart 57/60 B: F. Luccarda 60/60, M. Diss 55/60, B. Smith 54/60 C: M. Craig 55/60, M. O’Brien 49/60, B. Moffitt 48/60, Event 2: 50 target point score championship (150 points meaning a perfect score) Overall: A. Niesar 150/150 AA 1st: J. Barron 144, AA 2nd: G. Kazolis 143.

A 1st:R. Blyton 143, A 2nd A. Deacon 142.

Racing Mates initiative Racing NSW’s brand new initiative ‘Racing Mates’ was launched at Rosehill Gardens on 27 August 2016.

Racing Mates utilises peer support empowering mates to look out for mates and offers access to psychologists, counsellors and assistance hotlines free of any charges.

The website is already live and contains pages such as ‘Initiatives and Programs’ where information on drugs and support can be found.

Racing NSW has, for some time, recognised the growing drug problem in the greater community and as such, has constantly created initiatives to tackle related issues.

“Racing New South Wales takes very seriously its responsibilities for the administration of a sport without the use, promotion or exaltation of illegal drugs,” said Mr Peter V’landys AM, Racing NSW’s Chief Executive.

“Looking after the mental health of our participants in NSW has been an area we have concentrated on over the past few years and Racing Mates is a further tool we will be using.

“We hold forums throughout NSW highlighting to our participants the dire consequences that drugs have on persons, their families and the community.

“We have engaged horse trainer Pat Webster (accredited Drug and Alcohol Counsellor who works voluntarily in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre) to conduct weekly visits throughout NSW to engage with industry participants to combat growing drug problems.”

These forums concentrate on the distractions and temptations concerning drugs, alcohol, gambling and lifestyle choices, with participant attendance from pre-apprentices and apprentice jockeys, jockeys and other industry participants.

In 2014 Racing NSW established an Investigation and Surveillance Unit that works in conjunction with Racing NSW Stewards to assist in maintaining the integrity of thoroughbred racing in the state.

One of the key areas that this unit seeks to investigate is the use and abuse of drugs and banned substances.

“I don’t believe there is any other organisation that has programs in place to tackle matters associated with the use of illegal substances like Racing NSW,” Mr V’landys added.

B 1st F. Luccarda 135, B 2nd: J. Crowe 134 C 1st: B. Moffitt 129, C 2nd: M. Craig 123 Event 3: 30 target continental AA1st: P. Craig 57/57 AA2nd: A. Niesar 56/57 A1st: S. McIntyre 29/30 A2nd: G. Mills 28/30 B1st: J. Crowe 28/30 B2nd: F. Luccarda 27/30 C1st: B. Moffitt 29/31

C2nd :M. Craig 28/31 High Gun: Alf Niesar 239/240 Veteran High Gun: Phil Craig 228/240 The next down the line shoot for the Cooma Gun Club will be held on 14 November starting at 10am.

At the completion of the shoot, the club will be holding the AGM. Any enquiries phone James Barron on 64543015 or Peter Ewart on 64543174.

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Bombala hosts regional bowlers for a day of friendship

Local bowlers, Glad Hurley and Herbie Elliott were among those sharing in the chilly but cheerful day of bowling.

Bombala welcomed almost 40 bowlers to the local greens for Monday’s event.

Pat Kane and Barry Crouch took to the greens for the event.

Enjoying the Friendship Day on Monday was Kevin Callaway.

The Bombala RSL Women’s Bowling Club hosted this year’s Friendship Day for the entire South Coast District on Monday, welcoming many visiting bowlers to the local greens.

The Friendship Day is an annual event that each club within the

Netball Open Day Sunday 30th of October 11am to 2pm Netball Courts - Sport & Recreation Camp, Barry Way, Jindabyne 11am Kids Clinic Skills and Drills and Mini Comp (Ages 4 to 11 years)

11am Umpire Training Improve your umpiring with this informal clinic, ask questions and get tips from the more experienced umpires in our association.

12pm Mixed Fun Gala Comp Run out the cobwebs with this fun mixed mini comp. Make a team of 7 or come along and we will place you in a team. Men welcome to play - no skirt required.

20 minute round robin comp to be finished by 2pm

All above activities are FREE Summer Comp Registration and BBQ open from 11am to 2pm in the clubhouse

Tuesday Night Summer Comp Details Starts 8th Nov runs through till April with a 5 week break over Christmas period Girls starting year 7 in 2017 and older can play in the summer comp from Nov 8th Adult player $110 plus umpire levy for non umpiring players Under 18 player $90 plus umpire levy for non umpiring players No umpire levy charged to first time players Teams of 10 to 12 players recommended If you do not have a team or need extra players come along to registration and we will find you a team or team mates.

Net Set Go and Cadets Players aged 4 to 11 years old in 2017 are welcome to play in our programs that run for 10 weeks in Term 1 2017. More info available closer to this date

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Jenni Brownlie was among the local ladies who enjoyed the District Friendship Bowls Day in Bombala. area takes turns to host, with Bombala bowlers being joined by those from Tathra, Bega, Eden, Cooma and further afield for the day.

With reasonably chilly weather being on offer it was a smaller group that took part in the event this year, but the 40 or so that participated enjoyed both the bowling and the warm Bombala hospitality on offer.

Jump into Trout Festival The annual Yamaha Freshwater Fishing Snowy Mountains Trout Festival is on again this year with fishermen flocking to the region to vie for the top prize.

The event will take place from Saturday, October 29 to Friday, November 4 with the last weigh in time at 6pm on Thursday evening.

This year’s big prize is a Quintrex 390 Explorer 20hp Yamaha motor and trailer valued at over $10,000 with anyone who entered the event and is present at the prize presentation eligible to take it out.

There is $1000 worth of quality fishing tackle up for grabs for each fishing category.

There will be daily ”secret weight cash prizes” for brown trout and rainbow trout valued as much as $1000 each and the event is maintaining the prize pool for the Clubs/Team Category at $1400.

There will also be the prized Festival Beer Glasses for the largest rainbow and largest brown trout recorded at each weigh-in center.

The festival aims for 600-650 entrants each year and Snowy River Trout Festival president Col Sinclair said organisers are always aiming to increase participation.

“Once the lake fishes well, numbers will increase,” he said.

Mr Sinclair said he has heard of some big fish being caught so far this year with weights around the 3-4kg mark.

Although there are some big fish around, he stressed that the $2,000 prize money given away each day has nothing to do with the size of the fish.

“It’s always been a great trout festival. The cash giveaway is a secret weight which no one knows until it’s drawn out of the barrel. An average fish could win it,” he said.

With rumours circulating that rainbow trout numbers are down in the region, Mr Sinclair said that something does need to be done to help the fish population.

“The management of NSW Fisheries needs to step up and release yearling fish in to the lake rather than the little fry,” he said.

In spite of this he is confident that there are fish around and entrants are almost guaranteed a catch.

“Fishing it always at its very best this time of year. You just need to catch two fish a day and you have a good chance of winning a prize,” he said.

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Cooma Golf Club news Last Wednesday a good midweek field of 26 players took to the links with John Peters taking out A Grade with 35 Stableford points, Nathan McGrath taking out B Grade with 37 points and the Bionic Man, Lindsay Blewitt, damaging his handicap with 42 points to take out C Grade.

Balls were won by Dieter Seubert (41 and unlucky), Tony Monday (37, must have been the new driver !), Roy Kerr (back from his winter hibernation, 37), Richard Hill (36, the lessons must be working), Mark Kelly (36), Gordon Weston (35) and Heikki Evans (35).

Nearest the Pin on nine was won

by Gary Batten with a Trevor Chappell special that somehow beat all comers whilst John Peters was closest on 17.

Saturday’s miserable weather deterred all comers so there was no competition played.

Perhaps the reports of polar bears surfing on the ice floes on the dam put people off!

A good Sunday field of 24 entrants braved another day of poor weather and John Harris gave his opponents a lesson with an impressive 40 Stableford points to claim victory from the consistent Kim Howard on 38 points.

Balls went to Adam Robinson (38, another fine under par round), Steve Young (37), Peter Fardon (37), Glen Young (37), Tony Monday (35), Dieter Seubert (35), Heikki Evans (34), and Harry Mould (33).

Harry Mould won the Nearest the Pin on 11 and no one was able to hit the green on four.

Next weekend features another major event with the Cooma Open over both days. On Saturday the Men’s 4BBB Stableford Championship will he held and on Sunday the Men’s Open Championship will be played.

A Medley Stableford will be played on Wednesday.

Bowls triples played Mary Boller, Mike Mannile and Margherita Zasso must have thought Bowls was a simple game when they held a 13/3 lead over Bob Douglass, Peter Harris and Renate Winckel.

Four ends in a row to Bob, Peter and Renate put them back in the game at 11/13. They only scored twice more for Mary, Mike and Margherita to win 25/15.

It was a similar story for Allan Crowe, Mick Mayhew and Geoff Venables who quickly went out to lead Ken Rees, Bob Lahy and Denis Steinfort 22/5 after 12 ends.

Ken, Bob and Denis came home strongly but had given too much start and went down 14/24. Max Butler, Mary Phillips and Ron Wainwright had a handy 11/4 lead over Judy Locker, Mario Frezza and Paul Cannell. Judy, Mario and Paul then put some shots together and took the lead 14/12 on 11. Max, Mary and Ron then put on four, four, three and two ones to take a commanding lead and were never headed on their way to a 28/22 victory

No social bowls last Saturday or Sunday, however two matches in Triples brought that event closer to completion.

Peter Marsicano, Tony Gray and Paul Cannell were quick off the mark against Peter Caldwell, Don Jarvis and Mark Buckley to lead 16/3 after just 12 ends. Peter, Tony and Paul continued to dominate and it became a contest for their opposition to reach double figures, which they failed to do, with Peter, Tony and Paul advancing to the semi-final 24/9.

Max Butler, Peter Harris and Bob Lahy were also quick to get going against Allan Crowe, Rowen Venables and Darren Collins to set up a 20/3 lead after 11 ends. The scoring trend continued with Max, Peter and Bob eventually winning 38/8 to move in to the semi-final where they will play Steve Lapham, Wayne Flynn and John Schoon and this will be played next Sunday.

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Home of cars official opening

The Cooma Car Club Clubhouse will be officially opened this Saturday evening.

The official opening of the Cooma Car Club Clubhouse will be held in the Clubhouse, Bolaro Street Cooma, this Saturday October 29.

The opening will commence with a ceremony at 6pm and will be followed by canapes at 7pm.

The Club which is formally known as the Cooma Monaro Historic Automobile Club was formed following a public meeting in October 1999 and incorporated in 2002.

Financed by bonds purchased by a number of club members, the Club purchased the premises

in Bolaro Street, Cooma in 2010 that are now the Clubhouse and adjoining Museum. A great deal of work has been carried out over the years and is continuing; the facilities now include a modern catering kitchen, the club room, library, and museum. The facilities are also made available for community use.

The principal objective of the Club is to bring together persons with a common interest to encourage the use, maintenance and presentation of motor vehicles without prejudice to make, model, method of manufacture or country,

and other vehicles of interest that are at least 30 years old.

More recently, the Club is building up its junior member numbers through developing the CAMS approved Mount Gladstone hill climb track, running four hill climbs per year, introducing a junior driver development program and supporting the Monaro Billy Kart Derby.

There are now about 180 members from Cooma, other Monaro towns, Canberra and the Far South Coast, and the Club is one of the most active in the Snowy Monaro Shire.

Annual events run by

the Club include a very popular ‘Girder Fork’ rally for pre-1950s motor bikes, a pre1960s Vintage and Classic Car Rally, and numerous club runs around the Monaro region and further afield.

Other events include the biennial Cooma Motorfest and the Summit to Surf car rally.

The well-equipped clubhouse has also become the hub and location for a wide range of other events including the annual Australia Day breakfast, weddings, wakes, and as a rehearsal centre for stage shows.

Bombala bowls fours champions

District bowls draw The Snowy District Mixed Pairs Championship is to be played at Cooma on November 5 and 6.

M and J D’Amico have a bye J Smith and M Faulder play A Crowe and J Locker R Wainwright and L Snell play M Manille and O Jebbink B Johnson and V Weston have a

bye L Theobald and J Ruzcic have a bye D and D Turner play M Zasso and M Frezza M Murphy and P Cannel play R Winckel and K Reese P Marsicano and M Phillips have a bye

Mark Guthrie, Herbie Elliott, Athol Dent and Noel Batey are the new Bombala Fours Champions following a win against Peter Jones, Kyle Richardson, Neil Brotherton and Brian Beileiter.

Sunday, October 16, saw the new Championship Fours.

Congratulations Athol Dent, Herbie Elliott, Mark Guthrie and Noel Batey who defeated Brian

Beileiter, Peter Jones, Kyle Richardson and Neil Brotherton 20-10.

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Motorkhana off to a roaring start Former test cricketer comes to Cooma Eleven young drivers learn car control at motorkhana training day.

The first day of Cooma Car Club Junior Driver Development Program has been held.

Eleven young drivers from the Snowy-Monaro took part in a Motorkhana Training Day at the ‘Longhouse’ in Cooma on Sunday, October 23 The young drivers aged between 14 and 17 years were: Jessica Sergo, Geoffrey Dowdy, Joshua Sharkey, Amanda Healy, Brandon Arnold, Sarah Arnold, Georgia Heeley, Chloe Trevanion, Josh Newman, Byron Van Der Plaat and Jacob Umback.

The training program for the day, based on a CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) program comprised an introduction to basic car maintenance and then participating in three separate

motorkhana courses with and without an instructor in the car.

The motorkhana courses are known as “Historic Straight Slalom’, ‘Cloverleaf’ and ‘Hopkirk’ named after the legendary Mini rally driver Paddy Hopkirk.

After an initial instructed drive through each course, subsequent runs were timed by Chief Instructor Peter Heeley, and although this was not a competitive event, Peter Heeley awarded unofficial ‘winners’ nontrophies to the most improved driver over each course, who were Geoffrey Dowdy who improved his time by 33.3% in the ‘Slalom’, Jessica Sergo who improved by 22.6% in the Cloverleaf and Josh Newman who improved by 28.5% in the ‘Hopkirk’.

The young drivers did take a keen interest in each other’s achievements, and from enquiry at the end of the day, all are

looking forward to the second event (of the Junior Development Program) which will be a Hillclimb at Mt Gladstone in Cooma on Saturday November 26.

The young drivers will receive a CAMS L2SJ licence, allowing them to enter any similar events in the following 12 months including the Hillclimb at Mt Gladstone in Cooma on the same day.

In this event, the young drivers will learn about and experience car control at higher speeds in a safe controlled environment.

There will be an instructor in the car with them until they feel confident enough to have a solo run.

Participants may supply their own vehicles, which are only required to meet basic safety standards, or may use one of the several club cars that will be made available.

Monaro District Cricket Association life member, Tony Mackenzie, with former test player Dave Gilbert (left).

Touch footy competition begins Each year, the start of the magpie swooping season and daylight savings means that the annual Cooma Colts Touch Football and League Tag competitions are set to start.

Last Thursday, with some lovely spring weather, they started with the registration day for the junior leaguetag between 5pm to 6pm.

It was a busy hour for Creedence Bartlett who is coordinating this year’s season, with many eager children turning up with their parents to sign them up and to find out details of what’s happening.

On the afternoon they took over 60 children’s registration.

For those who didn’t get a chance to make it or wish to still do so, registration is still available so feel free to come down from 4.30pm next Thursday.

For the children already registered, remember to bring a hat and plenty of water.

At 6pm the men’s and mixed touch football kicked off. This year there are ten men’s and 12 mixed teams.

This week’s results were: Mixed Magical Workers with a win against Coles Red Kites who

unfortunately had to forfeit on the first night.

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Former Australian test cricketer Dave Gilbert was a welcomed guest speaker at Coffey’s Hotel on Saturday night.

Gilbert headlined the night’s proceedings with the function being held in conjunction with the Burns Cup cricket carnival.

Speaking on all cricket related matters, Gilbert recounted his experiences as an international, domestic and English first class cricketer.

“Country cricket is the lifeblood of cricket in NSW, when country cricket is strong, state cricket is strong,” Gilbert said.

Gilbert was also a welcomed guest at a training session for the Monaro under 12s side on Saturday. The budding cricketers received tips from the ex-test players, who declared there were many talented players in the side.

Cooma Ladies Golf report Last Wednesday the second round of the President’s Trophy was played.

The winner of this 9 hole stableford was Helen Crawford with 20 points.

Balls were won by Yvonne Barnes, 18 points, Gaye Wilson, 16 points and Julie Upton, 15 points on a countback. So, the winner of the President’s Trophy for 2016 is Helen Crawford with 38 points. Helen has been playing very well over the last few months and has succeeded in lowering her handicap considerably.

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Gilbert whose grandparents once lived in Numeralla, returned to Cooma for the first time in many years. He commented on how much the town had changed, and how pleased he was to be back on the Monaro.

Gilbert was CEO of Cricket NSW for 11 years before he resigned in 2014. He spoke about his time in charge, the players he dealt with and the need to keep country cricket strong.

Congratulations!

We also finalised the Association Medal: the Division 1 winner is Lorraine McGregor, Division 2 winner Jenny O’Byrne and Division 3 winner Pat Crawford. These ladies get the opportunity to play against winners from other clubs in February, 2017.

Coming up: Wed, 26th – 9/18 hole medley; the weekend: Coolamatong Ladies Open.

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Monaro cricketers star in Burns Cup triumph match in South East’s favour at the drinks break after 25 overs. Rixon bowled a sensational spell of 2/28 off 10 overs, the best spell of the South East bowlers.

Late hitting from South Coast left the final delicately poised, needing 22 runs with three overs remaining. The match became a lot closer than many Monaro spectators would have thought, with South Coast requiring about 60 off 10 overs with only two wickets in hand.

It was left to Redmond to seal the victory and steal the show, as he took one of the best catches seen at Rotary Oval to give South East successive Burns Cup triumphs.

South East won their way through to the final in convincing fashion as they thumped Goulburn by 183 runs in Saturday’s match.

After a sluggish start, South East was in early trouble at 5/80.

Sam Williams Jindabyne’s Dale Cook top scored for Monaro South Coast with 61. made 24, before

Monaro cricketers have played a leading role in the South East’s back to back Burns Cup victories.

Held in Cooma for the first time, the two-day carnival saw Monaro cricketers join forces with Far South Coast cricketers to defend the Burns Cup. Playing in front of a strong local contingent, Jindabyne’s Lucas Rixon revelled in the less than ideal conditions. He starred with bat and ball in both games, spinning South East to victory in the final.

In a gripping final against South Coast, the Jindabyne duo of Dale Cook and Rixon led the way for South East.

Cook earnt a late call up, only 10 minutes before the start of play, after Jindabyne teammate Tim Gregson was ruled out with a leg injury.

Cook was thrown into opening the batting and from the first ball played a match defining innings. He batted through the majority of the innings for his 61 in arguably the most important innings of the carnival.

Cook and Rixon (36 runs) combined nicely, working the ball around the ground as South East compiled a competitive total. The innings received a late boost through excellent hitting from Berridale’s Laurence Redmond.

Redmond plundered two sixes from the one over as his quick-fire 30 lifted the side to 227.

Redmond backed this up to open the bowling and created a number of chances against the strong South Coast openers.

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Rixon came in and compiled 37 much needed runs. Far South Coast cricketer, Adam Blacka, smacked 156 as South East finished on 296.

Goulburn offered little resistance with the bat as Rixon took 3/20 off eight overs. Redmond bowled well opening the attack, while Berridale quick Jack Parkyn came on as the first change bowler.

Williams picked up two wickets as Goulburn was dismissed for 113.

A team from the four Burns Cup sides (South Coast, Shoalhaven, South East and Goulburn) has been selected to play an ACT side this weekend with Rixon earning a call-up.

Southern Zone Cricket applauded the Monaro’s efforts in staging the Burns Cup for the first time. An incredible amount of work went into preparing Rotary and Nijong Ovals with both grounds in great shape.

President of the Monaro District Cricket Association Mark Williams praised the work of local volunteers saying they were vital to the success of the carnival.

“Thank you to all the players form Monaro District Cricket. Without their help and assistance on the weekend the Burns Cup would not have gone ahead.

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“A special thank you goes to major sponsors Coffey’s Hotel and the head curator Steve Summerville.

Also to council for their help and asstance, and Ben Nielsen for his expertise and assistance.

“The feedback from Southern Zone Cricket authorities has been more than positibe and will help Monaro hopefully obtain similar types of carnivals in future years.

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Monaro cricketers have starred as the South East took out the prestigious Burns Cup for the second year in a row. Monaro defeated Goulburn on Saturday before just edging out the South Coast in a nailbiter in the final on Sunday.

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