Port Stephens News Of The Area 6 April 2023

Funding on offer for NFPs and community groups

THE Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s (NPCF) latest funding round opened on Wednesday March 29, with a pool of over half a million dollars available for new or existing projects which support health, young people and social wellbeing in the Hunter.

Local not-for-profit organisations and community groups have until Monday, 1 May, to apply.

To assist with the application process, the Charitable Foundation is hosting a free, online workshop on Wednesday, 5 April, from 10:30am –12:00pm (AEST).

Groups can register at https://www.

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CHURCH IN PERIL

Heritage church in Williamtown under threat from development

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Funding on offer for Hunter region NFPs and community groups q

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Acting Executive Officer, Anita Lucas, encouraged both new and existing partners to apply, particularly in the face of challenging economic times.

“Regional charities are facing the unique combination of increased community demand for services and ongoing barriers to the delivery of their services,” said Ms Lucas.

“It’s been a tough couple of years for not-for-profits, having come through Covid

and all the challenges it presented, to now when the rising cost of living is placing pressure on local communities and driving an even higher need for assistance in the Hunter region.

“As the Charitable Foundation celebrates our 20th anniversary, we have renewed drive and motivation to support these organisations that play such a pivotal role in ensuring our regional NSW communities thrive.”

Since being founded in 2003 as a gift to the community, Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation has provided

over $25 million in funding, touching hundreds of thousands of lives.

Recent projects here in the Hunter region include:

• $98,700 for Hunter Medical Research Institute to go towards a therapeutic intervention that can be used early after diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, halting disease progression and lifelong suffering.

• $127,000 for Jenny’s Place to support the operation of the Sunshine Hut Clinic, assisting children

receive expert help to recover from the trauma of domestic and family violence.

• $121,000 for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia to help expand their community-based peer and family support program to people living with a spinal cord injury.

Applications open Wednesday via the Charitable Foundation website and close at 11.59pm Monday 1 May.

Groups are encouraged to review the eligibility criteria available at https://www. newcastlepermanent.com. au/charitable-foundation/ funding/eligibility-criteria

Immersive light show, Karuah by Night, to shine on

IN just a couple of weeks, Longworth Park at Karuah will transform into an immersive night time experience of neon lights and a laser light show on the water.

Alongside live music, food trucks and children’s entertainment, the unique event offers a fresh perspective on Karuah and is sure to dazzle locals and visitors.

Mayor Ryan Palmer said the experience will activate

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the riverside precinct and give Karuah its moment in the limelight.

“This event is the first of its kind for Karuah and fulfills some of the actions outlined in Council’s Karuah Place Plan, such as advocating for local events, and showcasing Karuah’s heritage,” said Mr Palmer.

“Karuah by Night will be a significant driver of visitors to the area, and we’re hoping

to see people from across Port Stephens, and beyond, come along and enjoy experiencing Karuah in a different light.

“We encourage visitors to consider booking a local stay to make the most of what this scenic river-side village has to offer across an entire weekend,” he continued.

Acting General Manager Greg Kable said the artistic concept behind Karuah by Night was inspired by the

town’s longstanding fishing and oyster industries, and the stunning natural environment.

“We’re proud to have curated an impactful collection of light and sensory elements that'll give visitors an immersive, and captivating experience.

“It’ll be a fantastic opportunity for people to learn more about Karuah’s historical significance within Port Stephens,” said Mr Kable.

Neon installations of marine life will come to life in a kaleidoscope of colour along the foreshore, in addition

to special cultural elements including a language tree.

The evening will culminate with a spectacular light show over the water, incorporating laser lights, smoke and special effects.

Karuah by Night will take place from 5pm on Saturday 15 April 2023, and is a free event made possible by funding from the NSW Government.

Port Stephens Council was successful in securing two individual grants to support

three pillar events across Port Stephens in 2023.

Council secured $311,000 from NSW Government’s Reconnecting Regional NSW event fund, and $100,000 from Multicultural NSW.

The first event being held is Karuah by Night, with subsequent events taking place at Raymond Terrace in May, and Birubi in August.

Read more about the event at pscouncil.info/ KaruahByNight

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Acting Executive Officer, Anita Lucas.

Heritage church in Williamtown under threat from development

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The chapel, which has stood at its site on Cabbage Tree Rd since 1927, falls within the Williamtown Special Activation Precinct, a plan intended to ‘deliver jobs and growth to the Williamtown area by capitalising on the emerging aerospace industry around Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Williamtown and Newcastle Airport’.

Rev. David Davies said that when plans were first announced and the church was contacted, they were told their heritage status and the active congregation would be taken into consideration.

A spokesperson for the Department of Regional NSW

stated, “The draft master plan identified the locally heritage listed church as

potentially being impacted by the proposed flood mitigation strategy and further work

q St. Saviour’s has been on this site since 1927.

will be required to determine the best long-term outcome.

“Engagement was

undertaken with the community on 7-8 February 2023 to discuss the draft master plan and included discussions on the church.”

However at a scheduled meeting with representatives from the Department of Planning, discussing the subject of working to preserve the building for continued use, Rev. Davies said he was told simply “We all know that’s not going to happen”.

Rev. Davies said the meeting was scheduled to run for 30 minutes but ended abruptly after six, when it was announced the Department’s representative had another meeting to attend.

“They said they would work collaboratively with us,”

Asbestos dumped on Gan Gan Road

By Lindsay HALL

ANNA Bay local John Langius received a rude surprise when out for a Sunday afternoon walk with his family.

On 26 March, John was walking along Gan Gan Rd when he happened upon a

pile of debris dumped by the side of the road.

This would be a gross act of illegal dumping in and of itself but John – a plumber by trade and well familiar with building materials –recognised the real danger with the rubbish pile.

Posting to social media, John put the warning out to local residents.

“Anyone had asbestos

removed lately?

“Have found where it's been dumped - Gan Gan Rd on the straight just before Rocky turn.”

John reported the incident to Port Stephens Council immediately.

Brock Lamont, Strategy and Environment Section Manager for Port Stephens Council said, “Port Stephens Council has had the debris

q An improperly wrapped load of building materials containing asbestos was dumped on Gan Gan Rd.

removed from Gan Gan Road, One Mile and taken to Newline Road landfill site.”

Travis Hay of Hay Enterprises, a local professional registered to remove and safely dispose of asbestos, said, “Any loads have to be tracked by the EPA, and can only be transported by a licensed professional using an EPA app.”

Mr Hay said local waste stations won’t accept asbestos loads when an

unlicensed builder attempts to drop them off.

“That’s when you get dumping like this.”

Mr Lamont reminded residents that current fines for transport of asbestos to an unlawful facility or area are $4000 for an individual or $8000 for a corporation.

“If residents find asbestos on or in their property, we recommend they refer to the state government website and contact a licensed

Rev. Davies said.

“It seems clear that they’re not interested in doing that.”

Rev. Davies, who has served the congregation at Williamtown for six years, said, “This is not just about a building.

“This is a congregation of people, and these decisions impact their lives.”

Rev. Davies is now discussing the matter with the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in order to determine what are the most appropriate next steps.

The department spokesperson said, “The precinct is still under investigation and no decisions have been made on implementation of the precinct.”

asbestos assessor to provide advice,” Mr Lamont said.

Mr Hay warned that attempting to remove asbestos could contaminate a person's home if not done properly.

Port Stephens Council strongly encourages residents to report any illegal dumping via the Report and Request link on their website or call their Customer Experience team on 4988 0255.

For more information visit www.asbestos.nsw.gov. au/safety/safety-in-thehome/asbestos-in-the-home.

NELSON BAY CANCER PATIENT TRANSPORT GROUP

Is a volunteer group providing the following services to our local community

Volunteer drivers who transport patients to the Newcastle Metropolitan area for cancer treatment and related Doctors’ appointments. It is an ancillary service for when cancer patients cannot access any other reliable form of personal transport for treatments and appointments.

Our services are subject to available resources.

This service is provided free of charge to patients and continues due to the generosity of our volunteer drivers, financial grants and donations received from the local community.

Phone: 0407 252 566

Email:secretary@nbcptg.com.au

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Port's Myall River slowly

By Thomas O’KEEFE

DEATH and disease in the Myall River system may soon be widespread, according to information from the Myall River Action Group (MRAG), potentially impacting the viability of Nelson Bay ferry services.

Despite expensive and extensive dredging back in 2020, natural forces are being contorted by the relics of many past manmade mistakes, inevitably restarting the choking accumulation of sand and sediment at the mouth of the Myall River.

“What many people may not know, there have been at least four major mistakes made in the last century that have led to an unnatural situation that nature herself is trying to right,” Gordon Grainger of the MRAG told NOTA.

Mr Grainger referred to the 1909 artificial dredging north of Corrie Island, development-led erosion and subsequent obliteration of Myall Point in 1927, erosion from 1960s Jimmys Beach development, and costly trucking of sand from Bennetts Beach dunes more recently.

Noel Gaunt, lead skipper of the local ‘Y-Knot’ catamaran ferry service to Nelson Bay, told NOTA, “The ferry has touched the sand in the passage three times lately, and, since September 2022, the sand bar has encroached sixteen metres into the channel.

“In three to four months, we will be precluded from using it altogether,” Mr

Gaunt added.

“Ferry service is essential to the local economy, bringing tourism, bike runs, and family visitors,” said Mr Gaunt, emphasising the utter necessity of a deep and navigable channel.

Drone images, provided by MRAG, clearly show considerable sand migration blocking both the passage

q Tourists brought over on the Y-Knot Ferry are critical to the Tea Gardens economy.

FEDERAL MEMBER FOR PATERSON

Authorised by Meryl Swanson MP, 35 Sturgeon St, Raymond Terrace NSW 2324

Tim Crakanthorp MP will become Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, and Minister for the Hunter

Jenny Aitchison MP will become Minister for Regional Transport and Roads.

Kate Washington MP will become Minister for Families and Communities, and Minister for Disability Inclusion

I want to congratulate three of our local state members on their appointment to the Minns Labor Ministry.

I wish them all the very best as they assume their new roles and responsibilities

I look forward to working with them and the new Minns Labor Government to achieve good results for our community

slowly dying due to choking sand shift

north of Corrie Island, and the original, natural passage to the east, which the local ferries use.

Perhaps not apparent, however, is the alarmingly low salinity of the estuary, which has direct health effects upon the local oyster and fish populations.

“Last year, we lost the entire Sydney Rock Oyster

crop, and the recently established Pacific oysters are dying off now, too,” said Mr Gaunt. Practical action is inhibited by a Kafkaesque gauntlet of nearly a dozen bureaucracies, from Council to Crown Lands.

NOTA will illuminate the various impacts in greater detail soon.

Small arms training at Salt Ash Weapons Range

RAAF Base Williamtown will be conducting surface live-fire activities using small arms at the Salt Ash Air Weapons Range (SAAWR).

These activities will be conducted by No 1. Security Force, No. 26 Squadron and No. 4 Squadron based at RAAF Base Williamtown

intermittently throughout 2023, in support of continuation training for security personnel, combat controllers and joint terminal attack controllers.

This activity is in addition to previously scheduled flying by PC-21 aircraft from No. 4 Squadron and Hawk 127

aircraft from 76 Squadron.

There is currently no programed training scheduled for F-35A Lightning II aircraft on SAAWR.

Senior Australian Defence Force Officer, Group Captain Anthony Stainton said residents living in East Medowie, Salt Ash and Lemon Tree Passage should expect the range to be used at certain times throughout the year.

“The Range is crucial to training and every effort is taken to actively minimise its use and the impact to the surrounding community,” Group Captain Stainton said.

“Air Force has a responsibility to ensure personnel are ready and able to deploy at short notice and this involves necessary training that can extend to the use of SAAWR.”

q Drone photo looking up the Myall River mouth clearly shows the current sand accumulation. Photo: supplied.

q Shallow sand is apparent in the narrow, natural channel, last dredged in 2020.

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Attitudes on domestic violence still need improvement

AUSTRALIANS have a better understanding of domestic violence, recognising non-physical forms of violence, but two in five people mistakenly believe that domestic violence is perpetrated by both men and women equally.

The 2021 National Community Attitudes Survey (NCAS), released by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) last week, has revealed that 41 percent of respondents mistakenly believe that domestic violence is equally committed by men and women, a significant increase from 23 percent of respondents in 2009.

not interested, which rose from 68 percent in 2017.

Padma Raman PSM, CEO of ANROWS, said the 2021 NCAS findings provide evidence that the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 is moving in the right direction to eliminate violence in one generation.

“The National Plan, agreed to by all Governments, creates the blueprint for how as a nation we can eliminate violence against women and children and the 2021 NCAS findings provide concrete areas where we need to work as a country to achieve this,” Ms Raman said.

“These

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The 2021 NCAS, which measures understanding and attitudes of people across Australia, found that only 57 percent of respondents believe males are the primary perpetrators of domestic violence, despite recent ABS Personal Safety Survey evidence, which revealed most victim-survivors name a male perpetrator.

The world’s longest running survey of community attitudes towards violence against women, the 2021 NCAS surveyed 19,100 Australians and found that while understanding and rejection of domestic and sexual violence have generally improved, there is a still long way to go.

Concerningly, the 2021 NCAS also found that even though 91 percent of respondents believe violence against women is a problem in Australia, only 47 percent of respondents believe it is a problem in their own suburb or town.

In addition, Australian’s overall rejection of domestic violence plateaued between 2017 and 2021.

Despite concerning findings, the 2021 NCAS found some significant improvements in understanding and attitudes over the last decade, after the release of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022, such as a greater understanding of the different forms of violence.

In 2013 only 53 percent of respondents considered controlling a partner by denying them money a form of domestic violence, this rose to 81 percent in 2021.

Pleasingly, the 2021 NCAS also found significant improvements in Australians’ understanding and rejection of sexual violence, with 81 percent of respondents disagreeing that women find it flattering to be persistently pursued, even if they are

“Whilst these findings show really pleasing shifts in Australians’ attitudes towards sexual violence, we still have a long way to go in correcting victimblaming attitudes and rape myths.”

“Over the last decade we’ve seen an improvement in understanding of family and domestic violence, including recognising non-physical forms of violence, but it is extremely worrying that many Australians don’t understand that domestic violence is predominantly perpetrated by men against women.”

Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth thanked ANROWS for its important work on the long-running National Community Attitudes Survey.

“Research like this helps us identify where there may be gaps in our understanding and where we need to focus our efforts on as a society when it comes to the important issues of family, domestic and sexual violence,” Minister Rishworth said.

“Along with states and territories, last year with the release of the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032 we set a target to end violence against women and children in one generation.

“By all pulling in the same direction we can achieve this, but governments can’t do it on their own. Ending violence against women and children is everybody’s responsibility and everybody’s business.

“A key piece in ending violence against women and children is addressing the attitudes that can support it.

“This includes attitudes that deny gender equality, that seek to limit women’s autonomy in relationships and that objectify women and disregard consent.”

Other significant findings from the NCAS include that, in 2021:

• One in four respondents believed that a woman who does not leave an abusive partner is partly responsible for the abuse continuing.

• Two in five respondents said they would not know how to access domestic violence services.

• 37 percent of respondents thought women going through custody battles often make up or exaggerate claims of domestic violence to gain tactical advantage in their case.

• 41 percent of respondents agreed that many women mistakenly interpret innocent remarks as sexist.

• One in three respondents thought women exaggerate the unequal treatment of women in Australia.

• 34 percent of respondents believed that it is common for sexual assault accusations to be used as a way of getting back at men.

• 24 percent of respondents believed that a lot of times women who say they were raped had led the man on and later had regrets.

• One in four respondents believed that when a man is very sexually aroused, he may not even realise that the women doesn’t want to have sex.

• Nearly one quarter (23 percent) of respondents agreed that much of what is called domestic violence is a normal reaction to day-to-day stress and frustration.

• 85 percent of respondents did not believe that domestic violence can be excused if the violent person genuinely regrets what they have done.

This rose from 71 percent in 2009 and 74 percent in 2013 but was similar to the percentage in 2017.

• 84 percent of respondents did not believe that domestic violence can be excused if it results from someone getting so angry that they temporarily lose control.

This rose from 76 percent in 2013 but was similar to the percentage in 2017.

findings show us that significant work needs to be done to improve attitudes and understanding regarding family, domestic and sexual violence.

COINED the ‘triple threat virus’, a new mix of illnesses is expected to hit our shores this winter, as the combination of flu, COVID-19 and RSV created some of the worst flu seasons on record in the Northern Hemisphere, conditions which proved especially dangerous for children and at risk adults.

With over a quarter of a million flu cases recorded last year and the virus set to take centre stage earlier this year, health experts worry what this crisis will mean for the season.

experts, Dr Nick Coatsworth and Chief Pharmacist at TerryWhite Chemmart, Brenton Hart are joining forces to promote a collaborative approach to care this winter, and encourage people to also consider getting vaccinated in a local pharmacy, particularly for influenza and COVID-19.

Dr Nick Coatsworth said that although healthcare providers are ready for an early flu season, accessibility and convenience to get vaccinated is a major concern.

“There is a triple threat this year with the combination of flu, COVID-19 and RSV, and the urgency for early protection is real, but as GPs and hospitals across the country stretch their capacity to record levels, the demand is only going to worsen if we all get sick,” Dr Coatsworth said.

“Many will still rely on their GPs to get vaccinated, but this may become problematic with already overstretched GP clinics and extended waiting times to see a doctor potentially putting people's lives at risk.

In response, one of Australia’s leading medical

“GPs play a critical role

in our national healthcare system, and it’s important that we support them during this crisis by considering simple and effective ways to ease their burdens, without compromising patient care.

“One way we can do that is by taking a collaborative approach, working with our pharmacist colleagues to deliver key services, and that is especially true for flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.”

These calls follow the release of economic analysis from global accounting firm EY, which found that a more collaborative approach to care by GPs and pharmacists could help reduce GP visits by 6.2 million a year; slash hospital stays by more than 350,000 days a year, and free up 52,000 hours in Emergency Department capacity annually.

Furthermore, TerryWhite Chemmart Chief Pharmacist Brenton Hart said the vaccination service provided by pharmacists forms part of this approach and is a sensible solution, especially after seeing the lifesaving benefits that resulted from pharmacy vaccination during

the pandemic.

“GPs and pharmacists alike are all responsible for the health of their communities, and we know that when we work hand-inhand we can deliver a more holistic approach and make getting the healthcare you need more accessible,” Hart said.

“Community pharmacists have been vaccinating for eight years, steadily growing to the point that at TerryWhite Chemmart we have administered over two million vaccinations in the last two years.”

Brenton Hart also adds that while people might be experiencing vaccine fatigue, we also can’t forget that many carry the influenza virus unknowingly and is an incredibly infectious and serious respiratory disease

that may be fatal.

But, with vaccination you can protect yourself from getting sick.

flu.

Experts warn of tough winter with triple threat virus

"If you do, your illness would likely be less severe.

"A 2018 study found that flu vaccination among adults reduced the risk of being admitted to an intensive care unit with flu by 59 percent and a 2014 study showed that flu vaccination reduced children’s risk of flu-related paediatric intensive care unit admission by 74 percent,” Hart concluded.

“The more we suppress influenza through vaccination, the less opportunity the virus has to mutate and infect people,” Hart said.

“Lastly, getting a flu vaccination reduces your odds of getting sick from the

TerryWhite Chemmart has pharmacies across the nation and is offering flu and COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the whole family with a click of a button.

To speak to your local GP, head to terrywhitechemmart. com.au, or speak to your local TerryWhite Chemmart pharmacist.

This also includes people’s ability to get vaccinated in time, in order to protect themselves and their families against the looming triple virus threat.

“As we have seen with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, people can unknowingly have the flu and gravely affect our most vulnerable.

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Councils congratulate new Government

THE peak body for the state’s councils has congratulated NSW Premier-Elect Chris Minns and his incoming government, and pledged to work with them to deliver for communities right across the state.

Local Government

NSW (LGNSW) President Darriea Turley AM said the 58th Parliament of NSW offered the opportunity for the two spheres of Government to work in true partnership for the people of NSW, via a fresh Intergovernmental Agreement.

“Councils previously had an agreement with

the Coalition Government signed by former Premier Gladys Berejiklian, but this agreement was disappointingly not renewed during the last Parliamentary term,” Cr Turley said.

“We’re delighted that the incoming Minns Labor Government has committed to signing a new Agreement, which will provide the foundations for a more constructive way of working together.”

Cr Turley said the Agreement was in keeping with the constructive and respectful election campaigns run by both Premier-Elect Minns and

former Premier Dominic Perrottet.

“LGNSW looks forward to working in the same vein with all elected MPs: ALP Government MPs, Liberal and National MPs, minor parties, independents and crossbenchers,” she said.

“Above all, we remain firmly focused on the community-focused objectives that made up our election priorities and we will continue to work constructively towards the achievement of those goals.

“There’s still so much to do, particularly around the financial sustainability of local government.”

Cr Turley said LGNSW would hold the incoming

Labor Government to account to ensure delivery of a wide range of election commitments, including promises to:

- Review the broken model which effectively works against the financial sustainability of councils.

- Develop and apply new, fairer grant guidelines require a mandatory 30 percent of all homes built on surplus government land to be social, affordable and diverse housing.

- Implement all 44 recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry into rural and regional health services.

- Introduce fair and transparent accounting rules

that restore ownership.

“NSW Labor also promised an Emergency Road Repair Fund for regional roads worth $670m over two years, and this money needs to flow into the system as quickly as possible to assist councils in building back local roads devastated by floods and torrential rains,” she said.

“There is a very big task ahead of the incoming Government, but I am confident that a fresh Intergovernmental Agreement is a strong first step in forging the good faith partnership our communities need and expect.”

Kate Washington thanks electors of Port Stephens

By Thomas O’KEEFE INCUMBENT Member

for Port Stephens, Kate Washington, who was successfully reelected with 54 percent of first preference votes, remained characteristically unassuming in her gratitude to the electorate in Tea Gardens this week.

“I am genuinely humbled, particularly by the response in the area, from Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest, North Arm Cove and all in between,” Ms Washington told News Of The Area.

“The level of support I have seen has surprised me, and I want people to know that I will always be available and accessible; my first job is to this community,

in this electorate,” Ms Washington keenly stated.

That support was clearly apparent, as several locals at the Tea Gardens Hotel on Thursday greeted her with warm congratulations.

Ms Washington received an impressive two-candidate-preferred majority of 71.38 percent, more than double her nearest competitor, according to the NSW Electoral Commission.

“My first priorities (locally) are roads and the dredge,” Ms Washington stated.

“Local roads funding is a big priority, the highway intersection (Myall Way) is still on the agenda, and I will continue that conversation with

(MidCoast) council,” Ms Washington told NOTA.

Regarding the Myall River dredging, Ms Washington said, “There needs to be a long-term solution, and now that we are in government, I can use that to push for these things locally.”

Speaking more broadly, Ms Washington named health, schools, housing and jobs as key areas of

attention for the new government.

“Our hospitals and paramedics are understaffed and under-resourced, and we need to rebuild the foundations of the education system that have eroded over the last twelve years of the former government,” Ms Washington declared.

“Housing has become a tight market, impacting local families,” Ms Washington

continued, and recognised the clear link between housing and employment, highlighting Labor’s election promise of the introduction of Manufacturing Centres of Excellence at Hunter TAFE, “to bring productive industries back to NSW”.

Ms Washington is, at the time of printing, joining the caucus meeting in Sydney, to determine her specific role in the new government.

By Marian SAMPSON

WHEN 83-year-old John McDonald was unable to restart his 4WD after stalling at a roundabout on the way to Millers Forest, he hopped out of the vehicle to give it a good old fashioned push.

As luck would have it, Levi, a nineteen-yearold member of the Port Stephens SES, was driving home from work when he came across John, clearly in need of some help.

Straining to get the car off the road, and hoping

that more passersby would come to his aid, John had his faith in humanity rewarded when two women, returning

from their weekly shop, pulled over to lend a hand.

With traffic beginning to back up, the women assisted John to push the car to clear the road.

In the process of moving the vehicle however, John injured his legs.

Levi, who has received formal first aid training through the SES, jumped into action,

taking his personal first aid kit over to the driver to help.

Elderly driver grateful for community support after breakdown

Tending to the injuries, Levi used saline to clean the wounds from dirt that had become stuck, and checked John for any other injuries.

Levi and the two female helpers all stayed and supported John until Ambulance crews arrived, who transported him to John Hunter Hospital from the new Medowie Ambulance station.

John McDonald told News Of The Area, “The women were wonderful - I am so happy to think that the Australian way isn’t dead.

“We chatted while waiting for the Ambulance and they were like old friends.

“I would like to thank them for being conscientious and for helping out - I appreciate their help tremendously.”

John was impressed that the ladies stopped to lend a hand despite needing to get home to meet their children after school.

John’s faith in humanity has been restored and he hopes that in future more men will follow the example of the women and the young man from the SES who helped him out.

q Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington visited the Tea Gardens Hotel on Thursday to express her thanks for voting support.

q SES member Levi is happy to help anyone in need.

Port Stephens FM celebrates 30 years behind the mic

By Lindsay HALL

WHEN media is increasingly moving online and facing the fickle attention of trends and algorithms, it may seem surprising that a community radio station staffed by volunteers is not only surviving but thriving after 30 years of broadcasting.

Port Stephens FM (PS FM) president Phil Rosenberg doesn’t think that it is much of a surprise at all.

“We know what our listeners want to hear, and we play it,” Phil said.

“It’s that simple.”

100.9 Port Stephens FM celebrated their 30th Anniversary on Saturday 1 April with an open day at their premises in Salamander Bay.

Attendees were invited to tour the studios, meet the volunteers, enjoy the entertainment provided by a number of the station’s community group partners, and share in the celebratory cake.

In attendance were representatives of the CWA, Marine Rescue, NSW Police and the Tomaree Community

Hospital Auxiliary, among others.

Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer were also there to offer their congratulations.

“I’ve been here fifteen years and we haven’t had one of these in a while,” Phil said.

“30 years seemed like the right time.”

Phil said the day was a great testament to the wonderful relationship that PS FM enjoys with the community.

“We’re the highest rated radio station in this area.”

While acknowledging the challenge that the station has faced in recent years due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Phil credits the station’s survival and longevity to a strong committee, and a deeply committed group of volunteers.

“We’re a family,” he said of the 40 plus members of the team present at the special event.

It was a government grant that enabled PS FM to endure the worst of the economic hardship, but

according to Phil the station has actually seen an increase in sponsorship.

“In the past six months things have really kicked off for us.

“We survive on sponsorship.”

In a brief address to the crowd Phil thanked the community for their show of support, and forecast many years of successful programming to come.

q Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington, Port Stephens FM President Phil Rosenberg, presenter Brian Watson-Will and Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer cut the cake to celebrate 30 years of broadcasting.

q Mayor Ryan Palmer congratulates Port Stephens FM on 30 years.

q Ladies of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter setting up for birthday bash.

q Community members and station supporters gather to celebrate 30 years of Port Stephens FM.

q Port Stephens FM President Phil Rosenberg with Marine Rescue Deputy Unit Commander Steve Vautier.

Tilly Moore enjoys success in Operation Art competition

By Marian SAMPSON

OPERATION Art, a statewide school art competition, is a project between Westmead Children’s Hospital and the NSW Government to raise much needed funds for the hospital.

Each piece submitted to Operation Art has prints made which are then sold, with all funds going to the hospital.

Matilda (Tilly) Moore attends Catherine Macauley Catholic College at Medowie.

Encouraged by her art teacher, Tilly entered an artwork into the Operation Art competition.

This year there were 700 entries from across all NSW schools, with the top 50 pieces of art chosen for exhibition.

Tilly’s entry was one of the pieces selected as

a finalist and was hung at the Armory Art Gallery at Homebush and then was a part of a tour of NSW.

At the conclusion of the tour, the artworks are hung at the Art Gallery of NSW.

Tilly was invited to the opening of this exhibition where she was announced the winner of the Danny Eastwood Indigenous Award, with her artwork chosen by Ken Done and Danny

Eastwood.

After three months on display in the Art Gallery of NSW, the art will go to Westmead Children’s Hospital.

Tilly’s artwork is called ‘Alpaca My Bags’.

Tilly loves alpacas but also wants the sick kids to know that one day they will ‘Alpaca their bags and go home’.

New team leads Medowie Probus Club

things to maintain the mantra of Probus for the next year in ‘Fellowship, Friendship and Fun’.”

The aim of Probus Clubs is to provide a meeting place for retirees and semi-retirees to enjoy social opportunities with like minded people.

The Medowie Probus Club organises regular outings and members enjoy spending time in each other's company.

The Combined Probus Club

of Medowie provides for both genders and meets on the third Wednesday of the month at the Medowie Community Centre on Ferodale Road.

The meeting is at 10.00 am and runs for around an hour and a half, with stimulating guest speakers followed by a delightful morning tea.

All are welcome.

Further information can be obtained at medowieprobus@gmail.com

By Marian SAMPSON

THE recent AGM of the Combined Medowie Probus Club has seen a new

Committee elected for the year 2023 to 2024.

After the AGM, members adjourned to the Lakeside Tavern for a Changeover

Lunch celebrating the start of the new Probus year.

Kevin Tomlinson told News Of The Area, “The new Committee are looking at

Expressions of interest

We’re establishing a Homelessness Stakeholder Advocacy Group (HSAG) to support a collective approach to addressing the impacts of homelessness in Port Stephens.

Through collaboration at all levels of government with the community sector, we’re more likely to achieve success in addressing these impacts.

The role of the HSAG is to:

• Provide Council with strategic advice on homelessness and related issues that can be dealt with at a Local Government level.

• Work with Council to address local issues, develop options and assist in identifying preferred solutions as part of Council’s decision making process.

• Advocate community views on homelessness issues.

The Community Representative is a volunteer position and the applicant must be a resident of Port Stephens.

The ideal candidate has an:

• Awareness of, interest in or lived experience of homelessness

• Understanding of community issues in Port Stephens

• Passion for problem solving and community justice

As a member of the advocacy group, you’ll be required to meet twice per year or at an interval deemed appropriate by the HSAG.

All applications will be assessed by the group and endorsed by Port Stephens Council.

q TIlly with her work ‘Alpaca my Bags’.

q Members enjoying the changeover lunch.

q The new Combined Medowie Probus Club Committee. President Paul, Membership Officer Daphne, Secretary Shirley, Gladys, Neville, Ann, Kevin, David, Lyn and Geoffrey.

Clayton’s story of survival hits the stage

By Doug CONNOR

A STORY of survival and a quest for acceptance, the life of Lee Clayton has been brought to the stage in a new play depicting the lives of members of Australia’s burgeoning LGBTQI rights movement.

Lee joined the Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) in the early 1970s, a group formed in Balmain in 1971 dedicated to improving public understanding of homosexuality, easing the pathway to ‘coming out’ and reducing the isolation experienced by members of the LGBTQI community.

In September 2022, veteran CAMP members Robyn Kennedy and Robyn Plaister released a book, entitled ‘CAMP: Australia's pioneer homosexual rights activists’, which featured Lee’s story.

With the book as inspiration, playright Elias Jamieson Brown and director Kate Gaul then brought CAMP to the stage; the play running in late February and early March at Sydney’s Seymour Centre.

Lee’s journey to involvement with the CAMP movement was not a simple one.

In her early late teens and early twenties, grappling with her sexuality, Lee described herself as “a very innocent young girl”.

“In terms of sexuality, I didn’t even know what I was, I had no idea,” Lee said.

“I was a virgin and I was very cotton wooled at home.”

At 21, after suffering a nervous breakdown while completing her nursing training, Lee was admitted to Chelmsford Private Hospital, a psychiatric institution in Pennant Hills.

“I was nursing at the time, and I hadn’t been very well.

“I was put in for what I am sure was PTSD, but there was no such thing in those days,” Lee said.

Her mother, who had been growing concerned with Lee showing interest in women, discussed Lee’s sexuality with hospital staff.

“I liked my teacher, and my mother thought that wasn’t okay,” Lee said.

“When I went into the hospital my mother said ‘she is really fond of girls and we don’t want that’.

“The sister said ‘we can sort that out’.

“They tried to sort me out but they didn’t quite manage,” Lee said with a wry laugh.

“They did a lot of awful things to me though.

“It was horrendous really.”

At the time, led by Dr Harry Bailey, Chelmsford Private Hospital was treating patients with Deep Sleep Therapy (DST), a discredited practice in which drugs are used to keep patients unconscious for up to several weeks at a time.

From the early 1960s to late 70s, DST led to the death of 25 patients in Chelmsford.

The hospital’s use of the practice, and other experimental treatment methods, was the centre of a Royal Commission from 1988 to 1990.

DST was prescribed for various conditions including schizophrenia, depression, obesity, premenstrual stress syndrome and addiction.

The hospital practised DST in combination with electroconvulsive

therapy (ECT), while brain surgeries such as the Cingulo-tractotomy were used, in Dr Bailey’s words, to treat “sexual immaturity”.

Lee has vivid and painful memories of her time in treatment at Chelmsford.

“There were people there who had ‘sexual problems’ and things like depression.

“I was in deep sleep therapy for a long time.

“I had anoxia three times, which is a lack of oxygen to the blood.”

In particular, Lee recalls the use of electroconvulsive therapy without anaesthetic.

“While they were doing the therapy they would also do the ECT.

“They used to do it bilaterally then, on both sides at the same time on your head.

“It would give you the biggest shock and spasms in my back.

“I can remember fighting it.

“We were shackled at our ankles and wrists and were in a wet bed, I can’t remember how long for, without the sheets being changed after we wet the bed.

“It was awful really.

“Years of headaches, slipped discs and pain, a back brace and urinary tract infections followed this, and incontinence.”

To this day Lee is shocked that the hospital was allowed to practise these types of therapies at the time.

“Deep sleep therapy was really illegal.

“It had been outlawed in England and this doctor had come over to practise it in Australia.

“It was putting patients to sleep in very deep comas.

“Plenty of people died at Chelmsford through deep sleep comas.

“They also used to do awful things to the men and the boys.

“They would shock their penises and do horrible things to them.”

For Lee, the memory of Dr Harry Bailey, who committed suicide in 1985 while under investigation for his practices, is also an enduring one.

“He used to wear a monocle and Hawaiian shirts all the time.

“He was a flamboyant guy.

“People followed him, people believed him, otherwise this wouldn’t have happened.

“Doctors, nurses, even patients, believed this man.”

Eventually, after hearing that

hospital staff had scheduled her for brain surgery, Lee was able to make her escape after a door was fortuitously left unlocked by hospital staff.

“I was buying some cigarettes one night from the machine.

“I overheard them saying they were going to send me to St George, which was where they would do the Cingulo-tractotomy - psychosurgery on my brain.

“I stopped taking my pills, and hid them in my cigarette box and put them in pot plants, but still acted like I was drugged up.

“One night it was about 2:00am and I found the door open and I got out and quietly closed the door and walked down the hill, though I couldn’t walk very well.”

Lee was able to make it to a nearby phone box and called a doctor she trusted, who arranged her to transfer to Ryde hospital.

“I will always love that man,” she said.

“He had worked at Chelmsford before and after a while realised that the treatments weren’t okay and he left.

“He knew it wasn’t doing what it was supposed to be doing, helping people.”

To this day, Lee has no idea how long she spent at the hospital.

“I don’t know how long I was in Chelmsford for.

“They sometimes keep you in deep sleep for a month or two months.”

A short time after her escape from hospital, Lee told her GP about the horrors she experienced at Chelmsford.

“She called me a liar,” Lee said.

“She said ‘that’s rubbish, nothing like that happened’.

“I didn’t say another word to anyone for twenty years.”

It was several years after her escape that Lee made initial contact with the CAMP community.

The group ran a coffee shop and meeting space in Glebe, produced a monthly newspaper called CAMP Inc, and ran regular dances and events for the LBTQI community.

“It was a place where you could be yourself, it was a safe way to be.

“It was in a little doorway on Glebe Point Road in Sydney.

“It was such a great place to be.

“I felt finally that I fitted In somewhere, meeting people who felt

the same way I did.

“This was a place where we could meet, have a cup of coffee and just be ourselves.

“That’s how I originally got involved.”

Lee later volunteered her time at CAMP, greeting new members and welcoming them to the community.

“CAMP was about fighting for our rights, but I never got involved in politics or activism.

“I used to meet and greet people at the coffee shop two or three nights a week.

“When people were brand new, they were really nervous, it might have been their first time in a place like this.”

On weekends, CAMP members ran a hotline for LGTBQI people needing support.

“Phone a Friend was a counselling service operated by men and women 24 hours a day every weekend.

“These people were nurses and teachers etc, and they really helped so many people.”

With CAMP members’ stories brought to life on stage in recent weeks, Lee made the journey to Sydney to witness the production, which she described as “quite extraordinary”.

“The music, the sound and lights were all amazing.

“My story is woven through the whole thing.

“There were two actors playing me.

“Lou McInnes played me young and Sandie Eldridge played me older.

“When one came on, my daughter said ‘there’s you mum, they have got you to a tee’.

“The cast all came out later and gave me the biggest hug and thanked me for telling my story.”

Lee said the opportunity to tell her story, and watch it unfold on stage, was a cathartic experience.

“Watching it made me feel lighter.

“I didn’t realise I was hanging on to all this stuff.”

For twenty years following her experience, Lee remained silent, until by chance she saw a Chelmsford survivor being interviewed on 60 Minutes by Tony Ward.

“I started to shake.

“I couldn’t believe that someone was talking about this, and that somebody was believing them.

“At the end there was a number to call for people who had had the same

experience.”

Lee made the call, and worked with a solicitor through the compensation process, eventually receiving $170,000.

Decades later, Lee has accepted her past and forgiven those responsible.

“I did that quite early on,” she said.

“I had to forgive them, or I would not have been able to go on with my life.

“If you hang on to this rage and hate and feelings of terror, you just make yourself sick.

“It doesn’t affect anyone but yourself.”

Speaking to News Of The Area in the recent aftermath of Australia’s Pride celebrations, Lee is pleased at the strides the nation has made towards acceptance.

“People should be treated how you wish to be treated.

“Whatever colour you are, if you have a faith – whatever faith you are, whatever sex you are.

“That’s the way I have always thought since I was a kid.

“I have never seen it any different and I never will.”

In the lead up to the NSW state election, both major parties made commitments to ban ‘gay conversion’ practices, a move Lee “can’t believe” hasn’t yet been made in the state.

“I can't believe that it is still legal.

“People who don’t understand things, they have such a fear.”

Lee remains committed to her Christian faith, based on love and kindness, and attends the local Uniting Church.

“I have faith in God and love not necessarily religious doctrine, and my faith and music and creativity has always been important to me.

“I also respect those who don’t have a faith or different faiths.

“We are all equal and we need differences to help this world be more interesting.

“Being inclusive about anything different doesn’t need to be difficult.

“We can all get on if we choose.”

Now residing in Tea Gardens, with family locally, Lee said she feels blessed by the life she has lived.

“I have a lovely life, lovely family, some good friends, I am involved in the community – what else do you want in life?

“I feel very grateful.”

q Lee Clayton (centre) with some of the cast from CAMP. (From left) Sandie Eldridge, Tamara Natt, Lee Clayton, Lou McInnes, Jane Phegan and Ade Cappelletta.

Karuah racer competes in Condo 750

By Thomas O’KEEFE

KARUAH stood loud and proud

on Chris Hood’s kit and vehicle as he competed in the Condo 750 navigational rally between

31 March and 2 April this year at Condobolin.

Chris Hood, a North Arm Cove

Nelson Bay Golf Results

SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2023

Mens Stableford:

Xmas Bush Course

A1 David Warder (10) 38

B2 Peter Bowles (23) 38

C1 John Turner (33) 38

Women Stableford:

Xmas Bush course

Overall, Winners:

1 Barbara Clark (31) 36

2 Jenny Frost (9) 35

L&Z CHALMERS MIXED

4BBB:

Xmas Bush Course

1 Ann Turner & John Turner 4

2 Bob Kew & Jenny Frost 43 c/b

3 Barbara Frost & David Rann (43)

4 Karen West & Scott Ferguson 42 c/b

5 Barbara & Barry Clarke

MONDAY 27 MARCH 2023

VETS STABLEFORD:

Div 1

1 Peter Backe-Hanson 25

2 Richard Lithgow 21 Div 2

1 Brian Stewart 20

2 Terry Gannon 20

NTP

Robert Moodie, Hole 5 @ 348cm

NTP Ted Williams Hole 25 @ 298cm

TUESDAY 28 MARCH 2023

Women Stableford: Xmas Bush Course SPN: M

PHEGAN, J MCCLYMONT & J WALKER

A1 Elaine Jackson (35) 38c/b

A2 Rita Fitzgerald (19) 38

A3 Anita Hutchinson (30) 36

Women Stableford 9 Hole 19-

27: Brushbox Course

Overall, Winners:

1 Meg Flack (39) 17

2 Kylie Murchie (43) 14

WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2023

Mens Stableford: Gymea Lily Course:

A1 William Marshall (4)

36c/b

A2 Clifford Fallan (4) 36

B1 Jamie Keating (16) 34 \

B2 James Silvestri (16) 33

C1 Kent Williams (26) 34

C2 Craig Burnett (27) 33

Mens Stableford - 4bbb Stab

Multiplier: Brushbox Course 19-9

A1 Ray Wright (9) 34

A2 Luke Goudge (15) 32c/b

B1 Ian Faulkner (16) 29

B2 John Fitzgerald (20) 28

C1 Christopher Dunn (24) 28

C2 Wal Reisch (33) 27

THURSDAY 30 MARCH 2023

Women’s Stroke: Gymea Lily Course

A1 Karen West (19) 75

A2 Heather Atkins (22) 76 c/b A3 Monica Good (27) 76 c/b

B1 Helen James (49) 73

B2 Susan Wilson (46) 74

B3 Adele Marshall (50) 75 c/b

Men Stableford: Gymea Lily Course Over-all Winners:

1 Peter Sate (18) 32

2 John Townsend (24) 31 VETS Stableford:

1 Douglas Curtis 22

2 Brian Stewart 20

3 Geoffrey Brown 18 Nearest to Pin: Brian Hodges – Hole 25 @ 318cm

FRIDAY 31 MARCH 2023

Mens Stableford:

Xmas Bush Course

A1 Col Herring (15) 37

A2 Neil Edwards (11) 36 c/b

A3 Guy Jennings (11) 36

B1 William Salmon (16) 38

local with connections in Karuah, had previously won the two-stroke class in 2019, and has competed in the Finke Desert Race near Alice Springs, and the Sunraysia Safari Rally in the Wentworth region of western NSW.

Held in Condobolin, Central West NSW, the Condo 750 is an offroad navigational rally for cars run in stages, motorbikes, buggies, quad bikes and sidecars, held since 1988 until the COVID-19 shutdown.

“COVID has destroyed events in regional towns like Condobolin and Karuah, in some cases the single event that small communities really rely on, including the Karuah Oyster Festival,” Mr Hood told News Of The Area.

“I’ve managed to advertise the Karuah Centre website, and have Destination Karuah and Hunter Quarries on sponsor shirts, banners, bumper stickers and

B2 James Horgan (18) 37 c/b

B3 Robert Paul (22) 37

C1 Tim Schafer (35) 39

C2 Peter Dee (37) 38

C3 Glenn Sutton (34) 35

4BBB Stableford Xmas Bush course

Overall, Winners:

1 Tim Schafer / Simon Wilkinson 49

2 Susan Hogan / David Hogan

45

Women’s Stableford:

bike decals,” Mr Hood explained the extent to which he has gone to promote Karuah out west.

“The race is the only community club-based rally left in Australia, bringing entrants from five states to attend, and I want to show off Karuah through the sponsorships to bring more people back to our coastal town, too,” Mr Hood added.

This year, throughout the weekend of 31 March to 2 April, Chris Hood competed in the H3 class, for engines over 450cc, covering the 840 competitive offroad kilometres, with an added 440 ‘liaison’ kilometres onroad.

“The whole weekend is hell on body and mind,” Mr Hood candidly told NOTA, “but it is good to see such events back for the first time since 2019.”

Mr Hood thanked the local sponsors in and around Karuah, and said, “With the same postCOVID situation here as there, we just need to promote our place and get things back on the road.”

Overall winners:

1 Beth MacDuff (26) 34 c/b

2 Susan Hogan (30) 34

SATURDAY 1 APRIL 2023

Mens Stableford: Xmas Bush

A1 Kyle McElwain (15) 39

A2 Harvey Mason (13) 38 c/b

B1 Michael Day (17) 44

B2 Dudley Herbert (22) 39

C1 David Davis (36) 41

C2 Mark Baker (26) 39

Mens Stableford - NON-

MEDAL STROKE: Gymea Lily Course

Over-all Winner: Brett Allman (16) 68

A1 Peter Power (15) 69c/b

A2 Danny Plimmer (14) 70

A3 Zach Semmens (14) 71c/b

B1 Brett Allman (16) 68

B2 Liam Walsh (19) 69c/b

B3 Brian Smith (20) 69c/b

C1 Dan Wilson (24) 70

oriHC2 Colin Stone (29) 71

C3 Ian Sandy (26) 73c/b

q Chris Hood’s bike took him over 800km offroad in this year’s rally. Photo: supplied.

Swimmers to compete at Global Games

By Chris KARAS

STROUD Seals Swimming Club sensations Jakob

Thomson, Isaac Howells and Gabby Howells will fly the flag for Sport Inclusion Australia at this year’s Virtus Global Games in France.

The high functioning autistic swimmers are part of a squad of 120 athletes that are chasing medals in a variety of sports when the eleven day Global Games event kicks off on June 2 in the French state of Vichy.

They will head to Europe with their respected local mentor Mike Abel, who is Head Swimming Coach at their base at the Lakeside Leisure Centre in Raymond Terrace.

A proud Abel told News Of The Area, “All three have earned their spots on the Australian team with impressive performances across all swimming disciplines.

“The trio have clocked some fast times this year and look forward to swimming for their country in the S19 category at such a prestigious event as the Global Games,” quipped the experienced Abel, who has coached swimmers at the Lakeside Leisure Centre for

the past sixteen years.

Other sports featured at the Games include athletics, basketball, cycling (track and Road), equestrian, Futsal, handball, hockey, judo, karate, rowing (on water and indoor), table tennis, Taekwondo, and tennis.

Seventeenyear-old Thomson underlined his potential by clinching four gold medals and a silver when Australia dominated the Oceania/Asia Games in Brisbane last November.

Rising nineteen-year-old freestyler Gabby and her fifteenyear-old sibling Isaac also nabbed medals as the Australian national team topped the overall medal tally with 56 gold.

Coach Abel is currently preparing the talented trio for the upcoming National Age and Open Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast where they’ll be joined by Stroud Seals club mates in sixteen-year-old William Bradshaw, fourteen-

5:00pm - 6:00pm Saturday 3:00pm - 4:00pm $5.50 SCHOONERS

swimmers Gabby Howells, Jakob Thomson and Isaac Howells, who will represent Australia at this year’s Global Games in France.

year-old backstroker Kaylee Blundell and butterfly ace Lachlan Webster, thirteenyear-old deaf swimmer Sebastian Webster and fourteen-year-old breaststroker Caitlyn McDonald.

“Our club comprises 20 swimmers so this is a tremendous achievement by the young group,” Mike added.

Tilligerry Social Golf Club

TILLIGERRY Social Golf Club results for 31/3/23

Outright winner: John McDonald 38 Bonus points winner: John Clayton 35 Ball winners: Grahame Glover 32

Greg Hinton 32 Ron McKay 31

Bradman Award: Peter Couvaras D&C4th.

A. RonMcKay.

B. John McDonald D&C7th.

A. Matt Baldwin Money hole

A. Grahame Glover.

B. John McDonald

There were 9 starters today. Congratulations to all the winners. Next Friday 7/4/23Public Holiday Good Friday, no competition for us. It will be run by Tanilba Bay Golf Club don’t forget to register and book your cart.

q Lakeside Leisure Centre head swim coach Mike Abel with talented

Karuah Motor Yacht Club host fishing competition

By Thomas O’KEEFE

FISHING will be the order of the day, indeed, the entire weekend, when the Karuah Motor Yacht Club (KMYC) hosts its annual Fishing Competition this 28-30 April.

Affected by COVID, as have been so many local events these last few years, the KMYC Fishing Competition is back with a bang, with three separately recognised categories - Offshore, Estuary, and Beach - and Junior categories as well.

Starting at 9am on Friday, 28 April, with official WeighIn at 2pm on Sunday, 30 April, the competition is open to all members of the club, with a $20 entry fee for nonmembers, aiming to see the best and biggest legal catches of fish worth eating, so the rules are simple: ‘weight only’ and ‘no reef rubbish’.

“People can fish across the weekend, out among the islands, around the bay, or anywhere in the Karuah River system,” Commodore Timony added.

The Club, which began in the wake of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay as it passed through Karuah,

initially had just one solitary member, and now boasts 160 financial members, supporting the local Karuah Roos football team, running benefits and social nights for large local crowds, and offering meals on Fridays from 5pm.

“Previous Fishing Competitions have seen some amazing catches of the various local fish, including marlon and flathead, as well as an impressive 31kg snapper last time,” Commodore Timony

KMYC ANNUAL FISHING COMPETITION

Start: 9am Friday 28th April. Weigh in: 2pm Sunday 30th April

Three categories:

Rules will be available at time of registration. Registration must be in person at KMYC from 6th April 2023 to 28th April 2023 on club nights (Fridays).

told NOTA.

Entertainment on Sunday 30 April will include an appearance by Aaron Hood, and a sausage sizzle at the KMYC Clubhouse on Tarean Road, as catches are officially weighed and places are awarded at the end of the weekend.

Entrants must preregister for the event, and further and more detailed information can be found on the KMYC Facebook page, or by calling 0415-419-741.

Jim Timony, Commodore of the KMYC, said, “We expect at least 30 entrants this year, and the new Beach category is in by popular demand.

q Karuah Motor Yacht Club (KMYC) members are gearing up for another Fishing Competition.

Cross the Port in vintage style

sand an old timber boat and here I am,” she said.

“There is something romantic about the old girls or classy ladies, and this is the direction we intend to take them.

“We will spit and polish

them back to their former glory.”

A former international tour guide, Kerrie loves the interaction with her passengers.

“As a born storyteller, sharing the history of the

boats is a passion of mine and our guests seem to connect with the stories.

“Our skippers provide amazing commentary of our beautiful waterway but I’m all about the ferries,” Kerrie said.

q The operators of The Original Tea Gardens Ferry are passionate about returning the vintage vessels to their original glory.

THE Original Tea Gardens Ferry operates a daily return ferry service between Nelson Bay and Tea Gardens. Crossing the bay is a must for visitors and locals to the blue water wonderland of Port Stephens and Myall Coast.

The friendly and knowledgeable crew will provide informative commentary while you take in the panoramic views of Port Stephens and the Myall River.

Sit back and relax as you travel through Port Stephens Marine Park, keeping an

eye out for dingoes, turtles, seabirds and the bay’s resident dolphins.

Serving the Port Stephens and Myall Coast community for over 30 years, operators of The Original Tea Gardens Ferry aim to return the iconic vessels to their heritage glory.

Kerrie Jeffreys, one of a group of three Port Stephens locals who took over operation of the ferries last September, told News Of The Area of her passion for restoring the vintage vessels.

“I had made a random comment that I’d love to hand

Be inspired at the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens

THE Hunter Region Botanic Gardens cover an area of more than 130 hectares, much of which has been preserved as natural bushland.

The Gardens are managed, maintained and developed by a non-profit company of volunteers.

To welcome visitors, the Gardens have a Visitor Centre, cafe, gift shop and reference library.

Devonshire teas and light lunches are served daily, or visitors can picnic in the Gardens.

Walks and excursions are organised regularly, and there is a program of special events.

The Gardens are constantly growing as new displays are developed for recreational, educational and scientific purposes.

Australian and

introduced species are laid out in theme areas including acacias, banksias, myrtaceae, grevilleas, ferns, bush tucker plants, succulents and palms.

Rare and endangered Australian species are also cultivated.

The Gardens’ orchid houses are extremely popular with visitors.

Many of the plants are suitable for the home garden, and the landscaping

is an inspiration for the keen gardener. Expert personal advice is available on plantings and propagation, and a large selection of plants and herbs can be purchased at low prices from the plant stall.

Easy walking trails provide access to the natural bushland with its mature blackbutt, angophoras and swamp mahogany forests and its understorey of more than 150 native plants.

The forests are the natural habitat of goannas, wallabies, lizards, brushtail and ringtail possums, sugar gliders, bats, a small group of resident koalas and many birds.

The Hunter Region Botanic Gardens are open seven days from 9am to 4pm.

The Gardens are closed for Easter from Friday 7 April and reopen on Tuesday 11 April.

q The landscaping and plants within the more than 130 hectare Hunter Region Botanic Gardens serve as inspiration for the keen gardener.

Relax and unwind with Heavenly Tours

q Heavenly Tours can tailor a day trip to suit any occasion.

“RELAX, unwind, capture every moment.”

That is the ethos of Heavenly Tours, who offer Hunter Valley wine tours, specialty tours, ladies’ days, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, airport and shipping transfers, whale and dolphin watching, and concert and dinner transfers.

“We will pick you up from your door, and drop you back to your door,” Christine Solomon from Heavenly Tours said of the convenience offered by the service.

“Heavenly Tours offers a unique experience for people to enjoy whale watching and dolphin watching cruises in Nelson Bay, or, why not head out on a fully guided wine tour of the Hunter Valley?”

Christine said the tour company can tailor a day trip to suit any occasion.

“Heavenly Tours will pick up your groups, whether large or small, from Nelson Bay and surrounding areas of Newcastle and the Central

Coast and bring you to the beautiful Hunter Valley for your full or half day wine tours in the vines.

“Why not spend a full day

at the beautiful Nelson Bay, go out whale and dolphin watching, have lunch at one of the beautiful restaurants that the Bay has to offer, or

go on the many activities in the Bay?

“All tours are tailored to suit your group and requests and pick up is available from

the Central Coast, Hunter Valley, Newcastle areas to head to the beautiful Nelson Bay.”

Port Stephens Libraries School Holiday Program

JOIN Port Stephens Libraries for their 2033 Easter School Holiday Program.

From little ones through to teens, there's something for everyone!

Games Morning

Join for a program of fun games and morning tea.

Wednesday 12 April Tomaree – 10am to 12pm Free

8 years +

Kym the Reptile Man

Wildlife presentations like you've never seen before!

Thursday 13 April

Raymond Terrace – 12pm to 1pm Tomaree – 2pm to 3pm

$10

All ages

Paper craft fun

Join in for paper craft fun.

Monday 17 April

Tomaree – 10:30am to 11:30am

Raymond Terrace – 2:30pm to 3:30pm Free

7 years +

Curious Legends

Learn what you can create from everyday TRASH!

Tuesday 18 April

Tomaree – 10:30am to 11:30am Free

7 years +

In collaboration with PSC Waste Education.

Movie session: Lino Family movie.

Thursday 20 April

Raymond Terrace – 10:30am Free

All ages

Movie session: Encanto Family movie.

Thursday 20 April

Tomaree – 10:30am Free

All ages

Youth Week Lounge

Compete in the original 90’s SNES Super Mario Kart and enjoy pizza.

Friday 21 April

Raymond Terrace – 3pm to 5pm Free

13 years +

Youth Week Lounge

Pizza, games, badge making and more!

Friday 21 April

Tomaree – 3pm to 5pm Free

13 years +

Bookings are essential as places are limited. Contact the library to make a booking. Raymond Terrace 4988 0111 or Tomaree 4988 0670.

Holiday activities at the Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary

THESE School Holidays make a visit to the Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary, a partnership between Port Stephens Council and Port Stephens Koala Hospital, a volunteer group that aims to provide the world best practice standards of care to sick, injured and orphaned koalas to give them the best opportunity to be returned to the wild.

These School Holidays the Port Stephens Koala Sanctuary is open daily from 9am to 5pm.

Day visitors to the Sanctuary enjoy unique experiences with koalas in a natural and idyllic bushland setting.

Enjoy tailored education sessions from local guides on koala care, rehabilitation and eventual return back to the wild.

These School Holiday visitors can enjoy morning ‘Sanctuary Talks’ hosted by the Educational Officers from the Port Stephens Koala Hospital.

These informative talks will provide information and explanations on the plights affecting koalas today and give general tips on how you can assist to ensure the long term survivability of koalas in the wild.

Check the Sanctuary’s social media for talk dates and times.

The Sanctuary SKYwalk and viewing platform is a 225 metre long elevated pathway and viewing platform, offering a unique ‘tree top’ perspective into the koala’s natural habitat, a perfect photo opportunity and educational experience. Visit the state-of-the-art Koala

Hospital with Intensive Care Unit treatment rooms and holding pens.

Take a look through the hospital viewing window as veterinary staff carry out examinations and administer treatment to koala inpatients.

q Day visitors to the Sanctuary enjoy unique experiences with koalas in a natural and idyllic bushland setting.

While at the Sanctuary, pay a visit to the Fat Possum Cafe, which offers an extensive range of delicious menu items and ‘grab and go’ eats and treats, baristas coffees as well as offering a huge range of quality souvenirs and gifts, a lasting memento of your visit.

There's plenty on offer to keep the kids occupied

WITH Port Stephens families heading into the school holidays, what better time to check out some of the fantastic free activities the region has to offer?

Days at the beach or snorkelling in the rock pools are always popular activities, but there are plenty of other things you can do with the kids without breaking the bank.

Planning ahead, packing a picnic and considering different places will help stop the ‘I’m bored’ moans and turn school holidays into a summer to remember.

Checking out the soldier crabs at Sunset Beach at low tide can be fun as can pumping nippers or casting out a line outside of the Fishing Sanctuary zones.

You never know, your free fun might end up providing a fantastic fresh feed of fish!

If you don’t have any luck you can entertain the kids with the pelicans' antics at most of the fish cleaning tables - notably there are flocks of pelicans waiting for a free feed at Little Beach and Soldiers Point boat ramps.

Take the kids and stroll the foreshore at Salamander Bay to seek out the elusive ‘thong tree’.

For the adventurous there is jumping off the Shoal Bay wharf at high tide, adding an extra dimension of excitement to a day at the beach.

For those seeking a bit more physical activity there is climbing Tomaree Headland - when you

reach the top you will enjoy one of the best views in the state.

Gan Gan Lookout at the top of Lilly Hill Road also offers great views to Newcastle, over the Stockton sand dunes, up to Seal Rocks and out to the Barringtons on a clear day.

This viewpoint also offers a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the Gymea Lillies and local birdlife.

You can also try your luck koala spotting; try Tilligerry Habitat, Mambo Wanda Wetlands, Sunset Beach, One Mile Beach and Tomaree Headland.

Dolphin spotting is not just for charter cruises with dolphins frequenting the waterways close to shore at Little Beach, Nelson Bay Beach and near the Lemon Tree

Passage Marina and Henderson Park.

Although you will probably get your best sightings on a cruise, you will also get to enjoy the parklands around the Bay if you undertake some shorebased dolphin watching.

You can also Explore Soldiers Point Marina and check out the sculptures.

While you are there, why not stop for a game of chess or draughts on the picnic tables on the foreshore?

Chess pieces are available from the Marina office or you can plan ahead and take your own.

There is a free exercise equipment track from Bagnalls Beach to Little Beach and there is also exercise equipment at

Boomerang Park.

Port Stephens has some wonderful parks with play equipment at Fingal Bay, on the Nelson Bay Foreshore, at Bagnalls Beach and in Boomerang Park. There are also specialist parks like the BMX track at Salt Ash, and skate parks at Mallabula, Raymond Terrace and Nelson Bay.

For a different day out consider popping across the river to explore Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest - you may even spot the resident koalas and dingoes on Bennetts Beach and surrounds.

A day trip to Lemon Tree Passage also offers an opportunity to explore Henderson Park.

Time to confront the bigger problem

DEAR News Of The Area,

I WRITE in relation to the March 2023 IPCC climate report "survival guide for humanity" final warning.

Now that we have everyone's attention on global warming, it's time to confront the bigger problem.

In a fossil-fuel world, control of oil and gas reserves are the catalyst for conflict, military expansion and corporate might with political clout.

The fossil fuel industry along with the associated arms industry has become the most destructive war machine the world has ever seen.

Energy wars are about plunder that murder and displace millions and destroy entire nations.

With CO2 induced weather extremes escalating and rising sea levels from melting of the global ice reservoir, going to war over fossil fuel is nothing short of collective insanity.

Take a look at the oil and gas field maps in Yemen, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine and the South China Sea as a few examples of the real driver behind 21st century warfare.

If we burn all the fossil fuel we are fighting over we lose everything worth saving.

To stop the wars and, as a bonus, save us from catastrophic climate change we need awareness.

Then we need political action to remove the demand for fossil fuel with a rapid transition to renewable clean energy.

Regards,

Stephen FITZGERALD.

Reminder: Easter treats are not for pets

By Dr. Kathryn STALDER BVSc

WITHOUT a doubt, Easter is a time that we all enjoy indulging in the sweeter things – chocolate and hot cross buns! It’s important to remember that these seasonal delights are potentially deadly for our pets.

Cocoa contains several compounds that are harmful to pets.

When ingested in adequate doses, these substances affect pets’ hearts and nervous systems, resulting in serious harm.

The concentration of these compounds varies in chocolate and is directly related to the amount of cocoa that it contains.

This means that a pet would need to ingest more milk chocolate to cause toxic effects than dark or

By Paul DORIN

Christianity is evidence based

DEAR News Of The Area,

IT’S Easter time – a time of autumn weather, Easter eggs and holidays.

Our word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’.

And for Christians, Easter is a holy time.

Even if you have no interest in Christianity, spare a moment to consider this: if Jesus Christ did not die on the cross and on the third day rise from the dead, then Christianity would have no basis.

Christians’ faith would therefore fall in a heap.

The reason for Jesus’ death on the Cross was to atone for mankind’s sins – he promised that whoever believes in him has their sins forgiven.

Jesus’ resurrection demonstrates that he really is the son of God – and his promise of a new transformed life for believers is true.

Most Australians do not believe these things.

But Christian faith is not blind faith – it is evidence based.

Ancient historians writing in the first century, record Jesus’ death on the cross.

The facts attesting to Jesus’ resurrection are strong enough to stand up in a court of law.

Over the centuries, many have tried to pick holes in the evidence.

Some have said that Jesus did not actually die, but only appeared dead, and later revived.

But the Roman soldiers who crucified Jesus knew how to ensure that a man was dead!

Others say that Jesus’ disciples stole his

cooking chocolate.

Smaller pets are especially susceptible as the amount they need to eat to affect them is less.

Hot cross buns are another potential danger to dogs at Easter time, as they contain raisins and sultanas which when ingested can result in potentially fatal kidney disease.

Some dogs are more susceptible than others.

To prevent harm to your pet this Easter:

- Keep all chocolate and hot cross buns out of reach for pets.

- Bear in mind that wrappers are no deterrent for dogs with their excellent sense of smell, and they will gladly ingest chocolate wrappers and all.

- Act fast: If your pet accidentally ingests chocolate or hot cross buns,

body to make it seem that he had risen – but his disciples were not expecting Jesus to rise from death, plus they were afraid and the tomb where his body lay was sealed and guarded by soldiers.

And the Jewish authorities would not have hidden Jesus’ body – they wanted to quash any evidence of his resurrection.

After his resurrection, for 40 days Jesus appeared to his disciples, both individually and in groups, and even ate with them.

His disciples, filled with the Holy Spirit, spent the rest of their lives spreading the good news that Jesus saves us from our sins.

Most died martyr’s deaths for what they believed.

Notably, the apostle Paul, who hated and persecuted the early Christians, encountered Jesus, was transformed, and spread the good news far and wide until being put to death by the Romans.

Since then, billions of people have had their lives transformed by God’s grace through faith in Christ.

It is happening in Asia, South America and Africa, and even in the Middle East.

But sadly, Western countries, including us, have turned away from God, and the consequences are becoming evident.

But there is still hope for everyone who hears the good news and turns to God through faith in Christ.

Regards, Ross FERRIER, Fingal Bay.

DEAR Jasminda,

MY husband has a very irritating ringtone on his phone.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. Is it wrong of me to ask him to change it?

Olive K.

Dear Olive,

A PERSONALISED ringtone can tell you a lot about a person.

You should therefore be aware that others may judge you based on this marker of your personality.

I was quite taken aback, for example, when my GP paused our consultation because his mobile rang.

As Steppenwolf's 'Born to be Wild' filled the room, I wondered if this was the right man to be taking my blood pressure reading and performing a routine biopsy.

Email addresses are also fraught.

When I worked in recruitment, it was very hard to suggest a client to a future employer when the client's email was drunk&stumbling95@gmail.com.

My own husband had to change his piercing ringtone because it was upsetting the dogs.

Maybe you can come to a compromise and change your ringtones regularly to keep things interesting.

seek help as soon as possible.

- If veterinary attention is sought within the first few hours, the outcome is likely to be far better than if a ‘wait and see’ approach is taken.

- Bear in mind your regular vet may have altered hours over the Easter Long weekend.

- If your dog does ingest chocolate, make sure you advise the veterinary team when, what type and how much your dog has eaten, as this can influence their recommendations for management.

- A single raisin, sultana or grape is enough to cause potentially fatal kidney failure.

- Seek help immediately.

For further advice contact the Australian Animal Poisons Helpline on 1300 TOX PET or visit animalpoisons.com.au.

q It’s important to remember that some seasonal delights can be potentially deadly for our pets.

READING by Lynne Miles: Romans 5: 8 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Carpe diem, Jasminda

Slice of Paradise at Fingal

There's nothing to do but enjoy

lifestyle that

Fingal Bay has to offer when you move to this tidy freestanding home. Boasting a combined lounge/.dining that opens onto an impressive covered outdoor entertaining area, 3 bedrooms (main with ensuite), and double garage.

The quiet location, fully fenced yard and position of the living areas and bedrooms at the rear of the house gives fantastic privacy. A level block and low maintenance grounds mean that you will have more time to enjoy one of the prettiest suburbs in NSW, and makes the property

suitable for retirees, first home buyers, investors, or holiday letting.

Fingal Bay is the jewel in the crown of Port Stephens. With incredible scenery, a patrolled beach, great fishing, and spectacular walking trails.

The waterfront precinct

enjoys bike tracks, playgrounds, fenced exercise areas for dogs, and of course the famous "Fingal Spit" and outer lighthouse. Relax after a day at the beach or exploring the coast, at either the Surf Club or the Fingal Bowling Club.

Contact: Nelson Bay Real Estate 49812655.

PORT STEPHENS

C O L O U R I N G in Competition

Take part in the News Of The Area

Easter colouring in competition to win one of two great prizes.

Prize:

Our top two artists will win entry for 2 adults + 2 child (3-16yrs) to Oakvale Wildlife Park including a koala encounter.

The Koala Encounter includes:

• Education koala talk

• Behind the scenes tour

• Interaction with a koala

• 6x8" souvenir photo of you and a Koala

EACH PRIZE IS VALUED AT $405.

Oakvale Wildlife Park is set on 25 acres of wideopen natural bushland. Oakvale Wildlife Park will get you up close to SEE, TOUCH and FEEL a variety of animals, from Australian natives, domestic farm and exotic animals. With the opportunity for visitors to have an interactive experience with up to 70% of their animals, a day out with them is one unlike any other.

Enjoy interacting with the free-roaming animals, keeper talks, feeding shows, playgrounds, picnic/BBQ facilities, tractor-trailer rides and onsite café.

Don’t forget about the Splash Bay Water Park which is also located within the grounds.

Open daily (except Christmas Day) 10.00am – 5.00pm.

Visit https:// oakvalewildlife.com.au for more information

Name:

Age: Suburb: Phone Number:

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 11th April 2023 by phone.

Please post entries to: PO Box 1000, Raymond Terrace NSW 2324.

PUZZLES

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Cyclops.

The man’s shirt sleeve is longer. 3 The word post is spelt wrong.

1. There is one less turret on the sandcastle.

There is one more shell by the

TIDES NEWS OF THE AREA

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In view of the variations caused by local conditions and meteorological effects, these times are approximate and must be considered as a guide only. They are not to be relied on for critical depth calculations for safe navigation. Actual times of High and Low Water may occur before or after the times indicated.

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Death Notice

ATKINS

Lance

Passed away peacefully 30.3.2023

Aged 90 years

Beloved husband of CLAIRE (dec). Loving father & father-in-law to PETER & LYNN, SUSAN & LARRY, NEIL & PATRICIA. Loved grandfather to BRETT, SHANELLE & HAMAN, HEATH & CHRISSY. Great grandfather to NOAH, MILLI, LUCY, ZANE & H and great great grandfather to HUNTER.

Relatives and Friends of LANCE are respectfully advised his private cremation has taken place. A memorial get together will be held on THURSDAY 20.4.2023 at 1pm in Tea Gardens Country Club.

LANCE BOOTS FUNERALS

4987 2101 www.lancebootsfunerals.com.au

Wanted to Buy

Antique China & Figurines, English Silver, Fountain Pens, Old Jewellery & Watches. Please phone: Annie 0419 219 634 or Ron

Garage Sale

ALL long weekend sale Unit 3 & 5/10 Pirralea Parade, Nelson Bay Household & outdoor items. Everything to be sold. Quality items at realistic prices

Free

BUILDING materials for free. Approx 100 terracotta roof tiles VGC Reinforced timber gate 4ft6” square. Some hardwood timber. Pickup

21 Hunter Street Raymond Terrace

Items

CD stacker, wooden cabinet small size 53cmH

x 24cmW 15cmD $10

Large garden Scythe wooden handle $10

Spirit level aluminum surround 120cm L $20

Ph: 4981 7523

2 cream leather two seater lounges. $500 each or both for $900 exc cond. 0400 955 778

Public Notices

Congratulations to: Natalie B and Sally B who won our giveaway of a family pass each to The Harrington Circus Show.

We hope you had a fun time! PORT

War Medals

Top prices paid by local collector. Call Jim 0400 060 215

Karuah Motor Yacht Club

CLOSEDGOODFRIDAY

25 CD compilations Newcastle Top 40 classics 50s-70s. $90 Ph: 02 4966 5000

3 OROTON evening purses, collectables from the 1970s, converts from should strap to clutch beautiful cond. Like new Best offers. 49817523

4 BURNER/side burner bottle with safety valve plus cover & accessories Little body rust. $50 (for breast cancer research) MEDOWIE 4982 9942

For Sale

CURLING wands x 3 Near new. Big curl small curl, and crimper Separately $10 each Ph: 0457 087 178

For Sale

4 WHEEL Golf or Shopping Scooter, 2sp Lotus Blake Tycoon AZ36. Can be fully disassembled $2950ono Ph: 4997 0435

For Sale

GOOD antique Queen Anne dressing table with mirror $60 Ph 0429 601 039

For Sale For Sale

NEW 5L water jug with tap. $15.00 Call 0493 078 190

TV Corner cabinet Shelving underneath 2 door unit, on wheels 100cm W x 60cm H 65cm L. $50. 4981 7523

ALUM step ladder, 32 x 61. $25. 0402 087 401 F230223

BABIES & Childrens clothes, new, make an offer. 0457087178

BBQ, 2 burner, VGC hardly used inc gas bottle, on wheels $110 0427 980 079

BICYCLES 1 x mens

1 x womens $50 each Ph: 0427 879 025 f061022

BOX Trailer 7ft x 4ft Galvanised, Carry bars Registered, in good order $500. Ph: 0417 445 490

BREVILLE Juicer great working condition $99 Call 0493 078 190 f020323

BUFFET and Hutch White Painted Pine $200 Ph 02 49971807 ReS100823

BUNNYKINS Collection

DRESS, New, Short Sleeve, Golden Blue Marble print Size M / Maxi Length Light weight & lined $ 50. 0427 818 294

DRESS, New Sleeveless, Pink/Blue Multicolour Mid length Size M $45 Ph: 0427 818 294

DVD movies incl. drama and westerns, mainly last 5-20 years. Incl 1 TV series 10x10 disks $60 Ph: 02 4966 5000 F180822

GYM Form Ab Booster Plus. Brand new. $30 Ph: 4982 8628 F020223

HOLDEN Heroes

Steve Richards and Greg Murphy team of champions with Supercars print in wooden frame as new - never hung

60cmL x 40cmW $25

OFFICE Chair near new leather and chrome. $50

Ph: 0457 087 178

OVER bed patient table Timber laminate & white $40. Ph: 4982 2335

PARRAMATTA Eels large framed autographed club jersey 2001, 90cmW x 105cmL personally custom made Beautiful piece $875ono Ph: 4981 7523

TYRES 4 x Golf rims and tires 195-65R15 $50 all 2 FWD tires 24565R17 50% tread $10 all Ph: 4984 3710 or 0407461 454

UNIFORM, St Brigids winter pinafore, size J4 exc cond. No smoking home. $20. 0422070333

WELLINGTON boots as new $25. 4997 0611

Hanging coloured print wooden frame, picture of large outdoor sign for indoor bowling. New in packaging 50cmL x 40cmW $15. 4981 7523

is a sports club that is family orientated located on the Karuah River Waterfront. We are a licensed premises open every Friday night from 5:00pm for delicious meals and desserts. 0415 419 741 mail@kmyc.net.au

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SOLD

Royal Doulton Crockery

6 piece Unmarked $65 Ph 0429 410 590

CABINET 4 Door Painted Hot Pink two available $20 each Ph 02 4997 1807

COSMOPOLITAN Travelling port, half price, $85 used once 4982 6443 F110822

COLOURED standing bar signs. Tooheys beer 32x13cm. Swan Premium lager 30x10cm $10 each or $15 both Ice bucket, gold anodised metal, Wolf Blass insignia, 30cmH $10 Ph: 4981 7523

DARK timber four draw desk with optional upper hood three shelves also slide out laptop desk shelf. $40. Desk chair. $30 Swivel large adjustable comfortable chair. Good used Ph: 0401 546 848 Sandy, Tanilba Bay

ELECTRIC oil heater, 43 x 61 $20. 0402 087 401 F230223

HOME Brew Kit, unused $25. 0402087401

PRYDE Windsufing mast suits 7 metre sail. Little used. $99 Tea Gardens. Peter 0419 932 992

WINDSURFER and fin 85 litres, Freerace 2.6m long. In a bag. No dings Some accessories available. $80. Peter 0419 932 992. Tea Gardens. ELECTRIC treadmill adjusts to incline Foldable. Tracks distances, times and calories. Has emergency stop function. $50 Ph: 4919 8117 F260123

ELECTRIC Saw Black & Decker $50 Ph: 4997 0611 F020323

ELECTRIC Heaters

1 Electric 700mm x 360mm 2000 watts

1 Oil filled 2400 watts $40 for both. Please ring 0404 724 347

EUROPEAN 2 x Single adjust slatted bedframes & 2 latex mattresses VGC $485 both

PH: 49979797 Res300323

F2 Wave 8.4 windsurfer & fin, Mennem brand 8.5 litres VGC. $99. 0419 932 992. Tea Gardens

GARDEN tools Rake, Hoe, Mattock & Fork $15 each Ph: 4997 0611

GASTRA Nitros Windsurfer 9 meter sail & bag. Used only 4 times. $99. Mast 4.9 Luff 514cm Base 24cm Boom 249cm. IMCS 29. 0419 932 992 Tea Gardens.

GE Steam and dry iron from 60’s. Original box, exc cond. $40ono Ph: 4981 7523

HOME Office, Solid wood Lockable Computer shelving $60.00 Phone Sam 0437 878 155 F201022

IKEA Stornas Bar Table GC. $95. 0493 078 190 F020323

JUMBUCK BBQ 2 burner with side burner, as new $150 Ph:02 4982 7782

LAWNMOWER and line trimmer. Both RYobi. 36V battery and charger. $365 0418 279 142

LADIES E-Bike trike New, assembled, large rear basket. $850 Ph: 0450 531 894

LOUNGE 3 piece $50. Other items too 0425 254 612

MOBILE phone ZTE excellent cond. $100 0457 087 178 F090323

MOBILITY Frame with hand rails and legs, toilet seat and new bowl. Fits over existing toilet. As new $60. 4981 7523

MOBILITY Scooter 4 wheel. Good cond. with front basket, rear bag and charger. $1200 Free delivery

Ph: 0418 430 643

QUEEN single bed Mattress and Base New cond. $200 0457 674 986

RAIL Corp Wall telephones and desktop push buttom phone 90’s Nokia Mobile 6300 in box, charger and manual 00’s. Samsung mobile and charger 00’s. 2 x Motorola units, chargers with info 90’s. Cheap best offers 4981 7523

ROYAL Doulton

Bone China 40 Pc

WALKER heavy duty suits big person $100 Ph: 4982 2335 f300323

Boats

ATTN: Boat-carscaravans! Cut and polish, all paint work, Mag wheels polished or repaint, small sandblast and repaint parts For Quote: 0484 137 580

GOLFING accessories

Golf balls - around 100? 20 cents each Golf buggy $25 Clubs and drives $2 each. Ph: 4982 2335 F260123

MUST sell! Fishing reels, lines and many others. Price - best offers! Ph: 4997 0611

8 setting dinner set Ideal Christmas Gift $95 Ph 0416 229 166

SALON hair dryer, new $20. 0457 087 178

SOFA Bed Floral linen fabric $80 0407 915 768

SNOW chains brand new, unused adjustable, suits 16 inch wheels or others $95 Tea Gardens. Peter 0419 932 992

ST Phillips uniforms boys Blazer size 24 $50. Boys summer shirts sizes 18, 20 & 22 $10 each

Ph 0415 353 798 F260123

SUNBEAM food saver VAC420 with bags, half price $55. 49826443

TIMBER bedheads 1x queen $75, 1x double $55. 0407 915 768

SOLD SOLD

TOW hitch clamp SCA brand new $15 Ph: 0493 078 190

HORIZON 3.1m v nose punt. 8 H.P. 2/ stroke Merc. Gal. folding trailer Good condition No Rego. $3,100 Ono Ph. 0427 224 744

STACER 3.4m tinny with Mariner 15HP outboard UN497N on registered trailer CL6484. VGC ideal Bay runabout Many extras $2,000 Ph: 0414 568 563 e200423

16ft SUPREME Territory All Terrain Caravan Simplicity suspension double bed, annexe all towing gear, in VCG Garaged at all times Asking $30,000 ono R2OO29. 0429 970 456

2021 JAYCO Penguin Outback poptop. 5 months rego TJ25MB As new $32,000. 0432 465 556 or 4997 2040

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TUESDAY GREAT AUSTRALIAN STUFF

ABC, 8pm

FRIDAY GARDENING AUSTRALIA

ABC, 7.30pm

Rather than a haul of chocolate eggs, settle in for the sweet yolk of gardening wisdom in this seasonal special. There’s Easter cheer and abundance of autumnal inspiration, with host Costa Georgiadis (above) the consummate plant and communityminded reveller – there is surely no one who can match his enthusiasm. Costa visits an inspiring bowls club, complete with a community garden and tool library, which has become a hub for gatherings. Hannah explores the garden of a down-sized couple who have created an edible, blooming oasis in their small patch.

FRIDAY, April 7

4.55

6.00 Meet The Penguins. (R) Dr Ann Jones takes a look at penguins.

7.00 ABC News At Easter. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Clarence Slockee traces a green web of gardens.

8.30 Van Der Valk. (Mav) Part 3 of 3. Piet and his team investigate the stabbing of a psychiatrist during a demon summoning.

10.05 Jack Irish. (Malsv, R) Part 3 of 4.

11.00 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.

11.15 Close To Me. (Mals, R)

12.05 Traces. (Madls, R)

12.50 Smother. (Mal, R)

1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

In this new four-part documentary series, get set for an entertainingly playful celebration of iconic Aussie regalia. Footballer-turned-sports-presenter Tony Armstrong (below) takes viewers on a humorous and insightful excursion, examining why some things became national icons and others failed to become a belter. From the iconic meat pie to budgie smugglers, the dual-flush toilet, Speedos and the milk bar, it’s a fascinating exploration into our country’s psyche and what makes us tick. Featuring a panel of talking heads, including comedians Benjamin Law, Jean Kittson and Kevin Kropinyeri, it kicks off with a love letter to food –Chiko Rolls included.

THURSDAY DOGS BEHAVING (VERY) BADLY

SEVEN, 7.30pm

Animal owners – and perhaps

disobedient and troublesome man’s best friend can be. Featuring Britain’s most dastardly dogs, it’s a playful look at bad behaviour that’ll make you gasp and giggle (and cheer, if you haven’t given in to a pet just yet).

Bespectacled dog trainer Graeme Hall (above) has the patience of a saint, along with the wit and know-how to placate even the most troublesome mutt. But tonight, has he met his match in pooches Maddie and Bisley? They’ve been known to pull so hard on their leash that their owner’s arm once came out of its socket… No wonder they’re up in arms.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Wrecks That Changed The World. (PG)

8.30 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (R)

9.25 Philip: Prince, Husband, Father. (PG, R)

10.20 The Day The Rock Star

Died: Elvis Presley.

10.50 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 11.45

Cheyenne & Lola. (Mlsv, R) 2.00 Romulus. (MA15+asv, R) 3.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 4.55

Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 France 24 English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs catches up with Nagi Maehashi.

8.30 MOVIE: Dream Horse. (2020, PGal) After a Welsh bartender decides to breed a racehorse despite lacking the necessary experience and money, she convinces people from her community to contribute a small amount to raise the foal. Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale.

11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Headless Body –The Kim Barry Murder. (MA15+v, R) Takes a look at the murder of Kim Barry.

12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 6. North Queensland Cowboys v Dolphins.

9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the North Queensland Cowboys versus Dolphins match, with news and analysis.

10.40 MOVIE: 48 Hrs. (1982, MA15+lv, R)

A cop reluctantly teams up with a criminal. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte.

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

Postcards. (PG, R)

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

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mal, R) Graham Norton is joined by Bruce Springsteen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anna Maxwell Martin and Mo Gilligan.

9.40 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly. Australia v Scotland. From Cherry Red Records Stadium, London.

12.45 Taskmaster Australia. (PGls, R)

1.45 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (Ml, R)

2.45 The Project. (R)

3.45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

4.30 Home Shopping. (R)

SATURDAY, April 8

6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News At Easter.

7.30 The Larkins. (PG) The Larkins try to get justice for Pop.

8.20 Under The Vines. (PG) Gus and Tippy struggle with their dilemmas.

9.05 Grantchester. (Mv, R) There is a murder at a local old folks’ home and two of its elderly residents have also gone missing.

9.55 Miniseries: In Our Blood. (Mals, R) Part 3 of 4.

10.45 Traces. (Final, Malv, R)

11.30 Rage Synth Special. (MA15+adhlnsv)

5.00 Rage. (PG)

Surf Life Saving. Super Surf

Figure Skating. ISU Figure

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Wonders Of Europe.

8.30 Arthur: A Life With The Royal Family.

9.30 Wuthering Harlots: Pride And Prostitution. (MA15+as, R)

10.25 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. (Final, PGal)

11.15 Outlander. (MA15+)

12.15 MOVIE: The Father. (2020, Malv, R)

2.00 Germinal. (Mas)

3.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

4.00 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 France 24 English News.

Horse Racing. The Championships Day 2, Queen Elizabeth

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Sydney v Port Adelaide. From the SCG.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff.

11.00 MOVIE: The Long Kiss Goodnight. (1996, MA15+v, R)

A suburban housewife suffering amnesia begins to suspect she may have been a secret agent. Setting out to discover the truth, she discovers a tenuous lead in the form of a note found inside a suitcase. Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Brian Cox.

1.30 Home Shopping.

SUNDAY, April 9

6.30 Compass. (PGa)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Grand Designs Revisited. (Ml, R) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

8.20 Miniseries: In Our Blood. (Mal) Part 4 of 4.

9.15 Close To Me. (Mals) Sasha comforts Jo with some exciting news.

10.00 Finding Alice. (Final, Mls, R)

10.50 MotherFatherSon. (Madls, R)

11.50 Smother. (Mal, R)

12.45 Road To Now. (PG, R)

1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.20 The Heights. (PG, R)

4.15 The Recording Studio. (R)

5.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Ray Martin: Mysteries Of The Outback. (PG)

9.00 Jerusalem: Builders Of The Holy City. (PG)

10.05 Muhammad Ali. (Ml, R)

12.05 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R)

1.05 The Chocolate Factory: Inside Cadbury Australia. (R)

4.15 Bamay. (R)

4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Seven News.

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

8.35 Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life. (PGlns, R) A catch up with Kath and Kim, their husbands Kel and Brett, and Kim’s second best friend Sharon.

9.45 Born To Kill? Richard Cottingham – The Times Square Ripper. (MA15+av) Takes a look at Richard Cottingham.

10.45 Quantum Leap. (Mv)

11.45 Autopsy USA. (MA15+ad, R)

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) The team takes on their biggest job ever.

8.30 MOVIE: Noah. (2014, Mav, R) After experiencing visions of an apocalyptic flood, a man builds an ark in order to protect his family. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly.

11.10 MOVIE: Son Of God. (2014, Mv, R)

1.40 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, 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)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) The beach can be dangerous for tourists.

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R)

8.30 Blue Bloods. (Mav) Danny races to catch a serial killer targeting young women. A clash occurs when Eddie intervenes in Erin’s murder case. Frank must discipline Joe when he breaks protocol while working with the FBI.

9.30 CSI: Vegas. (Mv)

An archaeologist is murdered.

10.30 NCIS. (PGv, R)

11.30 Fire Country. (PGa, R) The crew works to contain a forest fire.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

8.00 MOVIE: Tina. (2021, Malv)

A chronicle of the career of Tina Turner. Tina Turner, Oprah Winfrey.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 The First 48: Rearview Killer And Point Blank. (MA15+av)

11.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av, R)

12.40 Mega Zoo. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

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

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) The celebrities celebrate Easter in camp with three rounds of hilarious egg-based trials.

9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) When an anti-capitalist protestor is found murdered, Jane and the team investigate.

10.00 FBI. (Mav, R) An agent is killed at a hockey game.

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

12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

MONDAY, April 10

6.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 7.00 News. 9.00 News. 9.30 Cook And The Chef. (R) 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Under The Vines. (PG, R) 1.45 Grantchester. (Mv, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PGa, R) 3.00 Escape From The City. (R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00

Brush With Fame. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Paddington Station 24/7. 10.05 Rick Steves’ Europe. 11.05 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (Final, PG) 12.05

WorldWatch. 2.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 3.05 Mastermind Aust. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Royal History’s Myths And Secrets. (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

TUESDAY, April 11

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Weird: Oceans. (PG, R) 11.10 Countdown To War. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 1.45 Gruen. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R)

3.00 Escape From The City. (R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R)

5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List. 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. 11.05 Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R)

3.30 The Italians. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.15 Elizabeth. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R)

5.30

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (Return, PGl) Farmers search for love.

8.30 Miniseries: The Claremont Murders. (Mals) Part 1 of 2. Based on a true story. When three young women go missing in the affluent Perth suburb of Claremont in the late ’90s, it sets off the biggest unsolved murder case in West Australian history.

10.25 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 How To Look Good Naked. (Malns, R) Presented by Gok Wan.

12.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown.

9.00 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (Final, Mls) Two teams, including Lloyd Langford, Julie Goodwin, Tanya Hennessy and Broden Kelly, go head-to-head.

10.00 Ghosts. (PGls)

10.30 Best Of The Sydney Comedy Festival. (MA15+ls, R)

12.00 The Project. (R)

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Cash and Remi fight over Eden.

7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGl) Two farmers meet their love matches.

9.15 We Interrupt This Broadcast. (PGalv) Sketch comedy series that parodies some of Australia’s favourite TV shows. 10.15 The Good Doctor. (Mam) Shaun must work with Jared again.

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

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown.

9.00 NCIS. (Mav) The team works to solve the murder of a marine private who was helping an Afghan refugee.

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

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.00 CBS Mornings.

4.30 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly. England v Australia.

WEDNESDAY, April 12

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Legacy List. (PGv, R)

10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 11.05 Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip. (Ml, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R)

2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Italians. (R) 3.45

The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.15 Elizabeth. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml)

8.35 Michael Palin: Into Iraq. (M) Part 2 of 3.

9.30 Rogue Heroes. (MA15+) David Stirling ruminates on Jock Lewes’ idea.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Furia. (Malv)

12.00 Miniseries: The Sister. (Mal, R)

3.40 Mastermind Australia. (R)

4.45 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

THURSDAY, April 13

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List. (PG, R) 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.05 Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip. (Mal, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (PG, R) 3.30 The Italians. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG,

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Bree cannot handle the heat with Remi.

7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGl) The farmstays are underway.

9.05 The Front Bar. (M) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.

10.05 To Be Advised.

11.05 The Latest: Seven News.

11.35 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Michael Kanaan – Shoot To Kill. (MA15+v, R)

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown.

9.00 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+a) A recently released convict goes looking for his arresting officer, Fin Tutuola.

10.00 Fire Country. (Mv) Sharon receives life-changing news.

11.00 Bull. (Ma, R)

12.00 The Project. (R)

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

(PG, R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The Murdochs: Empire Of Influence. (Premiere, M)

8.30 The Elon Musk Show. (M) Part 3 of 3.

9.35 Vigil. (MA15+av) Amy is running out of time.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Exit. (Mals)

12.05 Paris Police 1900. (MA15+asv, R)

4.30 Mastermind Australia. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Justin learns his fate.

7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) Follows dog trainer Graeme Hall.

8.30 Inside Dubai. (PGa) Part 3 of 3. A behind the scenes exploration of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

9.45 Air Crash Investigations: Cutting Corners. (PGa, R) A look at the crash of Air Alaska Flight 261.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown.

9.00 Gogglebox Australia. Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows.

10.00 Luke Heggie: I Already Told You. (MA15+l) A performance from Luke Heggie.

11.10 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (Mls, R)

12.10 The Project. (R)

1.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 CBS Mornings.

Port Stephens clubs unite for inaugural Over 30s women's soccer series

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Participation Officer Eustacia Moores told News Of The Area, “The emphasis will be on fun and enjoyment while remaining competitive throughout matches.

“The women can enjoy a

laugh, have a run around and kick with winning seen as an actual bonus,” she revealed.

Other clubs competing include Medowie FC, Nelson Bay FC, Stockton FC, Lochinvar Rovers, Swansea FC, Garden Suburbs, Adamstown FC plus two

Kotara South teams.

Squads will include multi-registered players to enable the clubs to field sides in the new competition.

Ms Moores said the Women’s Over 30s series was a spin off from the Kick On For Women skills based

program.

Experienced goalkeeper Natalie Casey and tough midfielder Angie Hughes will spearhead the Tilligerry United team, which also includes four players from the club’s All Age B Grade outfit that competes on

Friday nights – centre backs Moores and Chantelle Delphine, right winger Bec Bews and midfield aces Lynn Sparks and Shari Chapman.

The team is coached and managed by James Coleman and Whitney Schofield respectively – two of the

club’s tireless volunteers.

Nelson Bay FC showed their credentials with an impressive victory over Tilligerry United in a recent trial before the Tilligerry women found their groove in a 2-1 trial victory over Medowie FC last Sunday.

Female Football Fever

By Chris KARAS

The inaugural Monday night series – scheduled to kick off on April 24 - will feature clubs from the Newcastle,

Macquarie Football Associations. One of the participating clubs is Tilligerry United FC, who will field an experienced line up in the 2023

event. Club stalwart and Female

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FEMALE soccer players aged 30 and over are in for a treat this season with the introduction of a ten team Interdistrict Over 30s competition.

Hunter Valley and Lake

q Tilligerry United FC team members after their recent Over 30s Women trial match against Nelson Bay FC.