Eric Marsh, 71, is one of only fifteen intrepid sailors setting sail on a world-first adventure, the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR).
The 45,000km (28,000-mile) ‘round the-world' race starts in Antigua on 23 February, and is expected to take a year to complete.
Sailing solo and unsupported, the yachtsmen will pass through Panama heading towards Tahiti, continuing to Tonga, Fiji and Darwin before crossing the Indian Ocean to the Cocos
q Eric Marsh with his Globe 5.80 ready to sail the McIntyre Mini Globe Race, 2025.
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They then sail into the Southern Ocean around the Cape of Good Hope into Cape Town before making the Atlantic crossing to St Helena, Recife and back to Antigua in March 2026.
The race’s founding principle is an adventure in the spirit of renowned ocean sailor John Guzzwell who sailed around the world in “Trekka”.
Guzzwell’s book, “Trekka Round the World”, delivers his account of circumnavigating the globe aboard his 20ft 6in yawl, between 1955-1959.
Globe 5.80, the brainchild of Australian adventurer and sailor Don McIntyre.”
These small 5.80-metre yachts are home-built and designed to sail solo.
“When I found out McIntyre Adventures were planning to run a SingleHanded Mini Globe Race, starting on 23 February, I thought ‘this is for me’.”
He purchased his Globe 5.80 named “Sunbear” in the USA.
“This boat completed the 2023 Globe 580 Transit Race with the previous owner/builder, gaining a creditable second place.”
quiet times I’m sure I will have.”
With only days to go before he flies out to Florida to finalise preparations with “Sunbear”, Eric is facing his fears.
“I’m afraid of heights, that's about all,” he said.
“But I must admit we had one ocean race in 2012 where we were sailing double-handed, getting ready for the Melbourne to Osaka Race, and the fleet sailed into a very bad storm off the coast of Cape Otway - with winds reaching 65-70 knots and waves of around nine to eleven metres.
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“I read the late John Guzzwell’s book and found it very inspiring,” Eric told News Of The Area.
“To think he circumnavigated the globe in a small wooden boat that he built himself, over 60 years ago, with no GPS and all the tech things we have today, is simply astounding.”
Eric’s decision to sign up for the race was the result of following a fellow Aussie on social media who was building a wooden yacht.
“Watching the boat progress, I wanted to know more about it.
“The boat turned out to be the class
Eric is looking forward to, “being in touch with the many treats Mother Nature provides while sailing the vast oceans of the world; beautiful sunrises, sunsets, whales, dolphins and sea birds; and lots of new countries.”
On board, Eric anticipates being “busy sailing”.
“Checking weather systems, texting my boat positions to my wife/manager Brenda, chart work, sextant sights and generally keeping the boat sailing safe and fast.
“I’ll enjoy reading a good book, exercising, and also meditating in those
“That was scary.
“We said in the peak of the storm ‘that’s enough’ but we bounced back to sail to Osaka.”
Eric started sailing at the age of eighteen with his brother.
From small dinghies he moved on to several other types of vessels such as catamarans and “trailer sailers”.
Over the last fifteen years, his offshore sailing experience includes the Melbourne to Hobart as well as Sydney to Hobart races, the Melbourne to Vanuatu race in 2010 and the Osaka Cup double-handed yacht race in 2013.
q Coffs Harbour sailor Eric March is off to sail solo around the world.
q His boat ‘Sunbear’ (79) was built by Michael Moyer from California and took part in the Globe 5.80 Transat 2023.
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has broken its promise by delaying the creation of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP).
The plan is to merge 175,000 hectares of publicly-owned State Forest with existing National Park, to create a 315,000 hectare nature reserve in the Coffs Coast region.
North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) spokesperson Dailan Pugh, said that while the park might be declared soon, “we want to protect the whole 176,000 hectares (of State
Forest)”.
He told the crowd that NSW Labor has had the GKNP as a policy for a decade, yet proponents are still waiting 21 months after the party gained power.
Several times, the crowd chanted, “Hey Chris Minns, where’s our koala park?”
In the meantime, logging has accelerated across the proposed GKNP.
The independent candidate for Cowper Caz Heise told those assembled that “Australia is the only developed nation on the list of deforestation hotspots.”
She said governments
must stop subsidising logging, and deploy existing workers into jobs in plantations, restoring biodiversity or ecotourism.
Ashley Love, the initial proponent of the GKNP, said there could be as many as 30,000 koalas living in the proposed GKNP, and they can be effectively managed.
Federal Greens Senator Sarah Hansen-Young, said
q More than 200 people joined the rally in
that people care deeply about nature.
“It’s an international shame that we have to protest to protect these special creatures,” she told the crowd.
“In 2025, it’s time we ended native forest logging in this country.”
NSW Greens MLC Sue Higginson, said forests are the frontline against climate change.
“It’s about building healthy, functioning forests to absorb carbon,” she said. Ms Higginson said that with the possibility an announcement will be made soon, she hopes it encompasses the entire proposed GKNP. The office of Penny Sharpe, Minister for the Environment, was asked for comment.
q Senator Sarah Hansen-Young and MLC Sue Higginson spoke at the rally.
Coffs Harbour.
Conflicting science fuelling koala park debate
By Andrew VIVIAN
THE “we said, they said” arguments over the Great Koala National Park continue unabated.
Member for Oxley Michael Kemp, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, and Member for Clarence Richie Williamson - all Nationals MPsformally declared their opposition to the park in December, in line with their party’s position.
Mr Kemp has already shared his interpretation of the science behind the park’s creation.
“NSW koala numbers are stronger than activists would have us believe, and sustainable forestry provides much-needed habitat support while mitigating the dangers posed by fire,” he said.
He cites the work of
Dr Bradley Law, the NSW Government’s Principal Research Scientist in the Forest Science Unit of the Department of Primary Industry.
Mr Kemp said that Dr Law’s findings “challenge decades of political ideology and prove that sustainable forestry and koala conservation can coexist”.
finally gives us the facts: sustainable forestry is not the enemy of koalas, urban encroachment, extreme fire and disease is,” he said.
“This research
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Dr Law's research, which involved surveying over 220 sites, indicates that 60-70 percent of these locations were populated by koalas, far exceeding previous assumptions about koala numbers in forestry areas.
The research has been interpreted as showing that the koalas were unaffected by Forestry timber harvesting.
The study involved more than 14,500 hours of audio recorded over three years to measure the bellows of male koalas.
“SongMeter” devices were installed at 171 sites in the north-east, in many State Forests, National Parks and reserves.
“Koalas are surprisingly difficult to detect. They are
cryptic animals, especially in tall forests, yet their bellows echo through the forest at night during the spring mating season, making this new survey method particularly effective,” Dr Law said in the report, which was released in May 2024.
However, a report published in 2023 by Andrew Smith and John Pile, also based on a study of koala numbers and their response to logging, directly challenges Dr Law’s methods and earlier findings.
It indicates that male and female koalas are distributed quite differently within forest habitats.
The researchers argue that koala habitat modelling, mapping and impact assessment based solely on the monitoring of male koala calls, without additional consideration of female distribution
and abundance, produces erroneous results that are misleading and unsuitable for koala conservation and management.
Mr Kemp believes that Labor’s recent drone survey backs up Dr Laws’ research however, as it identified over 12,000 koalas living within the assessment area of the Great Koala National Park.
“It’s time they conduct similar surveys in National Parks to definitively prove whether responsible, sustainable forestry impacts koala populations at all.”
“Eighty-eight percent of our forested land in NSW is already unable to be harvested due to being held by National Park or protected for riparian, flora, or fauna regulations.
“We need to increase the size of State Forests as they are much better at managing land and much cheaper per hectare.”
q Oxley MP Michael Kemp claims koala numbers in NSW are ‘stronger than activists would have us believe’. Photo: Andrew Smith.
Weather extremes raise new climate alarms
By Andrew VIVIAN
WILDFIRES in Los Angeles, heavy snow in other parts of the US, floods in Saudi Arabia and heatwaves across Australia have all confirmed the fears of climate scientists.
The Climate Council, an independent organisation formed after the Abbott Government abolished the Climate Commission in 2013, says scientists have confirmed 2024 was the world’s hottest since records began.
It eclipsed the record set in 2023 and raises alarms that burning fossil fuels is leaving the planet “teetering on the brink” of breaking the 1.5°C barrier set by the Paris Agreement.
The Council says coordinated modelling and analysis produced by experts at NASA, the European
climate service Copernicus, the US weather service NOAA, the UK Met Office, Berkeley Earth and the World Meteorological Organisation has found that every year of the past decade is one of the top ten on record.
“These are not the records any climate scientist wants to see broken,” said Climate Councillor Professor David Karoly.
“When it comes to rising temperatures, rising sea levels and rising damage bills from ‘unnatural’ disasters, every fraction of a degree matters.”
A warmer atmosphere also supercharges rain events, like the flooding in Spain that saw cars swept through the streets and, closer to home, the flooding from ex-tropical cyclone Kirrily that became a disaster event in Queensland last January.
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and damaging and it’s not just climate scientists who are alarmed.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said a dangerous combination of “historic” winds and extensive drought created the “perfect storm” for her city’s raging wildfires.
Early this week, an open letter written by Anjali Sharma, Jess TraversWolf, Hannah Vardy and Daisy Jeffrey, urged the Federal Government to legislate a “Duty of Care” to young people and future generations.
More than 50 individuals and organisations signed the letter, including Lucy Turnbull AO, John Hewson, Craig Foster, Peter Doherty, Emma McKeon and Grace Tame.
Climate Council CEO
Amanda McKenzie said, “People worldwide have suffered through ten years of record-breaking temperatures, driving deadly heatwaves, ferocious fires and record breaking flooding.”
"We have started to make real progress. Our grid is
more renewable than ever, new EVs have hit the market at record rates, and we’ve just had a bumper year for big clean energy and storage projects.
“It’s time to draw a line in the sand and say ‘no more fossil-fuelled temperature records’.
Changes to water use a win for farmers fighting bushfires
THE State Government is removing some of the red tape that has prevented farmers fighting fires on their property and adjacent land.
During a fire emergency, a landholder can now use surface water and groundwater sources without a water licence or water use approval.
This includes streams, creeks and rivers abutting the boundary.
“Rules to protect the state’s water security are important but the fact is, when there is a fire, no one should need to stop and think if they are allowed to access water to keep themselves and their property safe,” Acting Water Minister Jodie Harrison said in a statement.
“This is a common-sense decision, and it is great to see
these amendments now in place for summer.”
The exemption has been made via amendments to the Water Management (General) Regulation 2018.
The water can also be used for training and controlled burning, and for testing equipment, but only when it is carried out under the authority of a firefighting agency such as the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS).
Landholders can also prepare for the threat of bushfires by taking water to store in a tank or dam for future firefighting purposes.
The maximum volume for each property is 100,000 litres (0.1 ML) per year.
The NSW Government will carry out targeted periodic surveys of landholders to understand how the
“Australia has everything we need for this to be the year we set records for all the right reasons, from climate ambition to renewable power [and] nature restoration to clean transport.
“We can clean up our energy system by the 2030s.”
q Farmers now have easier access to water to fight bushfires. Photo: NSW Government Water.
exemption is being used to identify the extent and scale of water use.
While landholders are not required to submit reports, they are encouraged to log the volume of water they
take under the exemption, for their own records.
Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib, said landholders play an important role in a bushfire response.
“[This] also includes a trial to make it easier for farmers to keep firefighting vehicles on their properties.”
Further information on the exemptions can be found on the NSW Government’s Water website at water. dpie.nsw.gov.au/our-work/ allocations-availability/ drought-and-floods/waterfor-fire-preparedness-andfirefighting.
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Mental health patients thrown 'under the bus'
By Savannah MEACHAM, AAP
AUSTRALIA’S most populous state is accused of abandoning mental health patients by failing to meet pay demands to retain psychiatrists.
The NSW government has conceded some 200 psychiatrists have resigned - about half the workforce - due to pay negotiations stalling and the growing pressure of staff shortages.
Health Minister Ryan Park admitted the mass resignation will have an impact across the system, not just on mental health patients.
However, the government will not agree to the 25 percent pay increase demand which Mr Park says adds up to an extra $90,000 on each salary.
Mr Park said the government simply cannot afford to pay the healthcare professionals so much.
"To have a wage increase of 25 percent on an individual who's earning multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars a year is substantial for any government of any political persuasion, and that is simply not possible," he said.
He has begged the state's psychiatrists to reconsider their resignations or any who are yet to hand in their notices to think again.
"Please don't do this, remain at the table, don't do this to patients, don't do this to the healthcare system that I know you love and
support, don't do this to your colleagues who I know you value and trust," he told reporters.
A health union said the government has refused to budge in pay negotiations that would help address the growing staff shortages, where one in three psychiatrist positions remains unfilled.
"Instead of dealing with the underlying problem of staff retention and attraction, the Minister for Health seems happy to throw mental health patients, the psychiatry workforce, and doctors in training in NSW under the bus," said Ian Lisser, acting executive director of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) NSW, the doctors' union.
The union said psychiatrists do not want to resign but have been left with little choice
when the government cannot match a salary given in other states.
"(Psychiatrists) have been working in a crumbling system for months, they have been telling Ryan Park the situation is untenable, and now they have been backed into the corner," Mr Lisser said.
As negotiations falter, NSW Health secretary Susan Pearce said the department has been putting contingencies in place for the mass resignation.
This includes engaging with private providers, speaking with the Health Direct service, looking at the Mental Health Line capacity and adjusting workforce models across the state.
However, Ms Pearce remains concerned that 200 resignations will significantly impact the state.
"Despite the plans that we have in place it is very difficult to overnight replace 200 psychiatrists," she said.
Shadow Minister for Regional Health Gurmesh Singh said regional communities are being left behind once again, with the Minns Government failing to secure the mental health services they desperately need.
“This mass resignation of psychiatrists will have devastating consequences for vulnerable people in the bush who rely on these critical services,” Mr Singh said.
q NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
Pollies sharpen pitch as pseudo-election campaign heats up
By Dominic GIANNINI and Tess IKONOMOU, AAP
STRUGGLING Australians are being promised more help as Labor pushes to "build Australia's future" while the Liberals pledge to get the country "back on track".
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has given a glimpse into the Liberals' campaign
mantra as the unofficial election campaign ramps up and leaders and senior ministers hit the road.
Mr Dutton criticised Labor's energy bill subsidy, branding it a "sugar hit" and said while people appreciated the support, it kept interest rates higher for longer.
He also criticised the government's handling of inflation and the economy.
The opposition leaderwho voted against the $300 energy rebate - remained
coy about what his party would offer voters at the federal election, which is due by late May.
"We'll do what we can afford," he told ABC radio on Monday.
"We'll manage the economy effectively and we'll make the decisions that will bring inflation down, interest rates down."
Mr Dutton also pledged more gas in the energy grid to cut prices.
He launched the campaign in the Melbourne
q The community is invited to celebrate Australia Day at Brelsford Park.
Australia Day at Brelsford Park
THE revamped Brelsford Park will play host to a community Australia Day party on Sunday, 26 January.
The full program of events is still to be finalised, but will kick-off with a free barbeque breakfast for all-comers from 8:0011:00am.
“There will be bacon and egg rolls and sausage sangers on the house –cooked for you by the Coffs
seat of Chisholm, which the Liberals are fighting to take back from Labor.
Victoria is seen as vital for his bid to land Australia's top job, as he eyes off seats to pick up after the Liberal Party went backwards in the 2022 election.
The "let's get Australia back on track" slogan replicated the New Zealand National Party's electionwinning rhetoric and has been likened to Donald Trump's "make America great again".
"What it means is that we want to help families who have really struggled
Harbour Lions Club,” Mayor Nikki Williams said.
“There will also be a swag of activities for kids and the young-at-heart, so keep an eye on the City’s Facebook page as these events are locked in.”
Australia Day activities will include ‘The Big Dig’ - a treasure hunt at Jetty Beach being run by David Bourke from Community Oosh Services.
This will take place on the southern end of the sand strip
under this government," Mr Dutton said.
After a week on the road across Western Australia, northern Queensland and the Northern Territory, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese convened his first cabinet meeting of 2025 with senior ministers in Canberra on Monday.
Health Minister Mark Butler criticised Mr Dutton for opposing the government's cost of living relief measures in parliament and not offering any policies in a signature campaign speech.
"It reflects this
toward Jetty Beach House, and will run from 1.30pm to 3pm.
More formal proceedings on the day will include a citizenship ceremony and the announcement of the City’s Australia Day Award winners at C.ex Coffs in Vernon Street.
“Hopefully the weather will be kind for a great day out for the community, with a mix of outdoor and undercover activities,” Mayor Williams said.
extraordinary arrogance that Peter Dutton thinks he can skate to victory at the upcoming election simply on rhetoric and sledging," he said.
Mr Butler criticised Mr Dutton for freezing the Medicare rebate during his tenure as health minister, during which he also tried to impose a $7 co-payment for people visiting the GP.
"(It's) a record that Australia's doctors described as the worst health minister in the history of Medicare," Mr Butler said.
q Anthony Albanese takes a selfie during a sod turning event in Perth. Photo: AAP Image/Aaron Bunch.
q Peter Dutton arrives at a Liberal Party campaign rally in Melbourne. Photo: AAP Image/Diego Fedele.
Vulnerable youth gifted art supplies
By Andrea FERRARI
THE “We Are Coast” creative agency fulfilled its 2024 mission by gifting young people across Coffs Harbour with art materials such as sketchbooks, pens and paints.
The agency’s mission was to spread the magic of creativity by supplying vulnerable children and teens in Coffs Harbour with art supplies that inspire imagination, growth, and expression.
Through their Creative Coffs Christmas Gift Drive, Coast called on the community to donate creative supplies such as sketchbooks, paints, brushes, pencils, graphic pens and posca pens, and the community answered.
“At Coast, we’ve always been passionate about nurturing creativity,” Creative Director Jena Hackett told News Of The Area.
“As the creative hub of the Coffs Harbour community, we know how much art can shape lives, offering both therapeutic benefits and an outlet for personal expression.
“For young people, especially those facing hardships, art supplies are more than just materials - they’re a pathway to selfexpression, healing, and growth.
“Whether it’s a blank canvas that invites new ideas, a sketchbook that captures dreams, or vibrant paints that bring imagination to life, the
gift of art supplies is the gift of possibility.
“The act of creating can be a powerful form of therapy, allowing kids and teens to process emotions, develop problem-solving skills, and gain confidence in their unique talents.”
Ms Hackett said that for many, it can even ignite a lifelong passion for creativity that leads to exciting career opportunities in the arts.
Coast went on to match the gifts donated.
“With these simple gifts, we aimed to brighten the holidays for local youth who may not otherwise have had
access to these resources.
“In doing so, we hope to inspire a generation of young creatives to explore their artistic potential and pursue their dreams.”
The team at Coast has long supported young people by offering work experience placements and participating in local school career days.
By providing local students with real-world insights into the creative industry, they hope to open doors and encourage them to see the possibilities of a creative career, as well as ensuring that every child and teen in Coffs Harbour has the
q Art gifts were donated, wrapped and given to local youngsters to inspire their creativity.
q Coast agency partnered with the Groundworks Youth & Family Hub at Blue Sky Community Services.
tools they need to explore their creative potential.
“It’s a small gesture that can have a big impact on their lives, giving them the means to create, express, and heal in ways they may not have been able to before.”
Coast partnered with the Groundworks Youth and Family Hub at Blue Sky Community Services, to ensure all donations were distributed to local children, teens and young adults.
Groundworks provides essential support services to young people in the Coffs
and Bellingen areas who are experiencing difficulties such as domestic and family violence, homelessness, and mental health challenges.
“Through the generous initiative of Coast’s Creative Christmas Gift Drive, and the active participation of the local community, these young individuals, many of whom are experiencing a range of vulnerabilities, will… be inspired to explore their creative potential,” BlueSky’s Program Manager for Young People and Families Sue
Community heroes to be recognised
THE winners of the annual Bellingen Shire Community Awards will be announced on Thursday 23 January at the Bellingen Memorial Hall.
The Community Awards serve as a platform to recognise the tireless efforts of local heroes who consistently contribute to the betterment of Bellingen Shire.
This event is an opportunity to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of individuals who selflessly show up every day to make a positive impact on our community.
Winners will be announced in the following categories: Citizen of the Year Award, Young Citizen
of the Year Award, Sport & Recreation Award, and the Home-Grown Heroes Award.
Council expresses its thanks to community members who took the time and effort to nominate deserving candidates.
“It was great to see the detail and effort that went into the nominations this year,” said Mayor Cr Steve Allan.
“It was a competitive and high-quality section of nominees, which made the judging very challenging –but rewarding.”
Attendees will enjoy light refreshments and live music by jazz trio Katie, Memo and Georgie Chorley.
“As an organisation, we have witnessed the therapeutic impacts creative activities can have on young people, by recording thoughts in journals, using visual diaries, unearthing, and encouraging artistic interests and talents, or just using art as a safe way of expressing emotions.
“The gifting of creative tools and materials supports young people’s wellbeing and demonstrates to them that people do care.”
Harbour, Nambucca Heads,
Currie said.
q Last year’s winners at the Community Awards.
Santa swaps sleigh for firetruck
By David WIGLEY
FESTIVE spirit burned brightly in Repton and Mylestom on Christmas Eve, as the local Rural Fire Service’s annual Santa Run delighted locals of all ages.
For 40 years, Santa has traded his sleigh for a firetruck, delivering gifts and Christmas cheer to the delight of families lining the streets.
The enduring tradition continues to grow in popularity, with residents turning the event into an unofficial festival of
community celebration.
Streets were alive with laughter and joy, as families hosted front-yard barbeques and friends gathered to soak in the spectacle.
For many, the event has become a cherished highlight of the festive season.
Repton Rural Fire Service
Captain Mike Ryan said the Santa Run epitomises the community spirit at the heart of the brigade’s mission.
“This year’s run was fantastic, and it’s always a highlight for everyone involved,” Captain Ryan said.
“We encourage our
Changed conditions at Ebor
MOTORISTS are advised of changed traffic conditions on Waterfall Way at Ebor to carry out pavement rehabilitation work at the Guyra Road intersection.
Work, which started on Monday, will be carried out from 7am to 5pm on weekdays, with no work on weekends or public holidays, and is expected to be completed by midMarch 2025, weather permitting.
Single lane, alternate traffic flow arrangements with a reduced speed limit of 40km/h will be in place during working hours.
newest recruits to join in because it’s one of those moments where you really see how much the brigade means to the community.”
Ryan praised the way the tradition fosters connection, noting the many street parties and family gatherings it inspires.
“There’s something magical about firetruck Santa handing out gifts, it’s guaranteed to make you feel Christmassy,” he added.
Amidst the festivities, Ryan also highlighted the critical role the brigade plays
during the bushfire season and issued a call for new recruits to join their ranks.
“With temperatures rising and the fire risk increasing over summer, we need more volunteers to help protect our community,” he said.
“Our brigade is one of the largest on the Coffs Coast, with over 70 members, two stations, and three firetrucks, but there’s always room for more hands.
“We’re here for the people we serve, and being part of this team is incredibly rewarding,” he said.
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q The Summerill family immersing in Christmas Eve with Santa.
q Repton Rural Fire Brigade on Christmas Eve ahead of the Santa Run.
‘Inform the Agenda’ in Coffs Harbour
ABORIGINAL and Torres
Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss will visit Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 21 January as part of the “Informing the Agenda” project.
The project seeks to collate and communicate the perspectives of First Nations peoples across Australia on the key issues affecting their lives, and to ensure Indigenous voices are elevated in national conversations relevant to the fulfillment of their human rights.
“This event provides an opportunity to inform the agenda of the Social Justice Commissioner, and to tell us what you think is required for a fair and just future for First Nations,” event organisers said.
Ms Kiss commenced in her role on 3 April 2024.
She has since embarked on a national tour to hear from First Nations people about how to move forward after the Voice referendum; how to progress and utilise mechanisms to realise Indigenous rights; what issues are most urgently in need of attention; and what
expectations First Nations people have of the Social Justice Commissioner role.
Members of the Indigenous community are invited to join the discussion at the Coffs Harbour Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) at the corner of Pacific
Highway and Arthur St, Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 21 January at 11:30am-3:00pm.
To register visit https:// events.humanitix.com/ coffs-harbour-informingthe-agenda-engagements-inperson-event.
Times Gone By: 2024 in review
By Karen FILEWOOD
CONTEMPLATION of the last twelve months brings to mind the ongoing issues of cost-ofliving pressures and debate on the use of land at the jetty foreshores, alongside other concerns which regularly appeared in the news. The ‘Times Gone By’ column was reminiscent of these themes throughout 2024 as it delved into the histories of the area’s businesses which helped define this community’s identity into what it is today.
Starting the year’s stories with a chronicle of the Coffs Harbour Co-operative Steam
Ship Company, its history demonstrates the level of prominence the port had reached in economic activity.
Since its inception, not only had the port facilitated statewide and international import and export of goods and produce by external companies but also supported a locally based shipping business which transported local people and goods along our eastern coast.
The economic significance of the port is also found in the following extensive series on the Coffs Harbour Butter Factory.
This history of the
factory and its founding organisation provided an indepth discovery of the many aspects of the establishment and operations of a sizable business which created and exported locally made products directly to market.
Despite significant setbacks it supported the local dairy industry by fostering strong relationships, invested in infrastructure and adapted when challenges arose.
The final story for the year then moved on to the thirty-year history of a small business in the form of a popular bakery entitled ‘The Sponge Place’ established by award winning pastry cook, WW2 bombardier and banana-grower Mr Jack Reardon in the mid-1960s.
While these stories reveal the remarkable resourcefulness, adaptability, resilience and creativity of local individuals and groups in establishing and maintaining large and small ventures, there remains all manner of fascinating histories of this area yet to be chronicled.
Now into its fifth year, the ‘Times Gone By’ column continues to bring the rich tapestries of the past to you, with the hopes it informs, inspires and entertains you well into the future.
q Katie Kiss is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
q NOTA history columnist Karen Filewood.
Sixty years since history-making wedding
By Andrea FERRARI
THE 60th wedding anniversary of Patricia and Darrell Davis was not just a diamond date for the couple in their early 80s.
Married at 3.30pm on 16 January, 1965, theirs was the first wedding in the St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Coffs Harbour, so it’s also an historic occasion for the church.
Special permission had to be granted by the diocese to allow the bride, June Patricia Heap from Woolgoolga, to
have her family minister from her hometown Richmond, Rev Bruce Gibson Logan, perform the ceremony.
Rev. Logan had just been transferred to the Armidale district and was a close family friend.
“Pat” was a Sunday School teacher at the Presbyterian Church in Richmond.
Darrell Henry Davis is a direct descendant of First Fleet convicts John Small and Mary Parker, whose children helped settle the Clarence River in the early 1800s, and the Hofmeier Family, who
are believed to have been the first Europeans to settle in Woolgoolga in 1882.
Remembering her wedding, Mrs Davis told News Of The Area that “it was an extremely hot, humid day.
“I do remember that both my bridesmaids took off into the church to get cool and left me with my aunt trying to fix my veil and train.
“So I thought, ‘I better catch up’ only for my aunt to fall at my feet as she was standing on my train, which didn’t help my laughing through the ceremony.”
Mrs Davis believes there are no hard and fast rules for a happy marriage: “you both just have to want to be together”.
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Community grant funding on offer
COMMUNITY groups across the Cowper electorate can now apply for Federal Government grants to upgrade and improve their facilities and resources.
Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan said $150,000 has been allocated to upgrade local community infrastructure through round eight of the Stronger
Communities Program (SCP) in the Cowper electorate.
Mr Conaghan is now calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from local groups to nominate priority projects.
EOIs are now open and must be received by one of Mr Conaghan’s electorate offices by 11pm on Monday 3
February 2025.
Mr Conaghan said the program provides a funding stream for things like hall upgrades, kitchen equipment, changeroom facilities and other smaller infrastructure projects that community groups often find hard to fund.
“This funding opportunity comes at an important time
for local community groups as they plan for future events and how they will support the community after a difficult few years,” Mr Conaghan said.
“We are looking for projects that make a real difference to the community and provide the most benefit to community and volunteer groups.”
Joking with NOTA, her husband said that, “being a Davis you just have to do as you’re told and stay in line as my father and three brothers all have done.”
Mrs Davis recalls their first date.
“It was the day I arrived in Woolgoolga where my parents had taken over the old original BP Servo. It was the long weekend in October 1962; I was a young and innocent seventeen-year-old.
“Darrell took me to the midnight movies in Coffs Harbour. Apparently he didn’t want any other local lads getting in first.
“Many of our dates were at the Coffs Picture Theatre and coffee house down at Park Beach.”
After their marriage, the couple, who initially lived in Woolgoolga, relocated to
Round eight will allow groups to apply for grants between $2,500 and $20,000 without matching funding.
“This particular round is designed to support volunteer and community groups which weren’t able to fundraise or have the means to provide matching funding,” Mr Conaghan said.
“While this is fantastic financial support for groups, it is important to note that
Brisbane’s southside.
After twelve years there, they moved back to NSW, living in Grafton for a few months then operating a service station general store in Broadwater before opening Sugartown Service Centre and operating the NRMA agency for 10 years. They then moved to Ballina for twelve years, owning Lennox Head Hardware, before finally retiring to Gulmarrad in 2005 where they still reside. Darrell and Pat have two daughters, Sharon and Julie, four grandchildren, Justin, Jake, Chantel and Luke, and one great grandchild, Warrul. For their 60th anniversary, Mr and Mrs Davis are celebrating with family and friends on a camping holiday in Urunga.
local governing bodies and organisations that fall under them will only be eligible to apply for up to 50 percent of the project costs and provide matching funding.
“I encourage local groups to visit my website www. patconaghan.com.au and lodge an EOI form by 11pm on Monday 3 February 2025.” Successful applicants will then be invited to complete a full submission.
q Patricia and Darrell Davis celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends in Urunga.
q The Davis’ wedding group outside the ‘brand-new’ St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Coffs Harbour.
q The newly wedded Patricia and Darrell Davis on 16 January, 1965.
years of friendship, marriage and “working side by side”.
‘Fluid Boundaries’ at Nexus
By Andrea FERRARI
“FLUID Boundaries” is an art exhibition opening at the Nexus Community Art Gallery at the Old Butter Factory in Bellingen.
Showing the work of Phil Greed and Ray Rixon, the exhibition will be opened by the local artists between 12pm–2pm on Sunday, 19 January.
This is their seventh collaboration.
colourful painting, ceramics and mixed media.
“Expressive mark-making [and] colour and light are touchstones linking diverse materials and forms,” the artists told News Of The Area.
Expansive, evocative, abstract canvases sit alongside exquisitely decorated sculptural ceramics - the products of painterly glazes and multiple firings.
While refined functional ceramic forms commune with
“This exhibition demonstrates our delight in ideas to be shared and explored; knowing this opportunity informs each other’s work in our chosen mediums.
“Our collaborative endeavours challenge and invigorate us.”
Speaking about the inspiration for the exhibition, Phil and Ray said that “Fluid Boundaries” is anchored in responding to the beauty, fragility and impermanence
of the transformative edge where water, earth and sky converge.
“Awesome, destructive elemental power can give birth to delicate beauty despite wreaking havoc on the natural environment and human habitation.
“We’re excited to invite locals and visitors alike to visit our show and start a conversation.”
The exhibition is on until 14 February.
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q ‘Transform’ by Ray Rixon.
q ‘Aftermath’ by Ray Rixon.
q ‘Narrow Neck Vases’ by Phil Greed.
q ‘Pandanus Form’ by Phil Greed.
Bellingen team collects landscape awards
By Andrea FERRARI
THE team at Bellingen based landscape design and construction company Now & Zen has brought home four medals from The Landscape Association (TLA) Awards in Sydney.
They are for specific projects and include gold for ongoing maintenance of a long-term client’s garden; two silver medals for residential construction and another silver for construction in the commercial and civil category.
Now & Zen Director Shannon Decker, paid tribute to the team for putting in the hard yards and for their skills in problem solving and
bringing clients’ dreams to reality.
He said winning gold in the maintenance category shows an ongoing commitment to their clients beyond the construction and handover.
“Everyone knows that a truly special garden is a long-term project, sometimes intergenerational,” he said.
Mr Decker said seasonal care is required as well as an eye for changes, safe passage around the garden and ideas for further enhancement.
This comes from having an intimate knowledge of the client’s garden.
“With this particular project, we adopted a Japanese influence for a cool climate garden with traditional plantings that bloom throughout the year.
“As part of ongoing development on the site, we created a minimalist Zen inspired courtyard.”
The owners report having a completely different experience in the garden depending on the day, season and the
position they happen to be exploring.
The two awards for residential construction include a challenging sloped site which required extensive retaining walls and steps, and creating a
waterscape and gathering place on a two-tiered garden, described as a “blank space”.
Mr Decker said the silver award-winning civil construction project was, “a huge one for us and had very
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particular deliverables” on a historic property.
Working on the retaining walls of the old property, the project involved excavation, extensive engineered concrete footings, and then handcrafting each individual piece of stone. Mr Decker has spent the last couple of years living, working and setting roots in the Bellinger Valley and surrounds, building homes and gardens.
9:30am - 2:30pm
q The Now & Zen team at the awards: Tim Rannaste, Ben Lane, Aaron Holmes, Jullian Nott, Tylor Vella and Director Shannon Decker.
Jim Hood’s swansong exhibition
By Andrea FERRARI
THE “Art of Parts” is the final exhibition from Bellingen artist Jim Hood.
It will be showing in the Studio of the Nexus Gallery in Bellingen from 19 January to 14 February.
“Unfortunately, this will be my final exhibition due to health complications,” he told News Of The Area.
“I have to downsize my lifestyle, so will no longer be creating the larger
objects made from resin or plaster as well as my multimedia assemblages.”
After an early career in architectural modelmaking, which included models of the Sydney Opera House windows, Jim secured a job as a model maker and sculptor at the Australian Museum in Sydney, making models of various creatures - great and small.
“This is where I learnt the art of moulding and casting, which I subsequently used in many of my works.”
Jim’s retirement to Bellingen provided him with time to pursue his own
creative whims and share his tips and techniques through workshops.
“I have very much enjoyed my association with Bellingen's Nexus Gallery over the last 22 years and will miss the many friends I have made there.
“It is such an amazing place to visit and in which to exhibit.”
This swansong exhibition includes captivating creations that lure the viewer in for closer inspection, and thoughtprovoking pieces.
Describing “The Cabinet of Curiosities”, a work in the exhibition, Jim said, “it
inhabits an old box and is filled with moulded and cast antiquities which sit on layers of various vintage papers.”
The miniature books are all individually made by the artist.
Also showing is “The Darwin Chimp”, a resin replica cast from an original 20th century bronze.
Jim’s attention to detail and ability to enchant makes the pieces things to pause and ponder over.
Every item in the artwork “Assemblage 2” for instance has been moulded and cast in resin.
“I like to make my replicas as realistic as possible so as to make them indistinguishable from the originals,” he said.
The exhibition opening will be at noon on Sunday, 19 January, in the Nexus Gallery.
“I will be there and would love to chat with anyone who is interested in my work.”
q Bellingen artist Jim Hood presents his final exhibition.
q ‘The Bridge’ by Jim Hood
q Jim Hood’s ‘Assemblage 2’. q Jim Hood’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.
q ‘Darwin Chimp” by Jim Hood.
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Bowling club supporting Coffs hospital
By Andrea FERRARI
PARK Beach Bowling Club continues to support Coffs Harbour Health Campus through club grants, recently donating $8000 to purchase life-changing equipment.
The funds were used to buy a new plinth for the unit’s gym and eagerly awaited Patient Communication Boards for the Rehabilitation and Stroke units.
The plinth is a multifunctional piece of equipment designed for strengthening exercises and specialised physical therapy.
It helps patients rebuild mobility and restores their strength.
The Patient Communication Boards improve interactions between patients, families and carers, facilitating a clearer understanding of treatment options, goals and staff roles.
Park Beach Bowling Club CEO Thane Duncan reaffirmed the club’s commitment to supporting community health initiatives.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with the Rehabilitation and Stroke units at Coffs Harbour Health Campus,” Mr Duncan said.
“The equipment funded by this grant will make a real difference to patients and their families, and we’re
honoured to play a part in supporting their care and recovery.”
Nurse Unit Manager Jennie Helisma expressed her gratitude for the club’s continued support.
“The generous contribution from Park Beach Bowling Club has once again made a significant impact on the services we can provide,” she said.
“The new plinth will enhance our gym's capabilities, and the communication boards will ensure our patients and their families feel informed and supported throughout their recovery.”
New patients continue struggle to find bulk-billing GPs
q People are paying more to see the doctor as the bilk-billing rate for new patients plummets. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS.
By Alex MITCHELL, AAP
FEWER GP clinics than ever will take new bulk-billed customers and out-of-pocket charges continue to rise, in data labelled concerning but not surprising.
Healthcare directory Cleanbill's annual survey of nearly 7000 GP clinics found Australia's bulk-billing rate had plummeted to 20.7 percent at the start of 2025, down from 35.7 per cent two years earlier.
Nationally, the average out-of-pocket cost for patients increased four per cent year-on-year, with the average charge $43.38 in 2025.
Remarkably, the study found no Tasmanian clinics
that would bulk bill a new adult patient without concessions, with that state also having the largest average out-of-pocket cost at $54.26.
Over Cleanbill's three annual surveys, every state has seen an annual decrease to its bulk-billing rate combined with an increase to the average out-of-pocket cost.
Cleanbill founder James Gillespie said the data made it easy to see why Australians with health complaints were increasingly opting out of seeing a doctor.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' patient experiences survey released in November found about 1.5 million people did not attend a GP with a health complaint due to cost.
"The data is absolutely concerning, but it's not particularly surprising… anyone who's gone to see a GP in recent years knows how few bulk-billing clinics
Reminders for region’s farmers
THE region’s farmers are being reminded of changes to the storage of firearms and the rules around summer weed spraying.
NSW Police is alerting gun owners to check the updated fact sheets on safe storage requirements, following recent changes to the Firearms Act 1996.
These apply to firearms and ammunition, and to paintball permit holders, and can be found on the NSW Police website at police.nsw. gov.au/online_services/ firearms/safe_storage.
Meanwhile, NSW Farmers' Agricultural Science Committee Chair Alan Brown, said that as property-owners prepare to tackle the spread of summer weeds, they
should remain mindful of several key precautions to avoid off-target spray drift.
This occurs when agricultural chemicals or vapour become airborne and drift outside the target area.
It can happen if chemicals are applied at the wrong time of day, or during the wrong weather conditions.
“Simple steps such as using the appropriate spray nozzle and spraying as close to the target as possible go a long way when it comes to preventing drift,” Mr Brown said.
“Monitoring weather
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remain and how high outof-pocket costs can be," Mr Gillespie told AAP.
"As bulk-billing rates continue to slide and outof-pocket costs continue to increase, it's unsurprising that more Australians than ever before are delaying or avoiding seeing a GP because of concerns surrounding cost."
Health Minister Mark Butler disputed Cleanbill's figures, which are considerably lower than the government's official bulkbilling rate of 77.2 percent in November.
Government figures show the ratio of all individual GP visits that were bulk-billed, compared with Cleanbill's study of clinics that would bulk-bill a new adult patient without concessions.
"Official data shows our record investment to strengthen Medicare has stopped the free-fall in bulk billing that was created under the Liberal and Nationals government," Mr Butler said.
"Every state and territory
now has more bulk billing, with the largest rise in some states which have historically struggled with lower rates of bulk billing (but) we know there's more to do to keep strengthening Medicare after a decade of cuts and neglect."
The federal government tripled bulk-billing incentives in 2023 for pensioners, concession card holders and children, meaning GPs received a $21 bonus in cities and almost $40 in regional areas.
Given that lifted rates, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners president Michael Wright said an increase in Medicare funding should be front-ofmind heading to this year's federal election.
"Medicare has been underfunded for decades… today's patient rebates don't come close to the cost of care, so people are paying more out-of-pocket, it's harder for GPs to bulk bill," he told AAP.
"When people can't see their GP or delay care due to costs, their health gets worse and they are more likely to end up in hospitals… that's bad for their health, and costs taxpayers more."
conditions regularly while spraying is also crucial. While we all want to get the job done, it’s vital that you stop spraying as soon as conditions
become unfavourable.
“Understanding the impact of new adjuvants and formulations of popular chemicals when selecting your spray mix is also essential to reducing spray drift.
Mr Brown said consulting an agronomist for the latest advice and continued vigilance was key to preventing damage to crops.
“Previous seasons saw significant damage as a result of off-target spray drift incidents, so it’s vital that we stay alert and take the relevant precautions.
“Failure to do so can have extensive repercussions on not just production and profitability, but livelihoods, relationships and communities - for years to come.”
Compulsory record keeping of pesticide use is required in NSW, with records to be made within 48 hours and kept for three years.
A sample pesticide application record is available on the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) website.
*If you have been affected by spray drift, report the incident to the EPA on 131 555 as soon as possible.
q Rehabilitation Unit Nurse Unit Manager Jennie Helisma, Occupational Therapist Gerard De Carle, Park Beach Bowling Club CEO Thane Duncan, Park Beach Bowling Club Chairperson Laurie Boekeman and Physiotherapist Tim Kuchel with one of the Patient Communication Boards.
One of the updated fact sheets on firearms storage in NSW. Image: NSW Police.
By Andrea FERRARI
Originals’
WOOPI Originals is a new event bringing musical talent to the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve Surf Club stage on Saturday afternoon, 18 January, from 3pm to sunset.
The show will be run by UMBL Music who also put on the Urunga Originals event that's been running successfully for a few summers now.
“The Originals concept is to create a place for the community to come together, along with emerging as well as established artists,” organiser Ahva Dub from UMBL Music told News Of The Area.
“At each show there are live original booked acts invited to play, as well as open mic slots [providing an] opportunity for budding musicians and visiting acts.”
Woopi Originals has been made possible through the sponsorship of the City of Coffs Harbour.
The event is free but attendees are encouraged to bring some cash to
q Matty-Devitt will perform at Woopi Originals.
tip the open mic performers.
Donation buckets will be circulated by the UMBL crew.
The lineup of prebooked acts features “the rockin' Matty Devitt Band, rootsy Pam Hata, chilled Rasayana Sacred Sound and indie fresh Kirra Hallum, and a fresh lineup of open mic artists”.
For open mic performers, there will be a full backline and sound system and operator provided, “just bring your instruments and lead and put your name on the blackboard”.
The audience is also encouraged to bring their own refreshments and a rug.
q Look out for Pam Hata performing at Woopi Originals.
A formidable real estate team
AFTER many years working in the industry, John Vickars says selling real estate is simply something he “thoroughly enjoys”.
Until recently John had spent the last thirteen years working for one of the large corporate real estate franchises on the Mid North Coast, as the senior sales agent and licensee.
When the principals retired and closed the business at the end of last year, John had no hesitation in starting his own agency, JVP Real Estate, and carrying on in the industry servicing his valued clients.
Long time friend and colleague Howard Nicholson shared the vision and immediately came on board.
John said it made sense to co-brand with @realty, who are rapidly becoming one of the most well-
known brands in real estate nationally.
They provide over 40 support staff and highend software processes to streamline line administration which allows John and Howard to get on with the business of
selling real estate.
John holds a whole suite of licences - Real Estate Agent; Stock and Station Agent; and accredited Auctioneer for Stock and Station, residential properties, and commercial.
John and Howard have
been a formidable auction team for many years and have a high success rate selling under the hammer. Most properties they sell are by private treaty with a price on them, but if
circumstances indicate that an auction is appropriate, John and Howard offer a highly skilled campaign for a very modest fee.
Contact John and Howard for all your real
estate needs.
If you are selling, they can organise an immediate appraisal and as their overheads are low, they can offer a very reasonable package of fees and charges.
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DAVID passes-away aged 65, leaving his second wife, Mary and his only daughter, Donna.
David did not have a will.
David and Mary owned a home jointly, worth $1.5 million and held joint bank accounts totalling $600,000.
These joint assets passed to Mary by way of “survivorship”.
David’s only other asset of significant value was an interest in a self-managed superannuation fund, worth $500,000.
Mary also has an interest in the fund and under the superannuation trust deed can control the distribution of David’s superannuation, which she intends to distribute to herself.
In the circumstances, Donna stands to receive nothing from her father’s estate.
She makes a claim and after a failed mediation, the matter proceeds to a two day hearing.
Donna’s lawyers ask the Court to “claw-back” the joint bank accounts and David’s superannuation into the “notional estate”, seeking an order that she receive a lump sum of $500,000.
Mary’s lawyers say that Donna should receive no provision from David’s estate on the basis that Donna received substantial gifts during David’s lifetime and she stands to receive a further inheritance from her grandmother.
The evidence reveals that David’s mother gave Donna $150,000 a few years ago and that at the time of the hearing, she was suffering from advanced dementia and unable to change her will, which gifts Donna an additional $100,000.
In assessing the parties’ financial needs, the Court hears that Mary and Donna both save relatively little on a monthly basis and that Donna, aged 35, has net assets of $100,000.
The Court accepts that Mary and Donna generally had good relationships with David, despite “ugly” elements of Donna’s behaviour after her father re-partnered, although the Court did not consider this to be “disentitling conduct”.
The Court states that it would not be appropriate to make orders regarding David’s superannuation but in “balancing” the parties’ respective needs, awards Donna $300,000 from the joint bank accounts and orders Mary to pay her an additional $100,000 within 12 months.
Email Manny Wood, Principal Solicitor and Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates at TB Law at manny@tblaw.net.au or call him on (02) 66 487 487.
This fictional column is not legal advice.
Seniors gouged on pool costs
DEAR News Of The Area,
I WRITE to you in regard to the pricing increase to the entry of Coffs Harbour War Memorial Pool.
This I believe to be completely unfair to pensioners in Coffs Harbour.
I noticed from 1 July 2024 my annual senior entrance fee has gone from $330.00 to $693.00 annually, almost a 100 percent rise.
How can one afford a price gouging of this much?
I have written to the Council about this increase.
The reply back: "The fee increase is greater for a small amount of people on 12 month membership as access to the facility
has increased with heating of the Olympic Pool making it a year round facility.”
For pensioners on fixed incomes using this facility I find this increase ridiculous.
We use this facility for our health and well-being.
Why should pensioners be forced to pay this increase to fund increased heating costs?
A very poor example of Coffs City Council not caring about the health of pensioners who contribute vast amounts to council rates directly.
I hope Council can see their way to a more moderate increase which is affordable for the residents of Coffs Harbour.
Regards, Don MCKENZIE, Coffs Harbour.
The truth about forest regeneration
DEAR News Of The Area,
WORLD-renowned Zurich-based scientist and ecologist Tom Crowther has recently been featured on ABC Television in an outstanding and revealing documentary "The Forest".
It tells the story of over two hundred collaborating scientists, a massive database, and a five-year project to understand the true potential of Earth's forested ecosystems to capture and hold human induced atmospheric carbon.
The study indicates that a staggering 226,000,000,000 (226 billion) tonnes of carbon could be captured and held by all forests around the planet, if they were encouraged by us and allowed to simply grow, and grow back.
NSW Forestry Corporation is aware of this, but just keeps on clear-felling our forests back down to dirt.
We understand that the long-lived practices of logging and agricultural expansion are entrenched within our communities, but to ignore the science, and the voice of the public, is to play a sort of Russian roulette with our future.
In the documentary, Australian Professor David Lindenmayer, a world-leading expert in forest ecology and biodiversity conservation says: "We need to focus our
DEAR Jasminda,
TWICE now during the holidays I have been beeped while waiting at the roundabout.
I have been driving for decades but I am always wary of roundabouts and sometimes completely change my travel route to avoid them. I think in both cases I was in the right.
Can you clear up the rules for me?
Gilly W.
Dear Gilly,
THERE are pages and diagrams on the NSW government website devoted to roundabout rules, but I find none of these as useful as the advice my dad gave me which was: 'treat everyone like a bloody moron, because half of them are; unless you can see the whites of their eyes, don't trust their blinker'.
In the holiday season, many people are still coming down off their rum ball/espresso martini high and don't have their wits about them.
|Some use their indicator in a very casual way and others don't use it at all.
You just can't trust that drivers are going to exit the roundabout before you enter it, and you could be in danger of being t-boned.
The main rule is to give way to traffic already on the roundabout, and this is all very well and good when motorists are driving in a calm and considerate manner, but it's not worth risking an accident entering a roundabout when cars are about to enter to your right and are driving at a speed that would cause a collision.
What should be a seamless and graceful glide around the roundabout morphs into a fist-shaking, hornhonking mosh pit in the Christmas holidays and extra caution is advised.
wood productions on plantations. We need to manage our forests for carbon storage, for water production, for tourism, for biodiversity. All of those key things because in fact, those things are worth more to the economy than turning our forests into wood chips and paper-pulp, which is primarily what happens in Australian native forests."
Ecosystems" is not a word that only "Greenies" use.
It is a scientific descriptor that represents an interconnected system of living things.
If you missed "The Forest" it is well worth seeing on ABC iView.
Regards, Mark MERRITT, Yarrahapinni.
DEAR News Of The Area,
AS a matter of interest, I was wondering why the NSW Government has had a Mobile Speed Camera operational in the same spot in Argyll Street, Coffs Harbour on 30 December 2024 and 11 January 2025, that I have dash cam recordings of.
Whatever you do, don't get agitated with the cars behind you and definitely don't exit your vehicle, stomp up to their car and administer the wind-down-your-window-andlet's-see-how-brave-you-are-thenyou-clown gesture, as tempting as that may be.
It's not worth the stress of an altercation and you really will be holding up the flow of traffic.
Carpe diem, Jasminda.
I thought the Mobile
cars were to be used in “Black
our roads and particularly during school holiday times.
Regards, Paul
Speed Camera
Spots” on
BAMFORD, Coffs Harbour.
OPINION & LETTERS
New Jetty bus zone
DEAR News Of The Area,
I REFER to last week’s letter from Zieta Hicks regarding the recently created bus zone in Marina Drive at the Jetty Foreshores.
This new bus zone takes away five valuable parking spaces from general use.
I, like many other locals, have been wondering about the invisible bus, where is the announcement from Council about this new service and where is the timetable displayed? Finally our questions were answered in the following post which appeared on Council’s Facebook page on Friday, January 10 at 2pm - after Zieta’s letter had appeared in NOTA.
“A new bus zone designed to improve bus access to the Jetty Foreshore has been established,” the post read.
“Following an approach by a coach company, the Local Traffic Committee supported establishing the zone on Marina
Drive on a six-month trial basis.
“The zone is expected to facilitate visitors travelling to Coffs Harbour on the Great Southern Rail, which has added the Foreshore and the markets as a point of interest.
“Established in early December, the zone is signposted and line-marked, and will be reviewed toward the end of the trial period.”
For the benefit of Council’s Local Traffic Committee, the Great Southern operates for three months only from December through to February.
It arrives in Coffs on Sunday midmorning and stays for only a few hours.
The Great Southern then returns on Monday evenings and the passengers are apparently transported by buses to a resort dinner venue.
On Sundays three local excursions are offered to passengers for three hours duration, one being a Jetty Beach
and market experience showing the recommended fitness level to participate as low.
Note that the maximum capacity of the train is 214 passengers, but only a limited number of passengers may choose this Jetty option.
Last Sunday, 12 January, the zone was used by one bus carrying 60 passengers and parking for a couple of hours.
How many people would use the five removed parking places in a week?
What we have is the loss of five valuable car parking spaces 24/7 so a private bus company can use the spaces for a few hours on Sundays only.
Council has restricted any comment on this FB post, so I must ask the Local Traffic Committee, via NOTA, the following question: While we welcome the Great Southern passengers, why take away five valuable parking spaces from all visitors and locals every day, all day and night, for six months to accommodate the limited number of Great Southern passengers who just might choose to travel by bus the short
More misrepresentation of facts
DEAR News Of The Area,
IN her letter "More fantasy than facts on forestry", (NOTA 10/1/25) Judith Kirwood writes, "Storing carbon in forests is critical to slowing climate change. Science shows that larger, older trees store the most carbon, not regrowth after logging."
This is a clear misrepresentation of the facts.
While it is true that large older trees store more carbon than young trees, they absorb less carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
As a tree ages its growth rate slows and therefore, its need for carbon reduces
The privilege of being Aussie
DEAR News Of The Area,
I FEEL compelled to make a comment about Australia Day in light of our High Commissioner to the United Kingdom not celebrating Australia Day.
As a migrant I was welcomed to this beautiful country.
We had our cultural Issues but we overcame them with incredible understanding from the local knockabout
Aussies including heaps of Indigenous people, many of whom are still great friends today.
My father always displayed the Aussie flag as we do.
We are so privileged to belong to this country.
I can not understand those people who are embarrassed by our good fortune.
Regards, Con VAN DARTEL, Sawtell.
The Big Screen
By Lindsay HALL
WE Live in Time heads the lineup of new releases this week, as well as testing to see whether summer audiences will favour a romantic comedy/tear-jerker.
Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in this tale of love and loss in which the conceit of the film is that the story unfolds in non-linear fashion.
Jumping from one time period to another and then back again can be a frustrating editing choice, and it is one that does not really benefit this movie.
The stars, however, do have great chemistry and screen presence, and their charm elevates an otherwise middleof-the-road script from playwright Nick Payne.
If you’re interested in the next big scare, Wolfman comes to screens from Universal and Blumhouse Productions, with Aussie Leigh Whannel directing.
Following in the formula that made 2020’s The Invisible Man such a hit, this new version of one of the classic Universal Monster films re-contextualises the titular monster as a family man who threatens his
loved ones when he falls victim to a terrible curse.
As The Invisible Man served as a metaphor for toxic masculinity and abusive relationships, Wolfman seems to be doing the same for domestic violence amongst families.
None of this makes it too high-brow for good, old-fashioned scares though, as there’s plenty of opportunities to jump out of your seat.
If you’re in the mood for the kind of film that causes real arguments, Emelia Pérez might interest you.
A Spanish-language film from a French production company, it is adapted from an operetta which was based on a book and comes to screens as a “musical crime comedy”- that sentence has made me dizzy.
In short, the premise finds a Mexican crime lord recruiting a lawyer to help him disappear so he can transition to become a woman.
That’s just the beginning of a film that really swings for the fences in terms of style, atmosphere and emotion.
It is aesthetically similar to films like Moulin Rouge, with elaborate musical set
and it absorbs less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
A young tree's growth is more rapid and requires more carbon, so it absorbs more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than an old tree.
Timber produced from old trees still stores the carbon it absorbed through its
distance around the corner from the train station to the Jetty area?
Wouldn’t these five much needed parking spaces serve many more visitors and locals if left as general parking to turn over all day, every day, thus allowing everyone to access the Jetty area at any time?
What an unwelcoming message to our visitors who recently went to enjoy the beach, restaurants or markets only to get a parking fine in this newly created bus zone which initially had limited signage and no road markings (markings were only painted on the road last week).
And, I agree with Zieta that, as a goodwill gesture, all parking fines issued so far should be cancelled or refunded and maybe an apology from Council wouldn’t go astray and hopefully the Local Traffic Committee should do a rethink about this six month trial.
Regards, Fran STEPHENSON, The Jetty.
lifetime.
Such a glaring misrepresentation makes me wonder what other distortion of facts her letter may contain.
I find resorting to such devious tactics to support an argument very disconcerting.
Regards, Wayne DUESBURY, Boambee.
Power of independent media
DEAR News Of The Area,
AS we reflect on 2024, it is a good time to realise how fortunate we are to have the News Of The Area.
The staff and journalists are to be congratulated on their dedication to keeping us informed about happenings in our community.
Many issues we would never come to hear about, whether they be political,
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The independence of journalists is evidenced in reports that present both sides of some controversies, reflecting an overall care and concern for our community.
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Keep up your good work into 2025.
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NEWS
pieces and big performances.
Does it work? That is the matter of much debate, as for every award nomination there has been a critic of some aspect of the film.
It is, however, a film that is designed for the big screen, and that will be the best chance you have at deciding whether it’s a film for you.
Sing Sing is the real gem from this week’s slate of releases.
A prison drama inspired by the real life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program, the film follows inmates of the titular correctional facility who find meaning and purpose in their efforts to produce a play.
Divine G (Colman Domingo) is a wrongfully imprisoned man seeking to create something special while he works to prove his innocence, but clashes with Divine Eye (Clarence Maclin), a hardened inmate who is slow to see the point of the art they are trying to create.
What has made this a remarkable production is that a number of the performers, including Maclin, are themselves former inmates of the prison and participants in the program - so Divine Eye’s journey of transformation draws on his real-life experiences.
A story of hope with no real villains, this is one that will linger in the heart.
Finally a film that is very hard to describe but I hope everyone will give a chance is Magic Beach, an adaptation of the children's book by Alison Lester.
With no real narrative the film blends several styles of animation and footage to create the fantastical adventures of children who spend their days at the Magic Beach.
Director Robert Connolly has crafted a film that is all about the experience of joy and delight that is unique to childhood. If you have the book on your kids shelf, take them to see this.
If you don’t… take them anyway.
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Coffs equestrian competing in Mexico
By Andrea FERRARI
COFFS Harbour equestrian Tehani Badke, 15, has been selected to participate in the CSI 2* Puebla International Global Amateur Tour’s (GAT) Mexico competition in May.
“With only 130 days left, the anticipation is building, and I’m filled with both excitement and a touch of nerves,” Bishop Druitt College student Tehani told News Of The Area.
“This will be my first time competing overseas, and it’s definitely a big step in my journey as a rider.”
The trip provides opportunities to experience the culture, the people and the food of Mexico but Tehani said she’s most excited about the opportunity to ride world-class horses and work with some of the best coaches in the sport.
“It’s going to be an incredible learning experience, and I’m ready to make the most of it and to absorb as much as I can, knowing this is a rare opportunity.”
The competition is unique in that every rider is assigned a balloted horse and will have four days to get to know that horse before the
competition begins.
“This is both exciting and challenging because in the horse world, it’s common knowledge that it takes about a year for a rider and horse to truly form a strong partnership.
“But the horses we’ll be riding are World Cup standard, and my job is to quickly adapt, ride to the best of my ability, and give the horse every chance to shine in the competition,” she said.
Since hearing of her selection Tehani has been preparing and working hard with coaches.
“One piece of advice that sticks with me is, ‘Hard work outshines talent when talent forgets to work.’
“It’s a reminder that no matter how talented you are, hard work is key to success.”
Another favourite tip: “Ride the horse you have on the day, not the one you had yesterday”.
“Horses are living beings, and each day can bring something different, so it’s important to adapt.”
Tehani said she is lucky to have the support of the Australian Olympic team Chef de Mission, Anna Meares.
Anna has shared advice on
dealing with jet lag, competing at altitude, staying mentally focused, and handling the challenges that come with being an athlete.
In Australia Tehani’s main discipline is eventing but in Mexico she will focus solely on showjumping.
“I’m looking forward to competing in four rounds, with heights progressing from 1.10m to 1.25m.”
Tehani turns sixteen a couple of weeks before she flies to Mexico.
She’ll be traveling with her parents and brother.
“I couldn’t be more grateful for their unwavering support.”
Tehani has always had a deep, instinctive love for horses.
“My mum’s side of the family has had a passion for horses for generations, and I’ve grown up surrounded by stories of the amazing horses they’ve known.
“My mum had me on a horse when I was just four weeks old, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
“Horses are incredibly special animals, and the connection I have with them feels both natural and learned.
“They have this magical ability
to understand and communicate with their riders in a way that’s truly unique, and I’ve been fortunate enough to form close bonds with many of the horses I’ve worked with over the years.”
Looking further into the future, Tehani’s goal is to represent Australia at the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane.
McTernan inspires Coffs swimmers
By Andrea FERRARI
COFFS Harbour native and Paralympic silver medallist Maddie McTernan has spent a few days meeting and competing in the city where her international swimming dreams began.
Participating in the 2025 Coffs Harbour Summer Splash Carnival over the weekend of 11 and 12 January, Maddie witnessed her young brother Ryan’s gold medal winning debut competing as a multiclass swimmer in the 50m Freestyle event.
Maddie won five gold medals.
“Ryan is like his famous big sister Maddie, also suffering from an intellectual impairment,” dad Paul McTernan told News Of The Area.
Ryan has autism, anxiety and ADHD and resides on the Gold Coast with Maddie and his family.
Maddie presented a signed framed photo of her Paris Paralympic games 2024 silver medal performance to her former
coach Eugene Brogmus at the event.
“Maddie is a racer, she gives everything in her performances,” Mr Brogmus said.
“It’s a testament to her hard work and dedication.
“I was also impressed with Maddie’s younger brother Ryan’s result too; it was great to hear the crowd cheer Ryan on.”
Maddie also signed autographs and had photos taken with fans, wearing her Paris silver medal.
One photo opportunity was with 17-year-old S19 Coffs Harbour Swim Club swimmer Amelia Moore.
Amelia became the club’s third female swimmer to represent Australia, competing at the 2023 Global Games in France and the Virtus Oceania Asian games in 2022 in Brisbane.
“It was fantastic to compete against Maddie on Saturday,” Amelia said.
“Maddie has been my inspiration, and she has always assisted me in achieving and following my dream
in representing Australia.”
Maddie is proud to be part of the history of the Coffs Harbour swim club.
“I have a lot of great memories growing up in Coffs,” she said.
“I am so grateful and appreciative to the kind support from the people of Coffs over the years.
“I’m inspired by athletes like Wendy Schaffer, who competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics at just 22 years old, and I hope to follow in her footsteps.”
Counting down to Mexico, Tehani is fundraising.
Search Tehani Badke on www. asf.org.au/.
“It’s great to see the new talent emerging in the club.
“When I started swimming for the club in 2014, I was the only multiclass swimmer in the club, now the club has many promising young swimmers coming through and I am happy that I inspire them.”
Mr McTernan spoke about the power of the circle of sport.
“Maddie and her fellow Para Dolphin teammates are now inspiring the next generation of
young swimmers coming through, giving back to the sport she loves.
“By participating every year at the Coffs Harbour swimming carnival, she is showing she has never forgotten her grass roots and where her dream started from.
“It was fantastic to witness Ryan’s debut on Saturday with his sister at the same carnival at the very same pool where Maddie’s amazing journey began in 2014, it’s a quite surreal moment for us.”
q Equestrian Tehani Badke competing on Dublin Lights.
q Swimming All Strokes Thursday afternoon swim squad members with coach Eugene Brogmus and Maddie McTernan with her silver medal.
q Coach Eugene Brogmus with Maddie and brother Ryan McTernan after they won six gold medals between them.
q Swimming All Strokes Friday morning squad members with coach Eugene Brogmus and Maddie McTernan.
q Maddie McTernan with Coffs Harbour Swimming Club S19 Para swimmer Amelia Moore.
Soggy return for Sixers Cricket League
By Aiden BURGESS
DESPITE last weekend’s wet weather, two matches of the Sixers Cricket League season went ahead, with players returning to the field after their Christmas/New Year break.
Nana Glen Lizards White had a four wicket win against Coffs Colts
Cricket Club, in their second-grade match at Forsyth Park.
The Colts won the toss and elected to bat, and finished all out for 82 after 31 overs.
Tom Craig was the pick of the Lizards’ bowlers taking 3-7 from six overs.
Jason Yole dismissed both Colts openers, taking 2-19 from
five overs, with Matthew Dagger taking 2-9 from five overs and Beau Guthrie taking 2-13 from five overs.
Chasing 83 for victory, the Lizards chased down the target after 27 overs.
Eric Higgins top scored with 32, Nicholas Benn took 2-12 from eight overs for the Colts and
Solomon Walker took 2-17 from four overs.
Sawtell had a 72-run win against Bellingen/Dorrigo Cricket Club in their third-grade match at Urunga.
Sawtell opened the batting and posted 6/188 from their 40 overs.
Sawtell opener James Karrasch finished on 69 not out, Ben de
Groot was next best with 42.
Bellingen/Dorrigo captain Matthew Bryant took 2-22 from eight overs, Lee Bailey took 2-31 from eight overs.
Chasing 189 to win, Bellingen/ Dorrigo were bowled out for 116 in the 26th over.
Scott Llewellyn top scored with 41 off 23 balls, Ransom Lambert took 4-22 from 7.1 overs for Sawtell, and Elijah Carle took 3-8 from five overs.
Coffs cricketers to represent the region
By Aiden BURGESS
COFFS Harbour’s representative cricket teams are in action this weekend for the third round of North Coast Cricket Council’s Inter-District competition.
The Opens teams for Sixers Cricket League - Coffs Harbour play host to Clarence River Cricket Association on Sunday at Fitzroy
Oval.
Valleys Cricket plays host to Lower Clarence Cricket Association on Sunday at Phillip Hughes Oval.
The top two teams after the third and final round qualify for the grand final on Sunday, 2 February.
The Coffs Harbour representative side have yet to
take the field in this season’s one day competition, having received a forfeit and having had a washout.
Coffs Harbour’s Over 40s InterDistrict side are also in action this weekend when they play host to Clarence River at Richardson Park.
The Coffs side went down by six wickets to Valleys Cricket in their first game, before their second match was washed out.
Valleys Cricket take on Lower Clarence on Sunday at Richardson Park.
Coffs Harbour’s junior representative teams play their third-round matches on Sunday, 9 February.
The Under 16s, Under 14s, and Under 12s teams take on Clarence River Junior Cricket Association in South Grafton.
The grand finals will be decided on Sunday, 16 February.
Coffs Harbour Under 16s and Under 12s teams sit at the top of the ladder having won both their opening two matches.
NORTH Coast Cricket Council’s Inter-District T20 competition, scheduled to be played in Coffs Harbour last weekend, was postponed due to the wet weather.
Cricket season resumes after rain affected round
By Aiden BURGESS
AFTER last week’s round was abandoned, Coffs Harbour cricketers return to the field this weekend for the resumption of the Sixers Cricket League's first grade season.
The scheduled two-day matches have now reverted to one day matches in Coffs Harbour and
Woolgoolga.
The ladder leading Nana Glen Lizards take on the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels at the Wiigulga Sports Complex.
The Lizards will be going for their fifth straight win, while the Rebels are aiming for their second win of the season.
The Lizards had a seven-run win
when the sides last played in Round 3.
The Coffs Colts host Sawtell Cricket Club at Fitzroy Oval.
The Colts have won two of their past three matches this season, while Sawtell tries for their second win of the season.
The two sides are yet to meet this season after their Round 3 match
was abandoned.
Sixers Cricket League’s second, third, and fourth grade seasons also continue this weekend with Round 11 matches.
5. Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels. 10 points. 1 win. 3 losses. 1 no result. 2 byes.
Axemen and Magpies return to senior footy
By Aiden BURGESS
BELLINGEN Valley/Dorrigo
Magpies and the Orara Valley Axemen are preparing to make their return to senior rugby league.
The two clubs will return to the field as part of this year’s Hastings District Rugby League competition.
The Axemen and Magpies will feature in the Northern Division during the 2025 season, along with the Bowraville Tigers, Lower Macleay Magpies, and South West Rocks Marlins.
The Southern Division will feature seven teams.
The Axemen last played senior rugby league during the 2022
Bellingen Diggers Swimming Club
By Lois LANE
9.1.25
THERE were ten swimmers tonight.
RACE 1 $ 75m Freestyle
There was one bust in this race, Sue Crossley taking two seconds off her time.
HEAT 1 Peter Allison came from behind coming first and in second was Elizabeth Casey.
HEAT 2
Jill Williams held on by a fingernail coming first, closely followed by Mike Navin and in third was Paul Sheridan.
HEAT 3
Amanda Vockler swam like wild fire coming first, and in second was Andrew O’Keeffe.
Group 2 Rugby League season, where they finished runners up.
The Magpies last played in the Group 2 competition in 2023.
Axemen president Stevan Cetinich was looking forward to seeing the green and gold taking the field once again.
“I think the Orara Valley community loves footy, but we just don't have the population at the moment to sustain four grades in Group 2,” he said.
“This will allow us to continue with footy out there and still provide role models for the juniors.”
While they will be playing in a different league, he said the Axemen would run up against some familiar faces.
FINAL
There were two busts in the final, Mike Navin taking one second off his time and Peter Allison taking two seconds off his time.
Amanda Vockler glided into first and in the money.
RACE 2 25m Freestyle
There was one bust in this race, Andrew O’Keeffe taking one second off his time.
HEAT 1
Peter Allison held on by the skin of his teeth coming first, in second was Amanda Vockler and in third was Jo Brotherton.
HEAT 2
Sue Crossley swam like grease lightening coming first, in second was Paul Sheridan and in third was Jill Williams.
HEAT 3
Julie Cornall swam it was nobody else’s business coming
“It'll be a nice change, and there's also a bunch of players we have played with and against over the years, through rep footy and players coming up here to play,” he said.
“There are a few players at South West Rocks that played for Orara years ago, plus Bellingen will surely have players we have played before as well.
“It should be great fun.”
The Hastings District Rugby League is a community rugby league competition, and features amateur teams from smaller towns around the Mid North Coast.
It runs as a community competition similar to the Barwon Darling Rugby League and the Western Riverina Community Cup.
first and in second was Mike Navin.
RACE 3 25m Backstroke
There were two busts in this race, Jo Brotherton taking one second off her time and Julie Cornall taking two seconds off her time.
HEAT 1
Peter Allison swam like a bat out of hell coming first and in second was Elizabeth Casey.
HEAT 2
Sue Crossley had her windmill arms on coming first, in second was Jill Williams and in third was Mike Navin.
HEAT 3
Amanda Vockler had a smooth swim coming first and in second was Andrew O’Keeffe.
RACE 4 50m Breaststroke
There were three busts in this race, Sue Crossley taking one second off her time, Amanda
q Orara Valley Axemen are returning to senior footy this season.
The Hastings League was established in 1920 as a rugby league competition on the Mid North Coast.
The competition partnered
with the Group 3 Rugby League in the 1990s as the Group 3 Saturday League, but has since returned to the Hastings League name and remains separate from Group 3.
SPORTS RESULTS
Vockler taking nine seconds off her time and Julie Cornall taking thirteen seconds off her time.
HEAT 1
Jo Brotherton used her froggy legs coming first in second was Peter Allison and in third was Elizabeth Casey.
HEAT 2
Jill Williams swam for her life coming first, in second was Paul Sheridan and in third was Mike Navin.
HEAT 3
Andrew O’Keeffe showed them how it was done coming first.
A great night had by all, come and join us for some fun and laughter on Thursday night at 5.15.
We would like to thank our sponsors, IGA, The Bellingen Providore and Fullers Fresh
Mid
By Colin CUTT
TUESDAY, 7th January, 2025, 60 golfers competed in a single stableford at Nambucca Island Golf Club in excellent golfing conditions.
A Grade: Winner – Stephen Arnold 36, 1st runner-up Wilfred Randall 35, 2nd runner-up Michael Howard 34 c/b, 3rd runner-up Brad Nesbitt 34 c/b.
B Grade: Winner – Lionel Goodacre 41, 1st runner-up Steve Ward 40, 2nd runner-up Martin Turner 38, 3rd runner-up Anthony Grebert 37.
NTP’s: 5th Wilfred Randall, 8th Brad Nesbitt, 13th Ross Donnelly, 18th Steve Ward. Ball run to 32 pts.
North Coast Veterans Golfers Association
Coffs Harbour Rifle Club
By Geoffrey HART
JANUARY 08 - Howard St Rimfire Range. The 90m Field Class match was conducted with 28 participants. Master Grade: Joel Coffs Table Tennis Results
By Dale ALLEN
FRIDAY 10th January, 2025
Division 1
Will Fang d Lachlan Dierkx
3/2, Troy Prystasz d Paul Hendriks 3/0, Reece Baker d Lachlan Dierkx 3/1, Will Fang d Paul Hendriks
Sawtell Golf Results
By Janet O’DOWD
7/1
MEDLEY Stableford A: Oliver Brearley 40, Kevin Riddell 38c/b, Jacob McArdle 38c/b. B: Dennis
Urunga Men’s Veterans Golf
By Ross HARDAKER
JANUARY 13
Single Stableford. 33 players contested today’s event.
Winner, with 41 points, John Anselmi , 2nd Bob Jones 38, 3rd Kim Michelsen 37.
Run-down Tom Cornelius 39, Warren Rawlings, Paul Bastick 36, Jock Howarth, Dave Baldock 35, Lawrie Renshall, Grant Cardow 34. Bradmans Tony Shields 25. NTPs 3rd Dave McGilvray, 9th Wozz Rawlings, 18th Peter Drysdale.
Longest Putt Bruce Parker. Slab Winner Bruce Parker. Good roll up today boys. See you all next week.
Sawtell Bowls Results
By Geoff HAMPSON
WEDNESDAY Men’s Social Bowls
8/1/25
R Williams, B Clugston, B Fitzpatrick DEF W Collins, G Peel, A Pyke P Bird, W Vaughn, N Lamond
Walker 97.7, Bruce Hartmann 94.8, Daniel Finlay 92.6, Jake Buckley 78.1, A Grade: Noel Furness 90.3, Phillip Payne 90.3, Johan Greyling 84.2, Geoff Slattery 78.5, Jessica Hancock 74.1, B Grade: Cherelle Steinhardt 63.3, Jonathon Mackay 56.1, C Grade: Jeffrey W 84.1,
3/0, Reece Baker d Paul Hendriks
3/0, Will Fang d Troy Prystasz 3/0, Reece Baker d Troy Prystasz 3/1, Lachlan Dierkx d Paul Hendriks
3/0, Reece Baker d Will Fang 3/1, Lachlan Dierkx d Troy Prystasz 3/2. WINNER: Reece Baker from Will Fang.
Division 2
George Ruaporo d Terry Baker 3/1, Bo Zhang d King McKie 3/0,
Shields 42, Luke Smith 39c/b, Jackie Chapman 39. C: Dennis McCann
38c/b, Geoff Pratt38, Morgan Peen
37c/b. Balls to 34c/b. NTP 7 A: Andrew Dent, B: Stephen Thompson, C: Malcolm Sim. NTP 11 A: Max Neal, B: Kyle Banks, pro pin Morgan Peen
Woopi Monday Vets Golf
By Shirley STRAUCH
MONDAY 6th. Janueary 2025 33 starters
Winner Ron Litherland 29
R/U c/b Geoff Thompson 2nd. R/U Dick Cooper 32 NTP 11th. Chris Robinson Di Richards NTP 12th.Graeme Geyson NTP 15th. John Ragan Di Richards
Putting Geoff Thompson 14
Frank Garth made it back to back wins by taking out the NAGA & Laura Armstrong got the Frog with 25 putts
Ron Litherland got a birdie on the 10th. & John Ragan got one on the 15th
DEF P Roach, D Bond, W Meadows
J Chapman, G Hampson, P Warby DEF I Maderic, P Newling, G Campbell
P Paunovic, K Sharman, M Flint
DEF T Brooks, R Cridge, A Taylor
M Hastings, A Vivian, M Aujard
DEF N McClelland, R Petterson, P Weir
T Lauvell, J Leak, B Blight DEF K
Golfing showcase
More than 130 of the world's best female golfers will battle it out on the greens, with a lucrative $500,000 prize purse up for grabs.
Co-sanctioned by the Women's Professional Golf Association Tour of Australasia (WPGA) and the Ladies European Tour (LET), the 72hole championship will carry immense prestige and draw elite athletes from across the globe.
Entries opened recently and already several international stars including 2024 LET Player of the Year, Chiara Tambourlini of Switzerland, and 2023 Race to Costa Del Sol winner, Trichat Cheenglab of Thailand have put up their hand to tee-off at Coffs in eight weeks.
Matthew Mawby 70.1, Danny W 70.1, Jarrod Loveday 69.4, Cooper Finlay 67.0, Matt Miller 62.0, Mitch Upton 51.1, Sam Atkinson 43.1, Cain E 43.0, Sineidin Mackay 33.1, Wendi H 25.0, Visitors: Mia Greyling 83.1, Aaron Drayton 62.1, Linda Stoen 54.0, Alan Shafto 52.2, James
Tim Garrad d Terry Baker 3/1, Bo Zhang d George Ruaporo 3/0, Bo Zhang d Tim Garrad 3/1, George Ruaporo d King McKie 3/1, Tim Garrad d King McKie 3/1, Bo Zhang d Terry Baker 3/0, George Ruaporo d Tim Garrad 3/1, King McKie d Terry Baker 3/0. WINNER: Bo Zhang from George Ruaporo.
Division 3
David McGrath d Nick Jankovic
8/1 Medley Stableford Rhonda Cooper 40, James Atkin 38, Kate Thornborough 37. Balls to 34 9/1 Play 9 Oliver Brearley 23, Andy Gibson 22. Balls to 21 10/1 Medley Stableford Anthony Zullo 36
MONDAY 13th. January 2025
30 starters
Winner John Dwyer
30
R/U c/b Sue Kempnich
2nd. R/U Carol Taylor
NTP 11th. Geoff Thompson
Sue Kempnich
NTP 12th. Gary Richards
Laura Armstrong
NTP 15th. Geoff Thompson
Sue Kempnich
Putting John Dwyer
11
The NAGA went to Mark Ashcroft with 44 & Carol Taylor got the Frog with 24 putts.
Congrats to all
The sole birdie went to Geoff Thompson on the 11th
Last year we donated $800 to Riding For The Disabled & $400 to Surfing For The Disabled.
Raymond, M Cutts, J Murtas
R Mitchell, C Christian, P Cook
DEF G Hitchen, R McLennan, S Wilkinson
J Urge, J Richardson, A Williams
DEF R Smithers, T Lincoln, J Rice
T Mitchell, P Collins, B Martin
DEF
D Frost, G Fisher, N Sillar
N Wong, D Anderson, L Preston
DEF M Gibbons, A Jones, W Kellam
Coast.
A number of local hopes have also entered, including NSW star Kelsey Bennett from Mollymook, who is embarking on her rookie season on the LET as well as Kirsten Rudgeley and Maddison Hinson-Tolchard from Western Australia.
This will not be the first time the Coffs Harbour Golf Club has hosted a Ladies European Tour event.
In 2018 the Coffs Harbour Golf Club, which prides itself on its "big city standards with friendly small-town charm”, was the venue for the Women’s NSW Open won by England’s Meghan MacLaren.
But it's not just about the elite level competition.
The Australian Women's Classic offers a golden opportunity for players, their families, and supporters to explore the beauty and charm of the wonderful Coffs
Haman 44.2, Blair McKay 29.0
The 50m F-Class match was conducted with 18 participants. Cherelle Steinhardt 197.11, Jessica Hancock 197.9, Noel Furness 196.13, Cooper Finlay 194.9, Joel Walker 193.8, Johan Greyling 191.7, Jeffrey W 191.6,
3/2, Char Berglund d Lulu Zhang 3/2, Sharee Tampleton d David McGrath 3/1, Char Berglund d Nick Jankovic 3/2, Char Berglund d Sharee Templeton 3/1, Lulu Zhang d Nick Jankovic 3/0, Lulu Zhang d Sharee Templeton 3/2, David McGrath d Char Berglund 3/0, Nick Jankovic d Sharee Templeton 3/1, Lulu Zhang d David McGrath 3/0. WINNER: Lulu Zhang from Char
Daniel Finlay
172.0, Aaron Drayton 169.0
Berglund. Division 4
Franco Vicario d Dominic Arjona 3/0, Boyd McGregor d Ryland McDonough 3/1, Dominic Arjona d Ryland McDonough 3/1, Franco Vicario d Boyd McGregor 3/2, Franco Vicario d Ryland McDonough 3/0, Boyd McGregor d Dominic Arjona 3/2. WINNER: Franco Vicario from Boyd McGregor.
11/1 Stableford Oliver Brearley 40, Kurt Stevens 38c/b, Max Neal 38c/b, Chris Hyland 38c/b, Luke Johnson 38. Balls to 34c/b. NTP 7 A: Aaron Byrnes, B: Charles Bevan, C: Luke Johnson. NTP 11 A: Oliver Brearley (pro pin), B: Stephen Gee, C: Ian Malley Ladies 9 hole Linda Rankin 19c/b, Sonya Rogers 19. NTP Margaret Gill 12/1 Medley Stableford Stephen Harrod 44, Ian Kenny. Balls to 32c/b
Park Beach Bowling Club By Bruce WORBOYS
2025 ALAN Buchan Fours Champions
TEAM: B. Crotty, A Lowe, R. Mickel, R. Riddle
1ST PLACE
WINS. 5 Ends 43 TOTAL POINTS 143 Margin +55
Sawtell RSL Snooker Club By
Ken MASON
TUESDAY 7 January 2025
FRIDAY Mixed Social Bowls 10/1/25
J Chapman, M Anderson, Kev Taylor DEF L Read, M Anderson, M Sharpe
K Colley, G Fisher, S Sillar DEF T Wright, M Flint, B Meadows
P Paunovic, M Friend, N Wong
DEF K Sharman, E Nicolaou, C Christian
For those unable to attend in person, the event will be broadcast live, showcasing both the club and region while bringing excitement to fans across Australia.
Whether watching from the gallery or tuning in from afar, you won't want to miss a moment as these elite athletes compete for glory on the international stage.
Golf NSW Chief Executive Officer Stuart Fraser expressed enthusiasm for the tournament's new host venue on the NSW midnorth coast.
"Golf NSW, with the support of the NSW Government, is thrilled to bring the Australian Women's Classic to a fabulous venue like Coffs Harbour Golf Club,” Fraser said.
"It will be exciting to watch
Main Draw Winners: - John Cornell - R/U Bernie Couzens Consolation Winners: - Tony Gauci - R/U Dan Maric (Visitor)
T Brooks, R Cridge A Taylor DEF
A Wagstaff, W Vaughn, D Anderson
K Lewis, P Roach, G Campbell
DEF J Flynn, G Flynn, L Preston
T Karam, M Sillard, J Urge DEF P Covington, D Frost, N Sillar, G Hampson, N Elford, Ken Taylor
DEF P Bird, B Hamilton, F Sharpe
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CHALMERS
Keith James
June Miriam Sellings
Passed away on the 9th January 2025 at Legacy on Victoria. Late of Coffs Harbour.
Dearly beloved wife of Morral for 67 years. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Warren & Kerry, Karina & Frank, Brad & Vickie. Proud Nan of Amy, Bianca, Tegan, Kelsey & Brandt. Treasured Old Nan of Ivy, Florence & Emmett.
Aged 90 Years
Forever in our hearts
Cherished always
A private family ceremony was held for June, followed by interment in the Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery, Karangi.
VICTOR RULLIS
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9th January 2025, passed away peacefully at Calvary The Brelsford. Late of Nana Glen, formerly of the Northern Beaches of Sydney and Goondiwindi. Loved by Jacqueline Chalmers and Anna Wutte. Loving father and father-in-law of Pamela & Anthony ‘Tony’ Schaefer and Ralph & Vanessa Chalmers. Cherished grandfather of Joshua, Mimi, Luke and Kye (dec’d). Loved by Bill & Judy (dec’d) Thompson, Trina Schaefer, Steve, Raymond and the Storey and Klazema families.
Aged 83 Years
Loved The Land, Loved The Sea Loved The Holy Spirit A Gentle Soul Was He Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Keith’s Funeral Service to be held in Harbourside Presbyterian Church, Coffs Harbour on Monday 20th January 2025 commencing at 2.30 pm, thence for private cremation at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.
Keith’s Funeral Service will be live streamed on Keith Logue & Sons Facebook page.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
Beryl Crosland 13th January 2025
Passed away peacefully at Coffs Harbour Grange Care Community. Loved by Barry, Janine and Stephen. Aged 91 Years At Peace
Relatives and friends are warmly invited to attend Beryl’s funeral service to be held TODAY, Friday 17th January 2025 at 3pm in the LifeHouse Uniting Church, Bonville St, Urunga. Thence for interment within Urunga Cemetery.
VICTOR RULLIS FUNERAL SERVICES
(02) 6651 5007 www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au
SWEENEY
Gregory George ‘Greg’
12th January 2025, peacefully at Coffs Harbour Health Campus, late of Coffs Harbour, formerly of Wollongong. Dearly beloved husband of Margaret. Loving father and father-in-law of Glen & Sharon and Nathan & Yupin. Cherished poppy of Clinton, Jecinta, Tiarne and Kaitlin. Adored great-poppy of Zayne, Jorja, Sullivan and Opie.
Aged 85 Years
Forever In Our Hearts
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Greg’s Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Monday 20th January 2025 commencing at 10.00 am.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
Dennis Ross Johnston 6th January 2025
Passed peacefully at Mater Christi Aged Care, Toormina. Late of Sawtell. Much loved husband of Lucy (Siew) Johnston. Father of Siew Neale and Shane Johnston. Father-in-law of Linda Johnston. Loved Poppy (Pop) of Brady Neale, Kyle Neale, Ty Johnston, Letisha Johnston, Mason Johnston and great-grandfather to Levi Neale. Son of Carl and Eileen Johnston (both dec). Brother of Keith (dec), Shirley Wilson and Margaret Wright. Brother-in-law of Ruth Johnston, John Wilson (dec) and John Wright (dec). Sadly missed by friends and extended family.
Aged 85 Years At peace after a courageous fight. Relatives and friends are warmly invited to attend Dennis’ funeral service to be held on Friday, 24th January 2025 at 10am in the chapel of the Coffs Harbour Crematorium, Coramba Road, Karangi. You are then invited to a wake to celebrate Dennis’ life (details to be advised during the service). For livestreaming details, visit the Victor Rullis Funerals website.
VICTOR RULLIS FUNERAL SERVICES
(02) 6651 5007
www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au
LANG, Carole Ann
11th January 2025, peacefully passed away with her devoted husband and children by her side. Late of Korora, formerly of East Malvern, VIC. Dearly beloved wife of Ray for 65 years. Loving mother of Jenny, Jeff and Tania, mother-in-law of Maria, Dee and Mark. Much loved grandma to Beau, Chynea, Jason, Felix and Alex. Devoted to serving the community and Mayoress of Malvern.
Aged 86 Years Forever In Our Hearts
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Carole’s Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Friday 17th January 2025 commencing at 3.00 pm.
Please don’t feel you have to wear black as Carole loved bright colours.
Please find livestream details on Keith Logue & Sons website.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS
McLENNAN (nee GREEN)
Moira Margaret
13th January 2025, late of Woolgoolga. Loved wife of Rex (dec’d). Devoted mother and mother-in-law of Graeme, Russell & Jenny, Robert and Brett & Paula. Adored nan of Luke, Erica & Dan, David and Matthew, great-grandmother of Fletcher and Ida. Treasured sister, sister-in-law and aunty.
Aged 92 Years
Will Be Deeply Missed And Loved Forever
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Moira’s Funeral Service to be held in Northern Beaches Anglican Church, Woolgoolga on Tuesday 21st January 2025 commencing at 10.00 am, thence for interment in Woolgoolga Cemetery, Woolgoolga. In lieu of floral tributes the family would appreciate donations to Woolgoolga Retirement Village, a collection box will be at the Church.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
In Memory
Betty Jean Parker 19th December 2024
Passed away surrounded by family at Janoah Gardens Aged Care, Brisbane. Late of Coffs Harbour. Much loved wife of Keven (dec). Loving and treasured mother of Beverley, Judi and Philip. Devoted Nanny, Great and Great-Great Nanny and Auntie. She will be sadly missed but always remembered by her family and friends.
Aged 95 Years Forever in our hearts, now promoted to glory.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Betty’s memorial service to be held on Thursday, 23rd January 2025 at 1pm in the chapel of the Coffs Harbour Crematorium, Coramba Road, Karangi. Privately cremated.
VICTOR RULLIS
(02) 6651 5007 www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au
ALLAN FAWCETT
In Memory
Trevor James Windmill
Passed away after a short illness on the 10th December 2024. Much loved husband of Lynne. Loving father of Jade & Lea, and father-in-law of Melanie. Loved Poppy of Matilda & Finn.
Aged 70 Years
Forever in our hearts
Please join us for Trevor’s memorial service as we celebrate his life on Saturday, 1st February 2025 from 9am—11am at Fitzroy Oval, Coff Street, Coffs Harbour.
VICTOR RULLIS
(02) 6651 5007
www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au
Passed quietly four years ago in the height of COVID without any farewell, much to my sorrow. You will always be in my heart, and like the saying goes, “We will remember.” You are with your mum and dad, and my mum. A candle still burns.
Aged 77 years.
Maureen and family
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Robert Irwin wasn’t in the running to be named “King of the Jungle” last year, but season 10 of this celebrity reality staple was certainly the young presenter’s crowning glory, netting him a Gold Logie nomination. Back for another instalment of jungle hijinks with co-host Julia Morris (pictured, with Irwin), the wildlife warrior continues to breathe fresh air into the franchise in 2025, along with a new cast of stars entering the Kruger National Park camp tonight.
FRIDAY, January 17
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Monty Don’s History Of The British Garden: The 18th Century. (R) Monty Don visits Rousham House.
Murder In Provence. (Final, Mav, R) A love affair seems to be at the heart of a young woman’s death in a nearby town.
10.00 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World: Berlin. (Final, PG, R) Joanna Lumley concludes her journey.
10.50 ABC Late News.
11.05 Grand Designs: Norwich. (R) 11.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)
12.40 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
WEDNESDAY
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TEN, 9pm
In a change from the usual gritty detective fare, this quirky comedy drama is not only a colourful cupcake of a crime procedural but strays from the “whodunnit” format, instead telling viewers who the baddie is from the beginning of an episode and then working out how to catch them. It all revolves around Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston, pictured), formerly a cartoonish defence lawyer occasionally seen in
who has just been appointed as an “outside observer” working alongside the NYPD. Elsbeth’s astute observational skills and unconventional approach bring a lot of fun to crime-solving in a series that is all its own. In tonight’s premiere, Elsbeth ruffles feathers while investigating the death of a drama student.
THURSDAY
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SBS, 9.30pm
It’s no shock this grim but engrossing Nordic noir series is essential
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6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 MOVIE: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. (2008, R) A man ages in reverse. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 De Gaulle. (Ma)
12.00 Kin. (MA15+lv, R)
2.40 Make Me A Dealer. (R)
3.30 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)
4.00 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 37. Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder. 10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game. Post-match coverage of the game between the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder. 11.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (R) Dr Harry Cooper helps clingy cavaliers.
12.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Women’s. Stage 1. Highlights. 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Presented by Greg Grainger.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 6. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 6. From Melbourne Park. 12.00 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) Iggy helps a family come to terms with their deaf child’s inability to communicate.
1.00 First On Scene. (Maln) Documents stories behind the headlines.
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) A dog goes missing in the park.
4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Drive TV. (R)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MOVIE: Cast Away.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 12.25 Beyond Paradise. (PGa, R) 1.25 Miriam Margolyes In New Zealand. (Ml, R) 2.25 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 3.10 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (PG, R) 4.10 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. (PG, R) 5.00 Eat The Invaders. (PG, R) 5.30 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R)
6.00 Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe: End Of Days. (Final, R) Brian Cox looks at how the universe will end.
6.30 Back Roads: Camperdown, Victoria. (PG, R) Presented by Kerry Staight.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Beyond Paradise. A painting disappears.
8.30 Vera. (Mad, R) Vera and the team investigate the murder of an addiction support worker.
10.05 Miniseries: Until I Kill You. (Mal, R) Charts the story of Delia Balmer. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 7.55 MOVIE: The Boy In The Dress. (2014) 8.55 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.40 Speechless. 10.00 Officially Amazing. 10.30 Teen Titans Go! 10.40 Late Programs.
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.05 The World From Above. (R) 10.10 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Women’s Weekly Football. 3.00 Aliquam Dive Stories II. (R) 4.00 Forgotten Frontlines. (PGa, R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 12. H’lights.
6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland.
8.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. (PG, R)
9.20 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. (PGa, R)
10.15 Great Australian Railway Journeys. (R) 11.25 MOVIE: Radioactive. (2019, Mavw, R)
1.25 MOVIE: Subjects Of Desire. (2021, MA15+av, R) 3.20 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.15 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.45 Singapore Bitesize. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 WorldWatch.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. January Cup Day, VRC Summer Fun Race Day and Eagle Farm Raceday. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: International. (PGadl) An American citizen returns from Russia. 7.30 MOVIE: Kindergarten Cop. (1990, Mv, R) A detective goes undercover as a teacher. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 9.50 MOVIE: True Lies. (1994, Mlsv, R) A secret agent’s wife is caught up in his latest mission. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis.
12.50 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Women’s. Stage 2. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 7. From Melbourne Park.
11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 7. From Melbourne Park.
12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+am, R)
The staff grapples with the aftermath of the Supreme Court abortion rights decision.
1.00 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R)
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) Religious program.
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands Summer Series. (PG)
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Follows the staff at the Animal Welfare League as they try to find the right fit for a father and son duo.
8.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) A dog goes on a charm offensive. Determined to prove that it is young at heart, a pooch enjoys a game of tennis with a possible new family. A lovable goofball sends a couple into a spin.
9.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mlm, R) Ambulance NSW responds to calls about an 88-year-old with a severe head wound. 10.30 Ambulance UK. (Mm, R) A collision stretches resources to the limit.
1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.25 Landline. (R) 12.55 New Leash On Life. (R) 1.25 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.25 Monty Don’s History Of The British Garden. (R) 3.25 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.10 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 5.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (PG, R)
6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Miriam Margolyes In New Zealand. (Final, Ml) Miriam Margolyes journey ends.
8.30 Miniseries: Until I Kill You. (Malv) Having escaped with her life, Delia lies in a critical condition in hospital as police search for Sweeney.
10.05 MOVIE: Mystery Road. (2013, Malv, R) An Indigenous detective investigates a murder. Aaron Pedersen. 12.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
4.05 Gardening Australia. (R)
5.05 The Great Acceleration. (PG, R)
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6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Fortress Britain With Alice Roberts. (Final, PG, R)
8.30 One Mind, One Heart. (PG) 10.05 Stopping The Steal. (Mal, R) 11.45 The Choice 2024: Harris Vs Trump. (PGa, R)
1.45 The VP Choice: Vance Vs Walz. (Ml, R)
2.45 Love Your Garden. (R)
3.40 Make Me A Dealer. (R)
4.30 Peer To Peer. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
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Washington Week. 3.00 WorldWatch. 3.30 Queer Sports. 4.30 Cycling. ProVelo Super League. 7.30 Abandoned Engineering. 9.20 MOVIE: Ascension. (2021, M) 11.05 WWE Legends. 12.40am The X-Files. 3.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 12.00 NFL. NFL Playoffs. Divisional Playoffs. 3.30 Jabba’s Movies. (PG) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 40. Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes. 10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game. Post-match coverage of the game.
11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (R) Interview with James Packer and Robbie Williams. 12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Women’s. Stage 3. Highlights.
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Hosted by Greg Grainger.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise 5am News.
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7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 8. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey.
11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 8. From Melbourne Park.
12.00 New Amsterdam. (Mdm, R) Max learns about the bequest office.
1.00 First On Scene. (MA15+av) Documents stories behind the headlines.
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) Religious program.
4.30 GolfBarons. (PGl, R) A panel of experts discusses golf.
5.00 Today Early News.
5.30 Today.
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 The Secret Life Of Our Pets. 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.35 Speechless. 9.55 Doctor Who. 11.05 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1pm Motor Racing. Formula E. Mexico City ePrix. H’lights. 2.05 MOVIE: The Pink Panther Strikes Again. (1976, PG) 4.05 MOVIE: The Pink Panther. (2006, PG) 6.00 Tennis. Austn Open. Afternoon 7. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. (2018, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Mortal Kombat. (2021, MA15+) 12.10am The Originals. 2.00 Late Programs. 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Basketball. WNBL. Sydney v Adelaide. 2.00 MOVIE: Curse Of The Pink Panther. (1983, PG) 4.10 MOVIE: The Pink Panther 2. (2009, PG) 6.00 Tennis. Austn Open. Afternoon 8. 7.00 MOVIE: Doctor Dolittle 2. (2001, PG) 8.45 MOVIE: Lethal 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 Timbersports. 10.30 The Food Dude. 11.00 Blokesworld. 11.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Women’s. Stage 2. 4pm Desert Collectors. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 8.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 9.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files.
Maman. (2021, PG, French) 7.25 The Crossing. (2020, PG, Norwegian) 9.15 U-96, The True Story Of Das Boot. 10.20 A Beautiful Mind. (2001, M) 12.50pm Odd Thomas. (2013, M) 2.40 December Boys. (2007, PG) 4.40 Breaker Morant. (1980, PG) 6.40 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 8.30 Beau Is Afraid. (2023) 11.45 Piercing. (2018, MA15+) 1.15am High Ground. (2020, MA15+) 3.10 Late Programs. 6.40am Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 8.30 Bright Star. (2009, PG) 10.40 Proof Of Life. (2000, M) 1.10pm The Two Faces Of January. (2014, M) 3.00 Dancing At Lughnasa. (1998, PG) 4.45 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 6.35 Leap Year. (2010, PG) 8.30 The Voyeurs. (2021, MA15+) 10.40 Luzzu. (2021, M, Maltese) 12.30am The Orphanage. (2019, M, Dari) 2.10 Late Programs. NITV (34)
6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Return, PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 9.00 The Graham Norton Show. (Mhs) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by Sigourney Weaver, Nicholas Hoult, Jamie Oliver, Lolly Adefope and Coldplay. 10.10 MOVIE: Mafia Mamma. (2023, MA15+lsv) A woman inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire. Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci.
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11.50 Grand Designs. (R)
12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.30 The Second Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump.
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 8.35 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.05 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 9.50 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Hunt For Truth: Tasmanian Tiger. (Ml, R)
8.30 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. (M)
9.30 Inside Sydney Airport. (PGal, R)
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 Clean Sweep. (Mals)
12.00 Wisting. (MA15+als, R)
12.55 Faking Hitler. (Ml, R) 2.45 Grayson Perry’s Rites Of Passage. (Mas, R) 3.40 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.30 Peer To Peer. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven Noon
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Cash experiences a flashback. 7.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Twenty20 International Series. Australia v England. Game 1.
10.30 Motorway Patrol. (PGa)
A driver decides to off-road it.
11.00 Highway Cops. (PG)
11.30 Born To Kill? Peter Moore
– The Man In Black. (Mav, R)
12.30 Wild Tokyo. (PGa, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.00 US Presidential Inauguration.
5.00 Sunrise 5am News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 9. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey.
11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 9. From Melbourne Park.
12.00 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R)
Max takes a chance with Wilder.
1.00 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R) A 76-year-old who is a full-time carer for his wife is in agony after an accident at home.
2.00 Family Law. (Mas, R) Abby fights for her client’s right to know her biological child, who was switched at birth.
3.00 US Presidential Inauguration. Coverage of Donald Trump’s inauguration. 5.00 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal.
6.30 The Project. 7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 9.00 NCIS: Sydney. (Mv, R) The death of an American seaman is investigated. 10.00 48 Hours: The Menendez Brothers’ Fight For Freedom. (Ma) Looks at the case of the Menendez brothers. 11.00 10’s Late News. 11.25 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
8.30 Forged In Fire. 10.10 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.40 Everyone Else Burns. 11.40 Late Programs.
6am Cheerful
Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 6.50 Breaker Morant. (1980, PG) 8.50 Dancing At Lughnasa. (1998, PG) 10.35 Murder By Decree. (1979, M) 12.50pm The Orphanage. (2019, M, Dari) 2.30 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 4.20 White Lion. (2010, PG) 6.00 Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002, PG) 7.40 Arctic. (2018, M) 9.30 Stay. (2005) 11.30 Late Programs.
TUESDAY, January 21
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. 8.00 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 8.30 Eat The Invaders. (PG) 9.05 Croc Watch With Steve Backshall. (PG, R)
9.50 Miriam Margolyes In New Zealand. (Final, Ml, R)
The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Britain By Beach. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R)
8.35 Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends Of Pop. (PG, R)
9.55 The Artist’s View. (PGal, R) 10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 Beyond Signs. (MA15+a)
11.55 Christian. (MA15+v, R)
2.55 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R)
3.45 Make Me A Dealer. (R)
4.35 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Summer Bay celebrates the opening of the new Bait Shop. Eden waits at Tim’s side.
7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Qualifier. 11.00 Big Bash League Post-Game. Post-match coverage of The Qualifier. 11.30 Lockerbie. (Final, PGalv, R) The court awaits the verdict tensely.
12.35 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 1. Highlights.
1.35 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise 5am News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 10. From Melbourne Park.
11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 10. From Melbourne Park. 12.00 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) Max helps an ICU intern.
1.00 First On Scene. (Mv)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Our State On A Plate. (PG, R) Sophie Budd explores a brewery.
3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
4.30 GolfBarons. (PG, R)
5.00 Today Early News.
5.30 Today.
(22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Hart Of Dixie. 1.00 MOVIE: He’s Just Not That Into You. (2009, PG) 3.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 4.00 The Nanny. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Tennis. Austn Open. Afternoon 9. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Spy Who
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Deadly Predators. 9.05 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs.
WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up. 12.20pm WorldWatch. 12.50 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 1.45
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6am RabbitProof Fence. (2002, PG) 6.40 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 8.30 Leap Year. (2010, PG) 10.25 Luzzu. (2021, M, Maltese) 12.15pm The Bribe Of Heaven. (2016, M, Spanish) 1.55 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 3.45 The 400 Blows. (1959, PG, French) 5.40 The Wild Duck. (1983, PG) 7.30 The Furnace. (2020, M) 9.40 Son Of A Gun. (2014, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.
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WEDNESDAY, January 22
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
SBS World News.
The Real Crown: Inside The House Of Windsor. (PG, R)
Michael Palin: Into Iraq. (Ms, R) 9.25 The Night Manager. (Masv) 10.35 SBS World News Late.
Pagan Peak. (Mav)
Rogue Heroes. (Malv, R)
Soldiers. (Malv, R) 2.50 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R)
3.40 Make Me A Dealer. (R)
4.30 Peer To Peer. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Hey Duggee. 5.55 Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs.
6am The 400
Blows. (1959, PG, French) 7.40 Oliver! (1968, PG) 10.20 Arctic. (2018, M) 12.10pm Stay. (2005) 2.10 Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002, PG) 3.50 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 5.40 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 7.30 The Glorias. (2020,
THURSDAY,
January 23
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6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Outback Adventures In Western Australia.
8.30 Silk Road From Above. (R)
9.30 The Darkness. (Malv)
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 Divided We Stand. (Premiere, Mal)
12.45 Blanca. (Madlv, R)
2.45 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R)
3.35 Make Me A Dealer. (R)
4.25 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)
4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
5.50 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Homicide: Life On The Street. 12.55am MOVIE: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed. (2022, MA15+) 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 6.45 The Wild Duck. (1983, PG) 8.35 I Capture The Castle. (2003, PG) 10.40 The Furnace. (2020, M) 12.50pm I’m Gilda. (2016, M, Spanish) 3.00 Oliver! (1968, PG) 5.40 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 7.40 Infinite Storm. (2022, M) 9.30 Haywire. (2011, M) 11.10 The Adopters. (2019, MA15+, Spanish) 1.10am Sound Of Metal. (2019, M) 3.25 Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Rose is overruled. 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Knockout. 11.00 Big Bash League Post-Game. Post-match coverage of The Knockout. 11.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 12.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 2. Highlights. 1.30 Black-ish. (PGa, R)
7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 11. From Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 11. From Melbourne Park. 12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+am, R) Helen Sharpe returns to New York.
1.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) The team pays a visit to a very special farm.
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.
3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
4.30 GolfBarons. (PG)
5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Twenty20 International Series. Australia v England. Game 2. 10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. A deep dive into the world of cricket. 11.15 Pam & Tommy. (MA15+adls) Tommy confronts Rand.
12.15 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 3. Highlights. 1.15 Black-ish. (PGa, R)
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 12. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 12. 12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+am, R) Max and Wilder face a dilemma. 1.00 First On Scene. (MA15+) Documents stories behind the headlines. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
