Coffs Coast News Of The Area 25 November 2022

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and Rebecca Beaton and Taryn Blight, Riverside Resort Urunga.

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Coffs Coast businesses shine at NSW Tourism Awards

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categories at the prestigious NSW Tourism Awards.

Riverside Holiday Resort in Urunga was the Gold winner of the 2022 NSW Tourism Awards for Excellence in Accessible Tourism and received an induction to the Hall of Fame.

Rebecca Beaton from Riverside Holiday Resort told NOTA, “Entering the Hall of Fame in the Excellence in Accessible Tourism category is our greatest achievement.

“Ours is a not-for-profit organisation and our mission is to provide value to our guests and local communities and create an inclusive environment where everyone can enjoy life and create memories regardless of their abilities.

“I am so proud of our amazing team who go over and above every day to cater to each of our guests’ individual needs.”

Wajaana Yaam Gumbaynggirr Adventure Tours was the Gold winner of the 2022 NSW Tourism Awards for Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Tourism Experience.

Wajaana Yaam Gumbaynggirr

Adventure Tours is a 100 percent Aboriginal-owned business on the Coffs Harbour Coast offering 2.5 hour cultural stand-up paddle tours.

With a social purpose of supporting the local Aboriginal community, they are driven to offer a quality authentic product to their guests and to the wider tourism industry.

Their tours take the guests on a journey through Gumbaynggirr culture, highlighting traditional stories, bush tucker and language.

The Coffs Coast Food & Wine Festival won the Bronze Prize in the Festivals and Events category, an outstanding achievement for a first-year event competing amongst long-standing festivals with decades of history such as Gold Prize winner Tumbafest.

With a team of two people, Lindsay Russell and Dave Mansfield, the Coffs Coast’s newest event organiser, Broken Open Productions & Amplify Events, produced seventeen events over two days in June 2022.

Their festival still has one more event

to go which was postponed due to extreme weather conditions, meaning The Coffs Coast Food & Wine Festival’s Summer Sesh at Jetty Beach House now takes place on 26 and 27 November.

Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation (BMNAC) – translating to ‘two path strong’ - won the Bronze Prize in the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Tourism category.

BMNAC’s Giingan Gumbaynggirr Cultural Tours are designed to ensure that Aboriginal youth are strong in terms of both cultural identity and educational success.

The BMNAC experiences are created to build knowledge of Gumbaynggirr heritage and for the young people to be proud of who they are as Aboriginal people.

Forestry Corporation, based in Coffs Harbour, was the recipient of a Ground Swell Award for their sustainability and conservation efforts with Take 3 for the Sea’s Ground Swell Campaign.

The Big Banana Fun Park and The Observatory Holiday Apartments were also nominated for awards.

a more unbiased view than a survey of 3,600 people?”

Cr Amos responded, pointing to the resolution passed by City of Coffs Harbour on June 9.

The accompanying graphic had a range of options displayed on it, with the most notable being the absence of any residential development.

The Council passed, six votes to three, that it did not support the State Government’s draft Master Plan for the Jetty Foreshore Precinct ‘Coffs Jetty Revitalisation’ on a number of grounds.

By Andrew VIVIAN

THE future of the Jetty Foreshores has been thrust back into public awareness after Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh took exception to an advertisement placed in News Of The Area on November 11 by City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos.

The advertisement asked the community, ‘Do you think something like this general concept would be a better outcome for our whole community?’ and clearly stated that it was ‘purely to generate discussion and opinion and is in no way a final resolved position’.

Mr Singh rose in State Parliament last week to criticise aspects of the plan in the paper and question the process.

“Is this just the Mayor’s personal sketch, or did others approve this sketch or this ad?”

Mr Singh said the advertisement “attempts to influence the community on behalf of the Mayor”.

“I see this sketch for what it is, a desperate, last minute attempt to derail a process that has produced the most detailed survey in Coffs Harbour’s history,” Mr Singh said.

“How can he legitimately say he has

Chief amongst them were that the draft plan does not adequately reflect community views about open space and residential development

The motion also allocated up to $20,000 to be spent informing the community of Council’s reservations, and Cr Amos told News Of The Area that the advertisement was part of this process.

He noted that Mr Singh appeared to intimate that diminishing of sightlines from Cr Amos’ home was a motivating factor in placing the advertisement.

“I live in the Jetty area and Mr Singh used parliamentary privilege to indicate that this was a prime consideration,” Cr Amos said.

“I’ve invited him (Mr Singh) to my house on radio to see that residential development would have to be about fifteen stories high for it to be a problem.”

In response to criticisms that the public was asked for input with no apparent means to provide it, Cr Amos said, “We will just monitor the input from the community.

“We want something to happen quickly, and the best way for that to occur is if Council is in control of its own destiny.”

q Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh discussing the City of Coffs Harbour’s newspaper advertisement in NSW Parliament.

Burmese community urges Conaghan to “speak up for us”

By Andrea FERRARI

BURMESE community

members met with Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan at Bellingen Community Markets on Saturday to discuss their concerns about Australia's inaction in regard to ongoing war crimes in Myanmar.

Aye Win, a spokesperson for the Burmese community of Coffs Harbour, urged Mr Conaghan to speak on their behalf in Parliament.

They requested that the Australian government impose targeted sanctions on Myanmar’s military leaders and their business interests.

The group presented Mr Conaghan with a bunch of 55 flowers, each flower representing a beloved family member or friend of the local community who has been killed by the Myanmar military since the coup in February 2021.

“We have lost so much and live in constant fear for those

we love,” Aye Win told Mr Conaghan.

“Please stand with us to say enough is enough.

“The people of Myanmar need the support of other countries to end this horror and stop the cycle of impunity for those committing these serious crimes.

“Australia needs to join with Canada, the USA, UK and EU to impose targeted sanctions that show the abusive leaders in Myanmar that there are consequences

The United Nations Independent Investigative

Myanmar said that there have been an increasing number of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the regime since the coup.

These atrocities include arbitrary killings, extrajudicial executions, the use of torture, using civilians as human shields, air and artillery strikes on civilian targets, the looting and burning of houses and the use of sexual violence to terrorize the population.

q Burmese community members met with Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan at Bellingen Community Markets on Saturday, 19 March.

for their actions.”

Mechanism for

q Aye Win, a spokesperson for the Burmese community of Coffs Harbour told Mr Conaghan, “We have lost so much and live in constant fear for those we love.”

q The Burmese group presented Mr Congahan with a bunch of 55 flowers, with each flower representing a beloved family member or friend of the local community who has been killed by the Myanmar military since the coup in February 2021.

Industrial Action Could Affect Coffs Airport

By Andrew VIVIAN

COFFS Harbour airport could be one of a number of airports around the country closed because of a dispute between the United Firefighters Union of Australia - Aviation Branch and Air Services Australia, which oversees the Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) in Australia.

The union branch has 800 professional aviation firefighter members at 27 airports, across every State and Territory in Australia, as well as on Norfolk Island.

According to the union, Airservices Australia, a Federal Government-owned corporation, cut the number of firefighters by 94 during the pandemic and has not replaced them since “normal” flying has resumed.

Wes Garrett, Secretary, United Firefighters Union, Aviation Branch, said understaffing

meant travellers’ lives were at risk because staffing levels were not compliant with safety regulations.

“At a major aircraft incident, our firefighters have three minutes to intervene, after which the chances of people surviving a major crash with an internal fire is greatly reduced,” Mr Garrett said.

“There is no room for error.

“With people returning to the skies, we don’t have enough staff, and right now we can’t say, hand on heart, that if there was a fire we would be able to deal with it.

“The safety regulations exist so that if a plane crash lands we are able to make an immediate intervention to control the fire and conduct internal rescue operations, the safety of passengers is measured in seconds, and minutes.

“Right now, there simply will not be enough firefighters to rescue passages from a burning aircraft, and that’s not acceptable,” Mr Garrett said.

Oxley Independent search heats up

ON the hottest afternoon this year, on Sunday 20 November, 35 passionate locals in the Independent Oxley group spent their afternoon at home, at the beach or the river for a Zoom meeting on their laptops.

South West Rocks Dunghutti woman Nancy Pattison gave a heartfelt Acknowledgement of Country and later spoke of the importance of protection of Country and the environment and the need for a local member to listen to

and genuinely represent the Aboriginal voices of Oxley.

Former Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack described the declining membership of major political parties and the increased influence of vested interests on parties and party structures.

Current Independent MLC Justin Field gave examples of just how effective independent members could be, in both the upper and

Every day, dozens of flights are operating from Australia’s airports without what the union deems the necessary level of protection from aviation firefighters on the ground.

An Airservices spokesperson said the decision by the United Firefighters Union of Australia – Aviation Branch (UFUAV) to take potential strike action at Christmas is reckless and a risk to Australian aviation, citing adverse economic impacts on many industries, including tourism and retail.

The spokesperson said Airservices continues to negotiate in good faith with the UFUAV to finalise a new Enterprise Agreement (EA) in line with the Public Service Interim Arrangement.

She said a pay rise could be obtained instantly if the union chose to advocate in the interests of their members and to protect the safety of the Australian public.

Airservices says the union's staffing and redundancy claims are misleading and designed to justify unnecessary industrial

action to support an excessive wage claim, stating that there is no shortage of aviation rescue fire fighters in Airservices' Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting Service (ARFFS) at Coffs Harbour or at any other location.

It claims that at major airports, fourteen ARFFS are required for the aviation activity, not seventeen as claimed by the UFUAV.

According to Airservices, overall the network requires 740 ARFFS and there are more than 750 on staff at present and nearly 100 trainees entering the system over the next two years.

A union spokesperson told News Of The Area that Airservices Australia has its own report that shows that aircraft in Australia have been “under classified”, meaning that fewer firefighting resources are allocated than are actually needed, which is the basis of the union’s claims.

In the meantime, the travelling public is hoping for a resolution.

lower houses of the NSW Parliament.

He said that Independents can vote on evidence rather than party directions and as genuine representatives of their communities, strengthening their moral authority.

Independent Kempsey Shire Councillor and Oxley resident Alex Wyatt spoke on equity, including affordable housing and accessible health and the need for protecting the environment, in actions, not just words.

Bec Davis, a member of the Independent Oxley group, shared key insights from polling that was commissioned by Climate 200 which showed that many Oxley residents would be prepared to vote Independent, if

the candidate was the right one.

All five speakers strengthened the conviction of participants that the voters of Oxley would benefit by sending a caring, strong, hard-working, articulate local to represent the region in the NSW Parliament.

“Are you that person we are looking for?” said an Indepndent Oxley representative.

“Do you know an outstanding local, who could be our Independent Oxley candidate?

“Go to the website now, fill out the nomination or recommendation form and let us know.”

Learn more about the Independent Oxley movement at https://independentoxley.com. au.

Desk on 1800 233 533.

Enquiries and requests for additional information should be directed to Andrew Gray Project Leader (02) 6648-4429 or via the Tenderlink online forum.

Submissions must be submitted electronically via the Tenderlink electronic Tender Box no later than 10.00am on Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Council’s policy advises that the canvassing of Councillors and/or Council Staff will disqualify any tenderer.

q The Independent Oxley group’s search for a candidate is gaining momentum.

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of intact Lowland Subtropical Rainforest on the edge of Coffs Harbour in Gumbaynggirr country, under threat from the Coffs Harbour Bypass development.

The remnant, locally known as ‘Grandpa’s Scrub’, is alongside Mackays Road, between Shephard’s Lane and Gately’s Road, and if TfNSW keeps to its current plan for the Bypass, part of the rainforest site will be bulldozed through and a tributary of Treefern Creek will be filled in.

Residents are asking why TfNSW are continuing with their current plan when the future of a rare ecosystem is at risk.

It is estimated that only five percent of this plant community type remains, and of that five percent, much is fragmented and degraded.

Upon examination however, local conservationists believe that assessment is flawed.

Tina Powell from Garlambirla Guuyu-girrwaa Aboriginal Elders Corporation, gave a Welcome to Country at Saturday’s event, saying, “The land spoke back to them and they left the land how it should be.

“You cannot block the tributaries and reroute the creeks, water doesn’t work like that.

“The reason this piece of land is here is because of our people’s foresight.

“This was a camping area for our people, and they got fresh water here,” Tina said.

Speaking at the gathering, local resident and conservationist Dave Wood said TfNSW plans for the Bypass will destroy this significant and ancient ecosystem, and proposed “rerouting the bypass with a 30-metre realignment to the north”.

Kevin Mackay, the grandson of the first owner of this piece of land, Angus Mackay, tearfully shared a heartfelt journey down memory lane outlining his family’s life farming on this

land.

“My grandmother was a magnificent person, she had sixteen children,” Kevin said.

“It was a hard life, but they were clever people and they knew how to farm.

“They didn’t have electricity or phones but we had lots of fun, playing in that remnant we called ‘Grandpa’s Scrub’.

“They’re making a blue with what they’re planning to do.

“It does the job they need it to do, it does the drainage, you can’t grow something like this in ten minutes,” Kevin said.

Lloyd Foster, a long time Upper Orara Rivercare volunteer and local bush regenerator, has also known this land for decades and played here as a boy in the 1930s and 40s.

“It’s always been crystal clear water in this creek,” Lloyd said.

Conservationists argue that Grandpa’s Scrub is a precious ancient remnant, like any surviving Rainforest, a modernday link to ancient Gondwana, and a reminder for the people of Coffs Harbour Region and its visitors, of what was here in these coastal drainage lines prior to European settlement when widespread land clearing was made a condition of ownership.

The surrounding land was purchased from the crown over a hundred years ago by Angus Mackay whose current descendants owned the property and have been custodians of the scrub until it was recently reclaimed by TfNSW for the Coffs Harbour Bypass project.

q Some 30 people gathered at Mackays Road at the Lowland Subtropical Rainforest remnant which is on the proposed route of the Coffs Harbour Bypass.

q Conservationist and Sawtell Dunecare volunteer, Dave Wood, speaking from Grandpa’s Scrub on NBN News at 6pm on Saturday, 19 November.

q Videographer Dave Mowbray recorded members of the group speaking about why they are standing up for conserving the piece of Subtropical rainforest. Seen here is Landcare Jetty Dunecare volunteer Desnee McKosker.

q Third generation Coffs Harbour/ Bellingen local and longtime Landcare volunteer, Aaron Hartley.

q Richard Widders, Aboriginal Community Planning and Engagement Specialist at City of Coffs Harbour, and Tina Powell, Garlambirla Guuyu-girrwaa Elders Aboriginal Corporation.

q The former owner of the land, Kevin Mackay, bush regenerator Brent Turner and conservationist Charlie England.

Conservation Groups Dubious About Consultation

By Andrew VIVIAN

TEN local conservation groups have declined to engage in online consultation set up by Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) regarding forest management in the region.

Katherine Kelly from the Kalang River Forest Alliance said, “The local forest conservation group members are not attending the 90-minute online meeting because the process is inadequate, flawed and does not represent a comprehensive, inclusive consultative process for this complex and critical issue.”

Paul Healy from Friends of Orara East said, “In order to meet their Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) Certification requirements Forestry Corporation has proposed a sham consultation workshop that excludes broad swathes of representative groups.”

Cath Eaglesham from the Bellingen Environment Centre said, “FCNSW is not transparent or accountable and cannot be trusted in the management of public forest.”

Dr Tim Cadman, who collectively represents the groups, told News Of The Area that FCNSW is audited against the Australian Forestry Standard, which allows it to sell timber with certain environmental claims.

However, as Mr Healy had pointed out,

FCNSW has had issues with its consultation processes with its auditor.

A spokesperson for FCNSW said, “Forestry Corporation is reviewing its stakeholder engagement guidelines and as part of the process is holding a series of workshops to hear feedback from stakeholders on their experiences working with Forestry Corporation, their expectations for engagement and opportunities for improvement.

“We have held a series of constructive workshops involving a representative sample of people who are forest users, including peak environment groups; representatives of recreational forest users such as mountain bike clubs and four wheel drivers; primary producers such as apiarists; community groups; and other government agencies.

“These workshops are designed to be an opportunity to hear directly from the community and use their feedback to update our policy, guidelines and procedures,” the spokesperson said.

Dr Cadman said FCNSW has engaged a consultant to help it consult with stakeholders, but the process is not independent because the consultant is being paid by FCNSW.

He said that stakeholders feel that there are a number of issues that they are not consulted about, such as roads and

access, use of chemicals, behaviour of staff and contractors and noise and operational hours.

He said FCNSW has selected stakeholders and has consulted with them separately and Mid North Coast stakeholders have rejected the process because it does meet their needs and they feel it fragments stakeholders.

Dr Cadman indicated that the organisation of community groups is unwelcome because it shines a light on timber operations.

“There is logging in Orara, Bagawa, Tarkeith and Tuckers Knob with no community consultation,” he said.

According to Dr Cadman, FCNSW has not listened to the community’s concerns over logging of old growth and rainforests or logging of native forests inside plantations.

“Any time the community has concerns they are completely ignored.

“At the moment, if it doesn’t like what it hears, FCNSW ignores it or artificially manufactures consent.

“Proper consultation with the community is integral to sustainable forestry,” Dr Cadman said.

FCNSW says it will be holding a workshop to hear from North Coast stakeholders in the coming weeks and invites those interested in attending to email info@fcnsw.com.au to register.

q Mid North Coast stakeholders want better consultation about forest management.

Planning afoot for Dorrigo tourism development

By Andrea FERRARI

PLANNING is underway for the new Dorrigo Arc Rainforest Centre and Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk in Dorrigo National Park.

The NSW Government is delivering its largest investment in national parks history with $450 million for more than 200 visitor infrastructure projects across the State, and the $56.4 million project in Dorrigo was announced in June this year.

“The NPWS project team and I have shared the draft project concepts at more than 20 community and stakeholder briefings over the last four months, including the recent North Coast Tourism Symposium,” said NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Coffs Coast Area Manager Glenn Storrie.

“Amazingly, there have been more than 19,000 views of the project website since its launch in June and more than 1000 people have signed up to receive project updates via email.

“From the community meetings and briefings it is clear there is strong interest and excitement about the project,” Mr Storrie told News Of The Area.

“Considering the Arc Rainforest Centre and the beginning of the multi-day walk are located in Dorrigo, our initial focus has been speaking with the Dorrigo community.

“In addition to meeting groups like the Chamber of Commerce, Local Aboriginal Land Council, Lions Club, Rotary and the University of the Third Age (U3A), we also had a stall at the local Made in Dorrigo market.”

This provided a great opportunity to speak directly with the local community and hear their feedback.

“Overall we have heard strong support for the

project,” Mr Storrie said.

“Some issues that have been raised are about impacts from an increase in visitors, such as road access and availability of accommodation, and NPWS will work with the community, local and state government agencies to work through any issues.”

Mr Storrie told NOTA there will be plenty of opportunities for the community to get involved in the project in the New Year.

“In 2023, we will be talking to the community about a new plan of management and masterplans for both the Arc Rainforest Centre and Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk.

“We want to attract more visitors, entice them to stay longer, learn more, connect more and, ultimately, care more,” said Mr Storrie.

“We’re planning to start improvements to the existing tracks next year while we finalise the plans of management and masterplans.

“We expect these plans to be complete by the end of 2023, allowing sufficient time for community consultation, with construction of the new walking track to commence in 2024.

“We’ll continue to keep the community informed as the project progresses.

“We’re also on the lookout

for specialist contractors who may be able to assist us during the planning and construction phases of the project,” said Mr Storrie.

However, local ecologists and conservationists have another view.

“The negative economic impacts of the Dorrigo Gondwana theme park are immense and highly detrimental to the public conservation estate," Mark Graham, an ecologist from the Bellingen Nature Company told NOTA.

“An environmental concern is that building major new infrastructure in pristine World Heritage habitats and bringing lots of people to places that currently have none will bring weeds and diseases like the chytrid fungus that has caused so many frog extinctions.

“Worryingly the areas proposed to be developed across Dorrigo and Bindarri NPs have the highest diversity of threatened frogs on the continent; these are highly sensitive ancient Gondwanan species.

“The maintenance budget for just keeping this giant mausoleum clean takes precious public money away from managing weeds, fire and feral animals across the conservation reserve estate,” Mr Graham said.

“This means that local conservation reserves will

degrade further from the money being sucked in to propping up and servicing this major infrastructure development in a World Heritage area.”

Having considered the calculations, Mr Graham believes the amount being spent on the Dorrigo Gondwana development could have been used to stop all industrial logging of public native forests across the Great Koala National Park area.

“The Gondwana theme park is nothing more than a Coalition smokescreen to divert attention from the fact that they are making our koalas extinct and the

local NPWS branch is playing a very active role in this appalling situation.

“It is highly likely that the Gondwana theme park will draw business away from Dorrigo small local businesses and won’t lead to economic benefits for the local business community and the local economy.

“It is worrying that Bellingen Shire Council seems to be supporting this

development and not even mentioning the Great Koala National Park in their recent economic development strategy,” closed Mr Graham.

Local companies and individuals can register on the project webpage to be kept informed of relevant opportunities as they arise and for more information visit www.environment.nsw. gov.au/dorrigo-great-walk.

q An artist’s impression of an aerial view of Arc Rainforest.

q The protected courtyard for storytelling. Photo: DPE.

Woolgoolga’s Local Luminaries

By Andrea FERRARI

THE latest installment of the Local Luminaries series, a creation of ALT Collective, was co-hosted by Woolgoolga & Northern Beaches Chamber of Commerce, and ‘starred’ Woolgoolga business owners who are an inspiration in their business endeavours.

Speaking at the event

was Jade Naidu, founder and Artistic Director at Woolgoolga Performing Arts Studio and Naidu theatre company, Sam Hill, owner and Director at BP Woolgoolga Service Centre and Saro and Kylie Bhatti from Sunset Caravan Park in Woolgoolga.

Gathering in an unusual environment for a business networking event, the

mechanical workshop of Woolgoolga Service Centre, speakers and guests were surrounded by high performance Subarus, and the rally car of the #SENDITSAM rally team.

Hosted by Sarah Poole from One Fine Day, the business community was treated to some in-depth conversations from the four successful business owners.

Jade took the audience on a journey from her humble beginnings with

a Fijian Indian background, to mentoring young dance students, the manufacture of materials for costumes, to the challenges of maintaining one’s integrity and staying true to a moral compass while trying to prove yourself in a competitive performing arts space globally.

Sam spoke of his journey coming from a 25-year corporate career at Subaru, and creating a culture within the team.

Underlying this theme was Sam’s motorsport experience,

a sport where where you can go from hero to zero in the blink of an eye, and despite there being only one driver, the success ultimately comes back to the entire team working towards a common objective.

Saro and Kylie explored the challenges of living and working in the same space, and being on the clock

24/7, along with the rewards and pitfalls of managing a mini community, within a community.

Tying all of these stories together was also a common string that all panel members work with their partners.

In this area, the panelists spoke of bringing work home, and how they switch off to be husband and wife once again.

q Sam Hill, proprietor of BP Woolgoolga Service Centre, Jade Naidu, founder of Woolgoolga Performing Arts Studio and Naidu theatre company, chatting with Sarah Poole from One Fine Day at the Local Luminaries event in Woolgoolga

q The workshop and networking overview.

q Jade Naidu, founder of Woolgoolga Performing Arts Studio and Naidu theatre company, speaking at the Local Luminaries session in Woolgoolga.

Ecotourism CEO speaks in Coffs

By Andrea FERRARI

‘ONE year on: What the Coffs Coast ECO Destination Certification means for local business’ is the topic of an upcoming event featuring Ecotourism Australia CEO Elissa Keenan.

Keenan will present on Tuesday, 29 November with content to inspire and help businesses find out how they can support, leverage and benefit from the Coffs Coast ECO Destination certification and introduce Ecotourism Australia’s recently launched ‘Strive 4 Sustainability’ program, developed in partnership with Tourism Australia.

Ms Keenan said the area’s ECO certification is about “more than tourism”.

“Even if you don’t run a tourism business, you can still celebrate and benefit from the Coffs Coast being a certified ECO Destination.”

One year ago, in November 2021, the Coffs Coast became NSW’s first ECO Destination certified by Ecotourism Australia, growing the city’s green credentials for ecotourism and sustainable protection of the local cultural heritage and renowned national treasures.

“Sustainable tourism is much more than a trend; it is the industry standard that visitors are now demanding,” said Ms Keenan.

This is a free, Small Business Month event, co-hosted by Bishop Druitt College and the Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce.

“As one of Coffs Harbour’s largest employers, Bishop Druitt College recognises that ECO Destination Certification is an opportunity to showcase Coffs Harbour as a holiday location, but also as a place to live and work,”

Nick Johnstone, principal of Bishop Druitt College told News Of The Area.

“The college is expanding and evolving, and always looking for top-quality staff.

“Attracting people to our region as a destination is a critical part of us delivering on our objective to provide a vibrant learning community to the Coffs Coast.”

Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce Executive Officer Garth Shipperlee said the certification “means so much more to the Coffs Coast region” one year on.

“This is now an opportunity for the whole business community to champion and benefit from the Coffs Coast’s growing reputation as an eco-friendly destination.

“The presentation will inform businesses other than those involved in tourism what opportunities they can leverage," Mr Shipperlee said.

Blacklight Collective connects local creatives

By David TUNE

ON Tuesday, November 15

Coffs Harbour’s Blacklight Collective invited people working in the local creative industries to attend a get together to explore and discuss the future of the sector.

Over 70 people from all areas of the creative sphere attended, representing industries including graphic design, fine arts, performing arts, film and television and a myriad of other creative pursuits.

Key organiser and host Phil Nicholas told News Of The Area, “This event was conceived as part of Small Business Month and addressed the theme of ‘Connect for Success’.

“In running this networking event, we wanted

to kickstart the regular creative industries meetups that had become impossible during COVID and to gather some insights into who is doing what in this sector.”

Blacklight Collective formed after successfully lobbying to include supporting the arts and creative industries as a priority action in the 2036 Regional City Action Plan for

Coffs Harbour.

Their mission is to shine a light on the Coffs Coast creative industries with the goal of redefining this region as a creative hotspot.

The event offered the chance for participants to network with others, hear from keynote speaker Jeremy Sheehan of Bay School of the Arts on his experience and insights, and to ask questions

of a panel of local industry and business representatives.

“There were many new faces in the crowd,” Phil said.

“This demonstrates that the population growth on the Coffs Coast is in part due to creatives moving to this region. “That bodes well

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With over 30 years’ experience, Ecotourism Australia supports the tourism industry by building capacity, championing Australia’s ECO certified tourism businesses and destinations, while also inspiring and informing nonnature-based businesses.

The event will be held at the Link Pavilion, off Hogbin Drive, and will include an information session with EcoTourism Australia and Destination Coffs Coast, plus business networking opportunities.

Brought to you by Bishop Druitt College, in partnership with Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce, City of Coffs Harbour and Ecotourism Australia, the event is sponsored by NSW Small Business Month.

To register visit www. coffschamber.com.au and click on events.

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for increased collaboration and diversity in the types of creative practices and businesses that emerge.”

The group were encouraged by the success of this initial activity and are looking forward to offering more events that can facilitate

local creative industry collaboration and growth.

Further information about Blacklight Collective and future events can be found at https://www. facebook.com/createcoffs or https://blacklightcollective. com.au/

q Ecotourism Australia CEO Elissa Keenan will deliver ideas on maximising Coffs’ ECO Destination certification to local businesses at a free, Small Business Month event on Tuesday 29 November.

The

panel featured (l to r) SWIFF’s Dave Horsley, singer/songwriter Billie-Jo Porter, Jetty Beach House’s Dave Mansfield, SLR Productions/Screen Producers Australia’s Suzanne Ryan and Business Women’s Network’s Sharon Joy. Photo: supplied.

q Event participants networking at the creative industries event. Photo: supplied.

Our Spaces doco shows at Sawtell cinema

By Andrea FERRARI

‘OUR

A short film about the sharing revolution happening in our homes’, created by the Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC), will be showing at Sawtell Majestic Cinema on Tuesday, 13 December.

Focusing on solutions to the housing crisis, the documentary shares the experiences of locals on the Mid North Coast who are creating different styles of shared living.

“We held the first

screening of the film at Port Macquarie in August, and it was a fantastic event, generating some great conversations,” said Kerry Grace, CEO of RDAMNC.

“We’ve had so many requests from people who live around Coffs Harbour who were unable to get to Port Macquarie, that we’ve decided to host a second screening at Sawtell Majestic Cinemas.”

RDAMNC has nominated Lifeline North Coast to receive the profits from the film screening.

Lifeline is on the frontline

of mental health on the Mid North Coast and across Australia and have seen firsthand the housing crisis and its effects on mental health.

“This is an insider’s look at how we as individuals can make a direct impact on the housing crisis,” Angela Martin, Acting CEO of Lifeline Mid North Coast told News Of The Area.

“Sharing real-life stories, this documentary presents the positive aspects of opening our homes and as a community we can ease the crisis.

“We are effectively taking the matter into our own hands and the proof is in the connections.

“I love this film as it keeps it real on how the average family can think of how they can open their hearts and homes to others; it’s great for connection with others, it helps financially and it can be short term, long term basic or advanced in terms of the agreement,” Angela said.

Kerry Grace said affordable housing is a significant problem, not just on the Mid North Coast, but all over the country.

“There is not just one

solution for this problem, but we know this: Australia has thirteen million spare bedrooms, and that number is growing each year.”

Just on the Mid North Coast alone there is an estimated 81,000 spare bedrooms.

“Here at RDAMNC, we asked ourselves the question: what resources do we as a region have, right now, to help solve this thorny problem?

“To help answer this question, we have created a film with well-known filmmaker Peter Clarke, to showcase the quiet revolution happening in peoples’ homes

across the region, as those who have the space and the means open their homes to others, with sometimes life changing results."

Our Spaces is a film featuring seven Mid North Coast households who are sharing their living spaces in different ways.

The event will include pre-movie canapes and a glass of bubbles, the screening of Our Spaces and a panel on housing all in the comfort of Majestic Cinemas in Sawtell.

For more information call Majestic Cinema in Sawtell on (02) 5621 8101.

q House-sharer Angela Martin, Acting CEO of Lifeline Mid North Coast, is a participant in the ‘Our Spaces’ documentary.

q Mitra Husseini, who took shared space in Angela Martin’s home.

Cartoon Gallery hosts top cartooning awards night

By Andrea FERRARI

THE National Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour hosted two of the biggest events in the Australian cartooning calendar last weekend, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 November.

On Friday night, the winners of the Rotary National Cartooning Competition were announced at a large gathering of cartoonists and interested residents.

“This is the biggest and oldest cartooning competition in Australia, now being in its thirty fourth year, and is organised by the National Cartoon Gallery staff,” Cartoon Gallery Chairman Paul McKeon told News Of The Area.

The event was opened by NSW Arts Minister Ben Franklin, who flew to Coffs for the event.

The winner of the major award, Cartoon of the Year, was won by Melbourne artist Rod Emerson, for his cartoon about Shane Warne and Rod Marsh titled ‘In good hands’.

On Saturday, the Australian Cartoonists Association opened its Annual Conference, which was held in Coffs Harbour for the first time.

It’s normally staged in various capital cities.

It was attended by cartoonists from all over Australia and they held their gala dinner and Stanley Awards at the National Cartoon Gallery.

Canberra artist David Pope won the major award.

“To round off the weekend, the National Cartoon Gallery was also featured on national television, as the cartooning segment of the ABC’s Sunday ‘Insiders’ program was filmed inside the gallery,” said a proud Paul.

2023 Women’s Week Grants Applications Open

By Andrew VIVIAN

LOCAL councils and not-for-profit organisations can apply for a share of the 2023 NSW Women’s Week Grants Program funding to hold events that celebrate and connect women and girls across our region between 6-12 March, 2023.

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh announced that applications are open, with $100,000 in funding available for womenfocused events held during that week.

“NSW Women’s Week is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the many achievements and accomplishments of women and girls on the Coffs Coast,” Mr Singh said.

Events funded by the grants program must support at least one of the key priorities of the NSW Women’s Strategy 2023-26, which are economic opportunity and advancement, health and wellbeing and participation and empowerment

Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor said NSW Women’s Week is a time to shine a light on what we can do to bring women together, share our strengths, support each other and work towards gender equality.

“I urge organisations across the Coffs Coast and throughout NSW to submit their applications to help them deliver these important events for their local community,” said Ms Taylor.

Applications close Sunday, 4 December.

Applications can be made online at www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/nswwomens-week-grants.

q The winner of the major award, Cartoon of the Year, was won by Melbourne artist Rod Emerson, for his cartoon about Shane Warne and Rod Marsh titled ‘In good hands’.

q NSW Arts Minister Ben Franklin at the National Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour.

Domestic violence specialist refuge delivered to Coffs

By Andrea FERRARI

A NEW refuge to support those harmed and at risk of domestic violence on the Coffs Coast, will scale up vital support for women and children in our region.

The NSW Government has boosted critical support

services for thousands of domestic violence victimsurvivors with the funding of 39 new refuges across the state.

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said, “These homes provide greater capacity in the Coffs Coast community for safe, private,

and independent living spaces for victim survivors and their children.

“I don’t want a single person in our local community to be harmed by domestic and family violence, but until we can remove this scourge from our society, it is crucial we have supports in

School Strike 4 Climate Continues

By Andrew VIVIAN

LAST Friday, November 18, more than 30 young people from Coffs Harbour and surrounding schools gathered opposite the City of Coffs Harbour offices to continue the ongoing School Strike 4 Climate, initiated by Greta Thunberg in August 2018.

The Australian chapter of School Strike 4 Climate wants to achieve net zero by 2030 (meaning no new coal, oil or gas projects including the Adani mine), 100 percent renewable energy generation and exports by 2030 and funding for a just transition and job creation for all fossil-fuel workers and their communities.

One of the organisers, Zeek Mattarollo, told News Of The Area, “I’ve always wanted to do whatever we can locally to defend the beautiful land we live on.

“The youth have had enough and we’re ready to do whatever it takes to save the planet.

“We need to turn to the only people we can trust, ourselves.”

Addressing the

audience, Zeek demanded the City of Coffs Harbour declare a climate emergency, in line with Bellingen Shire.

Year 11 student Maya Farmer gave an impassioned speech as she detailed local effects of climate change, such as the Lismore floods, last year’s hail storms and the bushfires.

She told the audience that they already know that these are not natural.

q Concerned students continue their campaign for effective climate action.

place for victims.

“These new refuges are funded through the largest investment in domestic and family violence supports in NSW history and will provide long-term infrastructure to support women and children escaping domestic and family violence.”

Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Natalie Ward said

the new refuges, delivered under the NSW Government’s Core and Cluster program, follows trials in Orange and Griffith.

“These 39 new refuges will be designed in the new Core and Cluster model which is an innovative model that provides independent living and access to critical services such as counselling, legal assistance and further education,” Natalie Ward said.

“Additionally, we have doubled funding for capacity building projects, from $2.2 million to $4.4 million, to support service providers in the delivery of focused and culturally sensitive domestic and family violence services.”

The Perrottet Government announced $484.3 million in October 2021 to establish new Women’s Refuges in NSW.

Ms Farmer called on the audience to broaden the discussion beyond wealthy countries.

“Climate justice is social justice,” she said.

Another organiser, Rataj Abdullah, urged students attending to post a picture of their sign with the hashtag #climateemergency, tag the City of Coffs Harbour and upload it to social media.

After listening to several speakers and an original song, the students marched around the Coffs Harbour CBD.

The demonstrators stopped outside the NAB branch to call for the bank to quit financing coal, at the State Member’s electoral office to demand action and outside the City of Coffs Harbour Chambers where they called on Council to declare a climate emergency.

She also talked about heat waves in Europe, droughts in Africa, the disappearance of Pacific islands and floods in Pakistan.

How trauma impacts mental health

By Andrea FERRARI

THE impact of psychological trauma on children and young people will be a key theme when Southern Cross University hosts a regional mental health forum on Saturday, 26 November at the Coffs Harbour campus.

The Trauma-Informed Care for Allied Health Professionals forum, presented by the North Coast Allied Health Association, brings together clinicians from across the region to hear from experienced child and youth mental health practitioners.

Among keynote speakers will be Southern Cross University’s Professor John Hurley, whose clinical

experience and leadership in the mental health field spans more than 40 years.

Professor Hurley is also Vice-President of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and maintains a mental health clinic through Headspace at Coffs Harbour.

He said the state of mental health on the NSW North Coast made for a disturbing picture.

Professor Hurley told News Of The Area, “There are serious challenges for young people in our region, especially children under twelve.”

Just consider the traumatic events of the recent past.

“If you are a nine-yearold child in our region, life

has been defined by drought, floods, fires and Covid, along with the social dislocation and economic deprivation arising from these.

“The children and youth of our region have self-harm and suicide rates significantly above the State averages with nearly 50 percent of young people in the region simultaneously reporting difficulties accessing mental health services.

“This is often due to a lack of specialist services, as well as a lack of diversity of services.

“A whole community response is needed if we are going to address these issues,” he said.

The Forum hopes to increase the awareness of mental health problems for those Allied Health clinicians working in general practices

such as Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy.

Topics covered in the forum will include identifying and understanding psychological trauma in children and youth, where to best refer them for help and to share effective clinical and interpersonal skills to achieve youth friendly practice.

“Achieving positive change is slow but our responses to trauma are improving.

“Where we as clinicians, teachers, coaches or neighbours communicate a sense of safety, respect of diversity and willingness to work collaboratively with young people on their priorities, we generate good outcomes.

“Less self-harm, less suicide and young people having more positive views about themselves are all byproducts of knowing about trauma and responding to

that respectfully.”

Significant funding for new services and specialised trained multi-disciplinary staff are most certainly required, Prof. Hurley urged.

“While we advocate for those, forums such as this one seek to build upon what scant resources we do have, to help

Conaghan hears concerns from Grandparents and Kinship Carers

THE GRANDPARENTS and Kinship Carers support group of Coffs Harbour welcomed Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan and Electorate Officer Liz Newberry for morning tea to chat about their role and their concerns on Wednesday, 16 November at the Coffs Harbour CWA rooms.

“This group provides a wonderful support network to the whole family as they try to navigate their way through the difficult situation of taking on a primary carer’s role for their grandchildren,” Joy Watson, the coordinator of the Grandparents and Kinship Carers group told News Of The Area.

The group can help with

advocacy, understanding and support for new and existing carers during their journey.

Mr Congahan listened to many of the carers’ individual stories and has taken letters of concern to the Minister of Families, Communities and Disabilities.

“Ours is only one small group hoping for change, and we’d like to see more support,” Joy said.

“Especially encasing services that help with respite, face-to-face training on how to approach court hearings, raising kids in today’s society, homelessness and of course more financial support.”

The Coffs group of Grandparents and Kinship

Carers comes together once a month to support each other, offer ideas and to enjoy getting out and sharing each other’s company, meeting at the CWA rooms in Dalley Street.

Often a guest speaker will come along to share information and guidance to help members tackle pressing issues or to navigate confusing government requirements.

“We have social family days with the kids and much more,” said Joy.

“We have new carers constantly accessing our group who are in need of support and not knowing where to start and where to go.

the youngest members of our community.”

Other keynote speakers at the forum will be physiotherapist and early career researcher Dr Ryan McGrath, clinical psychologist Dr Alexandra Howard and Coffs Harbour GP Dr Nicola Holmes.

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q Tackling the disturbing state of mental health on the Mid North Coast, especially amongst young people, Professor John Hurley speaks at the TraumaInformed Care for Allied Health Professionals forum at SCU on Saturday, 26 November.

“Becoming a Grandparent and Kinship Carer is not easy and often not our choice.

“For Pat to come and listen there with someone who was

q Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined the Grandparents and Kinship Carers group meeting to hear about their role.

q Members of the Grandparents and Kinship Carers group talked through their concerns with Pat Conaghan MP.

q Sharing their role and concerns with Pat Conaghan MP, members of the Grandparents and Kinship group met at the CWA rooms in Coffs Harbour.

Bernadette Harvey To Complete Music Society Season

By Andrew VIVIAN

FRIDAY, 2 December is the date for the final concert of the Coffs Harbour Music Society’s chamber music series for 2022.

After previously performing with Trio Shoshin, Bernadette Harvey returns to perform solo on piano.

Since being Australian Young Performer of the Year

in 1987, Ms Harvey has performed and taught all around the world.

She is currently involved in an ongoing Sonata Project, in which she collaborates with composers and commissions new pieces to perform.

Ms Harvey’s other new classical music collaborations occur through the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, which sponsors the Tucson

Winter Chamber Music Festival, where she performs annually.

Ms Harvey said of her work, “With every piece that I perform, I hope to bring a clarity of understanding and articulation, faultless technical command and resourcefulness and excitement, in turn harnessing the intentions of composers with distilled clarity.”

Ms Harvey will perform at 7.30pm at Lecture Theatre D, Coffs Harbour Education Campus and will also be conducting a Master Class.

Tickets are $55 each (students with ID $25), and are available, along with information about the masterclass, by ringing 0466985652, or from the Music Society website at www.coffsmusicsociety.com.

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Tickets will also be available at the door from 6.45pm.

SCU’s Kirsten Benkendorff a STEM Superstar

By Andrea FERRARI

SOUTHERN Cross University’s Professor Benkendorff, who is based at the University's National Marine Science Centre in Coffs Harbour, has been announced as a Superstar of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), SCU’s first such appointment.

Professor Kirsten Benkendorff’s research investigates ways to safeguard the health of our oceans and the seafood we eat.

In particular, ways

to reduce the impacts of climate change and agricultural run-off to ensure shellfish health and high-quality seafood.

Professor Benkendorff is among a select group of 60 diverse and brilliant scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians unveiled last Friday by the Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic MP, at a ceremony in Canberra.

Superstars of STEM is an initiative to smash gender assumptions about who can work in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Those selected are given training and networking opportunities to become sought-after media commentators as experts in their fields while at the same time promoting roles for women and girls.

Professor Benkendorff said she was thrilled to have been chosen from a highly competitive national field.

“I am very excited to have this opportunity to be a role model for women in science.

“Science and technology are essential for solving the complex global challenges we are currently facing,” she

said.

“I hope I can inspire others to become part of the solution.

“I wanted to be David Attenborough when I was young.

“In pursuing my dream, I learned that research is what engaged me more than anything.

“It’s satisfying to make discoveries and solve problems.

“Ultimately, healthy environments provide a range of essential ecosystem services that we all depend on.”

“The need to boost diversity in our science, technology, engineering and mathematics sector is urgent,” he said.

"There are huge skills shortages that can be addressed if we put our minds and collective effort to it which means we have to draw deeply on our nation’s expertise from all corners of the community.

“By doing so, we can deliver a stellar boost to our national economy and enable Australia to meet the growing demand for STEMtrained workers.

“I've always been a fan of the way the Superstars of STEM program pushes to deliver a diverse STEM workforce and ensures the next generation of scientists and technologists have visible role models.

“I just know these talented experts and communicators will play their part inspiring Australia’s young people, from all backgrounds, into science and technology.”

Professor Tyrone Carlin, Vice Chancellor and President of Southern Cross University, said, “Here at Southern Cross, we’ve longregarded Kirsten as a STEM superstar.

“To have her recognised on the national stage, among an elite group of clever scientists, is testament to Kirsten’s talents both as a communicator and a researcher.”

Created in 2017, Superstars of STEM is an initiative of Science and Technology Australia funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

q Bernadette Harvey returns to Coffs Harbour on 2 December.

Minister Husic

congratulated Professor Benkendorff and her Superstar peers for stepping into the public arena to help inspire the next generations of diverse young Australians into STEM.

q SCU STEM Superstar, Professor Kirsten Benkendorff. Photo: Seen Australia.

Targeting erosion on the banks of the Orara River

By Andrea FERRARI

EROSION is being repaired along the Orara River thanks to two NSW Government Habitat Action Grants funding practical, onground rehabilitation works for fish habitats, including managing stock access to waterways, revegetating native plants, reintroducing large woody habitat and bank stabilisation works.

The two projects benefiting from the grants are ‘Orara River Erosion from Camphor Laurel in Nana Glen’ ($40,000) and ‘Repairing Erosion on the Upper Orara River’ ($19,640).

Orara Rivercare president Garry Dew, secretary Ron Smith, group member Steve Thompson and Rivercare project officer Sam Hessey met with Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh at the site of a recent erosion repair grant off Upper Orara Road.

The two sites given funding were damaged in the 2020 floods and are suffering from erosion in key fish habitats.

One of the sites, in Upper

Orara, is in the drinking water catchment for Coffs Harbour town water supply and is also habitat for Eastern Freshwater Cod, an endangered species, which has just been restocked earlier this year to help the population there.

“In that site we’ve got giant barred frogs, tusked frogs and a number of other species that will benefit from repairing this erosion,” Rivercare project officer Sam Hessey told News Of The Area.

“These erosion sites contribute so much

sediment to the water that it affects all the organisms in the water.”

The other site is just upstream from the pump station for Nana Glen’s water supply.

There’s a lot of soil dirt coming into the river, so the aquatic health will benefit from the repair here too.

Once the erosion is repaired using the Habitat Action Grants, both sites will be revegetated by the Orara River Rehabilitation Project through their funding from City of Coffs Harbour.

The site Mr Singh visited on Friday, 18 November shows three types of repair work: pin and rock groins, a weir construction and rock revetment work.

“With the shallowrooted camphor laurels getting soaked, and the wind blowing through their bushy tops, they fall into the river taking the bank with them,” said Ron Smith.

“The river has widened by four meters as a result of the March 2022 floods.

“It’s a big job, particularly to get grass paddock back to rainforest, but in the long term that’s the only solution to this erosion, to get rid of the camphor laurel,

revegetate and manage.

“The river is full of stacks of these trees that have come out of the banks.

“Some people say it’s the trees we’ve poisoned, but it’s not, it’s all the ones we didn’t poison that have been able to grow and then fall in the river.”

Orara Rivercare has two preferred local erosion repair contractors: Van Den Berg Earthmoving in Karangi and Engineering and Civil Contractors in Emerald Beach.

“We need contractors who know how water works.

“They are very dynamic systems, if you don’t get it

right it won’t work.

“Paul Van Den Berg has grown up on the river, he understands how it works, his understanding is phenomenal,” said Garry.

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said, “I acknowledge the efforts by local landholders, and the community generally, over the past 25 years and the financial support from all levels of government, particularly the City of Coffs Harbour.

“These projects will benefit our local community and will have a long-term positive impact on native fish in our waterways.”

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q Garry Dew (left) said the Upper Orara River meeting spot was an exquisite place but it’s taken a lot of money to get it to look like this.

q This Upper Orara River site has a fish ladder to help the fish swim upstream especially when it’s low flow. The eroded banks were restabilised with rock work through another Habitat Action Grant in 2019 and revegetated.

LET’S CELEBRATE!

LET’S CELEBRATE!

LET’S CELEBRATE!

It’s one year since the Coffs Coast became NSW’s first ECO Destination.

It’s one year since the Coffs Coast became NSW’s first ECO Destination.

It’s one year since the Coffs Coast became NSW’s first ECO Destination.

This means we’re globally recognised for preserving our natural beauty, being culturally authentic and acting sustainably… something we can all be proud of.

This means we’re globally recognised for preserving our natural beauty, being culturally authentic and acting sustainably… something we can all be proud of.

This means we’re globally recognised for preserving our natural beauty, being culturally authentic and acting sustainably… something we can all be proud of.

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Bellingen Riverwatch wins national awards

By Andrea FERRARI

BELLINGEN Riverwatch, one of the largest citizen science water quality monitoring programs in NSW and the largest citizen science macroinvertebrate monitoring program in Australia, received two awards at the River Basin Management Society Awards on Friday, 11 November in Melbourne.

Competing with projects from all around Australia and capital cities, this impressive program from the small town of Bellingen won the People's Choice for and was a finalist in the Involving Community in Waterway Management category.

“Our People's Choice voting got 50 percent more than any other category which indicates the high level of support this community has for the program,” Program Manager Amy Denshire told News Of The Area.

Riverwatch representatives hope this recognition helps to propel the program forward.

“We aim to be an exemplar of best practice citizen science and are very much on the journey to becoming this.

“These awards help shine a light on the work we are doing, supporting the recovery of the critically endangered Bellinger River Snapping turtle and helping to protect our waterways while strengthening our community while we do it,” Amy said.

Bellingen Riverwatch sees more than 60 volunteers come together across two citizen science programs, to test local rivers for water quality and monitor macroinvertebrates, aka waterbugs.

“We also host events to foster connection between volunteers, the community, and the environment,” Sam Daykin, Bellingen Riverwatch Coordinator told NOTA.

“With the support of partners, the program is set to expand in 2023, with riverbank repair work at Gordonville Crossing, which our volunteers are very excited about.”

The Bellingen Riverwatch partnership would like to thank the community for the support they have for this program and would like to extend a massive congratulations to the incredible, dedicated Bellingen Riverwatch volunteers.

“Bellingen Riverwatch could not do this important work without the support of its partners and would like to thank

the NSW Government, Bellingen Shire Council, Healthy North Coast, Vendart Diagnostics, Vincent Fairfax Foundation, NSW Waterwatch, Bellinger Landcare Inc, EnviroComm Connections and OzGREEN,” said Amy.

If you are interested in joining the Bellingen Riverwatch family of volunteers, please contact Sam on sam@ozgreen.org. au.

q Amy Denshire, Bellingen Riverwatch Program Manager, OzGREEN, and Anna Juodvalkis, Partnerships Manager, OzGREEN, very excited to represent the Bellingen Riverwatch partners at the awards night and to receive recognition for the five-year-long leading-edge citizen science program that operates in the Bellinger and Kalang catchments.

q Volunteer, Toni, plants trees with her granddaughter at a Bellingen Riverwatch event at Thora. The program is set to launch a new riparian program arm in 2023, starting with a riparian restoration project at Gordonville Crossing.

q Bellingen Riverwatch volunteers, Pauline and Jason identify waterbugs with the help of Steering Committee partner Justine Elder, Bellingen Shire Council.

q Andy Core, Teacher, Bellingen High School, demonstrates techniques to his students.

Bellingen Riverwatch’s water quality monitoring citizen science program sees forty volunteers and four schools work together to test local rivers at 20 sites every month.

q Bellingen Riverwatch Coordinator Sam Daykin (right) assists Bellingen Riverwatch volunteers Alex and Grace to identify waterbugs at the recent Macro Muster event.

A fruity farewell for Chris and Gary

By Andrea FERRARI

AFTER more than three decades meeting the fruit and vegetable needs of the Sawtell community, Chris and Gary Gardiner, proprietors of Sawtell Paradise Fruit shop, have retired and sold the business.

The pair celebrated their last day in the old shop and then celebrated again in the newly refurbished shop with friends, family and their highly valued staff.

Having shouldered the staffing requirements between the two of them during Covid restrictions, the workload and stress caused Gary to have heart problems, restricting his ability to work full hours.

“It was decided that our health was more important to us for our future,” Gary told News Of The Area.

“We have sold to a local business called Active Nutrition Pantry Pty Ltd run by Jenni, Belle and Rob.

“They will be merging both businesses together to give Sawtell a more diverse and healthy shopping experience.”

With 32 years of serving their customers

with a welcome and a chat, Chris and Gary are planning to have a rest for the next couple of months and then travel around Australia “to see this beautiful country”.

Getting back into golf may be on the cards, along with more walking and swimming at the beach.

“We would like to thank all the amazing staff who have worked with us over the past 20 years.

“We must also thank all our wonderful local produce suppliers who have also worked hard during tough times and our famous cake and slices lady Jan who is also retiring.

“A huge thanks to our loyal customers who have supported us over the years, some for the whole 32 years.

“Sawtell is an amazing village and the best place to live and work, all the best for all of you in the future,” said Chris.

The Gardiner family has been farming in the Boambee area since the 1890s.

“We are the fifth generation of these farmers,” Gary told NOTA.

“In the 1960s we grew bananas,

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avocadoes, tomatoes, zucchinis and lychees to mention a few of the crops.”

In the 1990s they built new ripening and cool rooms on the farm.

“We ripened some of the bananas to sell to Cox Brother’s supermarkets and Tuckerbag supermarkets.”

This is also the time they started selling bananas and fruit at a stall on Sawtell Road.

By about 2002 the stall had become too popular, attracting too many cars and customers.

“We then moved to Sawtell to expand our range and service with the shop.”

In the early days most of the stock was grown on their farm or supplied by other local growers.

“We did have a stone fruit farmer in Stanthorpe who would bring fruit from his farm to Sawtell to sell his produce in our shop.

“The early days were hard, working the farm and stocking the stall and shop.”

But it did generate sufficient income to carry the farm during hard times of banana gluts, cyclones, hailstorms and droughts.

“In the late 1990s my father died and Woolworths and Coles moved in to the Coffs/ Sawtell area, causing Cox’s and Tuckerbag supermarkets to go out of business,” said Gary.

The decision was made to reduce the bananas on the farm and concentrate on building Sawtell Paradise Fruit to be their main source of income.

“When Woolworths and Coles moved in they had a strategy of trying to undercut all opposing businesses and they successfully drove out most fruit shops and other competing businesses.

“We survived by supplying local produce and diversified our range to include cheeses, deli items, yoghurts, Norco milks and of course our famous juices, smoothies, and choc-coated dried bananas and frozen choccoated bananas.”

If you’ve been into the shop you’ll see Gary always barefoot, padding around the shop.

He only wears shoes when he has too.

“I worked in bananas in my younger days and my feet have been bitten by snakes and spiders, cut by axes, knives, oysters and broken glass and they always seem to recover,” he said.

Gary reckons all locals and visitors must make time to walk barefoot on the sand and in the water, to calm the mind and allow all the stresses of modern living to be removed from your shoulders at least for the time you are on the beach.

“We live in the best part of the world and our beaches are the best in the world.”

And Chris is well known for loving her Sawtell pool exercise classes.

“Aquafit is a great workout in the local pool and a friendly chat with locals.

“Sometimes visitors join the classes.

“Sawtell pool is very important for our community.”

q The Gardiners are retiring, and there’s the cake to prove it. Gary Gardiner, Brendon Clarke, Haley Watt, Rychelle Boyes, Mia Jackson, Jan Boyd, Sam, Christine Gardiner and Gabby Clarke.

q Pictured on the last day at the old Sawtell Paradise Fruit shop in Sawtell was Brendon Clarke, Jodie, Imala, Rychelle Boyes, Sue Clarke, Mia Jackson, Haley Watt, Gary and Christine Gardiner.

q Mia Jackson, Brendon Clarke, Trent Gardiner and Haley Watt.

q Rychelle Boyes, Sue Clarke, Gary Gardiner, Imala, Brendon Clarke, Christine Gardiner, Mia Jackson, Haley Watt and Jodie.

q Locals enjoy the Gardiners’ retirement party in the newly refurbished premises.

100 years of SES service

By Andrea FERRARI

ONE hundred years of service to the SES between them, fifteen volunteers received sixteen awards at a recognition ceremony officiated by NSW SES Commissioner Carlene York APM on Sunday, 20 November at Coffs Harbour Golf Club.

Also on hand to participate and witness the awards was Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, representing The Honourable Steph Cooke MP, Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience, and Coffs Harbour City Mayor, Paul Amos.

The National Emergency Medal was presented to five SES members who assisted in the 2017 effort when

Cyclone Debbie impacted the Northern Rivers; Jennifer Travis, Terry Griffis, James Daniels, Michel Vimal Du Monteil and Jason Hiscox.

NSW SES Long Service Awards were presented to members who have been serving for notable periods of time.

Jill Gill from Coffs Harbour City unit received a 25 year long service award.

Keith Haycraft, also from Coffs, received recognition for 20 years of service.

Long service awards for serving fifteen years were presented to Dennis Houghton from CorindiWoolgoolga Unit and Vickie Ward from Coffs.

Kevin Wilson from Corindi-Woolgoolga received

his ten years award, and Tania Lamberth, also from CorindiWoolgoolga, received an award for five years’ service.

The Commissioner's Certificate of Recognition, for their efforts across the state in the 2021 floods, was awarded to the Coffs Harbour City and Urunga units.

Two Coffs Harbour City Unit members, Jill Gill and Ian Christianson, were awarded NSW SES Life Membership at the presentation by SES Commissioner Carlene York.

Jill said, upon receiving this honour, “To spend twenty-six-and-a-half years so far in the SES, to receive the honour of receiving life membership means so much, to feel that you have really been appreciated for

11th Night for Tree-o Gallery

By Andrea FERRARI

TREE-O Gallery in Raleigh has mixed up the formula for the 11th Showcase of Featured Artists opening on Saturday, 26 November 2022 from 4-6pm.

“The trio of talented Featured Artists for our 11th Showcase came together a bit by chance,” Sarah Andersen, one of the trio of Tree-O Gallery owners told News Of The Area.

“Sara Wade is a well-known local artist and her work had been on our radar for some time so we were ecstatic to get her on board.

“Another 2D artist unfortunately had to postpone so we thought we might take the opportunity to reach outside our region to bring something fresh and new to our space.

“Eden Scott and Su Bishop have both come from a little further afield and we know both of their works will resonate beautifully with Sara's but also stand alone as well,” she said.

Eden is a multi-award-winning artist who has dedicated his life to painting and drawing.

Su and her husband Al came into Tree-o for a browse earlier this year

and Sarah remembers complimenting Su on the jewellery she was wearing.

“When she said she made it herself, I knew Tree-o and our visitors would also love the unique and colourful pieces she hand creates from glass.”

With a raft of other local artists also debuting, this exhibition is shaping up to offer pleasing viewing and a lot of unique gift ideas.

Su Bishop told NOTA, “I’m a glass artist who works glass with an oxygen propane fuelled torch.

“Most of my work is making jewellery.

“I make the beads, especially blown hollow beads that I assemble into unique jewellery.

“I make the sort of jewellery that I like to wear, I like bold colours and bigger beads.”

She likes to mix up styles and textures.

“I also make sculptured pieces, quirky magpies, chickens, fish, sea scapes.

“Some are made as installations under glass domes.”

Artist Eden Scott is excited about being part of Tree-o Gallery's

forthcoming exhibition.

“My 'Driftwood Series' illustrates the effects of climate and development, meeting at the water's edge.

“I used charcoal to accentuate line, shadow and texture in these drawings.

“Pen and ink adds variety and intimacy for the 'Endangered Reef Fish' series.

“The magnolia on canvas shows a return to acrylics… leaving behind a love affair with oils.

“The latest acrylics offer a new depth and romance,” he said.

Eden graduated from The National Art School, Sydney in 1971, which opened a

“It

long career as an artist and teacher.

Sara Wade has a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) Sydney College of the Arts and Grad Dip in Training & Development.

She has exhibited widely across the region for over 30 years.

“In this showcase I am presenting work that continues my abstract landscape style as well as work that has taken me into

a fully abstracted form,” said Sara.

“These collages, which use recycled packaging and recycled artwork, are a new direction but the process is in line with my love of mixed media.

“Letting go of landscape references has been liberating, with abstract designs that connect with the industrial and architectural, mass production, reuse and reinterpretation.”

the years of service you have given to the community.”

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said he was honoured to present the awards to “dedicated

volunteers who have given so much over the past few years of disaster after disaster”.

always brings me great pleasure to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding

work volunteers undertake in our local community, with the Coffs Coast SES Units being recognised at Sunday’s presentation,” said Mr Singh.

q NSW SES Coffs Coast award recipients with Commissioner Carlene York in the centre.

NSW SES Coffs Coast award recipients with

q Members of SES Coffs Harbour City Unit with Commissioner York on the right.

q Coffs Harbour City Unit Commander Ian Horncastle, Jill Gill, Commissioner Carlene York and Ian Christianson.

q Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and SES Commissioner Carlene York present Coffs Harbour City SES Unit’s Geoffrey Keith Haycraft with his 20 years long service award.

q Inside the Box by Sara Wade.

q See this charcoal fish by Eden Scott at Tree-o Gallery in Raleigh.

q Inferno detail by Sara Wade on show at Tree-o Gallery’s Showcase.

q Su Bishop’s quirky little fish sculpture.

q Cute little scene created in glass by Su Bishop.

On-farm action to reduce emissions

FARMERS are calling for greater face-to-face support and information to take action on-farm to reduce emissions, according to a new poll released by Farmers for Climate Action.

Farmers for Climate Action, an organisation representing more than 7000 Australian farmers, is calling for a national policy for climate change and agriculture, and will be releasing a report on what this should include early next year.

Farmers for Climate Action CEO, Dr Fiona Davis, said the key findings of the poll of more than 550 farmers were:

• 90 percent of farmers are keen to trial new technology to reduce emissions but insufficient

information and cost of finance are the two biggest barriers to change.

• 93 percent of farmers are prepared to change farming practices if it would benefit them and have a positive impact on climate change, yet 79 percent of farmers have not been involved in a practical, on farm emissions extension program.

“The survey confirmed farmers are leading the way on emissions reduction through planting trees, investing in cheap renewable energy and experimenting with seaweed feeds which reduce methane,” Dr Davis said.

“But it also signals to the government that farmers want to go

further. The survey reveals opportunities to help farmers by rolling out ground staff to run carbon and methane reduction demonstration programs.

“Extension officers, who visit farms to run practical workshops, are part of the answer here.

“Farmers are also excited to embrace clean energy technologies, but are clearly looking to the government to provide support through financing options and education about what technology options are out there for farmers.

“Agriculture needs its own climate policy because, as the pandemic and recent global conflicts have demonstrated, a local food supply is not optional.”

q Farmers for Climate Action CEO Dr Fiona Davis.

Focus of the Week

Revitalising Engineering on the Coffs Coast

United Pacific is a locally owned Engineering Company founded in 2009 and initially employing only a handful of staff supporting the local construction, agricultural and recycling industries.

Continuous investment in people and technologies along with a strong focus on providing practical solutions to our clients varied needs has seen us undergo steady and sustainable growth.

UPE is now a key supplier to a wide variety of customers and industry sectors Australia wide and has become recognised as a reliable supplier of high quality equipment and services.

Our team provides a vast array of experience both practical and professional and includes not only highly skilled fabricators and machinists but also Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineers, Accredited Welding Inspectors, Supervisors, International Welding Specialists. The team is supported by our Metallurgist who has over 40years experience in material science & production.

Boambee East. (The site originally occupied by WE Smith Engineering – turn off Sawtell road and we are just past MI Organics)

The new premises has provided us with an opportunity to expand our physical workshop and equipment capacity.

We now have approx. 6000m2 undercover workshop space with multiple overhead cranes and a maximum lift capacity of 125tonnes.

Our workshop is equipped with large capacity welding and machining centres, this equipment along with the significantly enhanced material handling capability ensures that we are able to undertake large project works previously lost overseas.

An Independent NATA registered Laboratory has also been established on the site and provides services for destructive and non-destructive testing of materials and welds.

The combination and ready availability of: professional engineers, testing services, skilled Tradesmen and high capacity equipment and facilities allows us to truly be a “One Stop Engineering Shop” not only on the Coffs Coast but Australia wide.

Focus of the Week

Career Opportunities

With continued growth we anticipate new employment opportunities as we continue to strengthen our team.

As an employer we offer stability, competitive salaries, significant potential for career growth and flexible working conditions.

If you are looking for a variety of interesting, challenging work, with opportunity to contribute in a small team environment please contact us via email with a brief introductory letter and your resume: admin@unitedpacificeng.com

Currently we have both full time and part time opportunities in the following areas:

• Tradesmen Fabricators / Welders

• Tradesmen Fitter / Machinists

Our efforts to date have us well placed to take advantage of the current, “make it in Australia” sentiment and we are looking to breathe new life into the local manufacturing sector.

We have trained many apprentices and young engineers and will continue to do so. It is our intention to continue to sustainably grow our local manufacturing capability, skill sets and technologies to ensure the future of Engineering remains viable within this region.

Located within the United Pacific Engineering site Coffs Coast Laboratory offers testing of materials and welds at our premises or your site, we offer a mobile service allowing clients to have weld testing carried out at their work place, alleviating unproductive time of their staff, ensuring a smooth time efficient and cost effective service.

Open Day/Technology Showcase

If you would like to see our skilled tradespeople in action, view the exceptional workmanship and be part of the engineering experience we are offering a guided tour through our workshop on : Tuesday 29th November 2022 please ring 0497 522 066 on Monday to book your spot.

Please note: to ensure safe conduct through the workshop areas pre booking and solid footwear are essential

Coffs Coast Laboratory

Jetty Theatre’s 2023 Season Launch

KICK off the silly season this December with the Jetty Theatre’s 2023 Season Launch.

Enjoy a special guest performance by one of Australia’s most exciting and diverse artists, Darren Coggan, and the charismatic banter of host, Tim Maddren, along with the big reveal of the Jetty Theatre’s 2023 Season of Shows.

2023 is all about taking a journey, expanding limitations and exploring other places, finding a fresh outlook and a flourish of ideas and possibilities.

With a year of uplifting experiences in store, there’s something for everyone to enjoy, from theatrical magic, daring exploits, fun and farcical rides, distinctly Australian stories and adventures to distant places.

Take a chance to see something that will take your breath away as The Jetty Theatre showcases a diverse program of theatre, film, music, comedy, cabaret, kids and family entertainment.

While the season will include some of the Jetty Theatre’s annual favourites including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, Flickerfest and Screenwave International Film festival, there will also be plenty of grand surprises which will be revealed.

Book your tickets now for the event of the year, catch up with friends for a drink, enjoy some great entertainment and receive your 2023 Season Program hot off the press.

Jetty Theatre 2023 Season Launch

Tuesday 6 December, 6:30 for 7pm start

Tickets at www.jettytheatre.com

The box office is open Tuesday to Friday from 12-4pm or call 66484930.

q The Jetty Theatre season launch is on December

By Andrea FERRARI

SUMMER Sesh is the final event of the Coffs Coast Food & Wine Festival, presented by local event organisers Broken Open Productions in collaboration with Amplify Events.

The festival has a huge line-up of live music including ARC, described as one of Australia's top Supergroups, as well as Kim Churchill, Alex Lloyd, Big Twisty & The Funknasty, and thirteen more acts.

“This festival is now family-friendly so everyone can enjoy the delicious food on offer from the festival's Food Truck Park,” Lindsay Russell, Director, Coffs Coast Food & Wine Festival, told News Of The Area.

“With bougie menu items like fresh seafood platters, alcohol-infused ice cream and more, this is a must for foodies in the area.”

There will be a Brewer's Lane featuring four local brewers; Woopi Brewing Co., Gallows Brewing Co., King Tide Brewing, and Sanctus Brewing and Critters Distillery.

A VIP Area for those aged 18-plus will have a Brookie’s Gin pop-up and an additional private bar with Coopers beer.

The Eco Corner highlights sustainability and will raise awareness of the food waste issue.

OzHarvest will be spreading the word from their bright yellow bus.

OzGreen will be there composting the food waste from the festival, a first for the Coffs Coast region.

“Foodie chats from local producers will be letting festival-goers know how to support our regional farmers, hosted on the Harvest Stage sponsored by Coffs Coast Harvest,” said Lindsay.

2BBB FM will be nearby, with its radio station caravan on-site.

The plethora of artists’ will play new music live on two stages.

Plus, every ticket purchased provides two meals to locals in need via the festival’s partnership with OzHarvest.

This Summer Sesh will be held at Jetty Beach House from November 26 - 27 at Jetty Beach House, Coffs Harbour.

See @coffscoastfoodwine on social media.

q The Big Twisty on stage at Jetty Beach House.

q Kim Churchill live on stage.

q Alex Lloyd plays Summer Sesh.

q The Ninth Chapter comes to Coffs Harbour.

36 Links Avenue, Korora

$895,000 - $925,000 3 Beds, 2 Bath, 1 Car

IF you're looking for a tranquil garden and seaside living, this house is for you.

Located in a private and peaceful position this property has been admired by many due to its location in the sought-after beachside suburb in the heart of Korora.

This residence epitomises luxury beachside living which is situated approximately 400 metres from Hills Beach.

This family-friendly neighbourhood was designed to encompass the surrounding greenery and take advantage of the tranquil lagoon views from the balcony, you will feel like you are living in your own rainforest.

36 Links Avenue is sure to please.

On the top floor as you walk into this home you are welcomed with a casual living area with fireplace, timber flooring adding warmth to the living area, then flow through to the much-loved kitchen and open plan living and dining area.

The kitchen also offers a breakfast bar, tiled flooring, stove, range hood, and oven.

The top-level works fluently for living and entertaining.

On both sides there is direct side access that leads outside, one side leads out to the glass-panned deck overlooking the scenic lagoon that reflects the relaxed ambiance, where you can enjoy the surrounds of nature while sipping on your morning or afternoon coffee.

The other side offers a superb private outdoor sanctuary area great for entertaining family and friends which only adds to the home's enchantment.

The top floor also includes internal access from the single lock-up garage, one generoussized bedroom with a ceiling fan, built-ins, and one separate bathroom.

The flow downstairs encompasses a flexible space with a second bedroom ideally suitable for a workspace for the home professional.

The third bedroom is a comfortable size with a sliding door leading to the outside greenery.

The second bathroom downstairs offers a bathtub.

The ground floor would also work great for a teenage retreat with its own bathroom and privacy.

Additional features downstairs include air-conditioning, laundry room, tiled flooring,

and storage space.

This beachside retreat is only metres walk to popular Korora Beaches, a playground that the kids will love, and a BBQ area.

A short drive away to Coffs Harbour, Park Beach Plaza, restaurants, cafes, and CBD.

Close to schools, day-cares, airport, university, TAFE, hospital, the Jetty area, and Coffs Harbour's stunning beaches.

Why not dive in for a sea change?

If you have been searching for a private, low-maintenance home your search is over.

This is your opportunity to secure an easily managed, beachside beauty.

There is so much more to look at, come have a look for yourself.

Contact Charlotte Evans on 0490 265 578.

View online at unre.com.au/lin36

Gaye CONWAY 0436 355 564 gaye@newsofthearea.com.au

A list is published towards the back of this newspaper. You can also find the outlets by going to www.newsofthearea.com.au

This spacious ex display home is being offered for the first time in 30 years. The much loved home has 4 bedrooms – master with spa ensuite and all with robes and ceiling fans. There are separate lounge, dining and family rooms with the kitchen designed for the chef. Ducted air conditioning adjusts the temperature with the huge enclosed Queensland room being the ideal place to relax. A double drive thru garage gives access to the rear yard with the low maintenance gardens adding further appeal! Arrange your inspection today!

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This superb Sawtell family home should be should be at the top of your inspection list if you are looking for a quality family home at a great address!! Designed around entertaining, privacy and the outlook over Bonville Creek and Reserve, the home offers - 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and multiple living areas. The modern kitchen has all of the appliances a chef requires whilst the rear deck overlooks the sparkling in ground pool. The home is also air conditioned with the double garage having internal access and electric controller door units for easy access

Sawtell continues to be the gem of the Coffs Coast, so don’t let the opportunity pass you by!

Arrange your inspection today.

Home Open 11.45am – 12.15pm

If you are downsizing, investing or just entering the market –then this 3 bedroom home should be inspected! All 3 bedrooms have robes, both living areas are air conditioned and the home features easy care vinyl flooring throughout. There is also a covered entertaining area, the garage has internal access whilst the garden shed houses the lawn mower and tools . Public transport runs past the front door with the shops and schools being close by. Arrange your inspection today! For Sale – $655,000

Home Open 11.00am – 11.30am

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LOCALSPORT COFFS

Dynamic duo finish fifth at the World Championships

By Aiden BURGESS

BROOKLYN Leonard and Paris Warncken have done the Coffs Coast proud with a top result on the world stage.

The dynamic duo finished fifth in the Adult Duo Final at the FISAF International World Sports Aerobics and Fitness Championships in the Czech Republic.

The Coffs Harbour duo qualified for the World Championships after a third-place finish in the Adult International Duo

event at the National Championships in Brisbane.

The pair's top five placing in the Czech Republic capped off a fantastic year for the B Wild Fitness and Sport Aerobics team, whose members achieved outstanding results at both the State and National Championships.

After previously representing Australia, Leonard said it was great to be back on the world stage.

“What a feeling it was to be back on the world stage with Paris Warncken, and the amount of support we

had from the Australian team,” she said.

“Our first year being our own coaches pushing each other to our absolute limit.

“We are leaving that world stage knowing we could not have fought hard enough.”

Both Leonard and Warncken have previously experienced success together at the FISAF World Aerobic Championships.

They won silver medals as part of a Coffs Harbourbased team, during the 2015 event held in the Caribbean.

Coffs swimmer brings home a swag of medals from Virtus Oceania Asia Games

By Aiden BURGESS

COFFS Harbour’s Amelia Moore has brought home a swag of medals from the Virtus Oceania Asia Games in Brisbane.

The fifteen-year-old won seven medals across her seven events including six personal bests at the Virtus Oceania Asia Games, an event for elite athletes with intellectual impairment.

She won gold in the 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, and silver in the 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 100m

breaststroke, and 200m individual medley.

The Coffs Harbour Swimming Club member competes in the S19 category, which features athletes with high functioning autism.

Formed in 1986, Virtus is the recognised International Organisation of Sport for people with a Disability (IOSD), governing the eligibility of athletes with an intellectual impairment, elite competition and sport development.

The multiple gold medallist explained she had

a tough run into the Games in Brisbane.

“I had six weeks off sick, and with an injury I tore my quad, so I had to train pretty hard and Daniel (my coach) did some speed work with me before the Games,” she said.

After a stellar meet at the Oceania Asia Games, the young swimmer had her eyes on more events.

“I want to try to go to state and nationals, and in seven months the Global Games is on in France, so we’re trying to aim for that,” she said.

q Amelia Moore had a great meet in Brisbane.

Basketball semi-finals set to be decided

By Aiden BURGESS

CRUNCH time has finally arrived for Coffs Harbour’s best basketball teams.

After eighteen rounds, the Coffs Harbour Basketball Association’s

winter season semi-finals are set to be decided this week at Sportz Central, as teams play off for grand final spots.

A-grade men’s minor premiers Forest Built take on the fourth-placed Honey

Hippos, while the secondplaced Knuckleheads and third-placed Run It Back play off for a spot in this season's grand final.

Men’s social comp minor premiers Orange Juice take on Free Candy in their

semi-final, while defending champions Saints play White Chocolate.

Minor premiers Sloths and the fourth-placed Hippo’s play off for a spot in the Women's Draft League grand final, while the second-placed Raccoons and third placed Llamas meet in the other semifinal.

Women’s social comp minor premiers and defending champions Block

It Like Its Hot play Lobster Rolls for a spot in the grand final, while The Ring Ins and Hilliars Roses play off in the other semi-final.

The Coffs Harbour Basketball Association’s women’s grand finals will be held on Tuesday, November 29 at Sportz Central, while the men’s will be held on Wednesday, November 30 at the same venue.

Coffs Harbour

Basketball Association hosts a number of weekly competitions at Sportz Central.

Women’s competitions are held on Tuesday night, and men’s competitions are held on Wednesday night.

High school competitions are held on Friday afternoons and evenings, while both primary and high school competitions are held on Saturday.

q Paris Warncken and Brooklyn Leonard in the Czech Republic.

HYPOTHETICAL Taking a Legal Look

HYPOTHETICAL

By Manny WOOD

How a hooked fish leads to a family fallout

LEON and Megan had been married for 30 years, they lived in a large house overlooking a pristine river where they would often fish in their younger years.

One morning Leon, who had not caught a fish for a long time, finally got one!

Such was his surprise that Leon sadly died of a heart attack.

Megan, unable to maintain the home without Leon, decides to live with her son Phil.

She gives Phil $300,000 to build a granny flat on his property.

Phil then made a promise to his sister, Nola, to give her $150,000 when Megan passed.

Megan knew about this promise between her children

After several years, the relationship between Phil and Megan deteriorates and Phil asked his mum to leave.

Megan demanded Phil repay the $300,000 as she needed this money to find new accommodation.

Megan house sat and was cared for by her friends for a few months, until she was convinced to see a lawyer to get her money back from Phil.

In Court, Phil argued that the money provided to him was a gift as there were no conditions between him and his mother regarding the repayment.

The Court found that Megan gave Phil a conditional gift of $300,000, based on the right for Megan to reside in the granny flat and once the right to reside in the granny flat was removed, the conditional gift was withdrawn, requiring Phil to repay the funds to Megan.

This situation is common among families where parties tend to rely on ambiguous agreements which may lead to expensive, time consuming and relationship-damaging matters to be resolved in the legal system.

In this instance had Megan and Phil sought legal advice prior to Megan moving-in with Phil, a Granny Flat Agreement could have been drafted, clearly setting-out the arrangement and the matter may not have escalated when Phil asked Megan to leave his property.

Thank you to Anthony Fogarty for his assistance with this column.

Email Manny Wood, principal solicitor at TB Law at manny@ tblaw.net.au or call him on (02) 66 487 487.

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DEAR Jasminda,

The gym I go to takes candid photos of people exercising to encourage others.

Last week there was a particularly unattractive photo of me wearing no makeup, doing sumo squats.

While others may find this encouraging, I just feel embarrassed.

Can I ask them to take the photo down?

Hilda R.

Oh, Hilda

I CAN see it now. Your knees bent at impossible angles, your face dripping with sweat, a frown of concentration making you look miserable, your leggings and tank top accentuating parts of you that you don't want accentuated, your sports bra giving you one huge monoboob.

reminds us of the Jetty's history.

Jetty Foreshores proposal a “remarkable turnaround”

DEAR News Of The Area,

THE plan for the Jetty Foreshores published in last Friday's News Of The Area is a remarkable turn-around from all previous proposals.

Bringing the road closer to the railway line creates parking opportunities on the beach side and using railway carriages

Provision of steps improves access from the southern end of the beach, and the commercial kitchen, scattered cafes, dog runs and water park will all be popular.

Congratulations to Paul Amos and those who have supported him for seeking to retain and enhance the unique character of our beautiful harbour.

Regards, Margaret CHAPMAN, Coffs Harbour.

Why is the Mayor only starting the Jetty Foreshore conversation now?

DEAR News Of The Area,

IN the 11 November edition of this paper the Mayor placed a double page spread on what he termed a "community plan" for the Jetty Foreshores.

The motion that was passed by councillors to spend $20,000 of ratepayers money stated to "inform the community of these reservations with regards to the draft Master Plan for the Jetty Foreshores Precinct".

I fail to see how seeking an opinion on an entirely new plan actually does this.

It just creates mass community confusion and perpetuates more divide in our community.

We were invited to make our opinion known, but were given no means to do so.

"There is no feedback process" were the Mayor's words on the radio.

Let's ignore the fact that when you look side by side the State Government plan and the Mayor's plan delivering his vision will decimate the work of Dunecare.

Look at where the rotunda is positioned, the reception building and the movement of the road to accommodate the water park and playground.

Considerable removal of trees and

habitat would have to happen to deliver his plan.

It's easy enough to say it's for illustrative purposes only, but the Mayor's plan is very misleading as to how much green open space is actually there.

We'll also ignore the fact that the Indigenous community provided feedback that they would prefer buildings not overlook Happy Valley.

But this is where Paul has chosen to place tourist accommodation and a bar.

Let's focus on how in a radio interview Paul suggested that his plan was "just to start a conversation" and that "this is just to put forward alternatives that I and many of my council colleagues are VERY sure that our community really wants".

Start the conversation?

We've been having this conversation for decades.

Paul has been on the Project Steering Advisory Committee since our first meeting in October 2020.

It was our role as representatives to seek discussion and opinions from the community for more than two years now. Every meeting I would go in and report back on what I was hearing from the wider community.

Paul's suggestion that now is the time to start a conversation makes no sense.

In my opinion, this latest action leads to a lack of trust from community members who

People who take selfies at the gym generally take them when they first arrive, from certain angles and with everything simultaneously sucked in and pumped up.

They then apply a filter so every photo shows dazzling white teeth, eyeliner, a slimmed-down torso and a Byron tan.

When you are in the midst of exercise, however, you can't be concentrating on how you look, because you're too busy wondering if you're going to pass out from over-exertion.

It's just not possible to look good in that situation. And maybe that's why the photos are encouraging to others.

They will say to themselves, 'She looks as god-awful as I do when I exercise.

Maybe I should join.'

Not that that is much consolation for you, Hilda.

If you see the trainer pointing their phone at you, I would suggest you just hold your towel or your drink bottle over your face, or turn around and face the wall.

The photo may not be a good one, but at least you will be incognito.

Surely you should be able to exercise in private.

Maybe sign one of those 'no publicity photos' forms.

Businesses can't just go about taking photos of their clients without permission.

diem, Jasminda.

took a considerable amount of their time to complete the extensive survey who now feel like they aren't being listened to.

It's a slap in the face to the PSAC members that worked tirelessly talking to people, getting their views and getting them to do the survey during the recent two year process.

The Mayor should have had this level of commitment to getting people's opinions for the past two years.

I know as a community representative I certainly did.

Regards, Cath FOWLER Boambee East.

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Mayor’s desk

By PAUL AMOS (Mayor) Coffs Harbour City Council

I WOULD like to thank everyone in the community for being so patient in relation to the repairing of our roads.

It is probably only tyre fitters and wheel aligners who seem to like potholes.

Some of the other councils across NSW are in a far worse situation than us at the moment, they are without roads all together.

We feel for our western councils and wish them the best at this challenging time.

Here in Coffs Harbour, we have over 800km of sealed roads and 114km of unsealed roads to maintain.

Our budget is $6.1M per year, made up of $4.9M of City of Coffs Harbour allocated funds and $1.2M of State Government funds.

After the events we experienced that were considered to be of national disaster significance we received additional funding to repair only.

In times of unpredicted rain another issue we have is we cannot apply hot asphalt or bitumen emulsion when it is raining.

This also complicates the problem.

We hear a lot of conversations and suggestions that this should be done properly in this first instance, this is right however the emergency funding we get is only for immediate repairs, the patch up job.

Under our disaster funding arrangements, the more permanent repairs cannot be carried out until the City receives approval from various state agencies.

This involves an investigation and assessment process, a bit like an insurance claim.

Initial estimates indicate that the natural disasters over the last couple of years have caused upwards of $10M damage to our road network.

It might also help if we explain how we prioritise pothole repairs.

The first roads we look at are the highest risk areas including those roads where there is high speed or high volume such as Orara Way, Solitary Islands Way, Hogbin Drive etc.

Secondly will be those roads that directly impact isolated communitiesand third will be those roads identified through inspection or customer enquiries that provide a through-road connecting residential areas eg Minorie Drive, Toormina.

Then we keep going and repair all the remaining potholes.

We also need you to report potholes that are problematic in order to get them fixed as soon as possible.

You can do this by sending us an email on coffs.council@chcc.nsw.gov.au, submitting a request via our online form (just search “report a road issue” on our website), or calling our friendly customer service team on 6648 4000 during business hours.

It’s helpful if you include as much info as possible eg. location, nearest crossroad, speed limit, school zone, photos etc. and our crews will get there as soon as possible.

Potholes are not a glamourous component of what our City does, however it is very important and of course roads, rates and rubbish are still our priorities.

Once again we thank you for your patience and we are doing our very best to make sure our roads are safe and serviceable for our community.

DEAR News Of The Area,

27 years ago I stood head to toe with the then RTA Project Engineer on the edge of a recently discovered 20m diameter patch of the endangered and very rare Scented Acronychia (Anacronychia littoralis) near Chinderah, just south of Tweed Heads.

The problem was we were also standing in the centre of the proposed alignment of the Chinderah Bypass, an early stage of the upgrade of the Pacific Highway.

After a sympathetic hearing and an obvious recognition of the conservation values at risk the engineer then pointed to the north and said “but the problem is we already have bridge footings poured 200m to the north”, then turned and pointed to the

Can we save Grandpa’s Scrub? Save the White Booyong

DEAR

News Of The Area,

THERE’S a small patch of White Booyong Lowland Subtropical Rainforest growing on what was Mackays farm at the end of Mackays Road.

This had been saved by the family ever since they settled the area.

Some of these trees would be 200 to 800 years old.

It's about a hectare in size.

These forests only grow on alluvial and basalt soil at low altitude in NSW.

There is no other forest like it left in Coffs valley that I know of.

There are some on Bellingen Island and some on the low alluvial land in Dorrigo NP.

To be in these forests when they are

south and said “we also have footings for an overpass poured on the route 200m to the south”.

At that point I realised it was time to capitulate and negotiate the next best option, that was to have all the Scented Acronychia carefully dug up and replanted on the adjacent road reserve.

It all came back to me on Saturday when I visited ‘Grandpa’s Scrub’, a small patch of endangered lowland rainforest at risk from the final stage of the Pacific Highway upgrade, the Coffs Harbour Bypass.

Whilst relocation of services has commenced for the Bypass, construction will not start until the new year.

Hence, there are not yet any bridge footings or other hard obstacles to a minor realignment needed to save the entirety of Grandpa’s Scrub.

In fact, the road design only exists as

a computer construct in one of the TfNSW computers and as some preliminary pegs in the ground.

A couple of strokes of the keyboard could redesign the Bypass to completely avoid Grandpa’s Scrub.

If Grandpa’s Scrub were to be saved, and given another life as a nature reserve, it would compete strongly with Muttonbird Island as the closest nature reserve to the centre of town.

It would join Susan and Bellingen Islands and Coramba Nature Reserve as the only remaining reserves in the region of this once extensive lowland rainforest – and it would be the most accessible.

It is a great opportunity for the TfNSW to bring its computer to the gathering and sit down with all key stakeholders and explore the options and possibilities.

I strongly suspect there could be quite a few winners from such a process.

Regards, Ashley LOVE, Coffs Harbour.

clearing for farming and dairying in the rich soil.

seeding is a bit like fairyland as the seeds have a wing on them which acts like a helicopter when the seed is falling.

There would have been a forest of this type on the better soils of Coffs valley.

You'd think this small area could be saved if not, large White Booyong will never be seen again in Coffs valley.

This area is now owned by the main roads for our bypass road, and their planning puts off ramps right through the forest.

They have bought a property at Upper Kalang below Killiecrankie to replace this subtropical rainforest.

There may not be any White Booyong in it.

The White Booyong forest has been destroyed nearly totally by the settlers’

In the Big Scrub near Lismore nearly all has been cleared and less than one percent survives.

The small patches that are left have been saved by caring individuals and caring government workers.

The last ten years has seen most of the environmental laws weakened or ignored and only some pollution laws enforced.

It would be good to know the plant list for the replacement at Killiecrankie.

If it has many White Booyong (Heritiera trifoliolata) I would congratulate them.

If not another, rare part of our environment is gone with a whimper, no protection and no more for the species anywhere else.

Regards, Charlie ENGLAND, Coffs Coast.

The win-win in reducing methane emissions

DEAR News Of The Area,

Z Koenigseder (NOTA 11 November) is very concerned about the impost of Australia’s methane pledge on Australian cattle and sheep farmers.

In fact, well before the methane pledge, the Australian red meat industry, proactively set a target to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Far from being “a ridiculous impost on our long-suffering Aussie farmers”, the industry

body, Meat and Livestock Australia, states that their carbon neutral target will deliver “win-win benefits for producers” including improvements in productivity and profitability as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Australia has now signed the methane pledge and in doing so has joined 122 other nations in agreeing to reduce our methane emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It has 86 times the warming effect over 20 years than the same amount of CO2.

Methane acts by preventing radiative heat from the Earth escaping out into space and it has caused almost half of the net rise in global average temperature since the preindustrial era. Every emission of methane makes the planet warmer, regardless of whether it arises from agricultural or fossil fuel sources.

Cutting it back would significantly help to limit climate change.

Regards, A JOHNSON, Korora.

Nostalgia and climate change denial

DEAR News Of The Area,

WHAT a truly marvellous and nostalgic letter from K.J. Mitchell informing us that “climate change is not man made“ and that “climate is driven by the sun and other geological events, man made climate change is the redistribution of wealth.”

Genius.

I am sure all the poor sods that have suffered from the effects of recent floods and bushfires will be relieved to hear that

scientific revelation.

Let’s just redistribute wealth.

Sadly the aim of K.J Mitchell’s letter was made clear in the last paragraph; to slag off the Labor Government.

Therefore, I can only assume that he/she is a supporter of the Nationals, a party of the afraid. Those who fear change because it terrifies them.

For sure it’s comforting to look back on the old days and want more of the same but like it or not the planet, with its eight billion

plus inhabitants, is changing and we have to change too both in behaviour and attitude.

If you don’t believe me, ask the dinosaurs at your next think tank or look into the eyes of your grandchildren and tell them “She’ll be right”.

Regards, Bob HARRIS, Sawtell.

Coffs Coast Rally set to race this weekend

By Aiden BURGESS

THE Coffs Coast will become a mecca of motorsport this weekend.

The region will play host to the Supercheap Auto Coffs Coast Rally over three big days of racing starting this Friday.

Asia Pacific and Australian champions will be crowned in Coffs Harbour this weekend, as two championships come to a close at the Supercheap Auto Coffs Coast Rally.

The Supercheap Auto Coffs Coast Rally is the final round of the RSEA Safety Motorsport Australia Rally

Championship (ARC), as well as the finale of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC).

The Motorsport Australia NSW Rally Championship is also holding its season finale in Coffs Harbour this weekend.

A free Rally Show will launch this year's event from 5.30pm on Friday at the Ce.x Coffs International Stadium.

A capacity field of 70 cars will contest this weekend's Supercheap Auto Coffs Coast Rally, with a field of 33 entries making up the national and international elements of the entry list.

A further 37 cars will compete in the state component, including the Motorsport Australia NSW Rally Championship and East Coast Classic Rally Series, along with the NSW Clubman Rally Series and NSW Hyundai Rally Series.

Director of Motorsport and Commercial Operations, Motorsport Australia, Michael Smith said the 70-car entry list highlighted the strong interest in this year's event.

“The roads around the Coffs Harbour region are some of the very best rally roads in the country and have plenty of history,

previously hosting a number of landmark events, including Rally Australia,” Smith said.

“The Supercheap Auto Coffs Coast Rally will see an international rally return to the region through the APRC, as well as one of the

closest Australian title fights in recent years between some of the best drivers in the country in the RSEA Safety Motorsport Australia Rally Championship.

“Already we’ve seen a really strong level of spectator

Coffs futsal players to represent Australia

By Aiden BURGESS

FOUR fabulous futsal players are set to represent Australia on national tours abroad.

Coffs Harbour Futsal juniors Nervada BuckleyNash, Jack Hartmann, Lily MacKay, and Annabelle Shelton have been selected to Australian teams who will take part in international tours next year.

The four made their respective junior national teams after outstanding performances at the National Schools Futsal Championships in Brisbane.

Lily MacKay and Annabelle Shelton are both heading to the UK in April as part of the 14 Girls Australian team.

Nervada Buckley-Nash is heading to Spain as part of the 13 Girls Australian team, while Jack Hartmann will represent Australia in Fiji as part of the 15 Boys team.

Australian Futsal Association’s Far North NSW Administrator, Renee Markham, said the four players had displayed the skills needed for national selection.

“Our international selectors look at many things in a player,” she said.

“All of these players have shown that they are coachable, they have great sportsmanship and are great team players.

“In their games that the selector was looking at they would have displayed great skill and confidence on the ball, decision making skills in

interest, with the free tickets flying out the door, so we expect a big attendance across the weekend, beginning with the free Rally Show at the C.ex International Stadium on Friday evening.”

one on one situations, used creative flair, have great court and player awareness, are just to name a few.”

Markham explained how local players could earn international selection.

“All up we had fifteen players from the nine teams that we took to National Schools Futsal Championships that have taken up international tours,” she said.

“Players are able to get selected by following one of the player pathways; the Coffs Coast School Futsal Titles on 24-25 May 2023.

“Players from here are selected for National School Futsal Championships, players from here are selected for international tours.

“For the National Club Futsal Championships, I am taking an Under 8 Boys representative team, our youngest team yet.”

Coffs Harbour Suns women prepare for home grand final

By Aiden BURGESS

THE Coffs Harbour Suns women’s team are preparing to play the season decider of the premier representative basketball competition on the Far North Coast.

The Coffs Harbour

Suns women are preparing to play the grand final of their Sunshine Basketball Conference season this weekend at Sportz Central.

The Suns take on the Lismore Storm in a rematch of their semi-final in which the Suns won 78-57.

The Storm qualified for the grand final with an 8658 win in their preliminary final against the Byron Bay Beez.

The Suns women will look to cap off a stellar undefeated season with a grand final victory, with

tip off at 3pm on Saturday afternoon at Sportz Central.

Despite beating their grand final opponents in all three meetings this season, Suns player Felicity Cook was not underestimating the visiting Lismore team.

“100 percent, as you never know what can happen on the day,” she said.

The Suns unbeaten

season so far comes on the back of finishing runners up in this year's Basketball NSW Waratah State League.

The Suns men’s recent representative season came to an end last weekend, going down to the Bellinger Valley Braves 73-56 in their preliminary final in Lismore.

The Braves now play the Byron Bay Beez in this

Teams look to have successful run chases in Premier League

By Aiden BURGESS

DIGGERS/Nana Glen All Stars, the Northern Districts Rebels and Sawtell will all be looking to have successful run chases when the latest two day matches of the North Coast Cricket Council’s Premier League season

resume this weekend.

Diggers/Nana Glen All Stars will resume at 4-24 in their match against Harwood at Fitzroy Oval, chasing a further 176 for victory after Harwood posted an opening day total of 199.

Jesse Ferrett was the best of the All Stars bowlers,

taking 5/55 from his 19.1 overs.

The Northern Districts Rebels will resume at 2/15 in their two-day match against the Coffs Coast Colts at Woolgoolga.

The Rebels need a further 136 runs for victory as they chase the Colts opening day

total of 150.

Anuroop Grewal and Humraj Singh did the bulk of the damage with the ball for the Rebels, with Grewal taking 4/30 from his 18 overs, and Singh 4/27 from his 16 overs.

Sawtell are chasing 236 for victory in the second day

of their match against Valleys Cricket at Phillip Hughes Oval.

Valleys Cricket posted 235 on the opening day at Macksville, with Ben Pierce top scoring on 77.

The latest round of the Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association’s first grade season was also decided last

season's grand final, with tip off at 5pm on Saturday at Sportz Central.

The past few months have seen the Suns senior teams compete in the Sunshine Basketball Conference; a basketball tournament played throughout the Far North Coast featuring teams from Ballina, Bellinger Valley, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, and Lismore.

weekend.

Bellingen beat Nana Glen by 9 wickets at the Coffs Coast Sport & Leisure Park, while the Coffs Colts beat Sawtell by 169 runs in their match at Richardson Park.

Clay Watters-Campbell produced an outstanding knock of 133 for the Colts.

The first-grade season continues this weekend with Round 7 matches in Bellingen, Sawtell, and Urunga.

Bellingen host Diggers, Sawtell host Nana Glen, and Urunga host the Coffs Colts.

q Hayden Paddon will be one of the top drivers in action this weekend. Photo: Jaanus Ree.

q Annabelle Shelton, Lily MacKay, Nervada Buckley-Nash, and Jack Hartmann.

Racing and karting action at the Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport

By Andrea FERRARI

MOTOR sports fans had a blazing weekend of events to watch this past Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November.

The Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport moved onto Kempsey for an Off Road Racing event and the Coffs Harbour Kart Club ran a great two-day event with a lot of visiting drivers.

The Off Road event was limited in numbers due to clashing with a major racing series trying to finalise after many washed

out events.

“Next year will be bigger and better,” said Matt Huxley, president of the Kempsey Macleay Off Road Racing Club.

“The track has been purchased and the new owner has some great ideas for improvement and make more availability to not only Off Road Racing but to other motor sport events as well.”

The Coffs Harbour Karting Racing Club had some very fast visiting drivers from as far away as Sydney, Gympie in QLD,

Newcastle, Tamworth, Taree and Port Macquarie.

“Their track is becoming very popular with out of town drivers, seniors and juniors,” Coffs City Rotary Club executive Bob Carle, Chair of the Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport, told News Of The Area.

“A generous, anonymous donation of $500 was given on the day and was split between the junior drivers, for which we say a big thank you from the Club Officials,” said Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club president James Morrison.

“Our club was lucky enough to receive a State Government Grant through our local Member Gurmesh Singh to build new facilities and update the track.

“This will bring the track up to being one of the best in NSW.

“So we can look forward to bigger and better events coming to Coffs Harbour in the future.”

The Macleay District Motorcycle Racing Club was one of the clubs unable to run the event they planned due to the massive amount of rain and the damage to

“They had to be happy with a Park and Ride Day,” said Bob, “Onward and upward for next year.”

Next weekend is the last event for the inaugural Coffs Coast Festival of Motor Sport.

“Please support the speedway event at the Grafton Showground… lots of motor sport action in all classes with visiting teams from far and wide,” encouraged Bob.

Please check out the events and updates on www. coffscoastmotorsport. com and Facebook at www.facebook.com/ MotorsportCoffsCoast.

Results:

Novice: 7 to 9 yo: Cooper House.

Rookie: 9 to 12 yo: Bailey Haste.

Junior Light: 12 to 16 yo Tyler Koenig.

4SS Junior: 12 to 16 yo Samuel Waites.

Open Performance: Nigel Everest.

Tag 125 Heavy: James Morrison.

Tag R Heavy: Darren Funston.

4SS Heavy: Luke Waites.

Tag R Light: Scott Hargans.

TAG 125 Light: Ryan Hughes.

Safety Beach Golf Club to host its first new event

By Aiden BURGESS

SAFETY Beach Golf Club is preparing to launch a new annual event.

The Geoff King Volkswagen Safety Beach Golf Classic will be held on the weekend of 10-11

December.

The 36-hole Stroke event will be open to all male golfers with an official Golf Australia Handicap.

Cash prizes totalling $3000 will be awarded over the two-day event.

The lowest gross

score will receive $650, and the lowest nett score will receive $500, with additional daily event prizes.

Safety Beach Golf Club PGA Accredited Club Professional Terry Perfrement said the new

event would be a welcome addition to golf on the Coffs Coast.

“It will definitely be our first decent draw card event, and it will be good for our community in Woolgoolga to have an event like this,” he said.

“We have ended up getting 35 to 50 visitors to play the event, and a field

of 140.

“It’s a two-day race, so they have to be consistent over the two days.”

The Safety Beach Golf Classic is the first new event hosted by the club since its name change from the Woolgoolga RSL Golf Club to Safety Beach Golf Club.

The name change

occurred when Wyong Leagues Club took control of the Woolgoolga RSL, they inherited the Woolgoolga RSL Golf Club and changed the name to the Safety Beach Golf Club. Any enquiries and bookings for the Geoff King Volkswagen Safety Beach Golf Classic should be made to the Pro Shop on 02 6654 2111.

You can also register for the event on the Golf NSW website.

q Tag Heavy winners: Sam Essery (third), James Morrison (first) and Jodie Nommensen (second).

q Karting’s new faces, the Novice competitors.

q Junior Light place winners: Byron Burns (second), Tyler Koenig (first) and Toby Keam (third).

q Open Performance winner Nigel Everest. q Samuel Waites scored first place as SS Junior winner.

RESULTS

Safety Beach Women’s Golf Club

By Marilyn ELY

SAFETY Beach Women’s Golf Club competition Tuesday 15 November.

Thirty ladies played a stableford game at Safety Beach golf course on Tuesday 15.

The weather was warm and the course dry so the ladies were keen for a good game.

Congratulations to winner Di Canham on scoring 38 pts on c/b from runner-up Janelle Coleman. Second runner-up Jan Weiley 37 pts on c/b from Lexine Bailey.

I guess you would call it a very close game.

Well done ladies. NTP 4th

Coffs Table Tennis Club

By Dale ALLEN

TABLE Tennis Results –Friday, 18 November, 2022

Group A (D1 and D2)

Reece Baker d Bo Zhang

3/2, Arpit Pathak d Dale Allen 3/0, David Cini d Troy Prystasz 3/2, Robert Campbell d Steve

Sporting Shooters Results

By Rodney MADELEY

SSAA Benchrest results from Dairyville range.

Event was Rimfire Group Championships.

50m: Kyle Porter .5724, sg .156.

Greg Sutherland .5932, sg .245.

Ian Thompson .6084, sg .194.

Woolgoolga Bowling Club Results

By Glenn LANE

TUESDAY Social Bowls 15/11/22

J Ryan and J Hurrell defeated Lorna Walsh and Laurie Walsh 18 - 13

M Lampert and C Latham defeated D Barnard and R Ryan 21 - 16

J Gibbins and R Shaw defeated S Barnard and M Hodge 26 - 10

R Bennell and J Clarke defeated G McInerney and G Pallister 16 - 15

P Buck and T McKenzie defeated B Merchant and C

Park Beach Mens Bowling Club - Cory Daley takes out the 2022 Men’s Major Singles Final

By Bruce WORBOYS

CONGRATULATIONS to Cory Daley and Joseph Clarke on an outstanding final in the Major Singles on Saturday. The match was of the highest standard with the players matching each other for 25 ends.

Daley led 13 – 10 after 12 ends before Clarke came back to hold a 1 shot lead at the 20th end, leading 19 – 18.

In the race to 25 shots Daley called on all his experience to take the final 25 – 21, 4 shots being the biggest margin in the match. Well

Wendy Rogers, 7th Leanne Clark, 9th Yolly Gallacher/Di MacRae, 11th Marian Brading.

Thank you Marlene Power for donating the raffle won by Karen Smith.

The competition year is almost complete but don’t forget ladies, Pro Terry will be running our summer comp.

Ensure you enter your name and time and use the summer comp to continue to enjoy the game of golf.

Many visitors will be in the area and we have a great course to show off.

See Terry for clothing, equipment or lessons.

Frawley 3/2.

Division 1

Reece Baker d Robert Campbell 3/1, Arpit Pathak d David Cini 3/1, David Cini Robert Campbell 3/2, Arpit Pathak d Reece Baker 3/2.

WINNER: Arpit Pathak from Reece Baker.

Division 2

Steve Frawley d Bo Zhang 3/2, Troy Prystasz d Dale Allen

Robert Wells .7468, sg .275.

Rod Madeley .7704, sg .267.

Ian Forster .8280, sg .369.

Peter Fleming .9528, sg .303.

Bernie Axford 1.0436, sg .257.

Milli Porter 1.0452, sg .465.

100yds: Ian Thompson .7248, sg .230.

Greg Sutherland .8074, sg .575.

Rod Madeley .8110, sg

Davis 26 - 11

G Cunningham and T Allen defeated S Dodd and G Lane 22 - 19

F Cacciattolo and I Cork defeated J Taylor and H Schutz 19 - 17

Lucky Rinks 1. M Lampert and C Latham 2. G Cunningham and T Allen 3.F Cacciattolo and I Cork

Woolgoolga Bowling Club Results

Friday Social Bowls 18/11/22

H Schutz and R Bennell defeated W Bracher and N Haines 31 - 18

J Hurrell and H Katala defeated D Barnard and S Barnard 22 - 14

played gents

Cory Daley 25 defeated Joseph Clarke 21.

Social Tuesday 15/11/2022

W Moore, S Cook, K Morrison, D Hoffman d A Orr, K Dunn, R Heinrich, R Lane d 21 – 18M England, E Kidd, C England d T O’Halloran, D Hull, A Dorrington 14 – 13

P McLachlan, B Worboys, P Lilly d A Worboys, J Clarke, T Welsh 22 – 18

D Peake, M Lee, J Long d C McLeod, M Flint, J Robinson 26 – 7

D Catling, C Jones, J Phillips d R O’Keefe, J Bennett, D Condon 24 – 13

P Woodsell, E Crestani, L Morris d G Skinner, J Thorn, L Boekman 28 – 8

N Condon, B Nicholson, D Wilson d B Johns, R Oakley, R Aitken 29 – 16

3/0, Bo Zhang d Dale Allen 3/0, Steve Frawley d Troy Prystasz 3/0. WINNER: Steve Frawley from Troy Prystasz. Division 3

King McKie d Lulu Zhang 3/0, Char Berglund d Sharee Templeton 3/0, Andrew Margetsen d Lulu Zhang 3/0, King McKie d Sharee Templeton 3/1, Andrew Margetsen d Sharee

.580.

Kyle Porter .9178, sg .355.

Peter Fleming .9418, sg .755.

Robert Wells 1.0250, sg .287.

Bernie Axford 1.0324, sg .870.

Ian Forster 1.1798, sg .903.

Milli Porter dnf.

Agg: Ian Thompson .6666.

Greg Sutherland .7003.

Kyle Porter .7451.

Rod Madeley .7907. Robert Wells .8859.

D Hodge and M Hodge defeated J Gibbins and G Cunningham 22 - 10 J Taylor and P Buck defeated R Ryan and M Hopes 26 - 11

I Cork and B Merchant defeated M Brookes and T Allen 21 - 12

F Cacciattolo and J Hampstead defeated Lorna Walsh and Laurie Walsh 17 - 12

G Lane and G Pallister defeated D Porta and M Short defeated 17 - 13

Lucky Rinks 1. J Hurrell and H Katala 2. F Cacciattolo and J Hampstead 3. G Lane and G Pallister

No Jackpot

G Williams, R Beaumont, R Shephard d P North, M Berube, J Dunn 24 – 15

Social Saturday 19/11/2022

S Spencer, P Spencer d G Williams, R Lane 23 – 20

G Duffey, D Lindner d A Wrtoe, P Wroe 23 – 12

R Wisely, K Kaaden d D Hoffman, L Frail 22 – 14

L Boekeman, K Morrison d N Dean, G Stanford 16 – 15

C Jones, P Rambow d M Berube, M Star 21 – 20

K Williams, N Condon d T Welsh, P North 25 – 17

C Weatherall, M Wren d W Moore, R Hoolway 15 – 14

M McCabe, D Burridge d B Johns, R Aitken 21 – 20

Note your Diaries please.

Presentation Night 6.00pm Saturday 10 December 2022. “

Tickets must be pre-purchased from reception at $30.00

Templeton 3/1, King McKie d Char Berglund 3/2, Andrew Margetsen d Char Berglund 3/0, Lulu Zhang d Sharee Templeton 3/1, Andrew Margetsen d King McKie 3/2, Lulu Zhang d Char Berglund 3/0. WINNER: Andrew Margetsen from King McKie.

Division 4

Gareth Berglund d Yash Tyagi 3/2, Lachlan Dierkx d

Peter Fleming .9473.

Ian Forster 1.0039.

Bernie Axford 1.0380.

50m Rimfire IRB: Ian Thompson 734.35.

Bill Buchanan 732.30.

Gregory Sutherland 714.30.

Bernie Axford 714.18.

Kyle Porter 706.12.

Milli Porter 693.19.

Tiernan Porter (Junior) 607.7.

Next week is Rimfire LB Group Championships.

Coffs Harbour Golf Club Monday Vets

By Vicki SILVER

RESULTS Coffs Harbour Golf Club Monday Vets - 21 November 2022

46 Members played a 9 hole single stableford event.

Winners: Gents

Trevor Bissett 21 John Delaney 20 Max Griffin 18 c/b Ladies Ros Bennett 21 Yvonne Avery 18 c/b Margaret Webb 18 c/b Ball Comp:

per person includes a buffet dinner, a welcome drink and entertainment.

Tables of 8 can be organised with Rhonda. Get your friends together for a fun night.

Park Beach Bowling Club conducts free bowls lessons every Saturday morning, weather permitting, from 9.00am. All ages and skill levels welcome. Please put your name down at Club reception by 5.00pm Friday to make sure you don’t miss out.

Mid North Coast Veterans Golfers Association

By Colin CUTT

ON Tuesday, 15 November, 75

Woolgoolga Athletics Club

By Matt EVANS

100 METRES (MALE) : Matt Evans 13.4, Sam Custance 15.4, Mitch Custance 15.7, Austin Hundle 17.2, Grant Custance 17.2, Bob Myers 24.0, Jesse Munn-Power 24.1, Craig Hundle 0:25.7.

(FEMALE) : Eliette MunnPower 16.1, Clarissa Hull 18.1, Rob Power 18.8, Sara Evans 21.1.

1000 METRES (MALE) : Sam Custance 3.17.2, Matt Evans 3.21.7, Mitch Custance 3.41.4, Grant Custance

Terry Baker 3/2, Lachlan Dierk d Gareth Berglund 3/2, Terry Baker d Yash Tyagi 3/1, Yash Tyagi d Lachlan Dierkx 3/0, Terry Baker d Gareth Berglund 3/0. WINNER: Terry Baker from Lachlan Dierkx.

Division 5

David McGrath d Keith Sadler 3/0, Darren Morgan d Tim Margetsen 3/0, Boyd McGregor d David McGrath

C.EX Urunga Ladies Golf Results

By Lois MILHAM

WEDNESDAY 16/11/22

Stableford - Fairways Challenge

Sponsor: Ladies Golf Winner: R.Telford 37pts R/Up: R.Wiblin 32pts c/b Balls: R.Telford, R.Wiblin, L.Milham, A.Cameron

Andy Gilkes 18

Norman Shannon 17 c/b

John Wilgress 17 Les Rollins 16 Keith Mellalieu 15 Marilyn Waterhouse 18 Kirsty Arthur 17 c/b

Coffs Harbour District Darts Association

By Ray BEASLEY

COFFS Harbour District Darts Association at Sawtell RSL Club

2022 Championships Monday 14 November

Ladies ‘B’ grade singles Winner: Karen Runner up: Shirley

golfers competed in a single Stableford event at Coffs Harbour Golf Club.

The course and conditions were very good, as reflected in the high scoring Winner: A Grade - Cormac McMullen 35 c/b, 1st runner-up Col Osland 35 c/b, 3rd runnerup Richard Harrison 35, 4th runner-up John Clancy 34 c/b.

B Grade – Suzanne Stuckey 41 c/b, 1st runner-up Graham Richardson 41, 2nd runnerup Julie Mitchell 39 c/b, 4th runner-up Peter Vernon 39. NTP’s: 3rd John Clancy, 6th Peter Vernon, 12th Cormac McMullen, 15th Mary Ann Perry.

Ball run to 32 pts. Well done to Richard Harrison who had an eagle on the par 4, 13th hole (rated the third hardest hole on the course today).

3.53.3.

5000 METRES (FEMALE)

: Clarissa Hull 27.56.0.

HIGH JUMP (MALE)

: Matt Evans 1.46, Mitch Custance 1.43, Sam Custance 1.30. (FEMALE) : Eliette Munn-Power 1.30, Rob Power 1.15, Sara Evans 1.00, Clarissa Hull 0.95.

JAVELIN (MALE) : Matt Evans 23.83, Grant Custance 21.85, Mitch Custance 19.69, Bob Myers 17.97, Sam Custance 17.30, Jesse MunnPower 5.59. (FEMALE) : Rob Power 19.80, Eliette MunnPower 12.15, Clarissa Hull 9.92, Sara Evans 5.65.

3/0, Keith Sadler d Tim Margetsen 3/0, Boyd McGregor d Tim Margetsen 3/0, Darren Morgan d Keith Sadler 3/0, Boyd McGregor d Darren Morgan 3/0, David McGrath d Tim Margetsen 3/0, Keith Sadler d Boyd McGregor 3/0, Darren Morgan d David McGrath 3/0. WINNER: Boyd McGregor from Darren Morgan.

Friday 18/11/22 Stroke Medal of Medals

Sponsor: CEX

Winner: L.Bastick (25) 70 Nett

R/Up: L.Guest (16) 73 Nett c/b Putts: L.Guest Balls: L.Bastick, L.Guest, R.Inskip, R.Wiblin, A.Cameron, S.McLean, D.Lindsay, D.Connor

Congratulations to all the winners. Well done ladies.

Vicki Silver 17 c/b Jean O’Connor 17 Betty Peen 16 c/b No Golf next week 28 November due to course renovations - see you all on 5 December 2022.

Ladies ‘C’ grade singles

Winner: Christine Runner up: Michelle Mens ‘A’ Grade singles

Winner: Chris K Runner up: Tim

Mens ‘B’ Grade singles

Winner: Steve Runner up: Dave H

Mens ‘C’ grade singles

Winner: Sean Runner up: Trevor

Coffs C.ex Golf

By Graeme ROBERTSON

COFFS C.ex Golf; Played on the Sunday 20 November at Coffs Harbour Golf Club, Single Stableford; The Winner; Rick Paxton 43 Pts Runner/Up; Sam Brazel 36 Pts; Ball Winners; Alan Baylis 36; Ron McDonald 35; Kevin Sanford 35; Prue Trethowan 35; Cathy Robinson 34; Carmel Hill 34; Peter Lucca 33; Gavin Gilmore 32; Doug Moy 32; Kathy Eagles 32. NTP’s; Gavin Gilmore, Rick Paxton, Ben Gately, Scott Croft.

Chip-Ins; Jeff Harris Mike Watkin, Carmel Hill, D Smith; Next game is at Sawtell Golf Club on Sunday 4 December Single Stableford.

q Winner Di Canham and runner up Lex Bailey.

BEACHES

NORTHERN

Woolgoolga Woolworths

Moonee Beach Newsagency

Moonee Beach Coles Supermarket

Emerald Beach General Store

Sapphire Beach Service Station

Woolgoolga Diggers Club

Woopi Bottle Shop

Liquor Legends Emerald Beach

Blue Bottles Brasserie

Mitre 10 Woolgoolga

Top Town Market

Sunken Chip Takeaway Sandy Beach

Village Growers Market Woolgoolga

Nicole Cardow Real Estate

Sunset Room Restaurant

Woolgoolga Library

Banana Bender (Behind United S/S)

Royals Garage, Corinidi Beach

COFFS HARBOUR

Coffs Central Shopping Centre

Plate to Ply Coffee Shop

Lucky 7 Supermarket, Northside

Shopping Centre

Bray Street Newsagency Coffs

Coles Supermarket

Woolworths

Spar Supermarket Coffs Harbour

IGA Jetty Supermarket

Shop 36 General Store

Midway Convenience Shop

Good Price Pharmacy

Discount Chemist CBD

BP South

BP Truck Stop South

Caltex Service Station

BP Service Station

Bailey Centre Service Station

Caltex Service Station

Park Beach Bowling Club

Coffs Hotel

Green House Bottle Shop

BYO Cellars

Big Country Meats

Bray Street Butchery

Coffs Harbour Produce

Clog Barn Coffs

Macleod's Furniture Court Homebase

The Village Pantry - Homebase

Observatory Apartments

Nolan’s Real Estate

The Happy Frog

Northside Bakery Book Warehouse

Community Village

Coffs Harbour Library and Cafe

Coffs City Council

Nu Era Kitchens

Big 4 Park Beach Holiday Park

Clarke Rubber

Morrisons Betta Electrical

Coffs Coast Hair Studio

Coffs Harbour Surf Club

Harbour Swim School

North Coast V Twins

ETC Employment

Masonic Lodge Retirement Centre

Baringa Hospital

Coffs Harbour Hospital

Pacific Marina Apartments

Your Commercial Property

Raine and Horne

Florent & Mundey Real Estate

PRD Real Estate

First National Real Estate

Cardow’s Real Estate

IXUS NSW Real Estate

Park Beach Plaza

Woolworths

Ritchies IGA

Big W

Terry White Chemmart

Target Silvio’s Italiano

Park Beach Plaza Food Court

Park Beach Plaza Customer Information

La Piazza

BOAMBEE/TOORMINA/SAWTELL

Sawtell Newsagency

Coles Supermarket

Ritchie’s Supermarket Boambee

Lucky 7 Convenience Store

Blooms the Chemist Sawtell

Boambee Liberty Service Station

Bonville Service Station

Toormina Hotel

Sawtell Surf Lifesaving Club

The Country Brewers

Marian Grove Retirement Village

Toormina Centre Management

Boambee Garden Retirement

Raine & Horne

URUNGA/BELLINGEN

Cardow’s

SPORTS RESULTS

Regional Doubles and Singles Golf Croquet Carnival at Sawtell

THE inaugural Coffs Coast Regional Doubles and Singles Golf Croquet competition brought a blaze of colour to Sawtell courts recently.

Players from South West Rocks, Smithtown, Urunga, Sawtell, Woolgoolga and Coutts Crossing stun shot, roqueted and jumped their way around the course for three days.

The idea of a regional Championship was the brainchild of Catherine Waters, a member of both Urunga and Sawtell croquet clubs, and a pennants representative who saw a need to further develop a sense of community amongst the region’s croquet clubs.

Safety Beach Golf Results

In the doubles championship Block A Winners were Paul Schofield and Simon Cook (Coutts Crossing).

Runners up were Catherine and Peter Waters (Urunga).

Block B Winners were Maree Grant and Robyn Buckingham (Sawtell). Runners up were Narelle and Terry Wright (Coutts Crossing).

In the Singles Championship; Block A Winner was Peter Waters (Urunga); runner up was Gaylene Humphries (Sawtell).

Block B Winner was Catherine Waters (Urunga), and runner up was Max Gleeson (Smithtown).

Block C Winner was Alex Chapman

19 November

Single Stableford

A Winner M. Keevers 40

A R/up J. Haydon 39

B Winner S. Kendall 46

B R/up D. Featherston 40

C Winner L. Lole 46

Park Beach Women’s Bowling Club

By Mandy TRENGROVE

RESULTS

L McLean, B White, R Crestani def AM Taylor, R Frame, Y Schmidt 20/14 A Worboys, R Jupp def D Rowe, J

(Urunga) and runner up was Royce Wilson (Coutts Crossing).

Block D winner was Sandra

C R/up D. McVicar 39

D Winner G. Thompson 42

D R/up T. Hunt 41

BEACH STREET DINING

14 to 18 November

Winner B. Mikulski 26

R/up R. Richardson 24

Bishop 19/14

M Phillips, D Futcher, C Garrett def E Blanton, C Hart, L Loadsman 16/14

J Boulton/J Farrell, J Clarke, J Kennedy def S Davies, L McLeod, C Jones 20/10

P Garner, D Allen, B Bodel def M Trengove, M Gudgeon, M Watt 30/11

H Illingsworth, P Poulton, B Johns def A Oak, V Maher, S Bett 15/14

Sawtell Veterans Golf

By Ian REYNOLDS

RESULTS for 21 November 2022

9 Hole Stroke Net 32 Starters

Ladies

Rosie Hrncir 27, Janet Dawson 28, Chris Anderson 29, Elaine Everett 30c/b

Men

Andy Carroll 24, Greg Seale 28, Jack Odendaal 28

H Hardwick/R DeMeio, A McConachy, C O;Dwyer def C Taylor, P Quinlan, C Venturi 24/9

Saints players to trial for the Southport Sharks

By Aiden BURGESS

TWO Sawtell/Toormina Saints young guns are preparing to trial for one of the best Aussie Rules clubs in Australia.

Hamish Anderson and LilliYana Moody will trial for a place in the Southport Sharks VFL program over the next few weeks.

Anderson will look to make the Sharks VFL team, while Moody will be looking to claim a spot in the Southport Women’s State League (QAFLW) team.

Both the eighteen-year-olds had top seasons playing for the Sawtell/Toormina Saints this year.

Anderson tied for sixth in the AFL North Coast’s seniors best and fairest count, while Moody was the joint winner of the women’s best and fairest award.

Anderson was also a member of the Sydney Swans NAB League team during the year and played two matches in the nation’s premier Under 18 competition.

Moody represented the Sydney Swans Red team in the Summer Series involving Swans

and Giants at the start of the season.

Fellow AFL North Coast players Mikey Luxton (Grafton Tigers) and Holly Wall (Lismore Swans) will also be trialling for the Sharks.

Both Anderson and Luxton have been a part of the Northern Heat representative program.

Wall has been a member of both the North Coast Force Youth Girls representative team and the North Coast Academy of Sport AFLW program.

With the Lismore Swans unable to field a team in 2022, she joined Coolangatta earlier this season.

Community Football Manager Paul Taylor said that this is an exceptional opportunity for all four players to trial for such a powerhouse club.

“The Southport Sharks are an outstanding footy club that were runners-up in both the VFL and QAFLW competitions,” he said.

“This is a great reflection of the professionalism of their club, and the strength of their coaching, so our players know they are

Medal Masters

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held on the fifth and final day of the games.

Every member came home with a medal and most set new club records in the pool.

The final tally was sixteen Gold, nine Silver and ten Bronze medals over the five days of

competition.

Leanne Da Costa set a NSW state record in the gruelling 800m butterfly which she had trained for especially at these championships.

Louise Dam came home at the top of the medal tally with five gold medals.

“Both men and women gained Gold in their respective relay with the women winning theirs in the last event in a nail biting finish,”

going into a fantastic learning environment.

“All four players have shown they want to challenge themselves to be the best players they can be, and clearly have the talent to go

said Jamie.

All swimmers went away happy with their performance and looking forward to the next games.

Four Coffs members then went on to compete at the Open Water event of the games.

This was held at the Miami surf club and the conditions were not very good on the day of the event.

Michael and Richard took out gold while Jamie and Louise won

far.

“The time they spend at Southport will allow them to test themselves against quality players and take their games to the next level.”

Silver medals in their age groups.

The final team result was eighteen Gold, sixteen Silver and thirteen Bronze medals.

“The organisers of the games look to be trialling this as an annual event, so our club is looking to recruit some new and past swimmers to send away our biggest team yet.”

For more information you can find Coffs Harbour Master Swimmers on Facebook or phone Jamie on 0438 526 897.

q Winners and runners up of the inaugural Coffs Coast Regional Doubles and Singles Golf Croquet Carnival.

Keating (Woolgoolga) with Ken Lloyd (Urunga) runner up.

q Hamish Anderson and Lilli-Yana Moody will trial for the Southport Sharks.

November 2022, peacefully at Coffs Harbour Grange Aged Care, formerly of Coramba. Much loved wife of Ron (dec’d). Loving mother & mother-in-law of Wayne & Mary-Anne, Laurelle, Glennis (dec’d), Robyn & Barry, Ken, Rod & Alison and Neville (dec’d). Adored nan & great-nan of their families.

Raymond Lawrence (Tulloch) of Coffs Harbour aged 84 years passed away peacefully on 17th November 2022.

Dearly loved father to Noni and Sally and cherished Poppy to Max, Molly, Lucy, Chloe, Hollie and Amy.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a celebration of Rays life, which will be held on Monday 28th November at the Harbourside Presbyterian Church, 187 Harbour Drive, Coffs Harbour at 11.00am.

Ray will be laid to rest at Karangi Cemetery at 12.30pm.

MCPHERSON

Christmas is a magical time of year.

A time of sharing, of giving and time spent with loved ones.

However, Christmas isn’t an easy time of year for all families, particularly those experiencing financial hardship or difficulty.

The News Of The Area ‘Support-A-Family Christmas Appeal 2022 is your chance to brighten up the holidays for a local family in need.

We have worked with Lifeline North Coast, St Vincent de Paul Society, LifeHouse Care and the Salvation Army to identify families in need that NOTA readers can ‘Support’ this Christmas, by sourcing gifts, hampers or

If you would like to ‘Support’ a family this Christmas, please call the number below and quote the number of the family you wish to assist.

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FRIDAY

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

ABC, 9.10pm

The lush, rolling hillsides and the leisurely trickle of quaint cases for vet James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) to solve promise to induce a sleepy, warm-hearted stupor. There are no racing pulses here, only coos of delight and the occasional warm tear drop. In tonight’s season two finale, when James’ parents come to visit him in Darrowby, he makes a big decision about his future. That’s not it for the series’ village-set stories this year: a lush Christmas special is incoming.

After a hiatus from TV and the world of restaurants following the collapse of his dining empire and the end of his more than decade-long stint as a revered judge on MasterChef Australia, George Calombaris (below) returns with this personal ode to his heritage. The fiery and passionate chef promises to show a more mellow and intimate side of himself as he embarks on a delicious journey back to his roots. Calombaris is joined by a familiar face to MasterChef junkies, with 2014 alumni and 2022 runner-up Sarah Todd co-presenting this food lovers’ extravaganza. Tune in for the laughs and good times – as well as the drool-worthy dishes.

WEDNESDAY

FISK

ABC, 9pm

From Helen’s (Kitty Flanagan, right) floppy brown suit to George’s (Aaron Chen) blunt mullet and Roz’s (Julia Zemiro) coiffed high hair, it’s the little eccentricities of ’s well-written, imperfect characters that draw you in. Flanagan’s award-winning comedy is a warm-hearted and playful treat. Once you enter the quirky world of awkward lawyer Helen and the shenanigans at small-time agency Gruber & Associates, you never want to leave. Settle in and savour the fun in the season two finale.

In “Snitches Get Riches”, Play School’s Alex Papps and comedian Colin Lane guest star. Trouble is bound to brew when Ray (Marty Sheargold) goes on leave, leaving Helen in charge.

And Small. (Final, PG) James’ parents come to visit. Tristan’s next steps are informed by a chance meeting with an outsider.

9.55 Fisk. (Ml, R)

10.25 Troppo. (Mal, R)

11.20 ABC Late News.

11.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R) A preview of FIFA World Cup matches.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Engineering Reborn. (Premiere, PG) Abandoned buildings are given a new lease of life.

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group B. Wales v Iran. From Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Qatar v Senegal.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group A. Netherlands v Ecuador.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. England v USA.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Dr Harry Cooper teams up with Adam Doville to build obstacles for dogs. 8.30 MOVIE: Green Book. (2018, Ml, R) Based on a true story. In the ’60s, a distinguished African-American pianist hires a tough-talking Italian-American bouncer as his chauffeur for a concert tour through America’s Midwest and Deep South. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini. 11.10 Australia’s Got Talent. (PG, R) In the grand final, the six remaining contestants battle it out for the chance to win $100,000. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Feeding The Zoo. (PGam) 8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. (2004, Mdls, R) Bridget Jones flees to Thailand on holiday. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth. 10.35 MOVIE: Knocked Up. (2007, MA15+dls, R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. (Final) Miguel Maestre creates tasty Christmas fare. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (PGa, R) Graham Norton is joined by Paul Mescal, Michaela Coel, Winston Duke, Emma Corrin and Richard Ayoade. 9.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Nath Valvo. 10.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. (MA15+als, R) Hosted by Nikki Osborne.

10.30 Luke Heggie: Tiprat. (MA15+ls, R) 11.40 The Project. (R)

12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Vera. (Mad, R)

2.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R)

3.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R)

4.20 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 5.10 Landline. (R) 5.35 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R)

6.10 Secrets Of The Museum.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) Martin treats Mrs Moore.

8.20 Shetland. (Mal) In the aftermath of the diving incident, the team searches for a link between the two bodies.

9.20 Significant Others. (Final, Mals, R) Funeral planning leads to surprise healing as questions are answered and vows for a new future are made.

10.10 MOVIE: Danny And The Human Zoo. (2015, Mlsv, R) An account of the early life of Lenny Henry. Kascion Franklin.

11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. England v USA. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Switzerland v Cameroon. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Netherlands v Ecuador. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group B. England v USA. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R) A preview of FIFA World Cup matches, as well as a look at the latest news and team and player profiles.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group D. Tunisia v Australia. From Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group C. Poland v Saudi Arabia. From Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group D. France v Denmark. From Stadium 974, Ras Abu Aboud, Qatar.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group C. Argentina v Mexico.

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 1.00 Border Security: International. (PGad, R)

1.30 To Be Advised.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Presents: Sydney’s Water Torture.

8.00 MOVIE: The Santa Clause. (1994, G, R) A man gradually transforms into Santa Claus after the original is involved in an accident on Christmas Eve. Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd.

10.05 MOVIE: Unstoppable. (2010, Ml, R) A veteran engineer and a young conductor try to stop a runaway train from crashing into a populated area. Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson.

12.05 World’s Deadliest: Days Out. (Ml, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R)

(PG)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007, Mv, R) A former secret agent is lured out of hiding. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles.

9.40 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012, Mav, R) A secret agent is hunted by the government. Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz.

12.05 MOVIE: Collateral Beauty. (2016, Ml, R)

1.50 Talking Honey. (PGa, R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

8.30 CSI: Vegas. (Mav) Max leads her team to investigate the death of a prestigious Michelin-starred chef. 9.30 NCIS. (Ma, R) An NCIS agent turns up dead. 10.30 My Life Is Murder. (Mv, R) 11.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

Home Shopping. 9.00 Three Wide No Cover. 10.00 Travel Oz. 11.30 South Aussie With Cosi. Noon Horse Racing. Country Classic Race Day. Zipping Classic Day. 5.30 Mighty Ships. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 I Escaped To The Country. 11.30 Alan Carr’s Adventures With Agatha Christie. 12.30am The Yorkshire Vet. 1.30 Escape To The Country. 2.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Swallows And Amazons. (1974) 12.30pm Antiques Downunder. 1.00 Antiques Roadshow Detectives. 1.40 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 3.00 MOVIE: Muscle Beach Party. (1964) 5.00 MOVIE: How To Murder Your Wife. (1965, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Something’s Gotta Give. (2003, M) 10.00 MOVIE: The Birdcage. (1996, M) 12.30am

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (Final) 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Question Everything. (Mls, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Heywire. (R) 4.05 The Pacific. (PG, R) 4.50 Art Works. (Final, PG, R) 5.20 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.20 Frankly. (Final, R) Presented by Fran Kelly.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) The team investigates the death of a cyclist.

8.30 MOVIE: Lion. (2016, PGa, R) Twenty-five years after being adopted by an Australian couple, an Indian man sets out to find his biological family. Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara.

10.25 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (PG, R)

11.25 Mystery Road: Origin. (Mal, R)

12.20 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Mexico. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. France v Denmark. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Mexico. Replay. 2.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. Tunisia v Australia. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R) A preview of FIFA World Cup matches.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Madame Tussaud’s: The Full Wax. (M) Takes a look at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Japan v Costa Rica. From Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group F. Belgium v Morocco.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group F. Croatia v Canada.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group E. Spain v Germany.

6am

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Spotlight.

8.00 Motorway Patrol. (Return, PG) Woolly wanderers meet the traffic head on, riding an electric scooter over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

8.30 MOVIE: Salt. (2010, Mlv, R) After she is accused of being a Russian spy, a CIA agent goes on the run and tries to prove her innocence. Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber. 10.30 The Front Bar. (M, R)

11.40 Autopsy USA: Patty Duke. (MA15+ad, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00

7.00

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.10 The First 48. (Mal) 11.10 Murder In A Small Town. (MA15+av) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Outdoors Indoors. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6am Home Shopping. 9.00

The

MOVIE:

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Joseph Prince. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Living Room. (R) 9.00 Destination Dessert. (Return) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Challenge Australia. (PGl, R) 2.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 2.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 3.00 Cook It With Luke. 3.30 Well Traveller. (PGa) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (Return, PGl) 5.00 News.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mal) Graham is joined by Bruce Springsteen.

8.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mdv) When a US Marine corporal dies in a tide pool after being exposed to fentanyl, the NCIS team must quickly find the source of the drugs. Alex talks about taking a gap year. Ernie reveals some personal news.

9.30 FBI. (Mv, R) After a man is killed by an explosive package shipped to his home, the team tries to capture the sender.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 4x4 Adventures. 10.00 Reel Action. 11.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 11.30 Roads Less Travelled. Noon Truck Hunters. 12.30 Scorpion. 1.30 Pooches At Play. 2.00 Destination Dessert. 2.30 A-League All Access. 3.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 3.30 The FBI Declassified. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Reel Action. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.15 Late Programs.

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CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat 6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live. 9.00 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 Weekend Live. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 News. 5.00 Victoria Votes Live. 6.00 Victoria Votes Live. 7.00 Victoria Votes Live. 8.00 Victoria Votes Live. 9.00 Victoria Votes Live. 10.00 Victoria Votes Live. 11.00 Late Programs. 6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda. 9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 7.00 Erin. 8.00 Paul Murray Live. 9.00 The Alliance. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs. SKY NEWS (53) SKY NEWS (53) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon College Sports Inc. 1.35 FIG Trampoline World Cup Series. 2.35 Sportswoman. 3.05 WorldWatch. 4.35 Mastermind Aust. 5.35 Vs Arashi. 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Stuck In The Suez. 9.25 The Artist’s View. 9.55 Adam Ruins Everything. 10.20 Late Programs.

Children’s Programs. 1.30pm To Be Advised. 2.00 Rich Kids Go Skint. 3.00 Full Bloom. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 About A Boy. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Astro Boy. (2009, PG) 7.30 MOVIE:

Fast

6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 1.00 Rugby Union. Ella 7s. Replay. 1.25 Away From Country. 2.25 The South Sydney Story. 2.55 Football. NTFL. Women’s. Under-18s. 4.25 Football. NTFL. Men’s. Under-18s. 5.55 Spirit Talker. 6.20 News. 6.30 Wild West. 7.30 Outlier: The Story Of Katherine Johnson. 8.30 Sherpa: Trouble On Everest. 10.10 Killing Patient Zero. 11.55 Late Programs.

(2019, PG) 8.10 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 10.05 Charlie And Boots. (2009, M) Noon Monk Comes Down The Mountain. (2015, M, Cantonese) 2.05 Maudie. (2016, PG) 4.15 A Raisin In The Sun. (1961, PG) 6.35 On A Clear Day. (2005, PG) 8.30 Hope Gap. (2019, M) 10.25 Elle. (2016, MA15+, French) 12.50am The Happy Prince. (2018, MA15+) 2.50 Late Programs. 6am Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Continued. (2002, PG, French) 6.40 On A Clear Day. (2005, PG) 8.30 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 10.30 Elementary. (2016, M, French) 12.30pm Journey’s End. (2017) 2.30 The Sound Of Silence. (2019, PG) 4.05 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 6.05 Brideshead Revisited. (2008, PG) 8.30 Benedetta. (2021, MA15+, French) 10.55 Late Programs. NITV (34) NITV (34) 7MATE (63) 7MATE (63) SBS MOVIES (32) SBS MOVIES (32) ONTHEBOX COFFS COAST NEWS OF THE AREA

MONDAY, November 28

6.00

(Final, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Rosehaven. (PG, R) 1.25 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand. (R) 2.00 Parliament.

3.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

4.55 Back Roads. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Media Watch. (PG) 8.50 MOVIE: The Australian Dream. (2019, MA15+l, R) 9.50 Freeman. (R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 Q+A. (R) 12.25 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (PG, R) 1.15 Parliament. 2.15 Total Control. (MA15+l, R) 3.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Spain v Germany. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Japan v Costa Rica. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group F. Belgium v Morocco. Replay.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Spain v Germany. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00

FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M) Celebrity guests include Sam Taunton, Jennifer Wong, Mark Humphries and Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group G. Cameroon v Serbia. From Al Janoub Stadium, Wakrah, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group H. Korea Republic v Ghana.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group G. Brazil v Switzerland.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group H. Portugal v Uruguay.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon

The Ghan: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 Bizarre Foods. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Stuck. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Murder By Numbers. (2002, Malsv, R)

2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R)

3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (Final, PGav) 8.30 9-1-1. (Mav) The 118 race to the rescue at a renaissance fair.

9.30 S.W.A.T. (Malv) The team has to work together to apprehend a band of mercenaries hired by a wealthy CEO trying to flee the country.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Heartbreak Island Australia. (Mal) The top five couples admit to their motives. 12.00 The Resident. (Ma, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Shopping. 7.00 The Surgery Ship. 8.00 Shopping. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm The Car Club. 2.00 Motor Racing. Sunraysia Safari. Replay. 3.00 Motor Racing. Motorsport Aust Off Road C’ship. Kalgoorlie Desert 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Support 4.30 Last Stop Garage. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: X-Men: First Class. (2011, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, November 29

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 11.05 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Shetland. (Mal, R) 2.00 Parliament.

3.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R)

5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Stuff The British Stole. (PG) 8.30 Love On The Spectrum. (R) 9.30 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 10.30 Space 22. (PGa, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R) 11.35 MOVIE: The Australian Dream. (2019, MA15+l, R) 12.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.50 Baby Surgeons. (Ma, R)

1.40 Parliament Question Time. 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Portugal v Uruguay. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Cameroon v Serbia. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Brazil v Switzerland. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Portugal v Uruguay. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R)

8.30 How To Sleep Well With Michael Mosley. (R)

9.40 Ukraine: Life Under Attack.

10.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R)

11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Netherlands v Qatar. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Wales v England.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon

The Ghan: The Full Journey. 3.15 Bamay. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Travel Man. 9.30 Forbidden History. 10.25 Valley Of The Boom. 11.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Falling Down. (1993, Mvl, R)

Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) 8.30 The Good Doctor. (M) After a woman pregnant with sextuplets arrives at the hospital, Dr Andrews splits the doctors into teams. 9.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav) The team works to stop a violent attack on the city. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Chicago Fire. (Ma) 12.00 The Resident. (Mav, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 My Mum Your Dad. 9.10 MOVIE: The Notebook. (2004, PGals, R) Rachel McAdams. 11.35 Nine News Late. 12.00 The Equalizer. (Mv, R) 12.50 Fishing Australia. (R) 1.20 Explore. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Challenge Australia. (PGl) Hosted by Brihony Dawson.

8.30 Ghosts. (PGad) A TV documentary crew comes to Woodstone Mansion to shoot an episode of Dumb Deaths 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mdv) The team’s search for diamond thieves reveals a dangerous connection to Kristin’s undercover past in Miami. 11.00 The Project. (R)

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.40 Law & Order: S.V.U. 11.40 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. 2.00 Surfing Australia TV. 2.30 Full House. 3.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 The Weakest Link USA. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.30 MOVIE: Horrible Bosses. (2011, MA15+) 11.30 Young Sheldon. Midnight Satisfaction. (Premiere) 1.00 Late Programs.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. Sydney Super Cup. Game 3. Everton FC v Western Sydney Wanderers. Replay. 10.30 Roads Less Travelled. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 The Code. 11.15 MacGyver. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PG, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Central Intel ligence. (2016, Mlsv, R) 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Skin A&E. (Mm) 12.00 Bluff City Law. (Ma, R) 12.50 Reel Destinations: Lodge Life. (R) 1.20 Talking Honey. (PGs, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 The Miracle Tiger. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Death In Paradise. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Our Man In Marrakesh. (1966) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote.

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Botched. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.30 MOVIE: She’s Out Of My League. (2010, MA15+) 11.35 Young Sheldon. Midnight Satisfaction. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Challenge Australia. Relation ships in the house continue to break down under the intense stress of the game.

8.30 NCIS. (Ma) The team investigates the US Secretary of the Navy when her husband claims she tried to murder him.

10.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mdv, R) A marine corporal dies in a tide pool. 11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 10.20 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 The Code. 3.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.05 MacGyver.

6.00 The Drum.

ABC News.

7.30.

Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

Question Everything. (Final)

Fisk. (Final, PG)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Wales v England. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Netherlands v Qatar. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Korea Republic v Ghana. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Wales v England. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Toys That Built The World. (PG)

8.30 Riveted: The History Of Jeans.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 The Spin. 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 1. Morning session.

3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 1. Afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 1. Evening session.

9.00 MOVIE: S.W.A.T. (2003, Mlv, R)

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

9.30 Boeing’s Fatal Flaw. (PGa, R)

10.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R)

11.25 Baba.

11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

1.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. Australia v Denmark. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Poland v Argentina.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Ecuador v Senegal. Replay. 11.30 2022 FIFA World Cup. Iran v USA. Replay. 2.30pm Front Up 1998. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 10.10 Late Programs.

An elite team of police officers is assigned to transport a drug kingpin into federal custody after he offers $100 million to anyone who can free him. As a result, it is not long before they find themselves on the run. Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez.

11.25 The Amazing Race. (PGl) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Shopping. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 My Greek Odyssey. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Pawn Stars. Noon Aussie Salvage Squad. 1.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 1. Evening session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Family Guy. 8.00 American Dad! 9.00 MOVIE: Pompeii. (2014, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

7.30 Country Home Rescue With Shaynna Blaze. (PGl) 8.30 Dream Listings Byron Bay. 9.30 Escape To The Chateau. (R) 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Family Law. (Ma) 11.50 Bluff City Law. (Mad, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Today.

6am

Chicago P.D. 11.50 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Neighbours. (2014, MA15+) 11.30 Young Sheldon. Midnight Satisfaction. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Follow the staff at the Animal Welfare League as it tries to find the right fit for a Tibetan spaniel mix.

9.30 My Life Is Murder. (Ma) Harry asks Alexa to investigate a case involving a young man he has been mentoring. 10.30 Bull. (Ma, R)

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Tommy. 11.15 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Hawaii Five-0. 3.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.05 MacGyver.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Raven’s Quest. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.50 News. 7.00 Arctic Secrets. 7.50 Peckham’s Finest. 8.30 I, Sniper. 9.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. Tunisia v Australia. Replay. 1am Late Programs.

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Poland v Argentina. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Ecuador v Senegal. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Poland v Argentina. Replay. 2.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 10.00 To Be Advised. 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Business. (R) 11.15 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 12.15 Marcella. (Malv, R) 1.00 Parliament Question Time. 2.00 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) 3.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R) 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 You Can’t Ask That: Autism Spectrum. (Mal, R)

8.30 Q+A. (Final) Hosted by Stan Grant. 9.35 Baby Surgeons. (Ma, R) Part 3 of 3. 10.25 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 10.55 ABC Late News.

11.10 The Business. (R) 11.25 Love On The Spectrum. (R) 12.25 The Cult Of The Family. (Mad, R)

1.30 Parliament Question Time. 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

Group D. Australia v Denmark. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Copenhagen: Europe’s Greatest Christmas Market.

8.30 Scotland’s Riverwoods. (PG)

9.30 Rebuilding Notre-Dame With Lucy Worsley. (R)

10.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R)

11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group

F. Croatia v Belgium. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Japan v Spain.

6am

Arabia v Mexico.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Morning session. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Evening session.

9.00 MOVIE: The Meg. (2018, Mv, R) A group of scientists working at an underwater research facility dedicated to exploring the Marianas Trench encounters the largest marine predator that has ever existed, the Megalodon, a giant shark. Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson. 11.15 Code Blue: Murder: The Murder Of Katherine Smith. (Malv, R) Part 1 of 2. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Shopping. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Miss Scarlet And The Duke. 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Pawn Stars. Noon Hellfire Heroes. 2.00 Scrap Kings. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Evening session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Resident Evil. (2002, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Ml) 8.30 Paramedics. (Mm) 9.30 Police After Dark. (Premiere, Mlv) 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Emergency Call. (Ma) 11.50 Pure Genius. (Mm) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 GolfBarons. Noon Golf. Australian Open. First round. 5.00 As Time Goes By. 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester. 8.40 MOVIE: Dr No. (1962, PG) 10.55 Snapped. 11.55 House. 12.55am Explore. 1.00

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.30 Naked Attraction. 10.30 Dating No Filter. 11.30 Young Sheldon. Midnight Dash Dolls. 1.00 Late Programs.

1.00 Living Room. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Madl, R) A man claims to have jumped off Brisbane’s Story Bridge and the team races against time to save his life.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) The squad rallies around Detective Stabler to find the suspect behind a threat to his family.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) Danny and Jamie clash over a gang shooting. 11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Raven’s Quest. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Extreme Africa. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Tribal. 9.25 MOVIE: The Man From

Medal Masters

By Aiden BURGESS

TWELVE Coffs Harbour

Masters swimmers have just returned with masses of medals, club records and a NSW record.

The Pan Pacific Masters Games is an international event on the Gold Coast held every two years with 42 sports, and 13,000 competitors.

“This has been the most successful team to represent Coffs at these games, with a couple of Coffs members having three to four games under their belts so far,” Jamie Marschke, team member, told News Of The Area.

Held at the international Southport swimming pool, events were held over four days and lasted all day long with the open water event

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Richard Goddard, Paul Edwards, Jodi Gordon, Michael Morton, Jamie Marschke, Grant De Costa, Michelle Stubbs, Louise Dam, Leanne De Costa, Hilary Young and Michael Stubbs. Absent was Anthea Bamfield.