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WEDNESDAY July 31, 2013

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Shire’s new engineering director

Cooma-Monaro Shire council has appointed a new Director of Engineering Services and, breaking with tradition, Mrs Linda Nicholson has accepted the role. Mrs Nicholson is a graduate of Wollongong University, where she graduated as a Bachelor of (Civil) Engineering. Her husband, Ben, is a mechanical engineer. She said she and her husband first came to the area about 10 years ago and lived at Jindabyne, when Ben worked for CoomaMonaro Shire Council and Linda worked at Perisher. During that time they came to really appreciate the Monaro and the climate. The area remained on their jobs radar and when a position arose with Snowy Hydro Ltd, Ben applied and was successful. The couple have spent about two and half years in the area now, although about a year of that was spent at Cabramurra. In that time, Linda undertook contract work in Canberra and commuted from

Cooma. Now with an 18-month-old son, Linda is very excited to be back in the workforce and very excited about being the first female executive on council. She said she is looking forward to working with the engineering team and putting her expertise in water and wastewater management into practise in a local government context. She has more than 10 years’ experience in this area, including sewerage treatment. Asked about the issue of beautifying Cooma, Mrs Nicholson said “what they have started is great. “The town does need a bit of a facelift”. She is looking forward to some site trips around the shire to look at existing and possible future projects. As to the region, she said “it’s just perfect. It’s only an hour to the snow or the beach. We like bushwalking and camping and have been enjoying doing that here. Mrs Nicholson is still to meet all the councillors and will experience her first full council meeting on August 12.

Cooma-Monaro Shire’s General manager John Vucic welcomed new Director of Engineering services, Linda Nicholson, to her position last Monday.

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There were three other organisations from across the state and the ACT that received funding. Director of MEIS, Rhonda Howe said that the management committee and staff were quite overwhelmed when they received the grant. “It’s monumental for us and also for the region. People in our area have either had limited or no access to a speech pathologist and there is a very high demand for one,� said MEIS Director Rhonda Howie With enrolments growing from 30 to 60 over the last three years, and limited space, MEIS is in very high demand. The service recently purchased the house next door to its current location in Hill Street. The building will be used for therapy services such as speech pathology and occupational therapy and now thanks to the grant speech pathology can also be offered at the centre.

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Malcolm Turnbull to talk telecommunications The Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband, Malcolm Turnbull, will visits Cooma next Monday as the guest of Liberal candidate Peter Hendy. Mr Turnbull will be at the Alpine Hotel from 5.30pm as part of a forum on Telecommunications. This will be an opportunity to: • discuss matters that are of concern to you; and • hear the Coalition’s plans to support improved communications and broadband services in our region Mr Hendy said he was keen to hear from the electorate. There will be a Question and Answer session at the end of the meeting to discuss any other matters you may wish to raise.

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Rudd says Kelly will have Defence job Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced to people about Labor’s record and my vision for that he would like the Member for Eden-Monaro Eden-Monaro. “As I move around the electorate, I keep hearing to be Australia’s Defence Minister if the Labor that people are sick of negativity and are looking for Party is re-elected. Dr Kelly has ccommented “I am honoured that the Prime Minister has made these comments. “I would love to serve as the Minister for Defence. Everyone knows of my military background. “But I’m not getting ahead of myself. “We’ve got an election to win and that’s my focus, along with my responsibilities as Minister for Defence Materiel. “I’ve got my sleeves rolled up and I am talking

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Campaign launched to stop domestic violence Last Thursday night an event Violence Committee, and was held to launch a local supported by NSW Police cinema ad campaign aiming and domestic violence to raise awareness about committees across Southern domestic violence. NSW. The event included The Monaro Domestic presentations, guest speakers, Violence Committee obtained supper, and the screening $1500 in grant funding from of all three ads. Special the NSW Dept. of Family & guest speakers included Community Services to run Canberra Raiders half-back the project. Local support Sam Williams, who hails from has also been strong with Cooma, and Senior Constable the Cooma Ex-Services Club Naomi Nemec, Monaro Crime generously contributing $500. Prevention Officer with NSW Snowy Mountains Cinemas Police. have also come out in The event, hosted by support, and will screen the Monaro Domestic the advertisements at a Violence Committee at the considerable discount. The Snowy Hydro Discovery campaign commenced Centre, launched a series at Jindabyne Cinema in of advertisements to be June and will be screened screened at local cinemas throughout the Ski Season, to raise awareness of reaching thousands of Pictured at the campaign launch are, from left, guest speakers Senior Constable Naomi Nemec and Sam Williams, cinema-goers. The ads will domestic and family violence. Sue Bailey, Caroline Coles, and Sen Cons Pam Aplin, domestic violence liaison officer. Cinema advertising has been be screened at the Cooma identified as an effective way Twin Cinema later in the year. to communicate information “The Monaro Domestic is the single largest cause of death or The Monaro is no exception. The huge about domestic violence to the community injury. It remains a taboo topic across challenge for this area is lack of services Violence Committee has a strong and especially to audiences between 16 the wider community, and many cases to assist people experiencing domestic commitment to community education and and 35 years of age. go unreported. This is why the Monaro violence. In the meantime, education is violence prevention and we hope that the Secretary of Monaro Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Committee is keen to the key to raising awareness of this issue. screening of these ads will raise awareness Committee, Sue Bailey believes that there raise awareness of the issue and also to If only one person has been helped by this of the issues surrounding domestic is not enough community awareness about advocate for more services to assist people project, that is a great result,� she said. violence and encourage people to act domestic violence. experiencing domestic violence. The campaign is an initiative of the when they witness such acts� said Caroline “Domestic Violence is a huge issue. “Domestic Violence is a problem Monaro Domestic Violence Committee Coles, President of the Monaro Domestic Legal Aid NSW reports that for women everywhere, in every country on the planet. and is supported by Snowy Mountains Violence Committee and Sexual Assault under the age of 45, domestic violence Cinemas, Snowy Hydro Ltd Worker at Cooma Community Health and the Cooma Ex-Services Service “We would like to thank Snowy Club. The campaign is part Mountains Cinemas, the Cooma Exof the Southern Region Services Club, Snowy Hydro, the Southern Domestic Violence Cinema Domestic Violence Cinema Region Advertising Project, which Advertising Project and the Dept. of Family was launched across South & Community Services for their generous East NSW last year. This support in implementing this important project was initiated by project in this area�. the Shoalhaven Domestic

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The Bundian Way is an ancient walking route between Mt Kosciuszko and the south coast. It was used by Aboriginal people for cultural and trade purposes. The Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council (ELALC) are steering the Bundian Way project and have been successful in having the route listed in the NSW State Heritage Register. Council considered a request for the co-naming of the southern side of ‘the Pinch’ camping area to be known as ‘Moyangul Aboriginal Place’ which was approved. The ELALC have also requesting that the National Parks & Wildlife Service set aside a section of the camping area where no vehicles will be allowed. Council was invited become a member of the Bundian Way Committee and Clr Colin Stewart-Beardsley was elected for this position. The Bundian Way is an exciting project and is a shared history pathway between Targangal (Kosciuszko) and Bilgalera (Fisheries Beach) connecting the highest part of the Australian continent to the coast. It covers a distance of 265km and follows an ancient Aboriginal walking route from the high country to the coast, by way of the easiest path from the Monaro to the coastal plains. The Bundian way crosses the Snowy River and is the first Aboriginal pathway to be listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. As an ancient pathway it was used as a trade and cultural route connecting the moth sites of the high country with the whale places on the coast. It also connected the Gippsland region and the western districts of Victoria and beyond via the Omeo Gap. The Bundian Way predated the Silk Road, the Roman roads and other great roads of world antiquity. Today it also has a symbolic role that demonstrates the Aboriginal people’s deep connections with their much-varied environment and how, in an ever-changing world, some things. I am looking forward to seeing the walking rout develop into a popular summer tourist attraction, further enhancing the Snowy Mountains as a year-round holiday destination.

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Kurt Lance passed away on Wednesday July 24 at his home on Merit Farm, Sackville. Kurt held an esteemed place in the history of Australian alpine skiing and it development in many spheres since the late 1950s. His significant contribution in a wide range of interests, influenced the many who came into contact with him. Family and friends of Kurt are warmly invited to attend a service to celebrate his life, to be held at the Hawkesbury Church, corner of Brabyn and Macquarie Streets, Windsor,

on Friday August 2, commencing at 11am. An after Celebration will be held at Kurt’s book launch of “Flame of Leviticus” at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel, Kosciuszko Room, Thredbo commencing at 6.15 pm on Thursday, August 15th 2013. RSVP to Marion Murri mmtvl@ bigpond.com or phone 02 6457 6806. Kurt Lance (centre) together with his wife Dorothy and Larry Adler, during his last visit to the Snowy Mountains for the Perisher Historical Society Winter Dinner in June this year.

Ten Mile Stare opened at Raglan Last Saturday an exhibition of new work by Canberra photographic artist John Boyd Macdonald was officially opened at the Raglan Gallery and will be exhibited from 27 July to 18 August. It features 34 framed images of Monaro and Snowy Mountains landscapes, incorporating text expressing a range of different interpretations of the land. Mr Boyd Macdonald is a Canberra artist but has a very strong affiliation with the Monaro and Snowy Mountains regions. Not only did he spend his childhood growing up in Tumbarumba on his family’s sheep farm but his family history in this area is also very deep. In 1835, his greatgrandfather was assigned as a convict to a station at the northern end of the Monaro. For 40 years from the 1890s his grandfather held summer grazing leases up near Mt Jagungal. John recognises that many diverse layers of identity have

been written into the land and he expresses some of the stories of the lands occupants through his textscapes. Mr Boyd Macdonald said he’s very pleased to bring his works to the Raglan as it feels like he is bringing them home. “I wanted to express some of the different visions and stories of the people that have occupied this land. “The use of text with the photographs Photographer Boyd Macdonald is pictured with Denise Ferris and allows me to use photography as a vehicle Mary Ziesak at the exhibition opening on Saturday. for expressing meaning and expressing some of the different visions and stories famous painter Eugene von available from the Raglan. The exhibition titled ‘Ten Mile of the people that occupied this Guerard went with his team of explorers and based his famous Stare’ was opened by Head land,” he explained. of the School of Art at the One of his works is painting on. All of John’s works are Australian National University particularly interesting as it was taken 150 years to the minute for sale, and a book of Denise Ferris on Saturday 27 from the exact same spot on reproductions (also containing July. Mount Townsend where the notes about the images) is also

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A colouring in competition was held by the Cooma Arts & Cultural Activities Committee and the winners were announced last Friday. The competition was held to raise awareness about the top three arts associations in Cooma including Cooma Little Theatre, Cooma School of Music and Monaro Dance Schools. There were 78 entries from all age groups and the judges were Craig Mitchell and Brigitte McKosker. The winners and runners up are as follows: Infants K-3 – the winner was Ava Ward, and the two runners up were Emma Turner and Shayaan Faruque.

Primary 4-6 – the winner was Kate Mylan and the runner up was Ivy McGufficke. Secondary up to 18 years – the winner was Grace Nesbitt and the runner up was Sarah Nesbitt. Adult – the winner was Michelle McGufficke. The winners each received an award and some watercolour pencils and participants also received certificates for their effort. The participants are pictured above with Crs Martin Hughes and Craig Mitchell and members of the Arts and Cultural Committee.

Police kept busy with accidents and thefts On the evening of July 24 police from Cooma and Jindabyne and National Parks rangers conducted an over snow operation checking the compliance of snowmobiles. There were a number of snowmobiles checked for licence and registration and action was taken with drivers not carrying permits.

Police were also looking for anyone intoxicated driving snowmobiles. Police would like anyone to come forward who may have information regarding a considerable amount of money that was lost last Sunday July 28 on Banjo Drive in Thredbo Village. A lady from Dubbo was

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walking along Banjo Drive with the money in her pocket and when she returned home she realised the money was missing. If anyone finds this money please turn it into Jindabyne Police Station. There was a single vehicle collision on Sunday July 28 at 4.40am on Kosciusko Road. As the ACT driver was heading north along the road he lost control of the car and crashed into a medium strip. The car then drove off without reporting the incident to police. A witness saw the accident and followed the driver and saw that they had facial injuries and reported the incident to police. The driver was then conveyed to Cooma Hospital for treatment of his injuries. Police are still investigating the crash. There have been countless reports of patrons refusing to leave premises when asked to by

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police. Police would again like to remind the public that it is an offence to refuse to comply with police or licensees when requested to leave a premises. It is legislated that you will receive a $550 on the spot fine. Police have reported a huge number of cases where intoxicated patrons have been asked to leave premises and do not comply. A 24-year old Irishman was refused service and asked to leave at the Snowy Valley Hotel at 10.25pm last Saturday. Police had to remove the man from the hotel and issued him with a criminal infringement for $550. A 22-year old Queensland man was intoxicated at a local hotel and was wrestling with a friend. The two men were asked to leave by security and would not comply. The 22-year old struggled with police and security and was eventually removed from the licensed premises and conveyed to Jindabyne police where he was issued with an infringement notice for failing to quit and for offensive language.

Mrs Linda Nicholson has been appointed as Council’s new Director of Engineering Services and will commence in her new role Monday 29 July. Linda has spent the last 15 years working in the water and waste water industry, with 10 of those years working in major construction works such as the construction of sewerage treatment and recycled water plants, raw water pump stations and associated roads and other works. Linda says ‘this position will offer many rewarding challenges, and I am looking forward to leading the Engineering Division to strive for continuous improvements and deliver the services that make Cooma-Monaro a stronger community, and a town people love to live in and visit.’ Linda is excited about the position and is looking forward to returning to full time work after being on maternity leave, although will miss spending quality ‘lego’ time with her son. Linda lives in Cooma with her husband and young son after having moved from Wollongong four years ago. They love the area and what it offers throughout all four seasons, being keen snowboarders during winter and camping enthusiasts during the other three seasons. Linda will be working closely with Councils outgoing Director Engineering, Mr David Byrne during his last week with us. David retires from his position 31 July.

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As the electorate sits and waits for some indication that a Federal election will actually be held, our recycled Prime Minister has announced that if he wins the election, the incumbent Member of EdenMonaro, Mike Kelly, will be the Defence Minister. This is probably very gratifying for Dr Kelly who has undoubtedly had his eyes on that job since 2007. However, isn’t it Caucus which normally makes these decisions? Isn’t there a protocol which is required to be followed? Have we moved to a dictatorship – again? Here’s another question – why did the PM’s wife accompany him into a war zone just recently? Was she electioneering for him (at taxpayers’ expense)? If so, why doesn’t he call the election? Is he not game enough to do so? Congratulations to our local Merino studs Adina and Conrayn for their outstanding results at the Australian Fleece Championships in Bendigo. Monaro Merino genetics are growing in stature and it’s great to see them being recognised. It’s also a testament to the hard work and dedication put in by our local growers. Good work! Those pyjamas you might have seen disappearing into CMSC chambers last Thursday were for a good cause, not a sleepover. Council’s stress free day raised $50 for charity, all through wearing PJ’s, onesies or casual attire. Sorry we missed it.

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reliability and support for network and intermittent sources of generation”. During construction of the windfarm a construction crew will be imported as happened with Aldi, with a few crumbs being distributed locally. At completion there may be one or two part time jobs created but the vast majority of the taxpayer subsidised income will be shared between the windfarm company and two or is it three local families. One correspondent mentions the need for power and energy savings. Let me explain just one of the many exploits of the great vandal Bob Carr. At the same time as one of his foreign import dept. heads was proclaiming “We must maximise our hydro electric potential but we mustn’t flood any more land” he was installing four massive electrically driven pumps at North Head to pump Sydney’s rainfall runoff out to sea. There it is mixed with salt water and more electrically driven pumps pump the salt water back to a desalination plant, which cost twice as much as the whole Snowy scheme and itself absorbs large quantities of power and energy. This is not to mention the waste of valuable hydro power and water resulting from releases into the Snowy river over and above the 54 percent of river flow (53 percent inflow downstream of Jindabyne dam plus one percent continually released since the dam was built). This vandalism was also instigated by Carr. I have long ago come to the conclusion that Australia is a wonderful place to live if you don’t take it seriously. Noel Carter, Cooma.

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Editor, Halleluja! The Boco windfarm is underway at last. It has taken the proponents longer than usual to get their hands on the taxpayer funds essential to permit the project to proceed. Two supporters of the scheme wrote glowing tributes in the CME, 18/07/13. One, an engineer, was profoundly impressed by seeing turbines in SA rotating in very light winds. I would have thought even a civil engineer would know that once a turbine is connected to the electrical grid it will rotate at constant speed. If the wind is light it might deliver a few watts to the system sufficient for a few light bulbs. It may be, however, that the wind is not strong enough to overcome the losses in the machine and produce the speed - no load power. In that case the units will draw the additional power from the grid. No one will know and the operators certainly won’t tell. The other enthusiastic supporter makes the outrageous statement that “windpower is by far the most successful renewable energy resource to date”. In fact hydro energy is streets ahead of any other source. The following are extracts from a report issued by the Clean Energy Council in Nov. 2010; “In Australia hydropower is the principal renewable energy source and in 2007/08 contributed 67 percent of Australia’s renewable energy generation. Hydropower has significant benefits to the National electricity market including its proven and relatively low cost energy production (compared to other renewable energy), low greenhouse gas emissions,

Editor, Re: Windfarms As a local, I am upset about the windfarms that are supposed to be installed on the beautiful Monaro Plains for very little benefit. Most of the people who are in agreement with the farms are new chums to the Monaro and do not care about the scenery or their neighbours. I do and I feel that I am subsidising those mills because of the increase in the electricity charges. Over 80 percent increase in the last five years . The same is happening with solar.

Wind has reliability factor of eight percent and many businesses are closing down and some rural people do not irrigate now because of the increase charges and the carbon tax. Recently Maurice Newman said that continuing taxpayer subsidies for remewable energy target represents a crime against the people, also Senator Boswell recently spoke at a rally in Canberra in agreeance on the same subject. John Pattrick Cooma

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913964 and Barbara Scanes who won the framed needlepoint work with ticket 913990. The winner of the $100 club draw was Jim Robinson. Pictured Tracey Schmitzer draws the winner of the $100 club, with CWA member Heather Little and treasurer Doris Haylock.

Cooma CWA members have spent the last couple of weeks selling raffle tickets and tickets in a $100 club to raise funds for the association. Last Friday the winners were drawn. They included Elieen Tindall, who won the crocheted rug with ticket number 914000; Brian Seears who won a beauty bag with ticket

Meals on Wheels roster AUGUST Thu- Fri 1-2: town roster, Di Good 6452 3516; Mon-Fri 5-9: Anglican Church and Friends, Laurine Mugridge, 6452 1167 Mon 12: Uniting Church, Jan Wansink, 6452 2474; Tue -Thur 13-15: town roster, Di Good, 6452 3516;

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President Barbara Scanes welcomed 12 members to the July meting of Cooma CWA. There were apologies from five members. Following the opening of the meeting at 11am the usual business was attended to. The discussion was focused on the visit of the student doctors from the ANU in August. The members will prepare lunch for them on August 13 and host dinner for them on Wednesday August 14. During July a raffle and dollar club is being held in the Centennial Plaza and members are to help with a sausage sizzle and Bunnings later in the year for Monaro Group. Coma will have two councillors

attending the council meeting at Adaminaby on August 6. After some discussion it was resolved to change the date and time of the meetings of Cooma CWA for August and September. The friendship hour will no longer be held, but the business meeting will begin at 1pm on the first Monday of the month. The next meeting of Cooma CWA will be held on Monday, August 5 at the Cooma Country Club in Mawson Street. Please note the new time of 1pm. All interested ladies will be most welcome. For any further information of CWA, please contact the president, Barbara Scanes on 6452 3010.

The Men from Snowy River March Commitee formed At a well attended meeting on 16th June, 2013 and committee was formed to plan the re-enactments of the Men From Snowy River March, which left Delegate on 6th January, 1916.Two separate items were on the agenda, one being the staging of the re-enactment in Delegate in 2016, the other being the Australia wide 100 year Anzac Centenary to be celebrated in 1915. Nine recruitment marches took place in NSW during 1915/16, and there are plans to re-enact those marches to arrive in Sydney at the same time on the 11th November 2015. Councils and RSL branches will need to come on board for this to be achieved, and there has already been a meeting in Sydney at which representatives of the RTA were present. The logistics will be a big task, considering the difference in the traffic on our roads 100 years on, but if it can be achieved it would be a sight to see in Sydney. It was remarked at the meeting that the young men of today may not be as fit as those who marched off in 2016, so perhaps training would

need to start now. The local re-enactment will be along the same lines as the one held in 2006, which was very successful. The Duntroon Band has been reserved for the occasion, and other attractions are being planned. The Committee are as follows: President: Ian Sellers, Vice President: Peter Stuart, Minute Secretary: Maree Pope, Publicity Officer: Natalie Armstrong, Assistant Publicity: Kate Wilson, Council Liaison: Penny Judge, Sharon Buckman, Council Representative: Bill Bateman

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Wind farms can benefit the Monaro Editor, Jim Litchfield (Monaro Post 17th July) makes some very good points (as he always does) in his letter about Wind Farms. He shows very clearly how hypocritical much of the political rhetoric is, as politicians dupe us with dire warnings about Climate Change while at the same time encouraging ever-increasing exports of coal. Most of that big picture is too complex for us to fully comprehend or ever influence. The beauty of Monaro’s rugged ridges and sweeping plains is wonderful and driving between Nimmitabel and Cooma is always a joy. The Boco Rock Wind Farm site, along the Sherwin Range is also special. Contractors arriving last week were almost blown away by the wind. â€œâ€Ś good place for a wind farmâ€? they muttered, contemplating at least a year working in that wind, (“A good resourceâ€?, we are told.) It is so windy and some of the country so

windswept, that we needed a jack-hammer for holes for star pickets along one boundary fence! The Sherwin Range on the southern corner of Monaro, is almost never seen by most residents of Monaro and I doubt that the wind towers will be visible from Nimmitabel, Cooma, Bombala, Berridale or Dalgety. As I stand on one of the sites, I can see all the way to Victoria and a vast landscape, but at night the only light in that sweeping vista, other than the light on the Ramshead range above Thredbo, is ours and another neighbor also in the project. The Great Dividing Range, the “spine� of Monaro, with the beautiful and symbolic “Brothers� and the surrounding plains, will remain as beautiful and untouched as ever. Alternate, clean and green energy sources are desperately needed and wind farms seem to be the preferred source around the world. What will destroy the beautiful landscape of Monaro and is already doing so, as Jim knows, is the relentless spread of African

Lovegrass, which has already ruined the country between Cooma and the ACT. It is also spreading East, West and South from Cooma and from Dalgety, rapidly and relentlessly and uncontrollably across Monaro. I don’t know anybody who has beaten it yet! Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River Councils have excellent Weeds Officers who are doing all they can to counter this terrible problem, but are totally under-resourced. The problem is well beyond the resources of the landowners and the Councils that are currently battling this scourge. Crown Land is a major contaminating source, (reserves, roads and railway lines) but unfortunately, Governments have so far only given lip-service to cleaning up their own backyard. If the Boco Rock Wind Farm’s Community Fund of $167,000 pa, which will start to flow into Council coffers in 2015, (and nearly double if stage 2 is completed afterwards) can be used to help resource all those involved in battling this scourge, landowners,

Councils, Government, Landcare and the new Local Land Services (LLS), then ALL of Monaro will have been winners from the Boco Rock Wind Farm. The alternative, a slow death of Monaro’s great livestock breeding heritage, (we have evolved some of the best genetics in Australia here, look at the success of Monaro Merinos and Monaro Angus!) is too awful to contemplate. That is the only and inevitable, long term outlook, the way that African Lovegrass is spreading inexorably across the region at present. I urge all those involved in this battle and especially the new LLS, to ensure that the Wind Farm Community Fund is used for this essential purpose. Howard Charles Rockybah Nimmitabel

Rudd just fiddling? Editor, Like many people I am already sick and tired of the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spending time putting self-indulgent “selfies� on his facebook account while seeming to ignore the host of problems facing our country. Wasn’t he reinstalled by the Labor power brokers to do something about the mess Julia Gillard had got us into? Yet he hasn’t uttered a word about what policies he is putting into place let alone doing anything concrete that is different from what Gillard bequeathed to us.

Most worrying to me is his complete lack of action to stop the people smugglers sending ever increasing numbers of boat people heading for our shores. Last week while Mr Rudd was sitting with Indonesia’s President Yudhoyono, offering him another $60 million in aid, an Indonesian boat containing 100 Sudanese asylum-seekers in distress was rescued by the Australian navy just 40 nautical miles off Java. Yet Indonesia’s navy did nothing to rescue the boat and Rudd did not ask Yudhoyono - as he offered him millions more in aid - to take back the boat people

we were rescuing in Indonesian waters. While Rudd sits idly by doing nothing but sending out photos of himself, the people smugglers are widening their net for clients. Last week’s incident shows their focus is to now include the millions of people of North Africa. Even Labor’s Foreign Affairs minister Bob Carr concedes that 20 per cent of Australia’s immigrants now arrive courtesy of people smugglers. A case of Nero fiddling while Rome burns? Robert Flynn Queanbeyan

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CLAIRE’S CAROUSEL Dear readers, if you would like time is 10.30 am to 12.30pm. to share your social news or You will be made very welcome. community notices please phone me on 6452 3137 or 0434 352 INVITATION 992. Have you ever thought you BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON might like to be a volunteer radio presenter? Eight friends helped celebrate 2MNO Radio Station, your very Irene Ramm’s Birthday last own FM Community Radio Station Saturday at The Alpine Hotel would love to meet you and can enjoying a delicious luncheon. arrange a tour of the studio if you A highlight of the luncheon are interested? was the unexpected arrival of They are a happy team and her friend Mark Pearson from training will be given. Canberra, bearing a magnificent Please phone John Gill on 0418 arrangement of flowers. 708 334 or Margaret Faulkner on Among the guests were Robin 0402 866 943 to arrange a tour. Mould, Mary Jones and Rosi Schenker. VOLUNTEERS WANTED The delicious birthday cake was baked by friend Trish Lette. Could you go along to the Many happy returns of the day Cooma Library on Wednesday Irene. August 21 and help sew up knitted squares to assist “Wrap with Love” LIVING WITH CANCER a non profit organisation that knits warm rugs for needy people? The Support Group for the Time arranged is 10am to 1pm above invites you to go along to (at the Library) and a delicious their meeting on August 2 and join morning tea will be served to all their Support Group which aims to the volunteers. share concerns, learn from other For catering purposes could you sufferers and meet new friends. RSVP to 6455 1730, The venue is the Jack Howard Thank you! Cottage at Cooma Hospital and

Lisa Ashurst You know, if you actually sit down and have a good browse through the TV program guide you will discover just how many reality television shows are currently being aired because program managers are still of the opinion that the viewing public just can’t get enough of them. Well, I’m here to say Enough! What got me thinking (and then checking out the TV guide) is the latest run of ads for a couple of those singing/ talent/whatever shows which I swear were only on the telly a couple of months ago. Seriously, the last season of them finished up not that long ago and I remember because I took such care to avoid them. So how come they’re back again so soon? Then there’s the cooking shows and please, don’t get me started on the glut of trashy stuff being offered by the free-to-air digital channels. Absolute rubbish that I just cannot believe ever went into production in the first place and I didn’t have to watch

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them to arrive at that opinion, the titles say it all. But there does seem to be a common theme with most of them, especially the talent and cooking ones; everyone cries. That’s right! Every one of those contestants has an almighty sob story inside them just waiting to come out to the nation in the glare of the television lights and when it inevitably does the audiences and judges or whoever go overboard with the warm, fuzzy response. In the case of the show with the overweight people, nothing was ever their fault, including their massive weight gain and then everyone cries again. On national television. Why do television station programmers believe the general public wants to see all this stuff? Like I said, some of the items showing up on the free digital channels are way over the top, not to mention way too much information. Sure, I don’t have to watch them (and don’t) but couldn’t there

be some better offerings? I mean, if you are going to add an extra couple of channels to your stable, you could at least fill the time slots with decent programming. It’s surely not that hard. Honestly, I don’t need to see someone else’s kids going troppo, or listen to the starry-eyed yearnings of people chasing fame and fortune and I sincerely do not want to know about other peoples strange obsessions and for that matter, why do any of these people believe anyone wants to anyway? How can they put themselves into programs like that? Please, bring back decent TV!

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COUNCIL MEETING 12 AUGUST 2013, 4:30PM Meetings are held at 4:30pm on the second Monday of Business Papers are available to the public on Council’s each month in the Council Chambers. website www.cooma.nsw.gov.au on the Friday of the Open Forum where residents are welcome to address week preceding the meeting. Council on any matter commences from 6:30pm.

WINTER WEED SPRAYING AROUND TOWN Cooma-Monaro Shire Council wishes to advise that its weedspraying program will continue throughout the winter months within the township of Cooma and outlying villages. African Lovegrass is the main focus of this control effort at present. While African Lovegrass plants are currently dormant they can be effectively controlled year round by manual removal or application of the herbicide, Fluproponate. To meet its weed control

obligations in a timely and cost effective manner, Council typically relies on Fluproponate application. Council staff and contractors apply red marker dye when applying herbicides. While the risks associated with contacting these compounds are negligible, residents are advised to avoid contact with plants if red dye is visible. For more information contact Council’s Weed Management Service on 6455 1941.

SHANNONS FLAT ROAD REPAIRS

Sharp/Bombala Street Corner Tree guard Old Dry Plans Road Pavement correction Badja Road Realignment & construction, maintenance grading Shannons Flat Road Heavy patching Tuross Road

Gravel re-sheeting & maintenance grading Smiths Road Maintenance grading Apple Box Lane Maintenance grading Sign Maintenance Urban and Rural Signs Cooma Creek Maintenance

BOOK WEEK EXTRAVAGANZA:

DESIGN YOUR OWN ALIEN/MONSTER! THIS YEARS CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK WILL BE CELEBRATED FROM 17 - 23 AUGUST THE THEME IS

READ ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Give it a go and let your imagination run wild! Please deliver your monsters and aliens to the library before 15 August! Don’t forget to provide your name, address, phone number and email address...

Heavy patching and shoulder repairs being carried out on Shannons Flat Road.

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Feeling creative??? As part of Book Week there will be a competition to design your own alien/monster. This can be done on an A3 or A4 piece of paper, in paint, pencil, crayon, textures or any combination. If you prefer to make a 3D model, please keep the measurements within 50cm x 50cm x 50cm. All aliens will be displayed and judged in the library during Book Week! Awesome prizes will be awarded for the scariest, funniest, most original out - of - this world monster!

GENERAL MANAGERS COLUMN The General Manager will be taking a be writing the General Managers column much earned and needed holiday during over the next 4 weeks. His column will rethe month of August, and as such, won’t commence in the first week of September.

Work is continuing in Cooma on wastewater (sewerage) drainage mains rehabilitation. The work is being carried out by Pipe Replacement Solutions (PRS) Pty Ltd. When the work is completed 14 sites within the Cooma township will have wastewater mains and their related assets replaced at a cost of $950,000. The work is

targeting damaged and failing drainage infrastructure and will improve the operation of the wastewater systems in these areas.

SPECIAL “HAIRY MACLARY� PRESCHOOL STORY TIME IN AUGUST

PRS will provide timely notification to those residents affected by this work as the project progresses.

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Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy has turned 30! To celebrate this event we are having a special story time in August. Come join us with stories, games and art & craft on

Monday 12 August at 10:30 am Smoke testing is being undertaken in the Cooma the wastewater system causes undesirable flooding and North area to assess service connections and the operational problems at pumping stations and The Glen presence of illegal stormwater connections to Council’s Wastewater Treatment Facility. wastewater system. Allowing stormwater to drain into

Bring along a photo of your dog (and you!) and win your very own Hairy Maclary soft toy! Bring your friends and have a great time!

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General Manager John Vucic Phone: 02 6455 1777 Director of Corporate Services Stephen Molloy Fax: 02 6455 1799 Director of Engineering Services David Byrne Web: www.cooma.nsw.gov.au Director of Environmental Services Peter Smith Email: council@cooma.nsw.gov.au After Hours Emergency Contacts WATER 0417 278 056 WASTEWATER 0419 251 378 RECREATION 0427 011 144 ROADS 0447 415 150

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Ellis Henry Aitchison November 15, 1927 – June 28, 2013 Ellis Henry Aitchison was born at Cooma Hospital on the 15 November 1927. Ellis was the second youngest of six children born to Thomas and Vera Aitchison. There were three boys Tommy, Cecil and Ellis and three girls Bessie, Jean and Una. Tommy passed away at the age of 69 and Bessie was 89. Cecil passed away just five days before Ellis, they had spent their last days together in Canberra Hospital doing what they had done all of their lives, visiting one another. The girls Jean and Una are still well and truly firing on all eight cylinders. The Aitchison children were very close and enjoyed each others company for the whole of their lives. They visited and communicated regularly. Ellis’ childhood was typical of a kid growing up in the Snowy Mountains. As well as childhood adventures he also had a lot of jobs to do. He would cut and bring the wood in each day after school, sharpen his father’s butcher’s knives with Cecil turning the grindstone and round up the milking cows that could be scattered all around the district. It was also a spartan existence for Ellis and Cecil, their childhood home was “Glorat� on the Kosciuszko Road in Berridale and the boys had no bedroom so they spent the first ten years of their lives sleeping on an open verandah. They had a kangaroo rug and a possum skin rug on their bed for warmth. Winters must have been very tough for them. Attached to the house was Ellis’ dad’s butchers shop. His dad had a 430 acre property about five kilometres from Berridale and he also had snow leases on Snowy Plains, which Cecil and Ellis continued to work after their father’s death. His love of the high country started at an early age by droving his father’s and other graziers’ stock up to their snow leases. On leaving school in 6th class at age 12, he took on a number of jobs. He worked with his dad ploughing and hay cutting using teams of horses. His interest in and love of horses continued to his last days. At 13 he started delivering the mail to Murlingbung, Eastbourne (near Fletchers at Rocky Plain) and sometimes to Dalgety. The mail was delivered by horseback or horse and sulky depending upon the amount of mail. He later delivered mail by car. Ellis drove a taxi for Cecil Constance and he was often required to transport Snowy Workers from their camp near Berridale to Cooma to go to the pictures. Sometimes June would go with him and he reckoned it was a good cheap way to get to the movies. He also taxied skiers from the Railway Station in Cooma to the bottom of the Brassey and picked them up a week later at Sponners on the Kosciuszko Road. Many of these trips were in a Ford Blitz 4WD truck. Ellis and Kevin Burke picked up Amos Hedger one day on their way back from Snowy Plain and when Amos alighted in Berridale he stated that Ellis and Kevin had given him an aeroplane and car ride all in one trip. Says something about Ellis’ driving skills doesn’t it. Ellis met June Florence Bent at Berridale Primary School. June’s family had moved from the Bega/Cathcart area to Berridale where they operated the general store. Ellis and June had a pretty typical country courtship, they used to go to the movies together and Ellis would often take June and her sisters to Dalgety for a swim in the Snowy River. They would also go to dances together and while Ellis said he wasn’t much of a dancer he made sure he waited until the dance was over to walk June home. They married in this church on the 28th of November 1951 and have been married for almost 62 years. Their partnership has endured all of the trials and tribulations that life could throw at any couple. They had three sons, Graham, Barry and Wayne. Wayne sadly passed away at the age of 7 years and 4 days. Ellis and June brought their boys up in the same close family unit as they grew up in and the boys were given every opportunity to excel. Graham was and still is a competitive rifle shooter and has many State and National titles to his credit. Barry followed his father’s interest in horses and won many riding trophies both locally and in Canberra. Barry also inherited his father’s love for history and the mountains. You only had to be shown the vast number of family movies Ellis made to appreciate their dedication to their children and the pride they showed in their achievements. And all this was done while Ellis was working on his trucking business. Both the boys were very successful in their chosen careers, Graham became Manager

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of Publishing Services for the ACT Government and Barry became a very capable and respected fire control officer, first with Snowy River Shire and recently within the Monaro Fire District. Ellis’ interest in tennis started alongside the family home when a tennis court was built. He was a canny, some might say sneaky tennis player as anyone who played against him will attest. He was renowned for his agility around the court and his clever placement of the ball. He was part of the Berridale tennis scene for many, many years playing in the night and weekend comps. Anyone who was on Ellis’

The late Ellis Aitchison with his dog Chiko, miniature mare Annie and her foal, Noah. Ellis trained Chiko to ride Annie. team regarded themselves as pretty lucky as they knew, come grand final day, they would be the victorious ones. His nephew Eric Paske, aspired to beat his uncle on the tennis court, however, Ellis told him on many occasions that “while ever his bum pointed to the court, he would never beat him.� He never did. Around 1947 Ellis started driving trucks for Cecil Constance doing general carrying work. He bought his first truck, a Fargo, from Cecil in 1951 and so began the business of E.H Aitchison General Carrier based in Mackay Street Berridale with his own business phone number, Berridale 53. That general carrying business carted all sorts of produce including wool, fuel and livestock across the Monaro and beyond. There would be very few people in this district who didn’t engage Ellis to do their carrying for them. He once even returned a Berridale lady’s corset complete with bones to the Hain Store in Cooma because it didn’t fit. Ellis took the first truck load of stock through the Alpine Way to Khancoban Station. Herbie Hain accompanied him in a series 1 Landrover to tow him up and over the Geehi Wall, if he failed to negotiate that section of the road. That was before the Snowy reconstructed the Alpine Way around Geehi and the climb was rather steep for the underpowered trucks they drove at the time. He carted pipes and bitumen for Snowy River Shire and also equipment for the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority. He even carted bulldozers from Cooma to Canberra during the early days of the construction of our National Capital. He referred to a big day being the completion of two round trips within the day, carrying two bulldozers to Canberra with one of his old Fargo’s. Ellis talked fondly of his early carrying days, with pride and nostalgia. He carted stock from Jindabyne to Sydney, to Wagga, Talbingo and Bairnsdale over roads that were barely more than goat tracks. He would take on the jobs nobody else wanted, in particular carting stock into and through the mountains during winter. Nearly all of the loading and unloading was done by hand back then, rail wagons of superphosphate had to be unloaded at Cooma onto the trucks and then unloaded by hand at their destination. Bales of wool were loaded onto the trucks with skids from ground level which is no mean feat and gut busting work. Ellis was regarded as one of the strongest men on the Monaro. Loading and unloading so much produce by hand could only be imagined by the carriers of today. Once Barry had a night on the town when he was working with Ellis and he came home slightly (his words) inebriated. Ellis’ cure for the hangover was to send him out alone the next day to load two full trucks of wool off the ground. At age 58 Ellis gave the trucking game away. He was honored by British Petroleum with a dinner and presented with an inscribed silver plate to commemorate 28 years service as the BP agent in the

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Berridale area. It was around this time he and June moved to their property named Sefton. They had built their first new home there after living in Mackay Street all of their married lives. But he hadn’t retired, he took on the role of storeman with the Snowy River Shire Council. It was at that time I got to know him both at work and socially. He was an exceptionally good storeman, he always had sufficient stock on hand to satisfy the needs of the staff and his landholder customers. His amicable manner made him popular with the staff although a few thought they might be able to put one over him- they didn’t, he was always one step ahead. In 1994, after 10 years with Council, he retired. During his retirement he took himself off to tech to learn how to master a computer Graham had given him. He typed his father’s diaries, scanned and printed photographs and enjoyed jokes that were emailed to him from family and friends. He never ceased to amaze his family with the way he adopted new technology. Unfortunately Ellis did not enjoy perfect health during his retirement, although to speak to him you would never know, he never complained. His restricted mobility in later years saw Ellis dust off his bicycle to ride around the paddocks, often with a rifle over his shoulder to shoot foxes. On one occasion Barry came across him pedaling towards the house, rifle on his shoulder and five eggs in his hand. He said to Barry “not bad for an 80 year old eh�? to which Barry replied “if that dog goes under your front wheel it’ll be the last thing you do�. Ellis had a passion and natural ability with horses. He did a bit of racehorse training in the 70s with two racehorses. One was a stallion named Tidyman that had an injured leg, and he nursed him back to health. That horse went on to win seven races and eventually Ellis bred foals from him. Interestingly the mother of Tidyman was owned by race caller Johnny Tapp. He was never a serious punter but both Ellis and June used to have the occasional flutter. Ellis was interested in breeding lines of horses an interest shared by grandson Brett. He followed the form guide and race results in the newspapers. June however would select her horses by either their name or their silk colours. Often June’s horse would cross the line before Ellis’ selection. Over the years Ellis bred several horses, mainly stockhorses and more recently a couple of minature ponies. He continued his skills of breaking them into harness and continued to ride well into his late 70’s on a horse that grandson Brett had given him. That’s when his family made him purchase a mobile phone so that they knew where he was. Mobile phone reception on “Sefton� wasn’t all that flash but Ellis soon found a spot where he could make calls and would put the mobile to good use by ringing his friend Reg Pendergast who was at the nursing home in Cooma. Ellis was not only interested in local history, he lived it. You only had to mention the name of a person on the Monaro and he would be able to tell you who they were, their brothers and sisters, where they lived or used to live, who their kids were and who they were married to and or divorced from as well as a range of other interesting facts about them. If he was a bit sketchy on the details of an event June would be able to refer to her famous scrapbooks and give you the correct version, if that failed, he would phone his sister Jean in Cooma. He loved his trips with the Boys from Snowy River, sharing the stories and yarns on their various trips through the mountains. Ellis had a lifetime friendship with his mates Reg Pendergast, Snowy Golby and Phillip Cook. These mates would regularly go to the Sydney Yearling Sales together and other race horse sales. As well as these lifelong friendships, Ellis remained close to his brother Cecil and in later years they would often lunch together with their sister, Jean in Cooma. He was an active member of the Berridale Bushfire Brigade all of his life and he and his brother Cecil were recently honoured with Life membership of the brigade. He and Cecil were called upon during retirement to ferry tankers back to Berridale that Barry had purchased in Melbourne, for fitting out for the local brigades. During the 2003 bushfires Ellis drove the 20 tonne bulk water tanker to where it was needed, not bad for a bloke who was well over 70. He was a foundation member of the Berridale Lions Club. Ellis was a big hearted man, who loved and cherished his wife June. He cared for her in her hour of need sometimes to the detriment of his own health. He was a good family man and father. He and June cherished their five grandchildren Kristy, David, Brett, Michael and Richard and their four great grandchildren Will, Tess, Ava and Molly and they were passionate about the achievements of their children and grandchildren. What you saw with Ellis was what you got. He was gently spoken and didn’t get too excited about what was happening, he was nature’s gentleman and a true mountain man. He can now spend his time as he would say “just bummin’ around�.

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Europe or bust – Snowliner’s latest adventure Jenny Evans Italy has a population of approximately 59 million. The Apennne Mountain Range runs north to south throughout the country. After four days in Rome we head south with Pompeii being our highlight for the day. I had no idea they had excavated so much and our guide was passionate about the town and its history following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - excavation began in 1748, revealing a city frozen in time. Hopefully the next major eruption of Vesuvius will not occur in our lifetimes. Apparently they still have 40% to excavate. The streets that have been excavated still show the wagon treks from which the standard rail gauge was adopted. Our destination for this evening is Sorrento where we have to be transferred to our hotel in smaller buses owing to the narrowness of the streets. Five floors up is a rooftop swimming pool and it was beautiful to refresh myself in there. Dinner tonight is at a local home once again travelling by small buses and on many occasions passengers had their eyes closed while the driver twisted and turned around and up the narrow streets often with cars and bikes coming in the opposite direction. Dinner was superb and of course our host then claimed it was his recipe not his wife’s. All homes (which to us are on top of each other) are all owned by family members for the surrounding mile - not sure what happens when you have a family argument. To reach the house for dinner we walked through the backyard of two other homes and they were probably all in helping with dinner. The views from their verandah overlooking the bay were beautiful. After dinner we were given a taste of the popular lemoncello liquor and while standing on the verandah a few brilliant fireworks were exploded below. Sunday and we take a leisurely walk to the beach - nothing like our sandy wonders though - catch the ferry across to Capri town and then board a small cruise boat to inspect the Island from the water. Of course this had to be a rough day on the water and your’s truly suffered accordingly!! I do remember the coral formations within one grotto, the White Grotto and sailing through the Tunnel of Love before facing our return journey to Marina Grande and thankfully dry land. From Capri itself we took a funicular ride to the top of the Island where the views are breathtaking. Colourful houses are all the way up the hillside and shops, shops and more shops all vying for the tourist dollar. Leaving Sorrento we retrace our steps (or tyre marks) to Rome then on to Sienna. Once again the age and street formations do not allow for coach access. We are met at the parking area and taxied into the township. After a short informative tour with Roberta many climbed to the top of the bell tower for panoramic views over the town and surrounding area. This magical olde world village has a population of 50,000 with an additional 24,000 students, guess it is not a village but a city. There are 17 districts within the ‘village’ and they hold an annual horse race within the town square with a horse from each region. The track is so narrow only 3 horses compete each year (drawn on a raffle system), the race lasts for about 90 seconds but approximately 35,000 spectators are within the square area. The winning district receives a silk banner which is proudly displayed for 12 months. The winning district is also responsible for paying the jockey and costs of celebration! Leaving Sienna we continue with our journey to San Gimignano within the Tuscany Region and our memorial motel which was straight out of ‘Faulty Towers’. A week later we still laugh about the experiences of the night including Marino’s hysterical reaction when he tried to explain the room numbering system, not to mention how to use wifi in your room! The landscape in Tuscany is just as all the postcards and photos depict - some were lucky to have wonderful views over the picturesque landscape. Another day rolls around and this time we are backtracking to San Gimignano, another historic walled city located in the Tuscany region. We

are allowed to wonder freely around this township. The interesting feature here is that at one stage there were 72 towers, everyone tried to build a bigger, taller one to outdo the ‘Jones’. Currently only 14 remain and you are no longer allowed to build towers. The town was established in 1348. Several of our group climbed to the top of the bell tower and commented on the fabulous views. From here we went to a local farmhouse for lunch. I celebrated my birthday here and Marino organised a birthday cake and happy birthday was sung - not sure that they will be appearing on The Voice though. The owners of the farmhouse make wine and also run an accommodation house, or individual units. Would be a great place to stay. We also found out at tea that it was Murray and Carol’s 42nd wedding anniversary. From the farmhouse we continued

on to Florence, Giuseppe once again deserved a medal for getting us to our hotel safely - narrow almost one lane streets, and we were staying in the centre of the city. Wednesday and we once again have a very knowledgeable guide to escort us around Florence (on foot once more). The main part of the tour was having explained, in detail, the David statue by Michaelangelo, we had to study him from all sides. My recollection is that his hands and feet were too big and another part of his anatomy looked very small. Michaelangelo considered one of the main parts of a sculpture was selecting the stone which in most cases was Carrara marble After lunch we travelled to Pisa to view the leaning tower. So many places we are visiting that you just hear about at school, see pictures in books or now see travel shows on tv and we are visiting them. One of John’s favourite statements when our family are home visiting and something comes on tv is “been there, seen that, done that”. As they now say, another thing ticked off the bucket list.

Thursday is going to be a long day but the highlight is visiting the Cinque Terra coastline - I had never heard of this area. Giuseppe capably drives us down a steep road, (you could compare it to driving to Queenstown in Tasmania) where he drops us off as he cannot go any further. We walk to Manarola, a little bus passes us as no traffic is allowed in the town but locals can be delivered by this mini bus. Up on the hillside here is a ‘Stations of the Cross’ walk. Many enthusiasts come here for walking tours. From Manarola we join a cruise along the coast (called the Italian Riviera) to Monterosso and after lunch and a short walk through a tunnel we catch a train to the next township Levanto and rejoin our coach for our journey to Stresa. Along this stretch of the coast the hills are terraced to grow grape vines and vegetables. The area has quite a steep incline, I would imagine the locals are very fit. On our previous tours of Switzerland we enjoyed lunch at Stresa so several of our group are pleased to be staying in this town. Dinner was enjoyed in the hotel. The foyer of this hotel was bigger than most houses with huge chandeliers, numerous lounges to sit on and a wonderful central staircase. Friday and we are to enjoy a cruise on Lake Maggiore to Borromean Islands, the lake was quite rough and thankfully the IsaBella Island was reasonably close - rarely is the Lake seen in this condition. We toured the castle on the island which is 400 years old. Four levels from memory and whilst tourists enjoy the basement and ground floor, if the owners are in Residence for their summer holiday they occupy an inaccessible floor to tourists. Much of the furniture here had protective coverings including some beautiful half cross-stitch chairs of regal scenes. The gardens were very impressive with six or more white lyre birds. Peter and Sabine were fortunate enough to get a picture of the cock displaying his finery. Another short boat trip (could nearly have swam that far on a calm day) to Fisherman’s Island for lunch during which time the weather improves for our return boat ride to Stresa. All local shops are selling a beautiful array of coloured leather bags, one for each outfit would be great. Sabine found her lace shop in Stresa which was closed on her last visit. Brightly coloured ceramic ware and all the usual tourist trinkets are in the local shops. Tea was on our own tonight so we found a local eatery which offered free wifi

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Seduced And Betrayed. (1995) (M) 2.00 City Homicide. (M) 3.00 The Daily Edition. 4.30 News At 4.30. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 News. 6.30 Today Tonight. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The X Factor. (PG) 8.30 Mr Selfridge. New series. (M) 10.00 Hotel Secrets: Power And Money. New series. (M) 11.00 Red Widow. Final. (M) 12.00 Celebrity Juice. (MA15+)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Swearing Allegiance. (1997) (M) Holly Marie Combs. 2.00 City Homicide. (M) 3.00 The Daily Edition. 4.30 News At 4.30. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 News. 6.30 Today Tonight. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The X Factor. (PG) 8.30 Winners & Losers. (M) 9.30 Movie: Bad Teacher. (2011) (M) Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel. 11.30 Go On. (PG) 12.00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. (M) 12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Mornings. (PG) 11.00 News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Sea Patrol. (M) 2.00 The People’s Court. (PG) 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Alive And Cooking. 4.30 News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 The WIN News Hour. 7.00 Big Brother. (PG) 8.30 Arrow. (M) Thea suspects Moira and Malcolm are having an affair. 9.30 Embarrassing Bodies. (M) 10.30 Embarrassing Bodies. (M) 11.30 Extra. 12.00 The WIN News Hour Late Edition.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Mornings. (PG) 11.00 News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Sea Patrol. (M) 2.00 The People’s Court. (PG) 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Alive And Cooking. 4.30 News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 The WIN News Hour. 7.00 Big Brother. (PG) 8.30 The NRL Footy Show. (M) Paul Vautin, Michael Slater and Darryl Brohman are joined by a panel of experts to discuss the latest happenings in rugby league. 10.30 The AFL Footy Show. (M) 12.30 The WIN News Hour.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Mornings. (PG) 11.00 News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Sea Patrol. (M) 2.00 The People’s Court. (PG) 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Alive And Cooking. 4.30 News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 The WIN News Hour. 7.00 Big Brother. (PG) 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 21. Penrith Panthers v Sydney Roosters. From Centrebet Stadium, NSW. 9.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 21. Newcastle Knights v Brisbane Broncos. From Hunter Stadium, NSW. 11.30 Extra.

6.00 Bubble Guppies. 6.30 Dora. 7.00 Weekend Today: Saturday. 10.00 Mornings: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 The Bottom Line. (PG) 12.30 Financial Review Sunday. 1.00 Movie: Funny Farm. (1988) (PG) 3.00 The Great Australian Bake Off. (PG) 4.00 Music Muster Blues. 4.30 Discover Downunder. 5.00 News. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 News. 6.30 Big Brother Showdown. (PG) 7.30 Movie: Arthur. (2011) (PG) 9.45 Movie: Sex And The City. (2008) (MA15+) 12.35 Movie: Clubland. (2007) (MA15+)

6.00 Bubble Guppies. 6.30 Dora The Explorer. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Financial Review Sunday. 10.30 Wide World Of Sports. 11.30 The NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.30 Movie: The Champ. (1979) (PG) 4.00 NRL. Round 21. Gold Coast Titans v Wests Tigers. From Skilled Park, Queensland. 6.00 News. 6.30 Domestic Blitz: The Block To The Rescue. (PG) 8.00 60 Minutes. 9.00 Underbelly: Squizzy. (M) 10.00 The Mentalist. (M) 11.00 CSI: Miami. (M) 12.00 What Would You Do? (M)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Mornings. (PG) 11.00 News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Sea Patrol. (M) 2.00 The People’s Court. (PG) 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Alive And Cooking. 4.30 News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 The WIN News Hour. 7.00 Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year Asia. (PG) 8.00 Big Brother. (PG) 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. (M) 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 10.30 2 Broke Girls. (M) 11.30 Episodes. (M) 12.00 The WIN News Hour Late Edition.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Mornings. (PG) 11.00 News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Sea Patrol. (M) 2.00 The People’s Court. (PG) 3.00 News Now. 4.00 Alive And Cooking. 4.30 News. 5.30 Hot Seat. 6.00 The WIN News Hour. 7.00 Big Brother. (PG) 8.30 The Great Australian Bake Off. (PG) Hosted by Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare. 9.30 The Bible. (M) 10.30 The Mentalist. (M) 11.30 Extra. 12.00 The WIN News Hour Late Edition.

6.00 CBS. 7.00 Wurrawhy. (P) 7.30 Totally Wild. 8.00 ET. (PG) 8.30 omg! 9.00 Bold. 9.30 Huey. 10.00 GCBC. 10.30 Bondi Vet. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef. 12.00 Dr Phil. (M) 1.00 The Doctors. (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. 4.00 Totally Wild. (C) 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef. (PG) 8.30 Offspring. (M) 9.30 This Week Live. (M) 10.30 Late News. 11.15 The Project.

6.00 CBS. 7.00 Wurrawhy. (P) 7.30 Totally Wild. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG) 8.30 omg! 9.00 Bold. 9.30 Huey. 10.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (M) 1.00 The Doctors. (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. 4.00 Scope. (C) 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef. (PG) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) 10.30 Late News. 11.15 The Project.

6.00 CBS. 7.00 Wurrawhy. (P) 7.30 Totally Wild. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG) 8.30 omg! 9.00 Bold. 9.30 Huey. 10.00 Living Room. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 1.00 Doctors. (M) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. 4.00 Mako. (C) 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG) 8.30 NCIS. (M) 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Late News. 11.15 The Project.

6.00 Totally Wild. 7.00 Children’s Programs. 9.30 GCBC. 10.00 Bump TV. (PG) 1.00 Don’t Tell The Bride. (PG) 2.00 Glam. 3.00 iFish. 4.00 What’s Up Down Under. 4.30 Everyday Gourmet. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 6.30 David Attenborough’s The Life Of Mammals: The Opportunists. 7.30 Bondi Vet. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. (2009) (M) 11.30 Movie: Closed For Winter. (2009) (M)

6.00 Religious Programs. 7.00 Totally Wild. 8.00 Thrill Seekers. 9.00 GCBC. 10.00 Bolt. 10.30 Meet The Press. 11.30 Everyday Gourmet. 12.00 International Rally Of Queensland Event Review Pt 1. 1.00 Desert Waters. 2.00 Art Without Borders. 3.00 Living Room. (PG) 4.00 Bolt. 4.30 Meet The Press:. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 6.30 Modern Family. (PG) 7.30 MasterChef. (PG) 8.30 Ripper Street. (M) 9.40 Graham Norton. (PG) 10.40 Movie: 500 Days Of Summer. (2009) (PG)

6.00 CBS. 7.00 Wurrawhy. (P) 7.30 Totally Wild. 8.00 ET. (PG) 8.30 omg! 9.00 Bold. 9.30 Huey. 10.00 Reef Doctors. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (M) 1.00 The Doctors. (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. 4.00 Totally Wild. (C) 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef. (PG) 8.30 Wanted. (M) 9.30 The Americans. (AV15+) 10.30 Late News. 11.15 The Project.

6.00 CBS. 7.00 Wurrawhy. (P) 7.30 Totally Wild. 8.00 ET. (PG) 8.30 omg! 9.00 Bold. 9.30 Huey. 10.00 GCBC. 10.30 Bondi Vet. (PG) 11.00 MasterChef. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (M) 1.00 Doctors. (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. 4.00 Totally Wild. (C) 4.30 Bold. 5.00 News. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef. (PG) 8.30 Under The Dome. (M) 9.30 NCIS: LA. (M) 10.30 Late News. 11.15 The Project.

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Insight. 2.00 Dateline. 3.00 France 24 International News. 3.30 Al Jazeera News. 4.00 The Journal. 4.30 PBS NewsHour. 5.30 Global Village. 6.00 A Year At Kew. 6.30 World News Australia. 7.30 Elephant Whisperer. (PG) 8.30 Australia With Simon Reeve. (PG) 9.30 The Killing. (M) 10.40 World News Australia. 11.10 Movie: R. (2010) (AV15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. 1.30 Luke Gamble’s Vet Adventures. (PG) 2.30 Food Investigators. 3.00 France 24 International News. 3.30 Al Jazeera News. 4.00 The Journal. 4.30 PBS NewsHour. 5.30 Global Village. 6.00 A Year At Kew. 6.30 World News. 7.30 Food Factory. 8.00 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong. 8.30 Miniseries: Better Man. (2013) (M) 10.30 World News. 11.00 Indie Sex. (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Carla Cametti PD. (M) 2.00 Don Matteo. (PG) 3.00 France 24 International News. 3.30 Al Jazeera News. 4.00 The Journal. 4.30 PBS NewsHour. 5.30 Global Village. 6.00 A Year At Kew. 6.30 World News. 7.30 Russia: A Journey With Jonathan Dimbleby. 8.35 Story Of Science. (PG) 9.40 As It Happened: The Men And The Machines That Beat Hitler. (PG) 10.40 World News. 11.10 Movie: Cashback. (2006) (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Mahler 9: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. 2.35 Piano Notes. 2.50 Simon Schama: Shakespeare And Us. (PG) 3.55 Photo. (PG) 4.30 PBS NewsHour. 5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 6.30 World News Australia. 7.30 Walking Through History: The Tudor Way. 8.30 RocKwiz. 9.30 Movie: Four Lions. (2010) (M) Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Adeel Akhtar. 11.25 Movie: The Host. (2006) (M)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 1.30 Living Black: Sport. 2.00 Speedweek. 4.00 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine. 4.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial. 5.00 ADbc. (PG) 5.35 Inspector Rex. (PG) 6.30 World News Australia. 7.30 Lost Worlds: Life And Death In The Valley Of The Kings – Death, Burial And The Afterlife. (PG) 8.30 The Observer Effect. (PG) 9.30 Miniseries: Better Man. (2013) (M) 11.30 Movie: Sounds Of Sand. (2006) (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Back From The Dead. (PG) 2.00 Do You See What I See? 3.00 France 24 International News. 3.30 Al Jazeera News. 4.00 The Journal. 4.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial. 5.00 Massive Moves. 5.30 Global Village. 6.00 A Year At Kew. Final. 6.30 World News. 7.30 MythBusters. (PG) 8.30 Pain, Pus And Poison: Poison. (PG) 9.30 Housos. (MA15+) 10.00 Bogan Pride. (M) 10.30 World News. 11.05 The Life And Times Of Tim. (M)

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Movie: Tired Of Kissing Frogs. (2006) (M) 2.45 Madagascar, A Journey Diary. (PG) 3.00 France 24. 3.30 Al Jazeera. 4.00 Journal. 4.30 PBS. 5.30 Global Village. 6.00 21st Century Railway. 6.30 World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.30 World News. 11.00 The Killing. (M) 12.10 Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr Hunter S. Thompson. (M)

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Helping YOU Prosper Are you sitting on the fence? There is no doubt many potential property investors are on the fence waiting for the election, or some personal reasons before investing in property. All I can say is “Get off the fence, you’ll just get blisters up there!” Why? I don’t mean to be so forward or maybe I do, as I just have a real passion for helping people. Being in the Property Industry we see a lot more than most people and there is no doubt many compelling reasons why the Astute Property Investors are snapping up property now. The election is holding thousands of people back from investing in property due to the uncertainty of the Government. But lets face it as much as I am not a massive fan of either party, compared to most countries we have a pretty good Government whichever side is leading and our economy is strong compared to most countries in the world. So when the election is run and there will obviously be a winner, what will change in y our life really? Not much! But what will happen is people are going to flood the market looking to invest before the price rises in major cities that are at the correct time of the property market, (7.00 o’clock on the property clock the start of an upward swing) Below are 10 compelling reasons why you need to invest now! 1. Interest Rates are the Lowest they have been in 53 years 2. It is cheaper to buy than to rent 3. It’s a Buyers Market 4. Post Election Explosion 5. China Buying Australia 6. Auction Clearance Rates are over 70% 7. Baby Boomers leaving the work force 8. Population Growth 9. Housing Short Fall 10. Positive Media AND – Land is being snapped up now and registered land is very hard to find with registration times being pushed back until 2014 with all prices going up, in any location you should be investing in! If you would like to see how you can do it for maximum returns and save Time Money and Stress, join so many other Snowy Mountains locals and take advantage of my in-home complimentary and with no obligation meeting or just have a chat please do not hesitate to contact me.

There is a new home building and development opportunity in Bredbo that is not to be missed. There are four adjoining prime elevated residential zoned lifestyle blocks 1.25 acres each, available individually ready to build on or to subdivide into two building blocks each. The block is well situated on the corner of Yaouk and Swan Street in Bredbo with less than a 10-minute walk to school, shops and the beautiful Murrumbidgee River. Four individual blocks of land are available starting from $180,000$240,000. Alternatively the entire package of land is also available by negotiation. The block has access to town water, power and sealed road frontage. Parish Bredbo positions numbers 115, 116, 117, 118. Please contact David for all enquiries on: 0423 360 240.

Home buyers held back by election The upcoming federal election and the uncertainty about where the economy will head afterwards is stalling consumer confidence in purchasing property, according to a survey by leading mortgage broker Loan Market. The online poll which asked home loan shoppers “has the upcoming federal election impacted your intentions to buy property?” found that 43 per cent of 674 respondents said that they were slightly more apprehensive about purchasing property while 40 per cent said they weren’t deterred at all. Loan Market director Mark De Martino said that elections and the substantial promises made and policies proposed often made it challenging for home buyers to determine what advantages they’d have

after the government started a new term in office. “Whichever government we see after the election, they’ll hopefully work towards improving our economy within the present low interest rate environment. Obviously lower interest rates are great for home owners but it does mean the broader economy isn’t facing challenges,” Mr De Martino said. While a small majority of consumers were concerned about the impact the election would have on purchasing property, there remained a large group intent on buying, regardless of the election result. “Purchasing property is a long-term commitment and while it can be good to wait for optimal buying conditions, it’s a buyers own personal circumstances and

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financial goals that should be the forefront considerations. Buyers should always prioritise the purchasing factors they can directly influence, such as savings levels and creating a budget,” he said. Mr De Martino said that potential home buyers should closely watch how the federal election will affect their state-based governments, who control the levers for the more influential grants and purchasing concessions. “Excessive stamp duty charges and a lack of concessions for First Home Buyers are hurting property purchases in most states. Once the election has been completed, its entirely possible that we’ll see the federal government support more state-based incentives for property purchases,” he said.

Renovate or Detonate Three bedroom fibro home would give the renovator, builder a cheap start with a load of potential. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac it sits on a good size block, approx 650m2 in size.

The home pretty much requires improvement in every room but would reap rewards as a neat rental property or a cheap start to help you get into the market. Inspections by appointment so give Boller & Co a call as normal Auction conditions apply.

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The distinctive and elegant features individualise this country manor “Warrawee� 15 McDonald Avenue Cooma Asking for Expressions of Interest

It would be hard to imagine a grander or more divine setting for your family. Whisper quiet and nestled in a botanic like garden setting is an absolute masterpiece exemplifying a life of pure luxury offering an unrivalled level of quality and craftsmanship. This gracious family home offers the very best way of life and convenience. “Warrawee� was built in 1883. Originally a Georgian house of red brick tessellated with concrete corners the original owners would not recognize the graceful building that “Warrawee� is today. The current owners have been in property for 36 years and are mainly responsible for the transformation. This property offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to live in a dignified family home and enjoy an extraordinary way of life. Elegantly-appointed and timeless in design, this home effortlessly caters for every occasion. The double height formal entranceway sets the tone from the moment you step inside. Incorporated into the hub of the home is a well-appointed kitchen that overflows into a massive dining, family room positioned to capture the

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morning sun. The home has many options. The size and design lend itself to easily accommodating a number of guests or family members giving them the convenience of being self contained. While the downstairs area has 5 rooms, bathroom and separate entrance perfect as a wine cellar, teenage getaway or use it for storage. A west wing area also feature two bedrooms, one has an ensuite while another main bathroom is situated here. The vendor is asking for expressions of interest as the home has so many unique features some of these include. • Swimming pool • Outdoor patio area beside the pool • Back to Base Security • Gas and wood heating • Solar powered & Electric hot water systems • Tennis Court • Sealed circular driveway • Many sheds and two vegi gardens • Formal and family areas • 5 Bathrooms • High Ceilings with ornate Cornice • Bay windows It’s all here in this exquisite property that you will be proud to call home for generations to come. Properties of this caliber are exceptionally rare. Inspections are by appointment only so give Craig or Tracy a call to arrange a time to view this once in a lifetime property.

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7.pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 The Roast. (PG) 7.40 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.30 ABBA: Bang A Boomerang. (M) 9.30 My Daughter The Teenage Nudist. (M) 10.15 The Roast. (PG) 10.30 Sh*tsville Express. (PG) 11.05 Pensioners Behind Bars. (M) 11.55 Donor Mum. 12.45am Doctor Who. (PG)

7.30pm The Roast. (PG) 7.45 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.30 twentysomething. Final. (M) 9.00 Mock The Week Looks Back At. (M) 9.30 Dirty Laundry Live. 10.05 Grandma’s House. (M) 10.35 The Roast. (PG) 10.45 Adam Hills. Final. (PG) 11.45 Doctor Who. (PG) 12.30am Gary: Tank Commander. (M)

6.00pm Children’s Programs. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 The Roast. (PG) 7.40 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.30 We’re Having A Baby. (M) 10.00 Celebrity Rehab With Dr Drew. Final. (M) 10.40 The Roast. (PG) 10.50 Dirty Laundry Live. 11.25 twentysomething. Final. (M) 11.55 Mock The Week. (M)

6.00pm Children’s Programs. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 The True Story. (M) 8.15 Good Game. 8.30 My Daughter The Teenage Nudist. (M) 9.30 Funny As. (MA15+) 11.35 Grandma’s House. (M) 12.05am Celebrity Rehab With Dr Drew. (M) 12.45 Miniseries: Carlos. (2010) (MA15+)

6.00pm Children’s Programs. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 The Videos That Shaped The ’80s. (PG) 8.30 Sunday Best: Silence In The House Of God: Mea Maxima Culpa. (M) 10.15 Funny As. (MA15+) 12.20am This American Life: Every Marriage Is A Courthouse. (M) 12.50 The True Story. (M)

6.00pm Children’s Programs. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 The Roast. (PG) 7.40 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.30 Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands. (M) 9.30 Miniseries: Carlos. (2010) (MA15+) 11.15 The Roast. (PG) 11.30 Sunday Best: Silence In The House Of God: Mea Maxima Culpa. (M)

6.00pm Children’s Programs. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 The Roast. (PG) 7.40 Doctor Who. (PG) 8.30 Good Game. 9.00 The Warehouse Comedy Festival. (MA15+) 9.30 Sh*tsville Express. Final. 10.00 The Roast. (PG) 10.15 Babies Behind Bars. (PG) 11.40 Junior Doctors. (M)

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6.05pm Life With Boys. 6.30 Total Drama. 7.00 Prank Patrol. 7.30 The Revenge Files Of Alistair Fury. 7.55 News On 3. 8.05 The Avengers. 8.25 Sweat. After the school thugs decide to beat up Snowy at the dance, Danny finally realises where his true loyalties lie. 9.00 Close.

6.05pm Life With Boys. 6.30 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. 7.00 Prank Patrol. 7.30 The Legend Of Dick And Dom. 8.00 News On 3. 8.05 Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 8.30 The Assistants. (PG) 8.50 Kaeloo. (PG) 9.00 Close.

6.05pm Life With Boys. 6.30 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. 6.55 Dance Academy. 7.20 Canimals. 7.30 Splatalot. 7.55 News On 3. 8.00 Good Game: SP. 8.25 Rush TV. Gold Coast surf filmmaker Talon Clemow travels the world chasing all the top surf action. 9.00 Close.

6.25pm M.I. High. 6.55 Splatalot. 7.20 Good Game: SP. 7.45 News On 3. 7.50 Vampire Knight. (PG) 8.15 Fruits Basket. Final. (PG) 8.40 Puella Magi Madoka Magica. (PG) Homura knocks Sayaka unconscious and gets Kyoko to leave. 9.00 Close.

6.00pm Wolfblood. 6.30 Dance Academy. 6.55 Reservoir Hill. 8.00 News On 3. The latest news headlines. 8.10 Tower Prep. 8.55 Kaeloo. (PG) While Stumpy and QuackQuack are playing cowboys, Kaeloo takes on the role of sheriff to restore order in town. 9.00 Close.

6.00pm Dance Academy. 6.25 Reservoir Hill. (PG) 6.40 Total Drama: Revenge Of The Island. 7.05 Prank Patrol. 7.30 Aquabats Super Show! 7.55 News On 3. 8.05 Astro Boy. 8.30 Stay Tuned. Hosts Joel and Nicole find answers to your questions while playing new songs. 9.00 Close.

6.05pm Life With Boys. 6.30 Total Drama. 6.50 Pocket Protectors. 7.00 Prank Patrol. 7.30 My Life As A Popat. 7.55 News On 3. 8.00 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. 8.25 Heart And Soul. While the girls are stressed by exams, Ross is stressed by the band’s disunity. 9.00 Close.

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6.30pm Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Best House On The Street. (PG) 8.30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea. Catherine Gee helps a couple find a holiday home on the North Yorkshire coast that’s well suited to relaxing and playing poker. 9.30 60 Minute Makeover. 10.30 Under The Hammer. 11.45 The Bill. (M)

6.30pm Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Borderline. (PG) 8.00 Coastwatch. (PG) 8.30 Medics On Call: Angela’s First Shift. New series. (PG) Journalist Angela Griffin goes on shift with ambulance crews in the West Midlands to find out what it’s like for real emergency personnel. 9.30 Hornblower. (M) 11.45 Bargain Hunt.

6.30pm Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG) 8.00 Are You Being Served? (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Cowboy Builders. (PG) 10.30 Four In A Bed. (PG) 11.00 Four In A Bed. (PG) 11.30 Four In A Bed. (PG) 12.00am Downsize Me. (PG)

6.30pm Heartbeat. (PG) 7.30 Heartbeat. (PG) 8.40 Lewis. (M) Events take a tragic turn when one of the alumni from Oxford’s last-surviving, all-female university is found murdered during a reunion. 10.50 The First World War: Revolution. (M) 11.50 Secrets Of War: German Intelligence In World War 2. (M)

6.30pm The Vicar Of Dibley. (PG) 7.30 Fawlty Towers. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. Alistair Appleton helps a couple of keen walkers, looking to downsize. 9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Under The Hammer. 11.45 Neighbours At War. (PG) 12.15am The Shield. (AV15+)

6.30pm Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Mighty Ships: CCGS Amundsen. 8.30 Blue Murder. (M) DCI Lewis and DI Mayne investigate the murder of fishermen found dead in the water. 9.40 Waking The Dead. (M) 10.40 Waking The Dead. (M) 11.50 The Shield. (M) 12.50am Bargain Hunt.

6.30pm Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Highway Cops. (PG) 8.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 Air Crash Investigations: Cockpit Failure. (PG) 9.30 Air Crash Investigations: Flying On Empty. (PG) 10.40 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Date From Hell. (M) 11.45 The Shield. (AV15+)

6.00pm Seinfeld. (PG) 6.30 Guys With Kids. (PG) 7.00 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 7.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.30 Hardcore Pawn. (M) 9.00 Hardcore Pawn. (M) 9.30 American Pickers. (PG) 11.30 Rude Tube. (M) 12.00am Chappelle’s Show. (MA15+) 12.30 Crank Yankers. (M)

6.00pm Pimp My Ride. (PG) 6.30 Guys With Kids. (PG) 7.00 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 8.30 Family Guy. (M) Meg makes a new friend at school, but is shocked to discover the girl thinks she is a lesbian. 9.00 American Dad! (PG) 9.30 Family Guy. (M) 10.30 American Dad! (PG) 11.30 Scare Tactics. (M)

6.00pm Pimp My Ride. (PG) 6.30 MythBusters. (PG) 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 19. North Melbourne v Geelong. 11.00 Movie: The Heartbreak Kid. (2007) (MA15+) Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman. After rushing into marriage with an apparently perfect woman, a man falls in love with another girl while on his honeymoon.

6.30pm Football. AFL. Round 19. Carlton v Fremantle. 11.00 Movie: Paranormal Activity. (2007) (M) Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs. A young couple suspects their house is haunted by a malevolent entity, so they set up video surveillance to capture evidence of what happens at night as they sleep.

6.30pm Movie: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. (2010) (PG) 9.00 Movie: Red. (2010) (M) Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman. After a retired CIA agent is attacked by a hit squad, he reassembles his old team to uncover the true identity of his enemy. 11.30 Operation Repo. (M) 12.00am Deadliest Warrior.

6.00pm Seinfeld. (PG) 6.30 Guys With Kids. (PG) 7.00 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 7.30 Ultimate Factories: Ducati. 8.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 9.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 9.30 American Restoration. (PG) 10.30 American Pickers. (PG) 11.30 Bid America! (PG) 12.00am 30 Rock. (PG)

6.00pm Seinfeld. (PG) 6.30 Guys With Kids. (PG) 7.00 How I Met Your Mother. (PG) 7.30 Swamp People. (PG) 8.30 Hardcore Pawn. (M) 9.00 Hardcore Pawn: Combat. (M) 9.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 10.00 Auction Kings. (PG) 10.30 Operation Repo. (M) 11.00 Operation Repo. (M) 11.30 South Beach Tow. (M)

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7.00pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 7.30 Auction Hunters. (PG) 8.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 8.30 Arj Barker: Balls. (M) A performance by American stand-up comedian Arj Barker. 10.00 Charlie Sheen Roast. (MA15+) 11.30 Two And A Half Men. (M) 12.00am Conan. (M)

6.30pm The Middle. (PG) 7.00 Big Bang. (PG) 8.30 Mike & Molly. (M) Despite having dressed up as Santa, Mike starts behaving like the Grinch after he can not contain his frustration over Molly’s Christmas spending spree. 9.00 Mike & Molly. (M) 9.30 Movie: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous. (2005) (M)

7.45pm Movie: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. (2007) (G) 9.45 Movie: A Nightmare On Elm Street. (2010) (AV15+) Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara. A group of teenagers are slain one by one by a demon who appears in their dreams. 11.45 MAD. (M) 12.00am Conan. (M)

6.30pm Movie: Cats & Dogs. (2001) (PG) Voices of Tobey Maguire, Sean P. Hayes, Susan Sarandon. 8.20 Movie: The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants. (2005) (PG) Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively. 11.00 South Park. (MA15+) 11.30 MAD. (M) 12.00am Conan. (M)

7.30pm To Be Advised. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) Getting fired forces Sheldon to explore what life has to offer outside physics. 9.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) Fearing he is wasting his time on Penny, Leonard ends up making a connection with Leslie. 9.30 Movie: The Taking Of Pelham 123. (2009) (AV15+)

7.00pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 8.00 Top Gear. (PG) 9.30 Movie: Out Of Time. (2003) (M) Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan. 11.40 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 12.00am Conan. (M)

7.00pm The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 2 Broke Girls. (M) In an effort to boost their business, Max and Caroline audition to be contestants on the reality TV show, Cupcake Wars. 9.00 2 Broke Girls. (M) 9.30 Movie: Killers. (2010) (M) 11.40 Two And A Half Men. (M) 12.00am Conan. (M)

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6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Customs. (PG) 8.00 Customs. (PG) 8.30 RPA. (PG) A fishing trip turns into a potential tragedy after a man falls unconscious and has trouble breathing. 9.30 Longmire. (M) 10.30 Cold Case. (M) 11.30 The Closer. (M) 12.30am Friends. (PG)

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 1. Morning session. 10.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 1. Afternoon session.

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 2. Morning session. 10.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 2. Afternoon session.

7.30pm Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 3. Morning session. 10.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 3. Afternoon session.

6.30pm Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Morning session. (Please note: If cricket coverage finishes early, alternative schedule will be shown) 10.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 4. Afternoon session.

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 5. Morning session. (Please note: If cricket coverage finishes early, alternative schedule will be shown) 10.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 5. Afternoon session.

6.30pm Friends. (PG) 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Planet Earth: Seasonal Forests. (PG) 8.40 AFP: Australian Federal Police. (M) A behind the scenes look at the work of the officers of the Australian Federal Police. 9.40 Person Of Interest. (M) 11.30 Miniseries: Prime Suspect: The Last Witness. (2003) (M)

6.00pm M*A*S*H. (PG) 6.30 Get Smart. (PG) 7.00 Cops. (PG) 7.30 White Collar. Final. (PG) 8.30 Homeland. (M) Following a secret debrief from Saul, Estes authorises a covert operation to investigate intelligence recovered in Beirut. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+) 10.30 Lie To Me. (M) 11.30 The Good Guys. (M)

6.00pm M*A*S*H. (PG) 6.30 Get Smart. (PG) 7.00 Cops. (PG) 7.30 The Game Plan. (PG) 8.30 Fast Forward. (M) 9.30 Brand X. (MA15+) 10.30 Sketch Show. (PG) 11.00 Blokesworld. (MA15+) 11.30 Would You Rather? With Graham Norton. (M) 12.00am Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 12.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

6.00pm M*A*S*H. (PG) 6.30 Get Smart. (PG) 7.00 Cops. (PG) 7.30 Undercover Boss. (PG) 8.30 Friday Night Lights. Return. (M) Coach Taylor starts his new job at East Dillon High. Tami adapts to the role of principal at Dillon High School. 9.30 Movie: Minority Report. (2002) (M) 12.25am Omnisport. 12.55 Baseball Moment.

6.00pm Get Smart. (PG) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.00 Trick My Truck. 7.30 Dangerous Drives. (PG) 8.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M) Join dedicated police officers as they patrol the streets of big cities across the US. 9.30 Movie: Street Kings 2: Motor City. (2011) (AV15+) 11.30 Blokesworld. (MA15+) 12.00am Before The Game. (PG)

6.00pm M*A*S*H. (PG) 6.30 Nature’s Power. (PG) 7.30 Extreme Fishing. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Stolen Lives. (2009) (M) A detective deals with the loss of his own son while trying to uncover the identity of a boy, whose mummified remains are found in a box which has been buried for 50 years. 10.30 Mafia’s Greatest Hits. (M) 11.40 Black Gold. (PG)

6.00pm M*A*S*H. (PG) 6.30 Get Smart. (PG) 7.00 Cops. (PG) 7.30 Family Diggers. (PG) 8.00 Flip Men. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Max Payne. (2008) (M) Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges. 10.35 Money Factory. 11.35 M*A*S*H. (PG) 12.05am Omnisport. 12.30 Rolex Sports Car Series. Round 8. Brickyard Grand Prix. Replay.

6.00pm M*A*S*H. (PG) 6.30 Get Smart. (PG) 7.00 Cops. (PG) 7.30 Frontiers Of Construction. 8.30 Cops: Adults Only. (M) Join dedicated police officers as they patrol the streets of big cities across the US. 9.30 Wanted. (M) 10.30 Inside: LA Gang Wars. (AV15+) 11.30 Las Vegas Strip. (M)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 7.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.00 Futurama. (PG) 8.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 9.00 Futurama. (PG) 9.30 Cleveland. (M) 10.30 The Office. (PG) 11.00 Cheers. (PG) 11.30 Craig Ferguson. (PG) 12.30am Ent. Tonight. (PG)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 7.30 Futurama. (PG) 8.00 Futurama. (PG) 8.30 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (PG) 9.30 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (PG) 10.30 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (PG) 11.30 Craig Ferguson. (PG)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance. (PG) 9.30 Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model. (PG) 10.30 Sex And The City. (M) 11.05 Sex And The City. (M) 11.40 Craig Ferguson. (PG) 12.30am Entertainment Tonight. (PG)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Reef Doctors. (PG) 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 MasterChef Australia. The bottom three contestants from the mystery box challenge must re-create Melbourne pastry chef Kirsten Tibballs’ Louros cake as part of a chocolatethemed pressure test. 9.30 MasterChef Australia. 11.30 Bump TV. (PG)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 7.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.00 Futurama. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Then She Found Me. (2007) (M) Helen Hunt, Colin Firth. 10.35 Wilfred. (MA15+) 11.05 The Office. (PG) 11.35 Frasier. (PG) 12.05am Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 8.00 Raising Hope. (PG) 8.30 Torchwood. (M) 9.30 Beauty And The Beast. (M) 10.30 The Gates. 11.30 Craig Ferguson. (PG) 12.30am Ent. Tonight. (PG)

6.00pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG) 7.30 Rules Of Engagement. Final. (PG) 8.30 Glee. (PG) 9.30 Geordie Shore. (MA15+) 10.30 Offspring. (M) 11.30 Craig Ferguson. (PG) 12.30am Entertainment Tonight. (PG)

6.40pm Ninja Warrior. 7.05 The Office. (PG) 7.30 The Feed. 7.45 No Kitchen Required. 8.35 The Art Of Survival. 9.30 American Weed. (MA15+) 10.25 Russell Howard. (M) 11.00 The Feed. 11.15 The Tales Of Nights. (MA15+) 12.15am Robot Chicken. (M)

7.05pm The Office. (PG) 7.30 The Feed. 7.45 No Kitchen Required. (PG) 8.35 Cheerleaders, An American Myth. (M) 9.35 Skins. (MA15+) 10.30 Russell Howard’s Good News. (M) 11.05 The Feed. 11.20 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG)

7.05pm The Office. (PG) 7.30 The Feed. 7.45 No Kitchen Required. 8.35 If You Are The One. 9.30 More Sex Please, We’re British. (MA15+) 10.25 Russell Howard’s Good News. (M) 11.00 The Feed. 11.15 Movie: Exiled. (2006) (M) Anthony Wong, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung.

6.00pm PopAsia. (PG) 7.00 Vs Arashi. 7.55 Iron Chef. 8.45 Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia. (M) 9.35 Movie: Goemon. (2009) (AV15+) 11.55 SOS. (PG) 12.30am Movie: Adam’s Apples. (2005) (M) Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro.

6.00pm Cycling Central. 6.30 World B-Boy Championships. 7.00 Dexpedition. (PG) 7.30 Don’t Tell My Mother: Holy Land. (PG) 8.30 South Park. (M) 9.00 Housos. (MA15+) 9.30 Shameless. (MA15+) 10.25 Movie: Backstage. (2005) (MA15+) 12.30am Skins. (MA15+)

7.45pm No Kitchen Required. Final. (PG) 8.35 Kill Arman. (PG) 9.05 Never Ever Do This At Home. Final. (M) 9.40 Ugly Americans. (M) 10.05 Pizza. (M) 10.35 Russell Howard. (M) 11.10 The Feed. 11.25 Comedy Bang! Bang! 11.55 Monkey Dust. (MA15+)

7.30pm The Feed. 7.45 Iron Chef. 8.40 Departures. (M) 9.35 A Convenient Education. (PG) 10.20 Russell Howard’s Good News. (M) 10.55 The Feed. 11.10 Shot By Kern. New series. 11.40 The Jo Whiley Sessions.

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Bred Well Fed Well returns to the Monaro By popular demand, the Bred Well Fed Well workshop is coming back to the Monaro after a hugely successful launch last year where 100 percent of participants said they would recommend the program to others. Monaro sheep producers will again be given the opportunity to learn practical tools to optimise reproduction and profitability in their ewe flocks from some of the leading experts on sheep genetics and nutrition including Dr Jason Trompf and Cooma-based Doug Alcock. This year, Henry and Julia Bridgewater will host the day at ‘Sherwood’, Nimmitabel on Monday September 9, from 9am. As a member of the SRS Monaro Group, Henry said that they were excited to bring such a successful training initiative back to the Monaro. “The feedback from the growers that attended the workshop last year was amazing and many of them have already implemented the learnings to increase profitability on farm,� Mr Bridgewater said. “It is not often you get the chance to hear from some of the leading experts in Australia on genetics and nutrition so we wanted to give the

opportunity to as many people as possible on the Monaro by bringing it back.â€? George Papatodori, who travelled all the way from Rankin Springs for last year’s workshop, said “BWFW is a must for anyone serious about sheep production. It was one of the most informative field days I’ve been to.â€? Narelle Moody and John Boyd from ‘Crookshanks’, Cooma said “When we buy rams in the future, we’ll have an eye to improving the recordable genetics of our flock. We learnt a huge amount from the workshop and are looking forward to consolidating what we learnt last year at this year’s workshop.â€? The Bred Well Fed Well Workshops focus on: • improved understanding of how to use reliable breeding tools to improve enterprise profitability; • how to develop a breeding objective for your sheep enterprise; • better management of ewe nutrition for reproductive performance and flock profitability; and • skills in assessing ewe condition and developing simple energy budgets for the ewe flock. The Bred Well Fed Well workshops

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Adina, Conrayn success at National Sheep and Wool Show Local studs Adina and Conrayn, have had good success at the recent Australian Fleece Competition at Bendigo. Peter and Jayne Lette, Conrayn, exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Fleece, scoring 92.70 for their 17.2-micron extra superfine Merino fleece. The Conrayn Merino Stud was also awarded most successful exhibitor for the second year running. Satisfyingly, they sold three of the rams they took to Bendigo. James, Jules and Will Barron representing Adina Merino Stud travelled to Bendigo to exhibit a team of 12 rams and ewes for the first time at The National Sheep & Wool Show in Bendigo which followed the fleece competition. It is the largest Sheep Show in Australia where there were 650 Merinos competing in the Show After winning his 6 tooth Fine Wool Merino Ram Class, “Little Fergie� went on to win Champion Open Fine Wool Merino Ram then Champion Fine Wool Merino Ram and finally Grand Champion Fine Wool Ram of the Show. “Little Fergie� as he is affectionately known is a son of Grassy Creek 833 (Fergie) who is a son of Roseville Park 1135. He is an 18.1 Micron Ram with a SD

of 3, CV of 16.6 and a comfort factor of 99.6, weighs 142kg at 22 months. Little Fergie has an extremely long wool staple and is covered right to the toes, wool that many have described as exceptional. “Little Fergie� was 2013 Champion August Shorn Fine Wool Ram at Sydney Show, 2013 Supreme Exhibit at Dalgety and will now go on to compete at the

fleece competition in the world, this year attracting 450 entries. The Wurrook Merino Stud at Rokewood, Victoriaook out the Grand Champion Fleece title at the Australian Fleece Competition in Bendigo with an extra superfine Merino fleece. Almost two thirds of the fleeces on show were donated by exhibitors for auction at the completion of the competition with all proceeds to be donated to this year’s nominated charity, Blaze Aid. Wurrook’s grand champion 17.3-micron fleece scored 92.95 out of a possible 100 points. Wurrook principal Paul Walton said he was “delighted� to take out the grand champion title in the highly regarded competition. A long-time exhibitor, Wurrook has previously won the reserve champion title and this year scored 92.45 with a second fleece. L Gleeson & Sons of Forest Dale, Victoria claimed the Champion Commercial Fleece sash with a score of 92.4 for their 17.2-micron fleece.

Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show in Dubbo next month To compete at such a high level was a fabulous experience and to come home with three Broad Ribbons and six place ribbons made the trip well worthwhile and the Barron family are ecstatic at the success that was achieved. Pictured, Julie and james Barton with “Little The Australian Fleece Competition, now Fergie�, their grand champion fine wool in its 13th year, is the largest fully measured ram at the National Sheep and Wool Show.

LHPA takes major step toward LLS The Livestock Health and Pest Authority (LHPA) has taken another significant step towards the Local Land Services (LLS) amalgamation on 1 January 2014, releasing its Change Plan and Staff Engagement Strategy to staff last week. LHPA Chairman, Ian Donges, said the process of getting the change plan to today’s release had been a challenging one, but he was happy with the work which had gone into it and the outcomes of the proposed reforms. “There are a number of positives to come out of the proposed reforms which will directly benefit ratepayers,� Mr Donges pointed out. “We will not be losing any rangers or veterinarians in the reform, ensuring the front line services to our ratepayers will be as strong and as comprehensive as ever.� Furthermore, Mr Donges pointed out the proposed changes also allowed for a number of promotional opportunities for both Customer Service Officers and Rangers

within the new organisation. “Both staffing segments have new positions within Local Land Services and provide avenues for our current staff to be advanced, and remunerated, based on the sets of skills they have acquired during their time at the LHPA,� he noted. “Furthermore, new team leader positions within the regions have been created to ensure a strong emphasis on contact with landholders and an organisation which maintains frontline services to its ratepayers. “One of the main motivators for us as an organisation is to ensure our staff are well looked after in this plan and our ratepayers do not experience a reduction in the services we have been delivering to them for over 100 years.� Mr Donges said he was happy the LHPA had addressed both of those aims in the documentation sent out to staff this week. The LHPA Change Management Plan, supported by a Staff Engagement Strategy, was released to all staff on July 24 for review and feedback.

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The relatives and friends of the late THYL VAN DE WALL are invited to attend his funeral service to be held in the St Patrick's Catholic Church, Cooma, on Wednesday July 31st 2013 commencing at 11:00 am. After which a private cremation will take place.

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PRICE Donna 15/7/1937 - 27/7/2013 Passed away peacefully at Canberra Hospital. Loving wife to Les, much loved Mother, Mother-in-law and Grandmother to Gary, Hayley, Michele, Aaron, Rory, Steven and Dylan. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a service at Norwood Park Crematorium, 65 Sandford Street, Mitchell at 12.00 noon on Saturday 3rd August 2013. The family would like to invite guests following the service for refreshments at the Cooma Ex Service's Club at 4.00pm.

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Cooma Rifle Club Cooma Rifle Club at last had a good Saturday morning for shooting after being fogged or frozen for the previous two Saturdays. The morning was very cold but by 10am the ice had melted and the sun was out, with initially no wind but later there was a gentle but variable northerly. The event was the monthly heat of the Club Championship and

Gregory Shield from 300 yards. Six members attended but only three completed the course, with the following results: Damien Doyle 93-7, Brett Cain 92-4 and Frank Toth 84-3. With handicaps Brett won in front of Damien and Frank. Next Saturday morning shooting will be from 400 yards for the August heat of the NRA Medal competition.

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Wednesday July 31, 2013

Only a few social bowlers competing Social bowlers on Saturday were conspicuous by their absence, with just eight contenders. Daphne Buckley (newly returned from the warmer North) and John Vincent made a good start against Sergio Roncelli and Mario Frezza to lead 5/0 but then conceded ten shots over three ends and then had to sit back and watch as their opposition went further ahead and lead 22-13 with six ends to play. The final score was 28-19 to Sergio and Mario. New member Jo Baldwin and visitor Graham Vale teamed up to play Jack Sajina and Mark Buckley (who thought it would be a good idea to return with Daphne). All was friendly for the first few ends then Jack and Mark put the foot down and ran away with the game 31-14. In a semi-final of the Handicap Triples, Ev Hamilton, Mick Mayhew and John Baldwin were giving 1½ shot start to Mary Phillips, Jason Thompson and Paul Cannell. This was a real dogfight for the first 11 ends with Paul’s team in front 9½-9. Two shots to John’s team put them in front on 11 shots, unfortunately this score proved a sticking point as they remained on that score for six ends and were only allowed to score one shot in the run home for Paul’s team to go to the final 23½-12. In the other semi-final, Mike Mannile, Maureen D’Amico

and Kevin Jackson were receiving one start from Dawn Russell, Keith Goodwin and Guilio D’Amico. Four shots to Kevin’s team in the first end set Guilio and Co. on the back foot and although they recovered to be 5-5 by end five they were unable to get off this score for eight ends, but then went on to even the scores 18-18 on end 20 (but didn’t realise the Handicap had not been taken into account). One shot to Kevin’s team on the last end gave them a place in the final 20-18. The final of the Handicap Triples played on Sunday was an event that had everything, including two four shot, one five shot and one six shot mixed in with lots of ones and twos, no threes. Mary Phillips, Jason Thompson and Paul Cannell were conceding 1½ shots to Mike Mannile, Maureen D’Amico

and Kevin Jackson and were able to make up the difference on the first end which set the tune for the whole match, 18 bowls in a very small area with Paul’s team getting two shots. With Kevin leading 9½-8 on end 11they dropped four shots to Paul but recovered with five on the next end, then go on to lead 17½-12 only to concede a four and a six to trail 19½-22. One shot to each team over the remaining two ends gave the title to Mary Phillips, Jason Thompson and Paul Cannell by the narrowest margin, 23-22½. In the only social game, Richard Nichols and John Schoon came from behind to defeat Mario Frezza and Nelson Wallace 19-17. Due to so many players being away for zone playoffs, the closing date for entries in the Mixed Pairs has been extended to August 11 with first round matches to be advised. Watch this column and the notice board. Kevin Jackson in the handicap triples semi final.

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Cooma Colts season resumes Snowy River Painting U/8’s The Cooma Colts Under 8’s this weekend showed Queanbeyan Roos how hard a Colt can kick. As the boys took the field, most of them where looking up at the opposition but that didn’t seem to deter them as it started with strong defence. Lee Morgan, Jayden McCole and Clayton Clarke showing the Kangas that the bigger they are the harder they fall. Following some great lead up runs Cooma’s defence was strengthened by Jack McPherson and Cameron Filtness. Both Shane and Mason ran some hard and long runs with Mason crossing the line. Jordan Williams got over for a try followed by Tommy Russell’s ‘show and go’ only to be stopped just short of the line. Some great hit ups by Josh and Louis Mould, saw Louis put the ball over the line a couple of times. Although Colts just lost by two conversions 16-20, they defiantly outclassed the Roos! Well done boys! Awards: Jayden McCole, Louis Mould, Charlie Flemming, Clayton Clarke. Monaro Panel Beaters U/9’s A very gutsy and courageous effort by the team this week, despite not playing for a month due to holidays and poor weather. West Belconnen turned up ready to play, most of their players double the size of ours and only managed to get over the top of us in the last five minutes. One request before the game was to start fast and not let them get early tries, which was obviously heard as Brock Freeburn caught the ball from the kick off and weaved and pushed his way through ¾ of the field to post our first try within seconds. From there it was a real tug of war, end to end with tough runs, big hits and excellent ball handling considering the slush and mud across the field. Michael Day was again responsible for some of the strong runs and hits, and barging over for great try. Talon Kelly and James Bannon defended strongly all game, both boys saving certain tries. Talon also kicking a goal.

Barrett Bannon was shifted out of dummy half to allow his gutsy running game shine. Jonah Perea and Kayla Fleming ran onto the ball very strongly, proving very hard to bring down all game. Flynn Palmer was moved into dummy half for the first time and played like he’s been there all year, topping a great game off with a sneaky try from short range. Jake Maddrell involved himself in many tackles and ran strongly with the ball. Marcus Riley also got a few more runs than usual, gaining confidence each time. Kristian Zusak had a great game, lots of long runs, pulled down just short of the line several times. Cody Clarke and Alex Aitkenhead came on in the second half, Cody making some good tackles, and Alex making good metres with long runs. Overall a top effort. Player of the Week was Jake Maddrell. McDonalds Awards went to Brock Freeburn and Kayla Fleming. SportsPower U/10’s The Cooma Sport’s Power under 10’s Colts were on the road this weekend finding their way to Crookwell. Coach Paul Dyball rallied the boys together and told them to dig deep. Lachlan McGufficke kicked off with a sneaky kick out to the right hand side, in the blink of an eye Crookwell scored big wake up call for Cooma as they needed to plan their attack. Daniel Watts kicked off again and with some great pressure from James Dyball and Hudson Laird, Crookwell knocked on and Cooma had the ball. With Arthur Bottom at half back the Colt’ slipped some fast ones into Crookwell with Jayden Williams running hard, James Dyball powering into the defence and Daniel Watts smoking with some great attacking momentum, but Crookwell held and looked quite strong with their full team. Crookwell ran in a couple more tries and it was looking bad for the Colts. Jayden Williams went down hurt before half time and was carried from the field by Mark McGufficke. Things looked very grim for the Cooma Colts. Half time came around and whatever coach Paul Dyball said to the team the boys came out with

turbos fitted. They took off, Jesse Eljuga tackled like he was possessed, Clinton Filtness started running the ball up, Darcy Clark got amongst them with a couple of run ups and tackles. Arthur bottom even got in there and tackled, Crookwell didn’t know which way to run. Tries for Cooma came from James Dyball with a strong run, Jesse Eljuga showed determination, Clinton Filtness some great stepping, Lachlan McGufficke fantastic speed out wide and scored in the corner and Jayden Williams made Crookwell look like they were standing still. Yes the injured Jayden Williams was rebuilt by the first aid officer Mark McGufficke and was back on the field. The score this week did show how the game went 22-24 in Crookwell’s favor. It was an excellent game where all the boys came together and played as a team and gave it all they had. A great effort by everyone that attended. Highland Ground Spreading U/11’s Sunday saw the boys travel to Gordon to play the South Tuggeranong Knights for the second time this season. With not having played for three weeks, due to the school holidays and last week’s round being cancelled the boys still played outstanding, and had control of the game from the very start. They scored three tries in the first half, giving the Colts a lead of 16 to 0 at half time. Then in the second half the Colts took control again and scored another four tries. Goal kicking practice at training over the last week, paid off with six out of the seven attempts successful. This week’s coach’s award was presented to Alec Miner for his consistent tackling and involvement in the game. The weekly awards went to Noah Saddler, Nic Zusak and Tyler Rees who all scored tries on the day, with some fantastic foot work and ball control. The final score Cooma Colts 40 to South Tuggeranong Knights 6. Congratulations to the boys for a great game and good luck over for the next two games, with the lead up to the semi finals. Main Street U/12s No Report Franks Butchery U/13s Franks Butchery Under 13’s travelled to Canberra on Sunday to play West

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Belconnen winning the game 18 points to 14 points. The boys started very slowly with West Belconnen scoring first. The boys regrouped and were able to pull together and continue on to win the game. James Cahill found the try line once and James Hill found it twice. Lachlan Inskip kicked three from three. Medal went to Luke Day and Maccas awards went to James Cahill, Bec’s award went to Josh McConkey. Thanks to first aid Gina McConkey and league safe Nick dwyer-Gersak and Pete Gersak. Snowy Plains Merino U/14s The boys travelled to Bungendore after having three weeks off and it showed greatly in their game. The boys started out well scoring in the first couple of minutes and by half time they led 22 nil, however not completing sets of six saw the boys come unstuck and being over confident Bungendore was able to get back into the game scoring several soft tries. The final score was Colts 26 Bungendore 24. The boys were very lucky to come away with the win. Try scorers were Kane TrentSmith, Will Shingles, Carson Barrett, Joel Saville and Bailey Davies. Bailey Burke kicked 3 out of 5 conversions. The McDonald’s Awards went to Will Shingles, Charlie Allen, Patrick Connelly and Joel Saville. Service One Members Banking U/15s On Sunday the Under 15 Colts again hit the road and made the long trip to Goulburn. They started the first half well and although a bit rusty things were going to plan. The attack was finding gaps in the Goulburn defence and the Colts should have scored several times but the final pass didn’t find the mark. However the boys stuck to it and after several attacking raids Toby Williams crossed out wide to open the scoring. Goulburn were able to capitalise on some bad handling and Cooma wase behind on the scoreboard 12–4. The boys again rallied and with Zach Fawcett and Ben Layton running at will they were again attacking the Goulburn try line. Jayden Walker crossed the line several times but couldn’t get the ball down, Dan swain tried with the same result before Hughie Allen twisted his way over and at half time Goulburn were just ahead 12 – 10. After the break some missed tackles and dropped ball were the worst enemy and Goulburn was quick to get on the attack. Cooma’s

right side defence was having trouble numbering up and Goulburn crossed for three easy tries to snub out any chance of Cooma getting a win. Dan Swain crossed late after a strong charging run and Damo converted. Final score was 30 – 16 to Goulburn. Cooma did show what they can do when they concentrate and they played some good footy in patches. Basic errors are still costing them and all but one of Goulburn’s tries were allowed after simple mistakes. There were some good efforts from James Russell, Steve Freeman and Dan Swain. The points this week went to Damien Hayden 1 point, Hughie Allen got 2 and Toby Williams got the 3 points and played strong all day. Australian Hotel U/16’s The Australian Hotel Under 16s took on Crookwell at Northbourne Oval in Canberra last Friday night. It was a mixed start for Cooma with some dropped ball mixed in with some great individual performances. Great lead up by the team put on the first try to Aaron Pidcock. Cooma took this lead of 6-0 into half time, following an extended break in play following an injury to one of the Crookwell players. After the break the Colts went on the attack, forcing an error from Crookwell. A set move from the scrum saw Andrew Crimmins dart down the blind side and beat a number of defenders to score wide out. Aaron Pidcock nailed the conversion from the sideline. Cooma continued to mount pressure on Crookwell with good structure, quick play the balls and a good kick. This paid dividends with Josh Zammit scoring under the posts. Crookwell were getting more and more frustrated at not being able to find a way through the Cooma defence and gave away penalties which allowed Cooma to maintain field position. Another Crookwell error halfway through the second half saw Andrew Crimmins pick up the ball and dive over for his second try and take the lead out to 22-0. Crookwell were able to cross for two late tries to take the final score to 22-12. Congratulations to Sean BodycottPielli who chalked up his 50th game for the Colts. The Medal was awarded to Andrew Crimmins, just ahead of the whole team!! Thanks to Damien Hayden from the U15s for stepping up and filling in…again. A good win boys after a long break. Well Done.

Cooma Ladies Golf On Wednesday July 17, the nine-hole stableford was won by Pat Davis with 17 points. Balls went to Aileen Smith 15 points, Val Leitch 15 points and NTP went to Maureen Fletcher for her great shot on the fourth. There were no ladies competitions over the week end of July 20/21. On Wednesday July 24 the winner of the nine-hole stableford competition was Marilynne Weston coming in with a great score of 20 points.

She was hotly pursued by runner up Midge Theron who had 19 points. Balls were won by Dorothy Bilbow 17 points, Julie Upton 15 points on a count back from Aileen Smith and Pat Davis. NTP was won by Gaye Wilson with a super shot to the fourth. Saturday July 27 saw Dorothy Bilbow burn up the course coming in the winner with 24 points in the nine-hole stableford competition. Dorothy played superbly, hitting great fairway

shots and accurate putting on the greens. Congratulations Dorothy on a terrific round. Balls were won by Lorraine McGregor 18 points, Beattie Russell 17 points and NTP was won by Lorraine McGregor . On Sunday July 28, the ladies played an 18-hole stableford and the winner was Marilynne Weston with 37 points. Lorraine McGregor with 33 points won a ball. Until next week TTFN

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Weekend sport From top left to right: Georgie Hatfield, Chloe Geach and Kate Xenochristos from Division 2 and 3 Womens Soccer teams showing their attacking skills. Far right: Jet Kelly having a good run with the ball. Middle Left: Connar Inskip figuring out what to do next. Middle Right: Who is kicking the ball? Bottom: Stacey Kelly used her stomach to score Cooma’s only goal. Division 2 Womens Team had a 1-1 draw against the top team in the competition.

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Cooma Fillies too good for Hot Doggies

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through the defensive line early in the tackle count and extending the lead. Maree Ingram was quick to pounce on the deflated Hot Doggies side, and her governance of the game earned her back-to-back tries and a plethora of tags in defence within the opening five minutes. Sheila Sillery sustained the attacking barrage and ran the ball with flair, while Kristy Nichols kept the Fillies on track with strong settling runs and supportive play. Alana Nichols broke the line and combined with Brianna von der Burg, who was unlucky not to capitalise on the line break, flanked by the Hot Doggies’ cover defence and shepherded towards them by the ever-looming sideline. Finally, Anna Steel threw a signature dummy and scooted past defenders to cross, and with Bolton’s precision conversion, brought the lead to the 40 point mark. The Hot Doggies looked set to be the first team to crack the Fillies line defence when Sam Ingram crossed the chalk, but the Fillies defenders rallied and nullified her efforts mere inches from scoring. Lee then answered Bombala’s efforts with another try of her own, before drawing defenders and positioning the recovered Patrice Ingram for the final try of the day, rounding out the score at 52-0. The final score was in no way indicative of the efforts of the Hot Doggies, and the positive, competitive nature of both teams was commendable, making it a great day for the Leaguetag competition. Points this week were awarded to Abby Schofield, 1, for her consistent efforts in attack and defence; Anna Steel, 2, for finally breaking her try-scoring drought; Patrice Ingram, 3, who stared injury in the face and was indefatigable in attack and defence; and Players’ player went to Maree Ingram, who could not be faulted, and who was dangerous in all facets of the game. The Fillies take on the Bega Chicks on Sunday at the Cooma Showground in what will be a top of the table clash. It should be a great day of footy, so get down to the Showground to support your girls. Cooma Fillies 52 (M. Bracher, 2, M. Ingram, 2, J. Lee, 2, A. Schofield, A. Steel, P. Ingram tries; A. Bolton 6/7, K. Schofield 2/2) def. Merimbula/ Pambula/Bombala Hot Doggies 0

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It was another successful day for the Cooma Fillies, as they took on the Merimbula-Pambula-Bombala Hot Doggies at the Bombala Showground. Both teams were competitive and the half time score of 16-0 was indicative of the Hot Doggies’ much improved performance, but the Fillies were too strong in the end, running out 52-0 victors. The Fillies kicked off and in typical fashion, their early defence was strong. The Hot Doggies were dangerous through their opening set and the kicking game of Olivia Jacobs positioned them well for their first taste of Cooma’s attack. With strong hit ups from Monique Ingram and Cassandra Pinner positioning the girls well, Meg Bracher was able to open the day’s scoring, running a straight line and crossing under the posts. Minutes later, Abby Schofield found herself on the end of a set play on the flanks and brought the lead out to 10-0, before the Hot Doggies capitalised on shaky defence from the Fillies and made a few line breaks out wide. The game ebbed and flowed for almost 10 minutes, where Cooma’s Alicia Bolton and Maree Ingram, and the Hot Doggies’ Kelly Badewitz and Sue Morgan directed their teams around the park and tried to keep the energy of both teams high. Georgie Clarke was instrumental in defence, supported by Danielle McGufficke, and while the Hot Doggies threw everything they had at the Fillies, the Cooma girls held strong. The Fillies were finally able to break the stalemate that had formed in the half and Bracher earned her second of the day, hitting a hole with vigour and breaking through the line. Kate Schofield was unlucky not to follow Bracher’s footsteps and score in the corner to put more space between the two teams, with the referee ruling she had stepped out of the field of play in goal. Despite the Fillies’ best efforts, the Hot Doggies held their position and half time came without fanfare and with the local rivals determined to give the Fillies a run for their money. The second half began more dramatically, with Patrice Ingram taking the kick-off cleanly and, following an accidental clash with defenders, cascading out of the play and injuring her neck. The Fillies earned a penalty and it served as the turning point for the game, with Jade Lee storming

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Under 10’s On Saturday we travelled to Rivett in the ACT. It was a tough drive for the parents because it was foggy nearly all of the way and we made it just in time for the game. There was some time for some stretches and a quick warm up and then we were on the field. Our team was short a few people but the Royals helped us out by lending us some players. In the first half we let Royals score some tries before we crossed the line. At half time Royals were in front but we were keeping up. In the second half I thought we played some good rugby but we eased off at the end and they scored a couple of easy tries. Griff and Kai scored some good tries and Jackson made some strong runs. The final score was 38 to 17 in favour of Royals and whilst this was disappointing, it was a big improvement on our trial games against Royals. By Ben Milford Under 11’s Under 11 Piglets headed to Yass for a good competitive game of rugby with both sides playing well. Jindabyne Piglets were the better team on the day winning 34-17, tries scored by Darcy Alexander, Tom Milliken, Campbell Oatley & Nick McLennan & goals converted by Brandon Nikora.’ Big Win for The Miss Piggies Last Saturday , the Jindabyne Miss Piggies took on Canberra Royals at home, on a beautiful afternoon for rugby.

This Sunday will be a big day for the Stallions as all four grades are set for a possible minor premiership or top two finish if they can overcome the Bega Roosters this Sunday at the Showground. Under 18’s - 10:30 The 18’s will get underway at 10:30. These two sides met in round six and they played a hard fought draw. This is a must win for the 18s and if they are successful then a minor premiership will be in their sights. League Tag - Noon The league tag will get underway at noon and another tough game is certain against the Bega Chicks. The Fillies have again taken all before them this year and the Bega Chicks have been the only teams that have really tested the Fillies. They have meet twice already this year and the results were a four-nil win in the pre season final and a 16 – 4 victory over the chicks in round six. This was not an easy win as the Fillies were ahead 16 nil at half time and the Bega girls came away with a four-nil second half result. This is the first time the Fillies were behind in any half in the last two seasons. The Fillies will be keen to get a good start and continue their dominance over the Chicks.

The girls were keen to post their first win of the regular season and came out firing. The forwards led the way with some strong defence and big runs, in particular prop Peta Cox and captain Kate Brown. The lineouts were again a strong point with number 8 Claire Mcdonnell winning lots of ball which enabled the backline to put together some enterprising moves, with centre Tayla Stanford ripping the Royals’ defence apart. The Miss Piggies support play was a highlight of the day with their backing up of each other phase after phase. Halfback Allanah Dickeson played well and provided good ball to the backline when they wanted it and got the fowards to continually take the ball up when they needed to keep it tight. New recruit Cassie Venables came on in the second half, to much cheering from the crowd and immediately made an impact with some strong runs and some big hits in defence. Stanford scored five tries and kicked nine conversions, with Kate Brown scoring four, Peta Cox and Jess Whitley both getting over the line for a try, for a final score of 73-22. Miss Piggies coach, Paul Livissianos, was extremely happy with the teams performance. “ Every player gave 100 percent and showed great intensity from the opening whistle. Their support play is what impressed me the most. I hope they can back it up next week against the same opponents in Canberra. ”Players Player went to Peta Cox. The coaches 3 points also went to Peta Cox, the 2 points to Tayla Stanford and the 1 point to Eve Milham.

Reserve Grade - 1pm The Reserve grade will be ready for this match as it has been a number of weeks between games for the guys. They met in round six and a hard fought 26 all draw was the result. The Stallions will have to work hard to get a victory in this game as they have not had a lot of games or training under their belt recently. If they win then a minor premiership is on the cards. This game will get underway at 1pm First Grade kick off 2:30pm The First grade game should be a cracker with both teams on equal points in second position. A come from behind victory in round 6 at Bega certainly have given the team confidence that they can get the better of Bega on our home turf. The Stallions have shown some solid consistency in the last few weeks where as Bega have had a couple of mixed results. It will depend on which Bega team show up on the day as to how the result will play out. The result will be critical in the team’s position on the ladder with a victory securing at least second position and a chance to be minor premiers. All rugby league supporters are invited to come along to help get all our grades home against our arch rival Bega. LTPM/11/00292 LTPM/13/00425

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Stallions too strong for Bombala The Stallions travelled to Bombala on Saturday to take on Merimbula Pambula Bombala and came away convincing winners on the day. The local side was under strength and it looked like it was going to be a walkover at first with the stallions kick away to a 16 nil lead after only 10 minutes. Tries came fast to Matty Salvestro, Jake Schofield and

Corey Thomas. Merimbula Bombala however were not prepared to lie down and after gaining a bit more possession were able to cross for two tries bring the score to 16-10 in Coomas favor. The Stallions were quick to hit back and a try to Torin Finlow again had them out to a handy 12 point lead at half time. Again poor ball control kept the

home side in the contest and another try to them narrowed the margin to 6. The next 30 minutes however belonged to the Stallions and Tries to Daryl Baines, Credence Bartlett, James Boller, Todd Williams, Tim Williams and Jessie Jackson took the final score to 56 – 16 in favor of the Stallions. To Merimbula Bombala’s credit they kept trying all day but lack of numbers in the end through a couple of injuries was too much for them. The final score shows a convincing victory to Cooma even though they were a bit rusty after having a couple of weeks off and the hit out will do them good leading into next week’s must win encounter with the Bega Roosters. The best for the Stallions was Sam Dowsett and

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Red Devils race into semi finals The Cooma Red Devils travelled to Hall on Saturday to take on the Hall Bushrangers in the last round of the regular home and away season. Second grade took to the field knowing they could not be knocked out of second spot on the ladder. They also knew they would have a tough opposition as Hall needed to win to keep any chance of playing in the finals and with that, had dropped a few first grade players back to help increase their Alex Moon and Ryan Morgan wrap up a Hall player in first grade. Trent Henderson, Tom, Cade Graff, Chris Robison in reserve grade. chances. Cooma started slowly Boate converted and Cooma went into half time leading Cooma got back into the game late in the half through and it was Hall who were able to post first points with Cooma’s defence not 14-5. Cooma came out in the second half and continued tries to Damien Hopkins who was able to back up a having the starch in it that it needed to prevent Hall making to play the structured football that they had been training Schubert break and score. to do. Then try scoring machine Pat Egan crossed after easy metres down field. Cooma was also able to apply plenty of pressure to Hall running over the fullback, Tim Cassanova took over kicking They scored out wide and with a missed conversion Hall and on the back of a strong kick chase game, this allowed duties and was unable to convert the first two tries. had an early 5 nil lead. Cooma went into half time with a narrow 10-7 lead, but Cooma then settled and started to play field position and Cooma to play a lot of footy in Halls half of the field. Ten minutes into the second half saw the return of with a spray from the coach at half time Cooma came out with that were able to pounce on any opportunities that Steven Boate from a knee injury that had kept him out for in the second half and improved their style of play greatly. presented themselves. Cooma’s second half was a marked improvement on the Cooma’s first points came about after Adam Schofield the season so far. With the injection of Steven and Curtis was able to chase through a downfield kick and charge Watkins, Cooma was soon rolling forward and after two first and with everyone doing their bit points started to flow and it was not long before Cooma was scoring points. down the fullbacks clearing kick, he then scooped up the quick taps Cooma was awarded a penalty. Cooma opted to take the penalty goal and extended its The first try of the second half came about when James loose ball and scored under the posts. Nathan Boate converted and Cooma had regained the lead. Cooma then worked the ball back into Halls half and Strange was able to pick up a ball from the back of a ruck lead 7-5, both sides then settled down and were playing from a five metre scrum, Steven Boate picked the ball up and dive over. Cass converted and Cooma’s confidence and burrowed through the defence and scored. was growing as they became more dominant over Hall. good football. Nathan Boate converted to give Cooma a 24-5 lead Cooma’s next try was scored by Pat Egan after the Midway through the first half tempers flared at a scrum and a brawl broke out which resulted in Hall having their fly which remained the final score line. Points in second forwards had a push over try and Pat claimed the try at half sent off for the game and their captain having to go to grade, 1 point was shared between Cade Graf and Nat the back of the scrum. More points soon followed this time the bin for 10 minutes. Cooma now had two extra players Jennings, 2 points Adam Schofield, 3 points Nathan Boate it was out wide when James Strange found himself on a short blind side where he was able to link up with Matty on the field and started to apply a heap of pressure to the and Player’s player Neil Schouten. Lee who scored after the backs had made good meters Hall defence. First grade through the middle of the field. Cooma was able to make good metres with the First grade took to the field on Saturday ready to take it Leighton Bates was the next to cross after he caught forwards starting to make good metres on the back of Hall napping and snuck down the blind side and scored to strong runs from Cody Henderson, Nat Jennings and Tom to Hall who they had already beaten twice this season. From the opening whistle it was evident that Cooma had make up for his tantrum that he had thrown only minutes McGuire. With this roll on, the backs were able to find space with not turned up to play and with that Hall was able to apply earlier after he disagreed with a referee’s call. Cooma rounded out the afternoon when Alex Moon Matt Crowley and Neil Schouten making good metres and early pressure to Cooma and with this were able to turn scored after he was on the end of another good back line they were then able to link up with the back three of Ben over a lineout from close range and score. With the conversion successful Hall had an early 7-0 play. Kelly, Boo Ewart and James Moore who were able to get lead. With a successful conversion Cooma finished running around their opposition numbers. Cooma was making silly mistakes by pushing passes out winner 41-7. Points in first grade 1 point Matt Cooma’s second try came about when again the Jamieson, 2 points James Strange, 3 points and Player’s forwards were able to create a break after some quick and not playing smart footy. 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Cooma golf report by Garry Atkinson

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August is shaping up to be a huge golfing month and kicks off with the Cotton Tails Cup (names are needed on the noticeboard for teams). The Cotton Tails Cup of course is against Federal Golf Club at Federal. It really is time the cup stayed in its rightful place in the Cooma Club House for a whole year. Our club is after 40 golfers to play in a 4BBB event to represent their club. A booking sheet is on the clubhouse notice board. So let’s recap the weekend of golf. On Saturday, a single stableford saw great scores and strong fields. A grade winner was Bart Joseph with 41 points. B grade winner was Peter Smith also with 41 points. Unusually, C grade saw the lowest points scores of the day with in form Alex Childs taking out the trophy with 37 points. Ball comp. winners went down to 34 points. Nearest the pin on the ninth was taken out by Mike Introna and on the 17th Bart Joseph. Bart also took out the A grade longest drive with an absolute sizzler.

B grade was won by Dave Douglass and C grade was taken out by Alex Childs. On Sunday players also competed in a single stableford with the Sunday regular Greg Abraham winning the day with 38 points, one ahead of the normal early bird John Harris (37 points). Ball winners went down to Frank McKnight on 32 points. Nearest the pins went to Phil Amey (fresh from his trip to South Australia) on the ninth and Brian Searle on the 17th. Last Wednesday members played in the traditional stableford medley. With 38 points Steve Edgenton won the day from Geoff Glanville with 37 (on a countback from John Harris). Ball winners went down to Brian Searle with 31 points. Nearest the pin on the ninth was won by Frank McKnight with the 17th going to Roy Kerr. Finally congratulations to the course committee and Ben for the work being done around the course. Plenty of trees trimmed, bunkers raked (thanks Gaye) and less golf balls lost. There is plenty happening during the quiet winter months. Good golfing everyone and see you on the course.

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Cats dare to dream with finals firmly in sight The Australian Hotel Cooma Cats continue to do everything right to help their chances of playing finals football for the first time in over two decades. On Saturday, they demolished Ainslie in Cooma with a powerhouse display of football. The final score read Cooma 1719-121 to Ainslie 3-6-23. The win killed off any threat from Ainslie in the titanic tussle for the all important fifth and final spot on the AFL Canberra Division Three premiership table which saw the Cats, Belconnen and Ainslie all in the mix. With Ainslie taken care of and now unable to reach the finals, the battle for the fifth spot with just two rounds remaining comes down to Cooma and Belconnen. The Cats are two points, or half a game, clear of Belconnen on the ladder. Cooma play the lowly Gungahlin Magpies next week while Belconnen play competition leaders Goulburn Swans. Interestingly enough, the Swans have only lost one game this season - and that was to Cooma. On form alone, the Cats should have a win while Belconnen have a much harder task to secure the points in their game. If both sides win next weekend, a finals berth will come down to the last round of the season on August 10 which sees Cooma and Belconnen go head to head at Snowy Oval in what will be the biggest game of AFL in Cooma in over 20 years. It is the same scenario if the Cats

lose and Belconnen win this coming finals contender in 2013, his job is to keep weekend for the Cats will maximise their weekend. the team focused and not allow any easing chances in this historic year. But if Cooma win on the weekend and of the foot off the accelerator. First bounce is at Amaroo Oval in Belconnen lose, the Cats are finals bound Regardless of the scenarios, a win this Canberra at mid-day. regardless of the result against Belconnen the following week because of their two point advantage on the ladder . This weekend presents a danger game for the inform Cats. Gungahlin, playing for pride only, will be eager to spoil the Cats’ dream and will being doing everything possible to secure a home ground win after a disappointing season. For Cats’ coach Damien Asanovski, who has brought the Cooma side from perpetual cellar dwellers only a couple of years ago to be a real

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Can Cats break a 29-year drought? Can the Cooma Cats break a 29-year drought and win the 2013 premiership? They have kept their hopes alive with a good win last Saturday and are on track for the finals. See report page 34.

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