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Profile ALEXANDER GALWAY Where do you work? Shaver Shop Dubbo Have you always lived in Dubbo? Yes What are your favourite memories of growing up in Dubbo or your hometown? Dancing! Dance is my life so all my memories are at the studio What do you like to do in your spare time? Work at my detailing business, Galways Detailing.

Do you have any hidden talents or special skills?

None that come to mind Are you a morning person or a night owl? Definitely a morning person Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? Yes, 2 Huskys, Maverick and Ezra What are you watching at the moment? Squid Games The Challenge, cause who isn’t?

Have you read any good books lately? Nope What music do you like to listen to? My playlist is a complete mix of genres What does the next 5 years look like for you? I have no idea, hopefully good fun times.

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Prawns, oysters and hams at DMC Keeping everything cool this Chrissie W

hile we are all feeling the heat this Christmas, just make sure that your delicious Christmas hams, fresh meat, prawns, oysters, and fish aren’t, Mark Knaggs says.

Owner of Dubbo’s famous DMC Meat & Seafood, he advises to make sure you keep all your festive season treats, nice and cool this Yuletide.

“My word… we have complimentary ice at the register for everyone, just in case people can’t get their meat and seafood out of the heat quickly,” Mark said.

“That’s why we wrap all of our fresh seafood in paper to protect it, but in these temperatures, meat and seafood will spoil very quickly, if it’s not looked after properly” he added.

With customers from throughout the region, he said that regulars from outlying communities often have the right idea.

Keeping it cool this baking-hot Christmas: DMC Meat & Seafood’s Mark Knaggs, James King, and Amanda Rootes.

PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/ KEN SMITH.

“We have a lot of customers from western NSW, we also have bulk deliveries out to places like Warren.

“Because of the distances they travel, they bring cooler bags, ice, eskies, and we put the food right in,” he said.

Even when you get your fresh hams, prawns, oysters, and

fish home, use common sense to ensure they last as long as possible.

“At Christmastime, everyone’s in and out of the fridge, so make sure you keep the door shut, don’t keep it ajar.

“When you get food out, just get what you need, and put it right back in again… don’t leave

your ham sitting out on the bench-top.”

One positive trend, Mark says, is that everyone stocking up on hams, fresh meat, and seafood, ensures that turn-over keeps all produce ready to go.

“At the moment, everything is super-fresh, every day the truck comes up from Sydney with sea-

food that has often been caught that day.

“We’re that busy, that we’re even often flying stuff up, it literally has often been caught within hours,” Mark said.

With many of us now spending the summer season outside under patios and awnings, seafood barbecues have taken over for many of us from the traditional Christmas dinner, with some advice for keeping your fish in top-nick.

“Some fish has a naturally fishy smell, that doesn’t mean it’s going off; if they have colour in their eyes and their flesh, and they’re firm, that’s a good sign,” Mark said.

“As a rule for prawns, if they feel furry or soft, that means they’re probably past their best,” he added.

With a quarter of a century in the butchery business, he has developed a loyal following among meat-lovers in the district.

“Some people still love the traditional roast at Christmas, despite the weather.

“I’ve been going 25 years, and many customers come in and get the same order that they have for years, and we always look after them,” Mark concluded.

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Red Hat Ladies celebrate ABBA

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ith ABBA videos on the big screen, the Red Hat Ladies Dubbo, dressed in ABBA splendour, took over Pizza Cravings for their regular fun catchup.

Pizza Cravings created a special ABBA cake, which tasted as good as it looked.

A day to be indoors enjoying good company and the music of ABBA, the outside hot weather was no match for the air-conditioned comfort inside at Pizza Cravings, West Dubbo.

Pictured: The Red Hat Ladies Dubbo with the Pizza Cravings team who created the ABBA cake and looked after the ladies like rockstars. PHOTOS: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/ KEN SMITH

Back: Annie Green, Rhonda Walters, Virginia Carter, Lisa Butterworth and Chris McIntyre, Front: Lorraine Merriman and Jackie Cook

Lorraine honoured with life membership

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The annual Dubbo Combined Pensioner & Superannuants Association (CPSA) Christmas party also saw the presentation of the CPSA’s ‘Association Life Membership Citation’ to Lorraine Scoble.

Lorraine has been the Dubbo/ Orana CPSA Branch Social Secretary since 2009.

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Adopt, don’t shop! and drop in a gift for Pound pets this Chrissie AS we celebrate Christmas 2023, let’s not forget the abandoned pets that are, even now, hoping for the chance of a new home.

Staff at the Dubbo City Animal Shelter (DCAS) and Wellington Pound (WP) are calling on the community to help give their furry friends a better festive season this year.

A Christmas tree has been set up at the Dubbo City Animal Shelter and Dubbo Regional Council are looking for donations to help support the health and wellbeing of animals that come into care.

These items can include:  Toys for cats and dogs (such as ‘kongs’, rope toys, balls, scratching poles, or any other type of enrichment toy);  Treats for cats/kittens and dogs/ puppies;  Food for cats/kittens and dogs/ puppies;  Flea, tick, and worming treatment;  Collars and leads.

Animal welfare staff at both facilities do a wonderful job at ensuring pets that come into their care get the best attention they can, with every donation this Yuletide going towards helping them to con-

tinue their important work, Dubbo Mayor Councillor Mathew Dickerson said.

He also reiterated the responsibility that comes with owning a pet, and the careful consideration that must be undertaken before buying or adopting one.

“With Christmas right around the corner, the DCAS and WP staff are wanting to remind residents that pet ownership isn’t just for Christmas and the summer holidays – it is a long-term commitment, and of course, where possible, ‘adopt, don’t shop’,” Clr Dickerson said.

“I encourage everyone to donate and help our staff with the fantastic work they do. It is a job that is often challenging and, at times, heartbreaking,” he added.

Donations can be dropped at the DCAS between 12 noon–4.30pm, Monday to Friday, or 11am – 2pm on Saturdays.

Donations will be accepted until Saturday, December 23.

To view further information about the centres, as well as pets that are currently available for adoption, head to: dubbo.nsw.gov.au/ Households-Residents/pets-animals

Keely and ‘Cassanova’, Michelle and ‘Teddy’: adopt, don’t shop, for your new four-legged friend, or drop in a gift for pound pets at Dubbo and Wellington animal shelters this Christmas. PHOTO: DUBBO REGIONAL COUNCIL.

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Supporting local arts and artists this Christmas T

By LANA EATHER

he creative abilities and resulting artworks of our local arts community are amazing. Such unique and diverse sculptures, crafts, paintings and works are all at our doorstep, and offer an exceptional choice for gift giving and collectors.

Dubbo Photo News was lucky to visit just a few of our area’s creative ventures recently: The Dubbo Arts and Craft Society Cottage at 137 Cobra St is an active group of sixty members that creates a vast array of arts and crafts for purchase. The Society Cottage relies on shop sales to continue. Each member contributes to the items available with a range of paintings, knitted goods, woodworks and Christmas pieces. Spend some time in browsing the huge collection of pieces for purchase and enjoy the hospitality of the lovely members.

Wellington’s Western Gallery has assembled a number of remarkable sculptures created at the Macquarie Correctional Centre. Wellington Art 2820, a local

non-profit collective within the gallery, shares: “Within Macquarie Correctional Centre a remarkable artistic transformation is taking place. Behind the imposing walls, inmates are channelling their emotions, experiences, and creative energies into captivating metal sculptures that challenge perceptions and redefine the boundaries of art. Step into our gallery and immerse yourself in the raw, untamed beauty of these extraordinary creations. Each piece bears the indelible mark of its creator’s journey, a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of art. By purchasing any of these of extraordinary sculptures, you are not only investing in art that will enrich your life but also empowering individuals to reclaim their creativity and redefine their narratives.”

The Western Gallery, at the corner of Nanima Crescent and Swift Street, also has a rich selection of artworks for peruse on Thursdays- Saturdays 10am-2pm.

Artwork at Dubbo Arts and Craft Society Cottage. PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/ LANA EATHER

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Expressions of Interest are being invited for interested food vendors and entertainers for the Australia Day events in Dubbo and Wellington.

Applications for the next round of the Community Services Grants will open on Thursday 1 February 2024.

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JAILHOUSE ROCK! Dubbo Photo N News is after your 2024 Parkes Elvis Festival pics

By DAVID DIXON O

early 50 years since the passing of ‘The King’ – and now celebrating its fourth decade – Parkes’ annual Elvis Festival is one of the region’s great tourist attractions.

With hundreds of Dubbo locals making the pilgrimage to pay homage to rock’s original superstar, Dubbo Photo News wants our readers to share in the excitement of this unique experience.

So, set your creativity free: if you take some great shots at next year’s January 10–14 event, drop us a line and we’ll give them a run.

Recognised as one of the top three

musical extravaganzas in Australia, the festival attracts about 25,000 fans each year with a global reach in the millions.

Held in the second week of January to coincide with Elvis’ birthday, the 2024 Festival will be celebrating its 31st year with the theme of ‘Jailhouse Rock’.

Our winning photo, as selected by our panel of 1950s rock ’n’ roll fans, will receive a gift voucher from Dubbo Photo News. Send us your pic (and a short caption) to welcome@panscott.com.au by 5pm, Friday, January 19.

NOTE: All images, must be original compositions of the entrant.

With hundreds of Dubbo locals making the pilgrimage to pay homage to rock’s original superstar, Dubbo Photo News wants our readers to share in the excitement of this unique experience. PHOTO: PARKES ELVIS FESTIVAL.

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BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Dec 21: Phil Donahue, US TV talk show host, 88. Jane Fonda, US actress, 86. Doug Walters, cricketer, 78.

Samuel L Jackson, US actor, 75. Chris Evert, US tennis player, 69. Ray Romano, everyone loves him, 66. Kiefer Sutherland, US actor, 57. Karrie Webb, champion golfer, 49. Adam Harvey, country singer, 49. Tom Sturridge, English actor, 38.

Dec 22: Sam Newman, AFL commentator, 78. Donnie Sutherland, TV personality, 77. Jan Stephenson, golfer, 72. Ralph Fiennes, English actor, 61. Vanessa Paradis, French singer-actress, 51.

Jennifer Hawkins, model, 40.

Jennifer Hawkins Jordin Sparks, US singer, 34.

Dec 23: Akihito, emperor of Japan, 90. Harry Shearer, US actor-comedian, 80. Quentin Bryce, former Governor-General, 81. Silvia, queen of Sweden, 80. Grace Knight, British-born singer, 68. Eddie Vedder, of rock group Pearl Jam, 59. Katie Underwood, of pop group Bardot, 48. Sarah Hanson-Young, politician, 42. Beau Champion, footy player, 37.

Dec 24: Kevin Sheedy, AFL coach, 76. Charlie Teo, neurosurgeon, 66. Kate Spade, US designer, 61. Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican pop singer, 52. Matt Passmore, actor, 50. Stephenie Meyer, US author of the Twilight books, 50. Ryan Seacrest, US TV personality, 49. Louis Tomlinson, One Direction singer, 32.

Dec 25: Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. Sissy Spacek, US actress, 74. Russell Broadbent, politician, 74. Annie Lennox, British singer, 69.

Helena Christensen, Danish model, 55. Dido, British singer, 52. Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, singing sisters of The Veronicas, 39.

Dec 26: Ugly Dave Gray, comedian, 90. Fred Schepisi, film director, 84. Steve Bisley, actor, 72.

Jared Leto, US actor, 52. Craig Wing, rugby union/league player, 44.

Dec 27: Bob Brown, former Greens leader, 79. Mick Jones, of rock band Foreigner, 79.

Gerard Depardieu, French actor, 75. Bridget McKenzie, senator, 54.

Emilie de Ravin, actress, 42. Torah Karrie Webb.

Bright, snowboarder, 37.

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DUBBO WEST PUBLIC SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CAROLS CELEBRATION

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ubbo West Public School Christmas Carols Celebration was simply good family fun.

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Because the Dubbo Region is the best place to build your career DUBBO WORKS is highlighting the excellent career and learning opportunities the Dubbo region offers. DUBBO WORKS is a community-building initiative brought to you by Fletcher International Exports and Dubbo Photo News.

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No job too large for forklift driver Carol

By YVETTE AUBUSSON-FOLEY TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Carol Chen is a forklift driver at the Fletcher International Exports Dubbo wool store and is pictured here with the tool of her trade in an area at Fletchers few people get to see.

“I’ve been driving a forklift for over a year and got my licence in Victoria where I was working before moving to Dubbo. It’s a great skill to have, and I have my truck licence too, so I can drive the heavy rigid trucks,” Carol told Dubbo Photo News.

“Fletchers is helping me to get the HR licence and it means I can transport the wool and bales to the store, I’m very lucky to be able to learn those skills, and it’s a pretty nice job I have. I have two brothers in Taiwan, and one is also driving a HR truck, but I’ve never had this experience myself before now.”

Carol assists the testing of wool from both Fletchers Dubbo and West Australian plant in Albany using the forklift and trucks to receive wool that arrives on road trains from Western Australia, as well as packing and unpacking containers of wool bales.

“I’ve learned so much since coming here, even about selling the wool to China,” said.

Carol comes from Taipei City in the north of Taiwan and started at Fletchers in July last year, after travelling around the country for three years on a working holiday visa and has ended up staying in

Fletcher International Exports forklift driver Carol Chen. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Dubbo for almost six months.

“Dubbo is very different to Taipei, which is a city more like Melbourne or Sydney, but it’s very ‘chill’ here in Dubbo, and after work you can do anything you want. In our country it’s stressful all the time, all the jobs have a lot of overtime, but here it’s beautiful and the people are just so lovely.

“Taiwan is about half the size of Tasmania, but we have almost the same population as Austral-

ia in that small space so it’s very crowded and when I came to Australia everywhere felt so huge and open and so fresh and everything for me was so new, and I didn’t have very good English, but I love to talk to people, so I learned very quickly,” she said.

“I find even though I’m not speaking English very well, Australian’s listen and try to understand me, which is so sweet, and here at Fletchers there’s a lot of

people from a lot of countries too and we talk and get to know about each other’s cultures, it’s amazing.”

Back home, Carol worked in environmental protection after studying food science and spent time working in a food laboratory so driving a forklift is like nothing she’s ever done before.

“I never thought I’d be a forklift driver but it’s a very good job, it’s so different and the people here

at Fletchers are really great, they really respect the people working here, they care about your feelings and if you’re not feeling good, they look out for you.

“I see Roger Fletcher all the time, because Roger always checks around the whole factory, he’s a very nice person, he’s “my best man”, and he always asks around to see if we have any problems and says to just let him know and he’ll get things sorted out.”

FOCUS ON EDUCATION

Top of the class for young Ralph, the 2023 Dux for Dubbo College

It was good results all-round for Dubbo College in this year's HSC, with Ralph Capricho, top-scoring for ATAR marks in his Higher School Certificate.

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It was good results all-round, and a top effort for Dubbo College’s Ralph Capricho who scored top ATAR marks for his recent Higher School Certificate.

With College students bagging 21 top-shelf Band Six results across 10 courses and 102 Band Five results across 21 courses, Ralph topscored with an ATAR of 94.0.

Pleased as punch with his result, Ralph acknowledged the contribution that his teachers at the College had to his success.

“I’m really proud of myself on getting through the HSC; Miss Su (Math’s Teacher) and Mr Eddy (Physics Teacher) were both tremendous help.” Ralph, the school’s 2023 Dux (Latin for “Leader”) revealed.

“If they didn’t push me the way they did, I would have been sitting at home playing games, not coming in during the exam period; also, my friend as well, he had the same mindset as me; so, we just came in everyday and studied as much as we could for each exam, that really helped,” he enthused.

Dubbo College Senior Campus Principal, Marisha Blanco, heartily congratulated Ralph on his excellent results that put him in the top tier of Year 12 students.

“I am delighted for Ralph and his peers; he has been rewarded for his discipline, determination and humility,” Ms Blanco said.

“His greatest strength was leveraging the expertise and skill of his teachers, who went above and beyond to support his learning with many before, after school and holiday tutorials,” she added.

Ralph had already gained early entry for Software Engineering at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he will be attending next year.

Ms Blanco said the school’s leadership team was thrilled for the students and staff with the Year 12 results overall, which displayed commitment and diligence over a long period.

“We have such diversity in terms of not only the number of students who have received outstanding results, but the diversity of courses

those results are represented in,” Miss Blanco said.

“We’ve seen success across courses – 21 distinguished results, the highest results you can achieve in the HSC exams”, she added.

As part of Dubbo Colleges “holistic” approach to student development and education, she said, the College’s intra and extracurricular programs, aimed to ensure that all student needs are met, and they can revel in their areas of interest.

“This year reinforces the strength, power and impact that a teacher has within the classroom,” she said.

“We have been very deliberate in our focus; we are unrelenting, ensuring best practice in our classrooms, and that it hits every classroom.”

Dubbo College had again boasted above-State average results in a diverse range of subjects with School Captain, Zoe McAnaney also making the 2023 HSC Top Achievers list for finishing for third in the State for Community And Family Studies.

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Don’t get hot under the collar working outside this summer “ONLY mad dogs and Englishman, go out in the midday sun” author Rudyard Kipling once wrote. But he could have added Australians to the list, for good measure.

Due to our northern European culture and work ethic, the midday siesta – common in Asian, African, Mediterranean, and South American countries – has never been popular here, meaning we often work during the hottest time of the day.

With a scorching summer already here, SafeWork NSW is urging workers and businesses to take steps to ensure they stay safe in the sun.

Employers have a primary duty-of-care for employees and are encouraged to develop workplace heat management plans, in consultation with their health and safety representatives and workers, to ensure everyone stays safe when the temperature rises, SafeWork Chief Trent Curtin said.

“As the weather gets warmer, it’s important businesses and workers start to talk about the procedures they will use to keep everyone safe from heat-related illnesses; we don’t want to see anyone needing medical attention due to heat exposure,” he added.

Heat-related illnesses happen when the body starts to overheat due to working too hard to cool itself down. Symptoms

include a range of progressive conditions such as dehydration, fainting, heat rash, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.

“Workers are reminded to listen to their body when the temperature rises and to drink plenty of water; it is vital you do not replace water with soft drinks, energy drinks, or coffee, as these can dehydrate you further.

“If the weather becomes too hot and can’t be avoided, then the job might have to be stopped… worker safety must come first.”

Employers who have workers completing tasks outside, must do their best to eliminate extended periods of sun exposure.

This could be by providing shade, rotating tasks to reduce exposure, scheduling work to cooler times of the day, and providing personal protective equipment such as hats, long-sleeved shirts, and sunscreen.

Any worker who feels their workplace is unsafe, can anonymously report their concerns directly to SafeWork NSW on 13 10 50 or via the ‘Speak Up Save Lives’ app.

Tips on developing a heat management plan and managing extreme heat in the workplace can be found on the SafeWork website at:  www.safework.nsw.gov.au

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With a scorching summer already here, SafeWork NSW is urging workers and businesses to take steps to ensure they stay safe in the sun. PHOTO: SAFEWORK NSW

LOVE YOUR WORK

Delivery Driver/Customer Service PETRIES Trade Centre in Dubbo, a renowned hub for tradespeople, is expanding its dynamic team. Currently, they are on the lookout for a full-time delivery driver to enhance their trade delivery team.

The primary role of the delivery driver involves ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of products to trade customers. This pivotal position requires the driver to perform daily checks on delivery vehicles, handle customer orders on-site, and assist with stock replenishment in the store. Additionally,

the role may include face-to-face customer service and occasional sales responsibilities.

Key to this role is a commitment to safety, both personal and team-based.

Prospective candidates must hold an MR licence and a white card, with HIAB and forklift experience being advantageous. Physical fitness is essential, as the job involves handling heavy and bulky building materials.

Full details about this position are available at www.seek.com.au

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Dubbo

Faisal Where do you work? Crème Patissiere.

What’s your job? I am co-owner with my wife Tazrin.

Why do you love your work? I love that we created this ourselves!

What is your favourite part of business? Everything! I love meet-

ing all the new customers!

If you could work with any person, who would it be and why? I would work with my uncle. I worked with him before, and he is a very clever man! I learnt a lot from him, and there is always more to learn.

What was your first paying job? I worked for a mobile phone company. I was the customer manager.

Three words your friends would use to describe you? Hardworking, brave and friendly.

What attributes do you admire?

Someone that never gives up.

What is your favourite thing about Christmas? My favourite thing is getting together with others.

I have a brother in Melbourne, so we are hoping to catch up.

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inal week!

Only FOUR more sleeps!

The fifth and final week of our Santa photos taken on November 18 at the Dubbo Farmer’s Market.

Did we see you there? If you would like to request a copy of these photos please contact our office when we reopen on January 15th 2024.

Ho ho ho and a MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!!

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Ramesh, Nisha, Sarmila, Bikash, Anu, Sunil, Program Education Officer NSW Community Languages Schools Program Kara Matheson, Jim, Achyut, Sanjib and Gargi. PHOTOS: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/KEN SMITH

Celebration for

Nani-Babu Nepali Pathshala Community Language School

By LANA EATHER IN 2023 the Dubbo Nepalese Community Australia registered their Community Language School (CLS) with the NSW Department of Education’s Community Languages Schools Program.

In NSW, 562 of these schools are funded by the NSW Government to teach 62 languages to 35,316 students. The Dubbo Community Language School – The Nani-Babu Nepali Pathshala – has been instrumental in providing valuable education in Nepalese language and culture to the wider community since its establishment in Dubbo in February, 2023.

Recently the Dubbo Nepalese Community Australia have successfully gained an establishment grant from the NSW government in recognition of its dedication to promoting multicultural educa-

Ramesh Sharma, Sunil Bhandari and representing ORISCON, Gargi Ganguly

tion in the Dubbo region. In celebration of this grant and support the Dubbo Nepalese Community Australia recently held a special event honouring the volunteers and teachers of Nani-Babu Nepali Pathshala in Dubbo. Special certificates of appreciation were given to credit the hard work of the volunteers and teachers.

Executive Officer of Hunter Community Languages in Newcastle Kara Matheson visited Dubbo to congratulate and thank the team at Dubbo Nepalese Community Australia for this great achievement. The Hunter Com-

munity Languages works with community groups to set up and run community language programs and schools.

“Community language schools are more than just places of language education,” says Kara.

“They are beacons of cultural heritage, preserving and passing on languages that are the heartbeats of diverse communities. A Community Language School education benefits families by providing children with the invaluable opportunity to know the language of their extended family; it benefits our children by giving them

Sunil Nhandari and Anuradha Khadka

access to the nuanced and sophisticated understanding of how language and culture shape the way we see and understand life and relationships, something that only bilingualism gives people. This benefits our society by fostering greater empathy, inclusivity, and mutual respect for our differences, and an appreciation for the rich tapestry of cultures that make up our multicultural community.

And also, importantly, a CLS education prepares our children for a globalised world where cultural literacy and multilingualism are not just assets, but necessities.”

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The celebration also extended appreciation to Principal Anu Khadka Koirala, President of Dubbo Nepalese Community Australia Sunil Bhandari, Secretary Jyoti Karki, Treasurer Rajiv Bhattarai, and members and teachers Kishor Kumar KC, Ramesh Sharma, Achyut Luitel, Bikash Dawadi, Sarmila Maharjan, and Nisha Poudel for their tireless efforts and continuous commitments. Their contributions have been instrumental in shaping the success of the Nepali language school.

2024 will be a year of continued growth and enthusiasm.

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Under 12 Boys

Santa set a new track record for giving out Christmas Lolly packs

By KEN SMITH

Dubbo Athletics Club finished off their 2023 season off with a bang!

Santa’s appearance started a race for some Christmas surprises and many of the athletes ran their events in fancy dress.

Dubbo Athletics Club will now take a break over Christmas, back in action on February 9th 2024, for a few weeks, with their final club night on March 8th and their Club Presentation night on April 5th at Victoria Park.

If you would like to know more about how to get your family involved, Dubbo Athletics Club contact information is available online.

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WE WELCOME YOUR NEWS, IDEAS & PHOTOS email wellingtonnews@dubbophotonews.com.au phone 6885 4433

WELLO SOLDIERS CLUB GIANT TOY RAFFLE

By COLIN ROUSE

IT was shoulder-to-shoulder at the Wellington Soldiers Club on Sunday night. The club was packed with families hoping to win one of the many toys in the giant Christmas Toy raffle. Over 40,000 tickets were sold.

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Jacinta and Logan Munce, Maddie, Nate, Lucy and Katie Keady

Alanah-Paige Ivery, Charlotte Mountain, Jayden Stubbs and Jay-Anne Ivery

Wellington Elves are on the loose, supporting our local businesses DON’T worry, Wellington isn’t being forgotten in the great Dubbo Region Elf Hunt!

Local councillor and Dubbo Regional Deputy Mayor Richard Ivey recently did the rounds of business houses, and came-up trumps.

Using an Elf Hunt worksheet, children who nail ten of Santa’s little helpers can drop down to their Visitor Information Centre for a great prize. Kids just have to download or pick up their Elf Hunt worksheet. Each cheeky elf has a unique name to record, and away they go!

“I live in Wellington, and I can reliably inform you that there’s 14 of the elves in town,” Cr Ivey revealed.

“There’s an Elf Hunt sheet and, if they get 10 elves listed, they get a prize though, between you and me, if they get eight they’ll probably be okay,” he whispered.

While designed partly to encourage

Alby, Eadie, Matilda, Hugh and Jade Charman Rebecca Pedersen and Mark Phillips

residents and ratepayers to support district businesses this Christmas, the Elf Hunt has taken on a life of its own.

“It is to encourage people to shop locally, but kids have really taken to it.

“This is our first time we’ve run it, and they’re out there trying to find the elves in shop windows.”

Once you have found 10 elves, take your completed sheet to your Visitor Information Centre at Dubbo or Wellington and claim your well-deserved prize.

Despite the doom-and-gloom one hears around in-person shopping, Cr Ivey said that both Wellington and Dubbo have really bounced back from their post-pandemic lockdowns.

“There’s no doubt about it, this year and last, local businesses have experienced a bit of a push and it’s fantastic,” he observed.

The Elf Hunt concludes at 5pm on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24.

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IN FOCUS THUMBS UP! Thumbs up to Kaiya from Flight Centre for helping sort out flights from Melbourne for our disabled son who can now spend Christmas with us. You were great, Kaiya.

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Letters, newspapers rescued from half-century Stuart Town time capsule

Thumbs up to Sandy from Shakespeare Funerals. What an amazing woman, so great at her job, thoughtful, caring and very thorough. We cannot thank you enough for your help at our sad time.

Thumbs up to Jane at the Wellington Post Office, a beautiful lady with a wonderful smile.

Thumbs up for laughing at my jokes and always being so helpful. I wish you a wonderful Christmas.

Thumbs up to the staff at Home Sweet Home Sofas & Living. Thank you for going above and beyond to help me find the perfect sofa.

I appreciate your time, effort and friendly service.

About 100 letters to their future families, were deposited in the Stuart Town time capsule, with many descendants on-hand to claim the half-century correspondence. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Thumbs up to Adrian at Poolwerx Dubbo, thanks for going the extra mile for your customers, especially during the recent wave of extreme heat. Merry Christmas and thank-you very much.

Thumbs up to Dubbo’s Christmas lights and for their handy promotion in Dubbo Photo News.

Our family was literally saying “wow” – out loud – as we spotted some of the biggest and brightest of this year’s light displays. And an extra thought, please drive safely as you look at all the lights because there are lots of little kids running around at that time of sunset when it can be hard to see properly.

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“NEWS” was both good and bad from the much-anticipated Stuart Town time capsule opening recently!

First the bad news: as some had suspected – and despite the best efforts of the unknown depositors of 1973 – water had leaked into the sealed tank over the intervening 50 years.

Good news: little damage had been done to much of the personal family letters and newspapers that the capsule contained, Stuart Town Advancement Association President Marcus Hanney, revealed.

More than a 100 residents and visitors attended the big opening at the village’s historic School of Arts, with many families there to claim letters written to them, as descendants, way back in 1973.

“We broke it open and, as we suspected, there was some water inside, but we were able to dry everything out pretty well,” Marcus said.

“They were mostly envelopes, and some newspapers, letters to family members, next-of-kin, their children, and some of these families were there to accept them,” he added.

The collection of printed media – including a story on the Queen’s opening of the Sydney Opera House a few weeks earlier in October, 1973 – showed the importance that printed media played in peoples’ lives in the pre-internet age.

“That they had the newspapers was very interesting; we had copies of the Daily Telegraph, Wellington Times, Sydney Morning Herald, we even had an old Avon catalogue! “There were TV Weeks

with ‘Little Johnny Farnham’ and Bert Newton on the front… they were pretty wet, but we laid them out on tables in the hall, and they dried well.”

The time capsule had been sealed in an old water heater encased in fibreglass and deposited in a concrete tomb way back in November, 1973, by then-NSW Premier – and Stuart Town’s most-famous son – Sir Robert Askin.

Apart from the opening date in 50 years, little was known of the container, as organisers of the opening could not find any local residents or documentation that could reveal the likely contents of the capsule.

“It’s been under a concrete slab behind the ANZAC Gates, so it’s very prominent… it’s just that everyone who was involved has now passed away. They were pretty wet, but there was no mould on anything, we suspect they may have added a drying agent to the contents, to ensure they didn’t spoil,” he also speculated.

The old newspapers and other items, meanwhile, are still drying out on trestle tables in the hall, with what is not claimed to go into a permanent display in the village.

“Anyone who suspects they may have a letter from a family member, there were about 100 in total, can contact us to make a claim,” he explained.

“We’ve also got a new display cabinet that we’re going to put the other stuff into as a permanent exhibition in the School of Arts,” Marcus concluded.

To claim any items that may be related to your family, contact Mr Hanney on 0417 467 459.

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More than 100 locals and visitors attended the big opening of the Stuart Town time capsule at the village’s historic School of Arts, with many families there to claim letters written to their descendants, way back in 1973.

Federal Member for Calare, Andrew Gee, did the honours at the big opening of the Stuart Town time capsule recently, with many locals and visitors on-hand to see what the capsule contained.

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WHY LOCATION IS KING IN THE PROPERTY MARKET Areas with low crime rates and a sense of community foster environments where neighbours know each other, and street parties are common occurrences – a drawcard for families and professionals alike.

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hen it comes to property investment, Australians have long lived by the adage “location, location, location” – and with good reason. Choosing where to buy a home goes beyond the walls and the garden fence; it’s about the community tapestry, the buzz of the local economy, and the hum of potential growth. Let’s dive into why location holds the crown in the real estate realm.

1. Lifestyle and Convenience A prime location offers more than just a postal address; it shapes your daily routine.

Proximity to essential services like schools, supermarkets, healthcare facilities, and workplaces can drastically reduce commute times and increase life quality. Suburbs with vibrant cafes, parks, and recreational facilities also boast a lifestyle appeal that can make living in them a joy rather than just a convenience.

2. Accessibility and Transport The ease of getting around cannot be underestimated. Properties close to public transport networks, major roads, and bike paths often see a consistent demand, which can be a boon for resale value. In a sprawling country like Australia, accessibility can define how quickly you can immerse yourself in the urban buzz or escape to tranquillity.

3. Growth Potential Location is intrinsically linked to growth.

Those areas poised for economic investment, such as infrastructure projects or new commercial hubs, are likely to see property values climb. Smart buyers keep their ears to the ground for government announcements and urban development plans.

4. Safety and Community A safe neighbourhood is not just about peace of mind; it’s about community bonds and shared spaces. Areas with low crime rates and a sense of community foster environments where neighbours know each other, and street parties are common occurrences – a drawcard for families and professionals alike.

5. The Long View While the present is important, so is the future. The enduring value of a location can often be gauged by its historical performance and its planned trajectory. Prospective buyers should look at long-term trends, such as historical price growth and area gentrification.

While the home itself holds significant emotional value, it’s the location that can underpin the financial and lifestyle success of your property investment in Australia. After all, you can renovate a house, but you can’t change its location. A strategic choice can mean the difference between a good home and a great investment.

The Real Estate Chat with Karen Chant from Chant and Co

The Real Estate Market Takes a Pause Over Christmas As the festive season approaches, the real estate market traditionally experiences a lull, with activity slowing down as individuals focus on holiday festivities. The calm is expected to extend through December, only to give way to increased activity again around mid January. Generally the market, which has been relatively quieter during the holiday season, will begin to pick up momentum as the New Year unfolds.

For prospective sellers eyeing a move in 2024, we recommend a proactive approach. Engaging with real estate agents early in the year can prove to be strategic, allowing for discussions on timelines and preparation. This early interaction sets the stage for a seamless transition into the competitive real estate landscape, providing sellers with valuable insights into market conditions and trends.

February and March are generally busy months for property sales. This surge in activity is often driven by a combination of factors, including New Year resolutions, changing life circumstances, and a renewed focus on future plans. For those considering putting their properties on the market, initiating conversations with real estate professionals in January positions sellers to make informed decisions and take advantage of the anticipated uptick in buyer interest.

As the holiday season unfolds, the real estate market may be hushed, but it is the perfect time to set to lay the groundwork for a successful 2024 sale.

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GEN Z AUSSIES’S WORST FEAR:

OWNING OWN HOME IS OUT OF REACH

Owning your own home has always been the 'Great Australian Dream' but not so much for younger generations, with a recent 'Coming of Age' report finding that 21 per cent of Gen Z Aussies believe they’ll never be able to afford this lifestyle. PHOTO: REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE.

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wning your own home has always been the ‘Great Australian Dream’ but not so much for younger generations who, a recent study shows, have other priorities.

A recent ‘Coming of Age’ report by Afterpay reveals how young Aussies are setting social boundaries and letting go of traditional social expectations.

Gone are the days where being married with kids before the age of 30, or owning a home in your twenties, is considered the norm, the study reveals.

In sobering news, the report found that 21 per cent, more than one-in-five, Gen Z Aussies – that is, those born be-

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tween 1996 and 2010 – believe they’ll never be able to afford their own home.

From navigating the housing market to prioritising mental health over their career, and changing the ways they make and maintain relationships, the findings show how young Australians are managing their finances, optimising their work/life balance, and actively planning for their future.

From the rising cost of living to the lingering effects of the pandemic, Gen Z have been hit by multiple crises as they’ve entered adulthood. Today, only one in six (16 per cent) own their own home, compared with a quarter (24 per

cent) of Baby Boomers at the same age.

The knock-on effect of this can be seen through changing home and work lives, with 20 per cent of young Aussies saying that getting engaged or married isn’t on the cards for them right now, a drop of 50 per cent from previous generations. Becoming parents has also been deprioritised, with only one in three (34 per cent) Gen Z Aussies already having kids, compared to almost half (43 per cent) of over 30s at the same age.

With the Australian property scene a wild ride lately, with rental prices soaring by a whooping 13.2 per cent in just a

year, confidence in the Australian property market is at a low, with over half (56 per cent) of young Aussies believing the current rental crisis will stay the same or worsen, and almost a quarter (22 per cent) concerned they’ll never be able to afford a property of their own.

While a similar amount of Gen Z Aussies already own their own home compared to older generations at the same age (28 per cent vs 30 per cent), Gen Z is more likely to own and live on their own (11 per cent vs five per cent), whereas older generations were more likely to live with a spouse or partner (seven per cent vs 18 per cent).

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AND THE winNERS ARE! THANK YOU to all the fabulous artists who entered our Christmas colouring comp. Your skills are amazing!

Angela, 7 years

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We’ve short-listed five fun entries, and are throwing-open the voting to our loyal readers – just email your preferred Santa pic from among these ones, to our office at: welcome@panscott.com.au, and we’ll announce the winner in our first issue back in January.

The winner will receive a fantastic shopping voucher, to help them support our hardworking g Dubbo businesses.

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1. This family photo from Debbie Edwards, shows a typical Santa scene; a cheery “ho, ho, ho” from the big guy in the red suit, a shy little girl, wondering what it’s all about... with the classic Holden in the background. 2. It was the start of a new decade at the newly-opened Orana Mall in Chrissie, 1980. Board-shorts, mop-tops; and freckly, smiling faces were all the rage with Santa . These happy, local kids are, from left, Melissa Cook (still in Dubbo), Craig Perry, bub, Bradley Perry, Sally Cook, Simon Perry and Mark Wallace (still in Dubbo). 3. It’s 12-months later, and Santa has his sleigh in Christmas 1981, in the prestigious department store Grace Bros (now Myer) for this happy snap. From left, Simon Perry, Sally Cook, Craig Perry, toddler, Bradley Perry, Lyndal Wallace (still in Dubbo), Mark Wallace (still in Dubbo), and Melissa Cook (still in Dubbo). 4. Here’s one of the Jones family’s favourite Santa family photos, titled ‘In a Rusty Holden Ute’ from the beloved antipodean Christmas carol, ‘Aussie Jingle Bells’. As well as a green elf on the car, it features a range of cute Christmassy t-shirts from Thomas the Tank Engine, the movie ‘Elf’, Star Wars and comedian Chevy Chase from National Lampoon’s ‘Christmas Vacation’. 5. Going all the way back to the year 1970, when the Beatles had their last hit on the Australian music charts, two girls with two very frightened, but brave, little relatives. It was contributed by Tracey Berry, who believes the photo was taken at The Western Stores (now Myer). It shows little Jackie Scott (from Wollongong) with Kerrie, Tracey and Toni Scott, all from Dubbo.

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Very busy time of the year for both Mr and Mrs Claus!

It’s a very busy time of the year for all of us at Christmas time, but even more so for the man-ofthe-moment, Santa Claus, who’s making his list, and checking it twice.

Santa’s also been down at Orana Mall, hearing this year’s Chrissie lists, and getting the odd photo taken with keen young fans, where he’s more popular than Taylor Swift!

Q. How’s it going Santa, keeping busy?

A. Oh, I’ve always got a lot on at this time of year, presents to make, deliveries to do, reindeers to feed, elves to administer, and Mrs Claus is always after some more wood for the kitchen fire; it gets very cold at the North Pole, you know, and she loves her cooking!

Q. Is that your favourite part of Christmas?

A. Oh, I love all of it, the smiles on the faces of the happy boys and girls, the good cheer to everyone, the chance to look back over the year and see what’s been accomplished. There’s Christmas dinner as well to look forward to. After a hard night delivering presents, I have a hearty appetite, and it shows, I have to loosen my belt to fit in Mrs Claus’ Christmas pudding!

Q. How’s Christmas 2023?

A. Well, it hasn’t been an easy year for everyone, but Christmas is the season of goodwill, where we all look to the future and brighter days ahead. It’s the season for families to get together, and where we remember those who aren’t as lucky or privileged

as people in Australia. It’s a chance to see how we can all do a little better in the year ahead!

Q. What are the popular presents for 2023?

A. Some children like the latest devices, games and technology, while others go for the old favourites, books, toys, footballs, building blocks, water pistols.

The important thing is, whatever Santa brings on Christmas morning, every present comes with love.

Q. Thank-you Santa, where to now?

A. Oh, I’ve just got to clean and tidy the sleigh to be in tip-top shape for Christmas Eve so that Rudolf and the other reindeers, get me where I’ve got to go!

Ho, Ho, Ho, Marry Christmas!

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Have you ever met Santa? Yes How do you think he gets the reindeer to fly? *prances around* How old is Santa? 3 How does Santa know if you have been good? *speechless* What would you like Santa to bring you this year? Bitzee Have you ever had elves in your house? No Do you have any brothers or sisters? What would they like for Christmas? No Do you go to bed really early on Christmas Eve? Yes, sometimes me can’t do it all by myself

What is your favourite thing hing about Christmas? My mummy ummy help with the Christmas table ble Do you have a favourite Christmas song? Santa Santa Santa

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10. In the original Knight Rider TV series starring David Hasselhoff (pictured), what did the car’s name, KITT, stand for?

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ARIES: You’ll use your persuasion skills to avoid being pushed around, ensuring everything runs smoothly. You’re right, even if the way you express yourself may lack delicacy. The main thing is to obtain satisfactory results.

TAURUS: Your festivities are sure to be spectacular even if you’re on a tight budget, thanks to your creative ideas and determination. You’ll also show a great deal of affection for your partner.

GEMINI: The new ideas you come up with will amaze even you. Your enthusiasm will be contagious, and others will follow you, whatever your plans. You’ll succeed in organising a memorable party.

CANCER: Now is a time of reflection and introspection for some people. Take the time to recognise your successes and failures and open your mind to a new form of spirituality.

LEO: You’ll be responsible for a great achievement that will be remembered for a long time, especially if you manage to bring together people who don’t get along. If you’re single, a colleague will take advantage of this quiet time to get closer to you.

VIRGO: You have a lot to organise to create a memorable event for your family. Don’t let yourself be caught off guard. Make sure everything is ready in time for Santa’s arrival. Otherwise, the children will be disappointed.

LIBRA: Organising a family lottery could give you the chance to round off the festive season with a trip. Either way, there’s plenty of fun to be had. You’ll show great generosity toward your loved ones.

SCORPIO: You’ll be told a family secret at a party. You’ll give a speech that will move everyone. You’ll also be needed to sort out an emergency at work, even if you’re at a party.

SAGITTARIUS: Don’t get involved in family quarrels, especially if they don’t involve you. Otherwise, you’ll play the role of referee to help resolve conflicts between family members.

CAPRICORN: You’ll be proactive at gatherings and won’t sit idly by. You may help serve the guests. The atmosphere of the holiday season will strengthen the love between you and your partner.

AQUARIUS: You’ll be the focus of attention, making people laugh with your cheeky quips. You may even receive some applause, which will naturally flatter your ego.

PISCES: For part of the week, you’ll be with your family or taking care of your children or elderly parents. You’ll also be allowed to recharge your batteries. The peace and solitude of home will stimulate your creativity.

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How many Lisbon sisters are there in Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel The Virgin Suicides?

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The face of which 1980s movie character was supposedly modelled after poet Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein and a pug dog?

Which musician released the single Starman in 1972?

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Macquarie Sewcialites sew up a Sizeable Donation Macquarie Home Stay Dubbo and “Macquarie Sewcialites” wish to thank everyone who purchased tickets in their 2023 raffle.

Rod Crowfoot from Macquarie Home Stay joined the Macquarie Sewcialites Christmas Lunch at Kintyre Village Country Club.

He was also responsible for the

By KEN SMITH all-important drawing of the four raffle prizes of 2 quilts and 2 duffle bags.

The winners of the raffle were: 1st prize – Josie Mack 2nd prize – Josie Mack 3rd Prize – Di Cullen 4th Prize – Suzi Ellis Di Cullen is a member of Macquarie Sewcialites and was on hand

BELOW: The talented Macquarie Sewcialites with Managing Director, Macquarie Home Stay Dubbo, Rod Crowfoot

to receive her prize.

The raffle ended up raising over $3000, a fantastic achievement, and will be used on the extensions to Macquarie Home Stay when building commences in the near future.

The very talented “Macquarie Sewcialites” are well on the way to having the prizes ready for next year’s raffle.

RIGHT: Di Cullen receiving her 3rd prize from Managing Director, Macquarie Home Stay Dubbo, Rod Crowfoot

Dubbo Croquet Club Christmas Party

By KEN SMITH

Dubbo Croquet Club swapped the warm outdoors for a much cooler venue, celebrating Christmas 2023 at the Westside Hotel recently.

Back, Jenny Macqueen and Sue Ballard, Front, Peter Macqueen, John Ballard and Andrew Macqueen

Back, John Mulligan and Andrew Jay, Front, Carol Macalpine, Ros Joseph and Tracey Keenan

Dubbo Croquet Club Committee, Ben Vang, Kate Colwell, Peter Heywood, Alannah Frazer, Charles Campbell, Ingrid Stufano, Graham Bender and Yrisha Shanks

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More festive family scenes from Carols by Candelight

By KEN SMITH

A few more photos from Sunday’s Community Carols by Candlelight at Victoria Park Number One Oval presented by Dubbo West Rotary.

The Laws and the Hubbard Families

Clare, Holly and Riley Palmer

Kevin, Margaret and Roger

Back: Liam and Amy Daley. Front: Sharon McDermott and Susie Glocker. PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/ KEN SMITH.

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We wish you a joyful and festive Christmas!

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Ceiara Naden 18th Birthday

By KEN SMITH

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ABC TV (2)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. 2.30 Christmas With Poh. 3.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces. 3.55 Back In Time For Dinner. Final.

5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Camilla’s Country Life. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.00 Life. 11.00 Wakefield. 11.55 Rage.

SBS

6.00 Morning Programs.

(3) 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. 11.05 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals.

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 3.10 Mastermind Aust. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 The Supervet. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News. 7.30 Christmas Carols From London Coliseum. 8.30 Cecil: The Real Lion King. 9.25 Lapland: The Ultimate Winter Wonderland. 10.15 SBS News. 10.45 Late Programs.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6.00 WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland St. 12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 2.40 Australia’s War On Feral Cats. 3.15 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland Street.

5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Naughty And Nice: Sex Toy Britain. 10.15 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. 11.10 Limetown. 12.10 Letterkenny.

3.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 11.30 The Big Adventure. 1.00 Yummy Mummies.

2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. 3.30 Modern Family. 4.00 The Goldbergs. 4.30 MOVIE: Curly Sue. (1991) 6.30 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. (2018) 8.30 MOVIE: Last Cab To Darwin. (2015) Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, Ningali Lawford. 11.05 MOVIE: Hollow Man. (2000) 1.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 Lu And The Bally Bunch. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MOVIE: Boy. (2010) James Rolleston. 9.55 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 10.25 QI. 11.00 Ghosts. 11.30 Killing Eve. 12.15 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

1.05 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 4.20 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Kung Fu Panda.

5.20 Miraculous. 5.45 Hotel Transylvania. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. 7.35 MOVIE: Early Man. (2018) Eddie Redmayne. 9.00 Shaun The Sheep. 9.30 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death. 10.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 11.15 Close.

SBS VLND (31)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country.

2.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.30 Late Programs.

7FLIX

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 11.30 American Restoration. 12.00 American Pickers.

1.00 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Motor MythBusters.

3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

8.30 MOVIE: Blade Runner 2049. (2017) Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana De Armas. 11.50 Late Programs.

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.10 Peer To Peer.

9.40 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.10 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix Final. Highlights. 4.40 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around.

5.35 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens.

8.40 Highclere: The Real Downton Abbey.

9.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: The Neapolitan Line, Italy.

10.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces.

11.20 Rex In Rome.

1.10 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey.

3.50 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

ABC TV PLUS

6.00 TRT World (31) Newshour.

6.50 Indian Country Today News. 7.20 FBC News. 7.55 France 24 Feature. 8.10 ABC America Nightline. 8.40 CBC The National. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 Shortland St. 12.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 1.30 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Cup. Individual Apparatus. Highlights. 3.35 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 6.45 The Toys That Built The World.

7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Age Of Rage: Australian Punk Revolution. 10.00 Glastonbury 2022 Highlights. 11.10 Vikings. 1.05 The X-Files.

2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

ABC ME

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Get Arty. 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Behave Yourself. 12.00 Bringing Sexy Back. 1.30 Wife Swap Australia.

2.45 Baking It. 3.45 Dodger.

4.45 MOVIE: The Smurfs 2. (2013) 7.00 MOVIE: Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

(2021) 8.50 MOVIE: The Shape Of Water. (2017) Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer.

11.20 MOVIE: Live By Night. (2016) Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning. 2.00 Home Shopping.

3.00 Royal Pains. 4.00 9-1-1.

6.00 Dragon Ball (23) Super. 6.50 Scream Street. 7.25 Camp Lakebottom. 8.00 Miraculous.

8.25 Transformers: EarthSpark. 8.45 The Flamin’ Thongs. 9.45 Horrible Histories. 10.15 The Inbestigators. 12.45 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (2022) 1.45 Miraculous. 3.40 Art Ninja. 4.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.30 Mystery Lane. 4.55 Miraculous. 5.15 Total Drama Island. 6.00 Hotel Transylvania. 6.25 School Of Rock. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009) George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman. 9.05 Wallace And Gromit: The Wrong Trousers. 9.35 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 11.15 Close.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Man Who Loved Redheads. (1955) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: The World Is Not Enough. (1999) 11.05 Late Programs.

7MATE

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 Kids’ Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Snowed In For Christmas. (2021) 7.30 MOVIE: Dolittle.

(2020) 9.30 MOVIE: K-9. (1989) 11.35 Under The Dome. 1.30 Life After Lockup. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

9GEM (81)

6.00 Home Shopping.

8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8.

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners.

Highlights. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder.

11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30 JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15 Late Programs.

9GO!

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam.

7.30 Becker. 8.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

NINE (8)

TEN (5) 6.00 What’s Up Down Under. 6.30 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef. 7.00 Reel Action.

7.30 My Market Kitchen. 8.00 iFish. 8.30 Farm To Fork. 9.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 9.30 10 Minute Kitchen. 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday.

12.00 Luxury Escapes.

12.30 The Yes Experiment.

1.00 The Bachelors Australia.

2.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas.

3.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient.

4.00 My Market Kitchen.

4.30 Farm To Fork.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less.

7.00 The Dog House.

8.00 Ambulance.

10.30 CSI: Vegas.

1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 Authentic.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.00 TRT World Newshour. 6.30 France 24 Africa News. 6.50 Indian Country Today News. 7.20 FBC News. 7.50 France 24 Feature. 8.10 ABC America Nightline. 8.40 CBC The National. 9.30 Jeopardy!

7.30 Abandoned Engineering. Final.

8.25 Travel Man: 96 Hours In Rio. 9.20 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning: Invention Showdown.

10.10 One Night In Hamleys Xmas Special.

11.05 The X-Files.

12.00 QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.50 Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. 2.45 United Shades Of America.

3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

ABC ME

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Get Arty. 10.00 Take Me Out. 11.15 Wife Swap Australia. 12.30 Australia’s Cheapest Weddings. 1.45 The Amazing Race.

2.50 Blow Up. 4.30 MOVIE: Keeping Up With The Joneses.

(2016) 6.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly.

7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

8.30 Law & Order.

9.30 Law & Order: LA. 11.30 The Blacklist. 1.30 Chicago P.D. 3.00 Royal Pains. 4.00 9-1-1.

10 BOLD

9GEM

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder.

10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 On The Fly. 12.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Diagnosis Murder.

1.30 Luxury Escapes.

2.00 Jake And The Fatman.

3.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 9. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory.

10.15 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 9. Perth Glory v Macarthur FC. 1.00 FBI: International. 2.00 48 Hours. 3.00 JAG. 5.00 Home Shopping.

9GO!

6.00 The (52) Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker.

9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 Seinfeld. 12.00 The King Of Queens.

1.00 Becker.

2.00 The Bachelors Australia.

4.20 Frasier.

5.10 Seinfeld.

6.10 The Big Bang Theory.

10.00 Friends.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 South Park. 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. 4.30 Home Shopping.

7TWO

6.00 Thunderbirds.

(81) 6.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 Gideon’s Way. 8.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

9.00 Turning Point With Dr David Jeremiah. 9.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Helping Hands.

10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Baron.

12.10 Saved & Remade. 1.10 MOVIE: Bonnie Prince Charlie. (1948) 3.35 MOVIE: Last Holiday.

(1950) 5.30 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962) Elvis Presley. 7.30 MOVIE: Die Another Day. (2002) Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens.

10.10 MOVIE: Death Wish V. (1994) Charles Bronson, Lesley Ann-Down. 12.10 Memory Lane.

1.30 Rizzoli & Isles. 2.30 The Closer. 3.30 Major Crimes. 4.30 Late Programs.

7MATE

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 11.30 Pokémon.

12.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 1.00 Teen Titans Go! 1.30 Transformers: Cyberverse. 1.45 MOVIE: The Christmas Setup.

(2020) 3.35 MOVIE: The Mistletoe Promise.

(2016) 5.20 MOVIE: Sing. (2016) 7.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski. 9.45 MOVIE: Fletch. (1985) Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. 11.45 Metro Sexual. 12.45 Yorkshire Job Centre. 2.45 Transformers: Cyberverse. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Monkie Kid. 5.10 Lego Dreamzzz. 5.30 Tom And Jerry.

SUNDAY, December 24

ABC TV PLUS (22)

10 PEACH

6.00 Hello SA. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer.

12.00 Cybershack. 12.30 Great Australian Detour.

1.05 Iconic Australia. 2.15 Great Getaways. 3.15 MOVIE: Journey Back To Christmas. (2017) Candace Cameron Bure, Oliver Hudson, Brooke Nevin. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Christmas With Delta.

8.30 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007) Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti. Santa Claus’s cranky older brother comes to stay with him at the North Pole. (PG) 10.50 The Hundred With Andy Lee. 11.45 MOVIE: Charming Christmas. (2016) (G) 1.20 Country House Hunters Australia. 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. 2.30 Cybershack.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Helping Hands.

6.00 Fishy (64) Business. 7.00 The Next Level. 7.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 8.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Aussie Adventure Bike Show. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 My Road To Adventure. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 8.30 Disasters At Sea. 9.30 Mighty Trains.

11.30 Building Giants. 12.30 Storage Wars. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

10 BOLD (53)

SEVEN (6)

7FLIX

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera News.

7.00 APAC Weekly. 7.30 France 24 English News.

8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.15 Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas.

12.00 APAC Weekly.

12.30 France 24 English News.

1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix Final.

Highlights.

5.35 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Tis The Season: The Holidays On Screen.

9.00 Roberta Flack.

10.35 Big Fat Quiz Of Sport.

12.20 The Toys That Built The World: Masters Of Invention.

3.25 Child Genius Australia.

4.25 Bamay.

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. Final. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 My Life Is Murder. 11.30 Good Sam. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBC Today.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday.

From Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney.

Christmas At The Valley. From The Valley, Melbourne. Bernborough Plate. From Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer.

7.30 Carols In The Domain.

10.00 NSW Schools Spectacular: Fabulous.

12.45 12 Monkeys.

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Get Clever.

5.00 My Greek Odyssey: West Coast, Crete.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

11.00 Harry’s Practice. 11.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 12.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 3.00 Escape To The Country.

5.00 Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Christmas at The Valley and Bernborough Plate.

6.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 12.30 Last Chance Learners. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Animal SOS Australia. 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 Late Programs.

ABC TV (2)

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 7.20 Odd Squad. 7.35 Spooky Files. 8.00 Little Lunch.

8.25 Malory Towers. 9.25 The Inbestigators.

12.05 MOVIE: Grandpa’s Great Escape. (2018) 1.15 Miraculous. 3.15 The Dengineers. 3.55 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 4.30 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 4.50 Miraculous. 5.15 Total Drama Island. 5.35 Hank Zipzer. 6.00 Hotel Transylvania. 6.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 7.00 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 MOVIE: Paddington 2. (2017) Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville. 9.15 Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave. 9.45 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.15 Rage. 11.15 Close.

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SBS VLND

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal. 10.00 Gardening Australia. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.00 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (2022) Griff Rhys Jones , Shobu Kapoor, Archie Yates 1.55 Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast.

2.25 All Creatures Great And Small.

3.15 Grand Designs.

4.00 Project Wild.

4.30 The Gospel According To Marcia.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. Final.

7.00 ABC News Summer.

7.30 MOVIE: The King’s Speech. (2010) Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush.

9.25 The Larkins At Christmas.

10.35 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2023.

11.35 Christmas Cabaret. 12.30 Christmas Sounds Better This Year. 1.35 Parkinson In Australia. 2.40 Rage Vault. 5.00 Gardening Australia.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

9.05 Play School’s Very Jazzy Street Party. 9.50 Sesame Street. 10.20 Shaun The Sheep. 10.50 Floogals. 11.30 Wallykazam! 12.00 In The Night Garden. 12.40 Mini Kids. 1.15 Mister Maker Around The World. 1.55 Aliens Love Underpants And... 2.20 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 2.35 Ben And Holly. 3.10 A Very Play School Christmas.

4.25 Fireman Sam. 5.30 PJ Masks. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI Christmas Special. 8.30 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 10.05 Doc Martin. 10.50 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.35 MOVIE: Empire Records. (1995) 1.05 Close. 5.00 Molly And Mack.

5.20 Love Monster. 5.35 Peter Rabbit Xmas Tale.

6.00 Morning 17, 2024 Photo News NINE December 21, 2023 - JanuaryTEN (5) Dubbo Programs. 12.00

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Family For Christmas. (2015) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 For The Love Of Pets. 8.30 MOVIE: Jingle All The Way. (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

10.15 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008) 11.50 MOVIE: Family For Christmas. (2015) 1.30 Tipping Point. 2.30 Late Programs.

SATURDAY, December 23

6.00 Rage.

7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage.

12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Midsomer Murders.

2.10 The Durrells.

3.50 MOVIE: Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

(1993) Cary Elwes, Roger Rees. Robin of Loxley returns to England to fight against the tyranny of the Sheriff of Rottingham. (PG) 5.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Songs Of Summer: The Best Of Take 5.

6.00 Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2022.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 All Creatures Great And Small.

8.20 Shakespeare And Hathaway: Christmas Special.

9.05 Vera.

10.35 The Capture.

11.35 Rage.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs.

1.55 Hoopla. 2.20 Grace’s Amazing Machines.

2.55 Aliens Love Underpants And... 3.30 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 4.35 Bea’s Block. 5.05 Pfffirates. 5.30 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 Fireman Sam. 6.45 Shaun The Sheep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 9.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

10.05 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021: Opening Night. 11.00 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 12.05 MythBusters. 12.55 Inside Portlandia. 1.20 Portlandia. 1.45 Close.

5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.25 Wallykazam!

5.50 Kids’ Programs.

SEVEN

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Candy Coated Christmas. (2021) 2.00 Border Security: International. 2.30 Surf Patrol.

3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 MOVIE: We Bought A Zoo. (2011) Matt Damon, Colin Ford. 11.05 MOVIE: Tully.

(2018) 1.05 12 Monkeys. 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

10 PEACH

SEVEN (6)

NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 NBC Today.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special.

12.30 MOVIE: A Holiday Wish Come True.

(2018) Schuyler Fisk, David Clayton Rogers.

2.30 MOVIE: A Christmas Number One. (2021) Freida Pinto, Iwan Rheon.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The 1% Club.

8.05 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vacation.

(1983) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo.

10.15 MOVIE: The Blues Brothers. (1980) John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd.

1.00 Bates Motel.

2.00 Home Shopping.

3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute.

5.30 NBC Today.

6.00 Fishing Australia. 6.30 A Current Affair.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Golf. Cathedral Invitational. Highlights. 11.00 Cross Court.

11.30 Iconic Australia.

12.30 Fishing Australia.

1.00 Drive TV. 1.40 The Pet Rescuers.

2.10 For The Love Of Pets.

3.10 MOVIE: Wishin’ And Hopin’. (2014) 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 Tipping Point Australia.

8.00 Carols By Candlelight.

11.00 MOVIE: Christmas In The City. (2013) Ashley Williams.

12.50 MOVIE: The Breakfast Club. (1985) Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Drive TV. 5.00 Christmas At Highclere Castle.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Key Of David.

7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 Tomorrow’s World.

8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts. 10.00 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less.

1.00 Second Chance Champions.

2.00 Food Trail: South Africa.

2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

3.00 My Market Kitchen.

3.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders.

4.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 MOVIE: PAW Patrol: The Movie. (2021) Will Brisbin.

7.40 Have You Been Paying Attention To 2023?

8.50 MOVIE: Top Gun. (1986) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis.

11.05 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017) 1.00 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS Mornings.

SBS VLND (31)

6.00 My Greek Odyssey. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Home Shopping. 9.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 DVine Living. 11.30 Last Chance Learners. 12.00 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 3.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. 8.30 Call The Midwife. 11.05 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 12.05 I Escaped To The Country. 1.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

2.00 Late Programs.

7FLIX

6.00 Fishy (64) Business. 7.00 The Next Level. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 10.00 Counting Cars. 10.30 Storage Wars. 11.30 Fish Of The Day. 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction.

4.00 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Border Security: International. 7.00 Motorbike Cops. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

8.30 MOVIE: Zero Dark Thirty. (2012) Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton. 11.40 Motorbike Cops. 12.10 Late Programs.

10 BOLD

9GEM

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

9.00 All 4 Adventure. 10.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 JAG. 1.00 On The Fly. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under.

2.30 Bondi Rescue.

3.00 Tough Tested.

4.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

5.00 iFish.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles.

11.15 A Million Little Things. 2.05 48 Hours. 4.00 JAG.

9GO!

6.00 (52) Friends.

9.00 The Bachelors Australia.

12.10 Friends.

1.10 The Middle.

2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets.

4.00 MOVIE: Happy Feet. (2006) 6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park.

11.00 Friends.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Friends. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Skippy The (81) Bush Kangaroo. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch Ministries. 8.00 Beyond Today.

8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 Turning Point With Dr David Jeremiah. 9.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Eatwell Christmas With Emma Dean. 11.00 The Avengers. 12.10 MOVIE: Hobson’s Choice. (1954) 2.30 MOVIE: The Greatest Story Ever Told. (1965) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 Keeping Up Appearances.

9.50 MOVIE: Blue Canaries. (2023) Tahlee Fereday, David Burnstock, Miles Rubae. 11.50 Rizzoli & Isles. 1.40 The Closer. 3.30 Major Crimes.

4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 Easy Eats.

7MATE

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 1.50 MOVIE: Family For Christmas. (2015) 3.35 MOVIE: Random Acts Of Christmas. (2019) 5.20 MOVIE: Gremlins. (1984) 7.30 MOVIE: Parenthood. (1989) Steve Martin.

10.00 MOVIE: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment. (1985) Steve Guttenberg. 11.50 The Nanny: Oy To The World. 12.20 MOVIE: Random Acts Of Christmas. (2019) 2.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens.

4.30 Transformers Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures. 4.50 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 5.10 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.30 Tom And Jerry.

10 PEACH

THURSDAY, December 28

WEDNESDAY, December 27

TUESDAY, December 26

MONDAY, December 25

6.00 Rage Christmas 6.00 WorldWatch.

DubboABC PhotoTV News 21, 2023 - January (2) December SBS 17, (3)20249.05 All Is Bright. 10.20 Special. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 9.30 The Pope’s Christmas Mass. 11.30 News Breakfast. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.05 MOVIE: The King’s Speech.

(2010) 3.10 The Larkins At Christmas. 4.15 MOVIE: The Secret Garden. (2020) 5.50 Royal Carols: Together At Christmas. 7.00 ABC News Summer. 7.40 The Royal Variety Performance.

9.40 MOVIE: Lion. (2016) Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman. 11.40 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. 12.40 Late Programs.

Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs Xmas.

12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Cook Up. 2.30 The Luxury Christmas Decorators. 3.25 Silent Night: A Song For The World. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Story Of Irish Dance.

9.05 Adele: 30 Greatest Moments. 10.55 My Brilliant Friend. Final. 12.20 Bohème On The Beach. 2.20 The Seekers: Live In The UK. 4.15 Late Programs.

ABC TV PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland Street. 12.00 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 2.00 Sidelined: Women In Basketball. 3.00 WorldWatch. 4.50 Shortland Street. 5.20 Vs Arashi. 6.15 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Forged In Fire. 10.15 Then You Run. Final. 11.15 Hoarders. 12.55 The Devil You Know. 1.45 Jack The Ripper: Hidden Victims. 2.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

ABC ME

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Million Dollar Island. 12.00 The Change Labz. 1.00 Yummy Mummies.

2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. 3.30 Black-ish.

4.00 Modern Family. 4.30 The Goldbergs. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 6.30 Puppy School.

7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

8.30 Law & Order.

9.30 Law & Order: LA. 11.30 The Blacklist. 1.30 Chicago P.D. 3.00 Royal Pains. 4.00 9-1-1.

ABC TV

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7.

11.05 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Patrizio Buanne: Celebration.

3.10 Mastermind Aust. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 The Supervet. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.20 MOVIE: Whitney: Can I Be Me? (2017) 10.15 SBS News. 10.45 Das Boot. 12.40 Dear Mama. 2.50 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 5.15 Piney: The Lonesome Pine. 5.55 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.55 Sir Mouse.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 Upstart Crow. 9.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces. 10.40 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 11.05 Would I Lie To You? 11.35 QI. 12.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 1.20 Close. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 8.30 MOVIE: Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe.

(2016) 10.00 Kids’ Programs. 11.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 3.55 Odd Squad.

4.50 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 5.10 Miraculous. 5.35 Malory Towers. 6.30 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. 7.35 MOVIE: A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. (2019) Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes. 9.00 Wallace And Gromit: A Grand Day Out. 9.25 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Ask The Doctor. 10.30 Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. 2.30 The Cook And The Chef. 2.55 The Royal Variety Performance. 5.00 Back Roads.

5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 7.00 ABC News Summer. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 9.05 MOVIE: Queen Of The Desert. (2015) Nicole Kidman, James Franco.

11.05 Mystify: Michael Hutchence. 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra Summer.

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Love Upstream. (2021) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. 8.30 MOVIE: The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee. (2020) Paul Hogan, Kerry Armstrong, Olivia NewtonJohn. 10.10 MOVIE: Last Vegas. (2013) Robert De Niro. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 Pointless.

2.00 Late Programs.

SBS VLND (31)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Law & Order: UK. 11.30 Late Programs.

7FLIX

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. 12.30 Sailing. Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. 2.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion.

3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers.

6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 14.

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers.

11.30 Late Programs.

SBS

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket.

Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2.

Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break.

3.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan.

Day 2. Late afternoon session. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 16. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder. 11.00 MOVIE: The Game. (1997) 1.40 Late Programs.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6.00 WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland Street. 12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

8.30 MOVIE: Nekrotronic. (2018) Ben O’Toole, Monica Bellucci, Dave Beamish. 10.20 MOVIE: Hereditary. (2018) Toni Collette. 12.35 VICE. 1.45 Spiraling: Crypto Special. 2.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

ABC ME (23)

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 News Of The Wild.

9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Million Dollar Island. 12.00 The Change Labz. 1.00 Yummy Mummies. 1.50 Farmer Wants A Wife. 3.35 Modern Family. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.25 First Dates Australia. 7.35 First Dates UK. 8.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 10.40 Gordon, Gino & Fred: American Road Trip. 11.40 Hell’s Kitchen USA. 12.40 First Dates Australia. 1.40 First Dates UK. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. 2.30 Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? 3.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 MOVIE: Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool. (2017) Annette Bening. 9.15 Grand Designs. Final. 10.00 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. 11.00 In The Room: Leigh Sales With Lin-Manuel Miranda.

12.00 Late Programs.

ABC TV

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.20 Paddington Station 24/7.

11.10 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels. 3.10 Mastermind Aust. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 The Supervet. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News. 7.30 Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History. 8.30 Costa Concordia: Why She Sank.

10.15 SBS News. 10.45 A Class Apart. New. 11.35 Late Programs.

ABC TV PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland Street. 12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.20 WorldWatch.

5.15 Shortland Street. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. 10.10 Making A Killing: Triads, Cartels And The New Business Of Drugs. 11.05 Locked Up: Teens Behind Bars. 12.00 F*ck, That’s Delicious. 12.30 QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.20 Dark Side Of The Ring. 2.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

ABC ME

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 News Of The Wild.

9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Million Dollar Island. 12.00 The Change Labz. 1.00 Yummy Mummies. 1.50 Farmer Wants A Wife. 3.35 Modern Family. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.25 First Dates Australia. 7.35 First Dates UK. 8.40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 10.40 Gordon, Gino & Fred: American Road Trip. 11.40 Hell’s Kitchen USA. 12.40 First Dates Australia. 1.40 First Dates UK. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 11.55 Odd Squad. 12.40 Malory Towers. 1.10 Merlin.

1.55 Horrible Histories. 2.20 Danger Mouse.

3.10 Karma’s World. 3.35 The Deep. 4.20 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Kung Fu Panda.

5.25 Miraculous. 5.45 Hotel Transylvania. 6.00 Born To Spy. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin.

7.35 Space Nova. 8.25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Mustangs FC. 9.10 School Of Rock.

9.35 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”.

10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

SEVEN

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket.

Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1.

Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break.

3.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan.

Day 1. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 14.

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars. 9.10 Cricket.

Big Bash League. Game 15. Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.20 Paddington Station 24/7.

11.10 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels. 3.10 Mastermind Aust. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 The Supervet. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News. 7.35 Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax. 8.30 Monster: The Mystery Of Loch Ness.

9.30 Fargo. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 COBRA. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 5.05 Pfffirates. 5.30 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. Final. 11.25 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 12.00 Live At The Apollo. 12.45 Would I Lie To You? 1.20 Close. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 8.00 MOVIE: AliceMiranda: A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021) 9.30 Kids’ Programs. 1.30 The Nanny: Oy To The World. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon.

7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Austin Powers In Goldmember. (2002) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Young Sheldon. 12.00 Under The Dome. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS

ABC TV

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 11.55 Odd Squad. 12.40 Malory Towers. 1.10 Merlin.

1.55 Horrible Histories. 2.20 Danger Mouse.

3.10 Karma’s World. 3.35 The Deep. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 4.20 Odd Squad.

4.45 Little Lunch. 5.05 Kung Fu Panda. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 Born To Spy. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. 7.35 Space Nova. 8.25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Mustangs FC. 9.10 School Of Rock. 9.35 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

7MATE

6.00 Morning (64) Programs.

11.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

12.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.

1.30 Boating. Australian V8 Superboats Championship. Round 2. 2.30 Motor MythBusters. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 News Of The Wild.

9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Million Dollar Island. 12.00 The Change Labz. 1.00 Yummy Mummies. 2.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. 3.30 Modern Family. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 6.30 First Dates Australia. 7.35 First Dates UK. 8.40 MOVIE: Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates.

(2016) Zac Efron, Adam DeVine, Aubrey Plaza.

10.45 MOVIE: Ready Or Not. (2019) 12.50 First Dates Australia. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.35 Bea’s Block. 5.05 Pfffirates. 5.30 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 5.55 Octonauts.

6.30 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Bay Of Fires. 10.15 Killing Eve. 11.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 11.30 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. 12.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.00 Close. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 2.50 Christmas At Highclere Castle. 3.50 MOVIE: The Holly And The Ivy. (1952) 5.30 Christmas At Warwick Castle. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Queens Of Mystery. 10.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 11.40 Late Programs.

7FLIX

ABC ME

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. Final. 11.00 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (2022) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. 2.30 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2023. 3.30 Call The Midwife. 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz.

6.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. 9.00 MOVIE: Brooklyn. (2015) Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen. 10.50 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. Final. 11.30 Late Programs.

7TWO

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. 3.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Fortitude. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland Street. 12.00 When Big Things Go Wrong. 2.30 Killing Cancer. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. 9.25 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 10.15 Hudson & Rex. 11.55 Box 21. 12.50 Dopesick Nation. 1.40 Hate Thy Neighbour. 2.35 VICE Guide To Film.

3.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Miraculous (23) World: New York, United Heroez. 7.00 Miraculous World. 7.55 The Inbestigators. 1.05 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. 2.05 Miraculous. 4.00 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 4.25 Odd Squad.

4.45 Little Lunch. 5.05 Kung Fu Panda. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 Born To Spy. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.45 Merlin. 7.35 Space Nova. 8.25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Mustangs FC. 9.10 School Of Rock. 9.35 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

6.00 National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant. 8.00 Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols. 10.00 CMA Country Christmas. 11.00 Christmas With Delta. 12.00 WIN Symphony Orchestra Special. 1.00 Carols By Candlelight.

4.00 MOVIE: Blizzard. (2003) 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. (1989) Chevy Chase. 9.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation. (1997) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today.

6.30 Carols In The Domain. 9.00 Alinta Energy Christmas Pageant. 10.00 Mayor’s Christmas Carols.

11.00 SeaLink Carols By Candlelight. 1.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 2.00 The Chase.

3.00 MOVIE: Crown For Christmas. (2015) 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003) Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman. 10.15 MOVIE: Groundhog Day. (1993) Bill Murray. 12.25 Late Programs.

SBS VLND

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.35 Bea’s Block. 5.05 Kangaroo Beach Summer Special. 5.30 Nella The Princess Knight. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 Ben And Holly.

7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. Final. 9.10 Ghosts. Final. 9.45 Would I Lie To You? 10.15 Rosehaven. 10.45 Portlandia. 11.50 Would I Lie To You? 12.20 MOVIE: Boy. (2010) 1.50 Close.

5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

SEVEN (6)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Bondi Rescue. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas. 2.45 My Market Kitchen. 3.00 The King’s Christmas Message. 3.15 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours.

4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Cheap Seats. 8.30 MOVIE: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. (2003) Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey. 10.50 MOVIE: Just Like Heaven. (2005) 12.50 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Luxury Escapes. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Tough Tested. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 Reel Action. 12.30 JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 10.20 Blue Bloods.

11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

9GO!

6.00 (52) The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 The Middle. 11.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. 12.00 Friends. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 7.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 12.

Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks. 9.30 Seinfeld.

11.00 How We Roll. 11.30 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 2.30 The King Of Queens. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NINE

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 Bondi Rescue. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 My Market Kitchen. 2.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. 8.30 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 9.00 MOVIE: The Italian Job. (2003) Mark Wahlberg. 11.15 MOVIE: The Bank Job. (2008) 1.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Iconic Australia. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.55 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 2.55 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express.

(1974) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer.

9.40 MOVIE: The 13th Summer. (2022) Nathan Phillips. 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Mercury Rising. (1998) Bruce Willis. 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10 Under The Dome. 1.05 Life After Lockup. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

SEVEN

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra Summer.

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Sweet Autumn. (2020) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm. 9.30 Police Rescue Australia. 10.30 The Equalizer. 11.20 La Brea. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 Pointless. 2.00 Our State On A Plate. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

SBS VLND (31)

6.00 Home Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis.

10.45 Law & Order: UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

7FLIX

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions.

10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 12.00 Outback Truckers. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers.

6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Beach Cops. 10.30 Surveillance Oz. 11.30 Late Programs.

SBS

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket.

Second Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3.

Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break.

3.30 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Pakistan.

Day 3. Late afternoon session. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 17. Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars. 10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. 11.00 MOVIE: Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life. (1983) 1.20 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53)

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets. Replay. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. 11.30 Frasier. 12.00 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 Bondi Rescue. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 My Market Kitchen. 2.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. 8.30 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 9.00 MOVIE: Forrest Gump. (1994) Tom Hanks, Robin Wright. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Junior. (1994) Arnold Schwarzenegger. 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10 Under The Dome. 1.05 Life After Lockup. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

SEVEN

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra Summer.

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Vineyard Romance. (2021) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways.

8.30 RPA. 9.30 Children’s Hospital. 10.30 Chicago Med. 11.20 Emergency Call. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 Pointless. 2.00 Drive TV. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Up The Front.

(1972) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances.

8.40 MOVIE: Downton Abbey. (2019) Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville. 11.05 Rizzoli & Isles. 12.05 Late Programs.

7MATE

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: Uncle Buck. (1989) John Candy.

10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Young Sheldon. 12.00 Under The Dome. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Gigantosaurus. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs.

10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars.

12.00 Highway Patrol. 1.00 The Force: Behind The Line. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Family Guy. 8.00 American Dad! 8.30 MOVIE: The Hot Chick. (2002) Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris. 10.45 Watch Dogs. 11.45 Late Programs.

TEN

9GO!

7MATE

7FLIX

10 PEACH

6.00 Home Shopping.

8.00 Luxury Escapes. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman.

12.30 JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

9.25 FBI: International.

10.20 48 Hours.

11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Our Miss Fred. (1972) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Rizzoli & Isles.

12.40 The Closer. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

10 BOLD

9GEM (81)

7TWO (62)

SBS VLND

TEN (5)

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NINE (8)

10 PEACH

TEN

10 BOLD (53)

9GEM (81)

6.00 Home Shopping.

8.00 Luxury Escapes. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman.

12.30 JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0.

10.20 A Million Little Things.

12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 JAG.

9GO!

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Friends. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 2.30 Seinfeld.

3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. 11.30 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 Bondi Rescue. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 My Market Kitchen. 2.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. 8.30 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 9.00 MOVIE: Catch Me If You Can. (2002) Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks. 11.50 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 9.

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory.

Highlights. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder.

11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30 JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i.

11.15 A Million Little Things. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

9GO!

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Friends. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 How We Roll. 11.30 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

10 PEACH

TEN

10 BOLD

10 PEACH

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December mber 21,, 2023 - Januaryy 17,, 2024 D Dubbo Photo News

Send your Sport news to geoff.mann@dubbophotonews.com.au

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GEOFF MANN

MEL POCKNALL

PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED BY DAVID SPARKES

Anything goes for the Ducks as they splash the year away

By GEOFF MANN “FLIPPERS, noodles flipper race, a noodle relay and, to top it all off, a flip, float race,” Ducks effervescent Club Captain, Dave Spokes wrote with excitement of their end-of-year jamboree.

It’s Christmas, and the Dubbo Ducks let their flappers down in a fun day at the pool to wind-up

another momentous year.

These men and women spend an hour or so every Sunday in the RSL pool, trying to outfox each other and molly-coddle the timekeepers into lengthening their handicaps but, when it comes down to it, they are just a flock of Ducks flapping around in the water, paddling against the biological clock to stay fit

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In between all the frivolity, are some fine swimming performances, and a none-too-subtle (at times) competitiveness as members strive for weekly points, the much-cherished Ducks’ Towel, and a bonus ham at Christmas.

The Christmas “pigs” on Sunday went to:

By GEOFF MANN LOCAL competitions have called drinks for the Christmas break; with the top three in the Whitney Cup faring well in the last round.

CYMS had an effortless win against South Dubbo, 3/126 to 125 all-out. Ben Knaggs and Matt Purse grabbed three wickets each, while Patrick Nelson grabbed two wickets in two balls but was left short of his hat-trick ball when the innings ended, then Daniel Holland (52 not-out) Fletcher Hyde (41) put on 70 for the opening partnership to seal the points and top spot on the ladder.

 Mia Uerbegang – 50-metre Freestyle;  Peter Allan/Mia Uerbegang – the 2x25-metre Backstroke Brace Relay (Mia at $10; can only win one ham!);  John Wherritt – the 50-metre Breaststroke;  Jacob Pearce – the 25-metre Backstroke.

Previous winners were Tom

Gray, Mark Scullard, Bill Greenwood, Harry Gardner, Janine Gardner, Robert Rich, Dave Sparkes, Neil Harris, Josh Bird, Jack Allen, Norm Bahr, Marg Ross, Judy Walsh, Henry Wilcockson, Glen Smith, Roger Mackay, and Mark Prentice.

Have a very Quacky Christmas. See you all in the New Year for more foxing fun!

RSL-Colts Skipper, Marty Jeffrey reversed his batting order to chase-down Macquarie’s lean total of 83. It nearly backfired when the premiers slumped to 6/43, before experienced pair Brad Cox and Mitch Bower steadied the ship.

And Newtown continued their rocky-road start to the season with a win over Rugby.

After a heart-breaking one run loss to CYMS last week, the Tigers dismissed Rugby for 118 (Ashley Wadwha 4/29, Awesh Khadal 3/27) then Wayne Dunlop (51 not-out) and Mat Skinner (41 not-out) chased down the target with 12 overs to spare.

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Dubbo Photo News December 21, 2023 - January 17, 2024

Strong Islander influence for Dubbo Roos at Pasifika Cup

By GEOFF MANN

Will Gleeson. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

DUBBO Kangaroos Rugby Club has developed a strong nursery culminating in eight young players running-out for NSW in the recent Pasifika Youth Cup series.

In what has been described as a great learning experience, the following players were proud to represent their club and State including:  Under 14s – Will Gleeson (captain)

 Under 15s – Blake Payne  Under 16s – Lachlan Hollingworth, Mitchell French, Rory Collins, Dominic Jarrett, Charlie Sutton, and Callum Jones.

The results were as follows:  Under 14s NSW came fourth – Tonga won  Under 15s NSW came fifth – Samoa won  Under 16s NSW came sixth – Samoa won

Records set as a great year comes to a fine conclusion Contributed by ‘PISTOL PETE’ FORTY-NINE weeks of Sunday Bowls in all types of conditions, came to a close for the year last weekend. Amazingly, only one day throughout was lost to rain, though the 48th weekend witnessed a “limited overs” concept to “de-radiate” the oppressive heat!

A total of 33 enthusiasts rolled-up for the last morning taking player stats to a new high – 660 teams were formed to play the 337 games throughout the year, 80 of which were pairs; 20 games utilised the expertise of “swingers” – Chris Castlehouse doing the job on five occasions; 1947 bowlers went through the turnstiles, at an average of 39.73 players each week.

The above figures are testimony to the popularity of this concept that just continues to grow.

Drawing “sticks” from a cup to make-up the teams for the morning, pleases all bowlers and yet, the vagaries of stats, there were still 17 repeated teams. Apart from a couple of “turn-around” games, all games on Sunday were played over 16 ends.

Daphne Dunbar, Steve Kelly, and Phil Knight must have

thought all their Christmases had come at once, racking-up a count of 38 and an incredible winning margin of 32. Then Santa made one last drop! Rob Pfeiffer and Mike Twohill were the pair sitting on Santa’s knee with their 37-3 win and a margin of 34!

Back to the overall stats for the year – 2681 single shots were recorded, 1429 doubles, 703 triples, (who’s counting?), 331 fours, 131 fives, and 42 sixes.

In a remarkable effort in the middle of winter, Doc Livingston, Allan Stratford, and Pete Sinclair, put all their available bowls nearer to the target than their opponents to score an almost unheard of “9”, helping them to a 25-11 win, while 15 sevens were put on the sheet and three eights!

Ros Joseph, Frank Armstrong, and Pete Sinclair took to the mat against Doc Livingston, Frank Armstrong, and Skipper Tod O’Dea. Team Tod were in the Christmas mood, allowing the others to take what ended-up an emphatic win, and the award of team of the morning.

Pete and his cohorts happily accepted what was given, with much appreciation!

With the newly-crowned Bowler of the Year, Alan Strat-

ford playing as the second, Leo Balstad and Phil Knight had it all, combining to get the second-best team after a countback, falling short of the major prize by only one end. Ron McCauley bowled well and, with Ray Strawhan and Pete Ruzans, they accepted their fate with a smile.

What a way to end the year, for Sue Armstrong and Gary Huggins, who helped Al Andriske to come back from a four-shot deficit after the firsthalf to defeat Sue O’Dea and Glenis Hanagan with Karen Greenhalge by 20 shots. This earned them third place.

Sometimes, it’s just not your day! Chris Castlehouse, John Cole, and Mick Strawhan, tried hard but, when Di Hildebrant, Mel Giddings, and Skipper Graham Ross decided it was their turn to win, nothing really got in their way. The seven-outof-eight ends advantage in the first half, was insurmountable.

The last morning also saw a couple of pairs matches. Bryan O’Sullivan had Ruby Stockings as his partner against Cheryl Storch with Ruth Shanks. Winning 10 of the 16 ends, Ruth and Cheryl dominated to record a strong win.

The other pairs match-up, saw Eric Satchell, our bubbly

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Pom, and Gordon Scott, takeon Therese Gaio and Alex Rae. Eric and Gordon maintained control to the break, but Therese and Alex did the better after the turnaround. The end result, was a brave but unsuccessful chase – three down.

Paul Martin, John McKenzie, and Kevin Scott, could have been excused if they threw-in the towel after eight ends, to acknowledge Sue McCauley, Pete Bennison, and Col Dover had the wood over them, but Kevin and co, persisted.

Their latter half was sheer determination and, at 19 all on the 15th it seemed an incredible upset was looming. However, perhaps it was that little bit of “luck” that gave Sue, Pete, and Col the narrow win! The enthralled crowd applauded what was a great comeback effort.

For those around in the new year, Sunday, January 7 is the next date for Sundy Combo, although the Club will be open most days for those who can’t get enough, or wish to showcase the beautiful North Dubbo RSL Sporties.

Thanks to all our readers over the year. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a good, if not great, New Year!

JOIN THE FUN OF THE 2024 MAAS TITAN MACQUARIE MUD RUN THE 2024 MAAS Titan Macquarie Mud Run registrations are now open. The muddy exhilarating run will be held the March 16, 2024, and promises to bring a messy good time for adults, youth and kids alike. The MAAS Titan Macquarie Mud Run has successfully promoted community engagement, health, fun and community spirit as well as raising funds to build additional recreational facilities within the local community.

The event has funded and supplied donations towards facilities such as the Ninja Course at Sir Roden Culter Park, bubblers at Sandy Beach, liberty swing at the Adventure Park and the fitness equipment at Sandy Beach.

The 2024 event has catered for everyone with categories including an Elite Wave, Adult, Youth, Kids and an Adult Short Course. Discounts and super-cheap prices during early bird registration are now available and will end December 31, 2023. The courses include for the Titan and the Mini Titan.

The Titan is home to the competitive Elite Wave and designed for youth (1517 years) and adults (18+). It is approximately 9-10km long and includes over 30 obstacles, including river crossings!

The Titan is suited to all levels of fitness, and you do not have to complete any obstacle that you feel too challenged by (unless you’re competing in the Elite Wave). There will be crossings of the river, which will be supervised by qualified volunteers, and there will be swimming ropes in place, but it is expected that you have the ability to swim across the river. The ticket for the Titan includes your entry, a drink at the finish line (beer for 18+ or soft drink), and a medal.

The Mini Titan is designed for kids (5-14 years). It is approximately 4-5km long and includes over 20 obstacles.

The Mini Titan ticket includes entry, a Titan T-Shirt, a drink at the finish line (soft drink) and a medal. Parents or guardians are encouraged to run alongside the track with the younger kids without going in the obstacles. For adults wanting to get muddy with the kids, there is the Adult Short Course.

The Adult Short Course ticket allows parents and guardians to run alongside their kids and get muddy in the Adult Course obstacles.  Register at titanmacquariemudrun.com.au

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Grace and Alex also shine at National School Sports meet

By GEOFF MANN IN last week’s Sports report, we highlighted the excellent efforts of Ella Penman and Max McAneney, who shared a relay silver medal and three individual silvers at the National School Sports Australia meet in Perth.

We learned during the week, of two more amazing athletes who have been nurtured at the world-class complex at Barden Park.

Grace spent all of her early years in Dubbo, learning to throw the discus and out the shot, before obtaining a scholarship to study at Pymble Ladies College in Sydney. The young champion was part of the College team that won the Intermediate Team’s event, and also won an individual gold medal in the shot put!

Alex McGrath also won two silver medals, the U/17 Para Shot with a huge personal best throw, and the discus.

Super efforts athletes, trainers, coaches and parents.

RIGHT: Alex McGrath, FAR RIGHT: Grace Peters. PHOTOS: CONTRIBUTED

Playing through the pain barrier, Tracey masters old-age injuries

By GEOFF MANN HOCKEY master, Tracey Hardie-Jones, seems to only get better with the passing of time. This year, the dedicated “Hoctarian” has maintained her skills at the highest level, representing Dubbo, Western, NSW and Australia, in Masters events.

After stand-out performances in Cairns late last year, Tracey was once again selected to represent the Australian Masters Hockey team in a Trans-Tasman Tournament in New Zealand in May this year. Her reward came at a cost, however!

“In Cairns, I injured my knee, tearing a meniscus and a few other little things in the joint,” she explained.

“Lots of work and pain, has been on my agenda since then but, with lots of support from well-known people in Dubbo, I have been able to return to the field,” she added.

Playing in the green-and-gold again was an obvious motivation for the player who has given so much, so gen-

erously, for so long.

Trcey’s Australian team won all three games In New Zealand, and were awarded the Gold Medal.

“My knee continues to give me grief, but I have remained focused on making the best possible recovery,” she said with typically-steely determination.

Following the Nationals in Perth, Tracey was named in the Australian team as a shadow player for the World Cup in 2024, an event that will attract the best players from around the globe. It will also be held in Auckland.

On Saturday, November 11, Tracey also played in an Indoor Tournament in Canberra as a prelude to the World Cup Indoor trials held in Wollongong in early December. Again, it was a test of stamina and her ability to withstand the pain of a chronic knee injury.

The Dubbo Hockey club president received the ultimate reward for her determination and willingness to chase her dream, though, she explained.

“The Australian team was announced this week, and I have again

been selected as a shadow player for the World Indoor Cup in Nottingham, England in March 2024.

“Being chosen to represent my country in both field and indoor World Cups, has given me a fire in the belly to continue to work hard and hope for a call up on both occasions.

“The injury has given me a different perspective on sport, as I have never really carried an injury in my hockey career, so I am stoked with my achievements this year!” Trace said.

Her determination and grit, has already earned her a Dubbo Sportsperson of the Year Award.

This year she received more plaudits, including: Hockey Australia Service Award; NSW Hockey Waratah Award; Another Dubbo Regional Council Sports Award, for her contribution and outstanding achievements.

“I am grateful to be recognised in this way,” she said with true humility.

So are we Tracey; for your thoroughly-deserved honours!

Tracey Hardie-Jones last year with one of her many sporting achievements. PHOTO: MEL POCKNALL/FILE

CYMS Cougars are crushing Community Cup with big win Ben Knaggs. PHOTO: MEL POCKNALL/FILE

CYMS Cricket Club’s resurgence has been startling over the past five or six years, netting premierships and bringing young players up to representative level on a consistent basis.

Last Sunday, Ben Knaggs and

his team crushed Western Sydney club, Wilberforce, in the inaugural NSW Community Cup. So impressive was the victory at Wade Park, Orange, the Cougars are confident of progressing deep into the prestigious

competition.

Knaggs led the way with his hard-hitting unbeaten 37 topscore, with six others making double figures, and all-rounder Ben Patterson chipping-in with a solid 36.

Pat Nelson then made short work of the Wilberforce line up, snaring 6/20 with his wily spinners.

The Cougars next match will be on Sunday, January 21, with the final in mid-February.

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Xavier Bland from Orange, ScratchMarker and winner of the Cliff Hazel Memorial Wheelrace.

Champion local cyclist, Harry Pickering

Cooper Farr at the recent Cliff Hazell Wheelrace Carnival at Dubbo Cycle Club.

TOP-RIDERS FOR BELOVED CLIFF HAZELL WHEELRACE CARNIVAL

By GEOFF MANN Photos by MEL POCKNALL LAST Saturday night, the muchloved Cliff Hazell Wheelrace Carnival Dubbo Track Open Country Track Series – featuring riders from Under 13s and Under 15s to Opens – was held in warm, but manageable conditions at Dubbo Cycling Club.

Our intrepid Photo News photographer, Mel, jumped on his uni-cycle to capture some close-up action, highlighting the depth of talent and the desire of travelling athletes to compete at Dubbo’s highly-regarded track.

Results were as follows: Cliff Hazel Wheelrace, Women  First, Lizanne Fox, St George

Cycle Club; second, Emily Hines, Dubbo; third, Simone Grounds, Dubbo; fourth, Emily Williams, Dubbo; fifth, Erica Lunney, Dubbo.

Cliff Hazel Wheelrace, Men  First, Xavier Bland, Orange; second, Tim Hines; third, Abbott White, Armidale; forth, Lachlan Crump, Orange; fifth, Ben O’Brien.

Under 13’s  First, Annabelle Yeo, Orange; second, Matilda Lunney; third, Euan Billsborough; fourth, William Weeks.

Under 15’s  First, Cooper Farr; second, William Tanswell; third, Charlotte O’Shaughnessy, Neo Cycle Club; fourth, Connor Billsborough; fifth, Scarlett Weeks.

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SPORT

FROM LEFT: Thomas Tanswell, Evan Billsborough, Mary Lennox, Cooper Farr, Thomas Lennox, Connor Billsborough, Angus Yeo (Orange), and William Tanswell.

Thomas Tanswell

Margaret Hazell

Harry Weeks

Ada Lundy

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Matilda Lunney

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