NAMBUCCA Valley Council’s new Mayor Gary Lee’s commitment to maintaining an orderly and succinct fortnightly General Meeting was tested for the first time when tensions escalated over a discussion about blueberry farming last Thursday.
“Order please councillors and others and also the gallery, could you please refrain from chirping in, we’re not going to go into a debate on this tonight,” Mayor Lee told the well-attended meeting.
“No, there’s no further questions, it’s ceased,” he responded when a councillor requested to ask a second question of
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Urgent call for utility room
By Ned COWIE
SOUTH Arm Community Hall Vice President
Ilse Noble made a presentation to Nambucca Valley councillors last Thursday, 31 October at Council’s monthly General Meeting, pleading for urgent funding for a utility room for the hall.
Ms Noble would like to see two new toilets, showers and a washing machine installed in the space between the hall and the Rural Fire Station (RFS) in South Arm Road, South Arm.
“It is five years since our community was affected by the wildfires of 2019,” she told the council.
“When it happened people from South Arm gathered at the hall and fire shed.
“A makeshift shower and washing machine were installed,” she said.
Ms Noble said a utility room at the venue would allow the hall to continue to serve as a safe place for locals when natural disasters occur into the future.
She said that although the hills were green again and
some residents had returned and re-built after the Black Summer fires, the scars in the community remained.
“Neither the Shire Council or the RFS extend a hand to achieve this utility room,” a frustrated Ms Noble said.
“There is no commitment from either to help.
“Even worse the responsibility gets passed from one to the other and back again.”
Although the hall received
some upgrades out of funding received after the 2019 fires, Ms Noble said that Council’s recent report on the requested utility room said any future work would have to be prioritised against all work requested by other halls.
“I’m asking you to please step up to the challenge with planning and support. Hear us! Help us and make it possible,” she said.
Councillor Susan
Jenvey agrees that a utility room is a “critical piece of infrastructure and it should be prioritised”.
“I’m all for South Arm having a bit of love and dollars, spent their way,” Cr Jenvey said.
Council resolved to prioritise a wet room in future budgets for South Arm Hall and to receive a report outlining a list of projects and priorities for each Council hall.
Tensions escalate as vote for LEP amendments regarding blueberry farming approaches
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speaker Raewyn Macky.
Later he threatened to “clear the room” if the gallery would not remain quiet.
Emotion in the public gallery was high; next week, councillors are expected to vote on amendments to the Nambucca Local Environmental Plan (LEP 2010) which could see new horticulture operations to the region being forced to lodge Development Applications (DAs) before commencing work.
The possible changes come on the back of huge community groundswell and in particular, the activities of Nambucca Environment Network (NEN) in lobbying Council to take all possible steps to stem the tide of blueberry and other intensive horticulture farms to the area.
Some public gatherings to discuss berry operations in the Valley have attracted up to 200 community members with farmers and environmentalists presenting an unlikely union against the spread of large-scale intensive blueberry farms.
Raewyn Macky, a prominent member of the Nambucca Environment
Network who has spoken on the topic of intensive horticulture at several previous council meetings, had just concluded her presentation when the Mayor made the remarks.
Her public forum speech presented a summary of the issues surrounding the recent spread of intensive horticulture in the Nambucca Valley including water usage, chemical run-off, landclearing, land-use disputes and the current lack of requirement for buffer zones.
She urged councillors to vote for the LEP amendments and thus require DAs for horticulture.
Mayor Lee thanked Ms Macky for her time and disallowed further debate when Councillor
James Angel began a line of questions about the herbicide “Paraquat” which Ms Macky had mentioned in reference to blueberry farming.
“I think it’s a little unfair that you say it’s a ‘blueberry specific agent’ because they sell it in Bunnings,” Cr Angel said.
“Every public member can buy it. It is used across many farms.”
Paraquat is registered
for use in Australia despite being banned in many other countries of the world.
The chemical has recently been the subject of a review by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for its links to neuro-degenerative disease Parkinson’s.
A second speaker at the Council meeting, who spoke at the invitation of the NEN group, was Professor Kirsten Benkendorff of Southern Cross University.
Professor Benkendorff presented her findings regarding chemicals in crustaceans in areas north of the Nambucca Valley including Coffs Harbour and
q Community unrest has been growing over the spread of intensive blueberry farms to the district.
the Clarence River.
She discussed some of the problems with monitoring for chemicals in Australia, detailing the high cost and difficulty of finding substances which are not expected to be there.
“Seafood is rarely tested and is certainly not tested for pesticides because they prioritise what is used in a particular industry, but the seafood industry does not use pesticides,” she said.
She urged Council to vote to protect Nambucca Valley’s waterways in its upcoming determination of the LEP.
“This (LEP determination) is a major issue which we don’t take lightly,” Mayor Lee
later told NOTA.
“I made a commitment to keep the public informed and to keep the information on point,” he added.
Oz Group CEO James Kellaway spoke with NOTA on behalf of the berry industry, reaffirming remarks he has previously delivered to Nambucca Valley Council concerning regulatory changes affecting the industry.
“If consumers are interested in their hip-pocket, they will need to realise that with increased regulation comes increased cost to the end product.
“The industry has no issue with increased regulation and we are always willing to
comply.
“Chemical use and buffer zones are things that the industry takes very seriously.”
Mr Kellaway said that he suspected the proposed changes will not address the actual issues of concern for the public.
“If there are concerns over chemicals then the APVMA should address these,” he said.
Mr Kellaway said that he suspected the proposed changes will not address the actual issues of concern for the Public.
“If there are concerns over chemicals then the APVMA should address these,” he said.
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presence of historic mines.
Local residents, who say areas of the State Forest have extensive arsenic contamination from historical mining activities, have expressed concern the road building will disturb sediment which is dangerous to humans and the environment.
A 1931 article from the ‘Nambucca News’, discovered by concerned local Jodie Armytage, describes a historic mining operation west of Oyster Creek and north of Valla Beach.
The article states the potential for the mine was discovered in 1886, and that the ground was “rich in gold and arsenic”.
“A shaft was sunk to the depth of two hundred feet, levels driven, stopes opened up, thousands of tons of ore, all of which was of high assay value, blocked out and stacked,” the article states.
Fast forward to 2024, and Ms Armytage wants the following questions answered: “Where was the unsaleable arsenic deposited, and have these deposits moved over the last 130 or so years?”
“Where are the many shafts, sample holes and ore dumps associated with these?” she said.
“Also where is the naturallyoccurring arsenopyrite (arsenic ore) currently in the ground?”
Ms Armytage claims these concerns have not been satisfactorily actioned by the NSW Government and regulators such as the NSW Environment Protection Authority.
As well as the threat to workers, Ms Armytage said the works have already generated significant downstream risks to residents and tourists who use the various estuaries that receive water from Little Newry State Forest, including Oyster Creek.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that contaminated water used for drinking, food preparation and irrigation of food crops poses the greatest threat to public health from arsenic.
“Long-term exposure to arsenic from drinking water
Council progresses its new Community Strategic Plan
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Nambucca Valley Council is calling on community members to help shape the region’s future by providing input into the second phase of engagement on its new Community Strategic Plan (CSP). This Plan will set out the Nambucca Valley community’s priorities and aspirations for the next decade, ensuring that it reflects evolving needs and values.
Phase 1 of engagement saw 460 survey responses and 7 pop-up events held throughout the Nambucca Valley Local Government Area. The current phase of consultation will build on this work through a community workshop that will:
1 Share the recent community consultation results
2 Inform the community and councillors on how these results have been reflected in the emerging themes and aspirations of the new CSP, and
3 Gain feedback on the proposed themes and strategies in the new CSP to enable the draft to be prepared.
The workshop will enable participants to provide their input on each theme and associated strategies.
When is the community workshop?
The workshop will be held at Macksville Ex-Services Club on Wednesday 27 November 2024 from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Refreshments and a light meal will be provided.
To attend the workshop please RSVP to info@localeconsulting.com.au before 5.00pm on Wednesday 20 November, so that numbers can be confirmed for catering. When providing your RSVP, please indicate your name and the suburb where you live to assist us in designing the workshop.
What is the Community Strategic Plan?
The Community Strategic Plan represents the highest level of strategic planning undertaken by a local council. It outlines the community’s main priorities and aspirations over the next ten years and provides a clear set of objectives to achieve this vision.
The NSW Government mandates that all local councils develop and periodically update their Community Strategic Plan as part of an integrated planning and reporting framework. This ensures that the Council’s strategic planning continues to align with changing community needs. The current Plan requires a substantial update to reflect recent changes in the community following the pandemic, natural disasters, housing and cost-of-living pressures.
What’s next?
Following the workshop, the draft Community Strategic Plan will be developed alongside ongoing targeted stakeholder engagement. The draft Community Strategic Plan is expected to be formally exhibited for public feedback in March / April 2025, with the final Plan required to be adopted by 30 June 2025.
To stay up to date with the latest news, resources and updates on the Community Strategic Plan, visit Council’s dedicated webpage: https://www.nambucca.nsw.gov.au/Council/Community-Strategic-Plan-Community-Consultation
and food can cause cancer and skin lesions,” its website states.
“It has also been associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
“In utero and early childhood exposure has been linked to negative impacts on cognitive development and increased deaths in young adults.”
Several environment groups and residents have written to the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) urging work to stop.
FCNSW responded to the Nambucca Valley Conservation Association (NVCA) in detail about a range of issues it raised about proposed logging operations.
With respect to arsenic contamination, FCNSW said it considered the risks to be low but that exclusion zones would be placed around two identified sites.
In September both FCNSW and the EPA issued NOTA statements about the management of risks related to historic mine sites.
“As part of the planning for upcoming operations in Little Newry State Forest, Forestry Corporation has searched for evidence of former mines or contamination
from historic operations,” a FCNSW spokesperson said.
“The native forestry regulations have strict conditions to manage soil and water during forestry operations that were developed by expert scientific panels and these will be strictly adhered to.”
A spokesperson for the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) told NOTA, “FCNSW plans these operations, including how past mine shafts or the past mine workings are avoided and protected during harvesting operations.
“The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will closely monitor compliance with the conditions of the CIFOA and potential impacts to surrounding ecosystems, soils and water.”
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NEW ROAD NAME
The following names have been suggested for 2 new private road’s constructed in association with Fairway Gardens Retirement Community off Upper Warrell Creek Road, Macksville:
Location: Macksville New Name: Ganay gurray Circuit (Blue Wren)
Location: Macksville New Name: Jiibiny Close (Bird)
A period of twenty-one (21) days from the date of publication of this notice is allowed to receive written submissions to the proposed name. Objectors must set out relevant reasons. The closing date being 29 November 2024
Please note that any submission may be incorporated in a Council business paper or otherwise publicly disclosed. Submissions should be addressed to the General Manager, Nambucca Valley Council, PO Box 177, Macksville NSW 2447. ENQUIRIES TO: David Griffin, Development Engineer Ph: (02) 6568 0257.
q Road works have residents wary about arsenic contamination. Photo: supplied by Forest Ecology Alliance.
q A plaque to commemorate past arsenic mining in the proposed logging area. Photo: supplied by Jo Armytage.
Report outlines risks to Koala Park
By Andrew VIVIAN
NEW research from Wilderness
Australia and the National Parks Association of NSW highlights the intensity of logging operations in the proposed footprint of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP).
The new report - titled “Intensification Of Logging In The Great Koala National Park” - states that as of 7 October there were thirteen active logging operations totalling a minimum of 7,256 hectares (ha) inside 176,000ha of State Forest proposed to form the GKNP.
Twelve logging operations totalling 7,066 ha were active in the remaining 742,000 ha of State Forest in northern NSW.
According to researchers, this represents an intensity of logging that is at least four times greater inside the proposed GKNP boundaries than elsewhere in northern NSW.
“This report, the result of extensive research, provides documented evidence that the logging of koala habitat is now a clear and present danger to the ecological integrity of the land proposed to provide our most important future koala refuge,” wrote Wilderness Australia Chair Bob Debus in the report foreword.
The research documents operations in Sheas Nob, Orara East, Wild Cattle Creek, Conglomerate, Bagawa and Pine Creek State
Forests.
For many months, local conservation groups such as the Forest Ecology Alliance have claimed the GKNP footprint has been specifically targeted for logging operations.
The report details a number of threats to the viability of the GKNP from extensive logging.
In addition to habitat loss of threatened fauna including koalas, gliders and Glossy Black Cockatoos, moisture-dependent creatures such as a variety of Gondwanan frog species, Lowanna/Little Nymboida Spiny Crayfish, Bellinger River Snapping Turtles, and ancient Galaxiid fish are also at risk, the report states.
Other major issues identified include degradation of ecosystems that affect connectivity across the GKNP and adjoining forest ecosystems, the introduction of major infestations of environmental weeds, potential pollution of the Coffs-Clarence regional water supply, damage to coastal catchments, and an increase in the risk and severity of bushfires.
The report also outlines the history of the proposed GKNP, dating back to the Labor Party’s first commitment to establish it in 2015.
“When Labor first proposed creation of the GKNP it was envisaged as a large National Park of approximately 315,000 hectares,” the report states.
“It would be created by adding 176,000 hectares of selected State
Forests to 139,000 hectares of existing Protected Areas (National Parks, State Conservation Areas, Nature Reserves and Regional Parks).”
The offices of Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty and Minister for Natural Resources Courtney Houssos were contacted for comment.
q An area of Pine Creek State Forest after logging. Photo: Mark Graham.
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Car crashes into V Wall
By Ned COWIE
THE peace and quiet for beach goers at Nambucca Heads’ V-Wall was shattered when a car crashed into rocks at around 8.30am Monday morning.
“I was in the water (at the V Wall) and there was a noise like an explosion,” witness Robert Bond told NOTA.
“Nobody appeared to be hurt but the Asian couple (driving the vehicle) were very shaken up,” he said.
The MG car ended up balancing on a rock and could not be easily removed.
Mr Bond said he believed the car was a rental car and he noted the rather apt message painted on rocks under the vehicle’s resting place: “Keep calm and tell the truth!”.
By midday, the vehicle still had not been removed and police were on the scene.
“I don’t know how they are going to get it off there,” a staff member at the overlooking V Wall Pavillion told NOTA at around 12pm on Monday.
“I’m not sure if they can drag it,” she said.
A spokesperson for NSW Police told NOTA, “It appears the driver accidentally hit the accelerator rather than the brake.
“No injuries were reported and the driver had a negative alcohol and drug test report.”
Police confirmed that the car will be removed and further police involvement in the incident is not expected.
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a car suspended on rocks at Nambucca Heads’ V Wall. Photo: Robert Bond.
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Free school readiness program
By Ned COWIE
PLACES remain in the ‘Empowering Futures: School Ready Program', a free service offered by local charity Young Minds Thrive to prepare
children for entering school. Young Minds Thrive Director Karyn Thomas said that the charity’s goal was to make a lasting impact on school readiness outcomes for local children, giving them the skills and confidence to start school successfully.
The charity still has 70 spots open and is eager to reach more families who would benefit, she said.
“Our registrations will close on December 31, or when the 100 places have been filled,” Karyn said. Families enrolling in the program will also receive on-going support from the Young Minds Thrive team and resources for children needing extra support.
The School Ready program offers monthly virtual support with childhood development professionals, a free tote bag, a learning binder with literacy and activities, assessments, numeracy development progress tracking, and connection with other parents, among other benefits.
“We have recently launched our 2025 School Ready Program to support families across the Mid-North Coast,” Ms Thomas told NOTA.
“We’ve had a fantastic response so far with 30 signups in just 24 hours.”
q Young Minds Program Leader Deb Swan displaying some of the give-aways on hand for successful applicants to the 2025 School Ready Program.
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The class of ‘64
By Ned COWIE
THIRTY-FOUR
former
classmates (along with twelve partners) of the Macksville High School class of 1964 spent time catching up at various venues around the Nambucca Valley from 1-3 November.
The classmates, now in their late seventies, have maintained contact with each other over the past six decades.
Former pupils arrived from far and wide to join in the celebrations, some travelling from Far North Queensland, Adelaide and Victoria, along with many areas in NSW and overseas (New Zealand and France).
The reunion’s itinerary included two formal mealevents and six smaller meetups.
The main formal event was a sit-down dinner at Macksville Country Club on Saturday night.
“Seeing the joy and happiness that former classmates experienced upon reacquainting with former friends made the hard work involved in organising the reunion more than worthwhile,” reunion coordinator Gae Channells told NOTA
Ms Channells said arranging all the meet-ups was a mammoth task which kept her busy for the past few months.
“I only arrived back from ‘grandmother’ duties in Perth two days before the reunion so it was pretty hectic,” she said.
Many of the past students brought along memorabilia from their school years which saw the friends reminiscing over old class photos, sport photos and even Macksville High School staff photos that were on display.
This was the fifth and largest reunion arranged for the group.
Ms Channells hinted that she may be tempted to organise another reunion for the group in future years.
“Well, we’ll see if there is enough interest down the track,” she said.
Breast cancer awareness
By Jen HETHERINGTON
THE Stuarts Point Community House hosted their annual Breast Cancer Awareness Morning Tea on Friday 25 October.
This year the event was themed ‘Boobalicious’, continuing a tradition of attendees wearing decorated brassieres as an exterior garment.
With about 30 attendees enjoying the fun-filled event, raffle opportunities garnered approximately $300 as a fundraiser in aid of Breast
Cancer Awareness Month.
The winner of the ‘Best Dressed’ award was Nick McCafferty, a long-time supporter of the Community
q The ‘Boobalicious’ crew.
House.
The Stuarts Point Community House opens to the public each Wednesday and Friday from 9am to
2.30pm.
Apart from the regularly replenished stocks of quality pre-loved goods including clothing, books, toys and
small household items, the Community House is currently offering fresh vegetables grown by dedicated volunteers in the flourishing back garden.
The not-for-profit organisation also provides information, counselling, referrals and access to government, health and services departments and invites local groups to take advantage of its meeting space and facilities for a minimal fee.
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q The main formal event for the reunion was a sit-down dinner at Macksville Golf Club.
q Former students Anne Pade (nee Ainsworth), Brian Pade and Lindsay Wilson.
q Ex-classmates Arthur Russ, Tony Lamberth, Ken Curran and Gae Channells.
q Ron Wood, Gae Channells (nee Usher) and Roy Wall at the Macksville High school reunion.
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Urunga forest rally among largest
By Andrew VIVIAN
FIVE hundred and fifty Mid North Coast residents joined more than 7000 people across the country to call on Australia’s politicians to protect native forests and immediately end native forest logging.
The “Rally for Forests” was held at the Morgo Street Reserve in Urunga on 3 November, and was the fourth largest of the twelve held across the country.
“It was clear that attendees were enthusiastic in supporting the ending of native forest logging,” organiser Judith Kirwood said.
Hundreds of people added their names to the almost 60,000 people who have already signed the “Native Forest Declaration” to end native forest logging.
Gumbaynggirr elder Uncle Martin Ballangarry performed a Welcome to Country and sang a song in Gumbaynggirr language, clapping boomerangs together for accompaniment.
Ms Kirwood said all generations were
represented, with a contingent of children dressed as gumnut fairies and babies who paraded around with a giant “koala”.
She said an amazing team of volunteers did a brilliant job in running the event and there was a great festival type atmosphere with music, a coffee van and a chai tent, and performance by the “Red Rebels” troupe.
A range of environmental groups had well-attended information stalls and the book “Breaches” by Miriam Pepper and Jason John, which documents the recent history of logging
operations by Forestry Corporation NSW, was distributed.
“We are so, so lucky to live here, sharing the natural beauty of this landscape and we, and many more who could not be at the rally, want it known that our community values our forests,” De Marko from the Forest Ecology Alliance said.
The “Native Forest Declaration” can be found under “Take Action” at rallyforforests.org.
q Some of the more than 500 people who attended the rally. Photo: Chris Bayley.
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q Meredith Stanton addresses the crowd. Photo: Flynn O'Hallahan.
The race that stops the Valley
By Ned COWIE
CELEBRATORY lunch and a flutter - either in raffles, sweepstakes or something more formal - was the chosen activity for many on Tuesday in celebration of the Melbourne Cup.
Utungun Community Hall put on a fancy lunch attended by Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee.
Mr Lee was previously an active member of the Utungun Hall committee but said he has had to step back from the role since accepting the position of Mayor.
Volunteers made good use of their recently installed kitchen to offer salads, cold meats and a range of desserts to visitors to the fundraising event.
“It (the kitchen) is fantastic!” Mayor Lee said.
“This is the first time in a few years we have been able to run Melbourne Cup at the hall because they hadn’t finished renovating and we had no kitchen at all for a while.”
Over in Nambucca Heads, the Nambucca RSL was in full swing by 1pm with a party themed in the colours pink
and orange.
There were the usual raffles, sweepstakes, and staff had also organised several games which were very popular with the lively crowd.
Renowned Elvis impersonator Terry Leonard was a magnet for guests active enough to jive on the dance floor set up in front of the stage.
Other groups of friends gathered at the Nambucca Bowls Club, Macksville ExServices Club and a range of venues across town.
q Marlene, Sandra, Gigi, Terry, Brian and Gloria celebrating at Utungun Hall, Utungun.
q Heather, Karen, Mayor Gary Lee, Gillian and Felicity testing out their favourites before the big race.
q The new kitchen at Utungun Hall was put to maximum use catering for the event there.
q Friends from Probus met up to celebrate the day at Nambucca RSL Club.
q Julie, Elaine, Lee, Ronnie, Barry and Sharyn at the Nambucca Bowls Club.
q Zumba Gold members Yvonne, Narelle, Di, Su, Georgie, Sandi, Jan, Gai and Cathy at the Macksville Ex-Services Club.
q Terry Leonard drew dancers to the floor at Nambucca RSL Club.
q John, Faye, Nilema, Charmaine and Dennis at Nambucca RSL Club.
Bringing Halloween to Macksville
By Ned COWIE
IT’S a labour of love to present a very scary and fun Halloween to Nambucca Valley kids for Teagan and Rhys Strickland of Sturdee Street, Macksville.
This is the third year that the two have pulled out all the stops to bring an ‘overthe-top’ Halloween event to their home in a quiet street of Macksville.
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When Rhys was younger, he visited Canada and stayed with relatives for an extended period.
"I just wanted to recreate it here for my son, Mikael and the other children in the area,” he told NOTA.
Rhys owns local business Muddy Boys Lawn Mowing and Maintenance, so knocking together a garden event like this is like taking candy from babies - but that’s not exactly
what was happening this Halloween.
“The kids put their hands in the jelly and noodles and when there are pieces of paper in there that say either present or lolly,” he told NOTA, pointing to some buckets to the right of the display.
“We have tried to make one section just for the little kids, with sack races and other activities for the littlest ones.”
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Meanwhile, Rhys, dressed this year as a particularly alarming clown, was guaranteed to give a ‘jump fright’ to any teenagers brave enough to enter the dark and smoky marquee tent he assembled at the front of the house.
“I wanted it to be dark because at this time of year it’s always light when we start welcoming kids,” he
said by way of explanation of the large black marquee tent he purchased just for the purpose.
Even drivers arriving at the suburban house were met with the shocking sight of Rhys’ blood-spattered work ute, appearing to have parked on top of a man.
“He’s always like this, a real jokester who just loves kids,” wife Teagan said of her husband.
“Last year he was dressed as a scarecrow and he waited in his car to jump out at teenagers who came by trickor-treating.
“The year before he was a robot supposedly frozen on the lawn but suddenly reaching out at passers-by to give them a fright.”
Teals accuse major parties of silence on climate goals
By Marion RAE, AAP
THE major parties must come clean on a 2035 climate target and how they're going to get Australia there, a united front of independent MPs says.
Leading the charge in Canberra on Tuesday, independent MP for North Sydney Kylea Tink said it was "beyond ridiculous" that neither Labor nor the coalition wanted to talk about 2035 targets, saying it would be a key trigger in how people choose to vote in 2025.
"Silence should not be an
option... they need to come clean, release their 2035 targets, say how they're going to get us there and whether they will follow the science on how to get there," she told AAP.
She said the Albanese government seemed to have moved to a position where they did not want to make a decision because they were waiting to see the result of the US election and its impact on decarbonisation.
"To me that's an inappropriate deferral of the opportunities for our country
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and the responsibility of our government," she said.
Teal independents were voted into parliament in 2022 on a platform for climate action.
That was swiftly followed by Labor's legislated
emissions reduction target of 43 percent for 2030 and net zero by 2050.
"While people are now talking about cost of living being the No.1 issue going into 2025, the truth is many of the cost of living issues
we're talking about are being impacted by climate change," she said.
"Whether it's the cost of insurance, the cost of electricity, the cost of our groceries - climate change is playing into all of that."
Still mulling her own future after her electorate was scrapped under new electoral boundaries, Ms Tink said the next six months would
q Teal MPs want federal Labor to "come clean" on how it plans for Australia to reach emission targets. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
see her pushing both sides of politics on climate action as "one of the most pressing issues for the nation".
Zali Steggall, MP for Warringah in Sydneyformerly the stronghold of Tony Abbott who said the "climate change cult" would be discredited - said climate risks were rising and costing Australians more each year. Zoe Daniel, MP for Goldstein, repeated her call for a climate target of at least 75 percent emissions reduction by 2035, while acknowledging that would be "close to the minimum required" for Australia to meet its international commitments.
The Climate Change Authority says it is developing advice for 2035 emissions reduction targets, which will determine the socalled nationally determined contribution that the federal government must pledge to the United Nations in 2025.
Dr Monique Ryan, representing Kooyong in Melbourne, said voters deserved to know exactly where the parties stand, before the next federal election.
q (L-R) Ivy, Ash, Reggie, Roman, Jason, Callie, Ellen, Rhys and Teagan Strickland, Mikael, Remy, Alicia, Ryan and Theo.
q The ‘Muddy Boys’ ute was decorated in a particularly grisly fashion out the front of the family’s Halloween-decorated house.
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q Micaiah and Georgia getting slimy surprises in the jelly buckets.
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Getting into the Halloween spirit
By Jen HETHERINGTON
AROUND twilight on Thursday 31 October the friendly ghosts and ghouls of the Stuarts Point district were more than ready for a ‘spooktacular’ evening, and nobody was disappointed with the wide array of tricks, treats and theatrical antics.
Briana Rae Earle is the annual organiser of local Halloween fun.
“We had ten registered locations online, but I think there were about 15 households participating in
total,” she said.
After a round of the various Stuarts Point residences depleted them of sweet treats, parents and kids pushed on to visit the picturesque riverside location of Fishermans Reach.
Homes creepily adorned with scary installations were balanced by friendly socialising, and luckily the threatened stormy weather did not eventuate until the early hours of Friday morning.
“Halloween here was awesome,” said local resident Trevor Nilsen.
“We don't have grand kiddos here to participate but the kids in our town were
Physie success in State Championships
By Ned COWIE
NAMBUCCA Valley Physie
(NVP) lit up the Senior State Championships in Sydney from 26-27 October, bringing home two prestigious group dance awards for the first time.
NVP dances under the banner of EP Physie and the club has been operating out of the Community and Arts Centre in Nambucca Heads for nine years under the tutelage of founder Jo Logan.
This year the NVP team won the State Championship in the Intermediate Seniors
Teams division and claimed the Dance Award.
The girls made a clean sweep of a challenging competition featuring nine other teams.
Ms Logan told NOTA she couldn’t be prouder of the girls.
“We are just thrilled with the results this year,” she said.
“With the group awards it was particularly special because it comes down to quite a few factors on the day but we (the club) see how hard they work and knew they could do it.
“This is the first time we have brought the title (State Championship) home to the
Nambucca Valley,” Ms Logan said.
These successes weren’t the only excitement for the seniors as seven girls from the club - Reegan Welsh, Ella Bradford, Lily Kelsey, Zali Kelly, Briana Winchester, Elicia Bull and Aleisya Mcleod - competed in the individual championship, vying for the golden ticket which secures them a spot in the EP Physie Grand Final at Town Hall in late November.
Five of them were successful and will go on to the finals.
These finalists now rank among the top 12 in the state in the Intermediate Seniors 1 and 2 divisions.
Last weekend, 27 of NVP’s youngest performers, aged five to sixteen, competed in the Junior State Championships in Sydney.
“I’m extremely pleased to say that 17 of our 27 juniors were successful and will go through to the Grand Final,” an elated Ms Logan told NOTA.
“The whole club is cheering them on for the Grand Final on 24 November 2024 at Town Hall in Sydney.”
amazing.
“[They were] having fun and [were] so polite, you’ve got to give them and their parents full credit.”
As 2024 rapidly heads toward the school break and the festive season, the next local community event will be ‘Santa in the Park’ on Sunday morning, 15 December in Stuarts Point.
The event is hosted by the Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation and supported by generous donations of time and goods from local businesses and individuals.
q Ghoulish trick and treating fun on the Halloween trail.
q Winning Senior team members Elicia Bull, Briana Winchester, Zali Kelly, Lily Kelsey, Halle Collett, Aleisya Mcleod and teacher Jo Logan.
Brierfield Hall centenary planning
By Andrea FERRARI
AS plans for Brierfield Hall’s 100-year celebration come to fruition, its organising committee is calling for the community’s input on memorabilia.
Members are putting together a richly detailed history as part of the centenary celebrations and are seeking memories, photographs and family stories related to the Hall.
“We are planning a display
of old articles, memorabilia and a slideshow of stories and images collected through community submissions,” Brierfield Hall committee spokesperson Jane Grebert told News Of The Area.
“The Hall is a place that holds much significance for families in the community, and spans the generations.
“It has held so many significant events, anchoring points of our lives that mean so much.”
The first Brierfield Hall was originally built in 1900 on land owned by the O’Connor family. It burnt down in 1905,
was rebuilt in 1911 but burnt down again in 1915.
In 1924, the Hanley family donated land for a new community hall to be built.
This land was adjacent to the site of the original halls.
The new hall was built by Brierfield locals who donated both labour and materials, and still stands today.
For many years the Hall was the heart of the community, used for large dances, social events, birthdays, bowls, playgroups, weddings and acted as an extra room for the schoolhouse that was next door.
Today the Hall is a shared community space available for hire hosting workshops, birthdays, weddings, memorials and other celebrations.
“For over ten years it has been used monthly for Brierfield Book Club gatherings and for weekly yoga classes with Carol Knight.
“More recently there have been regular monthly art classes with Brierfield local, Lazlo.”
The planned 100-year celebration takes place on
Saturday 30 November and will be combined with the Christmas party.
There will be a traditional afternoon tea with time to share a yarn and memories of the Hall and peruse the memorabilia.
Bellingen Playback Theatre is performing and “playing back” stories from the Hall’s history.
“Audience participation is sought for this interactive event, including a recitation of our very own Brierfield Hall ballad.”
A BBQ dinner precedes
an old-fashioned dance with live music performed by local Bellingen musos.
“We hope this celebration brings together older folk for whom this Hall has held a special place, as well as past and current community members who have their own connection to the Hall.
“In keeping with what it was probably mostly used for in the early days, we’ll finish the evening with a good old dance.”
The Hall is a Bellingen Shire Council facility run by a volunteer committee.
Workers get $8k more bang for their buck in the bush
By Stephanie GARDINER, AAP
BACKYARDS, houses and pub meals have long been bigger in the bush.
If that hasn't been enough to tempt Australians to move to the country, perhaps a bigger bank balance will do the trick.
Regional blue collar workers, like childcare educators and admin assistants, are now about $8000 better off each year than those in the city, according to economic research released on Monday.
Even city professionals, such as doctors and accountants, are not exactly flush, pocketing only $700 more than their regional colleagues, despite earning higher wages.
Those figures represent a
dramatic shift from 10 years earlier, when city knowledge workers were more than $10,000 ahead.
Soaring house and rent prices are behind the declining financial incentives to live in the city, according to The Lucky Country or The Lucky City report by research institute e61.
"The relative benefits of city living no longer outweigh the costs for many workers," the report said.
Regional industrial workers, like truck drivers and labourers, are $10,000 better off per year than those in the city due to both higher average wages and lower housing costs.
That is a longerterm trend, likely due to the shrinking urban manufacturing sector and the resources boom in the
regions, the report said.
Workers across all sectors are leaving Sydney and, to a lesser extent, Melbourne and mostly moving to nearby regional centres.
Young families trying to get into the housing market for the first time are most likely to be affected by the declining affordability of city life, with Sydney millennials hit the hardest.
"The fact that those in their 30s are leaving reinforces the idea that rising housing costs are a key factor in their location decision," the report said.
"People in this age bracket will be making life decisions, such as getting married and having children, which are typically associated with demand for larger homes."
The findings raise questions about productivity
if workers are leaving the highest-paid jobs in the cities, but could also represent an opportunity for country areas, e61 research director Gianni La Cava said.
"At any rate, it should be a priority of governments to allow people to live affordably near highly productive job opportunities," Dr La Cava said.
easing zoning constraints, abolishing stamp duty and ensuring immigration policy aligns with housing policy."
Drilling begins on east coast high-speed rail route
By Neve BRISSENDEN, AAP
RAIL passengers keen to travel across the Australian east coast in record time could be one step closer as preliminary drilling begins to determine the high-speed rail route.
The long-anticipated east coast rail project is set to connect Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and regional communities in between.
Drilling has begun on the NSW Central Coast to
determine the route of the first stage of the project, to connect Newcastle to Sydney.
Two drill rigs were set up on Monday on the Hawkesbury River and at Brisbane Water in Gosford, with plans to drill six boreholes up to a depth of 140 metres.
They will collect rock and sediment samples to inform the design and depth of potential rail tunnels.
About 27 boreholes will be dug across the Sydney to Newcastle region, backed by the federal government's High-Speed Rail Authority.
The government has committed $500 million for the planning and corridor protection of the first stage of the project.
The long-term infrastructure project would ultimately allow passengers to travel between major cities and significant regional cities at more than 250km/h.
Transport Minister Catherine King said the project would help shape the nation.
"High-speed rail means generations of new opportunities for regional Australia, creating more jobs
in more locations and giving people greater choices in where they live, work, study and play," she said.
High-Speed Rail Authority chief executive Tim Parker said the project would deliver quick, comfortable and reliable journeys.
"Right now, we're working on how to build a new railway in complex areas and the engineering challenges we would face," he said.
The business case for the Newcastle to Sydney stage is due at the end of the year.
q Brierfield Hall in the old days.
q Brierfield Hall today.
"This likely means
q Regional industrial workers are $10,000 a year better off than those in the city, a study says. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS.
q The east coast high-speed rail project will connect Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Photo: supplied.
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Vincent
After a fulfilling break dedicated to family, Chris Vincent is back, ready to take on the real estate world with renewed energy and passion. With over 40 years of experience, Chris is excited to return to real estate with Nambucca River Realty, bringing a wealth of knowledge and dedication to every transaction.
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By Manny WOOD
Wife seeks no adjustments in property settlement
HARRY and Wendy have been married for seven years before separating.
They are unable to reach agreement regarding the division of their assets and the matter proceeds to determination as a “priority property pool case” in Court after Harry files an application and lodges a caveat over the matrimonial home.
Harry acknowledges that Wendy made all financial contributions to the acquisition of their assets but says he made non-financial contributions, including in the capacity of homemaker, and due to his future needs, asks the Court to award him 25 percent of the property pool, including their superannuation.
The Court hears that both parties had no significant assets at the commencement of their relationship, except for Wendy, who had a small amount of superannuation.
Wendy purchased a home in her name shortly after their marriage, using $40,000 advanced to her by her parents, as a deposit.
Wendy provides evidence that during their relationship, she earned a much greater income than Harry and that it was her income that was used to pay the bulk of the household expenses.
The parties disagree as to whether the $40,000 advanced to Wendy by her parents was a “gift” or a “loan” but the Court, in any event, regards the funds advanced to Wendy as a contribution made on her behalf.
In determining whether it would be “just and equitable” to make an order in Harry’s favour, the Court observes that he made no payments towards the home loan and made no other financial contributions to the property.
The Court further notes that the parties kept their financial affairs separate during the course of their relationship and that there was no evidence of any future plans to conduct their affairs jointly.
The Court could only find evidence to establish “very limited” contributions by Harry to household expenses.
Ultimately, the Court finds that there is “no principled reason” to make any orders regarding the parties’ existing interests in property.
The Court dismisses Harry’s application and orders the removal of the caveat, affirming Wendy’s sole ownership of the home and all of her other assets.
Email Manny Wood at manny@ tblaw.net.au or call him on (02) 66 487 487.
This fictional column is only accurate at today’s date and is not legal advice.
Listen to the people
DEAR News Of The Area,
IN response to “Council meetings to remain fortnightly for now”, p4 NOTA 25 October 2024.
Over the past 12 months there has been a good number of speakers at our council’s public meetings which definitely indicates that people have things to say.
Quite a few of these presentations have been regarding the unregulated horticulture explosion in this valley and the deep concern by many residents over some of the farmer practices that we are experiencing.
Despite the General Manager’s explanation, outlined by Ned Cowie in her article, changing the time of these meetings is not the only way to reduce the expenses mentioned, so I can only assume his reasoning for wanting to change the public council meetings to a time during the nine-to-five working day is so that there is much less opportunity for a much broader group of people to actually have their say on local matters.
I commend Councillors Jones and Ballangarry for speaking up on this and am sure many people would be in total
Dorin’s Draws By Paul DORIN On theCouch
Email Jasminda: media@newsofthearea.com.au
DEAR Jasminda,
I SEEM to spend half my life trying to remember my passwords and then having to go through the process of resetting them. How can I save them so they are safe and memorable?
Pauline W.
agreement with them.
It’s hard enough as it is to speak with all council members at once – five minutes is all you get at a meeting!
Despite our previous mayor’s repeated assurances, at public meetings, that all correspondence to council is replied to, I know from personal experience that this is not true and I know of several others who will say the same thing.
If emails are not replied to and phone calls/messages do not get returned then to address council at a public meeting is the only option.
Cutting down the opportunities for Nambucca Valley residents to speak with council is not a brilliant idea.
The residents of the valley put the councillors where they are; they are our representatives and we deserve every opportunity to be heard.
As Councillor Ballangarry says, it is time they “started listening to the people of this valley”.
Regards, Raewyn MACKY,
The Big Screen
By Lindsay HALL
RED One is the major Hollywood release this week, ushering in this year's round of Christmas movies early enough to make it a family favourite once it hits streaming.
Santa Claus has been kidnapped and it’s up to Dwayne Johnson as the North Pole’s chief of security, Chris Evans as a cynical bounty hunter on “the naughty list” and a talking polar bear to recover him.
Nearly everyone involved in this film has tremendous appeal and goodwill (J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu), including director Jake Kasdan.
The trouble may be in the way the silly, family film premise is being handled as a bit too much of a film for “grown-ups”, emphasising the action more than the comedy.
Home grown gem Audrey, is a satirical and darkly comic film from Natalie Bailey.
Ronnie Lipstick (Jackie Van Beek) put her film career on hold when she had children, but was determined that
her daughter Audrey would become a star.
When an accident causes Audrey to fall into a coma, “Mother-of-theyear” Ronnie takes her daughter's place in the teen drama program to ensure her legacy.
A horror film from just across the pond, Grafted, is the debut feature from NZ filmmaker Sasha Rainbow.
A gnarly and intense bodyhorror flick that explores the lengths to which someone might go to be accepted, this film carries some genuine social insight along with visceral effects.
Wei, a uni student of Chinese background, faces rejection and vitriol from people in her life who don’t see her value.
Her obsession, however, is in completing her scientist-father’s work involving skin grafting, but all the bullying is pushing her to extreme lengths.
Not for the faint of heart.
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom comes to select screens this week.
Have Your Say
Dear Pauline,
Passwords. Remember the time when there were no passwords, and no computerised filing systems? No, back then, to lock things away, you'd just have to remember where you left the key to your actual filing cabinet, and then you'd have to drag those heavy drawers out on their rusted tracks, and then flick through hundreds of manilla folders in suspension files.
Those were the days.
Now we have to log in to everything and our passwords have to be ridiculous combinations of letters and numbers and special characters and they also have to be different from the passwords we've used in the past, which we couldn't remember when logging in, but which now come to us with crystal clear clarity along with the message 'previously used password - try again'.
It is a feature film continuation of a Japanese anime series that teenagers in your home may have seen on Netflix.
Honestly, this one’s only worth it for those who already know about it.
Among the most bizarre films released this year is Sasquatch Sunset From off-beat filmmakers Nathan and David Zellner, this piece of cinema mimics the style of “nature narrative” movies like The Bear, by way of the mockumentary format.
The film follows a family of Sasquatch living in the wilds of California.
With nary a line of dialogue or word of narration, the story follows the quartet as they try to survive in a confusing world.
A documentary of the iconic Bondi Icebergs, The Pool, seeks to be a celebration
But none of this is as depressing as the password backup method where you have to answer previously recorded questions and answers.
These questions include things like 'what street did you live in when you were in highschool?' and 'what job did you want when you were young?'
When I answer these questions, I forget all about logging into a program that records my receipts and reconciles my bank statements, because I am instead on a trip down memory lane, when I lived on a leafy street in the northern beaches and I wanted to be a veterinary surgeon, which would certainly have paid more than my current occupation.
You could perhaps do what my father did, and store all your passwords in a file that is named something so obscure that no one would think to open it.
The problem with this one, as my father discovered, is that he couldn't remember the filename either. It ended up being dementia (the filename that is).
Carpe diem, Jasminda.
of Aussie spirit and inclusivity.
Something of a personal piece for director Ian Darling, who counts the spot as his favourite place to swim, his hope is that the film will be a beautiful exploration of the ways in which we crave and build communities.
Finally a sequel to a Thai horror film from last year comes to select screens as Death Whisperer 2. The kind of film that picks up the threads of the previous entry, it is the tale of a family haunted by a vengeful and cruel spirit.
Those of you who might be curious, but feel you should check out the first film before trying this one, just know that by the time you find Death Whisperer you’ll likely have missed your chance to see the sequel.
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Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club
By Geoff McCANN
WITH Club Championships behind us, we still had to face up to a few more Stroke events.
Starting with the Toyota Genuine Service sponsored “Island Challenge” Series on Tuesday, when some red hot scores were returned.
Tomm Lewis (15) scored net 61 to win from Narelle Delaney (29) net 65 on c/b from Michael Tarleton (23).
Next best lady net was Linne Street 67. Others to play or better their Handicap to win a sleeve of Balls were Aiden Molloy, Robert Nock, Geoff Goesch, Maxine Townsend, Joanne Montague & Jan Harris.
NTP’s to Jan Harris on 5, Joey Franck on 7, Raymond Guiana on 8, Henny Oldenhove on 13, Joanne Montague on 15 & Rodney Kinnear on 18.
On Wednesday, the Ladies played their Pink Day Breast Cancer Charity Fundraiser, with a variation of a Single Stableford, where you could bribe the Pro (Grant Rickwood) to play your Tee Shot, and use prepaid ribbons
to get you out of trouble – now that’s my kind of golf! Lisa Guest (19) was the winner of Division 1 (0 to 23) with 40 points from Susan McWilliam (16) 39 points.
Coral McCann (28) tells me she didn’t use her ribbons at all to win Division 2 (24 to 29) with 39 points from Jennifer Johnston (27) on 38 points. Wendy Avery (45) won Division 3 (30 to 45) with 38 points on c/b from Jennifer Ainsworth. The Ball Rundown to 34 points on c/b.
NTP’s to Donna Easey, Jenny Thorne & Shayne Scott on 5, Dianne O’Leary, Kerry Naylor & Fiona Chaffey on 8, Lisa Guest on 13 & Coral McCann topped off the day winning the Pro Pin Jackpot on 18.
Over $800 was raised for the Charity – well done Ladies! Plenty of photos on Facebook!
Thursday was the Monthly “Dolphin Day” Medley Stableford sponsored by Nambucca RSL Club. Trevor Peck (23) was the overall winner top scoring the day with 43 points –he’ll soon be sporting his new embroidered Golf Shirt,
Nambucca Bowls Report
By Charlie POTTER
FIRST up, some good news on Tony Urquhart. He has had a pacemaker "installed" and is being kept under observation in Gold Coast Hospital.
Tony wishes to thank all those who sent him messages, etc., but obviously too big a task to answer individually.
Wed Oct 30 A field of 28 starters and the day's main prize went to Ron Hill, Stu Thorne and Buttercup Ruane. Maryann Cuss, Bonsai Coughlan and Mark Blackford were second and Don Lean, Gareth Cuss and Cossie third.
Tommy Reynolds, Ron Berczelly and Ian Poletti grabbed the losers money and Theresa Meehan the lucky bowler but missed drawing her rink for the $240 Jackpot.
Fri Nov 1 saw a depleted field of 54 due, no doubt, to
the Sat/Sun tournament at Macksville.
Peter Dawe, Stu Garvey and Bruce Mason won the day, with Paul Stoi, Graham Hines and Paddy Byrne second and Peter Fredericks, Ian Poletti and Graeme Power third, Jai, Terry Snowden and Fred Pope were the lucky losers and Darren Jones the lucky bowler but failed to win the $360 Jackpot.
Maurie Roberts Sunday Triples. 13 starters and Patto, Hans Jensen and Peter Fredericks were the winners with Jock Headley, Peter Frame and Elaine Fleming the losers.
The Parkinsons and Cancer Fundraiser on Nov 28 has 21 entries so far... more needed! 9.15amnoon, $10 a head and wear pink or purple.
The Mixed Fours entries close on Nov 22 and 8 teams nominated to date. To be played Dec 7,8,14,15.
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compliments of the RSL Club.
Ashton Herbert (10) scored 40 points to win Division 1 (0 to 16) from Peter Roth (15) 37 points. Peter Thompson (18) won Division 2 (17 to 22) with 41 points frpom Fergus Scott (18) with 38 points.
Narelle Delaney (28) continued Tuesday’s good form with 39 points to win Division 3 (23 to 45) from Mark Blake (34) on 38 points on 3 way c/b from Malcolm (Kel) McGoldrick, Chris Tinson & Andrew Bagust.
The Ball Rundown to 33 points on c/b. Ross Morpuss won the ”Ecomist” Longest Putt on the 1st Hole, other NTP’s to Geoffrey Harris on 5, Greg Jager on 7, Kai Burkinshaw on 8, David Mattacoitt won the “Pizza This” voucher on 13, Keith Elphick got Stu’s ball on 15 and Michael Lacherdis won the Pro Pin Jackpot on 18.
Shot of the day to Dylan Mann who eagled the 10th Hole - congrats mate!
Saturday was the Men’s Monthly Medal stroke, Eclectic Round 10 and final of Medal of Medals.
Visitors cleaned up in “A”
Grade (0 to 12) with Peter Creenaune (7) from Coffs Harbour scoring net 69 to win from Peter Sheridan (10) from Concord with net 70. Gross winner David Orr from Coffs Harbour 74. Medal winner was Gregory Jager. In “B” Grade (13 to 18), Phillip Frost (14) won the Medal with net 67 from Thomas Wattison (14) net 70. Gross winner John Senes from Coffs Harbour 85.
In “C” Grade (19 to 45), Phillip Smith (26) scored net 67 to win the Medal on c/b from Kevin Mulhall (21). Gross winner Chris Adey 92. The Ball Rundown to net 73 on c/b.
NTP reesults not available. Medal of Medals winner Phillip Frost.
Closing off the week on Sunday was a Medley 4BBB Stableford “Island Sunday” sponsored by Glenys Thompson & Trevor Peck and won by Susanna & Les Greenup from South West Rocks with 46 points from Graham Cass & Lyn Parkes 43 on c/b from Graham Long & Rod Hardy.
The Ball Rundown to 40 points. NTP’s to Susanna
Greebnup on 5, Hewnny Oldenhove on 13 and Maxine Townsend & Karl Hobday on 18.
Our Lucky Draw winner from the Handiskins Tournament was Colin Dinne, taking home a bottle of Peter Lehman Shiraz – next year’s Handiskins is already in planning.
Don’t miss our Friday
afternoon 2 person Ambrose from 2pm – it’s a social event, no handicap’s or golfing experience required, and some Club vouchers up for grabs!
Next Saturday is President Vs Captain day, and the TopGun Shootouts are on Sunday 10th November from 9am. See you on the Island!
Macksville Country Club Golf
By Max TURNER
IT'S only about four years ago a young Cooper Trisley was runner up in the junior Championship.
Still a junior but much taller and stronger, the now seventeen year old came out in the Saturday Stroke event and left the field "in his dust" to win the Monthly Medal with a net 14 under par 58.
With usual favourite Allan Clarke unable to play, the Spoon event was wide open with Brad Fortescue having a gross 75 to win.
Runner up in the Callisto Computing sponsored event with a score that would normally win was John Poole who had a net 66.
Nearest the pins were Dane Huffman (A), Phil Bambury (B) and Tony Grebert in C grade.
Talk of the day was Jake Clarke's drive to the back of the green on the par four fourth.
The Mid Week
Competition was won by John Fortescue having a net 42 to win from runner up David Lindsay who finished with a net 40.
Macksville CC Mens Bowls
By Mark COLEMAN
THE Macksville Classic
Triples was played Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd of November, we were blessed with great weather on both days and the competition was hot.
20 teams competed for a share of the $5500 prize pool with $2400 going to the winning team from Nambucca Heads BC, D. Curran, K. Rostron and G. Lawrence, 2nd place $1500 to B.
Thurgood, R. Boulter and Micheal Howard from South West Rocks CC. 3rd place $900 to R. Cook, R. Lamborne and C. Young from Kempsey Heights BC
and 4th place $450 to P. O'Neil, C. Doolan and D. Johnson from Bowraville RC.
Many thanks to all our great sponsors - Daly Legal, Jetty Boating, Bowra Bakehouse,Solitude Health,
ladies graciously had an away day to allow the veterans use of the course. Jo Montague won their event with Nikki Laird runner up
Macksville Mitre 10, Macksville Mower and Auto Centre, Matt Smith Tiling and Macksville Pharmacy.
q K. Rostron, D. Curran, G. Lawrence with Macksville Bowls President Brian Nunn.
q Dylan Mann.
The
q Graham Everett, Jo Montague, Phil Bambury and Gary Clarke on the 10th tee.
Nambucca Heads Women’s Bowling Club
By Nerida BLACKFORD
THE last two weeks have seen some great matches played to determine the 2024 Women’s Minor Singles Championship.
In the first round, Deb Mann had a solid win against Ann Marie Johnson, but Marg Duffus had to come from behind to win over Kerrie Dale in a hotly contested match.
The finals match lived up to expectations.
Deb was ahead until the 8th end, when Marg won 4
shots to make it 8-8 all and then went ahead 9-8. Deb made it 9-9, then it reached 11-11 after 13 ends. Deb then won the next 5 ends, keeping Marg on 11, until she gained control and went on to win 25-15.
Well done to both ladies for playing some terrific shots and competing in great spirit.
In Thursday social matches on 31st October, 16 ladies played well in the heat. The first game was another display of hanging in till the
last bowl.
Janice, Ava and Monty were well ahead 11-4 by the 11th end. At the 15th end Kerrie, Marg D and Gloria scored 5 to jump ahead 13-11. The game ended at 18-18 all, but Gloria’s team won on ends (10-8).
The second game of triples was also a close one with the lead changing throughout the match. After being 19-19 before the last end it was a win by one to Arlene, Karen and Nerida over Joan, Fletch
Junior cricket wrap
By Aiden BURGESS
AFTER getting their season underway late last month, Coffs Coast’s juniors played the latest round of their Sixers Cricket League season.
The second round of the Under 14s season was decided last Wednesday afternoon.
Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels won their second straight match to start the season, beating Diggers Cricket Club by 51 runs at the Wiigulga Sports Complex.
The Rebels opened the batting and scored 3/143 from their 20 overs.
Thomas Bird retired not out on 35, while a fill-in player top scored with 40.
Zayden Parry took 2-11 from his two overs for Diggers.
Chasing 144, Diggers finished at 6/92 from 20 overs, Alby Butler and Darcy Franks both top scoring with 21.
Sawtell Storm and the Coffs Colts played off at Forsyth Park.
Sawtell opened the batting and posted 5/129 from their 20 overs.
Fin Bath top scored with a knock of 41 off 30 balls, while William Byron took 2-15 from three overs for Colts.
Colts were 6/17 in the 10th over, Joshua de Groot taking 2-1 from his two overs for Sawtell.
The second round of the
Under 16s season was also played last week.
Macksville Bulls won their second straight game to start the season, having an eight wicket win against the Coffs Colts at Forsyth Park.
The Colts won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 4/129 from their 20 overs.
Riley Humphreys retired not out on 52, and Knox Porter had a knock of 46.
Beau Harper took 3-10 from two overs for the Bulls.
The Bulls chased down the total in the 14th over, Beau Harper retiring on 55 not out, and Noah Lockyer retiring on 50 not out.
Nana Glen Lizards also won their second straight
and Sandra.
A game of pairs on the last rink saw Elaine annoying her opposition, sitting on the jack most of the ends.
Michelle and Rosie changed position half way through to try to make a difference but Anne Marie and Elaine took the glory, 26-13.
At lunch, the lucky winners were team Nerida, lucky losers team Michelle, and Arlene had another win in the raffles.
game to start the season, beating defending premiers Bellingen/Dorrigo by seven wickets at Urunga.
Bellingen/Dorrigo won the toss and elected to bat, posting 5/60 off 20 overs.
Tate Bailey top scored with 23 not out.
Nana Glen chased down the total in the 11th over, Nate Clouten top scoring retiring on 21 not out.
The third round of the Under 12s season was decided last weekend.
Macksville Bulls White continued their perfect start to the season, winning their third straight match with a seven wicket win against Dorrigo in Dorrigo.
The home side opened the batting and finished at 8/66 in the 19th over.
Funding awarded to local sports stars
By Jen HETHERINGTON
ANOTHER round of youth sports stars have received funding through the Coleman Smith Youth Sports Advancement Foundation.
The presentation of the funding was made at the Stuarts Point Workers Recreation and Bowls Club on Friday, 1 November.
The Foundation is a subcommittee of the Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO), and provides one-off payments to local kids excelling in their chosen sports.
Funding is available for youth athletes in Stuarts Point, Grassy Head, Fishermans Reach, Yarrahapinni, Eungai Creek and Eungai Rail.
The Foundation was set up in recognition of two local community icons.
Greg Coleman was a well-known sportsperson and coach, while Adrienne Smith was a leading sport administrator who played a significant role in the establishment of the Australian Paralympic Federation in 1990.
Donations from individuals and organisations like SPaDCO have made the Foundation possible.
Applications are called for twice a year and are assessed by members of the Foundation’s Board.
Adrienne’s daughter Nicky currently serves as Chairperson.
Since its inception funding
has been awarded to a range of locals, including Jessica Donovan (Gymnastics), Quinn Cooper (Cricket), Wolfe Hudson (Soccer), Angus McFarlane (AFL), Zaylia Page (Cricket), and Kash Taylor (Soccer).
At the most recent funding announcement, Jessica Donovan again received the Foundation’s support, as did siblings Avalon and Sandon Vowles (Surfing).
Jessica has previously enjoyed success with the Far North Coast Gymnastics team at the state level, coming away with second and third place finishes at NSW
championships.
She also plays for the local Kinkii Netball Club, and represents the NSW Echidnas under 12 Indigenous School Girls team.
This year the Echidnas came third in the National Indigenous Schoolgirl Championships, at which Jessica was named the team’s most improved player.
Jessica was then selected for the Australian Indigenous 12yo Netball team and in December, with the funding support, will participate in the International Netball Festival in Fiji.
Away from the court and
Remy Cartwright took 3-4 from 2.2 overs for the Bulls.
The Bulls chased down the total in the 14th over.
Diggers Cricket Club Red maintained second spot on the ladder with a 112-run win against the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels at Reg Ryan Oval.
Diggers opened the batting and scored 1/163 from 20 overs.
Jennifer Martin (23) and Zayden Parry (21) both retired not out.
The Rebels were restricted to 5/51 from 20 overs, Jennifer Martin having a super spell of 3-0 from two overs.
Defending premiers Bellingen Green were also winners in Round 3, having an 18-run win against Diggers Cricket Club Blue at Urunga.
onto the beaches, Avalon Vowels took out the U16 division at the NSW Junior Regional titles in May.
She also took out third place in the U16 division at Merewether Beach’s iconic Surfest competition, and placed second in the threeday Youth Slash n Bash junior event at Lake Macquarie.
Avalon has been selected as part of the NSW state surfing team and will compete in the Australian junior surfing titles at the end of this month.
Avalon’s younger brother, Sandon Vowels came second in the U14 division NSW Junior Regional Titles.
He also took second place finishes in his division at both Surfest and the Ride the Wave competition in Port Macquarie.
Like his sister, Sandon has also been selected in the NSW State Team for the Australian junior surfing titles.
The funding will assist in covering the cost of Avalon and Sandon’s attendance at recent junior high performance camps.
Foundation Chairperson Nicky Smith urges talented junior sportspeople to apply for support.
“If you are a parent or carer or know of any kids from the Eungai, Yarrahapinni, Stuarts Point and Grassy Head area who are excelling at their sport, please encourage them to apply for the next round.”
To apply, contact Nicky by email at smith.goldrick@ gmail.com.
Bellingen scored 5/92 from 20 overs after opening the batting, Harrison Kelly finishing on 38 not out off 24 balls.
Arbie Britton took 2-11 from three overs for Diggers.
Chasing 93 for victory, Diggers were restricted to 9/74 from 19 overs.
Sehaj singh Mahal top scored with a knock of 35 from thirteen balls, Lev Morris taking 3-5 from three overs for Bello, and Daniel Gafen 2-3 from two overs.
Sawtell Sixers had a 29run win against Urunga in Urunga.
Sawtell opened the batting and scored 7/99 from their 20 overs, Lucas Townsend retiring on 22 not out. Urunga finished at 7/70 off 20 overs.
Nambucca Valley Bridge Club News
By Barbara MARANIK
UPCOMING events: 16th November – Red points
27th November – under 100 MP’s for the people new to bridge 3rd December – Red Point evening 14th December –Christmas Party 12 noon start
Results for week ending 3rd Nov 2024
Monday 28th October
1st Linda & Mike Siford 71%, 2nd Susie Keur & Les Sinclair 51%, 3rd Rosemary Bateman & Peter PlunkettCole
Tuesday 29th October 1st Maureen Cowan & Barbara Maranik 74%, 2nd Margaret Sullivan & Michael Finucane 55%, 3rd Barbara Lott & Gaye Beyers 53% Thursday 31st October 1st Janet Dyson & Maureen Cowan 57%, 2nd Barbara Lott & Linda Siford 56%, Equal 3rd Paul Coe & Michael Finucane plus Gary & Louise Walton 56% Saturday 19th October 2 ½ tables 1st Amber Fox & Carol McKee 60.7%, 2nd Linda & Mike Siford 60%, 3rd Equal Gary & Louise Walton plus Maureen Cowan & Barbara Maranik
AFL numbers
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helped to attract new players, it’s the great experiences existing players have had in past seasons that ensures they continue to come back each year,” Greenshields said.
“Those experiences have been created by the tremendous volunteers at all of the clubs who provide an enjoyable environment for all and further enhance the positive reputation the AFL North Coast has in the region.
“I think it’s the amazing people in our football community and the hard work they put in that is the major reason why every group of six players that there was two years ago is now a group of seven players.
“It's the people at the clubs who deserve the greatest pat on the back for the incredible player registration numbers.”
q Women's Minor Singles Champions Margaret Duffus (runner up) and Deb Mann (winner).
q Jessica Donovan, Avalon Vowels, Nicky Smith and Sandon Vowels.
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING
Notice is hereby given of an Extraordinary Meeting of the Nambucca Heads LALC:
DATE: 29th November 2024
TIME: 10am
LOCATION: Nambucca Community & Arts Centre Ridge Street Nambucca Heads
AGENDA:
1. Welcomes;
2. Apologies;
3. Minutes of previous meeting;
4. Approval of the Nambucca Heads LALC Community Land and Business Plan (CLBP) 2024 - 2028;
5. Other Business placed on the agenda prior to the commencement of the meeting;
6. Time and date of next meeting.
Please Note: A copy of the CLBP or a Summary is available for viewing on request at the Nambucca Heads LALC during business hours.
All inquiries about this meeting should be directed to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NHLALC during business hours.
AUTHORISED BY: Alana Greenup, Chairperson - Nambucca Heads LALC
Public Notices
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF BOWRAVILLE RECREATION CLUB CO-OP LTD TRADING AS BOWRA SPORTS HUB
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, 24 November 2024, at Bowra Sports Hub, 2 Coronation Street, Bowraville commencing at 10am. Nominations for a position as a Director of the Club must be lodged by email or delivered to the Club by 17 November 2024. Nomination forms can be obtained at the Club or email admin@bowrasportshub.com.au.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of NVC Group Limited will be held on Wednesday, 27 November, 2024 commencing 6.00pm at Bluegum Café and Conference Centre, Lakeside Gardens, Macksville.
Members who are unable to attend are invited to submit their votes on the prescribed form to the undersigned at the address below no later than 5 pm on Friday, 20 November, 2024.
Forms are available from the address below:
Company Secretary NVC Group Limited Locked Bag 132 Nambucca Heads NSW 2448 admin@nvcl.org.au
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ABC TV, 8.30pm
Without Douglas Henshall and his signature black peacoat, Shetland viewers may question if they’ve accidentally tuned into the wrong show. For this eighth innings, Agatha Raisin star Ashley Jensen takes the lead as Met detective Ruth Calder. She’s a former Shetland resident who escaped at her first opportunity only to find herself back in the isles on the trail of gangland murder witness Ellen (Maisie Norma Seaton, pictured). Tosh (Alison O’Donnell) puts her own investigation into a series of sheep slayings on hold to help Calder track her down, but their partnership is far from smooth sailing.
FRIDAY, November 8
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Long Lost Family. (PG, R)
Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv)
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SUNDAY
THE BLOCK
NBN, 7pm
There’s no question: this season of The Block has been the most dramatic yet – but will the all-important auctions follow suit? In tonight’s finale, we find out, as the five stunning Philip Island homes finally go under the hammer. After hosts Scott Cam (pictured) and Shelley Craft reveal the reserve prices, it’s time for one last squabble as the contestants decide on the crucial auction order. All five asking prices are under $2 million for the first time since 2016, which should merit a decent payday for each team (they take home anything over their house’s reserve), but there’s no guarantee. With the auctions held just one day before the episode goes to air, this is as unfiltered and unpredictable as reality TV gets.
2.10 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 Walking Wartime England. 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome. (PGalv) 8.30 Castle Secrets. 9.25 Kennedy. (PG) 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 The Lesson. (Mal)
12.20 The Wall: The Chateau Murder. (Malv, R)
2.50 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R)
3.40 Earth’s Natural Wonders. (PG, R)
4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
MONDAY
FIVE BEDROOMS
TEN, 9.40pm
Five Bedrooms is one of those rare homegrown hits that deftly massage the funny bone while striking a (heartwrenching) nerve with relatable scenarios, refreshing characters and sharp scripts: think The Secret Life of Offspring and Colin From Accounts. If you’re yet to discover this hidden gem about a bunch of grownups navigating life in their gorgeous shared Melbourne home, the good news is there’s three seasons to catch up on before this fourth and likely final instalment. Tonight’s episode, “Two Battlers”, finds Liz (Kat Stewart) stepping up as carer after Manju (Kumud Merani) undergoes surgery. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t go to plan.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Dr Harry Cooper looks at Clydesdales.
8.30 Growing Home With Jamie Durie: The Countdown Begins. (PG) Follows Jamie Durie and his young family as they build their eco-friendly dream home.
9.30 King Con: Life And Crimes Of Hamish McLaren. (Mal, R) Tales a look at how con man Hamish McLaren swindled
$60 million from friends, family and lovers.
11.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl, R)
1.10 Taken. (Mav, R)
2.30 Home Shopping.
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III: Freshwater. (PGa, R)
8.40 MOVIE: Angel Has Fallen. (2019, MA15+lv, R) A secret service agent tries to save the president. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman.
11.00 Inside Beverly Hills. (Premiere, Ml)
11.50 The First 48. (Ma, R)
12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Gossip Girl. 2.00 La Brea. 3.00 The Golden Girls. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.
7.30 Sort Your Life Out. (PGa) Hosted by Stacey Solomon. 8.45 To Be Advised. 9.45 Shark Tank. (R) The panel is pitched a number of inventions, including a camera that takes 27 photos and an edible serviette. 10.45 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.10 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)
SATURDAY, November 9
Part 3 of 3. 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Inside Windsor Castle. Looks at the late queen’s life in Windsor Castle.
8.25 The Cotswolds With Pam Ayres: Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. (R) Part 3 of 4. Pam Ayres heads to North Gloucestershire and the village of Toddington.
9.15 Treasures Of India With Bettany Hughes: The North. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2.
10.10 So Long, Marianne. (Mals)
11.05 Paris Paris. (Ml, R)
12.05 Hope. (Ml, R)
2.15 Significant Other. (Mds, R)
3.40 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R)
4.30 Peer To Peer. (R)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 The Great Outdoors. (PG) The team travels the Savannah Way. 7.30 MOVIE: Independence Day: Resurgence. (2016, Mv, R) Two decades after they first invaded Earth, an alien race mounts another attack on the planet. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum.
9.55 MOVIE: I, Robot. (2004, Mv, R) A robot is suspected of murder. Will Smith, Alan Tudyk.
4.00 Larry The Wonder Pup. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PGn, R)
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 MOVIE: Sully. (2016, Mal, R)
A pilot is forced to make an emergency landing. Tom Hanks.
9.30 MOVIE: Plane. (2023, MA15+alv)
A pilot is caught in a war zone. Gerard Butler, Mike Colter.
11.40 MOVIE: Judas And The Black Messiah. (2021, MA15+lv, R)
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 MOVIE: The Lion King. (1994, G, R)
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SUNDAY, November 10
6.00 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG)
8.00 Fisk. (PG)
8.30 Plum. (Madl)
9.25 I Was Actually There: The Beatles’ World Record Adelaide Visit. (PG, R)
9.55 You Can’t Ask That. (Mals, R)
11.00 Miniseries: Marriage. (Ml, R)
12.00 Miniseries: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (Ma, R)
1.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.05 Australia Remastered. (R)
4.00 Gardening Australia. (R)
5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.05am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Kiri And Lou. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Interstellar Ella. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 MOVIE: The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. (2005, PG) 9.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.05 Speechless. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.15 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) ABC FAMILY (22)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Pompeii’s Secret Underworld: A City Of Extremes. (Mansv) Part 1 of 2.
9.25 What Killed The Roman Empire? (PGan, R) Experts explore the collapse of the Roman Empire and the role played by climate change and three pandemics.
11.05 Pearl Harbor. (MA15+av, R)
12.55 Royal Autopsy. (Manw, R)
2.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R)
3.35 How To Get Fit Fast. (R)
4.30 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.15 France 24 Feature.
5.30 Al Jazeera News.
PBS Washington. 4.55 Fashionista. 5.10 Shane Smith Has Questions. 6.05 Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 6.40 Mysteries From Above. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. (Return) 8.30 Disaster Autopsy. 9.25 Tokyo Vice.
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6am Little Women. Continued. (1994, PG) 7.45 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 10.25 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 12.25pm Hearts And Bones. (2019, M) 2.30 The Caine Mutiny. (1954, PG) 4.45 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 6.40 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 8.30 August: Osage County. (2013, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.
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6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Life
6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon: Zoroark – Master Of Illusions. (2010) 3.25 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. 8 Hours of Bahrain. H’lights. 4.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 5.30 MOVIE: Sonic The Hedgehog. (2020, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. (2001, PG) 10.45 MOVIE: Power Rangers. (2017, M) 1.05am Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (PG)
9.00 The British Airways Killer. (Mav) Part 1 of 2. A major missing persons investigation is launched when a mother of two goes missing.
11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous. (MA15+adv, R)
12.15 The Starter Wife. (Mas, R)
1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 The Block. (Final, PGl) 9.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 10.00 9News Late.
10.30 See No Evil: The Man In The Cowboy Hat. (Mav) 11.30 The First 48. (Ma) 12.20 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
Today Early News.
6am Children’s Programs. 12.30pm Basketball. WNBL. Bendigo Spirit v Geelong United. 2.30 MOVIE: Problem Child. (1990, PG) 4.00 MOVIE: Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life. (2016, PG) 5.50 MOVIE: Sherlock Gnomes. (2018) 7.30 MOVIE: Green Lantern. (2011, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Streets Of Colour. (2023, MA15+) Midnight Gotham. 1.00 Love After Lockup. 2.30 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.
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Into South America With Nick Knowles. (PGaw)
8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
9.25 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M)
10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 A Criminal Affair. (Mal)
12.55 Pray For Blood. (Mal, R)
2.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (R)
3.35 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PGaw, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6am The Lake House. (2006, PG) 7.50 Little Women. (1994, PG) 10.00 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) Noon Ali And Ava. (2021, M) 1.50 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 4.30 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 6.30 Breaker Morant. (1980, PG) 8.30 The Lighthorsemen. (1987, M) 10.40 Beneath Hill 60. (2010, M) 12.55am Salvation Boulevard. (2011, M) 2.45 Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Eden feels torn.
7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel. 9.10 Twisted Twins? (Malsv) Part 2 of 2. 10.10 S.W.A.T. (Madv)
11.10 The Latest: Seven News. 11.40 Lopez Vs. Lopez. (PGals)
6am Morning Programs. 6.55 Breaker Morant. (1980, PG) 8.55 When Mum Is Away… With The Family. (2020, PG, Italian) 10.50 Gloria Bell. (2018, M) 12.45pm Murder By Decree. (1979, M) 3.00 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 4.50 The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 6.30 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 8.30 Klondike. (2022, MA15+, Ukrainian) 10.25 Onoda. (2021, MA15+, Japanese) 1.35am Late Programs.
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6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Michael Mosley: Wonders Of The Human Body. (Premiere, PGa)
8.30 The Jury: Death On The Staircase. (M)
9.35 The Old Man. (MA15+v)
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 Desperate Measures. (Malv)
12.40 Miniseries: Holding. (Mal, R)
2.30 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R)
3.15 The Autistic Gardener. (R)
4.10 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)
4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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q A total of 163 players registered with the Nambucca Valley Lions in 2024, contributing a healthy percentage of the 1,330 players in total in the AFL North Coast this year. Photo: AFL North Coast.
THE numbers are in and 2024 is officially a record year for player registrations in the
A record total of 1,330 people registered to play in the AFL North Coast this year with players ranging from the non-competitive Under 10 age group all the way up to the Senior Mens and Women’s competitions.
This number represents a growth of 11.67 percent on the number of registrations 12 months earlier.
In fact the growth over the past two years has reached an astonishing 16.66 percent
– from 1,140 in 2022 to the current number.
Over the past three seasons, three new junior age groups have been introduced, the Youth Girls 14s (now 15s) in 2022, non-competitive Under 10s in 2023 and Youth Girls 13s this year.
Community Football and Competition Manager Brad Greenshields said it’s too simplistic to attribute the growth in playing numbers to the additional age groups.
