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FROM THE EDITOR

CONTENTS Jen FEATURED THIS WEEK

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Fighting chance. Photo: Supplied

Gary Macfarlane

After almost a life-time in the ring, Gary still says it’s the camaraderie, the self-belief and the life-skills boxing teaches that have given him a fighting chance.

20 Kelly Bridges

In between bouts of chemotherapy, Kelly will walk 60km in a bid to end women’s cancers once and for all.

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Yvette Aubusson-Foley

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Lydia Pedrana

Wily coyote’s ugly reminder for our Aussie top dog

Advice for HSC students: It’s not the end of the world... just the beginning

REGULARS 4 Tony Webber 6 Natalie Holmes 10 Sally Bryant You’ll also love...

28 Hear See Do Etc. 38 Play: Puzzles & Stars Front cover image Supplied by Steve Hodder

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Cowley Take nothing for granted as political plates shift

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n June this year, I spent a day trawling around the Dubbo electorate with its local state member who had just been elevated to newly-minted NSW Premier Mike Baird’s cabinet, as Minister for Hospitality, Gaming, Racing and the Arts – I was doing a fluffy “day-in-the-life” piece.

I asked him what he thought of the buzz in party ranks of his potential as leadership material, and he shrugged noncommittally. Nup, he said. Too busy to think about it. Focussing on the job at hand.

Now, he wasn’t about to lay all his political cards on the table to a journo – even a benign old hack like me – but even if Troy Grant wasn’t then seriously thinking leadership contention, those at the top of the Nats’ heap certainly were.

On Thursday – only six months after adding “The Hon.” to his title, and just shy of four years since stepping into the political arena as the Member for Dubbo – Troy Grant became the state’s 2IC. If his promotion to the state’s inner political sanctum raised some greying old eyebrows within the ranks, Grant’s ascendency to the party’s leadership has pretty much blown those Akubras clean off.

And that’s not a bad thing, from where I sit.

That there was so much surprise at Grant’s “meteoric”, “stellar”, “dramatic”, “swift” (add hyperbole of choice here) trajectory to the top is an indication of just what a sense of entitlement has existed within ranks across the political spectrum (and here federal Treasurer Joe Hockey was thinking that age was “over”...).

People simply expected that because Grant is “inexperienced” (and maybe he is politically, but 21 years as a copper should count as life experience, surely?) he’d be passed over with a pat on the head from hoary old Nats powerbrokers in favour of someone, regardless of capability, who had “paid their dues”.

And we too have come to expect that – from all political parties – which is why Grant’s elevation to the top spot is refreshing, irrespective of one’s political views.

That mythical place we like to refer to as “the bush” – for the sake of all that’s grown up, let’s call it regional Australia, shall we? – was for too long a while there taken very much for granted by the National Party (as it was then – it’s now simply The Na-

tionals; a nod to increasing dissatisfaction in the constituency with the notion of “party” politics).

There was an idea that traditional conservative voters would continue to line up like lemmings to vote for whoever was standing as the Nats candidate – and that it was the party’s God-given right to rule the regions.

The shift towards independents, and more recently the pulling power of the Greens’ agenda, left conservative political operators open mouthed and floundering. The Nats now know they have to work, and work hard, for the hearts and minds of voters in regional electorates – and that’s done everyone a favour.

Will Troy Grant make a good leader? Time will tell. The Coalition government has banked some healthy political capital since the shambolic demise of NSW Labor that handed the coalition the government benches on a platter, but it won’t last forever. The pendulum will eventually swing back again – as, in the interests of robust democracy, it should – but Troy Grant, and his impressive and equally young boss, Premier Mike Baird, are perfectly placed to make significant mileage before it does.

Even his detractors will tell you Grant is “a good bloke”. Being a thoroughly decent bloke is important. But it won’t be enough, and it might even be an impediment in a profession in which nice guys tend to finish last.

He will have to fight tooth and nail to walk that fine line between wunderkind and wanker. He’ll need to be on his game to ensure he remains accessible but unemotional; open minded rather than pliable.

From the back seat of his ministerial car back in June, I asked him how he thought he’d go with keeping his feet on the ground now that he was a minister, surrounded by people telling him, largely, what he wanted to hear.

“I can’t get ahead of myself – my wife and kids won’t let me,” he said.

My electorate staff won’t let me. The people I represent won’t let me. My friends won’t let me get too big for my boots, and I’m grateful for that.

“I don’t have time to get ahead of myself,” he told me back then. “Hell, I don’t even have time for a haircut.”

If time was at a premium then, he’d better brace himself. And get to a barber before he’s sworn in. A Deputy Premier with dreadlocks? Now THAT would be surprising.

“ The Nats now know they have to work, and work hard, for the hearts and minds of voters in regional electorates – and that’s done everyone a favour.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS

Tony Webber

>> Tony Webber is an avowed peacenik and periodic smart-a**e as required.

A glossary of terms for humanitarians at war W

ar on terror got your head spinning?

Don’t know your jihadi from your hijab?

Today we run through a glossary of humanitarian warfare terminology for the novice.

War Irrelevant. Although it involves war planes, widespread organised violence and destruction and more military props than Dad’s Army, what we are currently engaged in is a “humanitarian mission with military elements” according to the Attorney General.

Combat See “war.” Our aircraft are “degrading” IS, while our elite troops are merely “advising” Iraqi forces.

Advising This ranges from training assistance to encouraging Iraqi forces to hold their positions and not engage in sectarian brutality even if the opportunity presents itself.

Iraqi army The military outfit necessitated by the disbanding of the original Iraqi army after the 2003 invasion.

This meant that while experienced military men were free to join the Sunni resistance, inexperienced Shia newcomers took their place somewhat half-heartedly in the new armed forces.

These newcomers are hugely capable, according to their Western allies, who emphasised this fact emphatically as they withdrew, prior to now returning to “raise their morale”.

Raising Iraqi morale This can occur despite the fact that Coalition boots will not be in combat on the ground.

Since Iraqis know well-trained foreign troops will not actually be fighting alongside them, this morale boosting must come in the form of appropriate praise, favourable Facebook posts and whatever other non-violent assistance they can offer.

Assisting This is the latest description for the role of foreign troops including Australians in the anti-IS conflict.

Since we are not at war and won’t have boots on the ground fighting, this assistance will likely take the form of keeping the camp tidy, organising recreational activities and bestowing appropriate praise.

National defence There’s is no heightened risk to Australia, and humane actions abroad will not aggravate the terrorism threat at home.

But one driving motivator is that we are also acting in defence

“ Since we are not at war and won’t have boots on the ground fighting, this assistance will likely take the form of keeping the camp tidy, organising recreational activities and bestowing appropriate praise.

of the nation, according to the government.

Last month the PM told Nine’s Today program: “We are ready to do what we must as a government and as a nation to keep our country safe.” Treasurer Joe Hockey added that Australia had a responsibility to “step up to the plate for humanitarian reasons but also in the defence of our nation”.

Root causes No such thing. IS is a “death cult” that has presumably sprung from nowhere, taking advantage of the power vacuum in Syria caused by civil war, and in northern Iraq caused by an as-yet unidentified disruption to civil order stemming back to approximately 2003.

Precision bombing Most recent use stems from approximately 2003 during the invasion and destruction of Iraq – a war crime and catastrophic strategic blunder.

It is a phrase, not unlike “laser-guided smart bombs”, which when used in conjunction with grainy aerial footage of missiles hitting a car and a housing compound, remind us that dropping explosives from high altitude into populated areas is spectacularly risk-free, especially for pilots.

Libya No such place, not now anyway. This refers to the former sovereign nation in North Africa – now a virtual failed state – where what started as a humanitarian no-fly zone ended up with Western forces aiding Islamists and other insurgents in overthrowing the government.

Today’s jihadis include Libya as evidence of Western meddling and brutality, while opponents of war say that disaster confirms the limitations and risks of bombing as a method for introducing democracy. Western leaders never mention it, ever.

Strategic goals The first attack on Iraq was to depose a dictator and degrade his access to weapons not sanctioned

by Western arms dealers, and then to establish a liberal pluralist democracy.

This time “we’re not trying to create a liberal pluralist democracy”, the PM recently told the ABC. “If the Iraqi government, the Kurdish regional government are able to provide reasonable protection to their own people that will be success,” he said.

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18.10.2014 THE DAY IN HISTORY: In 1851, “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville was published.

In 1922, the British Broadcasting Corp. was established.

In 1925, Grand Ole Opry opened in Nashville.

In 1944, Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II. In 1959, the Soviet Union announced an unmanned space vehicle had taken the first pictures of the far side of the moon.

In 2002, North Korea revealed it was working on a secret nuclear weapons program. US intelligence officials concluded critical equipment for it came from Pakistan.

In 2012, after a four-year campaign, Australia wins a seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; and, the number of people to pass through the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France passed the 300 million mark.

BIRTHDAYS: Those born on this day include former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1919; rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry in 1926 (age 88); Roger Climpson, former Channel 7 newsreader, in 1931 (age 83); political cartoonist Larry Pickering in 1942 (age 72); actors George C. Scott in 1927, and Dawn Wells in 1938 (age 76); Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in 1939; tennis Hall of Fame member Martina Navratilova in 1956 (age 58); musician Wynton Marsalis in 1961 (age 53); actors Jean-Claude Van Damme and Erin Moran, both in 1960 (age 54); actor Zac Efron in 1987 (age 27).

19.10.2014 THE DAY IN HISTORY: In 1950, United Nations forces enter Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

In 1987, the stock market crashes as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 508 points, or 22.6 per cent in value – its biggest-ever percentage drop in decades.

In 1994, a terrorist bombing killed more than 20 people on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel.

In 2005, a defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent as he went on trial in Baghdad on charges of murder and torture during his reign as president of Iraq. (Saddam was executed December 30, 2006.)

In 2011, Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, makes her 16th trip to Australia.

BIRTHDAYS: Those born on this day include English physician and scholar Thomas Browne in 1605; abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay in 1810; motion picture pioneer Louis Lumiere in 1862; English spy novelist John Le Carre, born David Cornwell, in 1931 (age 83); Bronwyn Bishop, politician turned Speaker of the House of Representatives, in 1942 (age 72); Tiriel Mora, actor of The Castle fame, in 1958 (age 56) JUST A THOUGHT: “Youngsters of Little League can survive under-coaching a lot better than over-coaching.” – American baseball Hall of Fame member Willie Mays.

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NEWS ANALYSIS

Seven Days

BY NATALIE HOLMES Dubbo Weekender News Editor

Grant’s new big gig

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onstituents in the Dubbo electorate woke on Thursday to the news that their local member had a new job – Troy Grant is now officially the state’s 2IC, having been elected to the position of NSW Nationals Leader in an uncontested party room ballot following the surprise resignation of long term Nats boss and Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner.

A mooted challenge for the leadership from Deputy Leader and Education Minister Adrian Piccoli failed to materialise, with the long-term Member for Murrumbidgee announcing on the eve of the ballot that he would not be throwing his hat into the ring. Barwon MP and fellow cabinet minister Kevin Humphries similarly decided not to take a tilt at the top job.

Grant, who has been in Parliament for just one term, has raised eyebrows with what some commentators have called a “meteoric” rise through the ranks, having been elevated from humble backbencher to cabinet minister (as Minister for Gaming, Racing and the Arts) just four months ago following the shock resignation of then Premier Barry O’Farrell.

Grant spent a gruelling day on Thursday doing the media rounds, and telling his first press conference as Deputy Premier that he intended to “work his backside off”.

“It is with great humility I accept the challenge and I am determined to be hard working, fair and equitable in my decision making,” he said.

“In performing my duties I will always remember the trust and faith placed in me by my electorate. I take on this role with the support of my wife Toni and kids Taylor and Hamish and I hope with the well wishes of my home town.”

News of the appointment pleased Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson, who took time out from the Regional Arts Australia Summit in Kalgoorlie, WA, to congratulate his fellow politician, with whom he said he’d “had the pleasure of working alongside” both as part of the Minister’s Action Group and at the regular community leaders’ forums held to enable members of the community direct access to speak with representatives from the three tiers of government.

The Mayor also said Grant’s new appointment would be of benefit to Dubbo as a city. “For regional Cities such as Dubbo it is extremely valuable to have a strong voice in the NSW Parliament.”

But, not surprisingly, Grant’s ascendency to NSW’s penultimate job wasn’t cheered from all corners of the state. Opposition spokesman for Primary Industries, Labor’s Steve Whan, was less than impressed, saying that while Grant is “a nice enough bloke but terribly inexperienced”, and that the new Deputy Premier was “hardly likely to be able to stand up to the Sydney Liberals as they continue to cut the service rural residents need”.

Citing the figure of 15,000 more people unemployed in regional NSW than when The Nationals came to office with the Coalition, Whan said “the government’s policy failures are having a real life impact on the lives of people who depend on strong regional representation in the state’s parliament”.

“I hope Mr Grant does a better job for regional NSW but I don’t hold out a lot of hope. This is a party that has failed its constituents and it has now become a seething mess of dashed hope and division.”

(Jen Cowley – Editor)

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Four seasons in one day Freak weather lashed the region with rain, hail and even snow in the Central Tablelands. The intense low pressure system caused residents to take cover and pull out their winter woollies for a day or two of chilly conditions.

In Dubbo, the mercury reached just 12.6 degrees on Tuesday, making it the coldest day so far this spring.

This time last year, parts of the Central West and Blue Mountains areas were being ravaged by bushfires and Dubbo was hitting temperatures of up to 34 degrees.

Police positive after Mount Panorama With hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic spectators taking their place at Mt Panorama on the weekend, police were pleased with crowd behaviour and the

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family-friendly atmosphere at this year’s Bathurst 1000. Operation Lenton was in place throughout the weekend to ensure the safety of competitors, officials and more than 200,000 spectators. More than 250 officers were involved in the four day operation, including general duty officers from Chifley Local Area Command and from across the Western Region, as well as the Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS), Operations Support Group (OSG), Dog Unit, Licensing, Bicycle Unit, Youth Command (PCYC), Police Transport Command and Traffic and Highway Patrol Command.

Dubbo Airport is flying high Dubbo City Regional Airport has soared to new heights with the number of regular flying passengers in September 2014 reaching a record 17,579, the highest number of passengers in a single month since the airport begun operation.

The new record represents an increase of 12.78 per cent on the same period last year, with 15,587 passengers recorded during September 2013.

Dubbo Mayor Mathew Dickerson said this was a fantastic result and a great endorsement of the strong regional economy of the city.

Costly fishing expedition It turned out to be an expensive fishing trip for anglers this week who were found illegally fishing on the Macquarie River downstream of Narromine. NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) fisheries officers have issued fines totalling $5200 to a group of fishers after they detected doing the wrong thing.

DPI acting fisheries compliance director Tony Andrews said officers had conducted a targeted operation on the area.

“Fisheries officers located a camp being used by a number of fishers downstream of Narromine,” Andrews said.

“A number of fisheries offences were detected, including the use of 41 unattended lines that were set and left unattended, possession of fish illegally taken, the use of 31 live finfish as a lure or bait to take fish on inland waters, the use of a gaff to take fish on inland waters and a master of a boat not preventing a serious fisheries offence taking place.

“Seven people were apprehended by fisheries officers and admitted to the offences when interviewed.

“Officers seized 41 set lines, two gaffs and 31 European carp and fines totalling $5200 and a number of written cautions were issued to the members of the camp.”

Andrews said unattended lines and other illegal fishing gear are prohibited for a reason as their use poses a very real risk to the sustainability of native fish populations and other protected fauna.

A maximum of two attended fishing lines per person are permitted in NSW inland waters.

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moving through the saleyards as a result of drought conditions throughout eastern Australia. Mooted improvements include the construction of additional selling pens, new weighbridge and double deck loading ramps.

Chair of the Finance and Policy Committee, Councillor John Walkom said market forces and the strategic location of the Dubbo facility had combined with variable seasonal conditions to necessitate a review of the capacity of the saleyards.

“It is now not unusual for prime cattle sales at Dubbo to be between 5,000 and 7,000 head,” Cr Walkom said. “Council will consider either acquiring adjacent land or utilising existing Council land for the purpose of adding up to 200 cattle selling pens that would be constructed over two stages.”

The Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets contributes $47.7 million to the regional economy and supports the equivalent of 245 full time positions.

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launched in Parkes and Orange.

The new student hub at the Western Institute of TAFE’s Myall St campus opened its doors on Wednesday, offering a mix of information, resources and network opportunities for the students.

Institute director Kate Baxter said the facility was designed to provide both potential and existing students with one place to connect to the range of services offered by TAFE Western.

“The launch of our Dubbo College Student Hub is really exciting and will make it easier for our customers to connect to a range of services including career advice, course information, Aboriginal support services, disability support services, personal counselling, learning assistance, library services, learning resources and online study help.”

Similar venues have already been

Men of League preparations Young National Rugby League star Isaah Yeo was not prepared for the chill in the air on an overcast October day as he arrived at Dubbo Golf Club in shorts and t-shirt on Tuesday to help promote the upcoming Men of League event. Admitting that he was a ‘terrible golfer’ after having a hit on Sunday, the Panthers second rower was back in his hometown of Dubbo for a few days ahead of scheduled ankle surgery in Sydney this Friday.

The strapping 19-year-old re-injured torn ligaments in his right ankle during the recent NSW Cup. The surgery will put him out of action for two months, and he is expected to miss the start of pre-season training which begins on November 24.

Fair exam for first HSC paper Gear and fish seized from the Macquarie River near Narromine. Photo supplied

Fit for the Future Dubbo City Council has agreed to become a pilot region under the NSW Government’s Fit for the Future reform.

Mayor Mathew Dickerson said Dubbo’s participation was reliant on the Orana Regional Organisation of Councils (OROC) agreement.

“Dubbo has 41 per cent of OROC’s 100,000 population, and as such Dubbo City Council wants to ensure the Joint Organisation has some kind of proportional level of representation based on population from each of the member Councils,” Dickerson said.

Meanwhile, council is looking into further improvements to the cattle selling facilities at the city’s regional livestock markets, thanks to a recent dramatic increase in the number of cattle

Paper 1 of the Higher School Certificate English exam was met with a positive response from staff and students at Dubbo Christian School as the annual test schedule commenced in earnest on Monday.

The 40 DCS examinees were joined by 10 fellow Year 12 students from Macquarie Anglican Grammar School, who do not yet have their own examination centre.

DCS Head of Humanities Tracey Leaf said the paper was fair.

“I am happy with it, I think it was a fair and reasonable paper. The students all seem to have come out quite positive.”

MAGS English teacher and acting head of senior school Kathleen Collin this year was significant because it was the last time the students would have the theme of Belonging. Next year, the theme will change to Discovery.

“This is a huge change for English teachers and very exciting,” she said.

Donna Polak, Narendra Anuj and Pat Nethery look on as Kate Baxter cut the ribbon launching the new Student Hub at TAFE this week. Photo: Dubbo Weekender/Natalie Holmes

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OPINION & ANALYSIS

Sally Bryant

Weekender regular Sally Bryant was born with her nose in a book and if no book is available, she finds herself reading Cornflakes packets, road signs and instruction manuals for microwaves. All that information has to go somewhere...

In my book... you need to be careful what you wish for

“ If your local parliamentary representative gets a gig on the front bench, or even ascends to leadership or deputy status, they’re suddenly a lot more interesting to everyone else as well and that can be a pest.

organisations are clamouring for their attention. It’s like they’re suddenly the prettiest girl at the party. And, like the prettiest girl at the party, politicians in senior positions can be hard to get into conversation. They’re the flavour of the month and they can pick and choose a bit, who they speak to.

I remember being a journalist in Bourke when our local Federal Member was the Deputy Prime Minister. And that was a classic example of the double edged sword. Because it’s pretty exciting to find yourself interviewing the Deputy PM. And it can be very hard to scrape an interview with the man himself.

And there’s also a school of thought that it can be a negative for the electorate too, because leadership brings its own responsibilities and time constraints. So the theory is that the more responsibility your local MP has as far as government is concerned, the less time he has to concentrate on issues relating to the electorate. I’m not sure about that theory, you’d have to think that seniority within the political machine would give you more ability to push for the outcomes you want. Although, admittedly, that may not include lollies for your electorate.

So, exciting as it may be to think that the new leader of the NSW Nationals might be one of the hard-working MPs from our region, it could also be a pest when it comes to them being available to answer our questions. Because it is, in fact, all about us.

Of course, if the new leader of the NSW National Party is now reading this column on Saturday morning, and if it is fact a local parliamentarian who I interview on a regular basis? Well, of course,

I was behind you 100 per cent all the way; never doubted for a moment that you would be taking on the top job. And I’m sure you’ll be just as happy to pick up the phone for me as you always have been...

It’s interesting watching the development of politicians or anyone else new to public life, as they get the hang of it all. There’s a fine balance between being available to the media and cultivating good respectful and mutually beneficial relationships with journalists.

There’s always a risk of approaching it all with an air of desperation, of neediness. You want to retain some mystique; an air of remove. I guess you’d call it playing hard to get. But just not too hard. Kind of like going to a party; you want to look approachable but not like a floozy.

Whatever the result, it will be interesting to see what impact a change of leadership in The Nationals will have on the NSW Government and also on the leadup to the next election. I suspect we’ll soon be in some sort of unofficial election campaign.

••• can’t let the moment pass without passing on my compliments to my fellow columnists from these pages, on their inclusion in the finalists of the NSW Regional Media Awards. Both Tony Webber and our redoubtable editor at large, Jen Cowley, are finalists in this year’s awards. And the satisfactory part is they are finalists in different categories, so there is a chance they could BOTH end up winning. There’ll be a knees-up for sure in the offices of The Weekender if that eventuates. Fingers crossed, both for their success and for the knees up.

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s I write this, we’re speculating on what will be the result of a leadership ballot in the NSW National Party, following Andrew Stoner’s announcement of his intention to retire from politics. This is the serious discussion that follows the hilarity when we realise this is the first NSW politician for some little time to announce a change to his political future without an appearance at the ICAC. Actually, that’s not all that funny, when you come to think of it.

As a journalist in the regions, it’s quite exciting to contemplate the possibility that a local member could be elevated to a leadership position because it gives you an additional entree to interviewing them on the big issues of the day. And it adds more gravitas to their views, because it stands to reason the more power they have the more weight their views will carry. Suddenly you’re not just reporting the reactions of a local member, a back bencher who is important in their electorate but not so much in the bigger scheme of things. It goes from being a bit parochial to being of greater import.

That’s pretty exciting. It’s almost like real journalism.

However, there is a downside. Actually, there are several downsides to it, on a selfish level. (Which, some would argue, is the level on which journalists most commonly work.)

If your local parliamentary representative gets a gig on the front bench, or even ascends to leadership or deputy status, they’re suddenly a lot more interesting to everyone else as well and that can be a pest. Because the more in demand they suddenly are, the harder they are to get hold of. They get busier in their daily lives and all sorts of other media

BY NATALIE BRAMBLE

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Management consultant Natalie Bramble is as well known around the traps for her tireless community efforts and business acumen as for her unique and ready laugh. And you’d be surprised what she picks up around the ‘watercooler’ while she’s traversing this wide brown land in the name of work...

The Watercooler What’s in a name?

It’s a decision any mature bride-to-be (and in some cultures like Germany, hubby-to-be!) has to make. I’ve been known for years by my current surname so should I change it and take my husband’s last name? Should I hyphenate or leave it as is?

This is such a personal choice and really one for the bride and groom to decide.

Normally it’s not something that garners media attention – unless of course you’re George Clooney’s new wife. Amal Alamuddin Clooney (Amal Clooney for short) as she’s now known made the name change public via her company’s website which crashed as a result of far too much web traffic.

Some journos are up in arms over the name change, saying she’s dismissed the importance of her heritage; her professional brand... yada, yada, yada...

Well it certainly hasn’t affected her career given she was back in Italy after the wedding in a professional capacity advising the government.

Apparently Australia really does have 1.2 million people who can claim to be millionaires.

A recent Global Wealth Report found the average Aussie was worth around $225,000 and we have the highest median wealth – well ahead of number two – the Belgians, at $173,000. Sounds impressive but really most of it is made up of assets – such as lavish waterfront homes and flash cars parked in capital cities and owned by the select few.

Just think how much richer everyone in the world would be if it was shared around... but then there’d be no such thing as ambition!

Our 1.2million millionaires Sounds just ab-fab doesn’t it?

And no it’s not a game show or a list of new lottery winners.

Bob’s image – can he fix it?

There are a lot of Bob the Builder fans up in arms at the moment and it’s not hard to see why.

The familiar tenacious tradie has had a major trip to a medical (design) centre and been given a range of new treatments to emerge as a lifelike animated character – and the “new Bob” hasn’t been widely received. As one Tweeter said: “There’s just something about him that’s shifty...’. I have to admit, I don’t much like the

smile they’ve given him but I guess our adult opinion is the least of the makers’ worries – we’re not exactly their target market.

What is our National Costume?

Family Feud heats up

I think we’re among the only countries in the world lucky enough to have a new “national costume” every year... or are we? Maybe I meant unlucky.

The Miss Universe pageant requires the entrant to wear their national costume and it can be a bit boring for some who actually have a representative national dress and a tad exciting for those who get to create theirs.

There’s always been conjecture over the determination of what constitutes the traditional Aussie clobber and what the girls wear as our “national costume” – some delight and some disgust but at least it isn’t ever boring.

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Television game show Family Feud and its celebrated host, Grant Denyer, are in hot water after the standard question format included one that raised hackles and eyebrows: Name a woman’s job? I’m kinda glad I wasn’t a contestant because I would have said something like “anything she wants it to be” – and that certainly wasn’t one of the answers.

Instead they apparently use the most common answers with which 100 people have responded in a survey – I’m thinking they really need to do an age and IQ test at least on these people because the answers sounded like they were straight from the 50s. “Cooking and cleaning”; “dishes” and “washing clothes” were just some of the choice examples given. Mind you, there’s more press over that simple question than the next on the list, which was “Name a man’s job” and they didn’t fare so well either.

Safari guide and private investigator Hudson Brand hunts people, not animals. He’s on the trail of Linley Brown who’s been named as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy...

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WHAT I DO KNOW

Di McNaboe: Mind your language Anyone who has heard Di McNaboe’s moving Welcome to Country will know this proud Wiradjuri woman is among those fighting not only for the renaissance of traditional indigenous language, but for cohesion and harmony across the entire community.

AS TOLD TO Jen Cowley PHOTOGRAPHY Lisa Minner I’m a direct decedent of the Wiradjuri people of Dubbo, the Thubbagah mob, on my father’s side and on my mother’s side I’m Kamilaroi. So I’m able to support both language groups.

Language was always important when I was growing up. We used words in isolation, not full sentences, but that stood me good stead when I found the Wiradjuri language material that was recorded. I was able to find the words I knew and could pronounce and that helped me pronouncing other words.

Racism is a very hurtful thing. As an Aboriginal person I’ve faced it, especially with shops and going into cafes and even just walking around in the community but I’ve been slowly working on breaking down barriers and breaking down racism within the community.

Since I’ve been running the language classes I’ve had both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people coming to learn Wiradjuri language. So that’s broken down a lot of barriers and promoted a lot more understanding and respect of Aboriginal people and their culture and their language. I’ve been working with the community now for more than 20 years with language and culture so a lot of positive things have come out of that. It’s building up slowly. I’m finding with the communities out this way we’re slowly breaking down the barriers and people are working together to get the language and cultural material up and going in their communities.

I worked on the translations for the beautiful signs we’ve just had put up at all the entrances to Dubbo. I’ve seen people pulling up and getting their photos taken with the signs and that’s a great thing. I’ve also put language and cultural material to the bio-diversity garden so those signs should be going up soon. I’ve worked with the science café up there in the (Shoyoen Japanese) gardens. I’m also working on the Wattle Grove and getting Wiradjuri language and cultural material put up there. And I’ve been working on getting a scope and sequence with Aboriginal languages with the Board of Studies as part of a team.

Aboriginal language is part of the curriculum but it is going to be a bigger.

We’re trying to make it so the language is actually one from that specific community. We’re doing comparisons with other Aboriginal languages as well so that healing can happen for the children and the community. I was one of the mums who helped get Allira Childcare Centre up and going so we are hoping to have our language from preschool all the way up to year 12 and adults as

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well. We actually have a pathway going already and we’re hoping to make that path way go all the way from preschool up.

There’s still a lot of residual fear among elders from the days gone by when children were taken away for speaking language. So that’s how I first started doing the Welcome to Country – the elders encouraged me to do it on their behalf.

It’s not that long ago that children were still being taken away – it happened in my lifetime – so those wounds are still open and a bit raw.

One way of helping with that healing is to let people hear as much of our language as we can and to let our elders know that it’s ok to speak our languages and use our cultural practices.

It is an honour to do the Welcome to Country on behalf of the elders and be that voice that they didn’t have. It’s a very emotional thing to do. It is a big honour to be selected to do these welcomes as a voice for our elders. As far as I know, I’m the only one who actually sings the Welcome to Country. Some people who sing the welcome for when

we do the dances but part of the Welcome to Country is part of the song that the women sing for doing healing of country.

When we do Welcome to Country and we acknowledge and pay our respects to elders both past and present, that’s paying respect to all elders (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) because we all learn from our elders – it doesn’t matter on the nationality. We are acknowledging all elders who teach us throughout our lives – I don’t think people realise that when we say we pay resect to elders.

When I was born, we used to live in what was known as Tent City, on the other side of the railway line near the hospital. I lived in the tents when I was really little and then we moved in with my grandmother Alma Riley in Gipps Street and then we moved to a house in Pozieres Street. That’s where I grew up most of my life.

I met my husband during a trip to Lightning Ridge and we lived there for a small time but I was terribly homesick for Dubbo, so we came back. It was through the kids that I started teaching dance. My youngest daughter would

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have been about five when I was teaching dance here with the Jangarra Dance Group – she’s now 30.

I am passionate about Aboriginal language and I’ll keep fighting to get our language and culture back into our communities because it is an Australian language. Our Aboriginal languages are the Australian languages and I think that people have a right to learn the Australian languages and not have them disappear.

It would be such a shame to see any of our languages disappear. Even Aboriginal languages from other countries around the world are fighting to be retained, so I know that what we’re fighting for here, all those other Aboriginal people across the world are fighting for the same thing – to not lose their language and culture.

That’s what makes our world really diverse and rich – that we have all this language and cultural knowledge out there that could be shared and give us a lot of joy and enrichment in our lives.

And I’ve been actually been teaching a lot of non-Aboriginal people how to do Acknowledgement to Country in language, so when they have their meetings they can stand up and do an Acknowledgement to Country in language.

The Yarradamarra Centre can organise language classes in the community.

So far we’ve been targeting Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and out west we’re supporting the Barkindji people to get their certificates to go in and teach in the schools.

So there’s five language “nests” at the moment; the North-West Wiradjuri, the Barkindji, a Kamilaroi nest, a Bundjalung and a Gumbayngirr. So they’re the five language and cultural nests that are up and running at the moment but they’re hoping to get more within NSW as time goes by. >> Anyone interested in exploring Aboriginal languages further can contact Connie Ah-Wee or Rod Towney at the Yarradamarra Centre at the Myall Street campus of the Western Institute of TAFE.

PROFILE

After almost a life-time in the ring, Gary Macfarlane still says it’s the camaraderie, the self-belief and the life-skills boxing teaches that have given him a fighting chance.

The World Masters Boxing champion spoke with STEVE HODDER.

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n absolute belief in yourself is the key to success in sport and life says Dubbo’s World Masters Boxing champion Gary Macfarlane. A clever fighter with more than 30 years competing in and out of a conventional boxing ring, Macfarlane took the world title from five-time champion Herb Fuller in America earlier this year.

Macfarlane certainly needed a strong belief in himself to think he could he could match it at the world level, and more so by the fact he did it solo – no support crew, no trainers, no corner-men; just him and his willingness to have a go.

Boxing is a hard sport, and it’s not the likelihood of getting punched in the head that makes it so. The toughest contest competitors face is overcoming fear. Macfarlane says fear of getting hurt certainly ranks highly, but for him it’s more the fear of failing to give it his best.

He says there’s no shame in losing if you’ve given everything you’ve got.

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acfarlane attributes his rise above all these factors to the firm parenting he received as a child and the level of independence he was required to attain.

“My parents supported my endeavours as a child but it was in a time where they could not do much financially,” he says. “I was given free rein and encouraged to participate in sport but apart from that my parents never got involved much.”

Born in Sydney in 1968, Macfarlane moved with his family to Dubbo’s Apollo Estate when he was aged seven. He grew up with boxing; his father Bernie Macfarlane fought in Les McNab’s tent in shows around the Sydney suburbs. At the age of 10 he started getting lessons from his father and a year later had his first fight as a member of Dubbo PCYC. His first trainer at the PCYC was police officer Dan Keating, who was said to have had an exhibition spar with Muhammad Ali in the early 70s.

Keating was soundly beaten by Rebels Motorcycle Club president Alex Vella in a much hyped contest refereed by Charkey Ramon at Dubbo PCYC in 1977.

Macfarlane took a break from boxing for 12 months before re-entering the sport under the tutelage of Commonwealth Games medallist and Olympic contender Brian Tink and his father Bucky (Tink).

“Bucky was a very good coach,” Macfarlane recalls. “He was tough and expected discipline – I accepted that and learned a lot from him.”

Macfarlane trained for three years with the Tinks and had about 20 fights during that period; most of them successful. He later trained with Oceania Games gold medallist Tom ‘Bomber’ Carney, professional lightweight boxer Greg Bell and Oceania Championships contender Graham Wallace. He trained with this trio for two more years and had another 15 fights.

Amateur boxing in Australia only allows boxers to compete up to the age of 16 in the juniors, after which they must enter the senior ranks and compete against the men. Macfarlane retired from boxing at this point having notched up a moderately successful career, which included two NSW PCYC state titles, the Orana Title and the Arthur Tunstall award for best boxer at the PCYC State Titles. He was also runner up in the NSW Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) titles three years running and beat Australian, New Zealand, Queensland and Tasmanian champions in non-title fights over a two-year period.

Macfarlane says he and other boxers his age started to leave the sport at the end of their junior careers. It was not a fear of having to fight against men it was more a case of competing priorities. It was that ‘coming of age’ period when they were more interested in cars and girls and getting a job.

Macfarlane was no different than most young blokes his age who drank and socialised; sometimes to excess. But his period of youthful experimentation did not last long and he gave up drinking alcohol in his early 20s.

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learned as a boxer have stuck with him; they are values in which he firmly believes and has used to guide his actions in day to day life.

“I was taught that boxing is a sport like chess,” he says. “It’s not thuggery – true boxers don’t have to prove themselves on the street – they know how good they are. I was always taught not to pick fights, but defend yourself.”

Macfarlane says the ethics in boxing offer a behavioural code that if adhered to can be a good moral compass to guide you through life. “There were important life skills I picked up and they’ve stood me in good stead.”

Above | Former Masters Champion Herb Fuller with new Masters Champion Gary Macfarlane

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fter a 15-year break from the sport a chance viewing of 60 Minutes one night inspired Macfarlane to have a go at tent boxing with Australia’s self-proclaimed ‘last showman’ Fred Brophy. He’d seen Bob Tuite’s Boxing Tent at Dubbo Show in the late 1970s and heard his father’s stories of Les McNab’s tent in Sydney. The thought of having a go in the tent fascinated him and he said to his mate (the late) Reg Humphreys, “I’m going to fight in Brophy’s tent.”

He tracked Brophy down through the White Pages; rang him up and told him of his experience and desire to fight in the tent. Brophy was rather nonplussed but told him to think about it and call him back in a couple of weeks if he was fair dinkum.

Macfarlane rang back a fortnight later and was given instructions to meet the tent in Charleville for a six-week tour of outback Queensland – as part of the troupe.

After Charleville they showed at Blackall, Mt Isa, Karumba, Cloncurry and the famous Birdsville Races. He thought he’d stick it out for the six weeks and that’d be it – a good experience of Australiana and a quenched appetite for tent boxing. But 14 years later he was still at it with his last fight in the tent at Mt Isa in 2013, taking on a bloke weighing 130 kilos (Macfarlane’s fighting weight is 80 kg).

That first six-week stint was a baptism of fire for Macfarlane, fighting up to four times a day against ringers and miners and haymaking giants. But as hard as it was it opened up a new world to him; giving him an insight to a way of life few people truly get to experience.

Troupe fighters in the tents have to take on all challengers; all sizes and weights; sometimes they’d have to fight two blokes at once.

“It’s entertainment,” Macfarlane says. “But it’s still fighting and you’ve got to be careful. I fought a bloke once who was 160 kilos. I ended up beating him but I knew he’d only have to hit me once and he’d knock me clean out.”

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n his recently published book The Last Showmen, Brophy acknowledges several of the best fighters he’s had during his years running the tent, and one of those is the crafty and courageous boxer from Dubbo known as Ranger aka Gary Macfarlane. Brophy has stage names for all his fighters and gave Macfarlane the moniker Ranger in recognition

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“ It’s entertainment but it’s still fighting and you’ve got to be careful.”

Gary with his Masters Champion title belt.

PROFILE

“ We are a sum of all our parts and my family and friends have all contributed to that. It’s their world title as much as it is mine.”

ABOVE | Gary Macfarlane (2nd from left) with Fred Brophy and crew on the track near Charleville in QLD

of his day job with National Parks and Wildlife Service. Brophy’s acknowledgement of Macfarlane in his book is high praise indeed given the hundreds of accomplished fighters that have fought under his banner.

Macfarlane no doubt loves a scrap, but more than the fighting it’s the camaraderie of the people he’s met both within the tent and those in the towns he’s visited.

“It’s the people that keeps me going back,” he says. “I’ve shared some wonderful experiences with Fred and Sandi (Brophy’s long-time partner) and the fighters and corner men. They’re a great bunch of people – generous and loyal – you couldn’t find better anywhere.”

The lessons Macfarlane learned from his years in the tent in many ways contributed to his success at the amateur Masters World Titles this year. Those life lessons in understanding that, winning doesn’t always mean you’ve won.

“More often than not the real winner is the bloke who put his hand up to fight you. He’s the champion because he’s had the guts to get up there in front of his home crowd and have a go. He’s overcome his fear of shame and embarrassment and he’ll give it a go regardless of the outcome. He’s a winner simply by putting his hand up.”

One of the key things Macfarlane has learned through his time in the tent is they’re not all mugs; he’s fought some pretty good boxers and some really tough men who can fight and love it.

“I’ve learned to be careful,” he says. “Some of them can’t fight and there’s no glory in beating a mug, but some of them can fight and they’re dangerous. I’ve had some close shaves and it really makes you think how to handle these blokes, because if you don’t they can do you some serious harm. But I take my hat off to the challengers every time – I wouldn’t do it (if I couldn’t fight).”

Macfarlane’s skill as a boxer was paramount in his bid for the world title; skills he’d developed as a boy and later in the tent in outback Australia, but equal to that and maybe more importantly is his spirituality. His confidence and self-belief come from firm parenting, self-discipline and knowledge that hard work has its rewards, but the key to combining all these things into positive energy is the serenity derived from his spiritual affirmation. He attributes his spiritual connectedness to both his Catholic faith and Aboriginal heritage.

“I believe spirituality is a personal thing,” he says. “I practise in a way that feels right for me.”

T Fred Brophy’s recently published book, The Last Showman, featuring Gary Macfarlane.

his duality of diverse fighting skills and keen sense of self was the key to MacFarlane’s unheralded raid on the Americans and the World Masters title. He knew he could do it, he firmly believed he could do it, as long as he was fit enough.

He put in the hard yards training with 18 and 20 year olds at Darren Wilson’s Diamond Boxing Gym. He’d never hurt so much in all his life.

“I reckon it’s easier to win a world title at 25 than it is at 45,” he says. “I trained with these young fel-

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FEATURE las and they got me match fit.”

He’d actually been training with his young sparring partners for about 18 months and had won a silver medal at the Australian Masters Games last year, which gave him the idea of having a shot at the world title. At first he thought it would be an interesting experience and he’d give it a go but by the time it came to boarding the plane for America his view had changed. “When I left here it wasn’t a case of I can do this,” he says. It was, “I’m gonna win this.”

In the sports complex in Kansas, Macfarlane was almost invisible. The place was full of fighters from all over the world. There were 60 in the over 35s division, which over a couple of days was reduced to the main contenders, Macfarlane being one of them.

Over the course of the tournament he’d come to know a few of the fighters and their corner men and developed a bit of a friendship with them. This turned out to be of benefit to him as a couple of them volunteered to work his corner when they discovered he didn’t have anyone assisting him.

“They were good blokes and I appreciated their help.

It would have been a bit awkward if I didn’t have anyone in my corner. But that’s how it was; I was prepared to go it alone if I had to.”

The Ringside World Masters is for amateur fighters, albeit the best, but another example of Macfarlane’s definitely amateurish approach came about when it was time to bandage his hands. While other guys were fussed over with wadding and Elastoplast preparing their hands at the level of professionals, Macfarlane unceremoniously wrapped his hands in the frayed bandages he’d been using in the tents and at training for the past couple of years.

“I felt a bit second-rate sitting there with my old bandages and these guys were done up like the pros,” he admits. “But it didn’t deter me; I knew what I had to do and fancy bandages weren’t going to make any difference.”

The fight with Fuller went the distance; it was hard and fast and required all of Macfarlane’s skills to get the points; and get them he did with a unanimous de-

Gary MacFarlane in full flight against an opponent during his Brophy Tent days

cision from the judges.

“It was a hard fight. It was one of those fights that required all your mental toughness. The stuff I’d learnt in the tents carried me through. In the tents you don’t know the quantity and quality of your opponents – you have to fight dangerous people who could knock you out for a week if they hit you. It was that experience and mental toughness that got me through it.”

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fter being awarded the world title belt Macfarlane took it to his hotel room and threw it on the bed and went back down to watch some more bouts. The enormity of what he had achieved hadn’t sunk in – it wouldn’t until a couple of days later.

“Maybe it all seemed a bit surreal, I don’t know but it took a while for me to realise what I’d accomplished.

It’s a wonderful thing to achieve something like this but the title isn’t really for me, it’s more for my family and there’s enormous pride in that. We are a sum of all our parts and my family and friends have all contributed to that. It’s their world title as much as it is mine.”

Macfarlane is not sure if he will defend the title next year but at this point is leaning more towards retirement. “It’s not easy and I don’t know if there is anything left to prove,” he says. “I’ve ticked a lot of the boxes I’ve wanted to in life and winning the world title is such an incredible experience, beyond my wildest dreams. I don’t know if there is anything to be gained by doing it again.”

Whether he defends the title next year or not there is one thing Macfarlane is sure of and that is maintaining his place in Fred Brophy’s Boxing Tent. He’s been a regular corner man for Brophy at the Isa Rodeo for the past few years and will continue to do so while ever Fred keeps ringing the bell.

Brophy’s is the last travelling boxing tent in the world offering challengers from all walks of life the chance to try their luck against one of his boys. Macfarlane was one of those boys for 14 years and the sawdust has seeped well into his veins.

World champion or not, he’ll be a tent boxer for the rest of his life. 

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Brush with mortality brings a shift in perspective

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few Fridays ago I boarded a 6am flight out of Adelaide into Canberra. The early start was designed so I would make it back in time for the delightfully bawdy annual “gentlemen’s” lunch reunion of former players of my local rugby club at an otherwise blissfully quiet country pub not far from where I now reside at Yass in southern NSW. (The inverted commas being highly necessary to underline the contradictory application of the word “gentlemen”.)

I was making good time, so I made a quick detour to my Canberra doctor to follow up on some nagging ‘flu symptoms that had struck me down along with half the local district.

As I waited for the doctor to conclude his findings, I wistfully contemplated the froth of the first frosty schooner I’d have once I escaped the pesky confines of the doctor’s surgery and his museumworthy editions of Women’s Weekly.

Instead, I found myself as an emergency admission to hospital on the basis of displaying all the symptoms of Lymphoma and/or Leukaemia.

It took nearly two weeks of tests and

Comment by Duncan Bremner Mendooran ex-pat Duncan Bremner has taken on many a challenge in his professional life as a journalist, political spin-doctor and lobbyist - but nothing could prepare him for the shock of staring down the barrel of his own mortality.

medicinal trials before the medicos began to push the two “Big Ls” steadily down the likely list of possible ailments in favour of conditions related to my lymph nodes.

I don’t have any trite or existential sermon to share about the circumstances, but I think I can save some time and money for any of you contemplating living in a kibbutz for year or consuming copious amounts of mind bending substances to find some meaning in your lives.

“ Imagine that the few decades you thought you still had up your sleeve have just been reduced to a few months or years. ”

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Instead, simply imagine that the few decades you thought you still had up your sleeve have just been reduced to a few months or years.

This forced reflection may alter the prism through which you view your life, your loved ones, your achievements, desires and dreams – given you just ran out of time to do much more, or to address regrets.

I deeply apologise to those who have had to confront the reality of losing loved ones in circumstances I now appear to be escaping for the time being – I’m not writing this to skite.

The brutally pragmatic reality is that the grinding wheels of life stop for no one. It’s the suddenness when a perceived variation occurs that seems to cause the greatest heartache.

Perhaps it’s because I seem to now be shaping up as one of the lucky ones that I’ve felt a need to share the insights I think I’m gaining from this experience.

I’ve experienced and achieved more in my life than I ever dared to dream of.

But I don’t think I’m the only one.

Most of us would be surprised if we honestly reflected on what we’ve achieved, rather than what we desire.

With that in mind, I’ve decided I’m going to chill out a little more than I usually allow myself to when I think I have

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pressingly urgent matters to deal with at work such as broken photocopiers or junior staff discovering those they’re dating are taking a less exclusive approach to relationships than they do.

I plan to spend more time doing things I previously thought of as rather inane, such as wandering down to the bottom of our garden to just lie on the grass. To watch the tree branches wave at the sky in the breeze, thinking of nothing more than the gently bitter taste of the long piece of grass I’m chewing on.

Within about two minutes of contemplating that serenity, I have little doubt my three offspring will surprise me with their latest pile driver wrestling moves to my solar plexus.

But that’s okay.

Because as far as I can work out, that’s what life should be about – understanding that aspiration is noble, but should not come at the expense of contentment.

My health is not out of the woods yet, but even in the unlikely event things do take a turn for the worse, I’ve been forced to assess my life in a way that I most likely would not otherwise have done either now, or in my twilight years.

My advice? Don’t be forced to reflect on whether you’re living the life you want to – give yourself the luxury of choosing to.

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Jen and Rob Humphries This loans officer and water/sewer operator have a passion for motorcycles that stems from family tradition. Rob and Jen Humphries talked to Weekender about marrying into a biker household.

AS TOLD TO and PHOTOGRAPHY Natalie Homes Jen Humphries:

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’ve been riding motorbikes since I was six or seven years old. I used to cry and scream until Dad (Howard) took me to preschool on the motorbike (laughs). Dad’s had various bikes over the years, when I was a kid he always had bikes. We had a ‘postie bike’ and as little girls, my sister and I would tear around the yard, which was a double block. As soon as I was able to get my licence, I got my first bike. I got my rider’s licence before my car licence; I couldn’t wait. I’ve done some amazing trips, and would ride around town – it’s so much more economical. It’s also a good way to blow off steam. If something is bothering me, I go for a ride, it offers you a freedom you can’t get any other way.

I introduced Rob to bikes. He was into fishing before that, but fishing bores me. His father was horrified, so was his mother. They say bikes are dangerous, but it’s not the bike that’s dangerous, it’s the idiot rider.

Dad was always a stickler for safety and we couldn’t go on the bike until we were wearing jeans, shirt, boots and helmet. I have followed that through and I’m the big stickler now. Rob is more easygoing about that, and will go to get fuel in his bike wearing shorts – it makes my skin crawl.

When we started dating, Rob would ride pillion. Some people thought that was funny but it’s just how it was. He wasn’t a very good pillion though, because he used to fall asleep!

Dad and I used to go to vintage bike

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rallies and the first time I took Rob, he fell asleep – I had to fling my head back to wake him up. After that, I would poke and prod him a lot in order to keep him awake.

On his bike, Rob has a bit of a reputation for falling off; he’s a little bit throttle happy. Allegedly it was the camber in the road which contributed to his fall on the way to Mildura.

I still love going for rides with Dad; he’s 74 now and is still the safest rider I know. He couldn’t wait for me to turn 40 so I could join the Ulysses Club. Finally I got there and joined as soon as I could. For the first few years I didn’t have a great deal of involvement but now I’m on the committee of the local branch and Rob is the president.

We’ve really started to enjoy it and we now have the Ulysses AGM as our annual holiday. We tend to do most things together. The toy run is an annual event which I did a couple of times with Dad before I joined. It makes you feel good to raise money for the SES and Salvation Army as well as helping kids.

There’s a bit of a stigma attached to riding a bike but we are bikers, not bikies and not associated with any Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG).

I think sharing this with Rob has brought us closer together. I’m glad he’s into bikes too. Before we got together, this old guy Vern who used to go to rallies with my dad, told me: “Whatever you do, make sure you marry a man who likes bikes”.

I introduced him to Rob and he was

happy. I wanted to have bikes as part of our wedding but Mum said, “don’t be ridiculous”!

Rob Humphries:

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’ve always had an interest in bikes and remember watching bike races on TV as a kid but I never got the chance to do anything about it until I married into a biker family. When I was in my late teens/early 20s, Dad said I could live under his roof and not have a motorcycle or move out and get a bike.

Jen and I have been together for just over 20 years. Her mother has always suffered Howard’s passion for motorcycles – I’ve never seen her on the back of a bike, put it that way.

Jen’s dad had a couple of classic bikes and I was interested in them. He is a member of the Antique Motorcycle Club in Wellington and used to travel to rallies. When we met, Jen was riding a 1960 Norton Dominator. I went away to rallies, events and swap meets with her – I was the pillion and she was up front.

I enjoyed myself as a pillion – it wasn’t uncomfortable with her. Jen’s always been a safe and cautious rider, probably overcautious at times. But if I wanted to spend time with her, I’d jump on the back of her bike.

I got my Ls on a Suzuki 125cc which belongs to a neighbour. He calls it the Fuzzbot. I got my licence and got a Honda CB750 which is a much bigger bike.

Then I bought a Triumph America in 2009.

Jen’s a bit older than me and became

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a member of Ulysses first. I got her the membership for her 40th and she reciprocated when it was my birthday. We were quiet for the first couple of years but four years ago, the branch was struggling as some of the long termers were stepping back from their roles.

I don’t know how, I must have been the last one to put my hand up, but I became president. I got the position, it suits me though; I don’t mind chipping away and helping out. It was a natural evolution. Whatever organisation you’re in, you have to take on the work; you have to get in and help.

One of the main aims of the club is to provide a way for older motorcyclists to get together for companionship and mutual support. Some people enjoy golf, others enjoy bridge. Our interest just happens to be riding motorcycles.

The toy run is our big thing every year, helping less fortunate kids from across the area. If it wasn’t for the toy run, they would get nothing.

It’s good for us and people come out and mingle with other riders. For Jen and me, it’s a shared interest. The Ulysses AGM has become our annual holiday; we both enjoy travelling and looking around at the sights and scenery. It’s provided the perfect platform for that. >> Jen and Rob are behind the Two Wheels to Wellington event on Sunday, October 26 as part of Motorcycle Awareness Week. All proceeds from the day will go towards the Ulysses Club Arthritis Research Foundation. The annual Toy Run will be held on December 13.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE SQUARE No 5.

The faculty of wisdom knows no boundaries. With the majority of universities in capital cities there can be a presumption that high levels of intelligence originates there.

Think about some regional examples: a few years ago two students at Trangie Central School topped the state in HSC 3 unit Maths. Jill Ker Conway who wrote “Road

From Coorain” grew up on a station near Ivanhoe and rose to hold a position of professor at a Canadian university. The list goes on to prove that our capacity and capability has no geographical boundaries – and the intelligence displayed when considering ethical, political and economic matters will contribute to a stable and secure society.

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PROFILE

In between bouts of chemotherapy, Kelly Bridges will walk 60km in a bid to end women’s cancers once and for all.

She talked to Weekender about her journey to defeat the disease. WORDS and PHOTOGRAPHY Natalie Holmes

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hen breast cancer struck, Kelly Bridges was not about to take it lying down. Instead, the bubbly 37-yearold decided to “kick its arse”.

Diagnosis came after a family holiday earlier this year, when the mum and former police officer felt a bit off-colour.

“We were on the way back to Dubbo and I was feeling a bit fluey,” she explains.

Something didn’t feel right in her chest area so Bridges went to the doctor, hoping it was nothing serious.

“When I heard the words “urgent ultrasound”, I kind of flipped out.”

She had a biopsy and, when two carcinomic lumps were discovered in her breast, Bridges was shocked and puzzled by her diagnosis.

“There is no history of breast cancer in my family; I am young and fit and I look after myself. We are an outdoors family, we walk a lot; we don’t sit around.”

Having breast cancer was completely unexpected, particularly given Bridges usually checked herself for signs of anything wrong.

But becoming a mum for the first time to Max in January last year had changed her life and its usual routines as Bridges and husband Mark had waited a long time for their newborn boy.

“I was a first-time mother to a long awaited and beautiful son for 14 months when I was diagnosed in March,” she says.

“It took us eight years to have him and then there were complications after I had him which took 12 months to recover from.

“I was always the one that would check but since I had Max that lapsed a bit. I was really annoyed with myself.”

Rather than sitting around feeling sorry for herself, Bridges booked in to a Sydney hospital for a double mastectomy which she has followed with 16 rounds of chemotherapy.

“When you’re younger, the cancer can be more aggressive so it’s good that it hadn’t spread. I’m doing the chemo as a precaution.”

Bridges gives the Dubbo medics who have

aided her treatment a big thumbs up.

“The local oncology doctors and nurses are just sensational. The first day I went up there I didn’t know what I would experience, but it’s not what you expect – they’re just lovely.”

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he has two more doses to go but the busy mum has chosen not to focus too much on treatment and has been pouring herself into fundraising ahead of next month’s Weekend to End Women’s Cancers instead.

She’s formed a team called Top Knockers and the five teammates will all complete the 60km two-day walk through suburban Sydney on November 8 and 9.

“After the “why me’s”, I looked at my beautiful family, my husband and my son Max, who I am totally in love with, and said snap out of this. His smile every morning is what I long for and there is no way that is going to change. I can’t leave him, I need to keep going. That keeps you going, makes you feel better.

“I was also told that I might struggle after the mastectomy so I needed to make things positive for myself, instead of negative.

“In the oncology unit, the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse was part of that so I wanted to do something to help. The Weekend to End Women’s Cancers was perfect because it’s what I’m going through in my own journey.”

Bridges says she didn’t know how strong she was until she faced this challenge.

“I am a strong woman and like many other strong women, I am taking this on. I want women to be aware to know what to look for, to take action and in the future to not have to worry about this horrible disease because by raising awareness and funds for more research we will hopefully get there.”

Sydney-based friend Renee Smith, former classmate Brooke Parsons-Crain and her mum Rhonda Crain and husband Mark Bridges will all do the walk with her. They will walk 30km each day to complete the walk.

Together, as part of the challenge, they have all been fundraising for the past few months

The Weekend: The Weekend to End Women’s Cancers benefiting Chris O’Brien Lifehouse is a weekend to remember the lives lost to breast or gynaecologic cancer and a weekend to celebrate the lives being saved.

It’s a fundraising two-day 60 kilometre weekend walk through the neighbourhoods of Sydney creating hope for every woman’s future.

“ I was always the one that would check but since I had Max that lapsed a bit. I was really annoyed with myself.

and have raised more than $12,000 through raffles and two public events – a cupcake day and sausage sizzle in September followed by a family fun day.

Of the support, Bridges says local people, along with her nearest and dearest, have been very supportive of her cause.

“My friends and family are amazing, particularly my brother. I am very, very lucky. And local people have been absolutely amazing. The support has been overwhelming, I could just walk in and they were willing to hand over things.

Even the patrons at the local pub where my sister-in-law works each handed over $20.

There’s a lot of really good people around. It’s quite enormous when you sit back and think about it.”

Urging others to support the cause on her online support page, Bridges says people should not “stand back and think about what you could have.

“Donate to my journey and help me change the world!”

Bridges describes the walk as a “lifesaving adventure for all women”.

“I’m looking forward to the event. It’s going to be special. We have the opportunity to change thousands of lives, beginning with our own. And because you have the team alongside you, it makes you stronger.

“It’s going to be a challenge, but I’m ready to do something bold and powerful in an effort to end women’s cancers once and for all.” >> The Weekend to End Women’s Cancers will be held in Sydney on November 8 and 9. To donate, visit endcancer.org.au There are still some items not previously sold up for grabs – a signed and framed nights Newcastle Knights NRL guernsey and a framed Sydney Roosters guernsey from the Challenge Cup. Contact Dubbo Weekender at Panscott Media on 6885 3344 and we’ll put you in touch with Kelly.

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In Renee’s words: In March this year, I received the news that my truly beautiful and amazing friend had been diagnosed with breast cancer. My first question was “Why her?”

I’ve watched my friend take blow after blow with many things and couldn’t believe that she had been dealt another one.

She has inspired me with her strength and resilience since her diagnosis and she continues to amaze me with her positive attitude towards her recovery and treatment.

So in support of my amazing friend and in the memory of family members I have lost, I am joining her for The Weekend to End Women’s Cancer. My commitment is based on love for my fellow sisters, mothers, grandmas, daughters, nieces and friends everywhere. It’s based on the realisation that we each need to do our part in this fight.

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Wily coyote’s ugly reminder for our Aussie top dog T

ucking the kids into bed at night in Dubbo used to be done to the sound of a lion’s roar echoing across Grangewood from the nearby Taronga Western Plains Zoo, and was something out of the ordinary.

In Tucson, Arizona, coyotes cry and call across the night under the cloak of darkness to hunt.

The golf course we live on and a dry riverbed at the back of our building are popular thoroughfares for coyotes, javelinas, bobcats, and the occasional rumoured mountain lion, as they do what they’ve always done in search of food; adapting as they have had to do, to the intrusion on their world by our urban barriers.

Living in proximity to wild animals is such a special experience whether they’re tamed to the confines of a zoo or allowed to roam free among us.

Just this week, giving pre-sleep tickles to my sons, the unmistakable and haunting cry of a lone coyote shrieking loud outside their window prompted a swift exodus to the balcony in the hope to catch a glimpse.

“That sounded so close!”

Indeed the wily critter was in our car park, crossing the way to the golf course to stand in the shadows, just visible, listening to the distant cries of its pack.

The kids were transfixed, as was I, trying to make out it’s lean shape in the darkness, until it suddenly doubled back to trot toward the car park’s dim solar lamp lights and out into the darkness again.

Skinny and fleeting, it was a brief but meaningful transaction, of which the coyotes were completely ignorant. We possibly conjure fear or alarm but although coyotes are notoriously curious and clever, theirs is more likely to be a wary watchfulness of us.

Our awe is to glimpse nature untethered from the world of men and women, where wilderness and wildness are fenced, kept distant and controlled.

Sure, a fence between an African lion and me makes a lot of sense with no defining line between human and meal.

Seeing coyotes allowed to roam the neighbourhoods here – although they stick shyly to out of reach paths – makes me wonder why, as a child, I never saw dingoes wandering the Australian landscape in the same way.

Like nails in their coffin, Lindy Chamberlain’s claim that a dingo took her baby is highly probable but just as highly uncommon. The dingo’s relationship to farmers, who put food in their reach then kill the dingoes for eating it, is an age old problem of wildlife not understanding the meaning of a fence over hunger.

Comment by YVETTE AUBUSSON -FOLEY Former Dubbo journo and proud green ‘n’ gold gal Yvette AubussonFoley says she has her work cut out for her raising little Aussies under the red, white and blue of a very different flag.

The result is that dingoes remain judged; poisoned beyond all reason and, like Europe’s wolf, demonised.

In Tucson, which is a pretty unforgiving high desert plateau abundant with cactuses and limited food resources and a perfect home for evolved desert wildlife, there’s an understanding that people have to share the native spaces, probably to ensure their long-term survival.

With most animal extinctions occurring in the past 150 years compared with the entire history of life as we know it and not including meteorite wipeouts, there’s some sense in compromising our living spaces in order to hang onto what little biodiversity we have left.

Sure coyotes and dingos can be pests because we give them garbage cans to overturn, flocks of sheep to eat and other temptations like small pets, which are easier to catch than rabbits.

They may carry diseases which we fear but they rarely attack. Although it has happened, it is with much less frequency than the instance of people attacking each other which, you can’t argue, is hourly news.

A dingo took Lindy Chamberlain’s baby 34 years ago. Not much has happened since.

I’m not sure if respect for the local wildlife has been passed down by the many Indian tribes here but surely their perspective has had some sway.

In the southwest coyotes play a role in the Tohono O’odham people and is associated with Montezuma. Four hours drive north, in the White Mountains, an Apache legend resembles the tar baby stories, repeated in tribes in Mexico.

In Navajo mythology, coyotes have powers over rain, which you can imagine in this dry climate makes the coyote “top dog”.

There are songs, creation stories and consequently many reasons to revere and respect this mischievous creature.

Sad to think the sounds of the dingo are silent in many Australian landscapes because few stopped to think about the bigger picture.

“ Seeing coyotes allowed to roam the neighbourhoods here makes me wonder why, as a child, I never saw dingoes wandering the Australian landscape. ”

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Have guitar, will trek An Australian classical guitarist who was handpicked to play with the great John Williams, Tim Kain’s career has been a combination of performing at the highest international level and quietly building up a legendary teaching tradition.

Since the 1980s, Tim Kain has been based at the Canberra School of Music, now Australian National University (ANU) School of Music, where he leads what is regarded nationally and internationally as an outstanding school of guitar teaching. As well, he created and leads a unique ensemble, Guitar Trek, now in their 27th year, who will perform in Dubbo this October. AS TOLD TO Vivienne Winther What led to the formation of Guitar Trek?

Instrument maker Graham Caldersmith approached me in the early 1980s with the idea of a guitar quartet based around different sized instruments.

This hasn’t been the tradition; the guitar didn’t develop different sized instruments, or a family of instruments like the classical strings with violin, viola, cello and double bass.

This seemed like a good idea to me.

There was a resurgence of guitar ensembles at the time but this type of a guitar ensemble would be completely new and exciting.

We were fortunate to have the support of Australia Council grants; first an innovation grant to develop and build the instruments and then over time grants to commission music for our ensemble, as well as grants to record; we have five CDs with ABC Classics.

The members of Guitar Trek have been your graduate students. Where have your students ended up? Are they also teaching as well as performing, like you?

An unusually high number of my students have gone on to make careers in music. The majority have become successful performing artists, which is really quite remarkable as it’s such a tough business. I’ve had lots of students win international competitions, too many to keep track of really, but I don’t dwell on that as I definitely don’t teach to win

Guitar Trek members Tim Kain, Minh Le Hoang, Bradley Kunda, Matt Withers. Photo: Supplied by Guitar Trek

competitions.

Many of my students are out there teaching: at the Victorian College of the Arts, at University of Newcastle, and Minh Le Hoang is continuing the school of guitar I established in Canberra at ANU. My student from Dubbo, Campbell Diamond, is now studying in Germany at a very prestigious school and just came third in the Daejeon International Guitar Competition in Korea.

As well as teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students of classical guitar, you’ve also taught students at the pre-tertiary, school age level. Is that important to you?

Yes it’s very important because the early years of music education are the crucial ones. It’s a much specialised area, teaching from beginner to intermediate levels. I did a lot of teaching myself of young students when I first came to the Canberra School of Music, and then as the school grew, I handed the younger students over to teachers who were graduate students of mine but I always kept a close interest and mentored the teachers, who used my methods.

Who were your teachers?

I come from the Segovia school of guitar playing. Segovia was the major figure in classical guitar in the twentieth century, a Spanish musician who performed across the world, recorded ex-

tensively and taught over a very long period. My first teacher, Australian Sadie Bishop, studied at Segovia’s summer schools and Sadie also learnt from Len Williams, father of the famous John Williams. I went on to study in Spain with Jose Tomás and in Manchester with Len Williams as well.

That led to my relationship with the great guitarist John Williams. We played together for a number of years, as a classical guitar duo and also in a group called Attaca, a seven-piece band.

I would have to say that performing with John Williams was a big highlight of my career.

Back to Guitar Trek: can you describe the special guitars the ensemble plays?

The guitars we use from highest to lowest are: a treble guitar, a standard guitar, a baritone guitar and a bass guitar. That gives a similar sort of range in pitch and tone colour as you might find in a string quartet with two violins, a viola and a cello. Our bass guitar is the most different to the standard guitar – it has only four strings and is tuned like a classical double bass.

Guitar Trek also plays with different combinations of those instruments; sometimes we play on four standard guitars, or maybe three standard and the bass guitar, it varies. And sometimes we use other instruments as well: a piece we will play in Dubbo called Six Fish,

by Australian composer Nigel Westlake, is for standard 12-string guitars, and a dobra, which is a blues guitar, and they all use steel strings which give a different sound.

Because of the unusual guitars the group uses, do you have to arrange the music you play?

Yes, you can’t just take music of the shelf! We make arrangements ourselves, of Spanish and Latin music that suits guitars, but lots of other music as well. We have always promoted Australian composers and commissioned them to write for us. Most composers seem to really enjoy writing for our family of instruments; it gives them a lot to play around with.

Are there other groups like yours using the different sized instruments?

Yes, there is a Melbourne Guitar Quartet and another one in the US and one in England. Where the different sized guitars have really taken off is in guitar orchestras, which are a community or amateur form of music-making; they are huge in Japan.

How would you describe the level of interest in classical guitar at the moment?

It has grown and grown over the past five decades, it may be still to peak.

What has really changed from when I started out is the sheer number of really virtuosic professional guitarists from all parts of the world, although the down side to that is a bit of trend for speed and fireworks instead of real musicality.

And the interest is very strong in Australia. In fact I’ve christened ABC Classic FM, ABC Guitar FM, because they play so much guitar music, including our records, which is fine by me!

What are your future plans?

I’ll be leaving my formal teaching role at ANU at the end of this year, other than supervising PhD students, but my colleague and former student Minh Le Hoang will stay as the head guitar teacher there. That will give me more freedom to go back to what I did before I started teaching at the Canberra School of Music: more concert performances, I have several recordings that need editing, and continuing all the Guitar Trek projects. I think I’ll be quite busy! >> Guitar Trek performs at Macquarie Conservatorium Dubbo on Friday October 24 at 7.30pm and give a Guitar Masterclass on Saturday October 25 at 11am.

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ear stressed, bamboozled, braindead Year 12 student – I know exactly how you feel right now. You can’t fathom the thought of sitting in the smelly school hall behind the class brainiac for three hours straight; you had just one quote in your head for the English paper and you forgot it – now you have about 400 difference acrostic poems floating around your noggin to help you remember all the bones of the body. At the moment all those maths question sounds something like; “If Tom had three bananas and Bob had nine mangoes, how old is Jim?” And now you wish you’d paid attention in your compulsory religion lessons.

All you can think about is how you’re going to wear your hair to the formal, or who might get arrested at schoolies and if one more person asks you what you want to do next year, you might just spontaneously combust. It must be HSC time.

Why is there so much pressure on you to ace the HSC? Is it really an accurate determinant of your intelligence, and does it even matter? Yes it matters, but not in the way you might think. The HSC is not going to make or break your life. Despite what you might think right now, an exam never killed anyone. This period of your life is transition. A transition from being spoon-fed, nurtured and cared for; bossed around, helped and guided. After this, kids, that all stops.

After this, wave goodbye to the simple life. After this, you’re more or less on your own.

When I was in Year 12, I thought the exams were the be-all and end-all. I put so much pressure on myself to succeed because everyone around me made me feel as though I had to. And funnily enough, I’d already been accepted into a full-time dance course – no ATAR required. Go figure. But since then, I my “life direction” has changed a whopping three times in as many years.

Life after school is like a dark, intricate maze and it comes with zero instructions. There are very few people to guide you in the right direction and even fewer who have your best interests at heart. Sometimes you might choose one way, only to find it’s a dead end. Does it hurt? Yes. Is it the end of the world?

No. What do you do? Turn around and choose another way. To succeed in life, you need to make mistakes.

So here’s a few tips to help you get through this milestone period: • Cheat: Well, no, not really. But whether you’ve realised it or not, you

I and welcome to another Marketing Minute. This week’s opening print ad (right) sees one giant European supermarket chain taking on another. It seems they have the same price wars over there that we have here in Australia. By including the long list of things you have to do to qualify for discounted items, Lidl is pointing out that shoppers at their competitor’s stores will have to work hard to match Lidl’s prices.

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already have the answers right in front of you. The HSC exams are a game of memory, not of intelligence. Learn that damn subject outline. Now. • Socialise: Whatever you do, don’t lock yourself in a room and study for 10 hours a day. I’m a strong believer in the saying “If you want a job done, give it to a busy person.” Trust me, it’s true. If you know you only have two hours to learn all your economic formulas between having a soy frappe latte with your friend and tonight’s snap eviction episode of Big Brother, you’ll be more inclined to get those formulas down. It’s all psychological.

• Repeat after me: This is not the end of the world, this is not the end of the world... Chant this mantra whenever the stress threatens to overwhelm you. Real life (or life outside of school, at least) is a whole different ball game.

Each day I’m baffled by how much life experience richly outweighs “book smartness”. People who flourish are attracted to personable personalities, kindred hearts and initiative. Going places in life depends so much on the way you handle yourself, the choices you make and how hard you work. Being able to introduce yourself confidently, the ability to self-motivate and hold an involved conversation will get you much further that an A+ score. Also remember it can often be who you know, not what you know.

So right now remind yourself, unless you want to be a scientist, that you’ll never again have to recite the elements of the periodic table and you won’t ever have to pretend you didn’t read the chapter reviews of your supplementary English texts online. By all means, give this your best shot. My point is, your marks do not define you and although it may not feel like it, you will survive.

Kind regards, Lydia – HSC Survivor

“ The HSC is not going to make or break your life.

Despite what you might think right now, an exam never killed anyone.

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“Words That Sell” THAT’S the title of an excellent book that’s been in our office since Panscott Media started up in Dubbo in 2003. If you ever have the need to write your own copy (for a print or radio ad, a brochure, or even a letter to clients), this is a very handy book to have.

In the book, author Richard Bayan shares 10 simple steps to follow when you’re writing. He goes into more detail on each (which we’ll share with you in coming weeks), but for now we’re just dot-pointing them...

WHEN YOU WRITE l Don’t lose sight of your primary goal: to sell your product or service. l Stress the benefits. l Arouse interest. l Don’t fill your copy with empty overstatements. l Be accurate. l Be specific. l Be organised. l Write for easy reading. l Appeal to the emotions rather than the intellect. l Don’t offend.

This made us laugh WHEN we first spotted this award-winning ad for Garnier (below), it made us smile. But when we took a second look and worked out what was really going on in the photo, it made us laugh out loud! Very clever.

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IN a Marketing Minute earlier this year we listed some funny slogans that towns and cities around the world have used over the years. (Dubbo was once known as “The Hub of the West”, for instance). The bad news for Chicago residents is that their city has just been named “America’s Rattiest City”.

US pest control company Orkin said an analysis of rodent treatments performed by them last year indicates Chicago has the biggest rat problem in the United States, followed by Los Angeles, Washington and New York. Rats!

- Until next week, stick to the positive slogans, and sell well!

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For established and emerging local writers The Write Stuff is dedicated to helping both established and emerging local writers and poets explore and develop their literary art. Each week, Val Clark offers tidbits of interest and assistance based on her experiences as a consumer, blogger, teacher and practitioner of the wonderfully rewarding craft of writing.

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Motivation and goals build character

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reparing for NaNoWriMo is still very much on my mind.

Over the past two days I’ve been on a road trip. In the passenger’s seat I’ve had hours of uninterrupted time to write about many of the characters I’m imagining into my novel.

I’ve challenged myself to writing a page about each. No cheating; single spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman. Writing that page has been vital to my development of three dimensional characters. I started with last week’s Step 3: • Create a one-sentence storyline.

• Motivation? What do they want?

• Goal. What do they need?

Sometimes it’s hard to clearly delineate the differences between goals and motivations. Here are some of the Motivations and Goals I’ve generated for my major characters that might help you get a handle on this part of the process.

Jordan: my Point of View character; Motivation – Jordan wants to see her mum and grandmother reconciled. Her Goal – to find her grandmother, uncover the truth and bring them to a point where they will at least talk to each other.

The Grandmother: (I haven’t decided on a name for her yet.) Motivation – keep the family property in the family. Goal – do whatever it takes, mostly manipulating her children and grandchildren to stay on the land and contribute to the business.

The Mother: Motivation – her mother (The Grandmother) was a manipulative controlling woman who marginalised her daughter’s creativity and artistic passion. Goal – pursue her career and raise a family free from the toxic influence of her mother.

I have profiles for eight characters.

Just looking at these three characters, knowing what they want and why, makes it easier to address the next snowflake point, which is: • What conflicts prevent them from reaching their goal?

The penultimate step: • Epiphany: what will they learn?

How will they change?

Not all the conflicts will be resolved for all the characters. There may well be some characters who do not change. However, it is vitally important that the Point of View character does change. Their “character arc” must take them on a journey which causes them to be different at the end from what they were

at the beginning. I’m still thinking that through for all my characters but Jordan’s “character arc” has to be the biggest and, when the end arrives, the changes, however dramatic, must be plausible to the reader.

Having done all that work to nail your characters give them space to continue to develop, even in ways you hadn’t anticipated. Harold Pinter puts it this way: “You do have a leash, finally, as a writer. You’re holding a dog. You let the dog run about. But you finally can pull him back. Finally, I’m in control. But the great excitement is to see what happens if you let the whole thing go. And the dog or the character really runs about, bites everyone in sight, jumps up trees, falls into lakes, gets wet, and you let that happen. That’s the excitement of writing plays – to allow the thing to be free but still hold the final leash.”

November 1 is two weeks away.

Just a couple of hours a day, or a concerted weekend of planning may make all the difference to the smooth flowing of your work and don’t forget, whether you’re going to be a NaNo or not, you’re welcome to the Kick Off party (see below).

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What’s on and what’s coming up for writers in Dubbo: • Feature length film script writing workshop. Secrets, Lies and Filmmaking. An intensive two and a half day seminar/workshop presented by Billy Marshall Stoneking. Introduces participants to the tools, concepts and processes of dramatic screen storytelling – any sort of storytelling really. Friday October 24, 6pm-9pm; Saturday and Sunday, October 25-26, 9am-5pm. Western College, White St, Dubbo. $100 for members; $150 for non-members. Membership $25.

Book online by following the links to Sticky Tickets on the Outback Writers’ Centre website: www.outbackwriters.weebly.com Enquiries outbackwriters@gmail.com • ABC Open 500 Words for September is “Bully” submit online.

• NaNoWriMo Kick Off Party – November 1, from 7.30 at Midnite Cafe, next to the Fire Station, Darling St, Dubbo. Enquiries outbackwriters@ gmail.com • NaNoWriMo Writing Day dates to follow.

Val Clark has published short stories, articles and poems in national and international magazines and anthologies, placed and won in writing competitions and written and directed plays for adults and students. She is passionate about creativity and encouraging new and emerging writers. Val regularly runs creative writing workshops for adults, teenagers and children.

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N author who relates the food we eat to the production source is Carol Hungerford who wrote “Health in the 21st Century”. She examines the chemical elements necessary for good health and measures them in our diet to the various food types and the soils which are used to produce them.

Her understanding of human nutrient needs was well demonstrated when she spoke at a function in Narromine about a year ago. One issue mentioned was that beetroot and rhubarb, that contained a vital nutritional source, were not readily grown in regional soils.

David Mason-Jones has written “Why Didn’t My Grandmother Get Fat... and why did I?” In this book he examines the changes in the way foods have been produced over two generations, with emphasis on meats which contain a source of fats. The book supports the proposition that the consumption of fats from animals which have been continuously fed and ‘finished’ on grass is a healthy food option.

This is distinct from animals fed in intensive feed situations with hormone and chemical additives.

A book that has a special focus on trace elements is “Nutrition: The Good, the Bad & the Politics” by Dr Igor Tabrizian. In this he examines the impact trace elements, toxic elements, Coenzyme, Q10, cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes, depression, ADD and, most of all, politics have on humans.

“From the Soil Up”

by Donald Schriefer is a guide for farmers on growing their crops using the combination of tillage, soil dynamics, fertility, aeration, soil moisture and residue decay. He notes a pithy saying: “The farmer’s role is to conduct the symphony of plants and soil,” and he goes on to describe soil dynamics and modern agriculture’s most effective soil management techniques. So many farmers and gardeners develop an acute awareness about the quality of the plants they produce, recognising that food quality has a health benefit. It is a motive for repeat business, as well as an increased economic return.

In a similar vein Queensland farmer Colin Uebergang has written “Farm Wars” in which he advocates the geoponic organic farm method. This involves using appropriate cultivation methods as opposed to chemical poisoning of food crops which can have long-term, health-disabling consequences. He advocates particular cultivation methods instead of chemical applications to control weeds. It is an exposé of the food industry and what happens on farms that are behind the supermarket shelves.

The first Weekender column I wrote some years ago was based on the book “Now Blame the Farmer” by Hugh Roberton, published in 1946. Little has

changed – the author’s views have been confirmed over that time. Urban dwellers readily accept the propaganda that farmers do not care for their country.

They fail to see, or reason, that farmers are intelligent. Farmers farm their country in a way that improves its soil because, if they don’t, they must ultimately fail financially.

The only time I have seen a general departure from this care and maintenance style was in the early 1990s.

That was when we had “the recession we had to have” and when one of Australia’s banks threatened or enforced foreclosures on farmers when the bank itself was virtually against the wall.

They charged outrageous interest rates, making it difficult to make money. They called up loans that they had not long previously approved. And of course other banks followed in a nervous reaction. As they say, “the farmer’s lot is not a happy one”.

Twice each month, local folk attend the Farmer’s Market. A book collecting the farm-fresh ideas of producers has been prepared by Vance Corum and his associates. Entitled “The New Farmer’s Market” the authors feature fruit and vegetable production ideas from start-up to presentation and sale.

Also a new edition of Eliot Coleman’s book “The New Organic Grower” is considered a “Master’s Manual of tools and techniques for the Home & Market Gardener”.

The true cost of cheap meat is explained in a recent book by Lymbery and Oakshott. Considered an eye-opening book, it urges us to do a massive rethink on how we raise livestock and how we feed the world.

As increasing numbers of animals and poultry are produced through cages and feed lots, we are no longer certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating.

The book indicates that half of all antibiotics used worldwide are routinely given to industrially farmed animals, contributing to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. It gives the example that bees are being airfreighted from Australia to California to pollinate fruit trees in the Californian orchards where a chemical assault has decimated the wild insect population.

The same effect was experienced in the Trangie area where bees that were affected by chemical-sprayed cotton crops failed to return to their hives.

And an issue that little thought is applied to is the cereals that are fed to animals, i.e. soya and grains that could otherwise nourish the world’s poorest people are increasingly grown as animal fodder. One reviewer is quoted, “It is a devastating indictment of cheap meat and factory farming – it demands reading and deserves the widest possible audience.” Lymbery and Oakshott’s book is entitled “Farmageddon”.

Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst

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WEEKENDER DIARY hear ll The Candy Man can Katie Kermond has cast NSW some enthusiastic and talented young performers for the production of Candy Man that’s singing and dancing its way into the city for two exciting shows at Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre at 8pm on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1. The creative team held auditions in Dubbo in August and found a wonderful young local cast to join their Candy Man Choir and Las Vegas Dancers Chorus. Both groups will be featured in the show!

ll Cantorion Sydney Male Voice Choir The Cantorion Sydney Male Voice Choir are coming to Dubbo to present a special concert for one night only – and it’s a must for those who enjoy a great choral fest! Hosted by Harmony Singers, this renowned choir will delight you with their beautiful repertoire of classical, sacred and folk music. Come along and hear the music resonate within the magnificent acoustic surrounds of St Andrew’s Chapel. Supper will be provided at the conclusion of the concert which begins at 7.30pm tonight (Saturday, October 18).

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Greg Brimble You’ll know Greg Brimble as the Dealer Principal of Western Plains Automotive, but when he’s “off duty” you’ll find him laughing and enjoying a beer with his mates, and drawing inspiration from positive, happy people.

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ll The Eagles have landed Here’s one for die-hard lovers of the game they play in heaven: The NSW Country Eagles will land in Dubbo and take on Perth Spirit as part of the National Rugby Championships. As a curtain raiser to the main game, two popular local teams – the ‘Roos and the Rhinos will go head to head – and that alone is worth going along to see.

To witness what is sure to be a spirited afternoon of rugby union, be at Dubbo Apex Club’s Caltex Park today, Saturday, October 18. The match program includes a clash between the Dubbo Kangaroos and the Dubbo Rhinos starting at 4pm with the NSW Country Eagles taking on the Perth Spirit at 6pm. Tickets start at $15 and available

do ll Walk to Cure Diabetes The Walk for a Cure for Type 1 diabetes will be held on Sunday, October 19. Raising funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the PLATINUM event will begin at S 10am at SSir Cutler PON O Roden R Park. The aim is to stop diabetes in its tracks, while also working to improve the lives of those with Type 1. The day will include a jumping castle, barbecue, face painting, displays and competitions and is described as a great family day out for a great cause. Register at www.jdrf.org.au, call 1300 363 126 or attend on the day.

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On my bedside table at the moment is… A book – The Dog Fence, about the great Australian Dingo Fence Life has taught me that when it comes to the opposite sex... you’re better to just shut up and agree!

My top five albums of all time are... Bachman Turner Overdrive’s Not Fragile; Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours; Doobie Brothers’ Best of the Doobies; Neil Diamond’s Hot August Night; and Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive.

If I had to name my five best loved movies they would be... Braveheart, Rob Roy, Good Morning Vietnam, Forest Gump, and The Good, the Bad

and the Ugly.

I draw inspiration from... positive, happy people.

I believe... in God. I don’t believe... I’ll ever get to meet him!

The one thing that will always make me cry is... my daughters.

I always laugh when... I catch up and have a beer with my mates.

I’ll never forget... where I came from.

What I know now that I wish I’d known sooner is... just to shut up and agree with the opposite sex.

I never thought I’d... get old… but apparently I am!

from www.nswcountryeagles.com or at the gate. ll Kandy is dandy A short feature film with an all Dubbo cast and production crew is set to debut at Dubbo’s One Eye Film Festival at Western Plains Cultural Centre on November 14. Titled Kandy, the film looks at the world of online dating. Produced over several months and shot on location in Dubbo at the offices of FlourishFM, Kandy is the brainchild of screenwriter Kellie Jennar and filmmaker Peter Aland who also went on to direct and edit the production. The production crew is made up of members of Dubbo Filmmakers, a community group of film and video production enthusiasts.

Screening begins at 7pm.

ll Lantern-making workshop The DREAM Festival is thrilled to announce they will be running their lantern making workshops at Western Plains Cultural Centre from October 15 to 24. The workshop will be run by LightnUp Inc, which is a community-based arts organisation in Lismore. CEO and artistic director Jyllie Jackson and her team will be joining in the fun once again for this year’s DREAM Festival in Dubbo. The workshops are open to teachers, professional artists and art enthusiasts.

etc ll Twilight Bowls Here’s one for the diary. The Dubbo Branch of Make a Wish Australia will present twilight bowls at Dubbo City Bowling Club on Friday, November 21.

The event will begin at 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Nominate a team of four, enjoy a game of bowls, nibbles and a sausage sizzle. Proceeds will help grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Contact Paul on 0447 944 223 for details.

ll Ending social media What happens to your social media when you die? Find out at a free online workshop at 12pm on Tuesday, November 11, where accredited specialist in wills and estates law NSW Trustee & Guardian’s legal officer Natalie Darcy will talk through these issues and provide practical advice about what you can do. It is easy to register, and she will be available to answer questions. Register interest at https://attendee.gotowebinar. com/register/5207573303500618754

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PUZZLES & PLAY FIND THE WORDS This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 15 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

Companions

bark boxer bulldog canine chow collie corgi dachshund dalmatian dish drool

feline fido fluffy friend german shepherd goldfish heeler hound kitty lady

mongrel samoyed obedience sheepdog pedigree tabby perch tame pointer terrier poodle timid puppy tomcat purr untidy pussy yelp rabbit romp © australianwordgames.com.au 825 n Solution at bottom

WEEKENDER SUDOKU Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

WEEKENDER SUPER CROSSWORD

Theme: SINGER ON THE CIRCUIT

ACROSS

1. Western US resort lake 6. Wear away by rubbing 11. Cottony 15. See 42-Across 19. Splendour 20. Carted off to jail 21. Luminous radiation 22. Et ... (plus others) 23. Start of a riddle 25. Window dressings 27. Send over a phone line 28. US network behind “Game of Thrones” 29. ... Alamos, New Mexico 31. Disregard 32. Riddle, part 2 37. “The Core” director Jon 40. English miler Sebastian 41. Number of cards in Livy’s deck?

42. With 15-Across, comic strip since 1957 43. Riddle, part 3 50. Citizens’ rights org.

51. Letters before omegas 52. No longer in the mil., say 53. Perpetually 56. Treatment regimen 58. “... – quit!” (threat ending) 60. “- a Grecian Urn” 62. It often follows “Co.” 63. Skater Slutskaya

65. “Ditto” 67. Achieves 68. Riddle, part 4 74. Reiner of film 75. ... a limb 76. Admits 77. Close male rel.

78. Fork over 81. How- ... (handy books) 83. London section 87. Metropolis on Hokkaido 89. Hokkaido, e.g.: Abbr.

91. Cheeky 93. Suit to 94. Riddle, part 5

98. Judicious 100. Poseidon’s realm 101. Ready-fire linkup 102. Total flipflop 103. End of the riddle 110. Stood in for 111. Secret agent 112. Baby docs 113. In the manner of 116. Outer onion features 119. Riddle’s answer 123. Part of many a sweatshirt

124. A party to 125. Singer Baker 126. Jefferson, religionwise 127. Male offspring 128. Kellogg’s waffle brand 129. Streisand film of 1983 130. Thrill

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1. End-of-week cry 2. ... Romeo 3. Bamboozle 4. Hockey hero Bobby

5. Mask opening 6. Thief 7. Half a bray 8. “Raggedy” playmate 9. Frequent flyball catcher 10. Biblical witch’s home 11. Bummed 12. “- Lips Are Sealed” 13. Swiss coin 14. Thin out 15. Bank offerings for autos 16. 1989-90 futuristic cop show on Fox 17. ... together

(assembled) 18. Pie or tart 24. Peacock TV network 26. Self-importance 30. Decipher 32. Subsequent interment 33. Trendy antioxidant berry 34. “That’s false” 35. 2009-11 crime drama on Fox 36. “Diamond -” (Mae West play) 37. At the drop of 38. Ratio of fast

59. Finn’s floater 61. Prima donna 64. Elvis ...

Presley 66. Italian river 67. Aversion 68. Actress Rue 69. Spread of ideas, e.g.

70. Reviewed, as the books 71. Plainly visible 72. Unwilling 73. Jettas and Golfs, briefly 74. Breakers’ radios 78. Jack of “Barney Miller” 79. Aetna rival, informally 80. Vast stretch 82. Madrid locale 84. Caesar’s last reproach 85. Within reach 86. Actress Laura 88. Feigns 90. Pre-Ayatollah rulers 92. Bombeck of home humour 95. Broadband inits.

96. No-brainer 97. Recede 98. Strips cut by scythes flight 39. Not engaged 99. Sneeze sound 44. ... Lederer, 104. LP replacers a.k.a. Ann 105. Jack of “The Landers Great Dictator” 45. “Girlfriend” 106. Drawing on boy band 107. “- the Lord 46. Pupil of Plato my soul to keep” 47. Suffix with 108. Principled phenyl 109. Recede 48. Hopping 113. Brunei locale Aussie critter 114. A deadly sin 49. Bed-and115. Required bet breakfast 117. Holiday drink 54. Blood type, 118. ... -Cat for short 120. Yang 55. Machines partner with CPUs 121. Mel the Giant 57. Rainbow, e.g. 122. ... Aviv

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GO FIGURE

>> How to figure it out: This is a simple substitution cipher in which each letter used stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. The solution is accomplished by trial and error.

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TRIVIA TIME 1. POP MUSIC: What group released “Turn! Turn! Turn!” in 1965?

2. LITERATURE: In how many of Shakespeare’s plays does the character of Sir John Falstaff appear?

3. MEDICAL TERMS: What would a patient with alopecia be lacking?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only continent that has no desert region?

5. LANGUAGE: From which two words is

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the term “cyborg” derived?

6. MYTHOLOGY: What is a harpy?

7. TELEVISION: What was the name of the concierge in “Gilmore Girls”?

8. MOVIES: What horror movie series featured the character Mike Myers?

9. ENTERTAINERS: Comedian/actor John Candy (pictured) was born in what country?

10. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which groundbreaking female comedian said, “I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again”? n Solution next page

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>> The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

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PUZZLES & PLAY THE WEEK AHEAD ARIES

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MAR 21-APR 19 You could be caught in a torrent of advice from well-meaning friends and colleagues this week.

But remember, Lamb, you are at your best when you are your own inimitable self.

SEP 23-OCT 22 Although you can expect on-thejob cooperation from most of your colleagues this week, some people might insist on knowing more about your plans before they can accept them.

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APR 20-MAY 20 Expect strong efforts to get you to accept things as they are and not question them. But ignore all that and continue your enquiries until you’re sure you have all the answers you need.

OCT 23-NOV 21 Creating another way to do things is commendable. But you could find some resistance this week from folks who would rather stick with the tried-and-true than try something new.

GEMINI

SAGITTARIUS

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MAY 21-JUN 20 Heavier than usual family and workplace duties compete for your time this week. Try to strike a balance so that you’re not overwhelmed by either. Pressures ease by week’s end.

NOV 22-DEC 21 You usually can keep your aim focused on your goal. But you might need to make adjustments to cope with unsteadiness factors that could arise over the course of the week.

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CAPRICORN

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JUN 21-JUL 22 It’s a good time for the Moon Child to show off your uniquely inspired approach to the culinary skills – especially if they’re directed toward impressing someone special.

DEC 22-JAN 19 News arrives about a projected move. Be prepared to deal with a series of possible shifts, including starting and finishing times, and how much the budget will actually cover.

LEO

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JUL 23-AUG 22 You might be happy about the re-emergence of a long-deferred deal. But don’t pounce on it quite yet. Time can change things. Be sure the values you looked for before are still there.

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AUG 23-SEP 22 Try to rein in your super-critical attitude, even if things aren’t being done quite as you would prefer.

Remember: What you say now could create an awkward situation later on.

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JAN 20-FEB 18 A new relationship needs time to develop. Let things flow naturally.

It could be a different story with a workplace situation, which might require faster and more focused attention.

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FEB 19-MAR 20 Accept a compliment without trying to troll for any hidden reason beyond what was said. After all, don’t you deserve to be praised every now and then? Of course you do.

BORN THIS WEEK: You like to weigh all possibilities before making a decision. You would be a fine judge, or even be a star in a jury room.

Be creative in applying your forecast to the actual circumstances of your life. For entertainment purposes only.

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• Open Saturday & Sunday from 7am • Great coffee • Modern cafe menu • Dine in or take away

• Open Saturday 7.30am-5pm • Open Sunday 8.30am-3pm • Gym • Indoor pool • Sauna • Steam room • Squash courts

Shop 16 Orana Mall Marketplace, 6884 0404

MAGNOLIA CAFE • Warm up and enjoy a steaming hot drink with; Breakfast, lunch, morning or afternoon tea • Delicious variety of gluten free options • Relaxing, Friendly atmosphere • Open 7 days 9-4 • Take away available

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OLD BANK RESTAURANT • Open Saturday 12 til late • Good food • Good music • Good times • $12 lunch specials

232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

TED’S TAKEAWAY • Open Saturday and Sunday 8.30am-8pm • The big value in takeaway food.

• Great weekly specials.

26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

VILLAGE BAKERY CAFE • Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to 5.30pm.

• Gourmet pies • Mouth-watering cakes • Delicious pastries • Gourmet French garden salad baguettes and salads.

• Perfect breakfast and brunch • Morning tea • Lunch • Afternoon tea

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THE ANSWERS & SOLUTIONS Last week’s Super Crossword 0915

Last week’s Go Figure 0915

• Open Saturday 10am to 4am, Sunday 10am to 9pm.

• Restaurant open for lunch and dinner.

• All desserts home made.

• Open Saturday and Sunday for balcony breakfast’s from 8am - 11.30am • Serving Bill’s Beans Coffee

110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT • Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday 8am to 10pm.

• Quality entertainment, blackboard specials in the bistro.

Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

Last week’s Sudoku 0915

CLUB DUBBO This week’s Find the Words solution 825 Happy and healthy

• Open Saturday and Sunday from 9am.

• Riverview Bistro 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 9pm.

• Relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Whylandra St, 6884 2396 Last week’s Crypto-Quip 0915

This week’s TRIVIA TIME answers: 1. The Byrds. The song, with lyrics taken from the Book of Ecclesiastes, was penned by Pete Seeger ... or, as he put it, six words of it, plus the music. Seeger always gave 45 per cent of royalties to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. 2.

Three. 3. Hair (baldness). 4. Europe. 5. Cybernetic organism. 6. A female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. 7. Michel. 8. “Halloween”. 9. Canada (Ontario). 10. Joan Rivers

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AMAROO • Open Saturday and Sunday from 10am • Bistro specials everyday for lunch and dinner • Night club

81 Macquarie St, 6882 3533

Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

SHOPPING DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES • Open Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm • Antique furniture, china, cast iron, old tools and collectables.

4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

THE BOOK CONNECTION • Open Saturday 8.30am to 4pm.

• Sunday 10am to 2pm.

• New and used books • Over 60,000 books in store.

178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY • Saturday and Sunday from 5am- 1pm.

• Newspapers, magazines, stationery supplies.

272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE SWISH GALLERY • Open Saturday 9am to 12pm.

• Distinctive jewellery, creative contemporary decor for your home and stylish gifts.

29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

HARVEY NORMAN • Huge range of TVs, computers, laptops, cameras, kitchen appliances, iPods, home theatre, furniture, manchester and mattresses • Saturday 9am – 4pm • Sunday 10am – 4pm

223 Cobra St, 6826 8800

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10 • For all your DIY projects, hardware, tools and garden products • See us in store for great specials • Saturday 8am-4pm • Sunday 9am-4pm

64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

ORANA MALL SHOPPING CENTRE • 52 Specialty Stores, Big W, Woolworths and Bernardi’s SUPA IGA. • Easy Parking, now also with approx. 160 undercover.

• Food Court • Saturday 9.00am – 5.00pm • Sunday 10.00am – 4.00pm • www.oranamall.com.au

Cnr Mitchell Highway & Wheelers Lane, 6882 7766

MAGNOLIA NURSERY • Open Sunday, 9am til 4pm • Quality plants • Garden decor • Giftware

73 Wheelers Lane, 6882 2580

SHOPPING DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY • Open Saturday 9am til 12 noon • Giftware • Jewellery • Homewares

59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

THE ATHLETES FOOT • Open Saturday 9am til 2pm • Everything you need for the perfect fit for your foot

176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

GROCERIES CARLO’S IGA SOUTH DUBBO • Saturday 7am-8pm • Sunday 8am-8am • Weekly specials, friendly service, • delicatessen, fruit and vegetables, grocery items

95 Tamworth St, 6882 2029

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD • Open Saturday 6am to 3pm • Huge variety, bulk buys and red hot specials weekly.

55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

IGA WEST DUBBO • Open Saturday and Sunday 7.30am to 6pm.

• Great weekly specials and friendly service.

38-40 Victoria Street, 6882 3466

THINGS TO DO WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE • One of the largest galleries and museums in NSW • An ever-changing array of exhibitions and events including top national exhibitions.

76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

OLD DUBBO GAOL • Open Saturday and Sunday 9-5pm • Large display of animatronics and holographs providing a realistic insight into a bygone era of prison life.

90 Macquarie Street, near the old clock tower, 6801 4460

TARONGA WESTERN PLAINS ZOO • Open Saturday and Sunday 9-4pm.

• The zoo’s encounters and shows offer visitors truly special experiences with their favourite animals.

Obley Road, off the Newell Hwy, 6881 1400

TRIKE ADVENTURES • Book a ride Saturday or Sunday • Available for town tours, special occassions, outback pub lunches or just blasting along with the wind in your face

1300 TRIKES (1300 87 45 37)

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