Nambucca Valley News Of The Area 7 October 2022

ON the internationally celebrated Save the Koala Day (September 30) organised by the Australian Koala Foundation, members of the locally-based conservation group, the Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA), took to the streets of Nambucca Heads to raise awareness of the plight of the iconic native marsupial.

A spokesperson for the Alliance, who meet for regular ‘Friday for Forests’ gatherings, said, “FEA waved to locals on the corner of Hyland Park Rd.

“Then we collected signatures for the Labor authorised petition to create The Great Koala National Park.

“Thank you to the locals who chatted about their love of local koalas.

“Friday for Forests is intended to draw

q Forest Ecology Alliance members Judith Kirwood, Jannie B Higginson, Benn Bienssen and Yvonne Waddy representing the group on the corner of Hyland Park Road on Save the Koala Day.

NAMBUCCA Valley’s subtropical rainforests and threatened species including Koalas, Tiger Quolls and the Grey-headed Flying Fox are on the road to recovery thanks to the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants funded ‘Bushfire Recovery in the Nambucca Valley’ project.

Daryl Braithwaite

Staying

By Andrew VIVIAN

SCHOOL holidays often see tragedy on the roads, and according to author Noel O’Brien, September was heading for a five-year record high.

Mr O’Brien has spent five years researching his book, ’Penalty Rip-Off’, which examines the effectiveness of sanctions to improve driver behaviour.

His book says the focus on punitive approaches is not working to lower the death toll on the nation’s roads and outlines a ‘Safe Driver’ program to change the situation.

Mr O’Brien said the NSW country road toll continues to rise

sharply, with another 50 lives lost since 20 June, now sitting at 155.

He said this is a 20 percent increase on last year, while so far this year urban fatalities have remained stable.

“The tragedy about our stubbornly high road toll is that our dated sanctions mix is not working,” Mr O’Brien said.

“There's still no behavioural change programs for repeat speedsters or illegal mobile phone users.

“A better sanctions mix may have prevented the horrific speed related Buxton accident, with five lives lost, and the subsequent

accident at Beverly Hills.”

According to Mr O’Brien, September was heading towards becoming the worst month on our roads this year, a five-year record high, with seventy-four lives lost.

With school holidays under way in NSW, WA, ACT and NT, drivers needed to take extra care.

He points out that busier roads bring added danger, with more families driving to avoid the higher cost and chaos of air travel.

There would also be mixed road conditions on the east coast following devastating flooding earlier in the year and now fresh floods in North West NSW.

Mr O’Brien’s research has found there has been a ten-year high in single vehicle accidents, and believes the increased use of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) is contributing to this.

He said urban SUV drivers needed to take extra care on unfamiliar low grade country roads, where speed can bring an early end to a well-deserved holiday.

NSW Government figures show the NSW September road toll was 64 percent above last year and road users have twice the chance of dying on a country road.

Mr O’Brien’s book Penalty Rip-Off can be found at http:// penaltyripoff.com.au.

Eight people killed on our roads as Operation Labour Day concludes

NSW POLICE are frustrated some drivers are not getting the message, after eight people died and close to 70 others were injured on our state’s roads over the long weekend.

Operation Labour Day was executed state-wide and commenced at 12.01am on Friday 30 September 2022 and concluded at 11.59pm on Monday 3 October 2022, with double demerit point in force for the duration.

Officers from Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were assisted by general duties police

from commands across the state, targeting speeding, drink and drug driving, mobile phone use, and other traffic offences.

During the operation, police issued a total of 3,310 Traffic Infringement Notices for speeding, a further 269 people were charged for drink driving offences and 251 people were issued infringements for mobile phone usage.

Commander of Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, Acting Assistant Commissioner Trent King, said although the operation is over, families continue to travel

around the state with school holidays and are urged to plan their trips.

“Just because the operation has concluded, doesn’t mean the messaging is any different.

“We still need people to obey the road rules and take necessary breaks to keep themselves and the rest of the community safe,”

Acting Assistant Commissioner King said.

“There is expected to be more inclement weather this coming week, so please heed the warnings issued by the Bureau of Meteorology and NSW State

Emergency Service, and drive to the conditions.

“Do not drive through flood waters and always obey road closure signs when you see them, they are there for your own protection.

“We have seen too many incidents recently involving people ignoring warning signs, resulting in a tragic outcome.

“While a detour may be inconvenient, it is not worth your life – listen to emergency services and do not attempt to drive through any flooded causeway, you have no clue how deep the water may be or what debris may be underneath,” Acting Assistant Commissioner King said.

Forest Ecology Alliance decry “greenwashing” by NSW Government

FROM Page 1 attention to the destruction in our local areas.

“Particularly the catchments of the Kalang, the Nambucca and Bellinger.

“People aren't aware of how much much logging is taking place.

“We are all about biodiversity and the logging is reducing our biodiversity.”

The FEA also took the opportunity on Save the Koala Day to call out what they perceive to be “greenwashing disseminated by the NSW State Government”.

In April 2022, the NSW Government released its Koala Strategy, which outlined 30 actions to conserve and grow koala populations.

Environment Minister James Griffin said the five-year plan was a comprehensive roadmap that will help deliver the NSW Government’s ambition to double the number of koalas, describing the $193.3 million

NSW Koala Strategy as “the biggest financial commitment by any government to secure the future of koalas in the wild”.

Given the commitments made by the NSW Government to koala conservation, the FEA have questioned why native forest logging and land clearing of existing koala habitat is continuing at pace across the Mid North Coast.

“We absolutely know that koalas live along the coast in places like Scotts Head, South West Rocks, Valla and Lake Cathie, and yet property developers have been given free rein to land clear where koalas live,” said a statement from the FEA.

“There is zero doubt that koalas live in State Forests such as Ellis, Newry, Little Newry, Oakes, Pine Creek, Tuckers Nob, Conglomerate, Orara East, Scotchmans, Nambucca…yet they are all scheduled for industrialised logging within twelve months.”

The FEA have described what is happening to koala habitat on private land as “opportunistic carnage”.

“Since Private Native Forestry codes were whittled away in recent years, previously protected koala habitat is disappearing daily.

“Though citizen scientists

are not allowed to survey on private land we have no doubt that wildlife checks are not occurring before koala feed and habitat trees are cut down by contractors with little or no supervision.

“20 percent of the State’s remaining koalas live in this region.

“Yet loaded logging trucks pass drivers every day on the Mid North Coast.”

To read the NSW Government’s Koala Strategy, visit environment. nsw.gov.au/koalas

“The men in green will keep you clean”

Visit

NVC Group, in conjunction with Good Things Foundation Australia, is holding free events to support residents to ‘try one thing’ online. Come along, enjoy morning tea and meet new people.

Get Online Week events will be held at:

Macksville: Monday 17 October 9am-12pm Daisy Cottage, Short Street

Nambucca Heads: Wednesday 19 October 9am-12pm, Riverside Gardens behind the café

Please register to attend by contacting Anne or Renee on 6598 5000 or communitynvc@nvcl.org.au

q The FEA believes the aims of the NSW Gov's Koala Strategy are not reflected in recent native forest logging on the Mid North Coast.

q Friday for Forests gatherings are a regular occurence in Nambucca Heads, with attendees hoping to raise awareness locally of issues related to native forest logging and an associated loss of biodiversity.

q Members of the Forest Ecology Alliance took to the streets of Nambucca Heads on Friday to raise awareness of issues facing koalas.

Nambucca Valley community rallies around rainforest restoration

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Headlined by Nambucca Valley Landcare, the project focused on habitat revegetation, strategic erosion control and riparian fencing across seven private properties in the severely burnt forested headwaters of the Nambucca River's southern catchment.

With the support of Nambucca Council and local landholders, Nambucca Landcare planted 3,200 native trees and sedges, and installed 1,200m of fencing; partnering with local Indigenous groups Mujaay Ganma and Jaanymili Bawrrungga to grow First Nations engagement in local bushfire recovery.

“The Kian Road fire was a shocking and extremely distressing event for community.

“Nearly every hill and ridge south west

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restoration of Bowraville was fire scarred.

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“To be able to restore this environment and support the community through landcare activities was a real privilege,” said Nambucca Valley Local Landcare Coordinator Logan Zingus.

“One of our biggest successes was regenerating areas of subtropical rainforest and endangered ecological community.

“Most of these species haven’t evolved with fire the way eucalypt forests have, and a fire of that intensity may have set it back 400 years.

“Combined with other forms of degradation- weed infestation, erosion and impacts of uncontrolled stock

access, chances of natural regeneration were slim.

“The environmental outcomes have been fantastic, but it’s not just about charging in, doing the job and walking away - it’s about long-term investment in the community at large.

“For us, that involved working closely with other community organisations and engaging local people to do the works, getting them back on their feet, empowered and employed to support their individual and community recovery,” said Mr Zingus.

Although Bushfire Recovery in the Nambucca Valley has had an incredible impact on community resilience and the health of the catchment, like many recent landcare projects, the work was heavily impacted by increased rainfall and severe flood events.

“We’ve been jumping from one natural disaster to the next.

“During the final six months of the project groundwork was very limited due to the flooding.

“For some of the sites, the access completely washed out twice so getting to the property was physically impossible,” continued Mr Zingus.

“While the floods created additional pressures, it was really important to make sure that the people affected by the bushfires remained focused for this recovery project.

“We were lucky that despite the challenges we had flexibility in delivery and significant community investment so we

could eventually get out there and help,” said Mr Zingus.

Despite the setbacks community feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and with further work planned for the future, Landcare NSW CEO Turlough Guerin says he couldn’t be more pleased with the results.

“The work of Nambucca Valley Landcare and their partners is a fantastic example of how investing in community projects can support substantive, long-term outcomes,” said Mr Guerin.

“A University of Melbourne study into the social impacts of post-disaster environmental work suggests landcare-led projects provide key benefits to fire affected communities by building resilience and stronger connections.

“This is really reflected in Nambucca Valley Landcare’s work which has proved crucial to the long-term recovery of the local community and environment.

“The fantastic accomplishments of this project and the wider Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants Program have highlighted the value of local environmental protection projects in supporting the recovery of bushfire-affected communities and environments.

“The success of this landcare-led model shows our movement is well placed to be on the front lines when tackling future natural disasters,” said Mr Guerin.

Landholders encouraged to report flood damage

THE NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is encouraging farmers and landholders who have been affected by the recent severe weather and floods to report damage using the DPI’s online survey tool.

CEO of the NSW Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) Sean O’Connell said the Primary Industries disaster damage survey is an online survey that records damage to primary production and animals from natural disasters such as floods, fires and storms.

“The damage survey allows you to record the number of crops, animals, infrastructure and other primary industries damaged in a single event, add photos to the assessment and see the severity of damage in your area,” Mr O’Connell said.

“With the current conditions, and severe weather predicted in the coming weeks, we are encouraging those people in impacted areas to submit a survey as soon as they are able.”

DPI can view survey information in real time and results are used to determine: the area the natural

disaster has impacted and the

scale of the event the severity of the impact the value of impact to primary production where and what assistance or resources may be needed.

Survey feedback helps the Commonwealth and NSW governments, and communities understand the scale and regional distribution of the impact of a disaster on agriculture and target resources and assistance in an area.

“There have already been reports of damage around the state, so it is important for farmers and landholders to know the survey tool is readily available whenever they need it.

“The survey tool is free to use and only takes a few minutes to complete, affected farmers and landholders can submit their survey on a mobile phone, computer or tablet whenever and wherever they need to.”

For all the latest flood information visit nsw.gov. au/floods.

For survey information visit https://www.dpi. nsw.gov.au/emergencies/ emergency/community/ primary-industries-naturaldisaster-damage-survey.

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Conservation orgs continue push for koala protection

By Andrew VIVIAN

SEPTEMBER 30 was ‘Save the Koala Day’ and conservation organisations have called on the State and Federal Governments to do more to protect koalas.

The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is appealing to the NSW Government to stop approving core koala habitat for clearing and logging, to demonstrate a genuine intent to stop koalas becoming extinct in the wild by 2050.

NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh said the NSW Government’s spending of tens of millions on koala hospitals, open range zoos and planting seedlings won’t stop koalas becoming extinct in the wild unless they save and stabilise surviving koalas by protecting their existing homes.

“Every day the NSW

Government is allowing the Forestry Corporation to cut down mature koala feed trees in public forests, and farmers to bulldoze them, while their propaganda arm goes into overdrive pretending that koalas don’t need their feed trees,” said Mr Pugh.

“We know that koalas only utilise certain individuals of certain species, and that the larger those trees are the more they use them.

“Protecting these key trees and allowing others to mature is essential for the koala’s survival.

“If the NSW Government is sincere about saving koalas they need to ensure thorough surveys of potential habitat before clearing or logging is allowed, and to protect any core koala habitat found.

“For a start they can ditch their current policy that if a logger sees a koala in a tree they just wait for it to leave

before they cut its home down,” he said.

On the same day, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) appealed to Federal

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to use her Ministerial powers in NSW, QLD and ACT to do more to protect the koala.

Chair of the Australian Koala Foundation, Deborah Tabart OAM, said if the Government continues to watch key koala habitats be destroyed, the iconic animal will be lost to time.

“I am calling on the Minister to use her Ministerial powers under the EPBC Act to protect all Primary and Secondary A habitat throughout the koala’s entire geographic range where she has the power to do so, and to enact the Koala Protection Act,” Ms Tabart said.

“The Minister must call a halt to the clearing of habitats that sustain koalas.”

Ms Tabart has driven thousands of kilometres this year, mainly through New South Wales, looking at habitats, creeks and the rivers that should sustain healthy koala habitats with healthy koala populations.

“To be frank, it is all tragic!” she said.

“It appears that, even with a new Federal government,

bulldozers can work in our forests and urban landscapes with little done to stop them.

“We have had so many people write to AKF this month seeking support to try and stop clearing and often there is nothing to be done, because it has either been approved in the dim dark past or the damage has already been done.”

The AKF has previously written to the new Environment Minister, offering its expertise, scientific and detailed koala habitat mapping, population data and carefully considered solutions to save the koala and its habitat, which they have spent over three decades compiling - however they claim she is yet to reply.

For more information about NEFA contact Dailan Pugh on 0400 711 054 and to find out about the Koala Protection Act and the Australian Koala Foundation, visit www.savethekoala.com.

Bellingen Shire Votes To Protect Forests, Soils And Water

By Andrew VIVIAN

BELLINGEN Shire Council passed a motion at its 28 September meeting, six votes to one, to advocate for an end to logging of native forests to protect soils, water supply and the natural beauty of the area.

Bellingen Shire councillor Dominic King moved the motion, which asked the Council to note significant aspects of native forest logging and to advocate for an end to it.

The Council agreed to note scientific evidence about the severity of bushfires being increased in logged forests and the decline of threatened species including koalas, glossy black cockatoos and gliders.

It also agreed to take

account of residents’ concerns of the need to “support naturebased tourism enterprises, recreational usage, threaten species habitat protection and carbon sequestration” and noted that native forest

logging “is incompatible with our states investments in nature based tourism enterprises, climate change mitigation and the protection of biodiversity”.

The motion also

mentioned a successful prosecution of Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) by the Environment Protection Authority in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest and allegations of regulation breaches.

The Council agreed to advocate to the NSW Government to develop a plan to move to ecologically-

sustainable plantations and farm forestry to ensure protection of existing jobs in the sector and ensure a reliable supply of high-value native hardwood timber products into the future.

Council also acknowledged that the water quality/security depends upon stable soils and stable ground cover, which are affected by current logging practices.

The motion listed a range of NSW politicians, from all parties, to be contacted for their support.

Cr King told News Of The Area, “There has been a build up of concern by local residents, but the Federal State of the Environment report was a real trigger.

“I wanted to have the conversation at Council level about the science behind forestry practices and what we do in a changing world.”

Cr King wants the motion

to encourage people to reflect on what is the truth behind native forest logging.

“We have to accept that times change and we can’t keep doing what we did 50, 20 or even ten years ago.

“The people in Bellingen Shire have made it clear that they value their native forests, biodiversity and waterways,” he said.

Cr King said jobs in forestry have been disappearing since before there was any Green influence in government, driven by economics, and that Council is also concerned about a just transition of workers in the industry to more sustainable jobs.

“We’re not saying don’t cut down trees, but we are concerned about external contractors coming in, who have no connection with the area, and carrying out industrial scale logging.”

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q Conservationists have called on State and Federal governments to do more to protect koala habitat. Photo: Dailan Pugh.

q Bellingen Shire councillor Dominic King (right) says that Bellingen residents want to protect the Shire’s natural environment, soils and water supplies.

Daryl Braithwaite headlines Sounds of Rock

"Especially the last gig…it was an absolute beauty.”

By Andrea FERRARI

DARYL Braithwaite descends on Coffs Harbour to headline Sounds of Rock festival on Saturday 22 October at Coffs Harbour Showground.

And he’s keen.

An iconic Australian singer/songwriter and ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee, famously the front man and vocalist for 1970’s band Sherbet, Braithwaite told News Of The Area, “I have been to Coffs Harbour many times and always had a good time.

Braithwaite has a barrel load of songs he can bring to this massive show: classics, favourites, new stuff and songs that take you down a map of memory lanes, and one thing’s for sure, he will entertain you with that famously stirring voice.

“I will be bringing the band and crew who are looking forward to this gig and of course I’ll be bringing a lot of songs.”

A lifetime live performer, Braithwaite suffered through the lockdowns and lack of performance opportunities.

With that now behind us, he said, “It has been a slow

process but finally we are back in the pre-Covid area again.”

And he’s looking forward to heading north.

“I am looking forward to it being warmer than here in Melbourne.”

A festival of Australian rock and pop music from the golden years, namely the 70s, 80s and 90s, the Sounds of Rock 2022 line-up includes Ian Moss, Baby Animals, Ross Wilson, Dragon, Radiators, Wendy Matthews, Eurogliders and Rick Price.

The organisers, NUI Events, are committed to bringing major and quality events to the regional centres which contribute to the local tourism economy.

“There will be a number of

different food vendor options, and everyone is encouraged to bring a camp chair so they can rest after all the dancing they will be doing,” said Trevor Sands from NUI Events.

For more info visit the Sounds of Rock Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/soundsofrock/.

q Sing out the classics and faves with Daryl Braithwaite at Sounds of Rock in Coffs Harbour.

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Braithwaite songs take you down a map of memory lanes, join in at Sounds of Rock in Coffs Harbour.

Australian documentary coming to the Bowraville Theatre

must be done to protect it.

By Mick BIRTLES

A TOPICAL and thought provoking major new Australian documentary, Where The Water Starts, will be screened at the Bowraville Theatre on 16 October 2022 at 2pm.

The film investigates the destruction of the fragile alpine ecology of Australia’s Snowy Mountains.

Where The Water Starts examines the unique threats to the fragile alpine ecology of the Snowy Mountains through the eyes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous community leaders.

They are concerned about the devastating environmental challenges facing the headwaters of three iconic rivers in this precious region, and what

Whodunnit? with Valley Performers

By Andrea FERRARI

VALLEY Performers are in rehearsal for their November production of ‘The Gangster’s Ball’, a Murder Mystery Theatre Restaurant by American playwright Richard Hingst.

With the whodunnit play set at Christmas time during the roaring twenties, patrons are invited to dress in either a Christmas or 1920’s theme.

“There's a prize for best

dressed as well as the best detective,” Sally Heather, actress and spokesperson for Valley Performers told News Of The Area, adding, “I can’t wait to wear my flapper outfit.

“I hope audiences join in and come dressed up in either Gatsby or Christmas themed for some fun.

“It’ll really create an amazing atmosphere.”

Sally, whose role as Kitty Pretty sees her as the owner

of a speakeasy where she sells illegal liquor during the prohibition era, tells us more about the play.

“Local saloonkeeper Kitty Pretty has invited a group of well-known gangsters and associates to come to her speakeasy to put on the feedbag for some Christmas chow and whet their whistle,” said Sally.

“But hang on…someone killed Kitty’s husband and she is using this gathering to

track the dirty rat down.”

The cast members are enjoying the colourful, diverse gangster characters including such iconic and notorious figures as Ma Barker and Bonnie and Clyde.

There’s prohibition and bootlegging surrounded by racketeering and of course… murder.

“The cast and crew are having a ball creating their 1920's gangster and flapper characters and all trying to

The film takes the audience on a discovery tour of the Snowy Mountains from perspectives rarely heard.

Richard Swain, a Wiradjuri descendant who was born in Cooma and raised in the high country, is a strong, passionate voice in the film.

Having witnessed the destruction of the environment by hardhoofed animals, he has decided to speak out on this controversial issue, despite the acrimony that comes with it.

Over generations, the landscape has been degraded to the point where 34 species of native plants and animals are now under threat.

Hard-hoofed animals are trampling the unique habitats of these threatened species and endangering the viability of the headwaters of the Snowy, Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers.

appear innocent.

“Watching the clues line up as the play unfolds is one thing, making sure your audience gets all the clues, sees the red herrings and sorts through which character is innocent or guilty is the real challenge,” said Sally.

Valley Performers

President Anama Tesser discovered she would make a terrible detective as she accused the wrong suspect.

“Once I found out I said, ’Oh yeah, of course it’s them’,” she said, laughing…at herself.

The massive bushfires of 2019-2020 burned vast swathes of Kosciuszko National Park, highlighting the context of climate change.

Richard Swain, Indigenous Ambassador at the Invasive Species Council said, “This environment is meant to be pristine, and we can no longer ignore the damage being done by these feral animals.”

Richard will be in Bowraville for the Sunday 16 October screening of Where The Water Starts and will be heading up a Q&A after the screening.

The film is attracting like minded people who are concerned about all natural rivers in Australia and restoring them to full health.

Tickets are $14 with no concessions available.

For further details email bowravilletheatre@ bigpond.com or visit www. bowravilletheatre.com.au.

"This is 90 minutes of theatrical entertainment that has you laughing, thinking and totally being drawn into the hoo-haa of a whodunnit.

“Don’t just see it….solve it,” encouraged Sally.

Valley Performers’ The Gangster’s Ball is at the Macksville Ex-services Club.

Night performances are November 18, 19, 25, 26 and two Sunday matinees, on 20 and 27.

For more info, phone 6568 1344

Visit the Valley Performers Facebook page for updates.

screened at the Bowraville Theatre on 16 October 2022 at 2pm and examines the unique threats to the fragile alpine ecology of the Snowy Mountains through the eyes of Indigenous and nonIndigenous community leaders. Photo: supplied by Frontyard Films.

Get Arty at the Nambucca Heads Youthie every Tuesday Afternoon

By Mick BIRTLES

SINCE 2002 the Nambucca Valley Youth Service Centre, better known as The Youthie, has been providing a broad range of services and activities for young people from its 48 Ridge Street, Nambucca Heads location.

The Youthie is known as an inclusive youth friendly organisation which celebrates diversity in a holistic and collaborative environment at a grassroots level.

There are some youth focused organisations who base their services out of the Youthie and the La Casa Youth Service is one of those.

La Casa Youth Service is a multidisciplinary team made up of mental health professionals and experts that offer free early and brief intervention support for young people.

This week News Of The Area spoke to La Casa’s Madelyn Cartner about the Art Group they facilitate every Tuesday afternoon at the Youthie.

“The Tuesday afternoon Art Group is for anyone between the ages of 12 to 25 years old and offers a friendly environment where

you can just walk in and get involved without having to book first,” Madelyn said.

“The Art Group offers an opportunity for social

connectedness and for participants to gain a sense of belonging.”

The Art Group has an art teacher on hand and attendees can participate in workshops to develop skills with much of their own artwork able to be taken home.

If you or someone you know might benefit from the social connection, new skills or from the fun of the Tuesday Afternoon Art Group at the Youthie you can drop in from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm every Tuesday.

La Casa Youth Service is also able to assist with connection to other services, counselling and therapy services and help with identifying your goals and how to get there.

They have a team of four mental health specialists who are available at the Youthie Monday and Tuesday from 9 am to 5 pm.

To find out more you can email nambucca@genhealth. org.au visit them on Insta at lacasayouthservice or on FB at La Casa Youth Service.

Boomerang Bag sewers hit major milestone

WHEN you enter the Valla Beach Market, you receive a colourful, hand-sewn bag known as a Boomerang Bag.

Part of a world-wide movement to reduce plastic bags, these Boomerang Bags are made by an amazing group of volunteers at Riverside Gardens Lifestyle Village, Nambucca Heads.

The local volunteers, organised by Beverley Atkinson, sewed their 2000th bag last week.

Mrs Atkinson said getting together to sew was pleasurable and it was great the products could be used for a good cause.

“We all have a love of sewing and our Boomerang Bag group came about because we all had the desire to reduce the number of plastic bags in use,” she said.

“The Boomerang Bags are now a key feature of the Valla

Beach Market.

“We meet together in the community village at Riverside Gardens and sew each Monday.

“It’s a great social outlet for us all, plus we get to make

good use of all of the material we have stored up or been gifted over the years.”

The Boomerang Bag social sewers meet up most Mondays to enjoy each other’s

company and sew. If you would like to gift them fabric or help out sewing, head along on a Monday or leave fabric at Riverside Gardens café, Nambucca Heads.

New book for intrepid explorers

LOCAL explorer Yvonne Everett has written a new guidebook entitled ‘Best Walks of the NSW MidNorth Coast’, including 40 trails from Port Macquarie, Coffs Coast and north to the Clarence Valley.

There is a walk for everyone in the bookleisurely cafe walks, beach walks with whale-watching headlands, family and dog friendly walks, waterfalls and summit climbs.

Yvonne was motivated to write the book after she discovered the last walking guide to the area was published more than twenty years ago.

She spent two years walking the local hiking trails and writing them up, until disaster struck.

“After 39 walks, with one walk remaining for the book, I broke my leg.

“I’ll leave you to read the book and guess which walk was done on a knee scooter with crutches to hand for hopping up any steps!” Yvonne told News Of The Area.

Asked to recommend a favourite walk from the 40 included in the book, Yvonne suggests Red Rock for families.

“Children love the secret ‘Gnome Home' beneath a large tree near the Corindi River at Red Rock.

“The unique geology of the headland is also fascinating.”

Those seeking an adventurous challenge might like to tackle a big climb.

“The final push to the Tuckers Nob lookout is known locally as That Steep Bit, but the epic view of the Bellinger Valley from the sea to Gleniffer Falls makes the heart-pumping effort worthwhile.

“The thirteen kilometre Sea to Summit walk up Mt Yarrahapinni is equally rewarding, with a view south over the Macleay River estuary to Smoky Cape.”

Best Walks of the NSW Mid-North Coast is part of the best-selling Walking Guides series published by Woodslane. The book is light enough to put in your backpack, and fully illustrated with colour maps and over 150 photographs. Each walk is described in detail, with entertaining stories about the local environment, heritage, geology, swimming spots and tourist attractions.

Best Walks of the NSW Mid-North Coast is now available at your local bookshop or online.

Find a list of stockists on www.coffstrails.com.

q Boomerang Bag social sewers, from left Beverley Atkinson and Corrin Nouws, helped make the group’s 2000th bag recently.

Building the Face Of Rural Tomorrow

NOTICING a distinct lack of networking opportunities for young people in agriculture, a group of emerging industry professionals have launched Face Of Rural Tomorrow (FORT), a platform they believe can improve the experience of coming up through our rural industries.

Launching online at the beginning of August, FORT provides opportunities for those interested in a career in agriculture to connect to likeminded young people and build vital industry connections.

Max Nell, a Rural Associate with Ray White Rural Corporate, co-founded FORT alongside colleagues Sonya

Grosso, Sophie Chant and Madeline Swan.

Max, 22, said building connections was essential when progressing a career in agriculture.

“The aim for FORT is for it to be a networking group for everyone in rural agency, livestock sales and agriculturally based industries.

“It was sort of an avenue that we didn’t see existing for young people across our industries.”

Alongside their online presence, FORT plans to hold several major networking events a year.

“When I was coming through there wasn’t much in the way of networking

groups, so we thought it would be beneficial to get young industry professionals together for a few events a year,” Max said.

“Hopefully, when people leave those events, they can walk away with a few more connections in their industry, and with skills that can help them out in their workplace.”

Details on upcoming events across the country will be released soon, with FORT planning for a debut event coinciding with the Young Livestock Auctioneers competition at the Royal Easter Show.

Each week, FORT profiles a young person excelling in their industry on their Facebook

page. “I think there aren’t enough platforms out there that are highlighting the young people coming up in the industry and the great work they are doing.

“We want to show off the people coming through the ranks in agriculture, and the different avenues available to young people with an eye on a future in the industry,” Max said.

FORT’s co-founders are hopeful the group will attract young people from all sectors of agriculture.

“It is very inclusive, we want all aspects of agriculture to come and be involved and represented,” Max said.

“You never know who you can meet, so we think it is a great opportunity for young people across the industry.”

Growing up on a cattle farm outside Blayney in the NSW Central West, and now undertaking a cadetship with Ray White Rural, Max understands the opportunities and challenges presented to a young person entering the industry.

“There are so many things to learn within agriculture, it is so broad.

“It would be good to get more young people involved in agriculture, as I believe it is the future.

“People who are interested in agriculture, or are in agriculture and are looking to take on different roles, this

is something they can pursue through FORT,” Max said.

To get involved, to learn more or to nominate a young industry professional to be profiled by FORT, head to the

FORT - Face Of Rural Tomorrow Facebook page.

q Max Nell has co-founded Face Of Rural Tomorrow, a networking group for young people working in agricultural industries.

q (L-R) Madelyn Cartner, Rhianna Grimley and Rosie Adam from La Casa Youth Service who base their services out of the Youthie at Ridge Street, Nambucca Heads

q The Riverside Gardens Boomerang Bag social sewers.

Bush fire danger period begins with greater grass fire risk

COMMUNITIES across NSW are being warned of a greater risk of grass fires after recent wet weather with the official bush fire season beginning on Saturday.

Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke said the Bush Fire Danger Period is commencing in 92 local government areas across the State.

“While a focus remains on flooding which has been ongoing in parts of the State for more than twelve months, it’s important we also stay prepared for bush and grass fires,” Ms Cooke said.

“The rain has triggered rapid vegetation growth which is going to become a threat as it dries out.

“All it takes is a few days of hot, dry and windy weather for fire conditions to deteriorate.

“Grass fires move at three times the speed of a bush fire which is why communities need to be aware of the risks and ready to respond.”

NSW Rural Fire Service

Commissioner Rob Rogers said with more rain predicted over spring, grass and crops will continue to flourish, bringing added risk.

“Recent rain has led to good grass and crop growth across the State especially in western areas of NSW and we have already seen more than 1,000 grass fires across the State since July,” Commissioner Rogers said.

“It is important if you work, live or visit bush fire

prone areas that you update and discuss your bush fire survival plan and know what you and your family will do if threatened by fire this season.”

Fire and Rescue NSW Acting Commissioner Megan Stiffler is reminding people planning to travel to be aware of the risk of fast-moving grass fires.

“Before travelling, check the weather and fire danger ratings for that area and make a plan to leave should a grass or bush fire take hold,” Acting Commissioner Stiffler said.

“With long weekends and especially over holiday periods, check if a Total Fire Ban has been declared and use barbeques and campfires safely and responsibly if allowed.

“We urge people to remain

vigilant. While firefighters and emergency agencies will do everything they can to keep the community safe, protection is a shared responsibility and everybody needs to play their part to be fire safe.”

Landholders who want to light a fire during the Bush Fire Danger Period are required to obtain a permit, in addition to notifying their local fire authority and neighbours 24 hours in advance.

On days where a Total Fire Ban is in place, all fire permits are automatically revoked.

Information about fire permits, required notifications and hazard reduction burning is available at: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/ BFDP.

To make a bush fire survival plan, visit: www.myfireplan.com. au.

$540,000 investment in volunteer safety

MINISTER for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke on Friday presented volunteers from Marine Rescue NSW with the first of 2,040 state-of-the-art lifejackets to be issued to each Marine Rescue NSW crew member.

Ms Cooke said the new resources have been funded by a $540,000 investment from the NSW Government to keep the Service’s volunteers safer on the water.

“The last two boating seasons have been the busiest on record for Marine Rescue NSW, with volunteers

responding to nearly 4,000 calls for emergency help last year alone,” Ms Cooke said.

“This investment in essential safety equipment will help our volunteers do their job more safely in all weather conditions.”

Deputy Commissioner Alex Barrell said the new Baltic Legend 190 lifejackets are a significant improvement over the current model.

“These new lifejackets have a greatly improved buoyancy of 190 Newtons over the existing lifejackets, and also offer our crew members a more comfortable fit, ID pocket and high visibility in the water,”

Deputy Commissioner Barrell said.

“With these new lifejackets we’re ready for what promises to be another extremely busy time on our waterways.

“Our members have trained hard over the winter break for the anticipated surge in people requiring assistance, the boating public can do their part by ensuring their vessel is in good condition, they have the right safety equipment and have planned their day on the water before heading out.

“Most important of all, make sure everyone on board is wearing a lifejacket and Log On every time with Marine Rescue NSW on VHF Channel 16 or the Marine Rescue app.”

Government recognises need to address regional housing

THE Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has welcomed the Federal Government’s action to begin to address regional housing market issues, through the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee (RFHBG).

The RAI’s 2021-22 housing research series, ‘Building the Good Life’ identified the widespread tightness in regional housing markets, the different types of regional housing markets and the key, place-based policy responses needed.

The research showed difficulties accessing finance were constraining home sales and home building in many parts of regional Australia, and recommended a regional

home loan guarantee as one mechanism to address the challenges.

RAI CEO Liz Ritchie said the announcement was an extension of the Government’s existing Home Guarantee Scheme and supported eligible applicants to purchase a home in a regional area with a deposit of as little as five percent.

The program is available to eligible Australians already working, contributing, and making a life in the regions.

“Housing availability is now the biggest challenge holding back the potential of regional Australia,” Ms Ritchie said.

“We commend Federal Housing Minister Julie Collins for the specific recognition of

the complexities of the regional housing market.”

RAI’s research found residents in at least 20 percent of all regional Local Government Areas (LGAs) faced significant barriers to accessing housing finance.

“City home buyers may require a ten or 20 percent deposit, whereas in more remote regional markets borrowers may need double that.

“This inequity has been a contributing factor to the underinvestment in new homes in our regions.

“Assistance through the RFHBG program can assist prospective regional first home buyers to avoid paying

mortgage insurance – often a barrier to home affordability,” Ms Ritchie said.

The RFHBG began on Saturday 1 October, with detailed information about the program’s eligibility will be available on the National Housing Finance & Investment Corporation’s website.

Addressing the housing challenge is a key part of the RAI’s Regionalisation Ambition 2032, a framework to rebalance the nation and forge a more prosperous, inclusive and balanced future for regional Australia.

To further address the regions’ housing challenges, the RAI has a goal to increase the regional rental vacancies rate to

above three percent by 2032. Regional rental vacancy rates are currently exceptionally low, in many places below one percent.

Ms Ritchie said adding to the difficulty was a shortfall in new home building.

“In the decade to 2020, the regions grew by an average of 76,500 people per annum. |

“But over the same period, homes approved for construction dropped in five out of those ten years.”

The RAI wants actions to see annual building keeps pace with regional population growth.

“We know up to one in five Australians are considering a move to the regions.

Tackling Australia’s housing affordability problem

AUSTRALIA has a housing affordability problem, with many Australians struggling to rent or buy a home, according to the Productivity Commission’s review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) released last week.

“The NHHA is intended to improve access to affordable housing, but it is ineffective. It does not foster collaboration between governments or hold governments to account. It is a funding contract, not a blueprint for reform,”

Commissioner Malcolm

Roberts said.

“Over the life of the NHHA, housing affordability has deteriorated for many people, especially people renting in the private market.

“The median low-income renter spends over a third (36 percent) of their income on rent.

“About one in five lowincome households are left with less than $250 after paying their weekly rent.

“With the private market becoming less affordable, demand for homelessness

services and social housing is rising.”

As governments develop a new intergovernmental agreement and a national plan, there is an opportunity to better target the $16 billion they spend on housing assistance.

“As a first step, the Commission is recommending that all housing assistance be brought under the next intergovernmental agreement (the NHHA covers just 10 percent of government spending on direct housing

assistance).

“This will help governments prioritise spending to the people in greatest need.

“A two-track approach is needed to ease the pressure on low-income renters — the capacity for low-income renters to pay for housing needs to be improved and constraints on new housing supply need to be removed.”

“The $5.3 billion Commonwealth Rent Assistance program should be reviewed.

“There is a strong case

to improve its adequacy and targeting.

“At the same time, State and Territory Governments should commit to targets for new housing supply and accelerate planning and other reforms.

“The safety net — homelessness services and social housing — should be improved.

“More support is needed for homelessness prevention and early intervention programs.

“As governments invest more in social housing, they should also test more flexible

“Our regions need more people to fill the more than 87,000 jobs on offer.

“Ensuring there are adequate, available and affordable home options is at the centre of addressing regional Australia’s record labour shortage.

“The Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee is a positive first step.

“A future holistic regional housing solution requires all levels of government and industry to collaborate.

“We look forward to continuing to work with the Federal Government and others on what must be a range of diverse housing policy solutions.”

and timely ways to assist people,” Commissioner Romlie Mokak said.

“The Commission is recommending the new NHHA have a greater focus on coordinated policy action across jurisdictions, homelessness prevention and early intervention, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing.”

A full copy of In Need of Repair: The National Housing and Homelessness Agreement is available from the Commission’s website at www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/ completed/housinghomelessness/report

q Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke presenting volunteers with the new lifejackets.

Funding available for Aboriginal communities and organisations

THE NSW Government is calling on eligible Aboriginal community organisations and groups to apply for funding through the new solutionsfocused $30 million Aboriginal Community and Place Grants program.

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Ben Franklin said the program is about achieving tangible, community centered outcomes across NSW and drive practical support for Aboriginal

communities.

“Eligible Aboriginal community organisations and groups can apply for grants of up to $250,000 for one-off projects that will effectively empower Aboriginal communities to drive social, tangible change,”

Mr Franklin said.

“This is an exciting and unique program that will invest critical funding into the hands of Aboriginal communities who best know how to

deliver culturally appropriate and community centered opportunities and outcomes for their community.

“The grants are targeted to support projects at a grassroots level and may include skills development programs for Aboriginal community members, IT upgrades for organisations, office equipment and the purchase Infrastructure to enhance accessibility and mobility.

“We know that investing in local community initiatives, we will significantly increase the likelihood of NSW achieving our targets under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.”

Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (CAPO) Co-Chair Cr Anne Dennis said the Community and Place Grants Program will drive local change and contribute towards the seventeen socio-economic outcome targets under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

“One of the challenges of

Building Awareness of Ageism

By Andrea FERRARI

AGEISM Awareness Day on Friday 7 October provides a specific opportunity to draw attention to the existence and impacts of ageism in Australia.

“Ageism Awareness Day is an opportunity to draw attention to the existence and impacts of ageism in Australia, which is a critical step to changing community attitudes and building a world where all people of all ages are valued and respected and their contributions are acknowledged,” states Compass, the national online organisation navigating elder abuse in Australia.

Compass aims to create a national focus on elder abuse by raising awareness of this growing social issue, and simplify the process of connecting people to services and information tackling elder abuse.

A call-out from Compass, ‘Ageism: End It’, looks at how ageism plays out in people’s lives.

It may be as seemingly

innocuous as having a laugh at how Granddad is peering over the top of his glasses at his laptop.

Remember, Granddad has been navigating technology since manual typewriters, his failing eyesight is normal and does not make him stupid.

Less innocuous scenarios can involve bullying, intimidation and discrimination leading to serious consequences for the older person.

Ageism is a prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age.

“It can affect how we think, how we feel and how we act towards others or ourselves based on age, it can manifest, for example, as refusing to hire or interview people over or under a certain age.

“Ageism might be about viewing older people (or yourself) as out of touch, less productive or less valuable.”

Compass says ageism is a highly accepted form of prejudice in Australia and alarmingly on a global scale one in two people are considered ageist.

That’s half of the world’s population that hold negative attitudes about ageing and older people.

“In Australia, we’re leading the world in learning how to end ageism, but we still have a long road ahead in changing social attitudes,” states Compass.

The Coffs Harbour Older Women’s Network (CH OWN) believes ageism has an impact on everyone and is something the organisation will be addressing going forward.

CH OWN spokesperson Lorraine Penn told News Of The Area, “Older women have many years of work experiences and knowledge and are willing to share/mentor younger women, as experienced during a Focus on the Future Through Mentoring Forum CH OWN held during International Women’s Week.

“For this we collaborated with Toormina High School to source younger women to participate in an interactive event, including workshopping methods of empowerment, building confidence and sharing knowledge with older business

women.

“It is how you are prepared to assist and share knowledge that makes the difference.

“Older women are the untapped resource that businesses need to acknowledge and employ effectively,” said Lorraine.

For more on CH OWN visit www.ownnsw.org.au/ get-involved/join-group/coffsharbour/.

The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has an online community, a support line (1800 700 600), services to help you know your rights, online conferences and talk sessions.

“Whether you live in the community or in an aged care home, we are here to listen and identify solutions that put your needs first, supporting you to stay in control of your aged care,” states OPAN.

OPAN is presenting an Ageism Awareness Day Roundtable webinar on Tuesday 18 October at 2pm.

Register for the free event at www.opan.org.au/events/ ageism-awareness-dayroundtable-2022/.

EveryAGE Counts is an advocacy campaign aimed at tackling ageism against older Australians: see http://www. everyagecounts.org.au/

EveryAGE Counts co-chair and former federal Minister Robert Tickner has commented on Ageism Awareness Day as an important initiative which sees many individuals and organisations around the country having conversations about ageism and its impacts.

"The proportion of the Australian population over 65 has doubled from eight percent to fifteen percent over the past 50 years,” he said.

“We can’t keep discriminating against a fifth of our population.

“We need to update our attitudes, structures, and practices.

NSW SES launch new warning system

THE NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) launched a new warning system under the new nation-wide Australian Warning System on Friday 30 September 2022.

The Australian Warning System is a national threetiered warning framework which will cover all emergency services organisations and all

hazards.

Under the Australian Warning System there are three warning levels - Advice, Watch and Act and Emergency Warning.

For each of these warning levels there are a number of clear action statements, which may include ‘Stay informed’; ‘Prepare to evacuate’; and

‘Move to higher ground’.

Warnings during storms, floods and tsunamis will continue to be distributed through the NSW SES website, NSW SES social media channels, local ABC radio stations and community radio networks.

NSW SES Northern Zone Commander Andrew Cribb said

the new approach to warnings allows NSW SES volunteers across the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Central Coast of NSW a more efficient and effective way to support communities by providing them with greater clarity.

“Early warnings save lives.

“Our new warnings contain

Closing the Gap targets on a state and national level is the priority areas are seeing improvements collectively while community members on the ground may not have experienced any change in employment, health or housing outcomes for a number of years,” Cr Dennis said.

“This important State Government funding round is about communities identifying their needs and accessing support in order to experience measurable change locally and sooner.

“It’s designed to help close the gap at a local level.

“If an Aboriginal Medical Service identifies child

q Just remember their years of experience before you minimise an older person’s savviness with today’s tech. Photo: EveryAGE.

development issues in the community, the Community and Place Grants funding can help expand the care offered to Aboriginal children.

“This is a singular opportunity for Aboriginal organisations and groups to obtain funding to drive muchneeded change within their communities.”

The program is open to 5pm on Friday, October 14.

For more information, guidelines and to apply, visit the Aboriginal Affairs NSW website at https://www. aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/ grants/

"Of course, the responsibility to act lies not just with those who experience ageism, but with everyone else.

“Discrimination and prejudice survive when we turn a blind eye or allow it to go unchallenged."

q In the bigger picture of life on earth we all bring our own unique offering to all that we do. Photo: EveryAGE.

very clear action statements encouraging the community to make safe decisions in timely manners,” Chief Superintendent Cribb said.

“If you live in a community that has received flood warnings in the past, it is important to learn how the NSW SES warnings will influence your decision, and to take time now to prepare for what action you will take when a future disaster strikes.”

The NSW SES’s new tiers of warning will provide greater consistency as all states and territories gradually transition to the Australian Warning System.

For more information on NSW SES visit www.ses.nsw. gov.au.

For emergency assistance in floods and storms call NSW SES on 132 500.

For further information contact media@ses.nsw.gov.au.

Seniors Rights Services is a free confidential service protecting and advancing the rights of older people, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged groups: phone them on (02) 9281 360.

q The Older Persons Advocacy Network presents a webinar on Tuesday 18 October. Photo: OPAN.

Macksville Country Club Golf

By Max TURNER

TRISLEYS Betta Electrical sponsored Medal and Spoon stroke event on Saturday saw the brave turn out in what was an ordinary day, due to La Nina dropping over 20 ml of rain.

Nevertheless there were some good scores .

Junior Gus Single won on a count back from Steve Ellis both achieving net 71's .

Fortunately Sunday's weather was more amenable for the Mixed Foursome

Championships.

This is a team event where only one ball is used and players take alternate shots.

Carmel Fruedenstein, who must have been confident, travelled 800 kms home to team with Beau Lavender to win the event.

Husband and wife team Cheryl and Brad Fortescue were the Net winners.

After last week's win in the Mid Week Competition Neil Cuneen maintained his consistency by winning again ahead of John Moore.

Macksville Men’s Bowls

By Mark COLEMAN

WITH it raining on Thursday, there were no social bowls played.

The list is still on the board for the visitation from Iluka.

This should be a fun day, so come along and join in.

Our RSL Bowlers travelled to Sawtell on Monday 26 September, joining 16 other teams from the RSL zone seven for a get together day.

It was a great day enjoyed by all Bowlers.

Club Championships:

There were two games of singles played on Sunday morning with Peter (Nobby) Carlow accounting for Ken (Digga) Grace and the other game between Andrew (cracka) Shearer taking on another young gun in Phil Brennan, Andrew running out the winner, good luck in the

next round, the runners up players can join me next year.

Pennants:

Our pennant players travelled to Nambucca Heads, we went down 63-61 in a hard fought match that see-sawed right up to the last bowl.

The score was locked at 61all with one rink to play, after a hold up due to inclement weather and the synthetic greens covered in water it was problematic if the match would be completed.

Luckily, the weather eased and the Nambucca boys put the broom over the green clearing off the final puddles.

With the end changing numerous times, the Nambucca side came away with two shots to take the match.

The washed-out game against Stuarts Point will need to be played, date and time to be announced, (this being up to Stuarts Point, as host club).

Never say never boys. Good bowling.

Nambucca Bowls

By Grumpy’s GRUMBLE

WELL sports fans, I’m back online after my daughter took my computer to get fixed because it was running too slowly.

I liked that, because I am slow like the computer.

In saying that, it has been a slow week with no bowls on Saturday as it was a long

weekend.

Some members went to Urunga to play in a mixed fours tournament - they must've done no good because I haven't heard any news.

Ladies started their Pairs championship on Tuesday and will continue this week.

Mixed triples on Wednesday, Ladies social on Thursday, then we come to

2022 Unisport Nationals

By Faye ROWLES

THE 2022 Unisport Nationals were held in Perth on 27-29 September.

These games previously known as Australian University Games were held this year in Perth after multiple years on on the Gold Coast and then the last few years in Sydney.

These games are a great catch up for university students and there are

Friday men’s triples and it rains yet again only getting four ends in.

The way it is going, we might have to play Friday bowls on another day of the week so we can get a full game in.

Two pennant sides will have to play the washed out game in The Mickey Mouse Pennants and it looks like it will be on a weekday, so get down to your club and check out the board to see what is happening.

We have had a working Bee

competitors from all over Australia.

Swimming North Coast’s only entrant was Declan Sutton from the Macksville Marlins club, who did very well. His results are as follows:

100 Fly 3rd 50 Back 5th 50 Fly 7th

His other results are: 50 free 12th and 100 free 10th

Good result Declan.

and 25 people turned up and mowed, edged, trimmed and washed getting your club in shape.

Thank you to all who attended, much appreciated.

I don’t know how the BBQ lunch was as I missed it (as I had to pick up Mrs Grumpy from work and when I got back there was nothing left).

It’s not what your club can do for you but what you can do for your club.

Till next week.

Nambucca Heads Ladies Bowling Club

By Nerida BLACKFORD

THIS week saw 22 teams compete in the annual Hibiscus Pairs Competition at Nambucca Bowling Club.

Teams included two ladies, or a mixed team skipped by the female bowler.

We hosted visitors from Urunga, Park Beach and Coffs Ex Clubs.

U3A Fishing for Fun

By Bruce REDMAN

THE weather lately has been a bit hit and miss, so it was pot luck on our chosen date.

Our day began with very windy conditions with the river waters churned up as a result.

The location was at Mylestom and the wind never let up so plans B and C were hatched to deal with the problem.

We drove back towards Urunga via Yellow Rock Road looking for a bend in the river that was sheltered and surprisingly we found one.

Everyone was quickly into action casting into Back Creek.

Bites came quickly and Phil landed a great bream.

A few small bream followed, all of which were returned to the river.

No other fish species were caught allowing Phil to have a clean sweep of the day’s competition.

The winner was Phil Stever for Fish of The Day and also for Best Bream.

q Phillip Stever displays his prize winning bream.

Greg Artlett, a volunteer coordinator for NSW Fisheries and organiser for this trip was pleased with the success of the morning despite the challenges that Mother Nature threw at us.

The overall winners were Judy Monks and John Bradley, runners up Kim and Graeme Porter from Nambucca, and Janine Brown and Joel Di Iaanni were third.

Round winners were Lyn and Brian Tarrant, Teresa Meehan and Graeme Hunt, and Gloria Richardson and Brendan Rvane.

All the bowlers enjoyed

some friendly but serious rivalry on the day, and then a nice lunch inside form the Bistro.

The afternoon finished off with prize giving, raffles and a nice Cornetto- always a great way to finish a day of bowls.

The Ladies’ Pairs Championships have begun.

After a very even start, Rosemary Dugdale and Elaine

Fleming were victorious over Ann-Marie Johnson and Pam James 19-10.

The afternoon match had Alma Reid and Margaret Duffus playing against Margaret Flagg and Manor Smith.

After a lot of ends that could have gone either way and good bowls all round, team Smith got the victory 2416.

Nambucca Valley Bridge Club

By John SLADE

MIKE’S training sessions on Tuesdays have created a lot of interest with fourteen participants this week who are all very keen to get into the wide variety of events hosted by the Nambucca Valley club.

Results for week ending: 1 October 2022.

Monday 26 September: Phil directed a 3 ½ table Howell. Winners: Lyndall Edsall and Richard Levy Very well-done Lyndall, your first win. Runners up: Carol McKee and Daphne Priestley.

Nambucca River Bridge Club

By John BUGANEY

THIS week we played two sessions- Thursday and also our monthly bash on Saturday.

Thursday’s session saw our newest player join the

bridge table for the first time.

Kim Davidson paired with her teacher, Gillian Buganey.

The winner of the session was Stephen and Amber Fox with an outstanding 72.00 per cent and gaining 0.18 masterpoints.

Second place went to Gayle Keenan and Daphne Priestley with 54 per cent and 0.13 masterpoints.

On Saturday we celebrated the birthday of Jenny Thorne and Joy Buganey with a very imaginative cake made by

Tuesday 27 September: Carol directed a 3 ½ Howell. Winners Maureen Cowan and Richard Levy. Runners up: Carol McKee and Amber Fox.

Amber Fox (photo on our facebook page).

A great afternoon was had by all and we played an informal but fun teams event.

The winning team was Stephen and Amber Fox

Wednesday 28 September: A really super day for the Am-Pro with 46 players participating with Mike directing. This event will be held on a regular basis in the future as there is no doubt about its popularity. North/ South Winners: Rosemary Bateman and Colin Tolley. Runners up: Carol McKee and Wendy Garland. East/ West Winners: Helen Rowsell and Les Sinclair. Runners up: Colleen Robertson and Danny O’Keefe.

Thursday 29 September: You would think our members would have had enough bridge this week but no, sixteen devotees turned up for a four-table Howell with Mike directing.

paired with Gayle Keenan and Daphne Priestley.

Perhaps a good rehearsal for when we send a team to Port Macquarie at the end of the month for the regional finals of GNOT (Grand

Winners: Linda and Mike Siford.

Runners up: Merita Pailthorpe and Barry Butler. Even a hip replacement didn’t deter Berry.

Saturday 1 October:

Rob directed a three-table Howell. Winners Mike Siford and Kent Taylor. Runners up: Judy Holliday and Glen Hallet Urunga:

Wednesday 28 September:

This event clashed with the Pro-Am at the Nambucca Valley club nevertheless, Phil had a 2½ table Howell. Winners Nerellyn Mitchell and Peter Jonutz.

Runners up: Glen Hallet and Phil Booth.

If you have an interest in bridge or have any questions contact Secretary Carol 65689833.

National Open Teams) event.

For more information about our free lessons or our sessions time, please contact Gillian on 0412 654 225

What to do if your partner bids poorly.

q Desma Hughes lining up for a put with playing partner Steve Ellis holding his breath and Cheryl and Brad Fortescue watching on.

Dorin’s Draws

By Manny WOOD

Broken promises lead to super squabble

JOHN and Sally become romantically involved and a couple of years later, Sally moves into John’s home with her teenage son, Peter.

John and Sally are soon married and they purchase and move into a new home. Peter had finished school and he moved into rental accommodation with his girlfriend.

Unfortunately, ten years later Sally is diagnosed with cancer and she sadly passes-away.

Sally’s interest in the house passes to John by way of survivorship.

Sally’s only other substantial asset is her superannuation.

Sally’s superannuation fund writes to John and Peter, inviting them to make a claim on Sally’s superannuation.

John asks Peter to agree to the payment of the superannuation to John on the basis that if it is paid to Peter, he will have to pay “a lot of tax”.

John says that if he receives funds, he will leave Peter half of his estate and all his super when he passes-away.

Peter agrees to John’s proposal.

A couple of years later, John meets Jill on a dating website and they soon commence cohabitation.

After not seeing Peter for several years, John then makes a new will, leaving the whole of his estate to Jill.

When John passes away, Peter discovers that he is not included in the will and he makes a claim against John’s estate.

The Court finds that the “agreement” regarding John’s estate was unenforceable because the arrangement lacked sufficient certainty and did not possess an intention to be “legally” bound.

The Court also finds Peter’s “family provision” claim fails because there were no “factors warranting” the making of orders due to the estranged relationship between Peter and John at his date of death.

However, in relation to Peter’s “estoppel” claim, the Court finds that he is entitled to receive John’s superannuation on the basis that he relied on John’s promise, that if Peter did not make a claim on Sally’s super, he would ultimately receive John’s super.

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

This column cannot be relied upon as legal advice.

ADVERTISING

By Paul DORIN

Did Council ever consider what was being taken from the community? OPINION

DEAR News Of The Area,

I HAVE been following the Nambucca Heads new library development and I would add my voice to the concerns raised by those who have issues about the whole project.

I find it hard to understand why so much money has been invested in ripping down a useful, valued structure as the small hall.

It was used by many community groups and I attended many get-togethers of community interests there.

Where do these groups go now?

The new space to be offered will not replace what was lost or the access to it.

Did Council ever consider what was being taken from the community?

Many times I assisted in helping elderly or those with mobility problems out of transport that could be safely parked in the courtyard whilst they got off to attend a concert.

I suppose now they risk life and limb getting out on the speedway that rips past the entertainment centre.

How long can a vehicle park safely on that road whilst unloading people or equipment before an inattentive driver ploughs into the back of their vehicle?

Why did the library take precedent over the other venues?

A huge amount of money has been spent

or will be owing on this project.

With a bit of thought the library could have been moved to another spot and its existing space used for other purposes.

Perhaps an active craft and learning centre would be one idea, at much less money.

I understand the importance to the community of a library, but not at the cost of other venues.

I also understand the need to beautify the area of the existing halls and courtyard, but it would not have needed millions of dollars to do.

We have some great Indigenous artists in this community, they could have done some wonderful art work perhaps in the existing, or was existing courtyard.

I wonder what other projects that could have been thought of instead of spending millions on the library at the cost of two other venues.

Hopefully the great little boardwalk, used by many, no longer in use near Bellwood will be replaced soon, if funding allows.

I hope next time Council has the carrot of dollars dangled in front of them they will assess what we lose when going all out on a project without evaluating what we had and listening to the concerns of so many ratepayers I heard speak at a Council meeting.

Kind regards, Rhonda DAVIES, Nambucca Heads.

Police on the Streets

• ON 23/9/22 Police arrested a 30-year-old man at an address in Nambucca Heads for breaching bail conditions following an incident in Bowra St, Nambucca Heads the previous day.

The accused was conveyed to Kempsey Police Station and appeared before Port Macquarie Local Court on 24/9/22 whereupon his bail was revoked.

The matters were adjourned to Coffs Harbour Local Court on 26/9/22 where the accused was subsequently granted bail by the Court and is next to appear before Macksville Local Court on 20/10/22.

• On 24/9/22 Police arrested a 27-year-old man in Macksville following a family dispute in which another man is alleged to have been assaulted.

The accused man was charged at Macksville Police Station and later

On the Couch

released on bail to appear before Macksville Local Court on 10/11/22 for the offence of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm.

• On 25/9/22 Police charged a 65-year-old man for breaching an AVO following a domestic violence incident at a Bowraville address.

The accused man was later released on bail however on 26/9/22 the accused breached his bail conditions.

The accused man is now currently bail refused to appear before Coffs Harbour Local Court on 4/10/22.

• On 25/9/22 Police arrested a 27-year-old

Dear Jasminda,

HOW come my vegan friend eats food that’s made to look like meat?

Why would they want to be reminded of the thing they hate? Ms Lana W.

Dear Lana,

Mmm. This is an interesting one. Excellent question.

There is an ever-growing selection of plant-based meals that resemble their carnivorous counterparts. You raise a valid point. Having said that, why do many meat cuts not resemble the animal they’ve come from?

A pork sausage looks nothing like a pig. Mince is a clever disguise of some mashed up cow and a schnitzel looks far more appealing than a chicken leg or wing.

I’d say many meat eaters feel more comfortable with food that isn’t confronting or a reminder of what they’re really eating.

Life is full of superficialities. Some people adorn their homes with plastic plants.

Synthetic clothes are made to look like natural fibres. Floorboards are replaced with vinyl timber-look designs.

At Christmas, people hang plastic snowflakes from plastic trees and spray fake snow on windows that are closed to keep out the 40 degree heat.

It’s not just our surroundings that are an illusion. Fake lashes. Injected lips.

False nails.

Silicon implants.

Some people should carry a fire hazard warning as they’d probably melt or combust in heatwave conditions.

Lana, I’ve gone off on a tangent here, but you get the drift. All is not what it seems in many facets of life.

Shaping plant-based ingredients into meat replicas seems pretty low on the ‘cause for alarm’ list.

NEWS

man at a Nambucca Heads address in relation to two outstanding warrants for traffic offences.

The warrants were executed at Macksville Police Station and the accused was later released on bail to appear before Macksville Local Court on 6/10/22.

• On 27/9/22

Police arrested a 62-year-old man at Macksville Police Station following investigations related to a domestic violence incident reported to have occurred on 17/9/22.

The accused man was later released on bail to appear before Macksville Local Court for the offence of Threatening to destroy/damage other persons property.

• On 29/9/22

Police attended a Nambucca Heads address following investigations related to an trespassing incident at a Nambucca Heads supermarket earlier the same date. The accused man was advised he was to be issued with a Court Attendance Notice and would be required to appear before Macksville Local Court on 24/11/22.

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

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SATURDAY WONDER WOMAN 1984

NBN, 7.30pm

Last seen on the European battlefields of WWI, 40-odd years have passed and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot, above) is now working in Washington D.C. However, when an ancient wish-granting stone is weaponised by villainous businessman Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), Diana must battle to restore order while distracted by the wishfulfilling return of pilot paramour Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). Pine’s return leads to some delightful fish-out-ofwater moments reminiscent of Gadot’s in the previous film. Everyone is giving their all to the material but the real standout is Kristen Wiig as shy museum worker Barbara Ann Minerva.

SUNDAY AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT

SEVEN, 7pm

After a two-year hiatus thanks to the pesky worldwide medical emergency that rhymes with “bovid”, this fun-filled talent show is returning with its long-awaited ninth season. The most exciting part, besides a cavalcade of fresh performers promising everything from acrobatics to fire, is the arrival of fresh talent on the judging panel. Along with returning judge Shane Jacobson and host Ricki-Lee Coulter (right), critics David Walliams and Alesha Dixon have been exported from the British series. Homegrown radio and soapie star Kate Ritchie fills out the new panel. With $100,000 and the performers’ pride on the line, viewers always expect the unexpected.

THURSDAY KURT FEARNLEY’S ONE PLUS ONE

ABC, 9.35pm

In a society where clickbait and rapidfire news seem to rule the roost, everything feels fast-paced and focused on getting our attention quickly. Perhaps that’s why this engaging talk show is such a welcome salve. Paralympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Fearnley (above) has found his second calling as an interviewer, with his third season of One Plus One featuring former AFL player Eddie Betts and conservationist Robert Irwin, among others. Tonight, celebrated Torres Strait Islander chef Nornie Bero opens up about her childhood and her drive for people to embrace Indigenous, seasonal and local ingredients.

Death

Gardening

Think Tank. (R)

(R)

Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R)

Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Tino Carnevale visits a tomato sale.

8.30 Frankly. (Premiere) Fran Kelly chats with some of the biggest names and brains in Australia and from around the globe.

9.00 Doc Martin. (PG, R) After Martin rushes a sick Buddy to the vet, he discovers Angela is too sick to operate.

9.50 Annika. (Mav, R) A detective inspector returns to Glasgow.

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 Summer Love. (Mdl, R) 11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Peer To Peer. (PG) 10.10 Employable Me (UK) (Ma) 11.20 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Fight The Power: The History Of Protests. (Mav, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 Animal Einsteins. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

SBS World News.

7.35 Good With Wood. (PG)

8.30 Secrets Of The Lost Liners: Queen Elizabeth. (PG)

9.25 World’s Greatest Hotels: Atlantis, Dubai. (R)

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Das Boot. (MA15+a, R)

11.40 Red Election. (MA15+v, R)

3.20 Addicted Australia. (Madl, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. News, sport and weather. 10.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 1. Practice, support races and qualifying. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Contest ants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser. Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Karen Martini cooks chicken drumettes.

8.30 MOVIE: Ford V Ferrari. (2019, Ml, R)

During the ’60s, American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford so they can defeat rivals Ferrari. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal. 11.40 MOVIE: The Gumball Rally. (1976, Man, R) A motley group of people takes part in a non-stop car race from New York to Long Beach, California. Norman Burton, Michael Sarrazin, Gary Busey. 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R)

1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG, R)

2.00 Pointless. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Lion Cubs. (Return, PG)

Lioness Maya gives birth.

8.30 MOVIE: Zookeeper. (2011, PGls, R)

Animals help a zookeeper find love.

Kevin James, Rosario Dawson.

10.30 MOVIE: Liar Liar. (1997, Ms, R)

12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.00 Destination WA. (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)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ma) 1.00 Living Room. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Ultimate Classroom. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Living Room. Chris and Miguel indulge in tree-top walking.

8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 Just For Laughs. (Ml, R) Stand-up comedy performances from Steph Tisdell, Tom Ballard and Two Hearts.

10.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. (MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Nikki Osborne.

10.30 Melbourne Cup Carnival Preview Show.

11.00 The Project. (R)

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6.10 Extraordinary Escapes: Sara Pascoe. (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) A festival queen is murdered.

8.30 The Capture. (Return, MA15+lv)

DCI Rachel Carey investigates a case involving a man murdered by invisible assassins.

9.30 Summer Love. (Mdl, R) A couple on a trial separation separately stay at a holiday house for their anniversary weekend.

10.00 Savage River. (Mals, R) Miki is back in custody.

11.00 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.55 Earth’s Sacred Wonders. 11.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. Round 5. 3.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine. 4.00 Motor Racing. W Series. Round 6. H’lights. 4.40 KGB: The Sword & The Shield. (PGa, R) 5.40 Secret Nazi Bases. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Greatest Train Journeys

From Above. (PG)

8.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG)

9.30 Hunt For Queen Nefertiti. (PGa, R)

10.20 Celebrity Letters

And Numbers. (M, R)

11.20 MOVIE: The Big Short. (2015, Mln, R)

1.40 MOVIE: Twelve Monkeys. (1995, Malv, R)

4.00 Drones: The Next Air Disaster? (Mlv, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Practice and support races.

4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Top 10 Shootout.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00

Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Authorities investigate a nervous man.

7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black. (1997, Mlv, R) Special agents police aliens on Earth. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith.

9.30 MOVIE: X-Men: The Last Stand. (2006, Mv, R) A “cure” is discovered for mutations. Hugh Jackman.

11.40 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R) 12.10 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Top 10 Shootout. Replay.

1.40 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00

Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. (PG) 12.30 Rivals. (PGl) 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Cross Court. (Return)

2.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 3.30 The Bizarre Pet Vets. (PGm) 4.30 Garden Gurus.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Wonder Woman 1984. (2020, Mv) Diana must contend with two new enemies, a troubled work colleague and a greedy businessman. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine.

10.30 MOVIE: The Incredible Hulk. (2008, Mv, R) A scientist transforms into a giant monster. Edward Norton, Liv Tyler.

12.30 First Responders. (Malm)

1.30 Rivals. (PGl, 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)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 St10. (PG)

12.00 Luxury Escapes. (PG, R) 12.30 Living Room. (R) 1.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 2.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Ultimate Classroom. (R) 4.30 Food Trail: South Africa. 5.00 News.

6.00 Luxury Escapes. (Final) Cameron Daddo heads to the outback.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGlm, R) The lifeguards are in need of saving.

7.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) Dogs are matched with companions. 8.00 Ambulance. (Mlm) Lancashire ambulance crews attend to patients whose health problems are related to the lockdown.

10.30 To Be Advised.

12.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) Torres and Knight travel to Hawai’i. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG)

5.00 Hour Of Power.

SUNDAY, October 9

Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders.

World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Question Everything. (R) 3.00 Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked. (PG, R) 4.05 Rick Stein’s Secret France. (PG, R) 5.05 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.35 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Frankly. (R)

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Spicks And Specks. (PG) Hosted by Adam Hills.

8.30 Savage River. (Final, Mlv) As the investigation continues, Miki makes a discovery that could finally identify the real killer.

9.30 Silent Witness. (Ma) A surgeon is murdered in hospital.

10.25 The Newsreader. (Mal, R)

11.20 Shetland. (Malv, R)

1.20 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.15 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Ageless Gardens. (PG) 10.00 Earth’s Sacred Wonders. (PG) 11.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Countdown To Qatar 2022. 3.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (PG, R) 3.40 Scanning The Nile. (PGa, R) 5.40 Secret Nazi Bases. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Curse Of The Ancients: BC. (PG) 8.30 Roman Megastructures: Lyon. (PGv, R) Part 1 of 3.

11.30 The Surrogates. (Mas, R) 2.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R)

3.25 Apex Gang: Behind The Headlines. (Mal, R)

4.25 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PGa, R)

4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Weekend Sunrise. The latest news, sport and weather.

7.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 3. Support Races and Warm Up. 10.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 3. Race 30.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Australia’s Got Talent. (Return, PGa) Hosted by Ricki-Lee.

8.50 7NEWS Spotlight: The Property Special. Takes a look at an investigation.

9.50 Homicide: With Ron Iddles: Gina Rossato. (Mav, R) A look at the murder of Gina Rossato.

10.55 Born To Kill? Donald Neilson “The Black Panther”. (MA15+av) A look at the case of Donald Neilson.

12.00 MOVIE: Secrets In The Woods. (2020, MA15+av) Brittany Underwood.

2.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00

Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 Tennis. Laver Cup. H’lights. 12.00 Fishing Aust. (Return) 12.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. (PGl, R) 1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG, R) 2.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 4.00 Bondi Vet. (Return, PGm)

5.00 News. 5.30 RBT. (PGd, R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 The Block. (PGl)

8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.00 The First 48: Mr New Orleans/No Shelter. (MA15+av)

11.00 Killer Couples: John Hawkins And Gene Hanson. (Ma) 11.50 First Responders. (Malm) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 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.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 12.30 The Amazing Race Australia. (PGl, R) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.00 Pooches At Play. (R) 2.30 Luxury Escapes. (R) 3.00 Cook It With Luke. 3.30 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (Final) 5.00 News.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. (Final, PGl) In the finale, the team’s race to be first to meet Beau Ryan at the Pit Stop and claim the biggest prize in show’s history.

9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv) When a US Navy seaman is involved in a murder, the NCIS team is called to work the case on their day off. Lucy is surprised to find out Whistler turned down a promotion in Washington, DC, to stay in Hawai’i.

11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 The Drum.

ABC News.

7.30.

Australian Story.

Four Corners.

Media Watch. (PG)

Planet America.

Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R)

ABC Late News.

The Business. (R)

Q+A. (R)

Annika. (Mav, R)

Silent Witness. (Madv, R)

Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.25 The Drum. (R)

7.30. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. 10.30

Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PG) 11.30 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mental As Everything. (M) 3.00 This Man’s Worth. 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Beyond The Stigma. 4.35 The Art In Healing. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

SBS World News.

Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M)

Iceland With Alexander Armstrong. (PG)

Osher Günsberg: A Matter Of Life And Death. (Ma, R)

10.50 SBS World News Late.

11.20 The Promise. (Premiere, Mal) 12.25 Outlander. (MA15+asv, R)

1.30 Miss S. (Mav, R)

4.30 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Psycho In-Law. (2017, Mv, R) 2.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous. (Mav, R)

3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGav)

7.30 Australia’s Got Talent. (PGalns) Hosted by Ricki-Lee. 9.15 9-1-1. (Mamv) The 118 races to rescue people trapped under rubble after a structure collapse at a happiness convention. 10.15 S.W.A.T. (Mav) The team hunts for a sniper.

11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Heartbreak Island Australia. (Mls)

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R)

1.30 Getaway. (PG, R)

2.00 Pointless. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PGl)

8.40 Under Investigation. (Mdlv)

9.40 Suburban Gangsters. (Mdlv, R)

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Fortunate Son. (Mav)

12.00 Emergence. (Mhv, R)

1.00 Hello SA. (PG)

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.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R)

7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia. (PGl, R) 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Farm

To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30

The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 Mirror Mirror: Love. (Ma) Part 1 of 2.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.40 Just For Laughs Australia. (Final, Mls) Hosted by Nath Valvo. 10.10 Tom Ballard: Enough. (Mdls) Stand-up performance by Tom Ballard. 11.25 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

TUESDAY, October 11

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. (PG) 10.00 Beautiful. (PGa, R) 10.20

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG)

11.30 Seven Morning News.

Hard

Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PG) 11.20 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Easter Island: The Truth Revealed. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 Animal Einsteins. (PGs, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (Ml)

Keep On Dancing.

Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. (Madl, R)

10.20 People’s Republic Of Mallacoota. (Ml, R)

10.50 News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 Four Corners. (R) 12.10 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.25 Les Misérables. (Ma, R) 1.25 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 2.10 Silent Witness. (MA15+a, R) 3.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PG) 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline.

SBS World News Late. 10.30 The Point. (R) 11.00 Wisting. (MA15+a) 11.50 War Of The Worlds. (MA15+av, R) 3.30 Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R)

NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

12.00 MOVIE: A Deadly Connection. (2017, Mav, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Madv, R)

3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav)

7.30 This Is Your Life: Ray Meagher. (PGav) Ray Meagher’s life is celebrated.

9.10 The Good Doctor. (Return, MA15+amv) Shaun and Lea’s wedding reception is interrupted by a violent attack at the hospital.

10.10 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. (PGa) Presented by Cherry Healey. 11.10 The Latest: Seven News.

11.40 Chicago Fire. (Ma) Herrmann meets an inspiring young man.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Block. (PGl, R)

1.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R)

2.00 Pointless. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

Afternoon News.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PGl)

8.40 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) Australians become travel critics.

9.40 Botched. (Malmn, R) Paul helps a boxer with a crushed nose.

10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Skin A&E. (Premiere, Mm) 12.00 See No Evil. (MA15+v) 1.00 Rivals. (PGl, 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.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.15 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 Mirror Mirror: Hate. (Mlmns) Part 2 of 2.

8.45 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.

9.45 NCIS. (Ma, R) The team investigates after a financial advisor is found shot at a naval station.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. (PG) 10.00 I Am Emmanuel. (PGa, R) 10.20 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PG) 11.20 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 Animal Einsteins. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Secret To Keep. (2020, Mav)

2.00 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R)

3.00 The Chase. (R)

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG)

7.30 Kitchen Nightmares Australia. (Premiere, Ml) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Block. (PGl, R)

1.00 Travel Guides. (PGls, R)

2.00 Pointless. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PGl) Hosted by Scott Cam. 8.40 To Be Advised.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R)

7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast.

8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

6.30

World News

Man’s Land.

Banks.

8.40 Extreme Weddings: Australia. (PG) A couple have decided to hold their upcoming nuptials on the ocean floor with 30 sharks as guests.

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Family Law. (Ma) 12.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+am, R)

12.50 Drive TV. (R)

(MA15+avw, R)

3.45 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PG, R)

Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R)

NHK World English News Morning.

ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

9.40 The Amazing Race. (PGl) Hosted by Phil Keoghan.

10.40 The Latest: Seven News.

11.10 Chicago Fire. (Mav)

12.10 MOVIE: Kiwi. (2018, Ml, R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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.

THURSDAY, October 13

News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PG) 11.00 Along Ireland’s Shores. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Bride Flights. 3.10 Little Bang’s New Eye. (PG, R) 3.25 Flightpaths, Freeways, Railroads. (Premiere, PG) 3.35 Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

Dishing It Up. (PG)

Guillaume’s Paris. (PG)

World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys.

The Handmaid’s Tale. (MA15+)

10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Gomorrah. (MA15+v) 11.55 Luther. (MA15+av, R)

3.55 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PG, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Darrow And Darrow: Body Of Evidence. (2018, PGav) 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R)

4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG)

7.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 1. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers. From Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, Queensland. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 To Be Advised.

1.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R)

1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG, R)

Pointless. (PG)

Tipping Point. (PG)

Afternoon News.

Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Mal) 8.30 Paramedics. (Mm) 9.30 A+E After Dark. (Mlm) 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+am) 11.50 The Gulf. (Madlv, 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 Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

10 News First.

Bold.

The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Real Love Boat Australia. (PGl) Hosted by Darren McMullen. 9.00 My Life Is Murder. (Ma) Alexa’s investigation into the death of a surfing champion finds her back at an old childhood haunt.

10.00 Bull. (Ma, R) Bull’s daughter is kidnapped.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 The Project. (R)

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

Texas Ranger.

Boat.

MacGyver.

Tommy.

The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R)

Bold. (R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast.

Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge

Everyday Gourmet.

Bold

The

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 The Real Love Boat Australia. Hosted by Darren McMullen. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) Benson teams up with the Bronx SVU.

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.

Undefeated!

By Aiden BURGESS

THE North Coast Bulldogs

Under 17 Ladies side have beaten all comers at a recent rugby league representative carnival on the Central Coast.

The North Coast representative team won all four of their matches at the Lisa Fiaola Cup at Tuggerah.

The North Coast Bulldogs started their gala day with a win against a Victorian side,

then backed up with a 24-4 win against the Wests Tigers in their second game.

The Bulldogs continued their winning run with a 16-12 victory against the Cronulla Sharks in their third

game, before ending their carnival on a high with a 12-8 win against the Newcastle Knights.

The Lisa Fiaola Cup is an Under 16 and Under 17’s Development Carnival for

girls to play tackle Rugby League against other regions who participate in the NSWRL.

North Coast Bulldogs under 16, under 18, and open women's League Tag teams

will now take part in the Women's Festival of League to be played at Tuggerah this weekend.

The North Coast Bulldogs representative teams play in the NSWRL Junior representative competitions, including the Laurie Daley Cup and Andrew Johns Cup which are held in the first few months next year.

The North Coast Bulldogs under 18s finished runners up in this year's Laurie Daley Cup.

Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club

By Geoffrey MCCANN

ONCE again, the week started off with lovely Spring weather, but the return of over 40mm rain on Friday evening resulted in unplayable course conditions forcing the cancellation of the first round of the Men’s Championships on Saturday.

Tuesday’s event was the Toyota Service Advantage sponsored 'Island Challenge' stroke event with a good field of 43 starters and some fantastic scores returned.

Overall winner was Rick Heywood (11) with a great round of net 62. Runner up was Stephen Carr (7) with 65 net. Gross winner was Stephen Riddell from Yowani 75.

Best Women’s score from Jennifer Johnston (25) with 68 net.

All players playing to their handicap or better won a sleeve of Golf balls – Paul Ryan & Joe Street 67, Stuart Johnston, Jeffrey Vanderwyk & Ray Guiana 68, Daryl Wall & Paul McElhinney 69.

NTP’s winning a sleeve of golf balls each to Colin

Habgood on 5, Stephen Carr on 7 and 15, Stuart Johnston on 8, Kel McGoldrick got the Pizza voucher on 13, and Stuart Johnston on 18.

Thank you to Michael Briscoe for your Company’s generous sponsorship of this event which is growing in popularity each month – the progress scores for the Play & Stay golf package at Cypress Lakes will be published shortly.

On Wednesday, the Women played a Single Stableford with 35 players in 2 Divisions.

Jenny Thorne (26) scored 40 points to win Division 1 (0 to 27) on a countback from Kerrie Jackson (27). In Division 2 (28 to 45), Ann Antcliff (29) was the winner with 38 points from Faye Hopkins (33) with 35 points.

Other good scores from Glenys Thompson 38 & Rhonda Rowe 37.

NTP’s to Jenny Thorne & Jennifer Ainsworth on 5, Glenys Thompson on 13 & 18.

Thursday was 'Dolphin Day' Medley Stableford sponsored by Nambucca RSL with over 90 players enjoying the day. Overall winner was

Phillip Mander (13) with 42 points and he received an embroidered Golf Shirt as part of his Trophy package.

In Division 1 (0 to 16) Stuart Johnston (11) was the winner with 38 points from Stephen Carr (6) with 37 points. Division 2 (17 – 22) winner was Thomas Wattison (18) from Urunga with 41 points from Geoff Harris (20) with 40 points.

Division 3 (23 to 45) was won by Reginald Harris (36) from The Ridge with 36 points from Ray Guiana (27) with 35 points. Other good scores from Denis Squires (Kew) 38, Ray Morrison (Stonecutters Ridge) & Trevor Wilson-Brown 37, with the Ball Rundown to 33 points on countback.

NTP’s to Neil Duffus for the Long Put on 2, Denis Squires on 5, Craig Haworth on 7 Anthony Smith on 8, Walter Bortoletto got the 'Pizza This' voucher on 13, Leslie Mohr on 15 and Anthony Smith got the Pro Pin Jackpot on 18.

Saturday’s scheduled 1st Round of the Men’s Championships was cancelled as the course was deemed

unplayable. A revised schedule follows.

On Sunday, we were finally able to get our popular 'Island Sunday' Mixed 4BBB back after two months of false starts caused by bad weather.

A few couples were put off, expecting the course to be extremely wet, but as usual, it had dried out remarkably well. The day was sponsored by Glenys Thompson and Trevor Peck – thank you both.

Rhonda Rowe & Stephen Truelove won the event with 43 points from Linne & Joe Street with 41 points.

Other good scores from Angie & Rod Salmon (Gailes GC) and Joanna & Graham Long 40, Sue & Geoff Brooks and Coral & Geoff McCann 39.

The NTP on 18 went to Coral McCann & Graham Long.

The complementary grazing platters at the conclusion were 'sensational' and well received by all – well done Chefs.

The following events have been rescheduled:

Men’s Championships –Round One Saturday 8 October, Round Two Sunday 9 October,

Skins Knockout Semi Final – now Saturday 29 October –the original seeded draw will be reinstated, and the Final round Saturday 5 November.

Mixed Foursomes Championship – now Sunday 23 October.

See you on the Island.

If you are unable to play in any seeded draw, please advise the Pro Shop as soon as possible, so some of the other qualifiers can have an opportunity to compete.

Dodgy weather? - Please check your Member’s Portal on the day.

Golf Bookings – no shows:

If you are going to cancel before a day’s event, please do the right thing and phone the Pro Shop on 6569 4111 Option 2, so that you can be deleted from the competition.

This allows Paul to reorganise the Competition field to best advantage and place any waiting players into the vacant spot.

It is also common courtesy to advise your playing partner/s.

Paul is running the popular Pro Pin on Thursdays and

Saturdays on the 18th Hole.

Participation is optional at time of booking in the Pro Shop.

Please note that winnings are retained on your Pro Shop account and can only be redeemed for Pro Shop goods and services.

Please do not put your name on 18th NTP if you have not paid your $.

Island Sundays Mixed 4BBB Stableford:

With recent variations to advertised competitions due to adverse weather, some confusion seems to have emerged, so to clarify:

This is a sponsored mixed event - when booking in your group, you need to ensure that your partners form a mixed pair. Non-mixed pairs may play but are ineligible to win trophies.

'Swingers' are permitted, but only once per year with the same partner - this is to ensure all players have the same opportunity to win, and encourage mixed partnership.

All contact with the Pro Shop is now through the Club’s phone system: 6569

q The North Coast Bulldogs Under 17 Ladies side.

Round Three Saturday 15 October and the Final Round on Saturday 22 October.