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FROM THE EDITOR

Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016 FEATURE

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Yvette Aubusson-Foley editor@dubboweekender.com.au facebook.com/WeekenderDubbo Twitter @DubboWeekender

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3D PRINTING At Central West Makers Place PAGE 15

2x2 Phil Stack and Emma Pask: Into the swing PAGE 18

WHAT I DO KNOW

PEOPLE

Emmalee Holmes: The Wanderer PAGE 20

DIGITALLY ENHANCED

BUSINESS

Data creation PAGE 22

HEALTH

LIFESTYLE

Drumming for stress relief PAGE 26

ENTERTAINMENT Damien Leith: the luck of the Irish PAGE 36

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Seven Days Tony Webber Paul Dorin Watercooler What I Do Know The Big Picture

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Business & Rural Lifestyle Entertainment What’s On 3-Day TV Guide Jen Cowley

CONTACTS & CREDITS | Cover Rachel Wykes as Frida Kahlo #DubboTalent 2016. | Email feedback@dubboweekender.com.au | Online www.dubboweekender.com.au | www.twitter.com/DubboWeekender | www.facebook.com/WeekenderDubbo | Published by Panscott Media Pty Ltd ABN 94 080 152 021 | Managing Director Tim Pankhurst Editor-at-Large Jen Cowley Editor Yvette Aubusson-Foley Writers John Ryan Reception Emily Welham Design Sarah Head, Hayley Ferris, Rochelle Hinton Photography Maddie Connell, Charnie Tuckey, Steve Cowley General disclaimer: The publisher accepts no responsibility for letters, notices and other material contributed for publication. The submitter accepts full responsibility for material, warrants that it is accurate, and indemnifies the publisher against any claim or action. All advertisers, including those placing display, classified or advertorial material, warrant that such material is true and accurate and meets all applicable laws and indemnifies the publisher against all liabilities that may arise from the publication of such material. Whilst every care is taken in preparing this publication, we cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions. Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher. The editor, Jen Cowley, accepts responsibility for election comment. Articles contain information of a general nature – readers should always seek professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. Corrections and comments: Panscott Media has a policy of correcting mistakes promptly. If you have a complaint about published material, contact us in writing. If the matter remains unresolved, you may wish to contact the Australian Press Council. © Copyright 2015 Panscott Media Pty Ltd. Copyright in all material – including editorial, photographs and advertising material – is held by Panscott Media Pty Ltd or its providers and must not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission from the Publisher.

The Write Stuff OME months ago I stepped into Jen Cowley’s shoes. As Cinderella Editor and publishing Fairy Godmother all rolled into one, they were a snug ‘glass slipper’ fit for her, having turned Dubbo Weekender from a pumpkin seed of an idea into a pretty magnificent carriage pulled by magical glamourous horses. She’d be the first to tell you those “horses” make ALL the difference and while I’m ahead I’ll quit that equine analogy because I am talking about the very human contributors who may have oats for breakfast and be thoroughbreds in their fields, but mostly have two legs (mostly) and not all can boast a magnificent mane of hair. After dancing at the ball for over five years as editor, Jen ran down the sweeping staircase in her “I’m outta here” gown and in the heat of the moment - or perhaps after a bit too much punch - it seemed at the time to me that many of her devoted writers went with her - momentarily confused perhaps in which fairytale they resided. In the editor’s chair – where the desk quite often resembles a scullery kitchen and there’s an air of enslavement – usually around 2am in the morning – but there’s also a Pied Piper theme. So like a hybrid royal page girl in curly toed slippers scouring the countryside in search of new voices to fit Dubbo Weekender’s criteria and nonchalantly piping the benefits of contributing into anyone’s ear who’ll listen, our growing team is worthy of a pause and reflect. When John Ryan signed up, his reputation as a news breaker and disarming ability to unearth yarns in the most intriguing places guaranteed the Weekender would raise the benchmark for regional reporting. To describe his experience as a ‘wealth’ is no understatement and readers are in very capable hands. Likewise, Natalie Holmes has returned from embarking on the hardest job of all – motherhood - and her writing and journalistic skills are par excellence so as part of Dubbo Weekender’s core reporting team you’re guaranteed a quality, highly polished read. Outside the Panscott doors however there is a huge team of contributors who drop in each week, fortnight or month for a say on issues topical and universal, or to share an insiders view on their world be it theatre, art, business, education, law, policy and the like. Some, such as Tony Webber and Sally Bryant, both veteran journos, write with the expected skills of their trade, but their “wordsmithing” of current affairs or personal moments in time are definitive and more often than not don’t leave a dry eye in the house. Our resident grumpy old man (his definition, not mine) Greg Smart, is one of the few people I know to be published in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Column Eight on more than one occasion. A natural gift of the gab and the pen allows him to vent his views on all things political, particularly when it rumbles in the White House. Former mayor, Mathew Dickerson, has returned to his techy roots and leaves no stone unturned in hiss discussions of what’s happen-

ing in the technology tsunami of our daily lives. On the business front, Felicity Taylor-Edwards, CEO of RDA, Orana holds sway on significant developments regionally. A regular columnist will soon be joining us from Business NSW Central West Orana for another umbrella view of doing business west of the Sandstone Curtain. Kerrie Phipps, whose regular forays into Asia as a motivational speaker and business coach, regularly drops gems of wisdom onto Weekenders’ pages. She is joined this week with the first in many more to come of articles from the CEO of the Real Estate Institute of NSW, John Cunningham with essential property investment advice and information. Health is also a growing section for the Weekender and I welcome Andrew Harvey, CEO Western NSW PHN (Primary Health Network) and his colleagues who will start regular contributions soon. Infant health – particularly in light of recent tragedy involving newborns – is more important than ever, and qualified lactation consultant, Debbie Dixon, who alone services a swathe of the western region, writes monthly with sound advice on this field. We have lots of Tree Changers in our midst, which the latest stats from Evocities confirms, and Weekender is very proud to have one of Dubbo city’s newest residents, Erin Michele, an avid blogger and gifted photographer in her own right, who gave up Melbourne’s rat race for the great lifestyle we know only too well. As she discovers the best of our region, she’ll share it through fresh eyes. Contributors who always share enlightening, inspiring stories from the arts world, have been part of the Weekender family for a long time and include Vivienne Winther, director, Macquarie Conservatorium and Linda Christof, manager, Dubbo Regional Theatre and her colleague, Cheryl Burke. Dubbo Artz will soon be joining this illustrious list. No publication with me at the helm would be complete without some connection to France. A Francophile at heart (the name’s a giveway) Dubbo Weekender is fortunate to welcome Egyptian journalist, Fayrouz Tawfik, reporting exclusively for Dubbo Weekender on developments in Europe as they unfold from her base in Paris. What’s life if not for the little luxuries we can indulge in and Richard Serisier (yes, descendent of Dubbo’s founder, Jean Emile) writes from his vineyard and chateaux in Saint-Emilion, near Bordeaux, about wine and travel. Dubbo Weekender would never look as good as it does if not for the efforts of our admin and design team, lead by Sarah Head and includes Hayley Ferris, Emily Welham and Rochelle Hinton. Maddie Connell is a crack lens shot on camera. And just when Jen thought she’s make her getaway, you will find her – Editor-at-Large – each week on the inside back still having the last say. Apology

July 29, page 4, Finding Common Ground, St John’s teacher, Sandy Abbey incorrectly quoted by the name of Sandy Abbott. Our apologies.

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Gentleman George to be remembered The George Hatch Building at Dubbo Base Hospital. PHOTO: MADDIE CONNELL

BY NATALIE HOLMES JOURNALIST

HILE the historic George Hatch Building will be demolished to make way for Stages 3 and 4 of the Dubbo Hospital Redevelopment, Health Minister Jillian Skinner has stated that the late nurse educator will be appropriately recognised for his contribution to the facility. Mrs Skinner confirmed that the building, which was constructed in 1936, will be knocked down to make way for further expansions as part of the $150m upgrade of the hospital’s clinical services which includes a new emergency department and ambulatory care centre. “Appropriately recognising and celebrating Mr Hatch is an important part of the redevelopment project,” she said. ‘Described as a man of ‘wisdom, knowledge and care’ in a poem written by one of his students, Mr Hatch was the first male nurse to train at Dubbo Base Hospital, working there for 44 years and as a nurse educator for 33 years. Mr Hatch’s niece and fellow nurse Helen Tarry described him as a trailblazer. “In those times, it was certainly very rare to have a male nurse. He became the first man to graduate from the NSW College of Nursing as a nurse educator. Then he trained more than 600 nursing students through his career.” Mrs Tarry described Mr Hatch as a person who put people first. “He was a very caring and kind fellow who was very dedicated to his work, his family and his community. He was very much a people person.” Hatch was actually offered the opportunity to go to Sydney to become a doctor, but did not want to leave his family to do the training. “He chose not to go because he cared about people, not the title,” Tarry said. Along the way, he became a father figure to some of his staff who looked up to him immensely. “He was so well-respected and had a huge knowledge and ability. He was

George Hatch with Bev Berry at her graduation in 1971. PHOTO: COURTESY OF BEV BERRY

also a bit of a dad to them. A lot of the nurses that were training were away from home so it was a comfort to them,” she said. George Hatch first started work as a hospital wardsman before beginning his nurse’s training in 1940. He then served in the Army Medical Corps from 1941 to 1946 in Palestine, New Guinea and Bougainville as Staff Sergeant and Wards Master in field hospitals during World War II. “He worked in the field theatres and learned so much practical knowledge from that which he would have been able to add to the theoretical knowledge. Later on in life, he had nightmares about it, as it would have been a traumatic experience.” After the war, he returned to study and completed his Diploma of Nursing in 1949. He achieved honour board status for his practical nursing and received examination awards in 1947 and 1948. When he graduated as a nurse educator, he attained second class honours, and had received a scholarship for this training. He also completed a postgraduate course in poliomyelitis in Sydney, was

later in charge of the isolation ward and trained in use of the Iron Lung. For many years, he was also assistant to forensic pathologist Dr Pringle. Outside of work, Mrs Tarry said he was very community-minded. “He was very interested in a lot of things in the Dubbo community.” He had a long association with the Macquarie Raiders rugby league club and was an active member of the Lions Club and volunteer ambulance. In 1989, the Health Education Unit at Dubbo Hospital was renamed in Hatch’s honour after his 1984 retirement. It was a fitting tribute because the building was actually constructed to accommodate nursing staff, the matron and deputy matron. “He was there when they put the plaque up,” Tarry said. “It was a very proud moment.” With the building’s demolition now on the cards, Mrs Tarry would like to see Hatch’s memory remain intact. “I actually don’t know what they are going to do but I’m hoping for some sort of memorial dedication. Anything as long as he’s not lost. We wouldn’t like to see him forgotten.”

Western NSW Local Health Network chief executive Scott McLachlan said George Hatch is well recognised at Dubbo Hospital as a leader and a visionary and someone remembered affectionately by his former students and colleagues. Earlier in the year, he wrote to Mrs Tarry expressing commitment to ensure that ‘Mr Hatch’s legacy is memorialised befittingly.’ “Dubbo Hospital Redevelopment Team will consult with you and your family regarding an appropriate tribute to Mr Hatch during the appropriate phase of the redevelopment.” An afternoon tea will be held at Dubbo Base Hospital on Saturday, August 6, to honour this highly-regarded man who has been described as ‘one of nature’s gentlemen’. “He was very dedicated to his job and everyone liked him. He would not want a heap of fuss but he was important in so many lives.” The event will be a reunion of George Hatch’s friends and colleagues and is open invitation. It begins at 2pm in the George Hatch Building.

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Police and Mission Australia put best foot forward for homeless BY YVETTE AUBUSSONFOLEY EDITOR

OLICE men and women from the Local Area Command Orana have donated leather boots to Mission

Deputy Premier and Member for Dubbo The Hon Troy Grant MP

Australia in a partnership to help those effected by homelessness. “We’re really grateful for the donation from the police. We acknowledge that they’re good quality leather boots and they will really serve a purpose for the homeless people we’ll present them to,” said Dale Towns, area manager, central and far west, Mission Australia.

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“They really are going to a good cause and we know that our clients will really appreciate the donation. We’ve got some ideas on where we will be able to allocate them,” she said. “Obviously we have to comply with occupational health and safety so when the boots get in a condition where they might be, say, hurting an officer’s foot

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they become available,” said Dan Skelly, Inspector, Dubbo Police Station. “Some of these boots have probably been worn a half dozen times. Possibly an officer has left and we’ve retained the boots, which worked out to be really good for this exercise,” he said. The “exercise” is designed to relieve the suffering of homeless people across

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016 the region who form part of the 105,237 people nationally who identify as homeless, according to the Homelessness Australia organisation. Today, homelessness covers a broad range of circumstances. “There are the obvious people that are homeless. They’re the people you see on the street, dishevelled in their dress, and who are obviously having a rough time,” said Skelly. “Conversely to that, in an article I read recently about a lady in her mid 30s who’s been living out the back of a van. People are walking past her every day and just see her in her car, and probably don’t think too much about it, but she’s actually living in the back of her car. “There’s that hidden problem as well. Here in Dubbo police attended a location where a person was seen to be sitting in a car and seemed to be there a long time over a couple of days, and acting suspiciously. “I don’t know if it crossed the mind of the informant that they may have been homeless in the car, but when the police arrived, that was established. Ordinarily, under our policy, we don’t move people that are homeless in public places, unless of course there’s some sort of offence being committed or they’re engaging in some sort of conduct that’s likely to cause some sort of duress,” said Skelly. “Homelessness can sometimes be a hidden problem in our community. However we have people who self refer into us, community providers can also refer people to us, so we get referrals from a lot of different sources,” Towns said. Though couch surfing is a trend in the

travel industry, closer to home, it is the she said. “A majority of those who present to us reality of daily living for many. “We see a lot of people who are couch do have a mental health issue. We have surfing between homes and overcrowd- mental health support services as well ing in family homes is a problem as as homelessness services across the rewell,” said Towns. gion,” said Towns. In recent times homelessness numbers There are many homeless who don’t may appear to be on the rise, but Towns identify themselves as such. “Stigma’s probably why it’s a hidden said: “People are more aware now of the issue than they have been in the past,” issue because people don’t want to disclose that they are homeless. They might she says. Triggers for homelessness include do- be living at a relative’s house as a result of overcrowding and mestic violence, overthey’re couch surfing, crowding in the home ` and mental health or there’s something In an article I read that has been a bit issues. more hidden,” Towns “I manage three do- recently about a lady in said. mestic violence safe her mid 30s who’s been “Some people don’t houses across the reliving out the back of a like to be identified gion and we have van. People are walking as homelessness or had quite an increase put into this category. of women and chil- past her every day and dren accessing those just see her in her car, and You might ask them facilities.” where they’re living probably don’t think too “At that point in and they say ‘oh, I live much about it, but she’s time, they are in criwith my aunty’ but sis, and there’s a lot actually living in the back they don’t consider of trauma. We ensure of her car – Dan Skelly, themselves as homethey do have some- Inspector, Dubbo Police less,” said Skelly. Preventing homewhere safe to stay for Station lessness has become the night and that can the new trend in the sometimes expand into weeks and months depending on sector. the circumstances and then we support “We also deliver services to people them to help them find somewhere to re- who are not yet in crisis, but we have locate and really just walk them through a component where we’re dealing with that process. Sometimes that might be them when they’re at risk of becoming the process of AVOs and the legalities of homeless. Really we’re looking at stratmoving out, but really just setting up a egies where we prevent them from begood support network so they are safe coming homeless.” “It might be that they’re falling behind when they go back into the community,”

in their rent, their electricity bill might be really quite high, so we’re looking at putting through some good budget programs and setting up a budget for them, negotiate with their real estate to do payment plans for them; there’s a range of different areas where we can assist,” Towns said. The wider community can also contribute to Mission Australia’s efforts to ease the suffering of the homeless. “In Lightning Ridge there is a group of women who are knitting blankets which we will be donating out. There’s some swags in that lot as well. They’re doing blankets to go in the swags, so we accept those sort of donations,” said Towns. NSW Police across the state have donated boots in support of Homelessness Week 2016. Homelessness Week is an annual awareness campaign – coordinated by Homelessness Australia – which ends on Sunday, August 7, 2016.

For more information about Homelessness Week 2016 z Go to http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/index.php/events/hpw/ homelessness-week-2016 z If you, or someone you know, is seeking information on homelessness services you can call Link2Home on 1800 152 152. Link2Home is a single, state-wide telephone service for homelessness inquiries in NSW that offers access to specialised support and accommodation services. z Mission Australia P: 1800 269 672 E: housingenquiries@missionaustralia. com.au

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DUBBO is getting a new District Court judge. Phillip Ingram SC will begin his sitting term in Dubbo sometime mid next year according to Dubbo MP Troy Grant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The appointment of Mr Ingram will ensure western NSW continues to have a judge who lives and works in the community and understands the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crime issues,â&#x20AC;? Mr Grant said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The appointment of Mr Ingram to the District Court is part of the NSW Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $39 million Budget package over two years to tackle the District Court backlog.â&#x20AC;? Mr Ingram will be sworn in on August 15 this year.

STILL in the world of courts and justice, and long-serving Dubbo solicitor Ray Nolan has been honored With a Life Membership from the Council of the Law Society of NSW for â&#x20AC;&#x153;meritorious service to the legal profession over a period of 48 yearsâ&#x20AC;?, so congrats are in order there. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived in Dubbo on and off since 1983 and had always just assumed that Ray was a local boy so I was surprised when he told me this week that he was born and bred in Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eastern suburbs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a 48 year career, all in Dubbo, and Ray has lent his professional expertise on a voluntary basis to a huge num-

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ber of local organisations, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this type of volunteering which holds communities together. Congratulations Ray, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my understanding these sorts of awards arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handed out just for showing up, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a bit special.

GAOL ALL LOCKED UP DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T bother trying to break in to jail between August 15 to 28, because the Old Dubbo Gaol will be closed. The almost unique wooden block entrance path is undergoing restoration according to operations supervisor Kim Hague, who said hardwoods were a common material used to pave roads and footpaths.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was because wood blocks absorbed noise better than stone, and were more easily maintained than dirt roads,â&#x20AC;? Hague said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The wood blocks at the entrance to the Gaol are unique for the style in which they are laid and for the fact that they are located in a regional area.â&#x20AC;? (I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the Greens would like that happening these days with so many of our hardwood forests gone). Anyway, the original blocks are apparently in pretty good nick so most will be relaid, the ones too far gone will be replaced. This work will be funded by the $1 million pool from the NSW governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restart Cobbora Transition Fund.

NEED FOR JAILS ALL crooks who steal firearms should be under lock and key and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a lot of this sort of theft going on in the region of late, gun owners are being targeted. Late last week thieves stole some guns from a Wello home on Jean Street, four firearms and ammo all taken from a safe that obviously wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as safe as it should have been (I know that feeling). The crooks also broke into a white Pajero and grabbed some clothes, anyone with information or knowledge about this, could you please give the cops a buzz, or call Crimestoppers o 1800 333 000.

MAYOR NOT INVITED TO HIS BREKKY The NSW Police Force marked the 2016 Missing Persons Week with a campaign to raise awareness of the issues and impacts surrounding missing persons. The theme of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign is urging people to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Stay Connectedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and to remember that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Missing Persons Leave Frayed Edges.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

THIS Saturday the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second community leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breakfast will be staged at the Church Street Rotunda but if Mathew Dickerson is present, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as mayor after he lost that job

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has announced that the count for the election of twelve Senators for New South Wales was completed on Thursday. The successful candidates for the twelve Senate vacancies for New South Wales are (in order of their election): 1. PAYNE, Marise Liberal 2. DASTYARI, Sam Labor 3. SINODINOS, Arthur Liberal 4. McALLISTER, Jenny Labor 5. NASH, Fiona The Nationals 6. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;NEILL, Deborah Labor 7. FIERRAVANTI-WELLS, Concetta Liberal 8. CAMERON, Doug Labor 9. RHIANNON, Lee The Greens 10. WILLIAMS, John The Nationals 11. BURSTON, Brian Pauline Hansonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s One Nation 12. LEYONHJELM, David Liberal Democrats

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SOMETHINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FISHY I ATTENDED the AGM of the Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) this past week and was reminded of the staggering on-ground achievements from such a small and hard-working volunteer committee. Less than 10 years ago a few mates started off with an Engel fridge and a few lures and sold raffle tickets down the main street and at pubs on Friday nights with the aim of buying native fingerlings to release back into the Macquarie River. Despite what most fund-raising organisations would think, raising thousands of dollars in a few months didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t satisfy them so they conceived the Burrendong Fishing Classic catch and release competition to be run over the Easter weekend, an event which now attracts more than 1000 entrants and thousands of those entrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; family members and friends. IWRA has evolved in complexity over the years and now, instead of fingerling releases, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using money raised to partner with government to re-

The AGM of the Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association (IWRA) was held this past week promising more innovation to come from the grass roots group. PHOTO: SUPPLIED In a world of doom and snag vulnerable sections of the so water releases are now taken groups such as Landcare to deMacquarie, understanding that from the warmer surface wa- liver awareness-raising activi- gloom, this tiny volunteer band new habitat will mean the na- ter, instead of from the frigid ties during the classic, looking is showing local people can cretive fish like cod and yellowbel- bottom supplies which saw un- to stage workshops to teach ate huge change by working ly will be able to better breed up naturally freezing water disrupt people about areas such as together. automatically native fish breeding cycles from aquaponics, the importance of the dam wall to as far away as creating hollows in trees to pro- HOSPITAL This has been helped by Narromine. mote biodiversity through hab- WINDFALL IWRA advocacy which saw a multi-million dollar thermal Now the crew is keen to part- itat, and how to create a fish- WHILE Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on good news, how about Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dalgleish famicurtain installed at Burrendong ner with other not-for-profit friendly farm dam.

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Member of the Gold Oldies Truck Club, Peter Kuhner is looking forward to the Dubbo Vintage Truck and Tractor show being held in Dubbo on Saturday, August 13. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

ly who donated a Giraffe infant resuscitation machine to the maternity unit. I couldn’t make it to the handover but wish I could have because I wanted to personally say my thank-yous. Via the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, this family decided they wanted to give back to the community and make that happen at a country hospital. This unit, according to the experts, enables “resuscitation of newborn babies helps avoid complications which can cause serious problems and long term damage to vital organs such as the brain - this stand-alone resuscitation system is a completely portable cart that will be used in high risk deliveries”.

Given the tragic mix up of gases used in two Sydney births just recently, the more life-saving equipment we have to cater for our local newborns the better – this truly is a remarkable act of generosity.

NEWS DELIVERED DIFFERENTLY THE world is actually full of “good news” stories, yet for some reason mainstream media is locked in to a competing narrative of a race to the bottom. While I sympathise with my former WIN News colleagues who, thanks to a massive management malfunction, have now seen ratings plummet after they joined forces with Network

10 programming, that station’s “The Project” is at least is delivering news differently. It doesn’t concentrate on shootings, major road smashes and all sorts of things which, let’s face it, mostly only affect people who already know far more about the events on the ground than the actual reporters, but rather delves into and tries to distill complex issues that are important to almost everyone. If this happened across the board we wouldn’t be so scared about everything, and waste so many taxpayer dollars on unnecessary reactive measures, instead we would have considered, non-hysterical debates about complex issues and

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BUSINESS AS USUAL OUR newly merged council seems to be keeping the sky from falling in despite the direst of predictions before the forced amalgamation. July has gone and there’s been quite a bit of activity at our city and town halls. The Southlakes Estate Development Control Plan 1 has been adopted, that’ll guide any future development in the subdivision; The policy for Deferred payment of Developer Contributions for Residential Subdi-

visions has been in place in Dubbo for some time to help cash flow problems faced by developers who had to pay huge costs up front which sometimes took years to recoup, that policy could now also be extended to the Wellington area; Tenders will be invited for the construction and operation of a proposed organics processing plant and food and garden organics collection service – I support the concept, but think the options drawn up by council staff could be far better done, and far more cheaply rolled out, although it’s great to see that if it happens, Wellington and Geurie will also be included and not miss out.

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BY VIVIENNE WINTHER DIRECTOR, MACQUARIE CONSERVATORIUM

HE Sydney Opera House has a lot of stairs. Really, a LOT of stairs, and not just the ones you take to get from outside up to the foyer, and then up again to the concert hall or the opera theatre, when you go to see a show. There are more stairs when you go backstage, through the Stage Door to the area inhabited by the hundreds of performers and stage workers from the combined opera, ballet, theatre and concert performances happening at the Sydney Opera House. Just two weeks ago, this behind-the-scenes space was explored by 45 young musicians from regional conservatoriums across the state. They were in Sydney to spend three days with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (AOBO), getting a taste of the life of a professional orchestral musician. Just like the professionals, they lugged their instruments and supplies for the day from the Opera Centre, Opera Australia’s rehearsal venue near Central Station, onto the train to Circular Quay,

Dubbo student Aidan Kiriakou, French horn, with Bourian Boubbov of the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (AOBO)

where they battled through the hoards of Pokemon-Go players on the walk to the Sydney Opera House. That’s when they confronted their first set of stairs, leading up from the security desk at the Stage Door to the Green Room, a busy lounge and cafeteria space situated between dressing rooms and rehearsal spaces, with corridors leading off to the various theatres of this amazing and maze-like building. One set of corridors and stairs took them to the orchestra pit of the Opera Theatre, tucked under the stage. Here the young musicians of the Regional Youth Orchestra NSW had a chance to play their music, the Overture and Habanera from Bizet’s opera Carmen, sitting exactly where the professional musicians sit, and conducted by Anthony Legge, the Associate Music Director of Opera Australia. They had met Maestro Legge just a few hours earlier, and had also met each other for the first time, at the very first rehearsal of this newly formed youth orchestra. This history-making rehearsal happened in a large rehearsal room backstage at the Sydney Opera House, and from the first note, it was clear these young players were going to make a pretty impressive orchestra. “I’m thrilled with the sound,” said Patrick Brennan, director of the Central Coast Conservatorium, and former bassoonist with the Sydney Symphony

Regional Youth Orchestra NSW plays in the pit of the Opera Theatre, conducted by Opera Australia’s Anthony Legge. PHOTOS: GREG MARGINSON

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The many stairs of the Sydney Opera House are symbols of the long climb a classically trained musician must take to reach the promising heights of a career in performance. For four students of the Macquarie Conservatorium who recently rehearsed in Australia’s icon of culture, they have been chosen to perform with the Regional Youth Orchestra NSW which will hold a free public concert at the closing ceremony of Artlands in October.

What’s On z August 9: The Marriage of Figaro, 7.30pm Dubbo Regional Theatre z August 12: Emma Pask and the Phil Stack Trio in Concert, 7.30pm Macquarie Conservatorium z August 12: Secondary Schools Jazz Workshop with Emma Pask and Phil Stack, Macquarie Conservatorium z August 28-29: Youth Music Theatre show ‘TimeLord’, Macquarie Conservatorium z Visit www.macqcon.org.au for more info and bookings Dubbo percussion student Sam Minney with AOBO percussionist David Clarence and student Jarron McGrane from Tamworth

Orchestra. “I wasn’t expecting anything like that sound at their first rehearsal together. This is really promising.” Patrick will be one of the conductors of the Regional Youth Orchestra’s big gig in Dubbo this October, when they perform a free public concert in Victoria Park, as the closing event of the Artlands Festival. Four students from Macquarie Conservatorium in Dubbo were chosen to be part of the Regional Youth Orchestra’s AOBO Sydney project: India de Sousa Shaw, violin, Emma Newby, viola, Aidan Kiriakou, French horn, and Sam Minney, percussion. After their first rehearsal together, the students had a break for dinner in the Green Room, and then Anna Bennett, AOBO’s assistant orchestra manager and chief wrangler for the project, led the complicated way to the pit. “We’re sitting in different places to a normal orchestra,” said cellist Alexandra Wall, officially the youngest in the Regional Youth Orchestra (RYO) at 12 years of age. “Why are the trumpets way over there, and why

are the first violins in the middle?” Alex is from Wollongong, where she plays in the local youth orchestra, so she is used to a symphony orchestra set-up. For the Dubbo students, this is a rare opportunity to sit and play in a symphony-style orchestra. “Dubbo has its town band, and school bands for wind and brass and percussion, and some small string ensembles, and at Macquarie Conservatori-

Here the young musicians of the Regional Youth Orchestra NSW had a chance to play their music, the Overture and Habanera from Bizet’s opera Carmen, sitting exactly where the professional musicians sit, and conducted by Anthony Legge, the Associate Music Director of Opera Australia.

Dubbo violin student India de Sousa Shaw

um I play chamber music with other instruments,” said local viola player Emma Newby. “But we don’t have a proper symphony orchestra in Dubbo, there just aren’t enough string players yet, especially cellos and double bass. And violas, there are not many violas either. In the Regional Youth Orchestra, I’m playing with five other violas, it’s great.” The situation varies from place to place for these young players. Some regional towns have their own youth orchestra, others like Dubbo don’t have enough players, or the right spread of players across different instruments. A student may be the only one in their community at an advanced level of playing, so they really value this opportunity to play in an orchestra with other young people with the same talent and passion for music. Back in the Opera Theatre pit, the students find out that where the musicians sit is all to do with the sound and the space, or lack thereof in this infamously small pit. Brass players are pushed as far away from everyone else as possible, and sit behind a clear perspex wall to protect the hearing of the

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Dubbo viola student Emma Newby and Mia Baivucago from Armidale

musicians in front of them. The first violins sit where the second violins would normally sit in a concert performance, and the wind players are down the front to the conductorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right. When the RYO players spend the next day at the Opera Centre in Surry Hills, the set-up was the same, because the AOBO players rehearse in the layout they use

in the pit, so they are hearing everyone around them in the positions they play in the theatre. The RYO players did this for their rehearsal too, where musicians from the AOBO sat in with them, playing along and tutoring the young musicians in the finer points of orchestral playing. As well as their own rehearsals, the RYO students

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attended and observed other rehearsals at the Opera House, including a rehearsal in the Concert Hall of the world famous tenor Robert Alagna, and a dress rehearsal of an opera production that opened the following week, Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Simon Boccanegra. Most of the students had no idea of the scale of an opera production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With about 50 in the orchestra, then 10 to 12 solo singers, a singing chorus of 40 or more, plus a backstage team of at least 20, there are well over a hundred people making the show happen,â&#x20AC;? said Anna from AOBO. Plus we could add in the visiting ambulance crew who appeared at the back of the stage when a chorus member took a tumble. On the last day of the project, the parents and friends of the young players climbed the stairs from the Stage Door and were admitted to the rehearsal room for the finale, a performance by the Regional Youth Orchestra of their two pieces from Carmen, with Anthony Legge conducting and a young Opera Australia mezzo soprano singing the solo aria. All these AOBO artists, the singer, conductor and musicians, found time in their very busy schedules to work closely with the Regional Youth Orchestra students, giving them a privileged insight into the world of a busy theatre orchestra. For these young players, it may have been a brief vision of what their own future might hold. Regional Youth Orchestra NSW is an initiative of the Association of NSW Regional Conservatoriums, and performs in Dubbo on October 30 as part of the Artlands Conference and Festival.

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Back to the future BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

D Printing is big news across the globe but in the Innovation Nation of Australia it’s barely registering as a thing. Two years ago an American scientist 3D printed a two story concrete home in less than 24 hours, last year a Chinese concern printed 13 houses in less than a day, two kids under the age of 10 developed a 3D printed working finger for amputees and the International Space Station so longer needs a lot of its spare parts inventory because it can print what it needs, when it suffers breakdowns. Whew! In my other job with Landcare I’ve spent a lot of time trying to convince state and federal governments to establish a viable industrial hemp industry in Australia so farmers, and the regions, will be able to cash in on this exponentially growing technology. Currently Aussie farmers grow a very few crops and wheat, barley and canola have no potential to be used as material for 3D printers – but hemp would be world-beating. In the 1940s Henry Ford built a car from industrial hemp and said it was 10 times stronger than his steel cars and just two thirds the weight, yet he couldn’t get any traction to set up a supply chain and processing industry. With hemp in the paddock, farmers could process that into material almost as strong as carbon fibre yet with a far smaller environmental footprint, and the way the technology is going in a few generations they’ll be able to order a 40’ shipping container which houses a 3D printing factory. Hiring and training local people, this could see an explosion of regional jobs, and we’d have Aussie farmers processing as a secondary industry and providing local jobs, then 3D manufacturing and creating yet more semi and high skilled jobs. This is one way to beat the cheap labour we’re competing against from many third world nations. Imagine a farmer at Wellington knocking out an assembly line of 3D printed box trailers, far stronger than steel ones that will never rust? The list of possibilities is almost endless, yet from our Innovation PM Malcolm Turnbull down no-one is even talking about this, so once again Australia is being beaten every way from Sunday by almost every other nation on earth. Now some Dubbo locals are trying to change that, setting up a Maker Space

Bill Zinnack, Adam Clark, Martin Clark, Chris Ryan, Shaman Ryan.

modelled on those that are springing up across the world where people interested in practical innovation are sharing equipment and learning skills in a collaborative atmosphere.

Maker Space Adam Clark has run 3D printing workshops in Dubbo but believes more people than not in Australia still don’t quite understand what all the fuss is about. “Basically, all the technology’s available in your house now for a lot of things but people may not understand it or often can’t afford it even though it is available in consumer models, we’re trying to make that available to the public in an informal way, train them to use it, just allow people to access technologies out there that they may not otherwise be able to," Adam said. “A lot of people are keen on being makers or hackers as they call it now, nothing to do with computers, just hacking things to do their job better or different - it’s the way a lot of industry’s going to go and I guess you can join it or you can be ignorant." With other keen makers he’s set up a Maker Space at the garage behind the old Fire Station next to No1 Oval, on Wingewarra Street, and as long as you’re over the age of 15 you can wander down any Friday from midday until 6pm to check it out, or pop in anytime you see the roller door open. Adam says Australian culture has been a major barrier when it comes to getting the idea of Maker Spaces out there. “We’ve got the old Aussie blokes’ shed mentality, you like to have all your own tools, in your shed, and have your space and in the ‘States being a lot more concentrated population-wise people are living in small units, they don’t have space for tools or anything like that," Adam said, but said that is slow-

ly changing as people yearn to find out what makes stuff tick. “The whole thing of working on the car with your dad has just gone out the window so it’s become sort of more information technology driven and there’s kind of a backlash to that now where people do want to know how technology works as well as being able to use it or program it or whatever, let’s build it ourselves so what’s happening in places where people don’t have access to that on their own they get into groups, they rent a workshop , buy all the tools together, reduce all the costs a Maker Space is formed," he said. “It’s just the imagination of blending different technologies, you know, what happens if a guy who does pottery gets together with a guy with an Arduino (Google it, I had to and still don’t understand what it is, but it sounds great … JR) or some kind of electronic technology, who knows what innovations could come out of that sort of synergy, and that’s part of what the Makers Space is all about, knock your heads together and dream about something and come up with something new and innovative." Martin Clark said that just like the Men’s Shed movements, the sum of the Maker Space parts seems to be greater than the whole. “A great social outlet, that’s one of the priorities, it’s to try and get people together who may not normally get together so men, women and you have to be over 15, if they’ve got a project we may know the person they need to see, we might be able to get the equipment, we’re hoping to gradually build a whole set of resources for a wide range of stuff so we’ve got equipment and we’ve got people who are willing to teach those things and it’ll get bigger," Martin said, adding the thirst for knowledge of rapidly emerging technologies is huge in an age of information overload, where peo-

ple can spend hours just trawling the internet looking at new stuff. “Well you look online and you see them using 3D printers to make body parts now, from your own stem cells so the technology is absolutely amazing and can be used for some fantastic stuff so what we want to do is just begin that journey for people, help them get started," he said. Already the response has been fantastic, even though the word has only started to get out to the community according to Adam. “Everybody who hears about it and finds out what it is loves it, lots of people just go ‘a what?’, it’s not a big or wellknown thing in Australia yet but I think it’s going to be because we haven’t had a negative response yet, even from people who aren’t interested in joining or doing this think it’s a great idea,” Adam said. “It’s just about getting the word out there and us being available to open it at times where people can actually get in, our biggest thing at the moment is finding out when people really want to be in here doing stuff and then making it available at that time." He says the social aspect of practical knowledge sharing is a powerful thing. “The big ethos of Maker Space is about skill sharing, so we’re not worried about having a piece of paper saying hey I’m qualified at this, that or the other, I have a skill so I want to share it," Adam said. “Adam Savage from Myth Busters, he calls himself a ‘Skills Collector’, and a space like this is perfect for that sort of stuff, come in, learn a bunch of skills, even if you never use them that intellectual expansion of learning is something new and you’ll be able to say hey, that might work with this other skill that I have – if you stop learning, you’re dead." Forward thinking businesses have already jumped on board, there’s a real fear that if we have plenty of skills’ shortages now, how bad will it be if we’re not even thinking of training people locally to work in these emerging fields. “We have four corporate sponsors already, people in businesses around town who believe in what we’re doing are supporting us so while it’s early days yet we anticipate that in a couple of years everybody’ll know about it and we’ll be helping others establish them in places like Wellington or Narromine or wherever," Martin said. So far those involved have had no fear co-opting skilled mates to come down and help out, electrician Bill Zinnack is a case in point. “Martin asked me to come down and do some work, teach them welding – I’m an electrician but they have a welder at the space and want to know how to use it," Bill said.

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Zen and the art of motor vehicle maintenance and domestic din DON’T normally hear the yelling in our household. Because my response is to yell louder in a bid to drown out the yelling and at the same time show how rude and intolerant yelling at people is. Like any dwelling with ghostly, sleep dead parents floundering through work, home, kids, life, debt, and basic car maintenance, ours echoes with both giddy laughter and loud verbal jousting. So if the kids are yelling at each other, or yelling at their mother, or they are all yelling at the dog, or me (it’s hard to tell), I always yell “stop yelling!” It is not uncommon for whoever I am yelling at to yell “I am not yelling!” At this I always yell “you are yelling!” to which they yell “I am not yelling, you’re yelling!” which is of course absurd. I am only yelling so that the yelling will stop, not unlike having a nuclear arms race so that mankind can avoid the risk of nuclear war. Or the clever strategy of brutalising already brutalised kids in detention to prevent them incurring psychological damage and holding a jaundiced view of the society into which they are inevitably released. It’s similar to the brilliant and only modestly costly strategy of easing city traffic congestion by relocating the congestion points and drawing ever greater volumes of traffic into a finite space. If there is ever a statue erected to recognise the genius of traffic tunnels I hope the plinth is engraved with at least the last half of that previous sentence. It’s sort of like sending Kevin Rudd somewhere to make that somewhere better. Yes, he apologised to indigenous people, which in this country is like admitting you don’t like footy. But he not only betrayed the organisation that had given him everything, he then chose to participate in an ABC doco-drama reliving the dysfunctional horror for the benefit of Australians who had been living in a clam shell at the bottom of the ocean and missed it.

Speaking of sentences, in the second one I deliberately didn’t use the word juggle, as in the cliché of trying to juggle work, home etc. Because juggling is, by definition, the balanced and controlled management of multiple objects, so that they receive sufficient attention to prevent them crashing to the floor. Modern life on the other hand is more like crawling through the wreckage of those objects now covering the floor, trying to find something that isn’t broken because it might have the junior soccer draw scribbled on it or some hint as to where the car rego is up to or be concealing my phone charger. It’s not just the yelling I try to yell into submission either – it’s any sudden loud noise which is not readily identifiable. “What’s that noise?!” I yell, to which someone invariably yells back, “it’s you

yelling!” At this point I would yell, “no, what’s that glass breaking, wire shorting, water gushing, dog yelping, person rifling through my wallet noise?!” But on Saturday, with the UK having torn the heart out of Europe, extremist sad-cases lashing out violently, the 1930s jack-booting back, an enraged

` “What’s that noise?!” I yell, to which someone invariably yells back, “it’s you yelling!” At this point I would yell, “no, what’s that glass breaking, wire shorting, water gushing, dog yelping, person rifling through my wallet noise?!”

US population prepared to put a gun named Trump to their own heads, as the world marched energetically to a climate catastrophe, and a self-satisfied nation tortured the defenceless for the common good, I fleetingly found a poor man’s nirvana. It came as the household tribes erupted into shrieking conflict, the dog barked insanely, glass broke, wires sparked, water gushed and what sounded like my phone charger being flushed down the toilet with the car rego paperwork ricocheted through the house like a cavalry charge. Yet I didn’t feel compelled to yell or try and impose a madman’s order by generating more disorder. I just kept quietly putting my socks on, suddenly mindful that time is short, resistance is futile and I can’t find the phone anyway.

Avalanche risk for backcountry explorers in New Zealand

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AUCKLAND: Skiers, snowboarders, climbers and trampers have been warned that the coming week could be a dangerous time to explore parts of New Zealand’s backcountry not normally associated with avalanches. This follows fresh concerns that New Zealand Avalanche Advisory (NZAA) forecasters have about the avalanche risk across the country. The Mountain Safety Council runs the NZAA and chief executive Mike Daisley said yesterday that some

lower altitude regions are predicted to have an avalanche risk over the next 48 to 72 hours, “which is pretty uncommon”. He says places that normally may never have a risk are now potentially vulnerable to slab avalanches. “We know it’s an exciting time, and the snow is finally here,” he said. “Just make sure you’re making good decisions. It’s about having a great time and making it home to your family.” Mr Daisley said the NZAA was

one part of the decision-making process for safe travel in the backcountry in winter. He said it was imperative that people checked NZAA and Metservice forecasts, had the correct equipment and were trained to use that equipment. NZAA forecaster Trevor Streat said “storm slab” avalanche conditions existed on steep slopes that had had a rapid build-up of new snow. “Because we are looking at heavy

falls to quite low elevations, this could affect roads and tracks in places where the users would not usually consider the risk of avalanching,” he said. “There is likely to be a cycle of loose wet snow avalanches at lower elevations as soon as the sun comes out or temperatures rise.” Mr Streat said people had to consider how much snow was sitting on the slopes above before moving out when things warmed up. AAP

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Myer gives back BY JENNA MCKEOWN

Channing Tatum remakes splash For the last decade or so Hollywood seems to have been focused on pumping out sequels, re-boots or remakes more than original content. Here is another gender-flipped remake. Channing Tatum announced he will be starring as the mermaid, sorry, merman (cough) MerMAN in a remake of the ‘80’s classic, “Splash”. No details on the story are yet forth-

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MYER and The Salvation Army have united to support victims of domestic violence. Female victims often leave their homes with very few possessions, if any, which makes starting out again, or the prospect of leaving, incredibly overwhelming and difficult. Enter the ‘Give Registry’. It is a list of 30 items that the Salvos have identified as the most crucial for women in crisis accommodation. For every item donated by it’s customers, Myer will match it. Myer’s new philanthropic direction is focused on ‘supporting and empowering women and strengthening families’. The company also introduced domestic violence leave for its

1. ROCK MUSIC HISTORY: How did The Doors (pictured) get their name? 2. MEASUREMENTS: How many yards are in a fathom? 3. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented by pyrophobia? 4. TELEVISION: Who voiced the role of Charlie on the original “Charlie’s Angels” TV series? 5. AUSTRALIAN STATES: Which state capital has the least number of letters in its

name? 6. LANGUAGE: What are gauchos? 7. FIRSTS: Who was the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In superstitious beliefs, how many years of bad luck allegedly come from breaking a mirror? 9. MATHS: What is a 20-sided shape called? 10. FLASHBACK: Who released “Islands in the Stream” in 1983?

12,000 person work force (80 per cent female). You can find the registry on the Myer website.

Wrong Trump in the news THE tabloids have gotten themselves all worked up about some photos of Melina Trump, wife of the presidential candidate who is convincing everyone we are in the prologue of a dystopian young adult novel. Back in the day Melina was a model, and as many models do she posed for some photos topless. Now the photos have resurfaced and are being used as some weird attempt to shame her. I dunno: focus on the young wife of a bigot who is planning on building a wall around his own country and mocks the parents of fallen soldiers, or focus on the history of a woman, who

11. OLYMPIC GAMES: Where was the first Summer Olympics held after the end of World War II? 12. GOLF: In 2016, Jason Day became the third multi-time winner of the WGC Match Play golf event. Who were the first two to do it? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Ever since that night we’ve been together, Lovers at first sight, in love forever, It turned out so right....” ANSWERS: SEE THE PLAY PAGES.

was at the time, literally doing her job.

Flipped oppression IRANIAN journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who runs the Facebook page My Stealthy Freedom, recently urged men in Iran to join her movement. Her aim is to share images of women in Iran not wearing the Hijab, a head covering which became a legal obligation following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The response to her request has been overwhelming. Men in Iran are posting photos of themselves wearing the Hijab with the hashtag #MenInHijab, while sharing the stories of their mothers, sisters and friends suffering from what has been called restrictive and insulting. The movement is not against the Hijab itself, but against the lack of personal choice women in Iran have around wearing it.

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Phil Stack and Emma Pask: Into the swing On Friday, August 12, celebrated and internationally renowned jazz singer Emma Pask and local-born musician, Phil Stack - also of “Thirsty Merc” fame – will grace the stage of the Macquarie Conservatorium for a one night only performance, which will probably bring the house down - and go down - as a highlight of the Con’s calendar of stellar performers. The dynamic duo shared with Dubbo Weekender some behind-thedetails of their working life together. AS TOLD TO Yvette Aubusson-Foley Phil Stack ASKY and I met at a mutual friend’s rehearsal when we were around 18 years-old. I knew she was already James Morrison’s vocalist from around the age of 15. I think I must have even seen her on TV. From here on we have probably performed literally thousands times together as I joined James’ band shortly after this. I have been a member of her band since this time and she has even got up onstage with “Thirsty Merc” before with me, so I think wanting to perform together is definitely a mutual thing for us. Emma has a “Well, we gotta make this thing happen, no matter what” approach to performing. Essentially, this means that even with very little preparation, she can go out on stage even with musicians she doesn’t know and react and just a stella performance happens while making it look easy. The part that most people may not realise is, this is certainly not the norm with most other vocalists making Emma a rarity in the jazz world! Most people these days are in their own world listening to music on headphones, aren’t they?! I wouldn’t know what Emma is listening to most of the time. However, we really do have a wide range of similar eclectic musical tastes. She would be like… From Louis Armstrong all the way through to Adele, and more. With music and life, after a while you realise that there is so many, many ways to do things and that none of them are necessarily wrong. We possibly differ on silly things like, Emma likes to have a general idea of a set list of what we are going to play BEFORE we go onstage, but I just want to fly by the seat pf our pants! Both of these have their merits! We are both perfectionists in that, we both care deeply about the gig, it has to be grooving and we have to give it all we have in the moment. There is simply no point in doing it all if you don’t have this attitude every single time, because good music is so much more fun! For a performance to be ‘good’ in her eyes’, Emma would like to know that she has “got” everyone in the room with the band’s performance; that we got through to all of them. However, she has also been doing this long enough to realise that in some situations this can’t always happen depending on the setting and that this does NOT mean that it was a bad performance. You can’t please g.

EVERYONE! I know Emma has a hearing problem which flares up occasionally and it happened on a big show recently with “Human Nature” meaning she basically did the gig without being able to hear herself much! What a trooper! If she hadn’t chosen singing, I think Emma may have been about to become an air “hosty” or something before she joined James’s band, but come on, she was born to sing! I do know Emma loves to sing for her folks who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They are beautiful peo-

ple who have encouraged and supported Emma a great deal over years and come to almost all our Sydney shows. She will often dedicate a song to them. “I only have eyes for you” is one such tune. She’s huge on swimming, oh and eating... swimming then eating. She swims way out across the bay with sharks in Bondi most mornings. I’m yet to join her on this. I need all my fingers and toes! Emma’s greatest strength is her positivity. This is pleasant and uplifting to be around and her weakness is... ummm...cake...

She loves a bit of cake. I think if Emma was giving advice to aspiring singer’s she might say something like: “Groove is everything, everything must groove! The song has to feel good before you start doing fancy things to it.” This is Emma through and through, and swing. She swings her butt off! Emma love to documenting every moment we have on tour with a photo … or 12. She just loves getting out the camera, just loves it… kinda like your mum does on a family holiday. It gets annoyin

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Emma Pask TACKY and I first met when we were teenagers at a rehearsal for a little band we were starting with some friends. We bonded at that rehearsal when we discovered our mutual love for jazz and banana sandwiches. I was a member of James Morrison’s band at the time, singing and touring around with him but also doing gigs around town like Soup Plus with my own band, which Phil was in. Then James met Phil and asked him to join his band too, so we’ve been on the road performing together for a really long time. Phil’s performing or playing approach is like no other bass player I know. He plays with such attack and conviction which I absolutely love. Its raw, its real, its full of grunt and he SWINGS so hard. He’s makes the most difficult things look and sound so easy. I don’t think Stacky has anything on his musical playlist I couldn’t stand .. we both enjoy lots of the same kinda stuff. I know he is THE biggest fan of the Beatles I’ve ever met. We travel on planes together almost weekly and he’s always got something he’s listening to and he’s like “Pasky, have a listen to this..!“ and it’ll be some smokin’ hot dirty blues vibe or something completely swinging. Years ago he introduced me to a lot of early Stevie Wonder stuff I’d never heard of before and absolutely fell in love with. Is he a perfectionist? I guess, you know, we’re all striving to be the best we can be. That’s how I’d describe what Phil does. He’s always ‘on’. He’s always searching for that Groove, that sweet spot that makes everything feel so good when we play. I find I’m always wanting to be the best I can be when I play with Phil… so inspirational, yes he is. Its a joy to sing alongside him. Phil is pretty easy going and not much phases him .. if something goes wrong [on stage] I feel like he’s always got my back and we together do what we have to do -

deal with it honestly and it’ll work out :) I know that recently Stacky was in the middle of a “Thirsty Merc” tour and he had an emergency appendicitis and was pretty much playing a gig with the boys a few days later albeit sitting down... but still... my goodness, what a challenge! In high school he was a bit of a champion swimmer... but music was always gonna be the path for him. How could it not have been? After a gig when we’re all packing down Phil usually ends up at the Piano (some may not know that he plays a mean piano as well as the bass!). He always plays and sings Stevie tunes... “I can’t wait until the day there’s sunshine in their eyes.” Phil would think my greatest weakness would be something to do with chocolate and/or cake! I don’t know what he would think my greatest strength is ..? You’d have to ask him! Mentoring young musicians, I’d say Phil would be encouraging of time and groove to young bass players... and locking in... he’s so good at locking in within the rhythm section. Find the joy in the music. He’d ask them ... is it feeling good…? We are most likely to disagree on social media. I dig it, he doesn’t really dig it. I like connecting with everyone and letting people know what we get up to on the road. I love taking pics of where we are and what we’re up to - Phil can’t stand it! but really he loves it, I know he does. We’ve toured some really cool places all around the world and sometimes years later I’ll pull up some pics and he’ll be all like “awe that was so cool that tour, what a great pic!” and I’ll respond with, “well lucky SOMEONE documented it Stacka!” (laughs). I think when you’re involved in making/creating music together its important to surround yourself with like minded souls who are just as passionate about the journey as you are. Fellow musicians who bring the best out in you, and I’ve always found that Phil. I love making music with him.

The Macquarie Conservatorium presents Emma Pask and the Phil Stack Trio Friday, August 12 At the Macquarie Conservatorium

Jazz Workshop 12 Noon to 2.45pm

In concert 7.30pm One Night Only Tickets $29 adult, $25 concession, $58 family of 4, $7 school student Available 9am – 5pm weekdays from the Con Also available at the door. Ph: 6884 6686 www.macqcon.org.au

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Emmalee Holmes: The Wanderer For now, Emmalee Holmes is happily settled in her quaint cottage in the beautiful Catombal Ranges, but with more than 70 countries already ticked off, you never know when wanderlust will kick in again. And when she’s not travelling, the kind-hearted nurse donates her time to a range of different causes. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes

In Morocco

Emmalee in Kenya

Kayaking in Antartica

My mum went overseas by ship when she was young. She lived in London and did nursing. I think that’s what made me want to travel overseas initially. Mum’s parents were also missionaries in Africa – Nyasaland. That’s where her name Nyasa comes from. They came out from England with the Child Migrant Scheme. Most of our childhood holidays as kids were in the Australian Outback and we did big trips across the desert. They were remote destinations and we did 4WD camping trips which included the Canning Stock Route and all 10 deserts. You should see your own country first before you go and see others and we live in such an amazing and varied place of natural beauty. My first overseas experience was ANZAC Day at Gallipoli in 1999. I was always going to go overseas and a friend and I went to live in London, I was able to get an ancestry visa. A group of us then went to Gallipoli. Turkey was a really huge eyeopener, it was quite a shock. We went to the dawn service at Anzac Cove. We saw the cliffs where they went ashore and there were poppies all along the shoreline. After that, we went travelling around Turkey further and saw places like Cappadocia. After Turkey, we went to Bulgaria. There weren’t many tourists there and they didn’t speak much English. On that trip, we also visited Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland. When you first land in a foreign country, everything is a bit different. You have to pinch yourself at times and ask yourself if you’re really there. That was the beginning of my travel bug. I have now travelled to 70+ countries around the world, all seven continents and worked and lived abroad several times. There are many things in life I want to do but there is just not enough time to do it all! I’ve skydived, scuba dived the Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef, floated in the Dead Sea, visited several of the ancient Wonders of the World, white water rafted the wild Zambezi River below Victoria Falls, been above, below and behind Niagara Falls, climbed Ben Nevis, Mt Kilimanjaro, Everest Base Camp and Uluru, hiked the Grand Canyon, Mt Kosciuszko and the Cinque Terre in Italy, been to Bethlehem (and the stable), seen the migration on the Serengeti, walked with lions, tracked rhino in Africa and tigers in the Nepalese forest (on foot), saw chimpanzees in Tanza-

nia, fished for piranhas and eaten live termites in the Amazon jungle, hot air ballooning, reindeer sledding in Finland and dog sledding in Lapland, camel trekked in the Sahara Desert, Morocco and to a Masai Village in Kenya, saw killer whales off Vancouver Island, been horseriding in the Snowy Mountains, Canadian Rockies, Iceland and the Welsh Brecon Beacons, slept under the stars in Antarctica and in an Arctic Ice Hotel, seen the Northern Lights, trekked by donkey to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, donkey trekked in Jordan, followed the ancient Inca Trail in Peru to Machu Pichu and sailed the Mediterranean and the Whitsundays. I also cycled around the Netherlands and Belgium, that was one of the best things I ever did. There are bicycle paths all across the country and it’s so cyclist-friendly. I went to India after Nepal and it was the most confronting because of the poverty. It’s really full-on and chaotic. I actually lived overseas twice. The first time, I visited Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Scandinavia. All you do is work and plan the next trip. There were lots of short trips and to events like the Running of the Bulls in Spain, St Patrick’s Day in Ireland and Oktoberfest in Germany. The world is on your doorstep from over there. It’s just so accessible but time goes so quickly! I was based in London for three years and then came home. I actually got homesick while the Olympics were on in Sydney and seeing the Man from Snowy River as part of the Opening Ceremony. In England, the winter was very long and gloomy. The next trip I did was through Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria then through Eastern and Western Europe. I was camping for three months and there was a big heatwave. We just slept without a tent under the stars. That was quite full-on in some places. I like countries that are different, I like the complete change of culture. I don’t like countries that are similar to ours. The third world is challenging and confronting. I did a big overland trip in Africa, Mum had been there years ago. I went from Nairobi to Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar and Botswana. Africa is one of my favourite places. I couldn’t wait to see the game parks, the villages, the animals, the Masai warriors. Nothing compares to Africa. Egypt is a place that’s just amazing, just

the history that’s there. I really love to connect with people and places too. In Peru we went to little villages and stayed with families in their houses. They had no electricity and cooked on an open fire in the middle of their house. None of them spoke English. It was also freezing cold. Another thing I noticed was that they were knitting all the time, that was the livelihood of a lot of people. In some places in Eastern Europe, a lot of the towns don’t have hotels so when you arrive, people would come out and offer home stays. When I came home, I was working in Sydney and got a job as the medical adviser on “All Saints” and did that for a couple of years. I saw the job advertised on a scrap of paper on the noticeboard at Manly Hospital. “All Saints” was one of my favourite shows and then I walked into the world of film and television which was an eye-opener. I got to work with Georgie Parker and John Howard, all the stars. I also did some work for “Home and Away”, with Chris Hemsworth when he was a schoolboy! It was a huge job. None of the cast, crew or writers was medical but we had to try and keep the show as medically accurate as we could. One of the cool things was getting to see neurosurgeon Professor Charles Teo operate because we had a storyline about a childhood brain trauma. We had to recreate theatre scenes and operations which was pretty intense. We had to work on everything from scripts to wardrobe to make sure it was correct. One hour of TV took months of work to put together. There was lots of script drafts and meetings and preparing to shoot and then a week of filming. When I went back overseas, I went to Africa again, to some really remote areas. I also visited Russia, Peru, Canada and Iceland. Since then, I have been to China, America and Antarctica. Antarctica was a place I never envisioned going to. There’s no civilization and you’re just there with nature at its best and worst. It’s just amazing and incredible we saw icebergs, whales, penguins and seals. You’re not allowed to go up to them but the baby seals come and lie on you. To get there, we went from Dubbo to Sydney then via New Zealand to Chile then Argentina and Patagonia from Ushuaia, the world’s most southernmost city. The Drake Passage is the roughest sea crossing in the world.

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Emmalee at the Taj Mahal, India. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED I’ve had some nail-biting moments along the way, including a near drowning experience when whitewater rafting Grade 5 rapids on the Zambezi River. Our raft flipped and we were sucked under the rapids and into a giant whirlpool. It was like being in a washing machine, terrifying and exhausting! They told us afterwards that four people drowned the season prior. Another scary moment was coming across a herd of hippos in the water when travelling by Mokoro (a dug-out wooden canoe hand-propelled by a long timber pole) when on safari in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Hippos are very dangerous and aggressive and territorial and unpredictable and not what you want to come face-to-face with in a non-motorised canoe. We had to get out of there very fast! Flying through a vicious lightning storm with Azerbaijan Airlines and a close encounter with two snow avalanches while trekking to Everest Base Camp were also heart-thumping moments. We were saved by a ravine. Flying through the fog in the Himalayas is also scary and flying in and out of Lukla airport, the most dangerous in the world because it has a very short runway which is off the edge of a ravine. I’ve been in three earthquakes – one was in Bali in Indonesia in the middle of the night. The beds were shaking and moving around the room and all the cupboard doors were banging. Afterwards, everyone was worried about a tsunami. I have slept in caves, boats, beaches, ferries, railway platforms, tents, mud huts, thatched shelters, mountain huts, bus stops, tree houses, deserts, moun-

tain tops, hostels, hotels, tents, pensions, planes, trains, local’s houses, streets, castles, palaces, ice hotels, fairy chimneys and hammocks! Many places we visited, we were just flying blind but that was part of the adventure. The first time around, we didn’t have mobile phones or anything but the second time, I really noticed how much space your digital devices take up. I have been pretty lucky in terms of safety considering some of the remote places I’ve been. I also do a lot of charity and community work with the goal to eventually do some healthcare aid work abroad. I have a Bachelor of Nursing degree, a Graduate Diploma in Emergency Nursing and Certificate IV in Ambulance Communications and started a Masters in Nursing (Rural and Remote) but I have deferred that as study got in the way of life! I am a registered nurse and control centre officer (certified advanced medical dispatcher) and I also do community work with the SES, Riding for Disabled, Camp Quality, Kayak Club, Wellington Amateur Theatrical Society, Pink Angels, Stray Notes, WomDomNom and the Wellington Springfest Committee. The wanderlust has settled a bit now but I still want to go to Borneo, Vietnam, Uganda, the Galapagos Islands and hike Mount Fuji in Japan. I think I want to go to Rwanda and trek to see the remaining gorillas next as well as the Artic, trek the Milparinka Trail in Northern Territory and do the Coast to Coast Walk in the UK. The wanderlust continues……never say never. Follow your dreams!

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DIGITALLY ENHANCED.

90 per cent of world’s data was created in last two years BY MATHEW DICKERSON ON SMALL BUSINESS RULES CONSULTANT

MAGINE this. I am sitting at a café catching up on a few emails on my phone while enjoying my morning latte. As I pick up the glass, I forgot to read the warning that the glass may be hot so I instinctively let go of the hot glass and coffee spills everywhere – including all over my phone. Despite my best efforts to dry said phone, it is dead. No life. Nothing. I take it to my friendly local phone retailer and, despite their best efforts, it is too wet to be anything but a pretty paperweight. I buy a new phone a little annoyed with myself for incurring an additional unwanted expense but what happens next can turn my day into a mild annoyance or a major catastrophe. Scenario 1. I have my phone setup to synchronise my e-mail and contacts into my Cloud environment. My photos are set to backup into the Cloud as I take them. I plug my phone into my PC on a regular basis and backup the entire phone. I take my new phone, plug it into my PC and restore the data since the last backup and then sync the most recent files with my Cloud storage. An interruption to my day and some expense for the new phone but life continues. Scenario 2. Cue dark foreboding music. My life was on my phone. All my contacts; my emails; my photos and videos of

the kids; my passwords. My life. I take my new phone and I feel empty. My life will start anew. I will have to rely on my memory to ring my wife. I will have to talk to my kids to remember how they looked at that birthday party. My life is over. Ok so maybe Scenario 2 is a little over the top. Maybe only my life as I currently know it is over. I need to rebuild. The stats on the second scenario are a little scary. Thirty-seven per cent of mobile users never backup their data. Maybe that is OK because not many people lose their data completely? Think again. Seventy million smartphones are lost annually. By my quick maths, that is about 26 million people each and every year who experience scenario 2. When you combine the stat that 64 per cent of people

would be more upset about loss of data from their device than the device itself, we have 17 million upset people every year with loss of data from their smartphone. Luckily we are in a pretty good position to address this issue. We have good connectivity speeds with the NBN and our 4G network and there are services that exist for the sole purpose of replicating data from your phone to the Cloud. The setup of these services is relatively simple and, generally, it is “set and forget” so you can be confident that your synchronisation is just happening – although I still like to test it on a regular basis. The online storage of information is an exploding area in the world of technology. The information above is limited to just phones but when you add servers and PCs into the mix, you start

` Thirty-seven per cent of mobile users never backup their data. Maybe that is OK because not many people lose their data completely? Think again. Seventy million smartphones are lost annually.

Interest rates cut THE Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates by 25 basis points for the second time in 2016 to 1.50 per cent, this week. REINSW President John Cunningham said speculation around an August 2016 interest rate cut had been gathering momentum for some time. “The records continue to be set in regard to interest rates and it is now widely speculated that we may see further interest rate falls in 2016,” Cunningham said. “All eyes are now on the banks to see if they will pass on the full 25 basis point cut,” he said. The official cash rate has fallen 325 basis points since November 2011, with the most recent cut of 25 basis points in May. The RBA will next meet on Tuesday, September 6, 2016.

Retailers Association welcomes rate cut THE Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 1.5 percent is expected to provide retailers with a much needed boost to sales, according to the Australian Retailers Association (ARA).

to gain an appreciation of how much data is being produced – and hopefully backed up. By the year 2020, it is estimated that 1.7 Megabytes will be created every second for each person on the planet. Some suspect most of this data consists of bad selfies and videos of cats playing with a ball of wool! It is putting incredible pressure on Cloud storage providers and Internet infrastructure. What is almost as scary as the mobile phone backup stats is that only eight per cent of people backup their PC data daily and 24 per cent have never backed up at all. I have an extremely complicated backup regime advisory concept called KYT. The Kick Yourself Theory. Pick any random device you have in your possession right now. Imagine it is stolen or it takes a drink. Now think about the data that is on there. If all of that data is lost, how hard would you kick yourself? If it is mild annoyance, then continue on and have a nice day. If you would give yourself a firm boot up the behind, then maybe it is time to review your backup strategy (if indeed you have a backup strategy). This is not a problem that is going away. Ninety per cent of the world’s data was created in the last two years. That is incredible exponential growth and I can’t see it heading any other way than up. So have a look at your data. Consider its importance and then think about what you might do in the case of needing to recover it. And be careful when you pick up your hot latte!

Evocities program performing well for Dubbo BUSINESS IN BRIEF

ARA executive director, Russell Zimmerman, said that while it may take a few weeks for consumers to adjust their levels of spending, he is hopeful that the downward movement of interest rates to its lowest ever will help to halt the slides in retail sales growth of the past few months. “Retail spending growth has fallen since the beginning of 2016, with some states, such as Queensland and Western Australia suffering with almost stagnant growth,” said Zimmerman. “This reduction of interest rates will allow consumers greater access to discretionary cash, which we anticipate will result in Australians returning to stores. It’s been a difficult few months for many Australian retailers, particularly those in food retailing and household goods.

INTERIM Western Plains Regional Council administrator Michael Kneipp said the Evocities marketing program which Dubbo has been a part of since inception in 2010 is continuing to deliver great results for Dubbo. In 2015/2016, 1,292 Dubbo jobs were listed on Evojobs and 55,865 sessions were recorded on the Dubbo Jobs website. As part of Dubbo’s overall resident attraction program 149 households have been recorded as relocated to Dubbo. “Importantly, Council’s resident attraction program also involves ongoing communication with re-locators, such as encouraging them to attend a new resident night, to assist them to connect with the community,” Kneipp said. “The cooperative approach of Evocities means advertising can extend to billboards in Town Hall and Central railway station and metropolitan radio as well as digital advertising which would not be feasible as individual Councils,” Kneipp said. Having Dubbo being part of this marketing approach means Dubbo can benefit from this significant exposure alongside the other Evocities,” he said.

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The worst advice we’ve ever heard about business planning place that shows direction and strategy towards your end objectives. BY PHIL COMERFORD SCOLARI COMERFORD DUBBO

Myth #2. It must be very long

S a small business accountant and business valuer, I often get to see all sorts of business plans from all types of businesses. Unfortunately, the reason why so many don’t worry about business planning can be due to the poorly written ones by consultants and business owners over the years who may have received some confusing advice. Here are some of the myths that I have witnessed.

We all know that some plans that go on for pages and pages, and are often waffle and can’t be simply explained. They usually end up as a door stop or in someone’s drawer. We are big fans of Gazelles One Page Strategic Plans which can be put onto an A3 page and even laminated so you can take them wherever you go and refer to them. Having a one page plan is so much easier to show and explain to people and also simpler to provide focus.

Myth #1. You don’t need one There have been a number of business people who have had very successful enterprises and have acknowledged that they have never worried about a business plan and that you don’t need one. I believe these types of people are few and far between and if you really want to let people know what you are doing and why, such as: bankers; your team; potential investors; your small business accountant; yourself; then you need to have a plan and communicate it simply and succinctly. If the numbers were done on success for those that had a plan and those that didn’t, I think you’d find that the ones that actually had a plan and survived (or thrived) would be well ahead of those that didn’t. Get the odds in your favour by at least having something in

Myth #3. The bigger and hairier the better It’s okay to have what is known as Big Hairy Audacious Goals but generally these should be long term. Setting goals that are realistic (achievable) and measurable will give them a much greater chance of success. I would point out, though, that this doesn’t mean you set yourself easy goals so that you don’t push yourself. Don’t be frightened to aim very high – you just need to ask yourself if you can see yourself reaching them with some very hard work and focus, or are they just sitting in dreamland?

Myth #4. Don’t harbour too much on your weaknesses It might sound negative, but recognising your weaknesses and then having a plan to address them is a very good thing. Identifying hurdles and stating what needs to be fixed to overcome them will go a long way to pushing through that wall.

Bankers, accountants and investors will all appreciate your honesty and may even have contacts or advice to help you to beat them.

Myth #5. Don’t get too specific – it’s big picture stuff Nobody wants vague business plans. Whilst they are big picture, you need to be very specific as to the actions you expect to take to reach your objectives. Be succinct, do your numbers which include: three way budgets; research to support your plan; balance sheets; profit and loss statements; income tax returns; presentation and attention to detail. Remember, if your plan has detail, those looking at it will be more inclined to believe in your dream. Whether it’s a banker or investor or even your team, if they can see you’ve thought of the little things that could cause a problem, chances of reaching your goals are much more likely. You don’t need pages and pages of detail – you just need to consider the things that are relevant and matter.

Conclusion: If you want success, don’t make the mistakes outlined above. We have made sure that our own business avoided these, and fortunately we have enjoyed the immense growth that our team and supporters have helped us realise so far. Get your plan together and get cracking. It’s never too late to make a difference for the better!

Potential for Warrumbungle geopark is rock solid BY NICOLE PAYNE ACTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER ICER

LOBALLY, “special interest” tourism is expanding rapidly. Among the most obvious of these is the rise of food and wine trails, associated with a growing interest in the provenance of our food. Geotourism – generated from an interest in geology – is also growing. Geoparks have been around for many years; however it is only since 2004 that they have been designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and formed into a Global Geoparks Network (GGN). The GGN currently numbers 120 parks across 33 countries, with another 19 at various stages of application and assessment. None of these are in Australia, despite our rich geological history. What is a Geopark? Put simply, it is a single, unified area centred on internationally significant geological formation/s. However, the geological features are not the only attraction, and many Geoparks also involve areas of special natural, environmental or cultural significance. Their purpose is to explore, develop and celebrate the relationship between the underlying geology and all other aspects of the area’s heritage. Geoparks differ from most other internationally recognised natural features in several respects. There is no legislative basis for the designation, although the central feature must be protected under relevant indigenous, local,

r regional or national legislation. tains, Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park Geoparks are managed with a holistic and the Great Barrier Reef – many peoa approach which include protection, edple would not be aware of the existence u ucation and sustainable development; of Geoparks. and applications for registration must However, in the United Kingdom always show evidence of strong comGlobal Geoparks make a higher contrimunity support. bution to the economy per site than any Importantly, designation does not imother UNESCO activity. pose any obligations on the national In 2012 to 2013, the estimated finanGovernment, and does not cial benefit to the economy place any additional conwas £2.9 million per Geop` straints on development. ark, compared with £2.2 Geoparks have million per World Heritage The concept embraces sustainable development and site. been around community engagement, Discussions have begun for many years; and the network structure about establishing a Gehowever it is of UNESCO’s registration opark in the Orana region. only since 2004 Recently Professor Patrick system includes a requirement to work with others McKeever, Head of Earth that they have in the network. been designated Sciences at UNESCO, adActivities that are assodressed participants in by the United ciated with Geoparks vary a “round table” discusNations significantly across the sion hosted by RDA Orana globe – some are used to and Warrumbungle Shire Educational, research and educate peoCouncil in Coonabarabran. Scientifi c ple about tsunamis, earthProfessor McKeever is and Cultural quakes and other such an expert in the establishOrganisation disturbances, while othment and maintenance of ers include strong indigGeoparks. He provided in(UNESCO) and enous cultural heritage formation about the benformed into a components. efits that Geoparks bring Some communities have Global Geoparks to their communities and Network (GGN). shared advice on the applideveloped food and wine attractions around their cation process. He was imGeopark, encouraging visipressed with the Warrumtors to stay for longer and thereby benbungles National Park, which exists in efit other tourism-related businesses. large part because of its geological sigGeotourism per se is only the tip of the nificance, and was optimistic about its iceberg. potential to form the core of a Geopark While most people have heard of in the Warrumbungle and Castlereagh World Heritage Areas – Australia has area. 19, including the Greater Blue MounIn addition to the National Park it-

self, there is a host of other tourist attractions, research and educational facilities and areas of significance for Indigenous cultural heritage that could contribute to the establishment of a UNESCO Global Geopark. The recent announcement of the Warrumbungles National Park as a Dark Sky Park would enhance an application; the two designations are compatible, and there are several examples globally of sites that are both Dark Sky Parks and Geoparks. The three LGAs surrounding the park are already members of a strong tourism partnership. The opportunity to consider application for Geopark status has the potential to enhance visitation, particularly by international visitors. The Australian and Chinese Geological Societies recently signed a Memorandum of Co-operation, paving the way for the development of ‘sister park’ arrangements in future. Development of this relationship following designation of one or more Geoparks in Australia is likely to have a strong positive effect on visitation by Chinese tourists in particular. Application for Geopark status is under consideration. While the process requires significant effort in collating information and working with local communities, the potential benefits of achieving Geopark status and membership in the GGN are enormous. As an application is based largely on existing activities, there is no requirement for significant capital outlay in order to apply. With a low-cost application process and huge potential benefits, one could reasonably ask “why not?”

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Lifting the boom gate BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

NNOVATION became a national catch-cry a few months ago when the newly minted PM Malcolm Turnbull still had the confidence of the electorate that he was going to usher in a new era of vision. Unfortunately his almost unbelievable hash of pretty simple political issues tarnished that honeymoon shine and he only just survived a near death experience at the recent double dissolution election he masterminded. He’s now a lame duck leader who appears to have almost zero control over the hard right conservative faction in his own party, so any hope for innovation, when the national focus has lurched back to the coal industry as the savior of humanity, seems doomed from the outset. Hopefully the federal government will recognize that there can be real change and we don’t need real innovation to make it happen – some simple common sense thinking and policy settings will do. New research has shown there could be a flood of Baby boomers leaving metro areas and heading bush – the rationale behind that thinking is that they can sell their massively over-inflated metropolitan houses, move to a regional city which boasts all the amenities they need, but a far cheaper home and have plenty of cash in the bank to fund their retirement. This is a genuine chance at winning Lotto for the generation of people who bought houses in places like Sydney before that aspiration became an almost unattainable dream – that unpredictable lottery of life, where you were born, brought up or worked has literally made a million Australian millionaires without them having to do anything other than slog away at the Australian dream. Here’s the paradox – many of these millionaires won’t have enough savings or superannuation to actually keep living in Sydney even if they do own all or most of their home, so their only recourse to ensure a comfortable retirement will be to cash out their golden property egg. The Boomers are people who were born between 1946, just after World War II, and 1964, spanning the ages from 70 to 52, so those at retirement age, in most cases the higher end of that scale, are in many cases looking to move now, while those in their early fifties

Pauline’s view AULINE Hanson has been flat out running her party, keeping an eye on the senate counting in multiple states, fielding enormous numbers of interview requests on a daily basis as well as speaking with other politicians, including prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, on a variety of issues that will have to pass the new mix in the senate where she will be one of the powerbrokers. She said it was vital that new federal policies are put in place to help rebuild the regions. “Definitely we should look at taxation zones if you’re a certain distance from a major city,” Ms Hanson said. We have to look at everything and one problem in Queensland is that state governments have closed rail lines and haven’t invested in roads, so some companies looking to move to the country would find freighting their goods to the port too expensive.” “Outside Brisbane electricity charges are dearer as well, there are all sorts of costs that are just higher and that makes everything too expensive, then we wonder why our country areas are dying.” Hanson is also keen to look at other factors which have impacted on a gradual rural decline in past decades, such as the fly-in, fly-out merry-go-round of medical specialists which ends up costing taxpayers far more money, yet delivers a lower level of service where constantly changing doctors don’t know their patients’ histories. “I was in Charleville just prior to the election and speaking to the council about the problems of getting professional people to move to the country so

will be part of a potential wave over the next 15 to 20 presents a unique opportunity to try and get some radical solutions onto the table – they’re not really radiyears. cal, but they could be considered radical compared to With Boomers making up more than one fifth of the the glacial rate of change so beloved by mainstream population, research company Propertyology believes politicians. this could potentially see hundreds of thousands of Many of these senators, including Pauline Hanson people making unprecedented lifestyle decisions to up and Nick Xenophon, have long been calling for a far stumps and move bush as the cost of living begins to more comprehensive regional jobs’ strategy than eibite into retirement. ther the coalition or ALP, and they could wield a treFactor escalating house prices in Sydney into that equation and you have a perfect storm of factors to mendous amount of power in the next few years. So how’s this for a thought bubble to work from: convince people to move – in many cases they may be left with little option, or they could start to go backSet up taxation zones so cities like Dubbo, Wagga, wards financially. Tamworth, Bathurst, Orange and Albury are far more appealing to Investors may also start to circle in small, medium and giant businessregional areas and this trend could ` make it so they really can’t afhave the unfortunate impact of driving With Boomers making es, ford to stay in Sydney; up local house prices, making it harder for first home buyers to get their foot up more than one fifth Plan strategically and design onto the property ladder. of the population, proper ring road freightway bypasses around cities like Dubbo – Evocities, the grouping of regional research company by careful rezoning this would crecentres such as Dubbo which is push- Propertyology ate lots of local wealth which would ing city-siders to move out of town, is then mostly be reinvested into the a start, but far more needs to be done believes this could city, and we’d see logistics, business – unless there are lots and lots of good potentially see job opportunities out this way, across hundreds of thousands and industrial subdivisions spring up all over the place while preserva broad range of sectors, most people of people making ing the amenity of our regional won’t even consider making the move. cities, they’d be inside this ring of We can tell people in Sydney how unprecedented investment; amazingly their lives would change by lifestyle decisions to This would in turn stimulate the coming out west, but there really needs up stumps and move demand for improved road, rail and to be a major shift in public policy set- bush as the cost of airport infrastructure and cities tings at the highest federal and state like Dubbo would develop the critilevels before such movements will be- living begins to bite into retirement. cal mass necessary to then begin atcome mainstream. tracting all sorts of other things in In Dubbo the only major secondary its own right. processing industrial concern we have is Fletchers InAs this population shift happens, we’ll need more of ternational, imagine if we became a tax zone where everything including aged care facilities, professional those sorts of enterprises which are littered throughmedical staff for increased healthcare demands, school out western Sydney all of a sudden found that tax disteachers and police, and it will begin to feed off itself. count meant it made economic sense to move – we’d see a boom out here the like of which hasn’t been seen This could all be kick-started merely by the federal since the goldrush days. government showing a modicum of innovative thinkWe’re not going to get this sort of vision from the ing instead of staring at endless bureaucratic spread major parties, I’ve asked this question of every senior sheets of what’s already happened – as a nation we are so inward and backward-looking that we’ve forgotten political figures who I’ve come across in the past 25 how to recognize extremely low cost opportunities. years and they all seem to believe in slow, incremental change which is governed by excessive red-tape. Let’s hope some new senators who hold the balance But the senate we’re going to get this time around of power can create a far brighter future for the bush.

we should look at different tax brackets for individuals as well. “If a medical professional finishes university, they have to do two years training in a hospital, we should give them a five year contract in the country and in return the government will pay their HECS fees – we have to try and get people out to the country when they’re young and hopefully they’ll like it, or meet someone, and then they’ll stay," she said. Ms Hanson wants to look at any good ideas and just make them happen. “These days everyone’s just too scared of making a decision," she said. “We have to look at everything starting with payroll tax, we need to help state governments get rid of payroll tax where the more people you employ the more you pay. “We need a special apprenticeship scheme for small towns where they can’t get skilled people, we need to support local tradespeople so they can put apprentices on – I’ve already spoken to Malcolm Turnbull about this, at the moment we have too much training where the young people are either exploited or just sweeping floors, but if we can offer real jobs then we can get these kids to stay in their towns," she said. Hanson said she’s going to be pushing for medical cannabis to be fast-tracked without endless trials, but rather following the positive example of so many individual states in the USA, and she’ll also be looking into what Australia needs to do to establish a viable industrial hemp industry to create wealth for farmers and new regional jobs.

Pauline Hanson. PHOTO: AAP/DAN PELED

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Invest to reap rewards BY JOHN CUNNINGHAM NGHAM REINSW PRESIDENT

OUR home is your biggest asset and so when you come to sell it, you want to get the best possible price. Yet one of the first questions a real estate agent gets asked by property sellers is, how much is it going to cost to sell their house. The question they should be asking is how much do I need to invest to maximise the sale price. This is because a property has no fixed value, no matter where it is located, what it offers or how good its condition is. The eventual sale price will be determined by a number of factors which require an investment if

that price is to be maximized. One important factor is presentation. Remember you don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression on a potential buyer. It is also important to have your agent produce good marketing to showcase your property to the largest target market. Finally you need your agent to have good negotiation skills to bring the best buyers to the table and to close the sale. It takes a trained eye to see the difference between an investment and cost when selling your home, but once you discover the difference it becomes very obvious. By carrying out your due diligence you will be able to make a wise decision based on an agent’s track record, case studies and market knowledge.

Selling your property, unlike selling most other “products”, needs to be treated like an emotional experience and service offering, rather than a mechanical process. By this approach, you and your chosen agent will get the best results. Selling your biggest asset needs to be taken seriously and your agent needs to demonstrate that they know what they are doing. You need confidence that they know how to execute the key strategies to get you the best result. You need an agent who can deal with complex problems, find creative solutions and connect with and gain people’s trust. If you get all of this in place, then hiring your chosen agent will be one of the best investments you will ever make.

` Selling your property, unlike selling most other “products”, needs to be treated like an emotional experience and service offering, rather than a mechanical process. By this approach, you and your chosen agent will get the best results.

Entitlement, tolerance and smiles BY KERRIE PHIPPS S BUSINESSWOMAN

ALI seems to be one of those places that people either rave about; “Oh I love it, you’ll love it!” or “hmmm… it’s not on my list of places to go.” I confess I was one of the latter. Until I was asked to speak at a conference there, and a really inspiring conference at that, so it was added to my list. Post conference, I was driven through Bali’s streets with an Aussie who now lives there. We discussed the chaotic, unstructured traffic and apparent lack of road rules. He made a comment that surprised me. “There’s actually less accidents here, and less road rage than in Australia.” Not that we see a lot of road rage in our region, but I’m sure you’ve felt it somewhere in your travels. His comment struck me as very interesting as I pondered the local traffic with a few tourists exploring the area. As motorbike riders weave in and out, and cars take any opportunity they have to overtake a slower car, truck or bus, it’s uncertain where the middle of the road is and if it really matters to anyone coming the other way. They pull over when necessary and they all arrive at their destinations eventually. Less road rage equals less accidents… less actual chaos. That made sense to me. A stressed out drivers’ peripheral vision literally decreases, and their decision-making capabilities are impaired. Side note: This is a good reason to be positive when

you’re driving – besides the fact that you’ll enjoy the trip more, you’ll be safer. A happier driver is a safer driver, with more mental clarity and better vision and faster response times, it’s good for all of us. Why less road rage? I wondered… then it dawned on me. With the road rules in Australia, we know where the other cars should be, and how fast they should be going. We have a sense of entitlement about our place on the road, a sense of “I was here first” or “who does he think he is?!’ Maybe “he” is simply another driver with his head in his tough day at work. What if we all gave each other a little space, an understanding that we’re all having a go. A little less entitlement and more generosity and tolerance in the everyday. And a few more smiles. Because smiles are something we see everyday, we enjoy seeing one and we generally return it, but we can take them for granted rather than appreciate them. If you’re told you have a lovely smile, you tend to brush off the compliment and not see the importance of it, or the relevance to improving society. Our world needs more smiles, more drivers who wave and let someone in, understanding that we’re not necessarily the busiest or most important person on the road. Imagine if it was said of our community, there’s less rage, less drama, and more smiles. Imagine if it was said of our businesses and community groups – there’s always a welcome, always a smile, and a helping hand. That sounds like my community.

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Drumming for stress relief WESTERN NSW Local District’s Mental Health, Drug & Alchohol (MHDA) Service in Dubbo are holding free drumming workshops for Dubbo residents to help people relieve stress and develop coping strategies. The workshops are open to people over the ages of 16, their families and carers, MHDA staff, non-government organisations and all community members, regardless of whether they use our MHDA services. The Drumming Circle workshops are part of the ‘Love Your Life’ Program, run by the Love Your Life Committee in partnership with Macquarie Conservatorium, Orana Arts, Outback Arts, Westhaven, Mission Australia, Centacare Wilcannia Forbes and Schizophrenia Fellowship. Drumming workshops will join the ‘Love Your Life’ Program which already has a number of other activities including Weaving Connections, Drumming Circle, the Arts in Health Symposium and Rotating Art & Photography Exhibition. Dubbo MHDA Health Promotion and Prevention Officer, Yvonne Muyambi said the Love Your Life Committee will continue to introduce arts in health projects such as the Drumming Circle in Dubbo and surrounding areas. “The Drumming Circle is funded by House with No Steps and is a fun and interactive way for people to learn new skills, relieve stress, develop coping strategies and interact with different people,” Ms Muyambi said. “We will also be delivering more drumming workshops in other regional towns in

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the future.” The workshops are delivered by Dale Freeman from the Macquarie Conservatorium. Workshops will be held every Wednesday (excluding school holidays) from 12:30 to 1:30pm at the Macquarie Conservatorium at 72 Bultje Street, Dubbo. Please phone Yvonne Muyambi on (02) 6881 4161 to book your place for the workshop, or alternatively, just turn up on the day.

New Rural Health Commissioner key roles THE Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has set out what it believes should be key priorities for the new role of Rural Health Commissioner, announced by the Federal Government during the election campaign. RDAA has been the key advocate of the need for a Rural Health Commissioner, and has strongly welcomed the Government’s announcement that it would establish the role. In a submission provided to the Federal Health Minister, Sussan Ley MP, and Federal Assistant Minister for Rural Health, Dr Da-

vid Gillespie MP – and now also available on RDAA’s website - RDAA argues that the Rural Health Commissioner should: Promote a multidisciplinary approach to health service delivery. Progress as a priority the establishment of a National Rural Generalist Framework, which encompasses a National Rural Generalist Training Program, to deliver more of the next generation of doctors with advanced skills to rural and remote communities. Determine a realistic level of investment by the Australian Government to support the National Rural Generalist Framework and National Rural Generalist Training Program. Promote the use of new health technologies, health workforce innovation and other measures to support improved access to quality healthcare for rural and remote patients. Promote investment in rural health infrastructure. Establish a Rural Health Advisory Committee to provide expert advice directly to the Assistant Minister for Rural Health on ‘rural proofing’ Australian Government policies and programs across all sectors and on key issues impacting on rural and remote health. Lead a national conversation between health advocates, health service providers and rural health professionals to advise the Australian Government on the key national priorities for investment in the future health of rural and remote Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare initiatives.

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A taste of Rio

Jamie Barber. Photos: PA Photo/John Smedley

BY GEMMA DUNN ITH all eyes on the Rio, as the 2016 Olympics limber up, it’s little wonder there’s such an appetite for all things Brazilian right now. And if you’re in the mood to jazz up dinnertimes in celebration of the Games, look no further than Carnival! – the first ‘definitive guide to throwing an authentic Brazilian street party’ – where you’ll find all the right ingredients to dish up some Rio-ready fare. “Not only will it give you a feel of what (your team might be) eating on the ground, but the tastes and flavours will whisk you away and have you dreaming of Brazilian beach and street parties,” promises co-author Lizzy Barber, who penned the title with her brother Jamie

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Barber and Rio-born David Ponte. The colourful little book covers everything from vibrant, Brazilian finger food and barbecue recipes, to refreshing cocktails – Caipirinha being the tipple of choice – and even features tips on dancing the Samba. And Barber and her co-writers certainly know a thing or two about local customs, doubling up as the restaurateur team behind a popular and everexpanding chain of Cabana Brasilian Barbecue restaurants, based in the UK. “No Brazilian party would be complete without some Samba tunes,” she says. “You’ll see Brazilians breaking out these moves, impromptu, whenever the mood takes them. “Cachaca [Brazil’s national, rum-like spirit] is vital for recreating the Rio vibes,” she adds. “Brazilians add it to

FREEZE YOUR BERRIES (AND THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS) BY ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS

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The key to enjoying the best of berries all year long is hidden inside your freezer. A little prep time and cold temperatures are the secret to enjoying fresh berry flavours, and whilst the best berry season is still ahead of us, it’s not too early to start planning. Not only are berries a tasty treat, they’re a healthy one, too. The June 2013 issue of Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter reports on results published in the journal Circulation that “women who ate the most straw-

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anything – rumour has it some even run their cars on it – and it’s equally good in a cocktail or a marinade.” But the most vital ingredient of all? “It’s got to be meat!” Barber quips. “Brazilians are famous for their steaks, especially Picanha (cap of rump), which is their favourite cut. We marinate ours in chilli and cumin, or for the ultimate Cabana flavour, marinate chicken in our signature Spicy Malagueta sauce. “So whether you’re planning a barbecue in the garden or are rained in watching all the Olympic action on TV,” she finishes, “you can make like a Carioca – that’s a Rio local – and imagine you’re on Copacabana Beach.” Certainly sounds tempting. Here are three Carnival! recipes to get you in the spirit...

berries and blueberries – three or more servings per week – were 34 per cent less likely to suffer such an early heart attack”. Researchers followed about 93,600 women aged 25 to 42 for 18 years, checking in periodically to see what they were eating and how it was affecting their health. The heart health benefits were likely due partly to the presence of anthocyanin, an antioxidant compound found naturally in bright-red fruits like strawberries. Tufts University researchers also have studied older rats that would approximate 65-year-old humans. After various berries were added to the rats’ diets, they were put through a series of tests to evaluate memory (compara-

Carnival! by David Ponte, Lizzy Barber & Jamie Barber, photography by Martin Poole, is published by Quadrille.

ble to remembering where you parked your car) and balance (comparable to us walking on a slippery, ice-covered sidewalk). Pretty much every berry studied – blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, cranberries – improved learning, memory and balance in aging rats. Early results have led researchers to move forward with studying these potential benefits using human subjects. Berries offer other health benefits as well. One cup of strawberries provides 140 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, more than a medium orange. They also provide 16 per cent of recommended dietary fibre. This fibre content makes strawberries low on the glycae-

mic index, meaning they help slow the body’s process of turning the berries into blood sugar, despite their sweetness. Strawberries also contain potassium, folate and more than 25 per cent of recommended manganese, which helps process cholesterol. Likewise, a cup of red raspberries has nearly 50 per cent of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C and 30 percent of recommended fibre, as well as some potassium, magnesium, calcium and vitamin A. For a nutritious, tasty treat that also may help memory and balance, consider eating fresh berries – particularly in the summer months ahead – and follow the recipes below to preserve sum-

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016 CAIPIRINHA ‘BEER CAN’ CHICKEN (Serves 4) 1 medium chicken (about 1.5-1.8kg) Olive oil, for drizzling 5 sage leaves, finely chopped 2tbsp cachaca 1tbsp soft brown sugar Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Half a lime (use the juice for the marinade) For the steam marinade: Juice of 2 large limes 2tbsp soft brown sugar 3tbsp cachaca 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed 1/2tsp sea salt 2tbsp olive or rapeseed oil 5-6 large sage leaves, finely chopped 1. Light the barbecue (preferably one with a lid), and let the flames die down before starting to cook, or preheat the oven to 200C/Gas mark 6 (if using charcoal, put most of the hot coals around the edges so there is indirect but even heat in the middle. If using a gas barbecue, set it to medium). 2. Remove and discard the giblets and any excess fat in the cavity of the chicken. Rub it with a little olive oil, then rub it inside and outside with salt, pepper and chopped sage. Put all the ingredients for the steam marinade in a jug and stir to dissolve the sugar. Take an empty can and peel off any labels. Wash it out well, then pour in the marinade ingredients. Wrap the outside of a small heavy-based roasting tin with kitchen foil, then place the can in the middle. 3. Sit the chicken on the can so that the top of it enters the cavity and the bird is upright. Spread out the legs to support the bird’s weight. Take a squeezed lime half and pop it into the neck of the chicken to make a plug, or cover the neck cavity with foil to prevent the steam escaping while it cooks. 4. Roast for 45-55 minutes, until the chicken is almost cooked. Mix the remaining cachaca and sugar and brush it over the chicken. Cook for 10-15 minutes, until golden and the juices run clear. Remove and let rest for 10-15 minutes. 5. Carefully transfer to a serving plate, carve and serve it drizzled with the marinade, which will have reduced to a thick and tasty sauce.

CABANA’S SIGNATURE SPICY MALAGUETA MARINADE (Makes approx 275ml) 70g small red chillies (preferably malagueta) 5 garlic cloves, lightly crushed 70ml light olive or sunflower oil 2tbsp lemon juice 2 1/2tsp tomato puree 2 1/2tsp caster sugar 1/2tsp dried chilli flakes 1tbsp (heaped) sweet paprika 2tsp sea salt Pinch of dried oregano 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas mark 4. Split the chillies lengthways and place them in a small roasting tray with the garlic and oil. Roast for 10 minutes. Leave to cool for a few minutes, then put the chillies, garlic and oil in a small food processor or blender and add the rest of the ingredients. Blend to a smooth puree. Transfer to a clean jar, seal and keep refrigerated for up to a week.

MALAGUETA JUMBO PRAWNS (Serves 4) 12 large tiger prawns or 20 ordinary prawns 4tbsp Spicy Malagueta Marinade (see recipe below) Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Lime wedges, to serve 1. Peel and devein the prawns, but leave the tail ends on. Place them in a bowl and add three tablespoons of Spicy Malagueta Marinade. Toss to coat, cover with cling-film and leave to marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours. 2. Light the barbecue and let the flames die down before starting to cook. If cooking indoors, preheat the grill to high and place the grill rack at the highest level. 3. Thread the prawns on to four metal skewers, then brush with the remaining marinade and season with salt and pepper. Barbecue or grill for two to three minutes on each side, until they have turned opaque and are just cooked through. Serve with lime wedges on the side. They’re delicious with Biro Biro or coconut rice and a side salad.

STIR-FRIED GREENS WITH GARLIC (Serves 4) 400g seasonal greens (such as mustard greens, Swiss chard, sweetheart cabbage, spinach or young kale) 2tbsp olive oil 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped Butter, for cooking Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 1. Wash the greens well, then remove any tough stalks and chop or shred the leaves. 2. Heat the oil in a large pan or wok over a medium heat. Add the garlic and let it gently infuse with the oil for a few minutes, without allowing it to burn. When you begin to smell the aroma of the garlic, and before it begins to colour, add the greens a handful at a time, stirring well each time. Season with salt and pepper and add a tiny splash of water. Stir well and cover with a lid. Cook until just tender (cooking time will vary from two to 10 minutes, depending on the type of greens, so taste a little every few minutes to check). Stir in the butter and check the seasoning. Transfer to warmed bowls and serve immediately.

mer berries for the off season. Eating berries, whether fresh, preserved or frozen, all year long is a delicious way to improve your health.

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PRESERVING BERRIES AND SUGGESTED USES: Just before freezing, gently wash berries in cool water and pat them dry with paper towels. Remove and discard stems, leaves and any under-ripe or damaged fruit. Any of the suggested preservation methods below are a good way to store berries. Freezing berries with sugar helps retain their colour and texture. Use berries frozen without adding sugar as an addition to quick breads or cakes. 1. Flash Freezing: Place ber-

ries in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan; freeze until firm. Pack into zip-top plastic freezer bags, leaving 1-inch headspace. Squeeze out excess air; seal and freeze up to 8 months. Quick Tip: Add frozen berries to muffin, cake or quickbread batter; spoon over oatmeal or cereal. 2. Sliced, Crushed or Pureed: Add 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar per litre of berries; gently stir until sugar dissolves. Spoon into plastic freezer jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims clean; secure lids. Freeze up to 12 months. Quick Tip: Use to top off shortcakes, stir into yogurt or layer in an ice-cream parfait. 3. Dry Sugar Pack: Pat 1 litre of berries just until damp. Gen-

tly toss with 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar. Place in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan; freeze until firm. Pack into plastic freezer containers; cover and seal. Freeze up to 12 months. Quick Tip: Add frozen berries to cobblers or pies, stir into pancake batter. 4. Packing Berries in Syrup: Stir together 1 litre cold water and 2 1/2 cups sugar until sugar dissolves. Pack berries in widemouth canning jars; cover with syrup, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims clean; secure lids. Freeze up to 12 months. Quick Tip: Thaw in fridge and use like fresh berries. Remember to drain and reserve the syrup to use as a topping for desserts or to sweeten and flavour drinks.

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Totally tropical T’S time for a style samba at home, as Rio puts jungle prints and flamboyant carnival colour on the decor map. Luckily, you don’t need to travel far to find a profusion of palm-print designs, on everything from wallpaper to fabrics, mimicking the lush, leafy landscapes of jungles and Amazonian rainforest, as designers embrace a ‘hot house’ look for interiors. The trend for turning up the heat in rooms with sultry settings is a reflection of our continuing enthusiasm for all things natural for interiors – from botanical prints to materials such as wood and stone – as well as a growing willingness to use more colour. Be as classic or exuberant as you like, accessorising with those most fashionable decor creatures, monkeys – used for everything from ornaments to lamps this season – and then add to the atmosphere with plenty of pot plants. Throw caution to the wind and go fullon carnival with a kaleidoscope of colour, from pink to burnt orange, and wing it with accessories featuring flamingos or parrots. “The infectious spirit of Brazil is starting to sweep (the world) as excitement gathers for the forthcoming Olympics, and Brazilian art and design, food and culture is inspiring everything from fabrics and ceramics through to furniture,” says Joanna Feeley, founder and CEO at forecasting agency, Trend Bible. “This is an energising trend featuring bold, upscaled geometrics, thick looped lines and painterly effects for prints and textiles. Roughly-glazed brightly painted ceramics add to a crafted feel and playful details are key, from paper garlands and strands of fairy lights, to flamingos and parrots, helping create a party atmosphere inside and out.” PALM PASSION Exotic oversized foliage designs create a steamy tropical vibe and seamlessly blend indoor and outdoor living. “Create a tropical carnival-themed room by mixing natural green hues and botanical prints with a pop of contrasting colour, such as red or burnt orange. While green maintains an element of serenity, it’s good to enliven it with an injection of hot colour,” says Samantha Parish, interior design manager for a bed specialist. “Alternatively, look to the jewel-bright colours of a carnival procession for inspiration. Try mixing golden shades with rich-gemstone hues, such as deep purple and turquoise. Invest in a statement piece of furniture in a bold fabric and soften the look with patterned cushions and accessories in complimentary shades. The key to achieving this look at home is to focus on a couple of bright, complementary colours and then to play with pattern and shades.” CARNIVAL CHIC: Wall murals, so in vogue after years in the doldrums, could spirit you to foreign climes. If you’ve got a serious case of jungle fever, consider a midi sofa upholstered in fabric which has a design of lush foliage and tropical blooms. Alternatively, bag a Brazilian-inspired Amazon Du-

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CREATIVE FAMILY FUN Enjoy your own fresh homemade lemonade BY DONNA ERICKSON

CREATIVE FAMILY FUN

The forecast called for wind and rain, but that didn’t stop 7-year-old Thomas Scott (pictured) from getting up at dawn on the Saturday morning of our annual festival of neighbourhood garage sales. He painted a “Lemonade” sign in multiple colours (“People will see it better that way,” he told me) and tied polka-dotted balloons (borrowed from his older brother’s balloon-poweredcar science project) on posts, and set out cups, ice and two pitchers – one for lemonade, and the other for apple juice (“I’ll make more money with more choices,” he reasoned). On the side bench were tempting

platters of wrapped crispy rice treats and brownies that he and his mum concocted at 7am while the signage was drying. In spite of ominous dark clouds, the eager entrepreneur was ready for business at 8am. And they came. By 10, his wooden moneybox was overflowing with one and five dollars. (Some people said, “Keep the change.”) When he was just about out of goods at 11, his mum appeared with a fresh batch of brownies and a tall pitcher of icy lemonade. That’s when I put a “Be back in a minute” sign on my garage sale, walked across the street, and joined the line. If your mouth is puckering at the thought of drinking a glass of lemonade, but there’s no lemonade stand in sight, stir up your own, and make it special using freshly squeezed lemons. Pour in tall glasses and add a sprig of fresh mint. Cheers!

Here’s how to put lemons in your lemonade: TRADITIONAL LEMONADE In a medium saucepan, an adult should combine 2 cups water and 1 cup superfine sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. Stir in an additional 2 cups of water and 1 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 6 lemons). Adjust flavour according to taste by adding either more sugar or more lemon juice. Pour over ice in a pitcher. SLUSHY LEMONADE Let your child squeeze four lemons by hand with a juicer. Pour the lemon juice into a blender with 1/2 cup sugar, 2 1/2 cups of water and a handful of ice cubes. Blend until smooth, then pour into glasses. Serving tip: Freeze cut lemon slices with water in ice-cube trays. Put them into a glass or pitcher when ready to serve the lemonade.

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vet Set. A set of four tropical birds melamine plates would be a lovely addition to a patio table. FLAMINGO FLAIR Flamingos are strutting all over decor, and their hot pink plumage instantly evoke sun-drenched foreign climes. “Exotic carnival-style colour is a great way to add vibrancy and visual interest into a space. When decorating with carnival inspired colours – think hot pinks, zesty green, lemon yellow, electric blue and so on – remember a little goes a long way,” says Will Taylor, interiors and design consultant and blogger. “This doesn’t mean you can’t add a big dose of hue, but it’s important to consider the surrounding space in order to get it right. For example, if you wish to go all out with, say, a hot pink splashback in a kitchen, keeping the cabinetry and surrounding walls white will act as a calming foil, also allowing the pink to zing and become that statement in the space. “If you are looking to add carnival colours in

more subtle ways, why not consider hanging a gallery wall of black and white photographs, where each frame is painted a different bright hue? Adding colour via window treatments is also a stylish way to invite festival hues into a room – a graphic patterned roller blind in blue and yellow, or colour block bi-fold solid shutters, for example. “Finally, as feathers are so synonymous with carnival, pay a nod to the colourful party vibes by hanging an African Juju hat in a vibrant shade to make a bold colour statement in a space. Doing this also invites tactile texture into a scheme.” CARNIVAL CHIC: Pay homage to flamingos with a feature wall papered Pink Flamingo! If a whole colony of the birds sets you all of a flutter, simply add accessories – Flamingo Scatter Cushions, Small Pink Flamingo in metal and decorated with goose feathers, and a feathery Cameroonian Ju Ju Hat would be a striking wall decoration and provide a bold hit of colour.

NOW HERE’S A TIP BY JOANN DERSON z You can calm flyaway hair by washing and conditioning your hairbrush. Wash all types in soap and water, and if your brush has natural bristles, dip it in a cup of water with a little conditioner added. Let it dry, and brush away with no more static. z Use plastic wrap to help out on paint jobs. It can protect odd-shaped items, like unremovable lighting fixtures. You also can give your paintbrush an overnight break when you wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and stick it in your fridge – no washing required if you’re just pausing! z “Slip a long wooden spoon into a plastic baggie. Use a hair tie to secure the bag tightly around the spoon. Now you can use the spoon to apply sunscreen or lotion to your back.” – Contributed by W.T. z Staple removers aren’t just for the

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office. Need to load a key ring? A staple remover will open those rings right up. z Coffee filters and used dryer sheets are both fantastic dusters for the dashboard of your car. Throw a few in the glove box for when the dash needs a quick dusting. z “You can get your shower liner clean in no time at all by throwing it in the washing machine. I do mine once a month in a load of towels for extra scrubbing.” – Contributed by R.R. z “If you have delicate items to wash, put them inside a pillowcase before you run them through the delicate cycle on your washing machine. This works really well if you have something that has thin straps, as they will not get tangled up in the agitator.” – contributed by K.Z. z “Make your own fun fridge magnets using thin giveaway magnets from local businesses. Glue photos or artwork over the front of thin, pliable advertising magnets. Cut away the edges, and you’ll have fun magnets featuring your family members or pets, for instance.” – con-

tributed by A.L. z “I keep a small spray bottle of rubbing alcohol in the glove box, along with a stack of paper serviettes/napkins. This makes it easy to clean my glasses before driving. I also have used it to remove sticky residue and to sanitise my hands after getting petrol. It’s quite useful, really.” – contributed by F.E. z A muffin tin makes a great sorter when beading necklaces or doing crafts with small beads. You can sort by style or colour, making it organised and easy to find what you need. z “If you have dry skin on elbows, knees or feet, get a container of Vaseline or other petroleum jelly. Rub a little bit of it into the dry skin areas at night, and you should see a difference in a week.” – contributed by E.L. z Whenever you travel in the car with your pet, try taking a sealable container of ice for drinking. It doesn’t spill as easily as water does, but will melt as time passes. Then Rover can drink the water when you stop for a break.

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THE BIG PICTURE.

The good ol’ days Organisers of the Golden Oldies Truck Club Inc have been “feverishly” preparing for the next truck and tractor show scheduled for Saturday, August 13. This classic car and caravan is just the tip of the iceberg for what you’ll see. The featured brand this year is Ford giving the embattled iconic brand a salute. The seventh Vintage Truck and Tractor Show will be held at the Dubbo Showground. Proceeds to local charities. Thanks to Peter Kuhner for sharing this epic shot!

Epic pictures wanted!! Got a great shot and want to share it to the world? Then you’re invited to send it in to be published on these pages for readers of Dubbo Weekender to enjoy. Please Include your name, a contact number and a brief description of where and when the photograph was taken. For best reproduction, images need to be 300dpi. Please email them to feedback@ dubboweekender.com.au

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Going, going, Kong in Orlando

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BY LAURA WURZAL E see columns of fire and hear the sound of drums even before we enter the shrine, an imposing room carved to resemble several huge skulls. Waving her arms and shouting in a foreign language, an elderly woman looks at us with an imperious gaze. As the drums get louder, a choir joins the Sharwoman’s cry of ‘Kong!’ ‘Kong!’ followed by a roar from the King himself. Whether the giant gorilla’s guardian is warning, threatening or cursing us, we’re not sure, but we’re not going anywhere... The chamber is just one element of Skull Island: Reign of Kong, Universal’s latest ride in the Islands of Adventure park in Orlando, Florida. Located between Jurassic Park and Toon Lagoon, the ride’s huge decorated temple gates are set against a black rugged landscape with craggy mountain peaks and thick, dense jungle. King Kong has been captivating audiences for more than 70 years. “The King is legend,” says Mike West, Executive Producer for Universal Creative, who designs the rides and attractions for the parks. “And he is back.” This attraction is based on the 1933 and 2005 films, the latter directed by Peter Jackson. West even worked with Jackson during the concept phase to develop the right look and feel for the attraction. The result is a fabulous mix of technical 3D wizardry, special effects, animatronic characters and stunning sets that put you right in the middle of the action. The story begins in 1931, a few years before the movie when Carl Denham’s expedition arrived and took Kong away. We are guests of the Eighth Wonder Expedition Company, who have discovered unknown creatures on the island and we’re here for a tour. After meeting the Sharwoman, we walk through dark, often narrow catacombs decorated with skulls, skeletons, mummified bodies and carvings. I get a real scare when one of the natives pops his head out of a hole in the wall! After reaching a loading bay, we climb into 40ft open trucks. Universal’s first trackless vehicles, they each hold 75 people. The animatronic drivers interact with us during the drive, sharing their experiences of the expedition. We put on our 3D glasses, and the action begins when one explorer is snatched by a giant flying Terapusmordax. There are 3D projection screens, so there’s action on all sides. We follow our explorer to a marsh and encounter several Carnictis, disgusting prehistoric worms, who begin attacking the truck. The explorer tries to fight off the creatures and even manages to shoot a few. The 3D is timed so perfectly that when a Carnictis is shot

and blasted into pieces in front of me, I feel like I’ve been splattered. By now, we’re surrounded by dinosaurs, so the arrival of King Kong (who’s on our side) comes as a relief. He saves us from a collapsing rope bridge and as he leans over the truck, he’s so close, I can make out every pore on his skin. At just over six minutes, this is one of the longest rides in the park and is now one of my favourites. We take advantage of the Skull Island’s location to spend time with other prehistoric animals in Jurassic Park, such as a nine-year-old velociraptor, who, we’re told by her trainer, was hand-reared here. It’s a blast posing with her for photos as she pokes people in the back with her nose and tries to nibble them. Next up is the Jurassic Park River Adventure, which is a very fancy water ride. After encountering a T-Rex in a dark tunnel, we plunge down a vast drop into a lagoon. Our hotel is the Caribbean-inspired Loews Sapphire Falls Resort, which has only just opened. It’s mere minutes by water taxi from the Universal Parks and feels like we’re staying in a big estate on a tropical island. Our rooms are spacious and have a great view of the lush gardens and cascading waterfalls. I get yet another soaking when I make a splash on the pool’s water slide. In the evenings, the CityWalk entertainment area is the place to go. I love the new restaurant NBC Sports Grill & Brew with its huge selection of beer, steaks and pulled pork burgers. The Burgushi (a combo of burger

and sushi) on offer at the Cowfish is a bit odd, but it somehow works. Our final night passes by in a blur when my group orders a three-gallon magnum glass of the Hurricane cocktail at Pat O’Brien’s. Swaying on my way back to the hotel, I wish I had a helping hand – or even a gorilla paw to steer my way. Now where’s King Kong when you really need him? * Laura Wurzal was a guest of Universal Parks & Resorts.

A member of the Eighth Wonder Expedition and the new trackless vehicles used in the ride on Skull Island: Reign of Kong

The Velociraptor at the Raptor Encounter. Photos: PA Photo/Universal Orlando Resort.

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Elvis still lives – from Vegas to Surfers BY JIM MORTON HAT would you call a group of Elvises? Yes, dear reader, THE ELVIS... but many of them. Loads. The collective noun? A gyration of Elvises? A Vegas? A thrust? A jailhouse? An empty building? Who knows? For mine, an “Uh-Huh-Huh” of Elvises has a certain zing. But just don’t call them impersonators. Oh no, no sirree. They are, officially, ETAs – Elvis Tribute Artists, thank you ma’am, thank you very much. And they’re out there, not to impersonate but to make the world a better place by paying tribute to Elvis Aron Presley. And they don’t just come together to pay tribute in Las Vegas or Memphis. There’s an international competition to find the world’s Ultimate ETA each year. That makes for plenty of white, sequined, tasselled jumpsuits. In Australia, leather jackets and blue suede shoes, and even `50s hairnets, lead to the Gold Coast in the winter for the annual Viva Surfers Paradise festival. Now I can state for the record I’m not an Elvis fan. I don’t mind the sideburned one, he had style, he broke the ice for rock ‘n’ roll, and he is the King after all. But I wouldn’t be one to make a pilgrimage to Graceland, nor even Surfers Paradise – just an hour down Queensland’s M1 from myself in Brisbane – to get all shook up by those doing their best to recreate the great man. Nevertheless, they grab you, the music grabs you. There’s a warmth that Elvis songs give you. And when they’re done well, with a bloke – or “chick” as there was in Surfers with “Shelvis” (Sheryl Scharkie) – rocking it the way the King would, you can’t help but

be enlivened. Dean Z, the 2013 Ultimate ETA champion, lit it up on the tourist strip for the Viva Surfers festival which also featured tribute acts for the likes of Michael Jackson, ABBA and Queen. The American, who preferred to pay tribute to the younger black leather-clad Elvis, gave the people what they wanted in three shows of `Burning Love’ before the big Australasian competition. He showed the contestants how it was done, right down to inviting any ladies in the audience to come on down for some special Elvis kisses. From five to 85 they kept coming.

“What a way to make a living,” Dean Z laughed. With something like 735 recorded Elvis songs you don’t get too much in the way repeats in the competition. And the acts are diverse. We had a Maori Elvis, a female Elvis and jumpsuits on men from their 30s to 60s. The winner in the end was Melbourne’s Marcus Jackson, who is now looking to win the grand prize in Memphis competing as part of an “Uh-Huh-Huh”, thank you very much. * The author was staying as a guest of Hotel Grand Chancellor and the Surfers Paradise Alliance. AAP

The ruins of the ancient city Palmyra, Syria, as they looked in 2010, before the war.

Aussies urged to visit doctors before Rio BY SARAH MCPHEE RAZIL-BOUND revellers are being urged to take preventative measures against infections and mosquito-borne illnesses as the Olympic Games

near. Sydney-based travel doctor Sarah Chu says Brazil’s health gradient is different to Australia’s and puts travellers at risk of diseases not traditionally on their radar. She said despite dominating headlines due to its birth defects, Zika virus is just one of the illnesses “you can absolutely die from” in the South American country. “There is a health inequality and it depends whether you’re moving up or down that ladder when you travel,” she said. “They don’t have the same standards of health care, including sanitation and food and safety practices.” Rio is deemed malaria free, however Brazil is prone

to cases of yellow fever and chikungunya virus, along with the highest number of dengue fever cases worldwide. Dr Chu said Aedes mosquitoes – linked to each of these illnesses – are “urban daytime biters” and can be best prevented by insect repellent with a DEET marking of 20 per cent or more. She said travellers should consult their doctors for itinerary-specific advice because “it’s not always about jabs, some people might need certain boosters”. Large crowds increase the risk of influenza while ingesting contaminated food and water can lead to hepatitis A, typhoid or traveller’s diarrhoea. According to a study commissioned by the Associated Press, infectious adenovirus readings turned up at nearly 90 per cent of tested sites in Rio over the past 16 months. High viral loads were also recorded in sand samples from several of the city’s world-famous beaches includ-

ing Copacabana and Ipanema, the study found. In light of the findings, South Florida-based doctor Valerie Harwood said international visitors should also avoid putting their head under water. DO’S AND DONT’S FOR TRAVELLERS TO BRAZIL * Get vaccinated before departure and arrange travel insurance * Drink bottled and boiled water, even for brushing teeth * Avoid ice, raw fruit and vegetables, unpasteurised dairy and runny eggs * Avoid undercooked seafood and meats, only buy street food if piping hot * Practise safe sex * Prevent bug bites 24/7 with repellents, longsleeved clothing and bed nets AAP

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The luck of the Irish As a performer, success has certainly found Damien Leith, with music, theatre, writing and reality television making up the mix. And as Weekender discovered, hard work and dedication to his craft have also contributed to his pot of gold. WORDS Natalie Holmes T’S a rainy day in Sydney when Damien Leith answers his mobile phone. “It’s lovely Irish weather,” he laughs, the beautiful Celtic lilt of his voice still as distinct as ever. The Irish-born singer-songwriter is preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of winning Australian Idol with a tour of the nation he now calls home. But his career actually goes much further back than 2006 and Leith recalls his first moment on stage as a teenager. “I didn’t get into music until I was 15,” he explains. “The first show I did was Oliver, that was the first time I sang in public.” From that moment on, music became his life. “I love acting but from then on, I became totally obsessed with music.” Born in the Irish county of Kildare, west of Dublin, Leith said music was not only part of his heritage but also a family tradition. “Dad played the guitar, Mum was a singer and music was always there. “The thing I love is that music has such a rich history, there’s always a style you can work with and a lot of stories are actually told through music, both the good times and the bad times.” Moving to Africa as a young boy, Leith says they ‘kept music in the family’ when they lived in Botswana and Libya. “Music was always a big part of the family. It was the thing that kept everybody together, it kept us connected.” Leith and his siblings Paul, Aine and Darren then took their musical interest to the next level. “We formed a family band called Leaf. We were the opposite Corrs (three boys and a girl).” It was a fun time in their lives. They toured around Ireland and later recorded in New York under the name “Releaf”. “We had a good run and gigged everywhere, even appearing on TV shows in Ireland. It was an exciting time. We paid our own way through college. “Mum and Dad were always very supportive, they were fantastic, driving us to all our gigs. “They never pressured us to be anything but they were definitely big believers in having something to fall back on.” Leith’s appetite for performing grew and grew and while his siblings still play music, they have not forged a career as Leith has done. “Once I got a taste of being on stage and singing, I changed overnight. I felt more confident and comfortable.” After already living on two different continents, Leith happily settled Down Under with his Australian wife Eileen and continued to perform. “We were on our honeymoon when we first

moved to Australia. We’d bought a round the ly at the core of tradition. world ticket but always had an inkling we “I like a lot of folk acts and I find that a lot were going to stay here. We got settled very of people prefer the acoustic shows and the refast and everything fell into place. It’s a great ally traditional sounds. Nothing over the top, lifestyle and a good place to live.” just really straight forward and organic.” He was soon involved in the Sydney music “I like artists like Bob Dylan, John Denver. scene and fronted the band “Revelate”. Leith They don’t try to hide behind the music. It’s was working as a chemist at the time, after just a singer with a guitar. I grew up on all of studying chemistry at university. that. I also love U2 and loads of Irish acts, too Then the moment that changed his life many to name.” occurred. Of his own shows, Leith believes that ability “I ran into some friends at Bondi and we got rises with confidence but it’s good to be a bit talking about Australian Idol. I wasn’t going nervous before a show. to audition but I literally decided there and “The more you know the songs, the more then to do it.” confident you are on stage. If you become too Selected as one of 24 finalists from a pool of casual, then you can make mistakes.” more than 25,000 contestAs someone on the cusp of ants, Leith won praise for digital music and tradition` his distinctive falsetto voice al distribution, Leith has and renditions of Chris I ran into some friends at embraced technology. Isaak's “Wicked Game” and Bondi and we got talking “You have to adapt and Leonard Cohen's “Hallelu- about Australian Idol. I move with it, I can see the jah” accompanying himself value of it,” he said. “There wasn’t going to audition on the guitar. are the old ways of doing Considered to be an out- but I literally decided it too but I am fortunate sider to win, Leith ultimate- there and then to do it. to have knowledge of both ly triumphed against rival sides.” Jessica Mauboy in the fiAll in all, Leith sees music as a challengnal, becoming the second oldest competitor to ing industry ‘where you do a lot purely for the claim victory at the age of 30, trumped only by love of it.’ 31-year-old French champion, Steeve Estatof. He is now inspiring young musicians to With Sony BMG, Leith issued his debut sinreach their full potential and not get caught gle “Night of My Life” two days after the Ausup in the hype. tralian Idol finale. It debuted at number one “I have been mentoring a lot of young acts. and remained on top of the charts for four “The biggest pitfall is not really understandweeks. ing the business you’re getting into. There is His LP, The Winner's Journey, went quadruan idea of what the music industry is like and ple platinum within two weeks of its release. then there is actually living it. It’s a great inIn 2007, Leith released Where We Land, his dustry to be in but you never know how it will first album free of the Australian Idol brandgo. ing. The album debuted at number one on the “It’s just about being able to spot when you ARIA charts, and quickly went gold. Since are getting caught up in it. There’s a point then, he’s gone from triumph to triumph, re- when people start recognising you and comcording eight studio albums. ing to the gigs. In the family band there were “I certainly thanked those friends who told so many fun times, because we are a family.” me about Idol,” he laughed. “They are very In the future, the published author also good friends.” hopes to continue writing books and keep Although he’s celebrating the 10th annivermaking music. sary, Leith has actually been in the business “There are loads of things I want to do. The for 25 years. He wouldn’t have his life any othbooks take a long time but I love writing. That er way. is something that I want to do more.” “You can take it for granted sometimes. But And after entering his 40s at the beginning it’s something I always wanted to do. It was of the year, Leith can’t wait to clock up many a dream.” more years to come. Leith’s recent tour singing the songs of the “Turning 40, it’s a milestone, there’s no delate great Roy Orbison is surely a sign that he’s nying it. Like the 10th anniversary, it’s good hit the big time. to recognise and to celebrate.” “It was six intimate gigs, which was lovely. I worked with Joe Nelson. He and Roy used to See Damien live in Dubbo! write songs together – he actually wrote “Cryz “The Winner’s Journey – 10th Anniversary ing” - so I formed a big connection to Roy’s Tour” music through him. z Dubbo Regional Theatre “I don’t try to emulate Roy, I don’t try to look z Wednesday, September 17 z Tickets, Dubbo Regional Theatre box office like him or sound like him. They are just great or online songs to sing and thoroughly enjoyable.” z 68014378 Leith’s other musical influences are certain-

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I’m not superstitious just a little stitious BY LINDA CHRISTOF DRTCC

STILL get a tightening of the chest when someone goes to open an umbrella inside; I would be mortified if I broke a mirror and I’d be more than happy to do a side step and a jig to walk around a ladder but that’s about it. Unbeknown to me, and until I did some research, there is a host of superstitions attached to the performing arts industry and in particular, theatres dating back centuries. Good luck is bad luck! Whatever you do, don’t wish a performer ‘good luck’. Traditionally, prior to performances, the cast would regroup and curse each other or use the expression ‘break a leg’ to counteract the ‘good luck’ omen. Apparently opinion is mixed on where this term came from but it could be because in Elizabethan times, actors were thrown money on stage to show the audience’s appreciation and the actors would have to kneel down to collect the coins, therefore, ‘breaking’ the line of the leg. Another theory is at curtain call, actors bow or curtsey by placing one foot behind the other and bending at the knee - once again ‘breaking’ the line of the leg. In Australia, the term ‘chookas’ often replaces ‘good luck’ and some say this relates to feasting on a chook (Aussie derivative of chicken) for dinner. If the house was full, the stage manager would jubilantly declare there would be chicken tonight! You know, that Scottish Play? Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” (will I be punished for typing the word?) is said to be cursed so actors avoid saying or referring to the play’s name when in the Theatre so everyone had to say ‘The Scottish Play’ or the ‘Bard’s Play’. We remember when David Hobson and Rachael Beck performed in the production “Both Sides” at Dubbo Regional Theatre in 2014 and Rachael accidently mentioned the title of the play on stage. The audience could literally see her freak out and then she had to stop the performance and do her own quick cleansing ritual to rectify the mistake which from memory involved turning in a circle clockwise three times. I think the full ritual would involve leaving the theatre building, running around it three times, spitting and cursing before begging to be let inside again.

Ghost Light There is a practice that one should always leave a light burning in an empty theatre. With the advent of Work Health and Safety this has been replaced by an electric light because I daresay the chance of a naked flame catching on fire would indeed be probable and certainly bad luck. Anyway, this one is a practical one because often staff have to walk into a dark theatre and the lamp is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Whistle Whilst You Work Yeah, well don’t. In days gone by, many a stage crew was recruited from sailing ships when in port due to their expertise with ropes and heights. The crew would use coded whistles to communicate scene changes, because there wasn’t the sophisticated communication system we have today, unsophisticated-

The Green Room. PHOTO: MARK JAMES PHOTOGRAPHY green is soothing to the eyes that will a superstition but something that I’m alsoon be exposed to intense stage lightways asked when I conduct a tour of our ing (but that’s more a 20th Century Theatre. Why is the Green Room green? phenomenon). I’ll start by explaining the purpose of the Green Room. It’s a cosy backstage In the nineteenth century, stages room in which cast can make themwere lit with limelight (calcium oxide) selves at home when not on stage. It’s which had a green tinge so the Green located near the dressing rooms and Room helped them to adjust their eyes. provides quick access to the stage. Our Another theory is to do with make-up, Green Room is decked out with leather back then, actors had to apply it and let lounges, full sized fridge, and self-con- it set or cure before performing. FounFeeling Blue? tained kitchen. dation had a green hue to it until it was set or cured, so actors were encouraged There is also a monitor in there that Superstition has it that it is bad luck to sit quietly in the green room until the broadcasts the production to help acto wear the colour blue onstage, unless makeup was ‘stable’ enough. tors catch their cues for their entrances it was countered with something silver. in addition to stage calls from the Stage I swear I didn’t know this when I hostMany many more… Manager. Or the monitors can be used ed the 2016 Season Launch! Apparently as a television to catch the latest episode Whatever you do, don’t use real monthis is due to the difficulty and expense of “Offspring” before the ey or flowers on stage, never say a theaof making blue dye. performance begins. tre is closed but that it is ‘dark’, wear Theatre companies that green as it is also considered unlucky, weren’t doing so well ` Basically, it’s a nice definitely no peacock feathers anywould purposely wear The audience place to chill after you where in a theatre, don’t knit in the blue costumes to fool could literally are made-up and in coswings, don’t clean your make-up case their audiences as to how tume. Woe is the person see her freak or wear brand new makeup on opening successful they were alwho clutters it or turns night and always exit the dressing room though they were likely to out and then she it into a personal storeleft foot first but then again it’s ok to go bankrupt in the mean- had to stop the room, demonstrating a ‘break a leg’! time due to the purchase performance and selfish self-centered arroof blue costumes! Theregance that shows no redo her own quick What’s On fore, the silver was conspect for the theatre, its 9 August – The Marriage of Figaro by sidered to counteract the cleansing ritual to traditions, its actors or Opera Australia bad luck by further fool- rectify the mistake Faye Warwick our cleaner 12 August – John Paul Young and the ing the audience that they which from extraordinaire! Allstar Band could indeed afford real There are a lot of theomemory involved 13 August – Simon & Garfunkel – The silver. ries as to why it’s green Concert turning in a circle but the ones that sit best 17 August – Soweto Gospel Chor Green with envy clockwise three with me involve the com27 August – CounterMove by Sydney mon belief that the colour Dance Company This one is not so much times.

ly called ‘cans’, mind you. Actors who whistled could easily confuse the stage crew with the result of set or scenery changing unexpectedly and causing death or serious injury. Actually, the same can be said for clapping backstage, which can also bring bad luck because the sound of clapping might sound like a signal to fly something in to an unsuspecting cast.

A fundraising evening in support of Compass Run – Riding for Rare Cancers charity motorbike ride – to raise money and awareness for Without a Ribbon, an organisation supporting those battling rare cancers.

SAT UR D AY

6pm – midnight Vista Lodge Estate, Chapman’s Rd, Dubbo NSW

Includes exclusive mini-concert:

Popular Australian songstress Sara Storer, supported by her brother Greg

Tickets: $100 per person

• Includes an intimate concert, substantial ﬁnger food dinner & all drinks • Auctions and rafﬂes will be held, with all proceeds to support both the Compass Run ride and Without a Ribbon. • To purchase tickets, go to: 123tix.com.au/events/373/compass-run-fundraising-evening or The Swish Gallery – 29 Talbragar St, Dubbo

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‘I Found You’ delivers a stunningly crafted plot to maximum effect BY KATE WHITING THE BOOKCASE

BOOK OF THE WEEK I Found You by Lisa Jewell is published in hardback by Century. SINCE her debut, Ralph’s Party, in 1998, Lisa Jewell has been notching up bestsellers left, right and centre, and her latest superb offering, I Found You, is sure to join the ranks. Forty-something single mother of three Alice befriends a man she finds sitting on the beach, who claims to have lost his memory and has nothing of significance about his person. Meanwhile 21-year-old Lily, recently emigrated to London from Ukraine, suspects that her husband Carl has gone missing when he doesn’t return home from work one evening. Whilst Lily’s whole marriage is thrown into question when the police inform her that Carl Monrose never existed, the stranger Alice takes into her home is beginning to unlock memories that hearken back to an incident that occurred in 1993, involving a family holiday that ended in tragedy. But are the memories better left undisturbed? The synopsis reads like a particularly fanciful Jerry Springer episode and, in less accomplished hands, the story could quite easily descend into farce, but Jewell manages to make the impossible seem possible, expertly pulling off an imaginative feat par excellence. Capably handling the three intersecting storylines and her triumvirate of central characters, Jewell delivers a stunningly crafted plot to maximum effect and crafts a story that is both incredibly tense and spectacularly redemptive. One absolutely not to be missed. 9/10 (Review by Jade Craddock)

Lisa Jewell’s latest superb offering is “I Found You”. PHOTO: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.

FICTION The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola is published in hardback by Tinder Press. THE Unseeing is based on the so-called Edgeware Road murder of 1837, when laundress Hannah Brown was killed, her body dismembered and her head, torso and limbs scattered all over London. Her fiance James Greenacre and his mistress Sarah Gale were arrested and sentenced to hang. Following the verdict, Sarah petitioned the Home Office for mercy, even though at her trial she said nothing in her own defence or to incriminate Greenacre. Anna Mazzola, whose day job is a criminal justice solicitor, imagines why Sarah didn’t speak up in court, even though her life was at stake, and what role she played in the murder. She paints an evocative picture of Victorian London and there’s a neat little twist at the end, but it’s a long time coming. Much of the book comprises fruitless conversations between Sarah and the lawyer re-examining her case, which stall an otherwise gripping tale. 7/10 (Review by Catherine Small) On The Other Side by Carrie Hope Fletcher is published in hardback by Sphere. YOU can’t be a celebrity these days if you only have one talent. You have to be a multi-faceted variety act who can turn your hand to pretty much anything. Enter Carrie Hope Fletcher, the YouTube sensation and West End-star who has

released her debut novel, On The Other Side. This young adult romance ‘with a twist’ tells the story of Evie Snow, an 82-year-old who finds herself locked out of heaven and transported back 60 years to fix the mistakes of her past. Along the way she relives forgotten memories, sheds long-suppressed secrets and encounters lovers she never imagined

would resurface. On The Other Side is a pleasant, uplifting read with youthful optimism in abundance. However the language and plot are unfairly simplistic for a teenage audience, and the storyline runs away at an uncompromising pace that may leave readers questioning its believability. That said, it is a fun read and sure to make the bestseller list regard-

less thanks to Fletcher’s army of YouTube-fans. 6/10 (Review by Holly McKenzie)

NON-FICTION Work: Tends To Ruin Your Day by Cath Tate is published in hardback by Portico. “I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” Cath Tate’s “Work: Tends To Ruin Your Day” combines such witticisms on the jobbing life

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Dubbo Weekender | Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016 with restored photographs from the early twentieth century, to great comic effect. Tate runs a greetings card company and other collections published cover topics such as friends, family and ageing. This is an engaging volume and other one-liners such as “Meetings. A great alternative to work” set alongside an image of stern Edwardian men around a table, do raise a chuckle. However, if you are in the market for irreverent and topical whimsy collated with vintage imagery, the Ladybird Books for Grown-ups has, I believe, the edge. 7/10 (Review by Will Ennett)

CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE WEEK The Secrets Of Billie Bright by Susie Day is published in paperback by Puffin. BILLIE’S tale begins with a letter to her mum, on her first day of Big School. Billie’s mum died of cancer when she was just five, and she can’t remember very much about her, but believes she’s watching over her and gives her ‘signs’ in the form of pigeon poo. When her new English teacher Miss Eagle asks the class to write a project about their Hero, with a chance to name the school’s new sports complex after them, Billie knows exactly who she’ll choose. But finding out more about her mum proves difficult, as her brothers Raffy and Michael, who live with her above their dad’s London cafe, and older brother Gabriel, who lives in his boyfriend’s posh flat, are all reluctant to discuss her. Along the way, she makes forays into friendship with Ruby, Efe and Sam (who readers will know from Day’s The Secrets Of Sam And Sam) – and decides she might like to try kissing a boy after all. There’s something deliciously Judy Blume-esque about Day’s style – she perfectly describes the mixed angst and bravado of growing up and her characters are filled with warmth and humour. Just brilliant. 8/10 (Review by Kate Whiting)

National Bookshop Day 2016 From the Saturday 13th August bookshelves ADVERTORIAL

CROSS the country, on Saturday week, bookshops will celebrate National Bookshop Day and we invite residents in the region to share in the event at our Macquarie Street Bookstore. It is an initiative of the Australian Booksellers Association and is held to promote and emphasise the important role that physical bookstores have in local communities. There was a time when book shops were a popular destination for so many in the cities and towns – they varied in size, specialisation of subject matter, new, second-hand or a combination of these. And for many, The Book Connection continues to offer a relaxing and comfortable environment so that the experience is automatically repeated. Having operated for over 33 years, it reassures folk around the region that we remain positive about our role. During the past year, major upgrades to displays, and new shelving have made our product selection more inviting to customers. We all realise that there is a story in most things, and our bookstore building is featured in Bill Hornadge’s “Dubbo Walkabout”. A heritage listed building, it was originally part of the Exchange Hotel which was built in 1908 by Josiah Goode, was subject to a disputed will after his death and was eventually left to the Dubbo Hospital, recognised as the only hospi-

tal-owned hotel in the country. In the 1950s it became the Florida Café, in 1979 was remodelled as the Orana Credit Union, and in 1991, The Book Connection moved in. Our bookshop can be the perfect place to go to be matched with the perfect book – the goto destination for personalised service that aims to match your personalised interests with the ideal book – just like book match-making. Browse the shelves and find a new recipe, a bedtime story, find reassurance, handle a dud relationship, satisfy that hunger for knowledge, or escape on a literary travel adventure. Being in the heart of farming country we aim to feature a high quality selection of titles on agronomy, livestock, and the natural environment. The best kept secret on Dubbo’s Macquarie Street has to be our bookshelves on the first floor with their surprising content of business, religion, sport,

economics, law, sociology, writing skills, antiques and public speaking books. The Booksellers Association has mentioned some data. Did you know that, pro-rata to population, Australia has the largest number of independent bookshops in the English speaking world? Australians love their bookshops with book sales in independent bookshops increasing 6 per cent last year. Children’s book sales increased more than 25 per cent. Much activity is occurring at The Book Connection. Author Jenn J McLeod will be signing copies of her books from 10.30am on Saturday, August 6. Author of popular children’s titles, Jacqueline Harvey, is visiting in late August. To the rear of the bookstore the expansion of the Children’s Section has made a favourable impression. With a major selection of reading in shelving for children under 12 years of age, we also present a substantial range of books for little ones, and the teenage fiction range has been expanded. Overall, there are 120 subject categories of books, organised so that you can focus your time and attention on the

` It was the best of times... It was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom... a

by Dave Pankhurst The Book Connection 60,000-plus books. We aim to make your visit satisfying and rewarding – both in knowledge and value. From the moment you walk into our bookstore it feels as if there will be some pleasant reading to be found. Just a sample: “It was the best of times... It was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom... It was the age of foolishness. We are all going to heaven... we are all going directly to the other way.” Such words of wisdom from Charles Dickens’ book “The Tale of Two Cities”. When we think of extremes, for example, on large and small business activities, two books from the business department relate. Authors Thompson and Macklin have written “The Big Fella – The Rise & Fall of BHP Billiton”. At the other end of the scale is John English’s “How to Organise & Operate a Small Business in Australia”. Now in its 11th edition it has been popular for small business operators, and updated as various legislation changes made that necessary. We meet with many interesting people during the day. One lady came to the counter with “The Blitz” by Gavin Mortimer. She related how as a child she grew up in London during World War II – and how her

family would climb down into the bunkers when the air-raid sirens signalled enemy bombers approaching. Another lady buying a book on the Russian invasion of Poland told of the dreadful circumstances in her city as a young girl. And just this week, when discussing bookstores with a book buyer from Victoria, she asked, “Have you heard about the constipated reader? She couldn’t pass a bookshop.” Our store manager Rae Craft mentioned recently that our bookshop has become an Oasis, a remark reflecting the closure of many bookstores at places such as Broken Hill, Mudgee, even Port Macquarie. And in the concept of an oasis it is now more of a relaxing, comfort area with chairs and inspiring selections. In contrast with the times when we first considered being involved in the bookstore, a work-mate at the time questioned the logic of such a choice. His observation was “Dubbo is a place more interested in football and beer-drinking”. Today, popular demand for books in the philosophy, classics, history and others dispel that concept as we extend beyond the range of books one might ordinarily find in a country bookstore. Enjoy your browsing, Dave Pankhurst

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Godspell’s 2016 debut BY LUCY O’SULLIVAN

DUBBO Regional Theatre was the venue for the 2016 Dubbo debut performance of the famous rock musical “GODSPELL” on Friday, July 29. It was the Dubbo Theatre Company’s first of four shows, with a successful turn up of people, many laughs were shared. Godspell is a fantastic, high energy musical that features a wide variety of songs, dances and games – not to mention Wayne and Denise Dixon it’s from the composer of “Wicked”.

Pamela and Jeffrey Rowe

Fay Marr, Joy McLean and Gwenda Kerin

Heather Irwin, Bernadette Donoghue and Deanna Quade

Betty and Evan Elliott

Judy Lile, Theresa Clifford and Julie Bashford

Anne Warrick, Michelle Thompson and Ailsa Smith

Robyn and Emma Cole

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Saturday Night Live BY LUCY Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SULLIVAN

IT was a full house at The Old Bank restaurant and bar on Saturday, July 30. Great food and company was enjoyed alongside the lovely contemporary music of Sarah Head who gave an awesome performance which definitely fuelled the welcoming vibe at the venue. Kim and Nicole Moosey with Lauren and Nick Kean

Lydia, Di and Mark Hawke

Nick and Amanda Pahlow

Bride-to-be Shanon Hughes with Shannon Wallace and Tahlia Dee

Jan and Col Mackintosh, the owners of The Old Bank restaurant

Aki and Brett Wheeler

Darryl and Michelle Cumming joined by Richard and Kerrelle Carr

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Out at the Commercial Hotel BY LUCY O’SULLIVAN

THE Commercial was super busy as always on Friday, July 29. Many friends, family and work colleagues were together to enjoy a nice meal and relax with a few cold beverages. Jennie and Anna Rowe

Bron Wilson, Jasanna Pilon with Kim and Vince O’Connor

Allie Kate, Kendy Beasley and Holly Cronk

Toni and Stephen Beatty

Greg Bennett, Dave and Lindall Murray

Jenna Meyers, Jade Allan, Meg Tozer, Letisha Gall, Alyssa Galway, Charlie Pascoe and Laura Egan

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TGIF, TGIF, TGIF BY LUCY O’SULLIVAN

IN front of the fireplace with friends was the perfect place to wind down after a long week at work. These are some of the people Dubbo Photo News met at the Pastoral Hotel on Friday, July 29. Kate and Sam Bailey with Debbie McCulloch

Maree Cheney and Debbie Rapley

Jess and Sam Bailey. Jess was out celebrating her Hen’s night!

Sam Bailey and Karla McCulloch

Natasha and Robert Gardner

Jen Spear, Rachael Brown, Jake Stonemason and Megan Rains

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T H E R E G I O N AT A GLANCE H E A R

SE E EAR a lot of Mexican music, smell alotta Mexican foods and marvel at the celebration of Frida Kahlo. On Friday, August 5, from 7pm to 10.30pm, Friends of Western Plains Cultural Centre brings you a mini fiesta celebrating the art, life and times of Frida Kahlo and her lifelong partner and sometime husband Diego Rivera. The fiesta will feature food from the Dubbo based The Mexi Co food truck, and the cantina bar supplied by Outlook Café offering all things Corona and margarita. On the night you can get you very own Frida Fotobooth dress-up selfie with help from local style fashionistas Dubbo Talent, compete in the Frida Colouring in competition led by local artist Kieth Yap, and join in a Cha Cha slide with Zumba with Tracey. The night concludes with a short curatorial talk about the art of Frida Kahlo from assistant curator WPCC Sarah McGhee, and screening of the 2002 Julie Taymor film “Frida”, starring Salma Hayek. Ticket Costs: $15 Members, $20 Non Members, $30 which includes 2016 membership | Film “tix” from 8.30pm, $10, 123tix.com.au/events/fwpcc or from Western Plains Cultural Centre.

Rachel Wykes as Frida Kahlo #DubboTalent 2016.

EAR the sounds of surprise as guests arrive (and you can be one of them) and view the Open Minded Photography Exhibition open now at the Fire Station Arts Centre until August 31. Courtesy of the Western NSW Local Health District’s Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol (MHDA) Service, Orana Arts and Outback Arts the exhibition is part of the ‘Love Your Life’ program and aims to encourage community ownership, improve the overall ambience of local MHDA facili-

ties, including the Mental Health Inpatient Unit, with a regular rotation of diverse and interesting artworks. In 2014, four photographers responded to an expression of interest to invite emerging and professional artists to display their photographs in mental health facilities and local art galleries. The Open Minded Photography Exhibition is a collection of photographs by Caroline Crawford, Kaisey Lynch, Helen Akerstrom and Peter English.

DO O get behind the Macquarie Credit Union DREAM Festival which will be heading to Narromine for the second regional DREAM dinner. Hosted this year by Soul Food Home and Life on Dandaloo Street, Narromine, the dinner is on Tuesday, August 9 from 7pm to 10pm. Sould Food Home and Life will showcase their beautiful food and offer something a little different from their normal menu. You can catch up with old friends or meet new ones; see the latest exhibition and art to be displayed on the walls of this beautiful historic building. A drink will be served on arrival is included with meal. Jump on Facebook or their website for more details.

O get on your horse and head out to Lazy River Estate between Wednesday, August 10 to Friday, August 12 for a workshop like no other. For $350 per person, you will have the chance to build a full scale stick structure (armature can be supplied), which will make the perfect addition to your garden or outdoor area! Enjoy three relaxing days on the banks of the Macquarie River as your casually create your masterpiece. Full catering, along with barista coffee and gourmet T2 is included. After the workshop, participants are asked to return their sculpture to Lazy River Estate to form part of the Sculptures by the River exhibition being held on October 29 to 30. The workshop runs from 10am to 4pm daily. For bookings contact: Kelly Reynolds, 6882 2111, events@lazyriverestate.com.au

EE Aleshia Lonsdale giving the artist talk on Saturday, August 6 at 2pm, at the Western Plains Cultural Centre for the next exhibition in the Home Ground series called Dhuuluu-Yala (Talk Straight).

Set against the backdrop of epidemic levels of forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families, DhuuluuYala focuses on the bureaucratic double bind imposed in situations of state child removal. Drawing on her own experience, Lonsdale's work poses a series of vignettes: fragile and beautiful objects evoking the love felt toward these vulnerable children and the tension produced by frustration and deep concern at the threatening and absurd conditions of their ‘protection’. And we know all about that in Australia! The exhibition pulls no punches; the artist’s uncompromising stance is at once understandable and confronting, pushing the audience into places that are as uncomfortable as they are necessary.

EE 25 years of entertainment history home grown right here in Dubbo, celebrated in an exhibition at the Western Plains Cultural Centre, open this weekend from Saturday, August 6 until November 6, 2016. The official opening is Saturday, August 13, 2pm. What is it, you ask? Risk and Reward: 25 Years of Circus West. That’s right. 1n 1991, on a dusty playground in west Dubbo primary a teacher and few students gathered at lunchtime to juggle. 25 years later that lunchtime programme, which grew to be Circus West, is one of the most successful and important education programmes to come from the region. The exhibition surveys the growth and impact of this important regional institution, charting its growth from that one playground to 85 and from performances in the school hall to the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. The official opening on August 13 will feature circus performers and guest speaker Stacey Exner, acting principal of Dubbo College.

ETC PPLICATIONS are open for Australia’s prestigious rural women’s award. The Rural Industries R&D Corporation’s (RIRDC) Rural Women’s Award is Australia’s pre-eminent Award celebrating exceptional rural women. It is a life-changing opportunity for women who are passionate, courageous and aspire to lead positive rural industry and community change. For more than two decades the Award has championed women from Australia’s diverse industries and communities, giving them a platform to become part of the national conversation. Susan Bower, Head of Westpac Agribusiness, said Westpac was again proud to be the Rural Women’s Award Platinum Partner. “The award is the highest recognition for rural women in Australia. It is more than simply acknowledgement of a smart idea, product or service. It provides women a platform to play a vital and pivotal leadership role across business and industry, bring about innova-

tive change and build resilient rural communities.” All state and territory winners receive a bursary of $10,000 to bring to life an idea benefiting rural Australia. They also participate in leadership development and gain access to a nationwide network of Award alumni. The national winner and runner-up, selected from the state winners, receive a further $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. John Harvey, RIRDC’s Managing Director, encourages industry and the community to get involved and nominate emerging rural leaders. “More than 200 women have already been recognised as industry advocates through this Award – people from diverse backgrounds around the nation who contribute in many different ways. They’re community volunteers, farmers, business leaders and industry representatives.” Applications close 31 October 2016. The application form can be downloaded from the RIRDC website: www.rirdc.gov.au/rwa

WHAT’S ON.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016

OPEN WEEKENDER COFFEE & MEALS

'ƌĂď Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵĞĂů Ăƚ dŚĞ ĂƐƚůĞƌĞĂŐŚ ,ŽƚĞů

OLD BANK RESTAURANT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϮ Ɵů ůĂƚĞ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞƐ Ψϭϱ ůƵŶĐŚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ 232 Macquarie Street, 6884 7728

REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT Open Monday to Saturday from 6pm ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͘ &Ƶůů Ăƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ZŽďĞƌƚ KĂƚůĞǇ tŝŶĞƐ͘ YƵĂůŝƚǇ /ŶŶ ƵďďŽ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Newell Highway (next to the golf course), 6882 4777.

VELDT RESTAURANT Open for dinner Monday to Saturday ĨƌŽŵ ϲƉŵ͘ Under Quest Serviced Apartments ŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ DĞŶƵ 22 Bultje St, 6882 0926

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘ Open Saturday and Sunday ĂůĐŽŶǇ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ĨƌŽŵ ϴĂŵ Ͳ ϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵ ^ĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŝůů͛Ɛ ĞĂŶƐ ŽīĞĞ 110 Talbragar St, 6882 4219

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

TED’S TAKEAWAY

Open Saturday 8am to 1am Sunday ϴĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϬƉŵ͘ YƵĂůŝƚǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďůĂĐŬďŽĂƌĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŝƐƚƌŽ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6882 4411

Open Saturday and Sunday ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϴƉŵ dŚĞ ďŝŐ ǀĂůƵĞ ŝŶ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂǇ ĨŽŽĚ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ͘ 26 Victoria St, 6882 7899

CLUB DUBBO VILLAGE BAKERY CAFE Open Saturday and Sunday 6am to ϱ͘ϯϬƉŵ͘ Gourmet pies DŽƵƚŚͲǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ĐĂŬĞƐ ĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ƉĂƐƚƌŝĞƐ 'ŽƵƌŵĞƚ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƐĂůĂĚ ďĂŐƵĞƩĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂůĂĚƐ͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďƌƵŶĐŚ 113 Darling Street (adjacent to the railway crossing), 6884 5454

STICKS AND STONES Open Saturday and Sunday ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ϳ͘ϯϬ ʹ ϯƉŵ >ƵŶĐŚ ϭϮD ʹ ϯƉŵ ŝŶŶĞƌ ϲƉŵ ʹ YƵŝĞƚ ŝŶĞ ŝŶ Žƌ dĂŬĞĂǁĂǇ͘ tŽŽĚĮƌĞĚ WŝǌǌĂƐ͕ ŚŽŵĞŵĂĚĞ ƉĂƐƚĂƐ͕ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚƐ͘ 'ůƵƚĞŶ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘ ʹůĂʹĐĂƌƚĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ 215A Macquarie St, 6885 4852

THE GRAPEVINE ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϰƉŵ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽŽĚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ company 144 Brisbane St, 6884 7354

WYLDE BEAN THAI CAFE KƉĞŶ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ůƵŶĐŚ ϲĂŵ Ɵůů ůĂƚĞ 40 Bourke Street, 6885 5999

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ͘ ZŝǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ŝƐƚƌŽ ϭϮƉŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϲƉŵ ƚŽ ϵƉŵ͘ ZĞůĂǆĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ Whylandra St, 6884 3000

THE CASTLEREAGH HOTEL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮĂŵ͕ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮĂŵ͘ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ ϳ ĚĂǇƐ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͘ Cnr Brisbane and Talbragar Streets, 68824877

SPORTIES KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϵĂŵ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŽƉĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϭ͘ϰϱĂŵͲϮƉŵ ĂŶĚ ϱ͘ϰϱͲϵƉŵ͘ 101 - 103 Erskine Street, 6884 2044

GYMS RSL AQUATIC & HEALTH CLUB KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϱƉŵ KƉĞŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵͲϯƉŵ 'Ǉŵ͕ /ŶĚŽŽƌ ƉŽŽů͕ ^ĂƵŶĂ͕ ^ƚĞĂŵ ƌŽŽŵ ^ƋƵĂƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚƐ Cnr Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, 6884 1777

SHOPPING THE BOOK CONNECTION KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰƉŵ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ͘ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͘KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ďŽŽŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϱĂŵͲ ϭƉŵ͘ EĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟŽŶĞƌǇ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͘ 272 Myall St, 6882 0688

THE ATHLETES FOOT KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϮƉŵ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ Įƚ for your foot 176 Macquarie Street, 6881 8400

GROCERIES

THE SWISH GALLERY

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ ƚŽ ϭϮƉŵ͘ ŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ĚĞĐŽƌ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ŐŝŌƐ͘ 29 Talbragar St, 6882 9528

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϲĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ,ƵŐĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ͕ ďƵůŬ ďƵǇƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚ ŚŽƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ǁĞĞŬůǇ͘ 55 Wheelers Lane, 6882 1504

BRENNAN’S MITRE 10 &Žƌ Ăůů ǇŽƵƌ /z ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͕ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ^ĞĞ ƵƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϴĂŵͲϰƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ 64-70 Macquarie Street, 6882 6133

ORANA MALL SHOPPING CENTRE ϱϮ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞƐ͕ ŝŐ t͕ tŽŽůǁŽƌƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƌŶĂƌĚŝ͛Ɛ ^hW /' ͘ ĂƐǇ WĂƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ŶŽǁ ĂůƐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƉƉƌŽǆ͘ ϭϲϬ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ͘ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϱ͘ϬϬƉŵ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭϬ͘ϬϬĂŵ ʹ ϰ͘ϬϬƉŵ ǁǁǁ͘ŽƌĂŶĂŵĂůů͘ĐŽŵ͘ĂƵ Cnr Mitchell Highway & Wheelers Lane, 6882 7766

THE PARTY STOP KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵͲϰƉŵ Party Costumes ĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂůůŽŽŶƐ 'ŝŌƐ ĨŽƌ ŵŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ dŚĞŵĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ 142 Darling Street, 6885 6188

DUBBO ANTIQUE & COLLECTABLES KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͕ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϯƉŵ ŶƟƋƵĞ ĨƵƌŶŝƚƵƌĞ͕ ĐŚŝŶĂ͕ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƌŽŶ͕ ŽůĚ ƚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ 4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϵĂŵ Ɵů ϭϮ ŶŽŽŶ 'ŝŌǁĂƌĞ͕ :ĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ,ŽŵĞǁĂƌĞƐ 59A Boundary Road, 6882 3723

IGA WEST DUBBO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϳ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϲƉŵ͘ 'ƌĞĂƚ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ 38-40 Victoria Street, 6882 3466

THINGS TO DO

WESTERN PLAINS CULTURAL CENTRE

KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐĞƵŵƐ ŝŶ E^t Ŷ ĞǀĞƌͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽƉ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶƐ͘ 76 Wingewarra Street, 6801 4444

OLD DUBBO GAOL KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵͲϱƉŵ >ĂƌŐĞ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŽĨ ĂŶŝŵĂƚƌŽŶŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽůŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďǇŐŽŶĞ ĞƌĂ ŽĨ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ ůŝĨĞ͘ 90 Macquarie Street, near the old clock tower, 6801 4460

TARONGA WESTERN PLAINS ZOO KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϵͲϰƉŵ͘ dŚĞ ǌŽŽ͛Ɛ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŽīĞƌ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂůƐ͘ Obley Road, off the Newell Hwy, 6881 1400

READINGS CINEMA ŽŵĨŽƌƚ͕ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ǀĂůƵĞ ΨϭϬ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ϯ ĞǆƚƌĂ͘ ĂŶĚǇ ďĂƌ͖ ϱ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ͖ ŝŐŝƚĂů ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽůďǇ ŝŐŝƚĂů ϯ ƉƌŽũĞĐƟŽŶ >ƵǆƵƌǇ ĂƌŵĐŚĂŝƌ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ 49 Macquarie St,6881 8600

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, August 5 Better Homes And Gardens PRIME7, 7pm With the Olympics back on Seven after an underwhelming sojourn over on Nine and Foxtel in 2012, it’s little wonder there are cross-promotions going on left, right and centre. Even Better Homes gets a look-in, with each team member putting a Rioesque spin on things this week. In preparation for tomorrow night’s Opening Ceremony, Fast Ed has put together a Brazilian menu that will help you create an easy but impressive snack array (which includes churros with caramel sauce and nut candy paçoca) for your guests. Joh Griggs, meanwhile, is catching up with canoeist Jessica Fox.

ABC

The Nazi Games

New Tricks

SBS, 7.30pm

ABC, 8.30pm

Something a little different, as far as Olympics tie-ins go, over on SBS, with this documentary that looks at the history of the Games kicking off the channel’s Making History series. Long ago, before it was the global ratings juggernaut it is today, the Olympics came to Berlin. The year was 1936, Hitler was Reich Chancellor, and both the Nazi party and the International Olympic committee were looking for ways to raise their profile. If you think collusion with the Führer is a shocking skeleton in the closet of an organisation that you’re used to associating with warm and fuzzies, you’re in for a few surprises here.

e series is The long-runnning British detective down to its last handful of episodes, s, so fans should enjoy it while they still can. After 12 p with seasons, it must be hard to come up tion fresh ideas, but a murder investigation ousin with a rare stamp – The Russian Cousin – as its major clue is a new one for New Tricks, though philately buffs may be n familiar with the tale of one Gaston Leroux, a stamp-collector whose unhappy ending in 1892 bears a resemblance to the storyline here. To find the culprit, DCI Miller (Tamzin Outhwaite, right) and the UCOS team will first have to crack the code used by the victim, a private investigator, in his own case notes.

PRIME7

NINE

WIN

SBS

6.00 ABC News Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (CC) 10.30 Catalyst. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Croc College. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Eggheads. (R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Doc Martin. (PG, R, CC) 1.50 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 2.50 The Cook And The Chef. (R, CC) 3.15 The Bill. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Murder, She Wrote. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 The Drum. (CC) Analysis of the day’s news.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG, CC) The latest news and views. 11.30 Seven Morning News. (CC) 12.00 MOVIE: Striking Poses. (M, R, CC) (1999) A paparazzi photographer is pursued by a stalker with murderous intentions. Shannen Doherty, Joseph Griffin. 2.00 The Daily Edition. (CC) The hottest issues from the day’s news. 3.00 The Chase. (CC) Hosted by Bradley Walsh. 4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia. (CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) Presented by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger. 11.30 Morning News. (CC) 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) Variety show. 1.00 MOVIE: The In-Laws. (PG, R, CC) (1979) The father of a young woman soon to wed learns his prospective in-laws are international crooks. Peter Falk, Alan Arkin. 3.00 News Now. (CC) 4.00 Afternoon News. (CC) 5.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (CC) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Family Feud. (R, CC) 6.30 Everyday Health. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 WIN News. (R, CC) 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG, CC) 11.00 The Talk. (CC) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 2.30 Everyday Health. (PG, CC) (Final) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 Entertainment Tonight. (CC) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (CC) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Fonko: Francophone West Africa. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Point Review. 3.30 Thai Street Food With David Thompson. (R, CC) 4.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Rory Bremner. (R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R, CC)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) The best analysis of local, national and international events from an Australian perspective. 8.00 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Parramatta. (PG, CC) Host Tony Robinson heads to the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. 8.30 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) The team investigates the murder of a private investigator who was stabbed during a robbery. 9.30 Scott & Bailey. (M, CC) Part 3 of 3. As the team makes a significant breakthrough in the case, Rachel’s position as acting DI is jeopardised. 10.20 Lateline. (R, CC) Emma Alberici hosts a news analysis program featuring coverage of current events. 10.50 The Business. (R, CC) Hosted by Ticky Fullerton and Elysse Morgan. 11.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (M, R, CC) UK-based panel show. 11.50 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. (CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (CC) Johanna Griggs meets world champion slalom canoeist Jessica Fox, who is vying for gold at the Rio Olympics. Jason Hodges and Tara Dennis inject a bit of Rio into a dull garden. Fast Ed cooks some Brazilian recipes. 8.30 MOVIE: Million Dollar Arm. (PG, CC) (2014) In a last-ditch effort to save his career, a washed-up sports agent travels to India to search amongst the nation’s cricketers for the next big baseball pitching sensation and returns to Los Angeles with two protégés. Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Arkin. 11.05 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. (PG, R, CC) Follow British magician Dynamo as he heads to India to demonstrate his “special” skills to the locals. Along the way, he meets Bollywood star Irrfan Khan and visits one of the world’s largest slums.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 22. Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles. From Pirtek Stadium, Sydney. 10.10 MOVIE: Platoon. (MA15+, R, CC) (1986) During the ’60s, a naive young soldier, who dropped out of university to volunteer to serve his country, has his idealism crushed as he encounters the horrors of war during his tour of duty in Vietnam. Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe.

6.00 WIN News. (CC) 6.30 The Project. (CC) Waleed Aly, Gorgi Coghlan, Anthony “Lehmo” Lehmann and Meshel Laurie take a look at the day’s news and hot topics. Special guest is the latest bachelorette to miss out on a rose. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG, CC) Dr Chris Brown heads to the Stockton sand dunes. Miguel Maestre puts a spin on the traditional croissant. Barry Du Bois discovers that it is not always about how much space you have, but what you do with the space. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with Ed Kavalee, Sam Pang and a panel of special guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 9.30 Just For Laughs 2015 Montreal Comedy Gala. (M, R, CC) Some of the world’s best comedic talent takes to the stage for the 2015 Montreal Comedy Festival Gala. Hosted by Joel Creasey. 11.00 The Project. (R, CC)

6.00 Nigella Feasts. (R, CC) Nigella Lawson prepares some of her favourite desserts. 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 The Nazi Games. (CC) Chronicles the story of how the Nazis and the International Olympic Committee turned, to their mutual advantage, a relatively small, elitist, sports event into an epic global and mass media spectacle in 1936. 8.30 MOVIE: Ali. (R, CC) (2001) Charts the life of Muhammad Ali, from his early days in the ring to his life outside, allegiance to Islam, friendship with Malcolm X and eventual comeback that cemented his reputation as a boxing legend. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx. 11.30 MOVIE: Love In A Puff. (M, R) (2010) After the Hong Kong government implements a ban on smoking indoors, an impulsive seven-day affair begins between two people who meet at a popular gathering spot for people determined to avoid the law. Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Shawn Yue, Singh Hartihan Bitto.

12.00 Last Chance Learners. (PG, R, CC) With only 10 days left at the school, some learners are still struggling with the basics. Shari prepares for her driving test. Hosted by Mike Whitney. 12.30 Home Shopping.

12.40 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.45 Nine Presents. (R, CC) Music special. 4.00 Global Shop. Home shopping. 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC) News and talk show.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG, CC) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Global Shop Direct. 2.30 Home Shopping.

1.20 MOVIE: Minimal Stories. (PG, R) (2002) Javier Lombardo. 3.00 Lost Kingdoms Of South America. (PG, R, CC) 4.10 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 4.45 Sevilla. (M, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News.

5.00 Rage. (PG, CC) Continuous music programming.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (P) For preschoolers (C) Children’s programs (G) General viewing (PG) Parental guidance (M) Mature audiences (MA15+) Mature audiences only (AV15+) Extreme violence. (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks. 0508

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Friday, August 5 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.05pm Leviathan (2014) Drama. Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova. A corrupt mayor is determined to take away a man’s house and business. (M) World Movies

7.35pm Judge Judy. Real-life courtroom drama. (PG) Arena

8.30pm How The Other Half Live. Two families are brought together. (PG) Lifestyle

2.30pm Cricket. Second Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 2. Fox Sports 4

9.30pm Murder Comes To Town. A couple are gunned down in a crime that may be drug-related. (M) Discovery

7.50pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 22. Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles. Fox Sports 1

8.30pm Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) Action. Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans. A powerful artiﬁcial intelligence goes rogue and threatens all of humanity. (M) Action

8.30pm Law & Order: SVU. An actor is suspected of assaulting a girl. (MA15+) Universal Channel 9.30pm Jimmy Kimmel Live. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

10.15pm Popstar To Operastar. (M) Foxtel Arts

7.50pm Football. AFL. Round 20. Richmond v Collingwood. Fox Footy

10.55pm American Ultra (2015) Action. Jesse Eisenberg. (MA15+) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.45 Sydney Sailboat. (R, CC) 5.00 Wallykazam! 5.25 Sarah And Duck. (R) 5.30 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Kazoops! (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (R, CC) 7.30 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 8.25 Fresh Blood. (PG, R, CC) A criminal warlord is kicked off his mixed netball team. 8.30 The Hoarder Next Door. (PG, R, CC) A look at extreme hoarders. 9.20 How Drugs Work: Cannabis. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.20 Dirty Laundry. (M, R, CC) 10.55 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. (PG) 11.35 Sherlock. (M, R, CC) 1.05 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Jimmy Fallon. (PG, R) 2.40 News Update. (R) 2.45 Close. 5.00 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.20 The Koala Brothers. (R, CC) 5.30 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.45 Little Lunch. (R, CC) 4.00 Odd Squad. (R) 4.25 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) (Final) 4.40 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 5.05 Camp Lakebottom. (R) 5.20 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. (R) 5.40 Kobushi. (R, CC) (Final) 5.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 6.00 Make It Pop. (R, CC) 6.25 The Ultimate Survivor Smackdown! (R, CC) 6.50 BtN Newsbreak. (CC) 7.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 7.30 Officially Amazing. (R, CC) 8.00 Adventure Time. (R) 8.20 Total Drama Action. (R, CC) 8.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) Drew tries to locate Becky. 9.05 The Sleepover Club. (R, CC) 9.30 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (R) 9.50 Sword Art Online. (PG, R, CC) 10.15 Kamisama Kiss. (PG, R, CC) 10.40 Close.

Chris Hemsworth stars in Avengers: Age of Ultron

7TWO 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Flushed. (C, CC) (Final) 7.30 It’s Academic. (C, R, CC) 8.00 Toybox. (P, R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away: The Early Years. (PG, R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (R) 12.00 Better Homes. (R, CC) 1.00 Mr Selfridge. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Dealers. (PG, R) 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. (R, CC) 3.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie. (R, CC) 4.00 Beat Bugs. (C, CC) (Final) 4.30 Flushed. (C, R, CC) 5.00 Best Houses Australia. (R) 5.30 60 Minute Makeover. (PG, R) 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (R) 7.30 The Border. (PG) Agents in Arizona fight a constant battle. 8.30 Escape To The Country. (R) Presented by Alistair Appleton. 10.30 Best Houses Australia. 11.00 Cook Me The Money. (PG, R) 12.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. (R, CC) 12.30 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie. (R, CC) 1.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 2.00 Motive. (M, R, CC) 4.00 The JumpUp Land. (R) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 1.30 Sooty. (R) 2.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 2.30 SpongeBob. (R) 3.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 3.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 4.00 Kids’ WB. (PG) 4.05 Looney Tunes. (PG, R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 5.00 Clarence. (PG) 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo! Mask Of The Blue Falcon. (CC) (2012) Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn. 7.30 MOVIE: Mousehunt. (PG, R, CC) (1997) Nathan Lane. 9.30 MOVIE: The Whole Ten Yards. (M, R) (2004) A gangster helps find a kidnapped woman. Bruce Willis. 11.30 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Way Stranger Than Fiction. (M) 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Sooty. (R) 3.00 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 4.30 Beware The Batman. (M, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Men’s Soccer Preliminaries. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Men’s Soccer Preliminaries. 1.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Men’s Soccer Preliminaries. 3.00 Olympians: Off The Record. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Olympians: Off The Record. (PG, CC) 5.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG, R) Mike and Frank visit a New York collector. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. (CC) Pre-game coverage of the match. 7.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 20. Richmond v Collingwood. From the MCG. 11.00 Friday Front Bar. (M, CC) A unique look at the AFL. 11.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Boomers Uluru Special. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Locked Up Abroad. (M) 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 4.00 Swamp People. (PG, R) 5.00 Dream Car Garage. (R)

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 11.55 Heywire. 12.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 ABC News Afternoons With The Business. 5.00 Grandstand. 5.55 Heywire. (R) 6.00 ABC News Evenings. 6.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Grandstand. 8.00 ABC News Evenings With The Business. 9.00 Planet America. 9.30 Lateline. (CC) 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC National News. (CC) 11.30 7.30. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum. (R, CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 BBC World. 2.25 ABC Open. (R) 2.30 7.30. (R, CC) 3.00 BBC World. 3.30 BBC Africa. 3.55 ABC Open. 4.00 Al Jazeera. 5.00 BBC Business Live. 5.25 Lateline. (R, CC) 5.55 Heywire. (R)

ABC NEWS

9GO!

6.00 Infomercials. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Infomercials. (PG) 10.30 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 11.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 MOVIE: The Comedy Man. (PG, R, CC) (1964) 1.50 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 2.20 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 3.30 A Penguin’s Life. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Gilmore Girls. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) Ross’s pet monkey escapes. 7.30 As Time Goes By. (R) Jean and Lionel take a parental interest in Harry. 8.50 MOVIE: Changing Lanes. (M, R) (2002) A lawyer is stalked by a single father after a car accident ignites road rage. Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Kim Staunton. 10.50 MOVIE: The Stepfather. (MA15+, R, CC) (2009) Penn Badgley. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 3.10 MOVIE: Ice Cold In Alex. (PG, R, CC) (1958) 5.35 Friends. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Netball. (CC) ANZ Championship. Grand Final. Qld Firebirds v NSW Swifts. Replay. 10.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 11.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 12.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 1.00 Matlock. (M, R) 2.00 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) MacGyver dreams he is in the Wild West. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) Walker goes undercover. 9.30 MOVIE: Gallowwalkers. (MA15+) (2012) A gunman fights the undead. Wesley Snipes, Kevin Howarth. 11.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 12.30 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive. (M, R) (Final) 1.30 Shopping. (R) 2.00 Nash Bridges. (M, R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 5.00 The Doctors. (M, CC)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Beyblade: Shogun Steel. (R) 6.30 Transformers Rescue Bots. (R) 7.05 Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters. (R) 7.35 Pokémon. (R) 8.00 Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. (C, R, CC) 8.35 Littlest Petshop. (R) 9.00 Buzzy Bee And Friends. 9.30 Crocamole. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 11.00 JAG. (PG, R) 12.00 Judging Amy. (M, R) 1.00 Medium. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Neighbours. (CC) 7.05 The Simpsons. (PG, R) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (M, R) 8.00 The Grinder. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! (PG, R) (2004) Kate Bosworth. 10.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. (PG) 11.30 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.00 Sabrina. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 4.00 JAG. (PG, R) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG, R) 8.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 Million Dollar Contractor. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (PG, R) 12.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Getaway. (PG, CC) 4.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 5.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 6.00 Million Dollar Contractor. (PG) 6.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 7.00 House Hunters. (R) 7.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 8.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 9.30 Island Life. 10.30 Extreme Homes. (R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Urdu News. 1.30 Tamil News. 2.00 Thai News. 2.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 3.00 Bangla News. 3.30 Armenian News. 4.00 The Feed. (R) 4.30 Fameless. (PG, R) 5.00 Brain Games. (PG) 5.30 Street Genius. 5.55 365: Every Day Documentaries. 6.00 If You Are The One. (R) 7.00 Human Resources. 7.30 Friday Feed. 8.00 RocketJump: Fan Friction. Freddie and Matt bring on a new director. 8.30 Adam Looking For Eve. (MA15+) Couples go on naked dates. 9.25 Gay Meets Girl. (MA15+, R) Two men analyse their sexuality. 10.25 MOVIE: Ip Man 2. (M, R) (2010) 12.25 MOVIE: 13 Semesters. (M, R) (2009) 2.15 PopAsia. (PG) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 6.30 Chopped. (R) 7.30 Chopped After Hours. (R) 8.00 Sandwich King. (R) 8.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 9.00 Thieves, Inc. (PG, R) 9.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 10.30 Mystery Diners. (PG, R) 11.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 12.30 Sandwich King. (R) 1.00 Secret Meat Business. (R) 1.30 Chopped. (R) 2.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 3.30 Chopped After Hours. (R) 4.00 Sandwich King. (R) 4.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 5.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 6.30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Best In Australia. (PG) 8.30 Chopped. 9.30 Chopped After Hours. (PG) 10.00 Sandwich King. 10.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 11.30 Chopped. (R) 12.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 1.30 Chopped After Hours. (PG, R) 2.00 Sandwich King. (R) 2.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 3.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 4.30 Chopped After Hours. (PG, R) 5.00 Sandwich King. (R) 5.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 10.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 11.30 Our Stories. 11.50 Cash Money. 11.55 Healthy Tips. 12.00 MOVIE: Radiance. (M) (1998) 1.30 Once A Queen. 2.30 Mugu Kids. 3.00 Yamba’s Playtime. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Muso Magic. 4.30 Kagagi. (PG) 5.00 The Dreaming. 5.30 The Prophets. (PG) 6.00 Fusion Feasts. 6.30 Kai Time. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Aunty Moves In. 8.00 Mohawk Girls. (M) 8.30 Colour Theory. 9.00 Forgotten Bird Of Paradise. (PG) 9.30 Express Yourself. (M) 10.00 Shuga. (M) 10.30 Blackstone. (MA15+) 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (M) 12.00 Volumz. 4.00 On The Road. 5.00 On The Road. (PG) 0508

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Saturday, August 6 MOVIE: Night At The Museum

Live From The BBC

WIN, 7pm, PG (2006) If you’ve ever wanted to see a prehistoric man spray a fireextinguisher in a homo sapien’s face, here’s your chance. Bumbling security guard Larry (Ben Stiller) accidentally lets loose an ancient curse that causes all the wax figures, animals and insects on display at New York’s Museum of Natural History to come to life and wreak havoc – think the animal mayhem of Jumanji blended with the historical fantasy of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Cameos abound, including Stiller’s pal Owen Wilson as a cowboy and the late Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt.

ABC

Rio 2016 Olympic Games: mes: Opening Ceremony

ABC2, 8.50pm If you love stand-up comedy but can’t be bothered to leave the comfort of the couch on Saturday night to go and see some, then this is the perfect show for you. As an added bonus, you know you won’t end up being the audience member to be picked on by the talent. Which tonight includes a Scottish comedian, whose 10 minute set includes riffs on Glasgow, accents and independence referendums as he warms up the BBC Radio Theatre crowd. The headliner is Australia’s own Felicity Ward, who gets us laughing along with her at her personal troubles, showing us the funny side of everything from anxiety to irritable bowl syndrome.

PRIME7

PRIME7, 9am at puts on a We’re talking about the city that uably one of Carnival every year that is arguably e with the world’s best parties, replete umes and samba dancers, elaborate costumes ume we’re street bands, so it’s safe to assume eremony. in for a spectacular Opening Ceremony. me we It’s probably also safe to assume won’t be seeing a cameo from the Queen. Watch the whole thing live ual (it’ll be far better than your usual Saturday morning cartoons), orr wait e for the highlights at 7pm. We’re etes’ guessing the interminable athletes’ utting parade will be first to hit the cutting ce of room floor, save the appearance g the Australian team, led by flag bearer Anna Meares (right).

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SBS

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 The Checkout. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Rise Of The Continents: The Americas. (R, CC) 1.00 New Tricks. (PG, R, CC) 2.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R, CC) 3.05 Tony Robinson’s Time Walks: Parramatta. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Tony Robinson. 3.35 Time Scanners: St Paul’s Cathedral. (R, CC) Presented by Dallas Campbell. 4.30 Landline. (R, CC) Presented by Pip Courtney. 5.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R, CC) Barnaby investigates a disappearance.

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Olympic Countdown Show. (CC) 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony. (CC) 1.30 Olympians: Off The Record: Paralympians – Dylan Alcott And Ellie Cole. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Olympians: Off The Record: Jess Fox. (R, CC) Bruce McAvaney chats with Jess Fox. 3.30 Olympians: Off The Record. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) 5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

6.30 Gardening Australia. (CC) Costa visits an old bowling club that has transformed into a community hub. Jane makes kokedama. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 The Coroner. (M, CC) A couple are stunned to find their supposedly dead teenage daughter standing alive and well in their driveway. 8.20 Inspector George Gently. (M, R, CC) Investigating the sexual assault of a prostitute, Inspector Gently is dismayed to discover how similar cases have been handled. His efforts to get to the bottom of the crime, and that of the murder of another woman, earn him the ire of his peers. 9.50 Poldark. (PG, R, CC) Ross sets his sights on reopening the family mine, in hope it will help bring prosperity to the area. 10.50 Miniseries: Arthur & George. (M, R, CC) Part 3 of 3. Arthur resolves to take his fight for justice to the highest echelons of the British establishment. 11.40 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos chosen by a special guest programmer.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony Highlights. (CC) Highlights of the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium. Includes the parade of athletes featuring more than 10,000 competitors from 207 nations, the arrival of the flame and lighting of the cauldron, as well as the ceremony itself. 10.10 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Evening. Hosted by Hamish McLachlan.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Mirror Mirror. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A princess finds herself on the run from her stepmother, an evil queen, who has taken over her kingdom. Lost in the woods, she befriends a group of resourceful dwarves and sets out to prevent the woman from securing her rule by marrying the bewitched prince from a neighbouring country. Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer. 9.15 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans. (M, R, CC) (2012) After Zeus is betrayed by his brother Hades and imprisoned in the underworld, his son Perseus must rescue him before the Titan Kronos is released and destroys the world. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy. 11.10 MOVIE: Armoured. (M, R, CC) (2009) A security guard working for an armoured truck company is coerced by his peers into co-operating in a robbery. Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne.

6.00 All-Star Family Feud. (R, CC) The stars of two reality TV shows compete to raise money for charity. 7.00 MOVIE: Night At The Museum. (PG, R, CC) (2006) A down-on-his-luck man takes a position as a security guard at New York’s Museum of Natural History, only to discover the unwritten part of his job is dealing with the exhibits which come to life each night. Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Carla Gugino. 9.20 MOVIE: The Grand Budapest Hotel. (M, CC) (2014) Framed for murder, the legendary concierge of a famous hotel and his trusted friend, the lobby boy, become involved in the recovery of a priceless painting and the battle for a family fortune. Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe. 11.20 48 Hours: The Pretender – The Case Of Christian Longo. (M, R, CC) Tells the story of Christian Longo who, after being arrested in Mexico for impersonating a former New York Times reporter, was convicted of killing his wife and children.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 The Rise And Fall Of Versailles: Louis XIV, The Dream Of A King. (PG, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. An insightful look at three of France’s monarchs, Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI, and the seat of their power, Versailles. A symbol of France’s glory, Versailles is one of the most splendid royal palaces in Europe and is considered by many to be a wonder of the modern world. 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Decades. (PG, R, CC) Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis and the RocKwiz Orkestra explore the local and international music scene from the 1980s. Features performances by iconic musicians as well as trivia. 9.30 MOVIE: Creation. (PG, R, CC) (2009) English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his theories and his relationship with his wife. Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Kelly. 11.30 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) A TV crew arrives at the clinic to document Masters and Johnson’s work treating sexual dysfunction.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Overnight. Events include: swimming, women’s 4x100m freestyle relay; cycling, men’s road race; rowing, women’s singles sculls; basketball, men’s preliminary round; rugby sevens, women’s pool round.

1.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.45 Impractical Jokers. (M, CC) The boys deal with focus groups. 3.15 Nine Presents. (R, CC) 3.30 The Avengers. (PG, R) An agent is found dead in a house. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 Infomercials. (PG, R)

12.20 48 Hours: Dear Savanna. (M, R, CC) A mother who fled to Australia with her daughter, and eluded the FBI for 20 years, tells her story. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Global Shop Direct. (R)

12.30 Masters Of Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) Masters and Johnson reveal their studies. 1.35 Masters Of Sex. (M, R, CC) 4.50 Voice Over. (M, R) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday. (PG, CC) In Conversation With Alex Malley. (R, CC) Hot In Cleveland. (PG, CC) Community. (PG, CC) Jeff tries to help Professor Duncan. Who Do You Think You Are? Jim Parsons. (PG, R, CC) Jim Parsons looks at his family tree. MOVIE: Soul Surfer. (PG, R, CC) (2011) A girl loses her arm in a shark attack. AnnaSophia Robb. News: First At Five. (CC) Getaway. (PG, CC)

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Fishing Edge. (R, CC) The Home Team. (R, CC) RPM. (R, CC) Family Feud. (R, CC) Weekend Feast. (R, CC) Studio 10: Saturday. (PG, CC) The Living Room. (PG, R, CC) Healthy Homes Australia. (CC) The Doctors. (PG, CC) Fishing Australia. (R, CC) Cruise Mode. (CC) Puppy Academy. (CC) Storm Season. (PG, R, CC) Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (CC) Hosted by Jennifer Adams. TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Small Business Secrets. (R, CC) 2.30 Equestrian. (CC) FEI Classics. Badminton Horse Trials. Highlights. 3.30 The Classic Car Show. (PG, R, CC) 4.25 Archaeology: A Secret History. (R, CC) 5.25 Nadia Comaneci: Gymnast And The Dictator. (CC)

3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Dubbo Weekender | Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016

Saturday, August 6 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

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DOCUMENTARY

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6.20pm The Theory Of Everything (2014) Biography. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones. The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. (PG) Masterpiece

9.00pm The Comedy CouchA-Thon. (M) Comedy Channel

6.30pm Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. (M) TLC

8.30pm Winners & Losers. Bridget urges Sam not to be “just a mum”. (M) SoHo

8.30pm The Martian (2015) Drama. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain. After a freak storm, an astronaut is left for dead on the Red Planet. (M) Action

11.30pm Ghost Adventures. The crew are back to investigate the scariest, most notorious, haunted places in the world. (PG) A&E

7.30pm Lennon: Love Is All You Need. This documentary follows John Lennon through his life as he performs with the Beatles, falls in love, and ultimately meets his tragic and untimely death. (M) Foxtel Arts

6.00am Tennis. WTA Tour. Brasil Tennis Cup. Final. Fox Sports 4

10.55pm Starship Troopers (1997) Sci-ﬁ. Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer. (MA15+) Action

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.30 Hoot Hoot Go! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Kazoops! (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, R, CC) 8.15 Mock The Week. (M, R, CC) 8.50 Live From The BBC. (M, CC) 9.20 Live At The Apollo. (M, R, CC) 10.05 Comedy Up Late. (MA15+, R, CC) 10.35 Catastrophe. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Broad City. (M, R, CC) 11.25 Episodes. (M, R, CC) 11.55 David Bowie: The Golden Years Of Music Video. (PG, R, CC) 12.15 Video Killed The Radio Star. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 Highway Thru Hell. (PG, R, CC) 2.55 News Update. (R) 3.00 Close. 5.00 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.20 The Koala Brothers. (R, CC) 5.30 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.25 Camp Lakebottom. (R, CC) 11.00 Nerds And Monsters. (R, CC) 11.25 Danger Mouse. (R) 11.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 12.00 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 12.15 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 12.35 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 1.25 Mortified. (R, CC) 1.50 The Next Step. (R, CC) 2.35 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 3.20 Dani’s House. (R, CC) 3.50 So Awkward. (R, CC) 4.15 Roy. (R, CC) 4.45 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. (R, CC) 5.15 Game On. 5.30 MOVIE: The Boy In The Dress. (R, CC) (2014) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Full Out. (PG, CC) (2015) 8.25 The Adventures Of Figaro Pho. (R, CC) Figaro fears he is weak. 8.35 MY:24. (R, CC) Young people tell their stories. 8.45 My Great Big Adventure. (R, CC) Hosted by Kayne Tremills. 9.10 Rush TV. (R, CC) Meet a Gold Coast surfer. 9.35 Close.

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6.00 Landline. (CC) 6.30 World This Week. (CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 Australia Wide. (CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 Planet America. (R) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Mix. (CC) 3.00 News. 3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Drum Weekly. 5.00 News. 5.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 8.00 Four Corners. (R, CC) 8.45 One Plus One Redux. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Press Club. (R, CC) 1.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dennis & Gnasher. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Kitchen Whiz. (C, R, CC) 12.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 2.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG, R) 4.00 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 4.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Batman. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore. (R, CC) (2010) 7.40 MOVIE: Stormbreaker. (PG, R) (2006) Mickey Rourke. 9.30 Restoration. (M, CC) (New Series) A man wakes up in a different body. 10.30 Bad Robots. (M, R) 11.30 Adult Swim. (M, R) 12.30 Forever. (M, R, CC) 2.30 The Magaluf Weekender. (M, R, CC) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. (PG, R) 4.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

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6.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Boxing Day Bonanza. Replay. 7.00 Zoom. (PG, R) 7.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG, R) 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Zoom. (PG) 9.30 Harley-Davidson TV. (PG) 10.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 10.30 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 11.30 Car Chasers. (PG, R) 1.30 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 20. Sydney v Port Adelaide. From the SCG. 4.30 Football. AFL. Round 20. Gold Coast v GWS. From Metricon Stadium, Queensland. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R, CC) Wolowitz returns from space. 8.00 MOVIE: Rat Race. (PG, R) (2001) Six teams race against each other for $2 million. John Cleese, Cuba Gooding Jr. 10.10 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Evening. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Overnight.

7.00pm Football. AFL. Round 20. Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne. Fox Footy

8.30pm Game Of Homes. Teams of skilled amateur home renovators compete for the chance to trade their skills for the prize of a lifetime. Lifestyle Home

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6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 8.00 Room For Improvement. (R, CC) 9.00 The Real Seachange. (R, CC) 10.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 Dealers Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. (PG, R) 12.30 Great South East. (CC) 1.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 1.30 Queensland Weekender. (CC) 2.00 WA Weekender. (CC) 2.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. 5.00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (PG, R) 6.00 Mighty Cruise Ships: Le Soléal. (R, CC) Takes a look at Le Soléal. 7.15 Escape To The Country. (R) Alistair Appleton heads to Oxfordshire. 9.15 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Evening. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Overnight. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.

5.30pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 22. Sharks v Raiders. Fox Sports 1

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 9.30 MOVIE: The Sound Barrier. (PG, R, CC) (1952) British aerospace engineers work to solve the problem of achieving supersonic flight. Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick. 12.00 Absolutely Fabulous. (PG, R) The misadventures of Edina, a self-obsessed fashionista, her daughter and her friend Patsy. 1.00 Infomercials. (PG) 3.00 MOVIE: Strange Invaders. (PG, R) (1983) After his ex-wife and daughter go missing, while attending a funeral in a mid-western town, a university professor investigates. Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Michael Lerner. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R) Gideon must discover who wants a mild-mannered accountant dead, before it is too late.

Eddie Redmayne stars in The Theory of Everything

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG, R) 9.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 10.00 World Sport. (R) 10.30 Get Smart. (PG, R) 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 12.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) 1.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 2.30 Operation Repo. (PG, R) 3.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 4.00 The McCarthys. (PG, R) 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 5.30 Escape Fishing With ET. (R, CC) 6.00 The Renovation King. (R, CC) 6.30 The Unstoppables. (PG) 7.00 Last Man Standing. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Africa: Sahara. (R, CC) 8.30 Zoo. (M) Jamie and Logan arrive in Caraquet. 9.30 Minority Report. (M) 11.30 Crisis. (M, R) 12.30 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 2.45 World Sport. (R) 3.00 RPM. (R, CC) 4.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 6. Highlights. 4.30 Rugby Sevens. World Sevens Series. Round 7. Highlights. 5.00 Rugby Sevens. World Sevens. Round 8. Highlights. 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pokémon. (R) 7.00 Jar Dwellers SOS. (C, R, CC) 7.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. (C, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope. (C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Neighbours. (R, CC) 2.05 To Be Advised. 4.30 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 6.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) Becker and Jake vie for a hockey ticket. 6.30 Teen Choice Awards 2016. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with English actors Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 American Gothic. (M) The Hawthornes are publicly implicated in the SBK case. 11.30 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted by Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland. 2.00 Sabrina. (PG, R) 2.30 Neighbours. (R, CC) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 7.30 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Flipping Out. (PG, R) 9.30 Million Dollar Contractor. (PG, R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. (R) 12.00 Island Life. (R) 1.00 Duncan’s Thai Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Postcards. (PG, CC) 3.00 Million Dollar Contractor. (PG, R) 4.00 Mega Mansions. (R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG) 6.30 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. (R) 8.30 House Hunters International. (R) 9.30 House Hunters Reno. (PG) 10.30 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.05 Croatian News. 9.40 Serbian News. 10.20 Portuguese News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Where Are We Going, Dad? (R) 2.35 Fugu And Tako. (PG, R) 2.45 The Numbers Game. (R) 3.15 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy. (PG, R) 5.00 365: Every Day Documentaries. 5.05 MOVIE: Ponyo. (R, CC) (2008) 7.00 Des Bishop: Breaking China. 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 Behind Closed Doors. An insight into domestic abuse. 9.35 Spotless. (M) Martin decides that Victor needs to die. 11.40 MOVIE: True Legend. (2010) 1.45 MOVIE: Futureworld. (M, R) (1976) Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Yul Brynner. 3.35 MOVIE: A Teacher. (M, R) (2013) 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 Chopped. (R) 7.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 8.30 Chopped After Hours. (PG, R) 9.00 Sandwich King. (R) 9.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 10.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 12.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 1.30 Chopped. (R) 2.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 3.30 Mystery Diners. (R) 4.30 No Reservations. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Chopped After Hours. (PG, R) 7.00 Sandwich King. (R) 7.30 Last Cake Standing. (R) 8.30 Save My Bakery. (R) Kerry Vincent heads to Pennsylvania. 9.30 Save My Bakery. (R) Kerry Vincent heads to Philadelphia. 10.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 11.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 12.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 1.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 2.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 3.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 4.30 Good Eats. (R) 5.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.30 Save My Bakery. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Forgotten Bird Of Paradise. 12.30 League Nation Live. 2.00 Our Stories. 2.20 Cash Money. 2.25 Healthy Tips. 2.30 Aunty Moves In. 3.00 The Marngrook Footy Show. (PG) 4.30 Unearthed. 4.50 Cash Money. 4.55 Healthy Tips. 5.00 One With Nature. 5.30 Fusion Feasts. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Talking Language. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.30 Characters Of Broome. 8.00 Indians And Aliens. 8.30 Being Mary Jane. (M) 9.30 Miniseries: Roots. (CC) 11.30 Australian Biography. 12.00 On The Road. 1.00 On The Road. 2.00 On The Road. (PG) 3.00 On The Road. (PG) 4.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 5.00 On The Road. (PG) 0608

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE.

Friday 05.08.2016 to Sunday 07.08.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Sunday, August 7 Rio 2016 Olympic Games PRIME7, 9am We’re diving straight into the action on Day 1, with the swimming front and centre on this morning’s live coverage of the evening session in Rio. Medals are up for grabs, and the Australian team will be out to prove themselves after a disappointing showing in London. The Campbell sisters are in the mix ahead of their tilt at making history in the 100m freestyle on Friday morning. Today, though, it’s the 4x100m freestyle relay, which the Aussie girls took gold in last time around. Also likely to feature are Mack Horton in the men’s 400m freestyle final and Thomas Fraser-Holmes in the men’s and Blair Evans in women’s 400m individual medley.

ABC

MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vacation 9GO!, 8.30pm, M (1983) Chevy Chase, funny? There was a time when this wasn’t a question, and Chase didn’t take up half of the weekly comedy shelf at the local video store. The first of the Vacation series is possibly the best, with the Griswold family taking a crosscountry car trip to an amusement park and receiving a metaphorical poke in the eye at every turn. Two hours of moronic misadventure somehow manages to gel into a chuckle-filled study of Murphy’s Law, and there’s a hilarious cameo from the late, great John Candy.

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Wallander ABC, 8.30pm Shakespeare’s modern-day champion Kenneth Branagh (right) returns forr a fourth and final e Kurt Wallander, with season as Swedish detective pisodes taking him to the first of the last three episodes ountry for a conference, South Africa. He’s in the country but before you know it, he’ss distracted by the case of a Swedish woman who has gone missing in Cape Town. As usual, the n’t rest determined Wallander won’t until he gets to the bottom of otional things, no matter how emotional the journey gets. Englishdi language remakes of Scandi dramas don’t always work well, but this one has been a reall treat, largely thanks to Branagh’s intense portrayall of the ageing sleuth.

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6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Offsiders. (CC) 10.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 11.00 The World This Week. (R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 Gardening Australia. (R, CC) 1.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 2.00 The Coroner. (M, R, CC) 2.50 Poldark. (PG, R, CC) 4.05 The Book Club. (PG, R, CC) 4.40 Australian Story: The Two Of Us. (R, CC) 5.10 David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies: The First To Fly. (R, CC)

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Morning. Hosted by Jim Wilson. Events include: basketball, women’s preliminary round, Australia v Brazil; soccer, women’s first round, Germany v Australia. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Daytime. Events include: swimming, men’s 400m freestyle final, women’s 4x100m freestyle relay, men’s and women’s 400m individual medley finals. 2.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Highlights. (CC) 5.30 Sydney Weekender. (CC)

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PAW Patrol. (CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Wide World Of Sports. (PG, CC) Hosted by Ken Sutcliffe and Emma Freedman. NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG, CC) Human Planet: Deserts – Life In The Furnace. (PG, R, CC) Narrated by John Hurt. The NRL Rookie. (PG, R, CC) Contestants vie for an NRL contract. Rugby League. (CC) NRL. Round 22. Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys. From Leichhardt Oval, Sydney.

6.00 This Is Your Day With Benny Hinn. (CC) 6.30 Hillsong. (CC) 7.00 Joseph Prince. (CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen. (CC) 8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R, CC) 8.30 Just Go. (R, CC) 9.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R, CC) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG, CC) 12.00 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 1.00 Tom Wills: A Father Of Australian Rules. (CC) 2.00 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (R, CC) 3.00 iFish. (R, CC) 3.30 RPM GP. (CC) 4.00 RPM. (CC) 5.00 TEN Eyewitness News. (CC)

6.00 France 24 English News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle English News. 7.00 Al Jazeera English News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News From Cyprus. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 12.00 Arabic News. 12.30 Turkish News. 1.00 The Bowls Show. 2.00 Speedweek. (CC) 4.00 The World Game: Premier League Preview. 4.30 InCycle. (CC) 5.00 Small Business Secrets. (CC) 5.30 The Kaiser’s Pirates. (CC) A look at the SMS Wolf.

6.00 Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation. (CC) Dan and Hayden head to the Great Barrier Reef where they go snorkelling. 6.30 Compass: Olympians 4 Love Mercy. (CC) The story of the friendship between Eloise Wellings and Julius Achon and their charity Love Mercy. 7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (CC) Chris Moller meets a couple planning to build an American gothic-style house in the Titirangi bush. 8.30 Wallander. (M, CC) Part 1 of 3. Wallander is drawn into a case of a missing Swedish national in Cape Town while attending a conference. 10.00 Redesign My Brain With Todd Sampson: Make Me Smarter. (R, CC) Part 1 of 3. Follows Todd Sampson as he undergoes a brain makeover. 11.00 MOVIE: Dangerous Remedy. (M, R, CC) (2012) A crusading GP risks his life by challenging those determined to maintain the status quo over abortion laws. Jeremy Sims, Maeve Dermody, Susie Porter.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 In Rio Today. (CC) Hamish McLachlan shares all the golden moments and performances from the Rio Olympic Games. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Evening. Hosted by Hamish McLachlan. Includes continued In Rio Today coverage and live events. 10.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Late Night. Hosted by Mel McLaughlin. Events include: equestrian eventing, individual and team dressage, artistic gymnastics, women’s qualification; rowing, men’s and women’s heats and repechages.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 60 Minutes. (CC) Current affairs program. Featuring reports from Liz Hayes, Tara Brown, Allison Langdon, Michael Usher, Charles Wooley and Ross Coulthart. 8.00 David Attenborough’s The Hunt: Living With Predators. (PG, CC) With three-quarters of the world’s carnivores in decline, Sir David Attenborough takes a look at the frontline of the conflict with the world’s top predators and meets the scientists fighting to save them. 9.10 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible III. (M, R, CC) (2006) A secret agent comes out of retirement to rescue his old protégé after she is kidnapped by a ruthless international arms dealer. His quest takes him from Rome to Shanghai, only to discover his enemy also intends to eliminate someone close to his heart, his fiancée. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan. 11.45 Unforgettable. (M, CC) Carrie and Al investigate the death of a boxer who was beaten to death.

6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) Two families try to win big prizes by guessing the most popular responses to a survey of the public. 6.30 The Great Australian Spelling Bee. (CC) A group of young people are put through their paces as they compete in a spelling bee. 7.30 All-Star Family Feud. (CC) Mark Winterbottom’s Ford team take on James Courtney’s Holden team in order to raise money for charity. 8.30 MOVIE: X-Men: Days Of Future Past. (M, R, CC) (2014) With mutants and humans facing extinction at the hands of a group of murderous robots, Wolverine is sent back in time to the ’70s to prevent their creation by stopping Mystique from assassinating a scientist. However, in order to complete his mission, he must recruit the help of a disillusioned Professor Xavier and his friend-turned-nemesis Magneto. Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender. 11.05 48 Hours: Murder 90210. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at the story of Robert Durst.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Ultimate Tutankhamun. (R, CC) Dr Chris Naunton conducts an investigation into the cause of death of Tutankhamun. 9.25 The Great Australian Race Riot. (M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. In a journey spanning more than 170 years, author Peter FitzSimons takes a journey across Australia, reliving the country’s forgotten race riots. 10.25 Klansville USA. (PG, R, CC) Investigates why North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Ku Klux Klan group in the country during the ’60s, earning it the nickname “Klansville, USA”. 11.25 MOVIE: Monsieur Lazhar. (M, R, CC) (2011) After a popular teacher commits suicide, an Algerian immigrant offers to take her job as a substitute. Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron.

12.45 Our Girl. (M, R, CC) Molly returns home. 1.45 Rage. (MA15+) Music videos. 3.30 Wallander. (M, R, CC) Part 1 of 3. 5.00 Insiders. (R, CC) Hosted by Barrie Cassidy.

12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Overnight. Hosted by Mel McLaughlin and Todd Woodbridge. Events include: swimming. 5.30 Sunrise. (CC) David Koch and Samantha Armytage present the news, sport and weather, as well as Olympic Games coverage.

12.40 Constantine. (M, CC) 1.35 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Impractical Jokers. (M, CC) 3.00 Global Shop. 3.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.00 Good Morning America: Sunday. (CC) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

12.05 48 Hours: What Did The Children See? (M, R, CC) A look at the case of Curtis Lovelace. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Life Today With James Robison. (PG) 4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning news and talk show.

1.10 MOVIE: Silent Wedding. (M, R) (2008) Meda Andreea Victor. 2.45 Australia’s Secret Heroes. (M, R, CC) 4.55 SBS Identity: Erol. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News. 5.30 NHK World English News. 5.45 France 24 Feature.

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Sunday, August 7 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.25pm Mr & Mrs Smith (2005) Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. Unbeknown to each other, a married couple are spies for rival agencies. (M) Action

8.30pm Thirteen. The investigation into missing Phoebe Tarl puts more pressure on Ivy. (M) BBC First

9.00am 2016 Bayreuth Festival: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Arts

2.00pm Rugby League. NRL. Round 22. Gold Coast Titans v New Zealand Warriors. Fox Sports 1

8.30pm The Intern (2015) Comedy. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway. (M) Premiere 8.30pm Happy Gilmore (1996) Comedy. Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald. A hack ice hockey player with a short fuse discovers a talent for golf. (M) Comedy

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Thomas And Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery. (R, CC) 6.00 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.10 Octonauts. (R, CC) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.35 Teacup Travels. (R) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Seconds From Disaster. (R, CC) 8.20 The Daters: Melbourne Date War 2. (M, R, CC) 8.30 Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. (M, R, CC) Michael McIntyre visits Sunderland. 9.15 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends: Infomercials. (PG, R, CC) 10.05 How Drugs Work. (MA15+, R, CC) 11.05 Desperately Hungry Housewives. (PG, R, CC) 11.55 Seconds From Disaster. (R, CC) 12.45 The Home Show. (R, CC) 1.30 News Update. (R) 1.35 Close. 5.00 Franklin And Friends. (R, CC) 5.20 The Koala Brothers. (R, CC) 5.30 Bert And Ernie. (R, CC) 5.40 Children’s Programs.

ABC3 6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.25 Gortimer Gibbon’s Life On Normal Street. (R) 12.50 Eve. (R, CC) 1.25 Girls In Love. (R, CC) 1.50 The Next Step. (R, CC) 2.35 House Of Anubis. (R) 3.00 Deadly 60. (R, CC) 3.30 Wacky World Beaters. (R, CC) 3.55 Good Game: SP. (R, CC) 4.20 Iron Man: Armored Adventures. (R, CC) 4.40 Numb Chucks. (R) 4.50 SheZow. (R, CC) 5.05 Endangered Species. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Hank Zipzer. (R, CC) 5.55 Scream Street. (R) 6.10 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 6.30 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 7.00 Operation Ouch! (R) 7.30 Bushwhacked! (R, CC) 7.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. (PG, R, CC) 9.05 The Sleepover Club. (R, CC) The club goes away for the weekend. 9.30 MY:24. (R, CC) Young people tell their stories. 9.40 Good Game: Pocket Edition. (PG, R, CC) 9.50 Rage. (PG, R) 2.25 Close.

8.30pm The Night Of. Naz weighs the pros and cons of copping a plea. (MA15+) Showcase 8.30pm Pretty Little Liars. (M) FOX8

10.00pm This Old House. Experts provide advice on home improvement, remodelling, upgrades and tools. Lifestyle Home

2.30pm Cricket. Second Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 4. Fox Sports 4 4.30pm Football. AFL. Round 20. Fremantle v West Coast. Fox Footy Angelina Jolie stars in Mr and Mrs Smith

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Daytime. 12.00 Home And Away Catch-Up. (PG, R, CC) 2.30 Dealers. (PG, R) 4.00 No Reservations. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape To The Country. (R) 6.00 Mighty Ships. (R, CC) 7.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 7.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Highlights. Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 9.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Highlights. Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 10.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Evening. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Overnight.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 1.30 Yo-Kai. (PG, R) 2.00 LEGO Friends. (R) 2.30 Nexo Knights. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. (PG, R) 4.00 Over The Garden Wall. (PG) 4.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 5.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 5.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 6.00 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (PG, R) 6.30 MOVIE: Funny Farm. (PG, R, CC) (1988) 8.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vacation. (M, R, CC) (1983) A family goes on a road-trip holiday. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. 10.30 MOVIE: Caddyshack. (M, R, CC) (1980) Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield. 12.30 Adult Swim. (MA15+) 1.30 The NRL Rookie. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 GO Surround Sound. (M, R, CC) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Little Charmers. (R) 4.30 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Morning. 9.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Daytime. 12.00 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 12.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG) 1.30 Billy The Exterminator. (PG, R) 2.00 Mudcats. (PG, R) 3.00 Football. (CC) AFL. Round 20. Geelong v Essendon. 6.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) Kramer claims to have found a non-fat yogurt. 6.30 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) Adam and Jamie test a hurricane myth. 7.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 1: Highlights. Relive some of the best events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 9.30 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Evening. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro. 12.00 Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (CC) Day 2: Overnight.

6.00 Planet America. (R) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 9.00 Insiders. (CC) 10.00 Weekend Breakfast. (CC) 11.00 News. 11.30 World This Week. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 The Drum Weekly. (R) 1.00 News. 1.30 Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 2.55 Heywire. (R) 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. (CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 5.00 News. 5.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 8.00 Insiders. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Conflict Zone. 12.00 Landline. (CC) 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

9.30pm Killing Spree. A look at the story of Raoul Moat. (M) Crime & Investigation

6.00 Infomercials. (PG, R) 10.00 Fish’n With Mates. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. (R) 11.00 MOVIE: Pacific Destiny. (R, CC) (1956) Denholm Elliott. 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) The team heads to South America. 1.30 MOVIE: Henry VIII And His Six Wives. (PG, R, CC) (1972) Donald Pleasence. 4.00 MOVIE: The Good Guys And The Bad Guys. (PG, R, CC) (1969) 6.00 Absolutely Fabulous. (PG, R) After trying every fad diet, Eddy is desperate to shift the kilos and be thin. 12.35 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 Infomercials. (PG) 2.30 MOVIE: The Good Guys And The Bad Guys. (PG, R, CC) (1969) Robert Mitchum. 4.25 GEM Presents. (M, R, CC) 4.30 Enjoying Everyday Life With Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Final. Hurricanes v Lions. Replay. 10.00 Healthy Homes Australia. (R, CC) 10.30 Reel Action. (R) 11.00 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 12.00 Puppy Academy. (R, CC) 12.30 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 1.30 Monster Jam. (R) 2.30 World Sport. (R) 3.00 The Unstoppables. (PG, R) 3.30 Megafactories. (R) 4.30 Cruise Mode. (R, CC) 5.00 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Family Feud: Sunday. (CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 Last Man Standing. (PG, R) 8.30 Chopper’s Republic Of Anzakistan. (Final) 9.00 MOVIE: All Good Things. (MA15+, R) (2010) Ryan Gosling. 11.00 Megastructures. (PG, R) 12.00 World Sport. 12.30 The Killing. (M, R) 1.30 RPM GP. (R, CC) 2.00 RPM. (R, CC) 3.00 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive. (M, R) 4.00 River To Reef. (R) 4.30 Adventure Angler. (R) 5.00 Driven Not Hidden. (R) 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Invizimals. (R) 6.30 Victorious. (R) 7.05 Fairly Odd Parents. (R) 7.35 Pokémon. 8.30 Ninja Turtles. (R) 10.00 Mako: Island Of Secrets. (C, CC) 10.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 11.30 Family Ties. (PG, R) 12.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Family Feud. (CC) 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (M, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Stepmom. (M, R, CC) (1998) A woman objects to her ex-husband’s girlfriend. Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon. 11.05 To Be Advised. 12.05 Nurse Jackie. (MA15+, R) 12.40 Don’t Trust The B----. (M, R) 1.35 Family Ties. (PG, R) 2.30 Cheers. (PG, R) 3.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 4.30 Sabrina. (PG, R) 5.00 Kenneth Copeland. 5.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG)

6.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.00 Fixer Upper. (PG, R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 9.30 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 10.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 12.00 House Hunters. (R) 1.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 2.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 3.00 House Hunters Reno. (PG, R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me. (PG) 5.00 Extreme Homes. (R) 6.00 Tiny House Hunters. (PG, R) 6.30 Tiny House, Big Living. 7.30 Escape To The Country. (R) 8.30 Flip Or Flop Follow-Up. (PG) (New Series) 9.30 The Shatner Project. (PG) (New Series) 10.30 Extreme Homes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Tiny House, Big Living. (R) 1.00 Postcards. (PG, R, CC) 2.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS 2 6.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 Maltese News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 PopAsia. (PG) 10.00 Croatian News. 10.30 Serbian News. 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News. 12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 MOVIE: Nanga Parbat. (PG, R) (2010) 2.55 Friday Feed. (R) 3.25 Space Dandy. (PG, R) 3.55 The Brain: China. (R) 5.45 365: Every Day Documentaries. (PG) 5.50 Where Are We Going, Dad? 7.30 If You Are The One. Hosted by Meng Fei. 8.30 MOVIE: Only Lovers Left Alive. (M, CC) (2013) An ancient couple reunite. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston. 10.45 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (M) 11.15 Sex Box USA. (M) 12.10 Savage U. (M, R) 12.40 Shenandoah. (M, R) 2.30 MOVIE: Camille Rewinds. (M, R) (2012) Noémie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Yolande Moreau. 4.40 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Save My Bakery. (R) 6.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 7.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 8.30 Last Cake Standing. (R) 9.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 10.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 11.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 12.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 1.30 Last Cake Standing. (R) 2.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 3.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 4.30 Save My Bakery. (R) 5.30 Beat Bobby Flay. 6.30 Food Network Star. (PG) (Series return) 7.30 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern. (PG, R) 8.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (R) Hosted by Robert Irvine. 9.30 Beat Bobby Flay. (R) Two chefs compete in the kitchen. 10.30 Food Network Star. (PG, R) 11.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 12.30 Bizarre Foods. (PG, R) 1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (R) 2.30 Food Network Star. (PG, R) 3.30 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. (R) 4.30 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia. (R, CC) 5.00 Beat Bobby Flay. (R)

6.00 Tipi Tales. 6.30 The Dreaming. 7.00 Move It Mob Style. 7.30 Bizou. 8.00 Mugu Kids. 8.30 Bushwhacked! 9.00 Wapos Bay. 9.30 Move It Mob Style. 10.00 Soccer. OFC Champions League. 12.00 The Will And The Skill. 12.30 Indians And Aliens. 1.00 Characters Of Broome. 1.30 Fusion Feasts. 2.00 Talking Language. 2.30 In The Frame. (PG) 3.00 Froth. 3.30 Surfing. Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles. 4.30 Our Stories. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 The Medicine Line. 6.00 Australian Biography. 6.30 Message Stick. 7.00 Sacred Ground. 8.00 Dead Creek. (PG) 8.15 We Shall Remain. (PG) 9.30 Miniseries: Roots. (CC) 11.30 Ngurra. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 0708

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A DOUBLE BATCH OF PLAY PAGES...

for twice the fun!

Here’s a double batch of Dubbo Weekender’s Play Pages – two of everything, for twice the laughs and twice the brain-teasing during these winter weeks! GO FIGURE

DUAL CROSSWORD 1

8 9

ACROSS

14. Commended (7) 15. Last (6) 16. Timid (7) 17. Ban (7)

QUICK CLUES

1. Squeeze (8) 5. Tie (4) 9. Strand (4) 10. Enthusiasm (8) 11. Foolish (5) 12. Rouse (7) 13. Unique (13) 18. Careless (8) 19. Gown (4) 20. Lay by (7) 21. Plank (5) 22. Whirlpool (4) 23. Valuer (8)

DOWN 20

23 DUAL CROSSWORD 18,996

2. View (7) 3. In vogue (7) 4. Insomnia (13) 6. Unfold (4,3) 7. Swell (7) 8. Chant (6) 13. Rising (7)

CRYPTO-QUOTE >> AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW: One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three Ls, X for the two Os, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each week the code letters are different.

KIDS’ MAZE

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1. Don’t be afraid of everything terrifying (8) 5. A pair of braces? (4) 9. Divide role (4) 10. So returns finally as finest incombustible material (8) 11. Higher in the group, perhaps (5) 12. A rum one to inflame with love! (7) 13. The scale of sanity? (6,7)

MEGA MAZE

18. Padre has links, including converted friend (8) 19. Repair what Malcolm has (4) 20. End of the road that is difficult for obstinate politician (7) 21. Some fine verses? Not at all! (5) 22. The end of the game for a fellow-worker (4) 23. It covers the wound when putting clothes on (8)

DOWN 2. Formerly enough, for instance (7) 3. Withdraw to doctor again? (7) 4. Does he put

up colleges for men teachers? (6,7) 6. Our town appears to be oldfashioned (7) 7. Guardedness about nest-egg? (7) 8. Remember about visit (6) 13. Lady takes in current road surface (7) 14. The most parsimonious are sent out (7) 15. Keeping head above water with nothing in a tenement (6) 16. First-class but 1000 deducted for being without purpose (7) 17. Business worry (7)

>> 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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WUMO

by Wulff & Morgenthaler

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 10 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. Urban life

OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

Ashfield Berala Bondi Botany Bronte Busby Clyde Collaroy Como Cowan Croydon

Darlington Dee Why Double Bay Drummoyne Dural east Gymea Kensington lanes Lavender Bay Lurnea

Malabar maps Menai Miller Minto Narwee Newport Oyster Bay Pymble Redfern roads

Ruse Ryde Sefton Tregear Villawood Waterloo west Whalan

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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.

GRIN & BEAR IT

by Wagner

LAFF-A-DAY SNOWFLAKES There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1 to 6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle.

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INSANITY STREAK

by Tony Lopes

PRINCE VALIANT

CALIFORNIAN CROSSWORD

by Murphy & Gianni

From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

1 With 5-Across, fade 5 See 1-Across 8 Old World duck 12 Inauguration recitation 13 Genetic stuff 14 Comic strip possum 15 Lo-cal 16 Squid’s squirt 17 Acknowledge 18 Gold coin of old Italy 20 Differently 22 Berlin-born actress 26 Hackneyed 29 Banned pesticide 30 Ostrich’s kin 31 Miners’ finds 32 Pair 33 Oklahoma city 34 Zodiac sign 35 Onassis, familiarly

36 Isolated hill 37 Berlin-born actress 40 Census statistics 41 Slanted, in print 45 Fence opening 47 Pitch 49 Angry 50 Verve 51 – out a living 52 PC picture 53 Dissolve 54 Pop 55 “- Misbehavin’ “

DOWN 1 Rory McIlroy’s game 2 Bar 3 “Beetle Bailey” dog 4 Although 5 Quaff 6 Hostel 7 Manages with what one has 8 Tic 9 Gesture

HOCUS-FOCUS

POINT TAKEN

by Paul Dorin

160711

by Henry Boltinoff

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was beloved 20th-century American dancer, singer and actor Fred Astaire who made the following sage observation: “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.” z If you’re of a certain age, you may remember the popular cartoon “Far Side”, by Gary Larson. You may not realise, however, that this daily chuckle influenced science as well as humour. In a 1982 drawing, Larson dubbed the

10 Id counterpart 11 “Holy cow!” 19 Under the weather 21 Parcel of land 23 Buzz Aldrin’s real first name 24 Send forth 25 Discourteous 26 Brazen 27 Vicinity 28 Re newborns 32 Had a rendezvous 33 Bicontinental region 35 Shock and 36 Wager 38 Representative 39 Weary 42 Places 43 Press 44 Penny 45 Prized possession 46 Hearty brew 48 Alias abbr.

by Samantha Weaver spikes at the end of a stegosaurus’s tail the “thagomizer” – which is what palaeontologists call the spikes today. z If you write the word “suns” upside down, it still says “suns”. z With an election only just behind us, now might be a good time to resurrect the word “flapdoodler”. During Victorian times, any annoyingly boastful or self-righteous person was considered to be a flapdoodler. z In Britain in the early 2000s, dead hedgehogs started turning up with their heads stuck in McFlurry cups.

It seems that the little creatures would stick their heads in to get to the remains of the discarded treat, then they’d be unable to get out and would starve to death. In response, in 2006 McDonald’s changed the design of the McFlurry cups to be more hedgehog-friendly. z You might be surprised to learn that Helen Keller, probably best known as the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, was one of the first members of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Thought for the Day: “I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.” – Studs Terkel

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YOUR STARS ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) A loved one

needs your full attention. The comments that you make could either boost or dent their confidence. This is a week of listening and learning. A big decision may be delayed whilst you gather information. Small details are important and it is crucial that these are taken account of, especially with finances. Be fun and spontaneous to boost your love life. However, avoid frivolity when it comes to money.

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Maybe you have been working too hard or been occupied with your own interests? Little things mean a lot this week as you seek to get a balance in your home and love life. What you consider a trifle, your partner may see as a big deal. Look for slow progress at work rather than jumps ahead. Hiccups with your love life can be avoided in the short term. What are the longer-term prospects, though? GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 21) A lovely week

for your love life coincides with a certain lack of energy and incentive. This makes it great for those cosy chats and quiet walks that you have missed. It will be easy to become irritated with youngsters who have not yet learnt life’s basics. Please try to be helpful and practical. You may not want to fall out with someone over money, but they need reminding of their promises or place in things.

CANCER (JUN 22-JUL 22) Continuing to fire away on all fronts, a combination of enthusiasm and ambition sees you shooting ahead. In a good social period, you will still need to be a little choosy. Wasting time on interests that you have outgrown will not leave time to develop new ones. A few surprises at the weekend amaze, but do not ‘throw’ you. Be willing to forgive and forget someone’s mistake without saying ‘I told you so!’ LEO (JUL 23-AUG 23) Following up on a

good idea takes a bit of effort. If you are short of time at the moment, getting some help is well worthwhile. Cash flow should be good, but look ahead to a major bill. This could mean extra work, but

for the week commencing August 8

BY CASSANDRA NYE

will be appreciated at home. Romance blooms when your partner feels valued. Face comments and situations head on. Beat around the bush and you will lose both time and respect.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) Charm and the

incentive to progress are your driving points this week. Home and love life become even more important. Travel with someone special can build happy and long-term memories. Relaxation becomes routine as a more ‘laid back’ attitude is adopted. If you need help from your boss or someone else you look up to, don’t be shy. Just asking for what you need is the best approach.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) Are you frustrat-

ed with not meeting your kind of people? A need for kindred souls now leads you to become a leader rather than a helper. Reaching out to others and forming a social group could be the way forward. It will put you in the limelight but at the same time be fun. A long overdue conversation can finally be had. Delaying this has given you the time to gather your thoughts.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV

22) This week brings the chance to start something new and potentially exciting. Working with others is now the key to success for you. When it comes to teamwork you take a lot of beating! Enlist the help of someone who needs the boost of confidence that only ‘doing’ can provide. Outdoor fun, music and picnics are on the agenda this week.

the press if you get a rebuff. Organising your life properly gives more time for romance and, even if you sometimes deny it, this is needed. Any money squabbles can be delayed if you wish by stating the obvious. A way forward can be found if others are willing.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) Get that social life on track by organising things well in advance. What have you missed out on over the last year because you didn’t pay enough attention to your diary? Your romantic life could depend on getting dates right. Will you make a bigger commitment to your partner? Decide to move on and find a new love? Anything could happen this week and you are ready for it.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) Maybe it is

a quieter week where work is concerned. I hope so because your attention is needed on the romance front. Giving presents never makes up for giving your time to a loved one. A long-term friendship may come to an end as others move on. This leaves a gap not easily filled. Working at partnerships of any kind can be boring to you. It can be even harder when the other party does not respond. Maybe they can’t?

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) When wanting something, don’t be afraid to go to the top. Sending an email can save frustrating phone calls on a consumer matter. Consider involving

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20)

Any misunderstandings with your partner seem to melt away as the week progresses. See what can be done with a little give and take? An improving financial situation perks up your prospects, although a bit of patience is needed. Finances may still stop you from having as much fun as you would like. Try not to start stamping your feet when things do not go according to plan.

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Monday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK: HAPPY

Birthday! Lovely Leo, the life and soul of the party! Still, there are times when a more sober approach to life is necessary, as in the months ahead. Get organised and mentally prepared. What for? Success of course!

Tuesday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK: HAPPY

Birthday! When your luck is in you can be the most amazing fun, Leo. On bad days, though, you could sulk for the world. Prepare, then, to be delighted at the months ahead. Hard work pays off.

Wednesday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK:

HAPPY Birthday! Leo, best friend and companion. Does that make you sound a bit canine? Certainly you have many qualities as a best friend. Be aware that, in the months ahead you may want what your friend has.

Thursday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK:

HAPPY Birthday! Glorious Leo, spark in the year! Spread some of that energy and enthusiasm around. Who but you could fire up the imagination of neglected people? Be generous.

Friday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK: HAPPY

Birthday! Your reputation for being reliable is more important than your qualifications for having fun this year, Leo. So, when in certain company, curb the giggles! Do you want to be taken seriously?

Saturday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK: HAP-

PY Birthday! Leo the lion is not really in so much of a hunting mood right now. Maybe life is too easy? Maybe familiarity has blunted your appetite? Chill out for a while and come back with better priorities.

Sunday’s BIRTHDAY LUCK: HAPPY

Birthday! A few ‘down’ moments recently have led you to want more out of life. The only way forward, then, is to do what is necessary to make your dreams come true. If anyone can do it, you can, Leo!

SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS for this week’s first batch of puzzles and tests Mega Maze

CryptoQuote answer

This week's Snowflakes

This week's Californian

This week's Sudoku

This week's Go Figure!

FIND THE WORDS solution 914 City living

Bond; 9 Wisp; 10 Keenness; 11 Silly; 12 Provoke; 13 Unprecedented; 18 Slapdash; 19 Robe; 20 Reserve; 21 Board; DUAL CROSSWORD 22 Eddy; 23 Assessor. 18,996 Down: 2 Opinion; 3 Popular; CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS 4 Sleeplessness; 6 Open Across: 1 Fearsome; 5 Four; out; 7 Distend; 8 Intone; 9 Part; 10 Asbestos; 11 Upper; 13 Upsurge; 14 Praised; 12 Enamour; 13 Mental bal15 Endure; 16 Nervous; 17 ance; 18 Chaplain; 19 Mend; Embargo. 20 Diehard; 21 Never; 22 Mate; 23 Dressing. The Baker’s Dozen Trivia Down: 2 Example; 3 Retreat; Test: 4 Master builder; 6 Outworn; 1. From the title of a book 7 Reserve; 8 Recall; 13 Mac- by Aldous Huxley, “The adam; 14 Nearest; 15 Afloat; Doors of Perception”, 16 Aimless; 17 Concern. published in 1954. 2. Two QUICK SOLUTIONS (six feet). 3. Fear of fire. 4. Across: 1 Compress; 5 John Forsythe. 5. Perth,

Western Australia. 6. South American cowboys. 7. Freda Thompson (1906-1980). She completed the flight in 1934. 8. Seven. 9. An icosagon. 10. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. The song was written by The Bee Gees. 11. London, in 1948. 12. Tiger Woods (2003, ‘04, ‘08) and Geoff Ogilvy (‘06, ‘09). 13. “Strangers in the Night”, by Frank Sinatra, 1966. An instrumental version was used in the theme for the film “A Man Could Get Killed” and was called “Beddy Bye” in the credits.

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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 18 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. Southern comfort

OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

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Doveton Eildon Highett Indigo Inglewood Ivanhoe Kew Kialla Lara Lima Moe

Newport Nhill Nilma Nyah Omeo Ouyen Pira Plenty Rosebud Sale Shepparton

Tatura Terang Toorak Ultima Vermont Wallan Wodonga Yea

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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.

GRIN & BEAR IT

by Wagner

LAFF-A-DAY SNOWFLAKES There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1 to 6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle.

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DUAL CROSSWORD 1

ACROSS 8

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16. Number (7) 17. Mould (6) 19. Board game (5) 21. Grand (5)

QUICK CLUES

24 DUAL CROSSWORD 18,997

1. Method (11) 9. Pariah (7) 10. Punctuation mark (5) 11. Bow (5) 12. Particular (7) 13. Cushion (6) 15. Drum (6) 18. Poetic (7) 20. Creed (5) 22. Armistice (5) 23. Refined (7) 24. Many-sidedness (11)

DOWN 2. Proportion (5) 3. Instance (7) 4. Modern (6) 5. Alcove (5) 6. Lone performer (7) 7. Chance (11) 8. Easily lit (11) 14. Fate (7)

CRYPTO-QUOTE

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1. Hosiery item that might be blessed (6,5) 9. Love to find a vehicle in a musical instrument (7) 10. The morning before our loveaffair (5) 11. Skill in finding some nick-nacks (5) 12. Having squares vetted (7) 13. Jack and Les are aristocrats (6)

15. Girl with a shirt that is a shade of red (6) 18. Western source of wealth? (7) 20. Avoid the girl of the French (5) 22. The smallest amount could be stale (5) 23. Aid must be redirected to the arena (7) 24. Compromise with a contented spiritualist (5,6)

DOWN 2. A bad actor has nothing to bring back from Nebraska (5) 3. Do the French run slowly? (7) 4. Subtle difference in a sister taking one to church (6) 5. Dancing

characters are to speak (5) 6. One criticising something on a door (7) 7. Type of story told by males (4-3-4) 8. Hire purchase, never-never, etc. (6,5) 14. Prohibit the singer getting a neckerchief (7) 16. Bring a fish back towards the sheltered side (7) 17. Money demanded by the Romans perhaps (6) 19. Of a tennis ball found in a bed? (3,2) 21. Goodbye to the French (5)

GO FIGURE >> 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.

MEGA MAZE

>> AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW: One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for the three Ls, X for the two Os, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each week the code letters are different.

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PRINCE VALIANT

CALIFORNIAN CROSSWORD

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From the pages of America’s most popular newspapers

ACROSS

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

1 Rd. 4 “Little Women” woman 8 Colorless 12 Wrestling win 13 Met melody 14 Libertine 15 Vindicating 17 Count counterpart 18 A billion years 19 Gold measure 20 Heathen 22 “Just the facts, -” 24 Low-pH 25 Gaffer’s responsibility 29 Pale 30 Wise lawgiver 31 Born 32 Tabloid event re Elvis 34 Check bar codes 35 Highly-rated 36 Upper crust 37 Tweet

40 Elevator name 41 Parliament figure 42 At it 46 First victim 47 Between jobs 48 Compete 49 Inquisitive 50 Active sort 51 Shade provider

DOWN 1 Spring mo. 2 Twilight hour, in a way 3 Attractive 4 Majorette’s prop 5 Burnett of CNN 6 Can makeup 7 Crone 8 Fanta-sized 9 Bellow 10 Emanation 11 Region 16 Boss 19 Actress Madeline 20 Handles clumsily

HOCUS-FOCUS

POINT TAKEN

by Paul Dorin

160718

by Henry Boltinoff

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z It was 20th-century Japanese engineer, industrialist, and founder of the Honda Motor Company, Soichiro Honda, who made the following sage observation: “If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don’t particularly like.” z Actress Shirley MacLaine claims that in a past life, she was a gypsy who had an affair with Roman Emperor Charlemagne.

21 Antioxidant berry 22 Winnie-thePooh’s creator 23 Enthusiastic, plus 25 Pork cut 26 Impressively direct 27 Spruced up 28 Kelly or Hackman 30 Halt 33 Almost not at all 34 Skirt feature 36 Old anesthetic 37 Family 38 Vagrant 39 Ticks off 40 Leer 42 Newton fruit 43 Bachelor’s last words 44 Zero 45 Sparkler

by Samantha Weaver z Unless you live in a snowy mountain town, you’ve probably never heard of skijoring. In what is probably the most popular contemporary version of this sport, a skier is pulled by one or more dogs wearing a harness that allows the dogs to be directed. The racecourse can be short, for sprints, or as long as 430km in crosscountry competitions. Equestrian skijoring is rather more like water-skiing; it was a demonstration sport at the 1928 Winter Olympics in Switzerland. z Those who study such things

say that honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil. So, next time you run across some 3000-year-old honey, feel free to chow down. z At a US sports stadium, a woman lost a gold tooth down a toilet, and she decided to reach in after it. Unfortunately for her, the restrooms used a high-vacuum system, and she was pulled in up to her armpit. Unable to extricate herself, she had to spend several hours in this undignified position until a plumber could come to her aid.

Another thought for the Day: “There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another.” – Emma Goldman

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1. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Atlas Mountains located? 2. LITERATURE: Who wrote an 1841 essay called “Self-Reliance”? 3. AD SLOGANS: Which racy TV commercial featured the line “Sic ’em Rex”? 4. MUSIC: Which band performed the gender-bending hit “Lola”? 5. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented in panophobia? 6. MOVIES: Which movie contains the line, “The problems of three little people don’t amount

Another Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test

to a hill o’ beans in this crazy world”? 7. FIRSTS: Who was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel? 8. ART: Who painted the 1665 work titled “Girl with a Pearl Earring”? 9. SPORT: In 2016, tennis star Roger Federer’s (pictured) streak of playing in consecutive Grand Slam events ended. How many was it? 10. FOOD & DRINK: The hybrid Ugli fruit is a cross between

which three fruits? 11. FLASHBACK 1: Who had a hit with “Late in the Evening”? Bonus for knowing the name of the album. 12. FLASHBACK 2: Who released “What a Wonderful World” in 1967? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “Dream on white boy (white boy), Dream on black girl (black girl), Then wake up to a brand new day, To find your dreams are washed away.” ANSWERS: SEE BELOW.

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2nd batch Mega Maze

2nd batch Go Figure!

2nd batch CryptoQuote answer

2nd batch Californian

2nd batch Sudoku

FIND THE WORDS solution 915 Interesting holiday

19 Chess; 21 Great.

Another Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test: DUAL CROSSWORD 1. Northwest Africa. 2. Ralph 18,997 Waldo Emerson. 3. The 1989 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS ad for Antz Pantz underAcross: 1 Cotton socks; 9 pants. 4. The Kinks. 5. Fear of Ocarina; 10 Amour; 11 Knack; everything. 6. “Casablanca”. 12 Checked; 13 Nobles; 15 7. Capt. Matthew Webb. 8. Claret; 18 Bonanza; 20 Evade; Johannes Vermeer. 9. He was 22 Least; 23 Stadium; 24 in 65 consecutive Grand Slam Happy medium. events. 10. Tangerine, orange Down: 2 Omaha; 3 Trickle; 4 and grapefruit. 11. Paul Simon, Nuance; 5 Orate; 6 Knocker; 7 on his 1980 “One-Trick Pony” Cock-and-bull; 8 Credit terms; album, which was also the title 14 Bandana; 16 Leeward; 17 of a film starring Simon. 12. Ransom; 19 Not up; 21 Adieu. Louis Armstrong. The song QUICK SOLUTIONS went into the Grammy Hall Across: 1 Orderliness; 9 Out- of Fame in 1999. 13. “Original cast; 10 Colon; 11 Stoop; 12 Spe- Sin”, by INXS. It was the first cial; 13 Buffer; 15 Tomtom; 18 single from the band’s fourth Lyrical; 20 Dogma; 22 Truce; album, The Swing. It reached 23 Genteel; 24 Versatility. No.1 in Australia in 1984, and Down: 2 Ratio; 3 Example; also became an international 4 Latest; 5 Niche; 6 Soloist; 7 hit. American singer Daryl Hall Possibility; 8 Inflammable; 14 sings the chorus with INXIS Fortune; 16 Ordinal; 17 Blight; front man Michael Hutchence.

SPORT.

BY JOHN RYAN JOURNALIST

RISBANE BRONCO’S fans aren’t common in the central west and young footballers who want to play for that city’s only NRL franchise are thin on the ground, but one local not only has those stars in his eyes, he has a contract with the club that is signed, sealed and delivered. The Bronco’s player development manager flew into Dubbo this week to finalise the deal with 17 year-old Wellington junior Kotoni Staggs, who now lives in Dubo but has stuck with the club where his career began in the U5s. Local lawyer and league fan Luke Clarke has been looking to manage local talent in the highest grade, he spotted Kotoni as a 15 year-old and talked to him about his potential future, and while half a dozen NRL clubs were keen, Kotoni only wanted to play with one club. “It’s been a big thing ever since I was a young kid, I’ve watched the NRL growing up, watched Darren Lockyer play and it’s always been a dream to play for the Broncos,” Katoni said. “I got an opportunity when Luke (Luke Clarke, manager) scouted me and then Broncos scouted me so I’ll go up there and get in with the Broncos.” Luke Clarke played league growing up in Cowra and finished high school at Forbes Red Bend College, a noted rugby league school – football and people are his passions. “I’ve integrated that into my legal practice, I’m an accredited player manager with the NRL, it’s a bit of a process you go through, you do some study, so some tests and you renew your accreditation yearly,” Clarke said. He says it’s a sensitive issue to manage young kids with bucket-loads of talent. “Kids, they get recruited at a young age and they’re under a lot of pressure so it’s just a matter of managing all those pressures and influences and Katoni’s been a lot of fun to manage and I’m looking forward to see him go through to the Broncos,” he said. “It was very important for me to meet Luke and he’s very supportive and you couldn’t meet a better bloke and he’s a good agent,” Kotoni said. So what brought the Bronco’s to NSW’s central west, when almost all their players are developed from Queensland junior grades. “We were initially tipped off by Luke, his manager, to have a look at Kotoni so I called a number of our scouts - Kotoni was only 15 turning 16 at this stage in this region to ask about Kotoni and got really positive reports so I flew him up to a development session at the club, worked with him up there and from there made a decision to offer him a contract at the Broncos,” said Simon Scanlan, the Brisbane Bronco’s league player development manager. “We don’t usually do a lot in NSW or country NSW, mostly south east QLD and northern QLD so Kotoni’s a player we’ve had on contract for two and a half years … it’s time for him to move up now and be part of the footy side. “We’ve extended Kotoni’s contract to go into senior football and move up to Brisbane at the end of this year to join the NYC squad and beyond that into the senior football ranks into the QLD Cup competition,” he said. Kotoni won’t be alone, he understands the daily struggles of moving from the country to a strange city are real enough without having the added pressure of an NRL career on the line. “I’ve got my girlfriend (Kiera Garling) moving up with me and she’s a big support behind me,” Kotoni said. “It is very hard when you get signed with a club that if you go by yourself you’re going to struggle but I’ve got support moving up with me so I should be all fine, it’s still going to be pretty hard but after I play a couple of games I should be starting to get into the routine.

` I just want to go up there and do my best, I’ve always been a fan of football and I’ve always just wanted to set a goal and play NRL and for young kids down in Wellington, I just want to show that they’ve got to believe in themselves, I just want to give a bit more confidence to younger people.

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“I just want to go up there and do my best, I’ve always been a fan of football and I’ve always just wanted to set a goal and play NRL and for young kids down in Wellington, I just want to show that they’ve got to believe in themselves, I just want to give a bit more confidence to younger people,” he said. “The Broncos are probably the most professional sporting organisation in the country and my first experience when I went up there just amazed me, my first feeling was that it was a prejudice-free atmosphere and it was perfect for Katoni, it was the right place for him to develop as a footballer and probably as a person too,” Clarke said. “They’ve been very supportive and they’ve provided not only to Katoni but me with a fair bit of guidance how to manage my player and how to take him from a small town like Wellington and integrate him into professional sport.” Simon Scanlan said player welfare was paramount at the Broncos, with the club continuously working on a family friendly culture to prevent the common issues arising in the media all too often where young footballers get into trouble from all the money and attention. “Every club has their issues at times and we’ve had ours previously and I’m sure there’ll be some issues in the future but the club has a really good culture, it’s a very strong family feel about the club, you know it’s not just about the player it’s about the family as well that have a relationship with the club so for us,” Scan-

lan said. “It’s not that we bring a player to the club and if they work out they stay and if they don’t we kick ‘em out the back door, the family’s welcome as part of the club as well so we want a relationship not just with the player but their immediate family or parents or guardians, whoever’s involved there as well which then makes them feel part of our family. “We’re lucky like that, Wayne’s (Bennett) back at the club now, he’s really big on values and morals and standards, as is everyone in the club, so that’s not to say we won’t have our problems in the future, we probably will, but we have a really good feel around the club and everyone’s there for the right reasons, there to work hard so those problems are limited in our club at the moment so let’s hope it stays that way,” he said. Now it’s up to Kotoni to settle in and work hard – already he’s using his junior country career to develop as a player, this year moving from the backs, his usual positions at fullback or in the centres, to lock. “I’m playing lock at the moment, it’s a bit different from where I normally play as a back, fullback or centre but lock is a bit different, you’ve gotta get your forwards moving straight up through the pack but I do a good job at it and I’m captain at the moment over there as well,” Kotoni said, saying he relished the challenge to grow his knowledge and skills. “It is, it is, it’s a position that you’ve always got to be on the ball, always backing up, it’s like another 5/8, but I don’t take it as another 5/8, I just take my team forward to win the game,” he said. So where will he play at the Broncos? “That largely depends on Kotoni and the coach at the time so for us, for our program is getting the best young talent,” Simon Scanlan said. “At the moment he can play multiple positions which will give him the best opportunity to make the side in the U20s this year so we don’t pigeonhole players in certain positions and bring them to the club to play at that certain position, the coach will work out the strengths and weaknesses of each player and also work out what positions are available in the side so if they can play multiple positions which Kotoni can, it gives him multiple chances to make the side.” Kotoni said he’s steeling himself to give it the best shot. “I’ve just always gone to training in Wello and I’ve always put effort in and if you put effort in you always get rewarded, get a good mark off that, just putting in the effort and putting in the one percenters,” Kotoni said, saying he’ll have to put plenty of work in on both the mental and physical sides of his game. “It’s going to be both but it’s going to be more physical, it’s going to be pre-season, it’s going to be pretty hard for ‘cos I haven’t really done training like that and it’s going to you wake up, train, you go home, wake up, go to training, your mind’s going to tell you don’t have to do it but you have to tell yourself that you believe in yourself and just push extra hard.” He said he’s lucky to have been given this chance but said all his hard work through the junior grades was paying off. At this stage he’s hoping to make the first grade NRL side within three years. As for his mates who have already ribbed him about the move to Queensland. “I always know that I’m going to be a NSW boy but that’s just the team that I went for when I was a little kid and it’s a dream just to be going up there and playing with them and alongside some good athletes up there as well,” he said.

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The final say

FROM THE EDITOR-AT-LARGE Jen Cowley

Cultural imprint leaves us singin’ in the rain SK anyone who spent their childtheir noses raised to the air, sniffing the hood kicking the dust of bush breeze like the unusual primitives they roads and summer-parched farm were. fence lines and they’ll tell you – to a per’m sure the wide berth they gave us son – their favourite smell is that of aphad something to do with a fear we’d be proaching rain. prompted by some primal urge to cock a leg. And the drier it’s been the better that heady, heart-clenching scent – not that I remember telling one girl – a dewe haven’t had our fair share of the milightfully clueless Eastern Suburbs popraculous stuff, lately. But even with the pet with a double-barrelled name and western plains sodden from recent falls impossibly blonde hair – that I knew it and the sub-soil all but full to the plimwas going to rain because I could smell soll level, the smell of coming rain is it. something to savour. The look on her face said she smelled something entirely different. She shook Doesn’t matter where you are – bush her head in disbelief as if I’d claimed or big smoke – that almost-metallic waft something equally outrageous… like on the wind will raise the head of anythat milk came from cows. one born and bred in regional Australia. It makes the hick-at-heart easy to spot. I’m sure the visceral pleasure of that unique scent isn’t peculiar to Australia There’s not a power suit or corporate – other rural dwellers around the world outfit on the CBD street that can dismay well share the enjoyment it brings – guise bush roots when the wearer stops but just as travellers and prodigal homemid-stride in the Sydney rush hour, ward bound Aussies remark on the size head tilted skyward and to the side, eyes and hue of our southern skies, so is it ofclosed, small knowing smile spreading ten said the scent of approaching rain is with that first deep exploratory breath... characteristic of this wide Even smog laden air is no brown land of ours. match for that smell – the distinctive little herald of ` So it surprises me now an approaching storm. to find it was two AustralI remember ian researchers that idenAnyone who’s ever telling one girl tified the scientific prospent time in a city boardcess and coined the term ing school will know – a delightfully “petrichor” back in 1964 there’s nothing quite like clueless Eastern (great year, that) to exthe smell of rain to bring Suburbs poppet plain the smell of rain*. on a bout of homesickwith a doubleIsabel Bear and HG ness. But the ability to recThomas (who sound like ognise that unique olfac- barrelled name they should have collabotory sign did give us a rare and impossibly rated on a children’s book: opportunity to creep the blonde hair – that I “Bear and HG go fishing”, bejeezus out of the day knew it was going but I digress) found the girls who saw it as some scent comes from a numkind of bucolic sorcery… to rain because I ber of chemical oils prooddball country kids with could smell it.

duced by plants during dry spells. When it rains, those oils are activated by the water and released into the air. There’s also a chemical called “geosmin” which is produced by bacteria that lives in the soil and gives off a distinct earthy aroma when that soil is disturbed, including by rain. Apparently, human noses are particularly sensitive to this stuff – we can smell it in quantities as small as five parts per trillion (much like that whiff in the air during an election year). Science also tells us ozone, which can be generated by lightning, plays a part in the scent of an approaching storm. The term petrichor is as old as I am, but the process it describes – and our instinctive reaction to it – goes back a leeeedle bit further, it seems. It’s actually a product of evolution. An Australian anthropologist found during a study of indigenous culture that the smell of rain is often associated with the colour green (Really? Well done, you…) “hinting at a deep seated link between a season’s first rain and the expectation of growth and game animals crucial for the diet”. In other words, we love the smell of

rain because it signals life and growth and health and the chance of a feed. Farmers will tell you that for free, but this researcher coined the term “cultural synaesthesia – the blending of different sensory experiences on a societywide scale due to evolutionary history”. So the casual observer may well have wondered exactly how far my personal evolutionary wheel had turned when, on a recent trip out west – to those magnificent plains where the rain doesn’t mainly fall – I had the unparalleled pleasure of dancing around in a downpour, arms aloft and laughing as the fat droplets hit my face and messed up my hair. After all the rain we’ve had lately, I’ve come perilously close to actually cursing it. But on this day, with that same red dirt that had seemed not long ago to be gasping its last now happily squelching beneath my feet, I couldn’t help but grin. It was the best 20 minutes I’ve put in for a long while. And if that little grab of joy was something to do with a cultural imprint then thanks, Mother Nature. At least you have that bit right.

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2011 FORD FOCUS TREND

2007 KIA CARNIVAL

$12,990

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> 7 SEATS > FULL SERVICE HISTORY > PERFECT FAMILY CAR!

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2012 VOLKSWAGON AMAROK

2008 HONDA CIVIC VTI-L

2007 NISSAN TIIDA

$29,990

$9,990

$6,990

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2012 VOLKSWAGON TIGUAN

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$24,990

$23,990

$34,990

$13,990

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> 1.8LTR. PETROL > AUTOMATIC > NEW CAR WARRANTY!

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2014 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

2008 HYUNDAI TUSCON

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$27,990

$18,990

$9,990

$13,990

$34,990

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> 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC > ONLY 16,000 KM’S > NEW CAR WARRANTY

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> AUTOMATIC > 1 OWNER > 44,000KM'S

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2012 DODGE JOURNEY RT

2013 MAZDA 3 NEO

2014 MITSUBISHI TRITON GLX

2010 HOLDEN COMMODORE SV6

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$23,990

$17,990

$29,990

$18,990

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> 7 SEATS > AUTOMATIC > FULL SERVICE HISTORY

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