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Toongi’s hall of fame

Lazy by name, not by nature

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FROM THE EDITOR

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Toongi’s hall of fame

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

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COMMENT French presidential elections bring their own surprises PAGE 16

OPINION The outsider and insider and how a senator became a pain PAGE 10

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PEOPLE

Brian and Lorna White: Shooting from the hip PAGE 14

RURAL

BUSINESS

Farming is in my blood PAGE 19

WINE

LIFESTYLE

Lazy by name, not by nature PAGE 26

MUSIC Wellington Arts host “in Between Festival” PAGE 30

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Seven Days Tony Webber Paul Dorin What I Do Know Business & Rural Lifestyle

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The Big Picture Entertainment What’s On 3-Day TV Guide The Play Pages

Farewell 2016 HIS is my last editorial for Dubbo Weekender as I’m hanging up my editor’s hat and pursuing that alluring dream of business ownership under the name of YAF Media.

I’ll still be writing anything and everything from white papers, business blogs and Facebook campaigns, plus continuing to freelance for media.

So this is goodbye to a great team of writers, whose work and opinions you’ve been privileged to read.

I say priveleged because the pool of experience and talent which contributes to the Dubbo Weekender is enormous, spans decades and comes from many fields of expertise, even international borders, and for a regional publication, is very unlike anything else you’ll find in regional Australia.

It is something Dubbo can be proud of. It’s a local business with a difference and a window on our fast paced world which actually demands you sit for a while and drink in the stories and information.

Tony Webber (opinion), Greg Smart (opinion), Sally Bryant (opinion), Stephen Lawrence (opinion and law), Fayrouz Tawfik (European events - France), Richard Serisier (Wine - France), Cheryl Burke (Dubbo Regional Theatre), Vivienne Winther (Macquarie Conservatorium), Leonie Ward (Dubbo Artz), Mathew Dickerson (technology), Kerrie Phipps (motivation), Cynthia Foley (historical research), Debbie Dixon (infant health), Camilla Barlow (cancer), Dr Ai-Vee Chua (health), Jenna Christen (Watercooler), various writers from Regional Development Australia Orana and Erin Michele (Tree Change) and John Cunningham (president, REINSW) all cover a di-

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verse range of topics every week.

Then there’s the inhouse team of Natalie Holmes and John Ryan. Natalie is a seasoned journalist and editor in her own right who I’d want on my editorial team any day for her consistent excellence in journalism.

John Ryan brings passion to every single story and a fearless insistence to know the truth, able to tackle the hardest issues but also be compassionate. His breadth of knowledge about this community, the people in it and their own back stories, good and bad, is an invaluable asset and it’s been a great learning curve with John on the team.

Such an honour to be at the helm of a formidable pool of talent who are the eyes and ears for an editor giving me a vantage point across many issues and what I see through the eyes of these writers is a region and world better explained and understood.

I hope you have too.

Thanks to everyone for your support and I wish you a happy Christmas and a 2017 filled with opportunity to create cherished memories with the ones you love.

All the best Yvette

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OUR LAST EDITION FOR 2016...

It’s time to take a break This is the last edition of Dubbo Weekender for 2016. Our team is taking a well-earned and extended break.

Keep an eye on our sister publication Dubbo Photo News for more details on our 2017 publishing schedule.

Dubbo Photo News will continue to be published each Thursday throughout the holiday period.

NEWS.

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HALL OF FAME

BY NATALIE BRAMBLE UST off Obley Road, only 20 minutes from Dubbo stands a community hall and tennis court area that has been the heart of the Toongi District since 1927.

Originally the hub for district gatherings and tennis competitions, today it still brings generations of district families together for a game of tennis and to celebrate special events like milestone birthdays, weddings and the annual district Christmas party.

Attending an event at Toongi Hall takes you back to the days before the Internet. Everyone mixes and mingles and talks about their families and farms; their businesses and family milestones. It’s relaxing and caring; new babies are passed around to cuddle and at the Christmas Party children excitedly dash between parents and friends playing tag while they await Santa’s arrival on the Emmagool Rural Brigades Fire truck.

All the families contribute to the children’s gifts and the look of excitement on their faces when there names are called reminds you of your childhood excitement in the days when your family attended similar Christmas gatherings.

There’s no one isolated sitting alone texting; on calls or social media and they couldn’t even if they wanted as it’s in a little treasured blackspot. It’s worth the drive alone to have a picnic under the trees and get a technology break!

Families in the Toongi area manage the hall voluntarily under The Toongi

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Recreation Reserve and Hall Trust. For the last 89 years, families in the district and volunteer committee members have been actively maintaining the hall and area, and raising funds to improve the hall.

Toongi has experienced a regeneration since the Hall’s website went live in May 2015. As a regular visitor to Toongi with his family in his early years, Glen Dunkley chose to get married there in September 2014 - to me - and we with our guests were able to appreciate the wonderful relaxed atmosphere.

With their backgrounds in events; grant writing and digital marketing they saw there was an opportunity for

the hall to increase exposure to a new audience and Glen set up the website www.toongihall.com.au and continues to maintain it at no cost to the Trust.

Its no wonder the relaxing country atmosphere has attracted a lot of interest for country-style weddings and events.

The highlight for the year was the Festival of Small Halls concert in March 2016. The Festival attracted around 100 people, many of whom were first time visitors to the Hall.

The increased income and profile has helped the Trust make improvements and secure grants.

Wayne Bruce sanded and polished the cypress pine Supper Room floor, then

sanded the main Hall floor, with trust members and their spouses applying the finish. The floors look wonderful!

The latest improvement is a brand new synthetic grass tennis court installed by Jeff Costello, with another court repaired. The Trust was delighted to receive a grant for these works under the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Programme facilitated through Mark Coulton MP’s office.

The former Dubbo City Council supported the Trust through several rounds of Financial Assistance to community organisations. Essential Energy has also helped with a couple of grants under its Community Halls scheme. The 2016 Macquarie Muster committee hosted its Year 10 party at the Hall in April and followed up with a very generous donation to the Trust.

Toongi Hall, which was once a hidden gem has been able to promote itself as an event destination, attracting International acts in the Festival of Small Halls and event bookings from as far afield as Gosford and Sydney. It’s certainly demonstrated the difference it makes to community groups; their volunteers and families when they adopt digital marketing to help remain relevant in today’s online world.

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NEWS & ANALYSIS.

Seven Days MULTIPLE AGONY IN the past month there’s been a string of tragedies in the city the like of which I’ve never seen.

Many of them haven’t been made public, but that doesn’t make them any less painful to those close to the people who’ve died.

Suicides, attempted suicides, a young child hammered by afflictions more often seen in the elderly, a young bloke dying of Ewings Sarcoma.

The latest death is that of 16 year-old boy Sam Fraser, out celebrating the end of school with his mates, swimming in the Macquarie River just off Bunglegumbie Road.

I am connected to almost all these deaths in some way – not as close as many other people, but close enough to feel spasms of grief for what they’re going through.

2016 has been a shitty, shitty year, and I just hope to whatever force is running this universe that 2017 is a whole lot better than this.

Another part of me wonders how the innocent families in Aleppo, the Syrian battleground, face day after day, year after year of slaughter, chaos and intimidation – even with all this doom and gloom hovering over us, we still have so much to be thankful for.

This Christmas, don’t focus on the presents and the beers, take the time to have a really close look at your family and friends, become a part of that moment, and revel in the blessings you’ve got.

BLESSED BE THE CROOKS, THEY’LL NEED IT IF THEY GET CAUGHT IF thoughts could kill, a few crooks in Dubbo would be feeling more than crook at the moment.

Some pieces of human flotsam and jetsam have broken into the Rescue Squad’s shed and stolen a boat motor.

This isn’t the first time the VRA has been targeted this year, but this time they needed that motor to help search for the

young bloke who disappeared under the water this week – imagine if that had been their brother or mate!!!!!

I for one hope that Karma with a big capital K comes and kicks them fair up where it hurts.

If anyone knows anything please let the cops know – it’s not like it’s dobbing in your mates because who’d want to mates with these pieces of crap.

BREAK AND ENTER “TIS the season, it seems, to break and enter and steal stuff that’s not yours.

Last month a 61 year-old Dubbo lady awoke to find two men in her Cunningham St home – they threatened her before doing the place over.

Now one of these alleged thieves (I’m not alleging they’re men, because they’re not), was arrested at Mudgee Base Hospital.

He’s been charged with aggravated break and enter, or home invasion, and commit serious indictable offence whilst in company.

Love those semi-biblical terms the cops use to describe these charges, now let’s hope the court has the balls to dispense a quantum of biblical justice.

Imagine if that was your mum or grandmother who was scared out of her wits.

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The week’s top stories from around the region by John Ryan

This Christmas, don’t focus on the presents and the beers, take the time to have a really close look at your family and friends, become a part of that moment, and revel in the blessings you’ve got. $305,000 over a 15 month period to hire a $45,000 worn out traxcavator to use at the council tip – to me it was truly remarkable that no-one ever had to man-up and take responsibility for that waste of ratepayer dollars, but then, this council doesn’t like admitting to systemic dysfunction, ever.

Don’t even start me on the Brisbane St roundabout that took eight months to build and nearly devastated some local businesses – or the Moffatt Rd, which had to be rebuilt twice before any vehicles actually used it.

I could go on, and on, and on.

Some people may think this commentary is a bit harsh, but I don’t think we should be sugarcoating these sorts of things.

Hopefully we’ll see a major generational change at the top levels of council in the next 12 months, God knows many people have been waiting 40 years for it.

be avoidable, then the people found responsible should be penalised, not the ratepayers.

DIRTY DEEDS, DIRTY WATER HOW about the oil slick in the Macquarie River near Wellington/Geurie earlier this week.

I cannot understand when water supply is becoming the major issue of concern across the world, that we have governments at all levels falling over themselves to approve coal mines, Coal Seam gas and other industry that pose such a risk to our water security.

And most of these industries back in hidden subsidies from

the taxpayer, yet mount ‘slick’ and well-funded spin doctoring campaigns to tell us how hard done by they are, how they need security of investment, and how they just want to make money to benefit all Australians.

Spare me that crap, what with oil slicks, erosion at Bell Junction and state agencies destroying native fish breeding cycles via cold water pollution, it seems like the people with the power don’t care about those who actually own all this stuff – and that’s us.

A lot of people are looking into how this local oil slick came about and there are some suspicions out there – we’ll keep a close eye on this one.

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP OF WATER WOES, NOW COMPENSATION “WATER BOSS” I’M not generally in favour of GOES … compensation, but so many orAFTER a month where he’s overseen some of the greatest disasters to hit Dubbo’s water supply in recent times, Dubbo Regional council’s tech service boss Stewart McLeod has retired.

I find the timing of this retirement to be an absolutely remarkable coincidence.

A council press release nicely skirted all those unpleasant facts and spun the good spin, hailing his decades-long career as “remarkable”.

The most remarkable thing I remember, aside from many project cost overruns, was the “Dozergate” affair, where his department paid someone

ganisations, businesses and individuals lost out big time in the ongoing water disasters that I’m disappointed DRC isn’t at least going to give some relief on water rates – after all, we couldn’t use what we were paying through the neck for.

With the claims of maintenance not being carried out at the council reservoirs, we more than even need a truly independent audit into this whole mess, DRC as an opaque organisation just can’t be trusted to truly look inwards and release any negative findings about itself.

And if this whole contamination mess was proven to

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WATER FROM THE SKY FOUR inches of rain overnight in some areas around town this week, an amazing fall which upset a lot of harvesting and building going on around the place.

Hopefully it won’t hurt anyone too much – the only reason I normally feel sorry for tradies is wondering how they’ll be able to find enough hundred dollar notes in circulation so they can get paid in cash.

This is such a good way to do business, and it means at least some of the economic outcomes don’t have the chance to get into the government’s system, which has a great ability at turning one dollar into 20 or 30 cents.

I think we need to do an holistic audit on this issue, instead of listening to academics spout about how many billions of dollars of taxes we’re missing out on.

Crack down on the multinational tax avoidance, that’d sort all our problems out, except our senior decision makers would be receiving too many cranky phone calls on their unlisted mobile numbers.

MDBA MEET A WELL attended, non-public meeting with staff from the Murray Darling Basin Authority in Dubbo this week, to get feedback from proposals to rip 16 megalitres of environmental water from the Macquarie – needless to say that didn’t go down too well.

It’s great to see so many people ready to fight the bureaucracy on the water issue, we really need to be a united and activist community when it comes to water, otherwise we’ll get steamrolled by which corporate lobbyist throws the most cash around down in Canberra.

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GOOD NEWS, DEEPLY BURIED THIS WEEK NOT happy we’ve had to come almost 1000 words in to this week’s column before there’s anything good being offered up, but for all the doom and gloom life goes on for most, and as always, there are plenty of good people doing great things in Dubbo and surrounds.

Let’s start with some positive results from Dubbo College Senior Campus, where Wellington’s Nick Trappett had an outstanding year.

I’ve been very critical of our city having just one high school over three campuses for all sorts of valid reasons and nothing’s going to make me change my mind on that issue any time soon, but that’s not to say there aren’t some very good things

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being done.

The college has scored a win with its Transition to University program, and Nick, who was the college vice-captain, was able to use that lever to pull an ATAR of 93.8, being accepted into a law and media double degree at Macquarie University.

I think this program should be rolled out to all the high schools in the bush, it sounds like it can make up for a lot of the disadvantage suffered by students who go to school in the bush.

Nick got three band 6s, in legal studies, modern history and extension history and three Band 5 Nick worked with Education and Training Out West (ETOW) in the school’s Transition to University program, which provides support to students while they are at school, during their gap year, and at university.

The 18-year-old was one of 47 students who worked with ETOW’s Cathy Jones, Kerry Perrin and Anne Shortis under the program, with all 47 students gaining places at university.

Four of the program’s students including Nick, Tom Broome and Alex Frances from Wellington and Annika Mestrom from Dubbo were successful earlier this year in gaining entry to university through the Global Leadership program.

“The support I’ve received from the College through the Transition to University program has been incredible and I can’t speak highly enough of this initiative,” Nick said. Members of Team Zircon were all happy to have achieved entry to various university programs including medicine and engineering. Sharik Burgess-Stride received an ATAR of 88.5, while Chayan Deb Nath achieved 92.7.

Reece Holland will study teaching and technology at the University of Newcastle, school captain Amelia Prince will study podiatry at CSU Albury, Abbie Gollan will take on nursing at the University of Notre Dame and Jack Mills has already started a four-year apprenticeship with Ramien’s Timber in Dubbo.

We’ve seen this past month that our one shot at life is extraordinarily precious, so hopefully these young people will be able to seize their day.

PERFECT PORTIA MEANWHILE, St Johns College student Portia Gooch achieved an almost perfect ATAR of 99.90 – that’s the second highest possible score.

She scored 47 in Extension One English, 48 in Extension Two English, 96 in Studies of

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Religion Two, 96 in Legal Studies and 97 in Modern History which put her 9th in NSW She also scored an amazing 97 in Advanced English which put her at 20th in NSW, but completed that subject last year as an accelerated year 11 student.

Overall, that gave her ATAR of 99.90, which won a scholarship from the University of Sydney where she plans to study Law and International and Global Studies next year.

Lots and lots of talent around.

Congratulations to my wife Kristi, who was Portia’s teacher for Studies of Religion Two (SOR), half the class received band 6s and the others all got band 5s – we’re very proud.

Sissian Abbey also received an All Rounder Award ATAR 97.10 SJC had 65 Band 6s across all faculties according to principal Kerry Morris, with SOR 2U (50 percent) and Visual Arts (33.3 percent) Band 6s, an outstanding achievement.

At the time of writing approximately 16 students achieved over 90 ATAR, with three more yet to be confirmed.

Mrs Morris said she was very pleased with the depth of the results and the holistic performance of the College across all faculties.

taking over as Cattle Council Australia CEO in the new year.

Well done mate, I think you’ve got all the skills, experience and vision to move this industry like it’s never been moved before.

This is a space I’ll be looking at very closely, the ag sector has so much potential in Australia but it’s been too many years of the same old people at the top far too scared to try anything truly innovative.

SPEAKING OF JOBS I made up a Facebook post this past week which said I’d gotten a job running a busy national newsroom based in Brisbane so was making the move up to cane toad country.

After lots of lies, down the bottom I stated that the post was untrue, and that it was a mere social experiment to see how many people only read the headline.

Sadly, it became obvious that many of my media mates didn’t scrutinise things properly, although I would have thought that the claim I was going to be heading up a responsible newsroom should have sent the alarm bells and red flags into overtime – as if.

END OF CAREER JUST as these kids are starting off their careers, there’s one retirement yarn this week that’s pretty amazing.

Rick O’Dea finished up at Astley’s Plumbing and Hardware after almost 43 in the job.

It’s a pleasure, and a privilege, to interview someone who’s enjoyed going to work every day for such a long period of time.

Best of luck with your planned travelling.

NEW JOB, SWEET PASTURES LOCAL bloke Duncan Bremner, a Prime News Dubbo reporter many years ago, has scored one of the sweetest rural jobs in Australia, this week it was officially announced that he’d be

SINGING CHRISTMAS GREAT to see the local Sing Australia choristers doing their bit to spread some Christmas cheer, God knows it’s been a crappy lead-up to the alleged festive season in this neck of the woods.

About 150 people turned up to sing along the other night, so great to see the community getting together on things like this.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS.

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Tony Webber

Tony Webber is a Dubbo resident and former parliamentary staffer.

The outsider and insider and how a senator became a pain T one stage there was no doubt Senator Rodney Culleton would remain in One Nation.

He’d had some early ups and downs but Senator Culleton made it abundantly clear he was there for the long haul.

For her part his political leader, Pauline Hanson said she would back him to the hilt.

Now it could be said that Senator Culleton has stepped away from that position in so far as he has quit the party, citing the heavy hand of the party structure and behaviour he describes as “unAustralian” on their part.

Party leader Hanson also reworked some of her original messaging slightly, saying now her former One Nation colleague was a pain in the arse she is glad to be rid of.

“Rod Culleton is a pain in my backside.

I am glad to see the back of him,” she said last Monday.

That same day Hanson apologised to voters for choosing Culleton. “I am sorry to the people. I did not expect him to be this type of man.”

It’s been said that much of One Nation’s parliamentary membership were not so much drawn from the ranks of the party, but rather offered a spot on the ballot after a screening period no more lengthy or probing than people otherwise use to buy goldfish.

Senator Hanson cannot know much about the type of man Senator Culleton is, because she didn’t really know him in any real sense politically to start with.

After 18 years in an out of the game at the highest level, and with the electoral blessing and best wishes of a large segment of the voting public, you might think One Nation might at least have its act together vis screening candidates and trying to maintain a veneer of solidarity at least for more than six months.

The federal election was only held in July, so to be fracturing and publicly hissing at each other before Christmas does not offer a sense of mature leadership at the helm.

It sounds like the front bar got elected and decided on a platform in the taxi on the way to parliament.

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One Nation Senators Rodney Culleton and Pauline Hanson during the Backpacker Tax Bill vote in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, November 24. PHOTO: AAP/MICK TSIKAS

Most who make their way through the mainstream parties to a seat in the Chamber do so via the rough and tumble of either local government, the union movement or from the office of a serving parliamentarian.

All these routes offer a solid grounding in the less obvious skills of being effective politically: whether it’s achieving consensus on policy or keeping disputes internal rather than running to the media for vindication.

One Nation says they’ll stand candidates in 36 seats in the Queensland election, a state where they are polling 16 percent of the primary vote according to figures released last week.

That’s one out of every seven voters.

In their 1998 stage-storming election One Nation received 22 percent of the primary.

That’s more than one in five.

It might be a useful barometer for the dissatisfaction at mainstream politics and the major parties specifically.

But after 18 years of this we need to decide if giving great power and decision-making capacity to a group of people with little experience in government – with the exception of Pauline Hanson herself – is really that wise.

Setting alight a few tyres in the street to draw attention to a protest is one thing: setting the entire community ablaze is quite another.

Yes, once the CBD goes up in flames

the attention attracted is certainly magnified, but at some point the harm outweighs the benefit.

A handful of mavericks bring colour and more importantly a non-conformist tone and approach to the business of government.

But at some point we reach a critical mass beyond which a functioning system with faults get ever closer to the possibility of dysfunctionality.

Government is an institution of humans, displaying all the traits of our species’ frailty.

So the impulse to inject the inexperienced cleanskin is as appealing as it is risky.

Queensland scientists prove baby reef fish have internal compasses

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BRISBANE: Baby reef fish have an internal magnetic compass that points them to home at night, Queensland researchers have discovered.

Tiny Cardinal fish (pictured), the size of a fingernail, are able to swim towards a certain direction without sunlight or stars to guide them, the James Cook University study found.

Even in total darkness they swam towards the southeast and then changed direction when the magnetic field was altered, the research revealed.

It is the first demonstration that larvae have magnetic senses, according to JCU coral expert Mike Kingsford.

“Up until now, we only knew adult birds, marine mammals, sharks and bony fish have this in-built sense of direction,” he said.

Reef fish hatch from eggs into a larval form and disperse for days or months in the ocean before returning home or finding another reef to settle on. Once they get to a

reef, they generally stay there for a lifetime.

Sample hatchlings less than one centimetre long were collected from One Tree Island on the Great Barrier Reef for the research.

“The study tells us these baby fish actually have brains. They know where they are going and are strong swimmers,” Professor Kingsford said.

“As a result, they have some control over the reef they end up on.

It’s not just about being led by the currents.”

It is hoped that the study will help develop more accurate knowledge of where larvae go and in maintaining sustainable fish stocks.

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Triena French: Be good to yourself Following her Nan’s advice, Triena French wants to treat others with respect and kindness.

Moving from the tiny village of Fifield to urban Dubbo when she was little, she has also made the transition from graphic designer to teacher’s aide and fitness trainer. As told to NATALIE HOLMES I was born in Parkes, Mum and Dad lived in Fifield when I was little. I remember going back every school holidays and staying with Nan and Pop and my Aunty Deb. It was a childhood spent outside, we made cubbies and rode bikes. I have two brothers so we were always outdoors. I also didn’t rely heavily on others for entertainment. We always found something to do and never relied on the TV. Growing up where I did gave me a sense of belonging somewhere. It was always positive and welcoming and peaceful and I guess that’s how I am now. There was a big focus on family spending time together and that really shapes who you are.

When we moved to Dubbo, I went to Orana Heights and then South High.

Funnily enough, I have worked at both of those schools since then. After high school, it was a huge push for me going to uni and doing an arts degree. I had always enjoyed the arts and being creative and I had an amazing teacher in Year 12. He encouraged me towards being a graphic designer and going into that, I’d thought of different career options. I wanted to be a forensic scientist but didn’t do well enough in chemistry to do that. I also realised that forensics was competitive and hard to get into.

But graphic design was the obvious choice.

I moved to Wagga Wagga where I did digital media classes and photography and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design. It was different but Jason (my partner) was there, we started dating in 2006.

In first year, I lived on campus, in second year we lived at the caravan park and in third year, we got a unit. I really enjoyed the course and I loved all the possibilities of it and it was a chance to be creative. I was always working on a project. I’m also a massive print and type fan, I’m drawn by old school print.

I was lucky too as I was offered a job with Dubbo Photo News. But being a graphic designer, it’s a bit full-on – it’s rewarding but can be extremely trying. Sometimes, as much as you help a client, you still don’t feel like you have nailed it. In many ways, it was a test of patience and skill.

I’d actually started helping kids by tu-

toring a little bit here and there when a lady let me know of a job as a teacher’s aide at a local school. I thought ‘why not?’ I’ve always known I wanted to help people. I’ve been there ever since and I don’t think I’ll do anything else. It’s a job that keeps giving something, offering hope and encouragement to kids that they may not get anywhere else.

I was in the special education unit which is for kids experiencing difficulties in learning, socially and in general.

They just need some support in what they’re doing. When I was at school, I always did peer reading and peer support. It made me feel empowered and responsible. Now, I know that these kids have my back and I have theirs. There’s a level of respect that I get from the kids that otherwise may not be there. They may not have any network at home.

You have kids that have no-one. You might be their only form of support that they have in their life. Knowing that they listen to you and you can affect their day to day lives is a massive

thing. We are there for learning support and helping them read and understand what’s going on in the classroom.

It’s not just their classroom learning, it’s their social learning too. They might not interact very well with others, all of that sort of thing. It might be little things like a mark on an exam or being able to overcome something that three weeks earlier might have given them a meltdown.

It’s just helping to build that resilience in them that helps support them.

I am now working in the mainstream learning and support team, an amazing group of people to work with. What keeps me grounded, I think, is something I learned a long time ago. My Nan’s mantra was to be kind to others and it will also come back to you. She always said ‘be good’ which was about not being mean, being good to yourself and others in what you do and how you live.

I have a tattoo ‘Be Good’ in Nan’s handwriting on my wrist and a bird on the other wrist to signify my other

grandparents. Nan and I were extremely close and who I am as a person is partly because of her influence. As well as being a wonderful nan, she was also a triple certificate nurse and midwife.

She was the hardest working person.

Being good to others led to being good to myself. Over the years, I’d given way too much to others without realising the toll it had taken on me. To be a better role model for the kids and for myself, I had to do something.

A guy from work was talking about the place he goes called Fitclub. After a rough patch in my life, I decided to do something for myself for a change. I go every day and loving it more and more.

I am now a coach and training with the aim of becoming a personal trainer next year. I am amazed at how I feel, I thought I would have given it up ages ago but now I can’t! I have lost 30kg. I just feel a happier person now.

I’m positive about a lot more in my life than I ever was. It helps keep me positive and I can get more involved in school stuff, I feel more confident, I feel like there’s nothing stopping me from achieving what I want to do now. I was a negative person for a long time, now I have confidence, it has made me feel awesome.

My anxiety has gone, I can focus on something and know that it can happen and that it will happen. I feel that I am doing what I was destined to do, I finally realised what I was here for. I want to give kids this opportunity to believe in themselves. And I’ve got kids in my class keeping me on the ball!

I’ve finally developed the realisation that you might not mean something to them now but one day they might look back on this time. Now that I am finally happy, I feel like I can give more.

If you are happy and positive, it makes a difference in so many things, your work, your life. I am getting further in my job now. I am pushing myself to the limit. You can fall seven times, and get up eight times. It’s about picking yourself up and doing it. Now I am inspiring others to make better choices in their lives. In general, the people around me are making better choices and shining a different light on it.

Nan was always positive. She would always say ‘have you seen it this way?’ in relation to a decision or a problem.

You have control of it, so do it. Everyone says I should be a teacher. I’d like to look at it, I’m only 28 so I’ve got time to think about it.

I would like to continue making a difference in whatever I do, whether that’s social work or youth work. When you have options to change, that’s when you do make a change. If I had not been so shy and afraid to do things, I would have done this earlier. But because I was afraid of the consequences, I didn’t do anything. I was afraid of myself. But now I want to be that voice for a lot of kids and tell them to do whatever you want to do.

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Brian and Lorna White: Shooting from the hip A mutual love of pistol shooting brought them together. They have since spent a lifetime shooting photographs, raising a family and enjoying the great outdoors. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY Wendy Merrick Brian White WAS born in Wellington and met Lorna because we were both in the pistol club. We both represented the state as well. I’ve always been interested in firearms. I basically told Lorna, ‘if you want to go out with me, you’ve got to come pistol shooting.’ That was 60 years ago.

I decided that she was a man after my own heart (laughs).

We also loved waterskiing and badminton. After we were married, we lived at Wyangala and then I got a job at Beaurepaires and we lived in Wellington for another 18 months before moving to Dubbo. The doughnut shop we had was something different.

I was employed by McLeod’s Tyres before then. I was doing double time and did not get the pay rise I was working towards. That prompted me into the doughnut shop. I had been told years before that if you start a business, then food was the way to go. Even with a gem like Lorna as my backbone, it was hard work though and I used to do 17 hour days.

I became interested in photography and got my first camera. In 1978, I joined the Australian Photographic Society and in 1980, I joined the Dubbo Camera Club. I was a mad keen photographer and my best shot was of a rainbow bee-eater which is a very nice bird.

It takes a lot of time and patience to be a good photographer. I spent a lot of time at the zoo and on the Rifle Range Rd getting nature shots. We are now both life members of the Camera Club. The main thing that stands out is the composition side of the photo. There are a number of people that can’t get the right properties to form a nice photo, but it is important. At our shop, I did the darkroom work and Lorna was more on the customer side of things.

When we became zoo volunteers, we did early morning walks. I enjoyed being a volunteer. It was a good chance to get out in the bush. I also love doing woodturning, particularly segment work, that’s what I like doing.

When I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, it made things difficult. But Lorna has helped me a lot. I couldn’t do without her. She’s kind, she’s learning new skills and I have good family support.

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Lorna White MOVED to Wellington when I was seven and grew up there. When I met Brian, our dates were always at the pistol club. I’m an outdoors person and our friends were also outdoors people.

My first impression was that he was just a good country guy.

We’ve now been married for 51 years.

We had a very family-oriented wedding and were married at St John’s in Wellington. Our honeymoon was a night together at the Blue Lagoon Motel in Dubbo. Then we went to Wyangala where we lived while Brian was working there. He had been working on the dam at Burrendong and got a transfer to Wyangala where he was drilling and grouting the dam wall. He previously worked as a tyre fitter.

We were there for three and a half

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years and our son Wayne was born there. We have two children, a boy and a girl. Sheree was born in Wellington three years later. Brian is also a good dad and would do everything for them.

When we moved to Dubbo, we owned the Dubbo Photographic Centre. A common mistake people make is putting people in the middle of the photo. We also had a doughnut shop for a while at Dubbo Square. When we sold that, we decided to retire then the opportunity for the photo shop came up so we took that.

When Wayne went to school, I worked in the canteen and was treasurer of the canteen committee. That was the start of my volunteer work. When the kids were older, I went to work at the Kids Club at school. We did craft and that sort of stuff. Then I went to work at Dubbo Preschool as a teacher’s assistant. I loved that.

We were zoo volunteers for about

10 years, we were actually in the first group that started. It was good to meet like-minded people. We stopped doing it because we ran out of puff. That was in 1990 and the week before we got out of the shop. We have always done things together.

When Brian was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2001, it was hard for everybody. I said that if there wasn’t a support group in Dubbo, then I’d start one. There was one and I’m the coordinator of the local Parkinson’s support group now.

Brian was always a very active person and has now been restricted. He’s been through many stages. The support group helps everybody – the carers need help as well as the people with Parkinson’s. What the group does is let everyone get together and have a chat. It also gives you motivation to keep going, knowing that the other carers understand. It helps you get up and going and gives you something to do for the day.

Like any disease, Parkinson’s makes life difficult. Brian has always spent a lot of time outdoors but Parkinson’s has stopped him from doing a lot of that.

I joined the Dubbo Health Council a few years ago. The health system is changing and needs our help so that’s when I joined. I’ve been the chair for the past 12 months. We have contributed to the hospital and can support them in what they are doing.

I was with the Health Council when it was suggested that we needed accommodation for mums having bubs who weren’t from Dubbo but needed to stay here before the birth. There was nothing except motels and that can be expensive. We got the committee to form Macquarie Homestay. This accommodation is very much-needed as there’s a lot of different causes. Stage 3 and 4 of the hospital redevelopment is going quite well. Working on that keeps me quite busy.

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French presidential elections bring their own surprises

BY FAYROUZ TAWFIK FRENCH CORRESPONDANT

URPRISE! Surprise! 2016 was a year full of it. The unexpected Brexit shaking the core of the European Union, or Russia losing its place in the Human Rights Council while the Saudi Kingdom of beheading, lapidating and belittling women kept its place.

Donald Trump a sexist xenophobe made it to the White House leaving Hillary Clinton, her supporter and the world in shock.

In France people were observing world events in total confidence that such unrealistic outcomes are not possible here as we are more grounded and reasonable. Everyone was almost sure that the next president of the French republic will be Alan Juppé since there isn’t a single possibility on the socialists list.

But 2016 did not stop the sequel of surprises. The Republican Party’s election second round on November 27, eliminated Juppé in favour of François Fillion, former prime minister in Nicholas Sarkozy’s government between 2007 and 2012.

Fillion who was Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity and later was the Minister of National Education in former president Jacques Chirac’s government is known for his stand against medically assisted procreation and abortion, who also voiced his opinion against gay marriage and abstained in 2014 from voting on a project of real equality between men and women.

Even Marine Le Pen the National Front candidate was surprised to the extent that she is completely absent from making declarations or media appearances. Probably she needs time to absorb the news and see what she could present in her campaign that Fillion is known to stand for.

Both Le Pen and Fillion are known for their desire to stop the flux of immigration and if possible send some back to their countries of origin. Both want to deprive children born on French soil to foreign parents from acquiring the French citizenship at the age of 18 and prevent them from being schooled if their parents are illegal immigrants.

Apart from all these similarities in viewpoints of the candidates of the right wing and extreme right on national affairs they also have similar opinions on various international affairs including

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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. PHOTO: AAP/SAM MOOY

support of Russian military interventions in Syria.

In front of a torn apart social party and an extremely weak and forgotten extreme left wing everyone was at a loss between two candidates that do not represent the majority of the French people and their socialist values.

And again a new surprise French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tickles the fancy of the French and declared in a televised interview that it is possible he presents himself as a candidate for the

` Valls stands for everything the right wing hates. He’s born in Barcelona to a Spanish father and a Swiss mother and is known to be a liberal in the Socialist Party and is very popular among both French and immigrants.

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socialists. A declaration that created a greater rift in the socialist party; and Valls was attacked in the media by Emmanuel Macron another socialist candidate and former Minister of Finance.

Valls stands for everything the right wing hates. He’s born in Barcelona to a Spanish father and a Swiss mother and is known to be a liberal in the Socialist Party and is very popular among both French and immigrants.

Now it’s the socialists turn to surprise us in the elections taking place on January 22 and 29 where one candidate will represent the left. Voters are still uncertain to who deserves the honour, since they see Macron as too young and inexperienced and Valls a bit too liberal for the socialists.

Of course there are many other aspiring candidates who are almost never spoken about but are hoping that the rift among the socialists will eventually tempt the voters to take uncalculated risks and jump into the unknown.

Until we see if the socialists stand

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strong along one candidate, all eyes are on our expected next president Fillion; as we can only vision a second round in May between Le Pen and Fillion after eliminating the socialist candidate in the first round.

If and only if the socialist surprise us at the end of January with a candidate who can stand in front of Le Pen and Fillion; and can manage from February to the end of April to convince the voters with his agenda we might end up with a socialist-republican or socialist-extreme right presidential election.

What makes the socialists job difficult is the fact that François Hollande’s government failed to deliver the promises he made to voters and that left a very bitter taste for the French who find the only prominent socialist candidates Valls and Macron were both part of the Hollande government.

Eventually French voters will come again in May to practice their right of vote of elimination in favour of the candidate seen as least undesirable.

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2016: The future of tech is now

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NY review of a year is tough.

What were the important aspects? What items were revolutionary rather than just evolutionary? What should be left out? Looking back over technology for the last year was very tough.

There are so many technological advancements made every day it is hard to narrow down the list for a year. Keep in mind that last year the ten highest patent lodging companies had 36,108 patents amongst them. That is almost one hundred patents a day from only ten companies.

All of that is a way of saying go easy on me if I leave something out you think should be mentioned!

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Batteries One of the major technology items in the news this year was the spontaneous combustion of batteries. Lithium-Ion batteries are used in millions of devices across the world because they can store relatively large amounts of energy in a small space. Unfortunately, the movement of particles inside the battery causes heat to build-up and, in a poorly designed battery, the heat can damage the thin walls that keep the different parts of the battery separate.

Cue Hoverboards (I don’t know

why they have that name as they don’t actually hover – but that is an article in itself) at the end of last year; HP notebooks in June this year and the biggest battery story of the year, the Samsung Note 7 which was released in August this year. The recall and then subsequent complete withdrawal of the product will cost Samsung an estimated US$17 billion.

Maybe 2016 was the year of the battery.

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) has been talked about for many years and different launches and claims have been made over the years – but this year finally saw the rubber hit the road in the VR world.

Competition always drives better solutions and the VR world is no different. With Oculus Rift; HTC Vive; Microsoft HoloLens and the Playstation VR headset in addition to devices made to work with smartphones such as the Samsung and Google headsets the world of VR has started to become real – in a virtual sense. They aren’t perfect yet but, having tried a few different models, they are certainly very good.

Maybe we will look back in years to come and say that 2016 was the year that VR was launched into the mainstream.

Autonomous vehicle Autonomous vehicles are edging closer to reality but, despite Google cars driving over three

million kilometres in self-driving mode, there is a still some way to go before we will be able to tell our car to drop us off at the pub and collect us at midnight.

A Tesla driver is unfortunately no longer with us having died in a crash while the vehicle was in autonomous mode so, apart from public confidence, the engineers admit there are still minor issues to be rectified before we could declare any year as the year of the fully automatic car.

Pokemon Go! As has been the case for many years, apps were launched for our smartphones that delivered solutions to problems we didn’t even know we had. With over one million different apps available, you could be excused for thinking that there are no big opportunities left in the world of apps.

That logic would be reasonable until an app came along that only took nineteen days before it was downloaded over fifty million times and has now been downloaded over half a billion times.

With more first week downloads than any other app in the history of the Apple App Store, there would be a reasonable argument to say that 2016 was the year of Pokémon GO.

Data Security The simple passcode you put on your phone to stop your friends picking up your phone and sending random texts to people in your

address book seems like a good idea – until you can’t remember the code you used.

Many people think it is a simple matter of taking the phone to your local retailer or supplier and asking them to unlock it. Syed Farook was one of the shooters involved in the San Bernardino attack a year ago that left 14 people dead.

When the FBI recovered his locked iPhone, they thought it would be nice if Apple unlocked it for them. This was the FBI after all and this person had randomly killed US citizens. The information on his phone could deliver critical information. Apple declined due to its policy to never undermine the security features of its products. That is taking security seriously.

Maybe 2016 was the year of recognising the importance of security.

Having considered a few of these significant technology aspects of 2016 and looking through many more potential items that could have made the list, it is hard to define this year by any one technology component. If I had to pick a theme for the year, I would say 2016 was the year of technology itself – just like so many before and so many that will come after.

Merry Christmas to all of the readers of this column. I hope that Santa delivers you lots of electronic gadgets and I look forward to talking about more technology in 2017.

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The naked accountant – more than you or your small business can bear?

BY PHIL COMERFORD D SCOLARI COMERFORD

IKE any business owner, being a small business accountant can be a challenge, but also a very rewarding one. The thing is, though, that being able to move with the times and being able to give what others want is something that needs to be worked on constantly.

For some people a trip to the accountant can be quite daunting (just like public speaking). So what should you look for when making a decision on whose hands you would like to put your financial future in?

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your tax return, but a great accountant will know that also being a business advisor who can tie in this advice with the end goal of promoting personal wealth is very important. Turning your enterprise success into personal wealth is underpinned by planning. Just like you need a business plan when running an operation, you should also have a personal financial plan as well. Business goals and personal goals should go hand in hand and not be at odds with one another.

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Let’s face it, accounting isn’t simple.

You should never be made to feel as though you are silly to ask any question when you don’t understand something.

Also, being someone who challenges your accountant, and having an accountant who welcomes these queries, is always healthy when getting somebody to help you think outside the square.

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Christmas with a Newborn

BY DEBBIE DIXON CHRISTMAS can be highly stressful and overwhelming to many people. Add your gorgeous newborn baby fresh home from the hospital and it can all fly off the handle. Here are a few ideas to help smooth over life at this sometimes too frantic time of the year.

My grandmother used to have a saying “The smallest in the house is the biggest master”. As a child I, used to laugh at all her funny old English expressions and didn’t know what any of them meant. Having my own children many years later, I then completely understood and could see a lot of truth in those old sayings. Your experience of Christmas with a new child will be truly a blessing but realistically it will be a totally different experience to how it used to be. Take it all in and enjoy it to the full in a new magical way.

Simplify everything – yes I mean EVERYTHING! If there’s a simpler, less complicated, easier, no fuss, quicker, more straightforward way of doing tasks, go for it! If someone suggests a more streamlined way of doing something, give it a try. You have nothing to lose and may find the idea a lifesaver.

Don’t underestimate the impact of having a new baby in the house. Yes, there is no doubt it is blissful and wonderful and idyllic but once you arrive home, you are HOME and into the thick of everyday life and everyday issues. Be practical.

All to the good if you have people around you who are more than happy to organise the celebrations and make it all happen on the day. If you want to/ feel the need to offer some contribution to the festivities, be certain it is within your current capabilities so you are not stretched beyond your limits. Prepare ahead of time exactly what your contribution will be. Go for simple preparations. Instead, maybe offer to buy some drinks, fresh fruit or commercially made or pre-made treats. Above all, set realistic goals for what you are able to do or commit to do. Ideally on the day itself, you will be left to relax and enjoy the day while focusing on only looking

after yourself and your baby.

If Christmas will be at your house – and only you will know if this arrangement suits you better than going out for Christmas – remember that you have just had a baby and that people need to take you – and the house – literally as they find you.

If your day involves going out or travelling for any length of time and you are relying on a breast pump be sure to pack the pump when you pack everything else. Before baby came along, you were not accustomed to be carrying a

More shocking is the drama that ensues if breastfeeding were not to be going so well for some reason and you urgently needed to express some milk. You then find yourself needing to get your hands on a breast pump fast when you may be far from home during a string of public holidays! Not a fun and calming thought!

pump around with you. It is a very common occurrence to go out or go on holidays and arrive at your destination to the dreadful realisation that the breast pump is still back at home. More shocking is the drama that ensues if breastfeeding were not to be going so well for some reason and you urgently needed to express some milk. You then find yourself needing to get your hands on a breast pump fast when you may be far from home during a string of public holidays! Not a fun and calming thought!

Plan for simple meals. In our typically hot and dry or hot and humid Australian Summers, aim for meals that don’t require cooking and minimal preparation. Better still, let someone else do the meal preparation at this time, even if it would normally be your job.

Make full use of any labour-saving devices you may have access to such as dishwashers, slow cookers, washing machines, dryers. In the kitchen, use paper plates, cutlery and cups, especially if extra people are in the house visiting. Use takeaway and home delivery as the ultimate convenience food to lighten the load if the need arises.

Most people can learn something valuable from the Scouts. Be prepared for both the expected and the unexpected.

Keep all “help” numbers close at hand for potential emergencies. Unexpected sickness and breastfeeding issues can and do happen at all times of the year, sometimes more so at this time of the

year. Holiday periods particularly during the Christmas break in Australia usually amount to extended closures or significantly reduced working hours of many regular health organisations and related businesses. Help can usually be found in some form. However, depending on the nature of help needed, you may find the help you receive after hours and on public holidays may not be the most appropriate type of help. The busy emergency department of a public hospital running on further reduced staff levels after normal business hours is undoubtedly the last place you would hope to find yourself and your newborn baby during the Christmas holidays, namely unresolved breastfeeding issues which have progressed in severity to become an urgent medical issue.

A major component of support for new mothers especially with first time babies is reassurance of normal baby behaviour and this is especially time sensitive in the early days after your baby’s birth. An important tip - if you give birth in the days that fall around Christmas Day – either just before, on the day or just after – chances are high that you will want to go home as soon as possible and the hospital will most likely encourage you to do just that. Be certain if you are discharged at this time that you go home with a list of contact numbers in your baby’s blue book, more critically numbers that are fully reachable until normal services recommence. This may include contact details of home visiting midwives and child health nurses.

Where to find support Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/ A lactation consultant (IBCLC) h t t p : // w w w . l c a n z . o r g / find-a-lactation-consultant/ Support groups on Facebook or online https://www.facebook.com/dubbobreastfeedingandparentingsupport http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/overstimulation.html/context/738 ht t ps://w w w.brea st feed i ng.a sn. au/bf-info/safe-when-breastfeeding/ alcohol-and-breastfeeding http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/breastfeeding_attachment_video. html

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Farming is in my blood Ben Egan was recently recognised as the Tracserv Young Achiever of the Year at the Macquarie Cotton Growers Awards. He has been working hard to promote the cotton industry through programs such as the Archibull Art for Agriculture. AS TOLD TO Natalie Holmes It’s over 170 years since my ancestor Bryan Egan came to the Macquarie Valley in search of good grazing country to lay claim to land so he could start and grow his own small cattle herd. In 1839, he came to Mount Harris and it was here he stayed so I am lucky enough to be a sixth generation farmer.

Needless to say, farming is in my blood. It’s my passion, my job, It’s my life!

Located in the Macquarie Valley, north of Warren in the central west of NSW is our family farm, Kiameron. A lot has changed since 1839, but the history, values and commitment to the land is still strong.

Even today we still live in the same house our ancestors built in the late 1870s.

Today, Kiameron covers 6000 hectares (15,000 acres), including 1100ha of irrigation, 1100ha of dry land and 3800ha of grazing country.

Our main enterprise is cotton but we also grow other crops such as sorghum, wheat, canola, chickpeas and as tradition would have it we still graze around 700 head of cattle.

From an early age, I loved to explore the outdoors, running around making bow and arrows, riding motorbikes and driving around the farm with dad. Right from the word go, the love of farm was there and I wasn’t afraid to show it.

Standing next to dad when I was about 10, at a local swimming carnival, I looked around and said: “You know, I think I’ve got my life pretty well sorted, I think I’ll leave school, do a bit of swimming, then come back and kick you out!” And a succession plan was born.

I was lucky enough to go to boarding school in Sydney.

I was astonished at how little some of the city boys knew about life on a farm and living in the country. I was confronted one lunch time by a day student who asked me “So, do you have TV out in the bush?”, “TV? What’s that?” I replied,

laughing. I began to explain to him about life on the farm and what really happens beyond the farm gate. This then led to many of my city friends wanting to come out to the farm in the holidays to chase feral animals, ride motorbikes and go to the ever-popular Marthaguy picnic races.

During my lifetime, I have had some life-changing experiences and reminders of how lucky we are in this country. In Year 11, I had the opportunity to travel to Cambodia to help build houses for rural communities. This was a wonderful experience and a huge eyeopener to the culture and way of life in a country which had been torn apart by communism and war.

After completing my HSC, I was awarded a GAP placement at a school in England. This was a chance for me to travel and explore what the world had to offer. My 12 months abroad working at Stonyhurst College saw me interact with students with all different backgrounds.

However, it was becoming a bit of an ongoing recurrence to find students (even in a different country) that had little knowledge of farming or where their food and fibre comes from. They were astonished when I told them that I was a farmer and after talking to them for a while they began to realise how important farmers are and started being a little more appreciative of the people who put food on our plates and clothes on our back.

After a year of being away from agriculture, I desperately needed to get my hands dirty.

Going to the Territory had always been on the ‘to do’ list and it was now time to don the Akubra, dust off the boots and get in the saddle.

Working at Eva Downs and Camfield station in the NT was an unbelievable experience. It was here that I learnt the value of a dollar, the meaning of an honest day’s work, and

the beauty this country can produce.

I spent the last four years furthering my education at university and have now gained a Bachelor of Business majoring in Farm Management at Marcus Oldham College in Geelong.

Farm tours were a usual part of the curriculum at Marcus.

A chance for us to visit farms, analyse their business and learn about their management strategies and tactics. A tour to the Riverina saw us visit a few cotton farms, much to my delight as it has always been a passion of mine and an enterprise I could relate to. In the third year of my degree, our

class travelled to China to explore the agribusiness sector on an international scale, learning about the customs and relations with one of Australia’s biggest trading partners.

Today, I am working full time on the family farm, applying knowledge learnt in the classroom into the real world and it is very exciting.

We have recently finished picking the 600ha of cotton as well as 300ha of sorghum with good yields. Although harvest is only just finished, I am already getting excited about next year’s crop and the influence I will have. I am currently implementing a transition from flood furrow irrigation meth-

ods to lateral move and bankless channel irrigation to help improve water use efficiencies.

I feel that there is a great need for the young farmers out there to get out and have a voice, to communicate with people and let them know about the good things our farmers do and how vital they are to the community and the economy.

Communicating and raising awareness and the challenges and constraints of farming with young people and the many different career paths it offers is a vital part helping to drive change for the agriculture sector in the way we do business with everyone along the supply change. It’s with great pride and excitement to see the number of these programs like the Art4Agriculture Young Farming Champions that are available to grow skills and knowledge for young people in agriculture.

It concerns me that the average age of farmers today is 52 years old. It scares me that the only options we seem to have is that farms are lucky enough to be handed down to the next generation or sold to large corporate entities and overseas investors who have the capital and borrowing capacity to purchase large parcels of prime agricultural land.

Where are all the young farmers? We’re here, we just need to be heard and be given a chance. I personally would like to see more programs that support and help young farmers buy into farming and enable them to pursue their passion.

But agriculture doesn’t just entail farms. There are endless career opportunities within the agricultural sector with great programs to help people get involved and support our industry. I challenge the young people of today to put their hand up and be heard, ask questions, challenge the status quo, support our farmers and just have a go!

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I t ’ s w h at w e d o at T h e G r a p e v i n e These are our Corn Fritters – a best seller for breakfast at The Grapevine. It’s mouth-watering food like this that makes The Grapevine one of Dubbo’s favourite cafes. It’s where friends meet and where business meetings thrive. Serving great coffee, breakfast, brunch, lunch, and light afternoon tea – seven days a week. Owners Tim & Kim Houghton invite you join them at The Grapevine today.

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Discover who made you what you are

BY CYNTHIA FOLEY VERY Family has a story. Genes Reunited will help you discover yours. Find it at www.genesreunited.com.au Discover who made you what you are. Help build your family tree.

In its simplest form Genes Reunited is a great research tool and a wonderful way to contact other people who are researching the same names, all for a basic cost of $20 + a year.

You will need to fill in a family tree or pedigree chart which is available on the website.

Begin by entering information you already know into your family tree. This doesn’t have to be everything you know. Just make a start in the name or family you are most interested in.

You will receive replies from other people researching the same name, and an invitation to look at their tree. And an opportunity to send a message to the relative to see if you connect.

A great sharing opportunity.

This money is totally justified and one of the strengths of Genes Reunited, ie is searching other members’ trees. Interacting to see if you connect and what they know. If they don’t connect, hit the delete button. Or proceed and look at their tree if permission is granted. This is a simple means to see if anyone else is researching the same family line as you.

Genes Reunited, originally known as Genes Connected, is a genealogy website that was launched in the UK in 2003 as a sister-site to Friends Reunited.

Since then it has grown to become one of the UK’s largest genealogy websites, with over 13 million members and over 780 million names listed. Genes Reunited holds millions of fully searchable newspaper pages in its British Newspaper Archive collection Using the above databases, there are varying subscription categories. Amount of information supplied depends on the subscription, Then it is possible to register for free, which will get you just so far … before having to pay the more expensive and comprehensive subscription.

Using the free capability I was able to enter my great-great grandfather’s name, year and place of birth, and given the opportunity to ‘view’ buttons in the boxes below the entry to view research results. There were no entries in Census, Land and Surveys, But 33,712 entries in the British Newspaper Archives. Other options were Births, Marriages and Deaths; travel and migration, Armed Forces & Conflicts, Newspapers, Directories and Social History.

Once past these lists it was necessary to either pay-as-you-go or subscribe to one of the options available.

It is almost a one-stop shop and covers most of what you find in the major online databases offering information for you to search that is bound to contain information about your ancestors.

Use the historical records feature to find detailed information of ancestors from hundred’s of years ago.

For me, this site has changed dramatically and is now as part of the Brightsolid family.

Genes has continued to grow and increase its user base. It still continues to evolve and now contains a tree maker with advanced

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functionality, an extensive collection of over 780 million records and a fully functioning community forum. And is now one of several family history brands owned by DC Thomson including findmypast, and has a partnership with the British Library for British Newspaper Archive, an online repository that plans to digitise 40 million historic news pages over the coming decade.

It also offers historical records, such as census records from England, Wales and Scotland and birth, marriage and death records dating from 1837 to 2006. Online community boards give members the opportunity to chat and share advice. They can also upload and share family photos and documents. This is all in its latest paid incarnation of the program.

On closer investigation, I suspect that I would discover much of the material on ancestry.com and findmypast.com.au that is available in the platinum subscription.

If you get stuck there are active community boards.

With genes reunited you can keep all your family photos and records in one place.

Upload your family photos, letters, certificates and other documents.

Save records you find on the site and attach them to relatives.

` It is almost a one-stop shop and covers most of what you find in the major online databases offering information for you to search that is bound to contain information about your ancestors.

Organise your photos, scanned documents and records into folders.

Share them with other members and see photos added by other people.

I suggest googling ‘genes reunited’ and reading instructions for yourself. Perhaps printing off instructions. But I do advise on having a go at the basic search during the holidays. You will be glad you do. I am warning, that it can be addictive.

Once discovering a name match, you, the researcher can contact the person and ask permission to look at their tree. An opportunity to write a comment. And you are off and running. z Dubbo & District Family History Society, ground floor, Community Arts Building, Western Plains Cultural Centre. Opening hours: Saturday 10am-4pm, Tuesday 1pm-4pm, Thursday 2pm-6pm, Friday 10am-1pm. Phone 68818635 in library hours. 0408845796 (ah). z DDFHS has an annual sliding subscription rate of $40 (for one person or two people living at the same address) + a once only $10 joining fee. (other membership categories also apply) that provide unlimited access to all records, plus the most important ingredient: help from library assistants. z New members are always welcome. All subscriptions will be due on January 1. Pay in DDFHS library after January 10, or post subscription to Dubbo and District Family History Society Box 868, Dubbo. z Also on offer is $10 casual fee per session which provides access to the huge collection of genealogical records and databases in the society. More or less a try, before you buy. z Closed for Christmas from December 10 to January 10.

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

Sally Bryant

Sally Bryant looks back on learning‌ OU remember when you first learned to walk? God it was hard work and I’ve tended to avoid walking ever since. There were upsides to mastering this new skill, because I never learned to crawl; instead my pre-walking method of getting around was to slide around on my bottom, emitting a frequent call of ‘Toot! Toot!’ I don’t actually remember doing this but there are any number of helpful witnesses who do and they helpfully share this information - so I’m resigned to it being public knowledge, if not my finest hour.

So walking, while tough to learn, represented a great leap forward, as it were.

However it left me with a lifelong family nickname...

It was so hard to get the walking thing all together. The standing upright without clutching something for stability, the maintaining your balance thing, the working out how to keep your momentum while not getting too far ahead of yourself and pitching face-first to the floor. I don’t have explicit memories of each bit of it but I remember it as one of the toughest things I’ve ever learned to do. And each time I see a child going through it, I get little flashbacks of the trials and frustrations I felt at the time.

And I feel a deep wave of sympathy for the kid, and a grave sense of foreboding at the potential for disaster they were facing. Because I had a multitude of falls before I got my act together. It was worth it in the end, but I took some bark off.

And of course, as I’ve gone through life, I’ve had to learn all sorts of new skills as I’ve gone along, with varying degrees of success. Some have been very tough to learn, and some have been surprisingly easy; that’s all been influenced to some degree by how much I wanted to learn. If it was something I was breaking my neck to do, then chances are I stood less chance of actually breaking my neck in the process.

And if it was something that I had to learn but wasn’t so keen on, then maybe it was a

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bit tougher, a bit more of a slog. And I probably had my teeth gritted, my jaw clenched, squinting in concentration.

The reason I’m cogitating on all of this?

I’ve been in training all week, with the rest of my workmates. And I’ve found myself exhausted at the end of each day. Not just a bit tired, but really wrung-out, stuffed, knackered, exhausted. And that has surprised me a bit, and it’s made me wonder why it’s taking so much out of me. Because this is training in what we do every day, it’s a sort of refresher course in some things and a bit of new knowledge and a fair chunk of learning to work in an increasingly cooperative way within a team. But it’s been every day, and we’ve taken it very seriously and we’ve all been concentrating very hard on the process.

I’ve done jobs in the past where I was expected to attend rounds of meetings; days and days of meetings with community, with stakeholders, with service providers, and they were exhausting as well.

There’s an element of concentration, of constant engagement with others, of being in a situation where you have to be actively listening all day. And that is pretty draining. It reminds me of my father saying years ago that a day in a Council meeting was harder work than most of the jobs on the property because you are sitting and talking all day long. And the mentally tiring jobs are somehow much more exhausting than the physically tiring.

Even writing about it is sapping me of energy.

It’s not as though it’s been a negative experience this week; it’s been interesting, informative and good for us all as individuals and as a team. We’ve had a lot of laughs and we’ve learned an enormous amount.

And I’m very grateful that we’ve had the time and money invested in us, and I’m sure we’ll all see the benefits as we apply all that we’ve learned. But I’m relieved it’s over and I’ve survived more or less intact.

` It’s quite confronting, the whole training thing because when you’re being given refresher training in something you actually do, there’s a sense that maybe somewhere in the thing you do, you’re being perceived as not actually walking but more as someone who is sliding around on her bottom, making ‘Toot! Toot!’ noises. Now there’s an uncomfortable thought.

It’s quite confronting, the whole training thing because when you’re being given refresher training in something you actually do, there’s a sense that maybe somewhere in the thing you do, you’re being perceived as not actually walking but more as someone who is sliding around on her bottom, making ‘Toot! Toot!’ noises.

Now there’s an uncomfortable thought.

So I’ll be having a big sleep this weekend, to try and get my feet back under me again and get a sense again of my own space, of my own stability, of my own identity. And in that way, it has reminded me a bit of learning how to walk; except it’s like learning how to walk, all over again.

I guess, at any time in your life when you think you have a handle on how everything works, if you have a sense that you have learned all there is to know about what it is you do, then you’re either deluding yourself, or you’re missing some really good new information. So we should embrace these opportunities, we should open ourselves up to learning new things and we should make an effort to bring those new skills into our everyday working life. Because otherwise the training is a waste of time and we don’t get any better at what it is we do.

But that’s all next week. This weekend, as you read these pages, I’ll be practising a skill that I’ve honed and refined to an art, I’ll be demonstrating my superiority in the execution and I’ll be pleased as punch to be able to do it.

I will be resting my now fully-trained mind and girding my loins for life as a fully re-skilled and refreshed employee. I’ll be kicking back contemplating my newly trained self, I’ll be reflecting and I’ll be considering how I can adapt my work to the skills we’ve been taught.

But mostly I’ll be sleeping. Learning to walk is hard work.

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Rural doctor shortage needs action now

BY PROFESSOR ANDREW VANN VICE-CHANCELLOR, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY (CSU)

HRONIC shortages of local doctors is a problem rural and regional communities know all too well.

When Australia faced the crisis of a national doctor shortage 20 years ago, it embarked on a sustained drive and policy ambition of national self-sufficiency.

With 10 new medical schools established over the intervening years, metropolitan and capital city Australia now enjoys a reliable supply of locally educated, locally trained doctors.

But the story is very different in rural and regional communities across the country.

Nine of those 10 new medical schools were located in metropolitan areas, and over this period our rural and regional communities have continued to suffer doctor shortages and reduced access to necessary care, which has resulted in increased rates of chronic disease and lower life expectancy.

Yet this policy of national self-sufficiency was meant to increase rural and regional doctor supply. The medical schools were funded to deliver rural outreach programs. This included a

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set of ‘targeted’ rural student places and programs to expose medical students to rural life.

When devised, the policy was envisaged as the foundation of a reliable pipeline of new doctors for rural and regional practice.

However, a recent report by the Department of Health demonstrated that 20 years after the national self-sufficiency policies (that continue to this day) were introduced, the most notable result has been an oversupply of doctors in our cities.

At the time these policies were developed, we understood very little about the factors that influenced medical students to make the decision to work rurally. The research suggested that recruiting more ‘rural’ students, and exposure to rural practice, would be enough to solve shortages.

We now know this is not the case.

Rather the solution is complex and requires complimentary ‘end-to-end’ solutions.

Selecting students from rural and regional Australia, who also intend to practice in rural and Australia is one.

Educating and training students in rural and regional Australia, with a medical curriculum specifically designed for the work they will encounter, and the

opportunities they will have, is another.

But with the exception James Cook University, the one and only rural medical school in Australia, this is not what happens.

In a major recent study, approximately 60 per cent of rural medical students sent to a metropolitan medical school expressed a preference for rural practice when they started their study. By their final year, this number stood at just 10 per cent. In sharp contrast, at James Cook University, this intention to practice in rural areas actually increased during the same period: from 68 per cent to 76 per cent.

The experiences of Charles Sturt University have reinforced this.

Seventy-five per cent of our students studying health-related disciplines are from rural areas. By educating them in rural and regional Australia, 85 per cent of our graduates subsequently live, work and make their life in a rural or regional community. The same is true of La Trobe University.

Our two universities have been advocating on behalf of our communities for a rural medical school for the Murray Darling Basin for several years now. Under our proposal, four out of five students will come from a rural, regional or Indigenous background. They will

learn and train in rural communities.

This means more opportunities for students from Orange, Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Albury-Wodonga and Bendigo to become doctors.

Yet the New South Wales Medical Students’ Council opposes this new school.

Why? Because even if they were initially interested in rural or regional practice, the medical school's’ own statistics show that the current system will have switched the majority of them off.

Our school reflects the model of selfsufficiency championed 20 years ago to help create more doctors for the bush.

We’re hopeful that the medical school places assessment announced by the Federal Government will provide the foundation for a rural medical school to be established in our communities and deliver more doctors for inland rural Australia.

Though we eagerly await assessment findings, due next year, we believe the evidence supporting the MDMS solution is clear and incontrovertible.

It’s time for the city elites – the medical deans and students – to start listening to rural and regional communities.

Then, it’s simply a case of political courage to take bold action and implement the policy solution that will deliver for rural and regional Australia.

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The benefit of health care homes HE Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) says genuine commitment is needed from both the healthcare sector and Federal Government to ensure the forthcoming trial of the Health Care Homes initiative is a success in delivering guidance on how the initiative will work to best effect in the longer-term.

RDAA president, Dr Ewen McPhee (pictured), said while the Association is actively encouraging its rural doctor members to participate in the trial, it will be crucial for the Government to undertake rolling evaluation of the trial and to respond quickly if any practices experience negative financial or other impacts while participating.

He added that, should not enough rural or remote practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services express interest in participating in the trial, the Government should quickly reassess the level of support it is offering to encourage participation.

"The trial will need a high participation rate — and a genuine evaluation process, undertaken in full and open consultation with practices and stakeholder bodies — to help ensure that any problems are ironed out before longerterm implementation of the Health Care Homes initiative occurs" Dr McPhee said.

"Having too small a sample size, and implementing evaluating only a cursory evalua tion process, ess, will risk delivering a sub-optimum initiative tiative that could costt the Government more than the existing ng chronic healthcare care approaches it is designed to replace."

Dr McPhee hee said that realistic stic funding for general practices and Aboriginal Commu-

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nity Controlled Health Services participating in any longer-term phase of the Health Care Homes initiative would also be essential in ensuring its longterm sustainability.

"Our take home message is let's not throw the baby out with the bath water on this issue — the Health Care Homes initiative has the potential to be a very positive development in chronic care, but we need to get the levers right to make it so" he said.

"It is critical that the medical community engages constructively with the Government on the trial, particularly if we are to fully understand what enhancements are needed to make the full-scale implementation of the Health Care Homes initiative effective for the long-term.

"But equally, the Government needs to work with the profession now to ensure the trial goes well.

"For example, while we are keen to have rural practices participate in the trial, there is a dearth of contractual detail available around how practices get involved and only a basic level of support funding available to assist them to participate — this is discouraging many practices, both rural and urban, from participating.

"Yet the views of rural and remote practices participating in the Health Care Homes trial will be essential in shaping a sustainable He Health Care Homes initiative for the years year to come.

"We understand that the Government G wants to enter into the Health H Care Home trial phase with a lean funding approach, and will only want to invest more once iit has been proven that the initiati initiative has merit in the longer-term.

"But it is essential tthat the trial highlights what th the real cost to practices will be in becoming Health Care Homes — because, going forw forward, practices m must be ful-

ly compensated for the service they are providing, or the initiative will simply fall over.

"RDAA has welcomed the Government's decision to implement the Health Care Homes trial, and we have been working closely with the Government to provide feedback on the initiative from a rural and remote perspective.

"We will continue to engage going forward, as it is critical the Government

hears directly from us what is working and what is not working during the Health Care Homes trial phase.

"A successful trial of the Health Care Homes initiative — when backed up by genuine evaluation and realistic funding — should pave the way for a sustainable and effective long-term approach to chronic care in Australia.

"That is an outcome definitely worth working for."

New Dadvice web series tells it as it really is THEY are the men willing to go where their dads feared to tread. They have learnt the hard way that you can’t fit a baby seat without reading the instructions. They have considered the environment, but gone disposable anyway. They can wipe noses, tears and bums in a single swipe.

While there is much love, joy and humour in becoming a parent, new dads can do it tough and often without professional support.

Beyondblue has a web series, Dadvice.org.au, with funding from the Movember Foundation, to help stressed-out dads.

Dadvice features 12 brand new fathers sharing the joys and sleep-deprived disasters of their baby's’ first weeks of life in a series of dad video diaries hosted by comedian Ben Lomas. beyondblue Chairman The Hon. Jeff Kennett AC says research commissioned by the organisation in 2015 found new

dads were more reluctant than their partners to seek assistance if they felt overwhelmed by parenthood.

“We know new mums have a very challenging time,” said Mr Kennett. “But we sometimes forget that dads are in the thick of it too.

“This series is saying to new dads that you’re not alone if you’re finding parenthood tougher than you expected and there are things you can do to look after yourself.

“Becoming a dad brings all kinds of changes to your life.

The advice on the website is practical and designed to help dads manage the day-to-day reality of fatherhood.”

Paul Villanti, Executive Director of the Movember Foundation, said the organisation is passionate about supporting new dads as they transition into their new role and adjust to a huge life change.

“Thanks to funds raised by the Movember community,

we’re able to invest in projects to support men through significant times of change in their lives, like becoming a father.

Through the launch of Dadvice, we’re giving blokes practical tips and advice to navigate the tricky terrain of parenthood,” said Mr Villanti.

Dadvice.org.au, includes recommendations on how new dads can deal with sleep deprivation and the effect on your working life and general health, pressure on your relationship with your partner; falling out of touch with your mates and routines and time to yourself being turned upside down.

Asthma Apps for Kids project - calling for participants ONE in 10 Australian children have asthma - with the highest prevalence in children aged five to 11 years. Children un-

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der 15 are also more likely to be hospitalised as a result of their asthma (470 per 100,000 population) than those aged 15 and over.

While there is currently no cure for asthma, good management can control the disease and prevent symptoms from occurring or worsening, and self-management programmes for children with asthma have shown to be effective and Smartphone apps can assist in delivering these.

The Asthma Apps for Kids project is trying to better understand how young children and their parents interact with asthma apps and ultimately what they want from asthma

management strategies.

The study is currently recruiting participants aged six to 11 and their parent or carer who are based in NSW, QLD, VIC or SA. Eligible participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire (approximately 30 mins) and participate in a focus group and/or a user-testing session of asthma apps (approximately one hour).

A $50 Westfield gift voucher will be given to each family to acknowledge their valuable contribution to research.

Asthma Apps for Kids project is a key initiative of CareTrack Kids – a collaboration between Macquarie University, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, the University of New South Wales the University of South Australia and Bupa with other institutions – that investigates the appropriateness and safety of healthcare received by children.

For more information go to www.caretrackaustralia.org.au

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Farewell 2016 Paddling the Macquarie since 2005, the Orana Dragon Boat Club regularly trains on the Macquarie River and attends regattas with other clubs. This tranquil image has been supplied by Bill Phillips from RiverSmart and is a fitting image as we all turn our backs on 2016 and move toward a new year.

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Friday 23.12.2016 to Sunday 25.12.2016 | Dubbo Weekender David and Paula walked away with a Bronze Medal at this year’s Mudgee Wine Show for their White Merlot

Lazy by name, not by nature When a diesel mechanical supervisor and a grief education officer decided to settle on a lifestyle property outside Mudgee, little did they know that it would change their life. WORDS Natalie Holmes PHOTOGRAPHY Paula Hanson AULA Hanson and David Riley thought they were buying a lifestyle property where they could raise a family together when they bought a pocket of land in the picturesque Mudgee hills.

“We purchased 50 acres in 2011, 15kms out of Mudgee in Eurunderee,” Paula explained.

“Our initial intentions were to build our dream home on the site.

“Our mission was to find the perfect

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place to build our dream home, get married and raise our children. It was just a beautiful place to call home.”

Initially, the couple was able to just settle in and not worry too much about maintaining the vineyard.

But the lure of one of the finest winemaking regions in Australia and their 10 acre vineyard was too much for the couple and five years after moving in, they were not only making wine, but winning awards for it.

“We were fortunate enough in the first three years to have an agreement with our neighbour to maintain the vineyard in exchange for the fruit – making our life very lazy.”

“It was a lot of land and we knew nothing about wine other than we didn't mind a good drop!” Paula laughed.

For Paula and David, it was a great deal. They got their beautiful block and someone else did the work for them. In that time, they started their family and

welcomed two children, Grace and Henry into the world.

“Although we had two years to get ourselves prepared for taking over, the time went really quickly. We did produce two beautiful children in those years – but we were still leisurely building a shed with the view to then build our home. We had done nothing in preparation for taking over a vineyard.”

That all changed last year, when the pair decided to jump into the winemak-

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ing business, boots and all.

“In 2015, we decided to give it a go and maintain the vineyard ourselves and make our first wine. With no experience at all!”

The previous year had been a wipeout in the industry and their neighbourly arrangement was suddenly no longer viable.

“Our neighbour had offered to take it on for another year… but it was the year that broke the camel’s back. Low rainfall resulted in very low yields and it just wasn't a financially fair arrangement anymore.”

The novice vignerons came to a crossroads and pondered whether to continue their vineyard or go the way of many

of their surrounding counterparts.

They didn’t know whether to pull the vines out, let them grow wild or attempt the unattemptable.

“So what do we do? Let it go to ruin, pull it out, put sheep on it? Being a vegetarian, I know less about sheep than I do wine!

“The outlook for the wine industry looked bleak.”

When they had purchased the property, the hills behind them were covered in vines for as far as they could see. But hectares of vines were removed virtually overnight.

“These paddocks are now home to cattle,” Paula says sadly.

“Each trip into Mudgee shows the

signs of yet another vineyard either being pulled out or left for ruin. I didn't want to see our vineyard end up like this.”

Despite the warning signals, the couple pushed on, taking over maintenance of their own vines and producing their first harvest last year. After picking, their fruit is sent to a local winemaker for the final process.

“Our laziness came to an end and Lazy Oak Vineyard was born,” Paula said.

“We have left the making to the local experts so far but it is our ambition to learn, with the ultimate goal of producing it all on-site together as a family.”

While they had named their vineyard after the single oak tree on the

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property and with dreams of lazy days in the Mudgee sunshine, their venture turned out to be a busier lifestyle than originally planned – but infinitely more rewarding.

“We have a lone oak tree on our property and over a few vinos trying to discuss names with family and friends we decided that Lonely Oak wasn't a great name - a great wine should be shared – not drank alone. So we settled on Lazy Oak, as we knew our laziness was about to come to an end!”

As it turns out, having a vineyard on their property has turned out to be a little more time-consuming than anticipated.

“It is not a lazy exercise. There’s al-

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ways something to be done. Pruning, spraying, slashing, business registration, obtaining a liquor license and starting up a website.”

With two preschool aged children at home, a part time job and a partner working shift work, there hasn't been a lot of time for lazing lately. Thankfully, the couple has reliable relatives who lend a hand – so Lazy Oak really has become a family affair.

Reflecting on their experiences over the past year, Paula admitted that there’s been both tears and triumphs.

“Following my first harvest I’ve learnt that there’s caterpillars, spiders, blood, sweat, tears, perhaps a little too much testosterone…oh and some grapes!”

There’s been a lot for the family to deal with, including negativity from other wine growers, being at the mercy of the weather gods, government taxes and getting into an industry when other more established vineyards are leaving.

“Running a vineyard is ironically a sobering experience,” Paula admits.

“It's a gamble, its farming at its finest.

“I never had an interest in rainfall and weather predictions until this year, begging for rain turns into sleepless nights waiting to hear if the predicted hail is going to hit or if we are going to get too much rain too close to harvest.”

And then there was the decision to run a boutique business rather than a bigger enterprise. David and Paula also chose to harvest their fruit rather than waste it.

“When a big company gives you advice to leave your fruit on the vines rather than sell it for a lower price because its affecting the industry, it gives a bitter taste when they then turn around and offer you vinegar prices for your premium fruit.

“Unfortunately, I am not in a position to cut my nose off to spite my face, and I secretly wonder how nice it must be at the top.”

The Australian Government’s Wine Equalization Tax was also difficult for the pair to understand and seemed unfair.

“For all the government’s attempts in advertising to cull binge drinking, this tax hits the wrong end of the market. Premium wines are highly taxed and cheaper commercial wines attract just a portion.”

As well, it took a long time to get another aspect of the vineyard established, with the couple waiting almost a year to finalise their liquor licence.

For all the hiccups, there have been many positive experiences during their early days in the industry.

“Our first vintage from harvest to bottle has been nothing short of interesting, frustrating and a fun experience,” Paula said.

“We managed to tread water and stay afloat this year. Record yields of quality fruit have excited the palate of our wine makers. And the learning experience has been a refreshing reprieve from the stay at home Mum conversations!”

Then everything else paled into insignificance when David and Paula walked away with a Bronze Medal at this year’s Mudgee Wine Show for their White Merlot, a dry yet refreshing rose made from the Merlot grape. It was an incredibly proud moment for them which has inspired them to continue with their venture.

“We are excited to have some brilliant wine in production at the moment,” Paula said.

“While everyone is jumping out, we are jumping in. Unlike sheep, we don't want to follow.”

The pair have taken a few risks in winemaking but have a vision is to bring unique variety and flavours together.

Their time so far has been a mixed bag of emotions.

“A lot of hard work, misspent family time, begging of friends and family for help, annoying your neighbour with a million questions, but the end result is incredible satisfaction that we made it through the first year.”

“We are happy to announce we are officially in business and have many plans for the future.”

Lazy Oak Vineyard is located at Eurunderee just outside Mudgee. Sales are via private wine tastings and virtual cellar door. For more information, please visit www.lazyoak.com or phone Paula on 0419 698 816.

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The Lazy Oak is 50 acres 15 kilometres out of Mudgee in Eurunderee.

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In Between Festival

BY JOHN RYAN N JOURNALIST

ANY successful festivals and events across the globe have their genesis in very small grassroots beginnings.

Who would have predicted the success of Tamworth’s country music Festival which has made that city one of the most recognisable regional brands in Australia, a place when international celebrities such as Keith Urban regard as an integral part of their success.

When the Parkes’ Elvis festival began it was about a dozen people dressing up for a party at a mate’s place called Gracelands, who would have thought it could attract tens of thousands of people on an annual basis and pour so much money into the local economy.

Now Wellington Arts is capitalising on both these events, last year staging the first “MUSIC IN BETWEEN” festival between these two more famous event, which attracted more than 1500 people.

Wellington Arts chair Danielle Anderson says the response to the inaugural event was amazing – she can see this year leading to bigger and better things.

This occasion again offers a fantastic variety of music and entertainment at numerous venues throughout the town, commencing with a display of local and regional artwork at the ‘Summer Festival Art Exhibition’ and the official opening of the Festival in the historic Old Western Stores

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Building on Monday, January 16,” Mrs Anderson said.

“Twenty-six events are planned over the seven days, ranging from Country, Rock’N’Roll, Jazz and Classical and everything ‘in between’. Busking will be taking place from January 17 and events have catered from Kids Karaoke at PCYC through to Dancing at the Grand Hotel on Thursday night.”

Entry to all events is free with the exception being a small entry fee to a very special concert, presenting the Dubbo Conservatorium Chamber Music Players and very talented local performers, at the Wellington Civic Centre on Saturday 21st January.

Mrs Anderson said this Matinee of Music will be an entertaining concert for the whole family.

“Last January was our first Music In Between Festival and it was met with great enthusiasm, creating a relaxing and wonderful atmosphere throughout the town for the entire week,” Mrs Anderson said.

“This year has been well supported throughout the community, with enough events to keep people singing from venue to venue.”

The full program and location of events is available at www.wellingtonarts.com.au Wellington seems to have grasped a new lease on life since the recent merger with Dubbo, that town capitalising on the larger resource and skills base to push ahead with bold new projects.

Dubbo Regional Council administrator Michael Kneipp spent a day down there this week pushing the good news stories, and

pointing out that tourism is one of the best ways to generate economic activity, because you’re selling experiences, and unlike industry, you don’t have to fund much in the way of new and expensive infrastructure to support it – it’s a ‘soft’ way to improve your lot.

First cab off the rank was the launch of the Wellington Rhino sculpture, one of many in a trail which leads from Sydney to Dubbo, an initiative capitalizing on the need for many tourists to stop and take selfies which can then be posted to social media.

He also launched the new Wel-

lington guide.

“Tourism is a really interesting phenomenon because if a lot of people come to town you need school classes for them, you need hospitals for them, all those sorts of things,” Mr Kneipp said.

“When tourists comes to town they need a very small room called a motel room, they don’t use medical services, or very rarely, so whatever money you get out of tourism is really cream on the cake because you don’t have to put in a lot of infrastructure in order to get that money.

“I think of Wellington as being a fabulous tourist destination – if

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we can just get five percent of the off the road into a café or into a hotel room then that is money, and why is that good? – it’s called jobs and the more people you have that are employing, the more social cohesion you have,” he said.

“So we really have to put on a good face.”

Wellington is coming into its own as a tourist destination in its own right, and Dubbo Regional Council has allocated

plenty of money from the Stronger Communities Fund, given to the newly amalgamated body, towards the town.

The local caves will get a $2.5 million injection, primarily to enhance the Visitor Experience Centre – that’s a massive boost, dwarfing all other single individual projects, and one that should take the complex to the next level.

Michael Kneipp said that the caves is sometimes overshadowed by the rave re-

views for the adjacent phosphate mine, so this should make it the region’s second best attraction after the zoo.

A great strategy would be to package Dubbo and Wellington as an area where families could spend five day holidays, combining the caves, mine, zoo, Old Dubbo Gaol and encourage local businesses to fire up more and better local attractions.

The festive season A S a clear indicator that life in some form, goes on, 2017 is imminent.

For some, a New Year pending presents the challenge, do we intend to make some changes in our lives? Some folk are content with their situation, having achieved their goals, and are now considering how to build on achievements. Others question what the future holds for them as opportunities seem to be difficult to find.

A book which considers life, love and happiness has been written by Alexander Loyd.

“Beyond Willpower” provides a principle to achieve success in these elements in life, even when one is experiencing stressful situations. Science has shown that stress is the primary source of virtually any problem – physical, spiritual, emotional and even circumstantial.

By harnessing love’s power and learning to live in the present moment, you can define your life goals and live mindfully in a state of peace.

“The Greats of Leadership” from author Jocelyn Davis brings us the classic wisdom for modern managers. And we can read this with the view of managing our own lives. The thinking and reasoning of key thinkers in history are considered: Plato, Pericles, Shakespeare, Machiavelli, Churchill, Carl Jung, Peter Drucker and even Jane Austen. One commentator notes that “it is rare to see a book that meshes the deeply profound and personal wisdom of the great writers and philosophers with practical tools

that anyone can apply tangibly tomorrow”.

In “The 5 Love Languages” written by Gary Chapman we read on the secret to love that lasts. Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can fall by the wayside. We forget to compliment, and to linger in the connection between those close to us. The book is about saying “I love you” and the reality of both saying and hearing it. Read about the words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, spending quality time and physical touch. Be inspired by real-life stories and encouraged by this book’s common-sense approach.

Gordon Livingstone has written “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart” and in this we can begin to appreciate the characteristics that help us gain satisfaction through life. Livingstone writes having served as a doctor in Vietnam and as a parent in later life. He was twice be-

reaved – in one 13-month period he lost one son to suicide and another to leukaemia. He collects in his book a number of bedrock truths – we are what we do, and any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. Only bad things happen quickly. Forgiveness is a form of letting go.

“Tuesdays With Morrie” is a wonderful example of how interaction between older and younger people can be a blessing for both. Mitch Albom writes, “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves. The class met on Tuesdays. It began with breakfast. The subject was the Meaning of Life. It was taught from experience.” It is a valuable message on the real benefits to people as they interact – those involved can gain in their personal understating

` Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can fall by the wayside. We forget to compliment, and to linger in the connection between those close to us... a

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In a few days the sound of Christmas music can be heard.

It’s a given that various types of music – jazz, pop, etc – dominate the media through the year, but now the sound of carols and pipe organs float through the air waves and these reflect on us in their special way. We celebrate the season and families gather, and the nature of being together is appreciated. The bond becomes significant when thoughts extend to a family member who has passed from this life. Mal and Dianne McKissock are the authors of “Coping With Grief”, considered to be a trusted classic guide for the bereaved and their loved ones. It offers sensitive and practical advice on how to deal with anniversaries and special dates.

“Ten Powerful Phrases for Positive People” by Rich DeVos provides thought of wisdom which could be used in the simple act of offering a kind word – these can have the power to change lives in positive and profound ways. One example is provided in the chapter “I believe in you” which is extracted from Norman Vincent Peale’s book “The Power of Positive

Living”. He especially focuses on the section “Be a Believer = Be an Achiever” and this provides encouragement to children, family members, friends and associates so that their inner talents can be brought to the surface.

When much of the media continues to deprecate the role of the Church in society, a book from the shelves is Bamber Gascoigne’s “A Brief History of Christianity”. It relates the story of Christianity from Roman times to the present. Whether recognised as the Son of God, prophet, man, or myth, no one has had a greater influence on human history than Jesus of Nazareth. The book tells the story of Christian faith through the men and women who shaped it. Nothing rouses greater passions than religious differences and the history of Christianity is replete with politics, intolerance and greed, side by side with the most intimate spiritual experiences.

The future holds opportunity for us, and a solid reference for the disciplines of life come to us in the Holy Bible. The basis of Christmas Day. Enjoy your browsing, have a joyous Christmas and enjoy a productive New Year.

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Adult String Ensemble playing Danny Boy and We Three Kings

BY GREG MARGINSON

ON Sunday, December 4, Macquarie Conservatorium celebrated its end of the year with a concert of all its groups and ensembles. From chamber music, to guitar to voice, strings and wind and brass ensembles the audience was equally appreciative. The concert ended in afternoon tea.

Combined Wind Ensemble playing The Entertainer

Combined Wind Ensemble playing The Entertainer

Combined Wind Ensemble playing The Entertainer

Charlotte Strahorn, Eilish O’Sullivan, Alice Cavanagh, Sophie Strahorn playing Rondeau

Natalino de Sousa Shaw, Oliver Burn playing Pirates

Lily Burn, Olivia Ward with teacher Sue Hovenden playing My Grandmother’s Clock

The appreciative audience.

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About a dozen couples took to the dance floor

BY GREG MARGINSON

FRESH from the 71st Australian DanceSport Championship at Hisense Arena Melbourne, our local DanceSport Champions Kim Tongue and Cassandra Donnelly did several demonstration dances for everyone at the Fantasy Dancesport Christmas Dance.

The moves from brother and sister act, Kim and Cassandra were dazzling as were the costumes. The crowd then took to the floor on Friday, December 16, 2016 to celebrate another year of dance In Dubbo.

Jess Hyde and Graeme Woods

Ian McCiag and Cassie Ho Carrington

Sharon Hickey and Grahame Chapman

Doug Moorby and Marzenka Leszczynska

Pam Cross and Graham Woods

Kim Tongue and Cassandra Donnelly

Doug Moorby and Marzenka Leszczynska

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Carols by Candlelight

BY GREG MARGINSON

THE cold and rainy weather of the last few days cleared and it was wonderful mild weather for the Carols by Candlelight at Victoria Park No. 1 Oval on Sunday, December 18, 2016. The event was compered by Brett Murray from 2DU and Matho and Julez from Zoo FM. A good crowd enjoyed the Christmas carols with Christmas hats and t shirts in abundance.

Soloists were plentiful and the Dubbo Theatre Company Choir and the PCYC Drama Club also contributed. The Dubbo District Concert band played for most of the night and the crowd sang and waved their candles as the sky grew dark. Father Christmas made his expected appearance around 8.30pm and was soon mobbed by the many kids in the crowd.

All in all, it was a lot like Christmas was fast approaching and the community had gathered to celebrate and share some Christmas cheer.

Clint, Melanie, Ashton and Skyla Davey

Father Christmas with compere Brett Murray Singers from Dubbo Theatre Company providing Christmas cheer

Dubbo District Concert Band playing for the carols

Comperes Brett Murray from 2DU, and Matho and Julez from ZooFM

Singers from Dubbo Theatre Company providing Christmas cheer

Susie Rowley sings a carol from the balcony of No 1 Oval stand

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Some of the crowd at Carols by Candlelight

Sarah Wunderly and Lachlan Skinner from PCYC Drama Club

Cameron, Natalie and Klaudia McKenzie, Cameron and Teighan and Hayden Healey, Gabrielle Mc Kenzie and Elenor Simpson

Jessica Wyatt and Leiha McGeorge

Renee Ballard, Zoe Carroll, Isabelle Markwick, Maddisen Yeo, Ryan Campbell

Neill Ryan conducts the Dubbo District Concert Band

Singers from Dubbo Theatre Company providing Christmas cheer

Allyn Smith sings a Christmas carol from the balcony of the No 1 Oval Stand

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

The cost is $15 for both workshops or $10 for one workshop. You can download the booking form at www.macqcon.org.au.

H E A R EAR your kids rumble at the Macquarie Conservatorium Holiday Drumming Workshops for kids aged 8 to 12yrs on Wednesday, January 18 from 2pm to 3pm, Thursday, January 19 from 2pm to 3pm at the Conservatorium, cnr Darling & Bultje Sts Dubbo.

They’ll try exciting rhythms from Africa, South America and the Middle East and no previous experience is required.

Drums and other fun percussion instruments are all provided; all they need to do is bring their hands!

Workshops are led by Macquarie Conservatorium legendary drum master, Dale Freeman. What a great holiday activity for kids: join one workshop or do

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ETC RE you travelling to or from your favourite holiday spot this January? Drive responsibly over this busy period when so many other drivers are also on the roads during this holiday time.

Dubbo Regional Council road safety officer Jayne Bleechmore says that holiday travellers should not rush to their destination but drive at or below the speed limit according to conditions.

“Speeding increases your chance of

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having a crash, and increases the risk of serious injury or death if you do crash, “Drivers should be aware of the hazardous consequences of speeding and fatigue both on the open road and in urban areas and even small differences in speed can make a dramatic difference to the outcome of a crash, “The casualty crash risk at 65km/h is about twice the risk at 60km/h. At 70km/h, the casualty crash risk is more than four times the risk at 60km/h.” said Ms Bleechmore.

Between 2011 and 2015, there were over 32,000 speed-related crashes in NSW. This equates to almost 17 percent of all crashes in the State.

Speeding remains our biggest killer on the roads followed by fatigue-related crashes.

“Drivers should remember to take regular rest breaks often, less than two hourly if necessary, or consider swapping drivers if possible to combat

the dangers of becoming tired on long trips,” she said.

“Don’t drive long distances after a day’s work or commence driving very early to beat the traffic as your internal clock will be saying you should be asleep,” Ms Bleechmore said.

Ms Bleechmore urged drivers not to ignore the early warning signs of fatigue, which are yawning, poor concentration, tired eyes, restlessness, drowsiness, slow reactions, boredom and over-steering.

“Driving while sleep deprived, increases the risk of having a ‘microsleep’ and losing control of your vehicle. If you fall into a micro-sleep and nod off at 100 km/h, you’ll travel 100 metres in just four seconds, unconscious,” she said.

Between 2011 and 2015, there were over 175,000 fatigue-related crashes in NSW. This equates to 8 percent of all crashes in the State.

To add your event to HSDE, email whatson@dubboweekender.com.au

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

4 Depot Road, 6885 4400

DUBBO GROVE PHARMACY

REFLECTIONS RESTAURANT

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

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.

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

dĂƌŽŶŐĂ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĂŝŶƐ ŽŽ

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

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

CLUBS & PUBS PASTORAL HOTEL

THE BOOK CONNECTION

DMC MEAT AND SEAFOOD

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

KƉĞŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ϴ͘ϯϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϰƉŵ͘ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ϭϬĂŵ ƚŽ ϮƉŵ͘ EĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͘KǀĞƌ ϲϬ͕ϬϬϬ ŬƐ ŝŶ ƐƚŽƌĞ͘ 178 Macquarie St, 6882 3311

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

QUINN’S MYALL ST NEWSAGENCY

IGA WEST DUBBO

DUBBO RSL CLUB RESORT

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

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

CLUB DUBBO 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

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 ϴĂŵͲϯƉŵ '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

GROCERIES

SHOPPING

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

^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ϱĂŵͲ ϭƉŵ͘ EĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟŽŶĞƌLJ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͘ 272 Myall St, 6882 0688

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

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

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

THE PARTY STOP

READINGS CINEMA

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

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

CALL FOR A GREAT RATE ON A LIST FOR YOUR BUSINESS HERE! 6885 4433.

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3-DAY LOCAL TV GUIDE

Friday 23.12.2016 to Sunday 25.12.2016 | Dubbo Weekender

Friday, December 23 The Secret Life Of The Zoo

Wild Canada

MOVIE: Inception

NINE, 7.30pm

SBS, 7.30pm

PRIME7, 8.30pm, M (2010)

A visit to the zoo is always a fun day out for young and old, but have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes? This charming show for lovers of creatures great and small, takes a look at the behaviour of the animals at England’s Chester Zoo, and their relationships with their keepers. In tonight’s episode, everyone’s craning their necks as a family of giraffes have a new arrival.

On the romance front, frog keeper Pip creates a love den to try to get endangered frogs in the mood to lay eggs. Meanwhile, the nocturnal mammals decided to cause a ruckus at bed time, with the aardvarks wreaking havoc by night.

Oh Canada! Not only is their prime minister extremely handsome, but their wildlife and natural lanscapes are some of the most jaw-dropping in the world. The third episode of this stunning four-part series takes us on a thrilling journey through Canada’s natural wonders, focusing on the country’s heartland. There are many different landscapes and distinctive habitats, from vast forests to rolling grasslands and countless lakes. To the European explorers who arrived here in the 17th century, the region appeared to be pristine wilderness, shaped by nature alone. An engaging look at one of the world’s most beautiful regions.

pher Nolan Inventive filmmaker Christopher mbines the mind(Memento, The Dark Knight) combines rixx with the heartbending concepts of The Matrix stopping action of the Bournee movies to create this astounding sci-fi thriller. Set in a world where it is possible e to enter the human mind by invading ga person’s dreams, Leonardo DiCaprio (right) stars as dream extractor tor n Dom Cobb, who specialises in ho subconscious security, but who cting also steals from his unsuspecting fer clients. After receiving an offer too good to refuse from the businessman Saito (Ken Watanabe), Dom sets about trying to plant an idea into a d. man’s (Cillian Murphy) mind.

ABC

PRIME7

NINE

WIN

SBS

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. (CC) 10.00 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.30 Australian Story. (R, CC) 11.00 Would I Lie To You? At Christmas. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 QI Christmas Special. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 News At Noon. (CC) 1.00 Grand Designs. (R, CC) 1.50 Grantchester: Christmas Special.

(M, R, CC) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef: Christmas Special.

(R, CC) 3.25 Murder, She Wrote.

(PG, R, CC) 4.15 Pointless. (R, CC) 5.00 ABC News: Early Edition.

(CC) 5.30 Dream Build. (PG, R, CC) 5.40 Grand Designs. (R, CC) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

6.00 Sunrise. (CC) News, sport and weather.

9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG, CC) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

(CC) 12.00 MOVIE: 12 Dates Of Christmas. (PG, R, CC) (2011) A woman relives the same blind date. Amy Smart, Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

2.00 The Daily Edition.

(CC) Presented by Sally Obermeder, Monique Wright and Tom Williams.

3.00 The Chase. (R, CC) Hosted

by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4. (CC) 5.00 The Chase Australia.

(R, CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. (CC) 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: Snow Wonder. (PG, R, CC) (2005) A Christmas Eve snowstorm blows some small miracles into the lives of five, unconnected people.

Poppy Montgomery, Jason Priestley, Julie Ann Emery.

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 Gourmet. (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: Summer Edition.

(PG, R, CC) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(CC) 2.30 Alive And Cooking.

(R, CC) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, CC) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (CC) 4.00 Ben’s Menu. (CC) 4.30 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals.

(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 The Last Leader Of The Crocodile Islands.

3.00 The Point Year In Review.

3.25 Christmas Feast With Peter Kuruvita. (R, CC) 4.25 12 Drinks Of Christmas.

(R, CC) 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R, CC)

6.30 QI Christmas Special.

(PG, R, CC) Guests Jo Brand, Sean Lock and Bill Bailey join Stephen Fry for a festive letter “E”-themed discussion.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 7.30. (CC) (Final) 8.00 A Taste Of Landline.

(CC) Pip Courtney and the team take a look at where Australia’s food comes from and the farmers who grow it.

8.30 Vera. (M, R, CC) After a woman is murdered in a hedgerow, her son escapes the attack only to fall through the ice of a frozen pond where Vera finds him a short time later. Against all odds, Vera saves the boy’s life and quickly comes to realise the key to the investigation lies deep in his memory.

10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Presenter Tom Gleeson grills four selfdeclared experts in a comedic quiz show.

10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R, CC) UK-based panel show featuring host Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker.

11.15 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

6.00 PRIME7 News. (CC) 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

(CC) 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (CC) Host Johanna Griggs and the team demonstrate some terrific ideas for the house, garden and the kitchen, as well as effective and appealing ways to renovate, cook and decorate.

8.30 MOVIE: Inception.

(M, R, CC) (2010) In a world where it is possible to enter the human mind by invading a person’s dreams, a thief is offered a chance at redemption by executing his toughest job to date by planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

11.30 Car Crash TV. (PG, R, CC) Takes a look at some of the stories of what happens when things go wrong for motorcycle riders as they come face to face with the tarmac.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 A Current Affair. (CC) 7.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. (PG, CC) A look at the behaviour of the animals at England’s Chester Zoo, and their relationships with their keepers. A family of giraffes have a new arrival.

Frog keeper Pip creates a love den to try to get endangered frogs in the mood to lay eggs. The aardvarks wreak havoc by night.

8.30 MOVIE: Red Dog. (PG, R, CC) (2011) Based on a true story. A dog unites a remote rural community while searching for his dead master, in an epic journey which is said to have taken him from the Australian Outback all the way to Japan. Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rohan Nichol.

10.30 Red Dog: True Blue, The Making Of A Legend. (CC) A look at the making of Red Dog: True Blue.

10.50 MOVIE: My Best Friend’s Girl. (MA15+, CC) (2008) A man faces the ultimate test of friendship when his best friend hires him to take his ex-girlfriend out on a lousy date. Kate Hudson, Dane Cook, Jason Biggs.

6.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 4. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes.

From the SCG. Hosted by Roz Kelly, Mark Howard, Mark Waugh and Ricky Ponting.

9.15 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 5.

Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers. From #TheFurnace, Perth. Hosted

by Adam Gilchrist, Damien Fleming and Mel Jones.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. (CC) 2.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

(PG, R, CC) Comedian Stephen Colbert interviews a variety of guests from the worlds of film, politics, business and music.

6.00 Rick Stein’s German Bite. (R, CC) Part 1 of 2.

Chef Rick Stein sets out to explore Germany’s culinary gems.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Wild Canada: The Heartland. (PG, CC) Part 3 of 4. Takes a look at Canada’s natural wonders, focusing on the heartland.

8.30 MOVIE: Kon-Tiki.

(M, R, CC) (2012) In order to prove his theory that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times, a Norwegian explorer and his companions embark on an epic journey.

Taking 101 days, they crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsawood raft named Kon-Tiki after the Inca sun god. Pal Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann.

10.35 SBS World News Late Edition. (CC) 11.10 MOVIE: Shame.

(MA15+, R) (2011) A man’s carefully cultivated private life is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced. Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan.

12.00 Mr Selfridge. (PG, R, CC) (Final) Harry’s excitement about the possibility King Edward VII will be visiting the store, is tempered.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

12.50 Nine Presents. (M, R, CC) 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.00 Great Getaways.

(PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 Good Morning America. (CC)

3.00 Home Shopping.

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

1.00 Romanzo Criminale.

(MA15+, R) Three friends get involved in organised crime.

2.10 RocKwiz. (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Julia Zemiro.

3.15 Soccer. Italian Super Cup. Juventus v AC Milan.

From Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar.

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.

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Friday, December 23 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

6.00pm Straight Outta Compton (2015) Biography.

O’Shea Jackson Jr, Corey Hawkins. Chronicles the rise and fall of hip hop group N.W.A. (MA15+) Premiere

8.30pm Rizzoli & Isles.

A prosecutor is arrested for murder. (MA15+) Showcase

7.30pm Scotland’s War At Sea. Explores Germany’s World War I U-Boat threat.

(PG) History

7.30pm World Rugby.

Fox Sports 1

8.30pm Public Enemies (2009) Crime. Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard. (MA15+) Masterpiece

8.30pm Real Husbands Of Hollywood. (MA15+) Comedy Channel 8.30pm Sleepy Hollow.

Atticus returns to Sleepy Hollow. (MA15+) FOX8

8.30pm A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) Comedy. Kal Penn, John Cho. (MA15+) Comedy

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 Messy Goes To Okido. 4.20 Tree Fu Tom. (R, CC) 4.45 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 5.00 Stick Man. (CC) 5.35 Peppa’s Christmas. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (CC) 6.00 The Hive.

(CC) 6.25 Peter Rabbit’s Christmas Tale. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Total Wipeout. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Catfish: The TV Show.

(M, CC) Nev helps a couple who met on Instagram.

9.15 Luke Warm Sex. (MA15+, R, CC) 9.45 The Virgin Daughters.

(PG, R, CC) 10.35 Peep Show. (M, R, CC) 11.00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG, R, CC) 11.45 Snow, Sex And Suspicious Parents. (M, R, CC) 12.40 Peep Show. (M, R, CC) 1.05 Total Wipeout. (PG, R, CC) 2.10 News Update. (R) 2.15 Close. 5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 64 Zoo Lane. (CC) 5.20 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. (R, CC) 5.30 Daniel Tiger’s. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME 6.00 The Jungle Book. (R, CC) 6.10 Vic The Viking. (R, CC) 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 6.30 Arthur. (R) 6.55 The Flamin’ Thongs. (R, CC) 7.10 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 7.20 Fairly OddParents.

(R) 7.50 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. (R, CC) 8.10 Prisoner Zero. (R, CC) 8.35 Spectacular Spider-Man. (R, CC) 9.00 Slugterra. (R) 9.20 WAC. (R, CC) 9.45 Little Lunch. (R, CC) (Final) 3.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R) 4.05 Figaro Pho. (R, CC) 4.15 Fairly OddParents. (R) 5.00 MOVIE: Billionaire Boy. (CC) (2016) 6.00 Little Lunch. (CC) 6.25 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising. (PG, CC) 6.50 House Of Anubis. (PG) 8.00 Wallace And Gromit: The Wrong Trousers. (R, CC) Short film.

8.30 Outnumbered. (PG, R, CC) Ben’s lying becomes a problem.

9.00 Heartland. (PG, R, CC) An anonymous call comes into Heartland.

9.45 Close.

9.30pm 24 To Life. Follows soon-to-be prisoners on their final day before they are incarcerated. (M) Crime & Investigation

7.30pm Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks. Fox Sports 3

Bartolo “Buddy” Valastro Jr stars in Cake Boss.

7TWO

9GO!

6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 ZooMoo Lost. (C, CC) (Final) 7.30 Bottersnikes And Gumbles. (C, CC) 8.00 Jay’s Jungle. (P, R, CC) 8.30 Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) 9.00 Home And Away: The Early Years.

(PG, R, CC) 9.30 NBC Today. (R, CC) 12.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 2.00 Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Great Outdoors. (R, CC) 4.00 Carols By Candlelight. (CC) 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R, CC) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.30 MOVIE: A Christmas Carol. (PG, R, CC) (2009) A miserly old man is haunted by ghosts. Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman.

8.30 Carols In The Domain.

(CC) Coverage of Carols In The Domain from Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

11.00 Front Of House. (R) Presented by Oliver Heath.

11.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) Hosted by Gary Takle.

12.00 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 1.00 Psychic TV. (M) 4.00 Dr Oz. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.00 Adv Time. (PG, R) 1.30 Regular Show. (PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.00 Beyblade Burst. (R) 3.30 Regal Academy. 4.00 The Powerpuff Girls. (PG, R) 4.30 We Bare Bears. (PG) 5.00 Ben 10. (PG) 5.30 Teen Titans. (PG, R) 6.00 MOVIE: Santa’s Apprentice. (C, R, CC) (2010) Julie Gayet, Jean-Pierre Marielle.

7.40 MOVIE: Jingle All The Way. (PG, R) (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

9.30 MOVIE: Christmas With The Kranks. (PG, R, CC) (2004) Tim Allen.

11.30 Mike & Molly. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Impractical Jokers. (M, R, CC) 12.30 Power Rangers Dino Charge. (PG, R) 1.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG, R) 1.30 Ben 10. (PG, R) 2.00 Rabbids Invasion. (PG, R) 2.30 Pokémon. (R) 3.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 3.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 4.00 Steven Universe. (PG, R) 4.30 Clarence. (PG, R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Shopping. (R) 7.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG, R) 7.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction.

(PG, R) 8.30 Dream Car Garage.

(PG, R) 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. (R) 10.00 The Amazing Race. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 The Neighbors. (PG, CC) (Final) 11.30 Dream Car Garage.

(R) 12.00 American Pickers. (PG, R) 1.00 Charlie’s Angels. (PG, R) 2.00 Wipeout USA. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 What Went Down. (PG, R) 4.00 Doomsday Preppers. (PG, R) 5.00 MythBusters. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Cowboys Of The Sea. (PG, R) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

(MA15+, R) (1998) Jason Flemyng.

11.15 Operation Repo. (M, R) 11.45 Locked Up Abroad. (M, R) 12.55 Doomsday Preppers.

(PG, R) 2.00 Cowboys Of The Sea. (PG, R) 3.00 NFL. Game Of The Week.

6.00 News. (CC) 9.00 News Mornings. (CC) 12.00 News. (CC) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 6.00 ABC News Evenings. 6.30 To Be Advised. 7.00 ABC News Evenings.

8.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) Hosted by Jane Hutcheon.

9.00 ABC National News.

9.30 7.30. (R, CC) (Final) 10.00 The World. 10.30 The Mix. (R, CC) 11.00 ABC National News. (CC) 11.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 1.00 BBC Impact. 1.50 Catalyst Bytes. (R, CC) 2.00 Al Jazeera. 3.00 BBC World. (R) 3.25 ABC Open.

(R) 3.30 7.30. (R, CC) (Final) 4.00 BBC World. (R) 4.30 BBC Africa. 4.55 ABC Open. (R) 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

ABC NEWS

8.30pm Cake Boss. (PG) Lifestyle Food

7.30pm Soccer. A-League.

Round 12. Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers.

Fox Sports 4

6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 6.30 This Is Your Day! (PG) 7.00 Creflo.

(PG) 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) 8.30 As Time Goes By. (PG, R) 9.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 11.30 MOVIE: Crooks In Cloisters.

(R, CC) (1964) 1.30 GEM Presents.

(R, CC) 1.40 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 2.40 Monarch Of The Glen.

(PG) 3.50 Eggheads. (PG, CC) 4.30 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Hot In Cleveland. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) Ross gets a spray tan.

7.00 As Time Goes By. (PG, R) 7.30 Secret Dealers. (PG, CC) Antiques dealers value people’s possessions.

8.30 MOVIE: Felony. (M, CC) (2013) A cop covers up his role in an accident. Joel Edgerton, Jai Courtney.

10.30 Filthy Rich. (M, CC) Joe’s life spirals out of control.

11.30 Little Britain. (M, R) 12.15 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 1.00 Call And Win. (M) 3.00 Secret Dealers. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Danoz. 5.00 Gideon’s Way. (PG, R)

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Cricket.

(CC) Big Bash League. Game 3.

Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder. Replay. 12.00 WIN News.

(R, CC) 1.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 2.00 Get Smart. (PG, R) 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. (PG, R) 5.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

(PG, R) 6.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) Mulcahy writes to his sister.

7.30 MacGyver. (PG, R) MacGyver comes to aid of a former baseball player’s daughter who is being blackmailed by a counterfeit ring.

8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

(M, R) Walker protects an accountant who has agreed to testify against a money laundering operation.

9.30 Highlander. (M, R) Duncan sets out to rescue Tessa.

11.30 Diagnosis Murder. (M, R) 1.30 Shopping. 2.00 Hogan’s Heroes. (R) 3.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. (M, R) 4.00 MacGyver. (PG, R) 5.00 Highlander. (M, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pound Puppies. (R) 6.30 Sidekick. (R) 7.05 Cardfight!! Vanguard G. 7.35 Pokémon. (R) 8.00 Baby Animals In Our World. (C, CC) 8.35 Sanjay And Craig. (R) 9.00 My Little Pony.

(R) 9.30 Crocamole. (P, R, CC) 10.00 Dr Quinn. (PG, R) 12.00 JAG. (PG, R) 2.00 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.05 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 6.30 Sanjay And Craig.

7.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(PG, R) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG, R, CC) 8.30 MOVIE: Surviving Christmas. (M, R) (2004) A rich man hires a family for Christmas. Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini.

10.30 Sex And The City. (MA15+, R) 11.50 James Corden. (M) 12.50 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.25 Frasier. (PG, R) 2.30 JAG. (PG, R) 4.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 King Of Queens. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 7.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 8.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 9.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters. (R) 11.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 12.00 The Millionaire Matchmaker. (PG, R) 1.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M, R) 2.00 Waterwise Gardening With The Garden Gurus. (CC) 2.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 3.00 The Block. (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 5.00 Selling New York. (PG, R) 6.00 Hawaii Life. 6.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 7.00 House Hunters. (R) 7.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 8.30 Tiny Luxury. (R) 9.30 Island Life. 10.30 A Sale Of Two Cities.

(R) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS VICELAND 6.00 WorldWatch. 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 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 Daria. (PG, R) 4.30 VICE News Tonight. (R) 5.00 The Feed. (R) 5.30 If You Are The One. (R) 6.30 Cyberwar. (PG, R) 7.00 VICE News Tonight.

7.30 Soccer. A-League.

Round 12. Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers.

10.15 VICE World Of Sports.

10.45 MOVIE: True Legend.

(MA15+, R) (2010) 12.50 VICE News Tonight. (R) 1.20 States Of Undress. (PG, R) 2.10 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 2.40 Black Market: Dispatches. (R) 3.05 Suicide Forest. (M, R) 3.35 365: Every Day Documentaries. 3.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made.

(R) 6.30 Mexican Made Easy.

(R) 7.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 7.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking.

(R) 8.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 8.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 9.30 The Best In Australia. (PG, R) 10.30 Barefoot Contessa Specials. (R) 11.30 Barefoot Contessa. (R) 12.30 Giada At Home. (R) 1.30 Pizza Masters.

(R) 2.00 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 3.00 The Best In Australia. (R) 4.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made. (R) 4.30 Mexican Made Easy. (R) 5.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 5.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking. 6.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 6.30 Barefoot Contessa Specials.

7.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 8.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (R) 9.30 Pizza Masters. (PG, R) 10.30 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 11.30 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 12.00 Barefoot Contessa Specials.

(R) 1.00 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 2.00 The Great Food Truck Race.

(R) 3.00 Pizza Masters. (PG, R) 4.00 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 5.00 The Best In Australia. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Kagagi. (PG) 9.30 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. (PG) 10.00 The Point Year In Review. 10.30 I Heart My People. (PG) 11.00 Our Songs. 11.30 The Best Of Yalukit Willam. (PG) 1.30 Born To Run. 2.30 Message Stick.

(CC) 3.00 Bizou. 3.30 Bushwhacked! 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Kagagi. (PG) 5.00 The Dreaming. 5.30 Defining Moments.

(PG) 6.00 Unearthed. 6.30 The Other Side. (PG) 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 MOVIE: The Wiz. (CC) (1978) 9.45 Songlines. 10.15 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 11.15 On The Road. 12.15 Indians And Aliens. 12.45 MOVIE: The Wiz. (CC) (1978) 3.00 Barunga Concert Special. 5.00 On The Road. (PG) 2312

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Saturday, December 24 MOVIE: Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

MOVIE: Wish You Were Here

WIN, 6.30pm, PG (1992)

7TWO, 9.30pm, MA15+ (2012)

Inadvertently left to his own devices once again, young Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) this time finds himself in a posh New York City hotel. What terrible parents this kid has. All the original cast is back, but Mac no longer takes centre stage: it’s the bumbling bandits – Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci – who steal the show.

There’s some back-story with the moral message about accepting other people as a pigeon lady scares the bejesus out of Kevin, but in the end it’s some new laughs, but the same old jokes. Look out for the younger Culkin, Kieran, and a cameo from Donald Trump.

This tense mystery involvestwo sisters Steph (Teresa Palmer) and Alice (Felicity Price) who go on an impromptu holiday to Cambodia with their partners Jeremy (Antony Starr) and Dave (Joel Edgerton). The buoyant, beautifully-shot opening scenes of the touristy fun and frivolity of Cambodia are soon overshadowed when Jeremy disappears after their night of partying. What follows is some clever non-linear storytelling from first-time director Kieran Darcy-Smith.

Edgerton is spot-on as guilt threatens to derail the group’s lives while the question of what happened lingers.

ABC

PRIME7

Carols By Candlelight NINE, 8pm hout this It’s not a proper Christmas without heart-warming evening of TV celebrities arols while gathering to sing well-known carols kids and families with candles watch on – and the rest of us sing along from our lounge rooms. This year’s Carols By Candlelight from ic Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music n Bowl – raising money for Vision Australia – is hosted by David Campbell and Lisa Wilkinson (pictured), who are joined by a host of entertainers including Marina Prior, Silvie Paladino and David Hobson, to celebrate the spirit of Christmas. This is essential Christmas Eve viewing.

NINE

WIN

SBS

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 11.30 QI Christmas Special.

(PG, R, CC) 12.00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. (M, R, CC) A young man is found dead at the market.

1.00 Vera. (M, R, CC) A woman is murdered in a hedgerow.

2.30 Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast. (R, CC) Maggie Beer celebrates the festive season.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 4.00 Sarah Beeny’s Rise Hall Christmas. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC) The Doctor and Clara become trapped.

6.00 Home Shopping. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. (CC) 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG, CC) 12.00 The Quest. (PG, CC) Castle Saenctum is in jeopardy.

1.00 MOVIE: Christmas With Holly. (R, CC) (2012) A traumatised girl stops talking. Mauralea Austin, Adam Baldwin.

3.00 MOVIE: A Christmas Carol. (PG, R, CC) (2009) A miserly old man is haunted by ghosts. Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman.

5.00 Seven News At 5. (CC) 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC) Narrated by Grant Bowler.

6.00 6.30 7.00 10.00

PAW Patrol. (R, CC) Dora The Explorer. (R, CC) Weekend Today. (CC) Today Extra: Saturday.

(PG, CC) Presented by David Campbell and Sonia Kruger.

MOVIE: The Dust Factory.

(PG, R, CC) (2004) A boy is transported to a parallel world. Ryan Kelley.

MOVIE: Jack Frost.

(PG, R, CC) (1998) A snowman comes to life. Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston.

Fantastic Beasts. (CC) Presented by Warwick Davis.

News: First At Five. (CC) Customs. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Fishing Edge. (CC) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R, CC) 7.00 iFish. (R, CC) 8.00 Weekend Feast.

(R, CC) 9.00 Crash The Bash. (CC) (New Series) 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday.

(PG, CC) 12.00 The Living Room: Summer Edition.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 The Doctors. (PG, CC) 2.00 Sara’s Australia Unveiled. (CC) 2.30 The Great Endeavour Rally. (PG, CC) 3.00 iFish. (CC) (Final) 4.00 Places We Go With Jennifer Adams. (R, CC) 4.30 A Taste Of Travel. (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 Small Business Secrets. (R, CC) 2.30 Figure Skating. (CC) 3.30 Cycling.

4.00 Cycling. L’Étape Australia.

Highlights.

4.15 Ernesto In The Land Of Football. (PG, R) 4.30 Empresses Of Ancient Rome. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 Bon Appetit! Gérard Depardieu’s Europe.

(PG, CC)

6.00 Shaun The Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas. (R, CC) Animated short film. After the Farmer goes to the market to buy food for his livestock, he returns with three llamas.

6.30 Stick Man. (R, CC) Animated short film. A twig tries to get back to his family for Christmas.

7.00 ABC News. (CC) 7.30 Father Brown: The Star Of Jacob. (PG, CC) A kidnapped baby threatens to spoil Kembleford’s Christmas festivities.

8.30 Midsomer Murders.

(PG, R, CC) New detective Charlie Nelson arrives in Midsomer and is thrown straight into a murder investigation. After a man is stabbed with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a “haunted” manor house, a local historian claims he knows the identity of the killer.

10.00 Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Comedy Roadshow. (PG, R, CC) Michael McIntyre presents a festive edition of his comedy roadshow from London’s Royal Theatre.

10.55 Rage FIFTY. (MA15+)

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. (R, CC) (2000) A hairy Christmas-hating grinch terrorises the overly cheerful residents of a small town. However, a small child decides to take matters into her own hands and tries to win him over and reunite him with the locals. Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor.

9.15 MOVIE: A Million Ways To Die In The West.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2014) After a man living in a small town in the Old West loses his girlfriend to his rival, the arrival of a mysterious woman and her companion seem to herald a change in his fortune.

Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson.

11.30 Car Crash TV. (PG, R, CC) Takes a look at the mayhem that ensues as a result of drivers who feel the need to be going the wrong way.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 Shrek The Halls. (R, CC) It is Christmas and Shrek would be happy to be alone with his family, but Donkey, Puss in Boots and their friends want to share the festive season with them as they put their own twist on everyone’s favourite traditions.

7.30 Merry Madagascar.

(R, CC) After Santa and his sleigh crashland on the island of Madagascar, it is up to a group of intelligent, talking animals to deliver the presents and save Christmas.

8.00 Carols By Candlelight.

(CC) The 79th Vision Australia Carols By Candlelight from Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Hosts David Campbell and Lisa Wilkinson are joined by a host of entertainers, including Marina Prior, Silvie Paladino and David Hobson, to celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

11.00 MOVIE: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2011) John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R, CC) During the festive season, Bondi experiences an influx of international visitors.

6.30 MOVIE: Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.

(PG, R, CC) (1992) A boy stranded in New York City, after becoming separated from his family, battles two strangely familiar thieves, who are in town plotting their biggest crime to date.

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern.

9.00 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M, R, CC) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with Ed Kavalee, Urzila Carlson, Marty Sheargold, Celia Pacquola and Sam Pang taking a look at who can remember the most about events of the week. Hosted

by Tom Gleisner. Guest quizmasters are Bindi Irwin and Dr Chris Brown.

10.05 Michael Bublé At The BBC. (R, CC) A performance

by Michael Bublé, featuring classic tracks Cry Me A River and Feeling Good.

11.25 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.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 Secrets Of Britain: Secrets Of Underground London. (PG, R, CC) Explores the real-life stories and history behind some famous British buildings and institutions, beginning with a look at what is hidden beneath London. It is an area filled with everything from caves and Roman ruins, to modern-day vaults and top-secret bunkers.

8.35 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Tintin. (PG, R, CC) (2011) After a model ship he bought in a marketplace is stolen, a young reporter and his dog set out to discover why it is valuable enough for someone to be willing to kill to own. Along the way, he meets an inebriated ship’s captain whose family’s past holds the key to the mystery.

Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig.

10.30 ABBA Christmas Party.

(R, CC) Seasonal one-off performances of ABBA songs by some of the UK’s best loved artists.

11.25 The Legacy. (M, R) (Final) Emil goes to Thailand to sell his resort.

5.00 Rage. (PG) Continuous music programming.

12.00 Young, Lazy And Driving Us Crazy. (PG, R, CC) The group struggles to live off their food budget in the house, as the tension rises between Stacie and Nicola.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

1.00 Anger Management.

(M, R, CC) 1.30 My Surf TV. (R, CC) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Plonk. (M, R, CC) 3.00 The Baron. (PG, R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 Extra. (CC) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (CC)

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Inspiration Ministries.

(PG, R) Religious program.

12.35 Mad Men. (M, R, CC) Don and Megan take a trip to Hawaii.

4.05 Mad Men. (PG, R, CC) Ginsberg is set up on a date.

5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

12.00

2.00

4.00 5.00 5.30

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.

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Saturday, December 24 PAYTV HIGHLIGHTS MOVIES

GENERAL

DOCUMENTARY

SPORT

8.30pm Inglourious Basterds (2009) Action.

Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz.

A group of soldiers goes on a suicide mission during World War II. (MA15+) Masterpiece

6.30pm British Treasure, American Gold. A vibrant and original take on the world of antiques and trading. (PG) A&E

8.30pm Insane Pools: Off The Deep End. Follow award-winning pool designer Lucas Congdon as he turns regular homes into exotic waterfront properties. (PG) Discovery

8.00pm Basketball.

NBA. Portland Trail Blazers v San Antonio Spurs. ESPN2

8.30pm Four Holidays (2008) Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn. A couple spend the festive season with relatives. (M) Comedy

8.30pm Shameless. Showcase

8.30pm The Notebook (2004) Romance. Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling. (PG) Romance

8.30pm A Gert Lush Christmas. Dan Colman has met the woman of his dreams.

But introducing Lisa to his lovable but eccentric family at Christmas is increasingly beginning to look like a bad idea. (MA15+) Comedy Channel

ABC2/ABC KIDS

7TWO

6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.25 Octonauts Xmas Rescue. (R, CC) 4.50 Peg + Cat. (R, CC) 5.00 Timmy’s Xmas Surprise. (R, CC) 5.25 Kazoops! (R, CC) 5.40 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.50 Fireman Sam. (R, CC) 6.00 Go Jetters: The North Pole. (R) 6.25 Charlie And Lola.

(R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG, CC) 8.40 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) Hosted by Rob Brydon.

9.10 Comedy Showroom.

(M, R, CC) 9.45 Live At The Apollo.

(M, CC) 10.30 Comedy Next Gen. (MA15+, CC) 11.20 Black Books. (PG, R, CC) 11.50 This Is Littleton. (M, R, CC) 1.45 News Update. (R) 1.50 Close.

5.00 Toby’s Travelling Circus. (R, CC) 5.10 Little Princess. (CC) 5.20 Guess How Much I Love You. (R, CC) 5.35 The Snowman And The Snowdog. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME 6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.50 MOVIE: Billionaire Boy. (R, CC) (2016) 11.50 Horrible Histories.

(PG, R, CC) 12.20 Game On. 12.30 Eve. (R, CC) 1.00 The Aquabats Super Show! (R, CC) 1.25 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends.

(R, CC) 1.50 Strange Hill High. (R, CC) 2.15 Grojband. (R, CC) 2.35 Dr Dimensionpants. (R) 3.00 Numb Chucks. (R, CC) 3.25 Danger Mouse. (R) 3.50 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 4.15 Fairly OddParents. (R) 5.00 Make It Pop! 5.20 Horrible Histories. (R, CC) 5.50 MOVIE: The Boy In The Dress. (R, CC) (2014) Billy Kennedy, Felicity Montagu, Tim McInnerny.

7.00 MOVIE: Mr Stink. (R, CC) (2012) 8.00 Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave. (R, CC) Short film.

8.30 Outnumbered. (PG, R, CC) The family wants to go away for Christmas.

9.10 Heartland. (R, CC) An anonymous call comes into Heartland.

9.55 Close.

7MATE

6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.00 Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dennis & Gnasher. (C, R, CC) 11.30 Pirate Express. (C, R, CC) 12.00 Move It. (C, R, CC) 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Sonic Boom. (PG, R) 1.30 Power Rangers Dino. (PG, R) 2.00 Clarence. (PG, R) 2.30 Wild Kratts.

(R) 3.00 Gumball. (R) 3.30 We Bare Bears. (PG, R) 4.00 MOVIE: Pokémon Ranger And The Temple Of The Sea. (2006) 6.00 MOVIE: Big Top ScoobyDoo! (PG, R, CC) (2012) 7.40 MOVIE: Dave. (PG, R, CC) (1993) Kevin Kline.

9.50 MOVIE: Around The Block. (M, CC) (2013) Hunter Page-Lochard.

12.00 Adult Swim. (MA15+, R) 12.30 Rick And Morty. (M, R) 1.00 Unforgettable. (M, R, CC) 2.00 Impractical Jokers. (M, R, CC) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R, CC) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super Charge. (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob SquarePants. (R) 4.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds. (R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

9GEM

6.00 Bull Riding. 2015 Pro Tour.

Replay. 7.00 Skydiving. (CC) Australian National Parachuting Championships. Replay. 8.00 Shopping. (R) 9.00 Dream Car Garage. (PG, R) 10.30 Fifth Gear.

(PG, R) 11.30 Motor Racing. Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars. Replay. 12.30 Pawn Stars. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 River To Reef. (PG, R) 1.30 The AFN Fishing Show. (PG) 2.00 Adventure Angler. (PG, R) 2.30 The Next Level. (PG, R) 3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 4.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG) 5.00 Ultimate Fishing. (PG) 6.00 Speed With Guy Martin. (PG, R) 8.00 Ink Master. (M, R) 9.00 MOVIE: Underworld.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2003) A vampire falls for a werewolf. Kate Beckinsale.

11.30 What Went Down. (PG) 12.00 Speed With Guy Martin. (PG, R) 1.00 Fifth Gear. (PG, R) 2.00 Ultimate Fishing. (PG, R) 3.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 4.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 5.00 NFL. Week 16. Green Bay Packers v Minnesota Vikings.

9.00pm Superstar Month.

Fox Footy

9.30pm Paranormal Lockdown. Follows Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman into some of the most haunted locations for a 72-hour lockdown. (M) TLC

9GO!

6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 House Calls To The Rescue. (R, CC) 9.00 Room For Improvement.

(R, CC) 10.00 Shopping. 10.30 Hot Property. (R, CC) 11.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 12.00 The Travel Bug. (PG, R) 1.00 Home In WA. (CC) 1.30 Out Of The Blue.

(CC) 2.00 Creek To Coast. (CC) 2.30 Qld Weekender. (CC) 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

(R) 3.30 Sydney Weekender. (R, CC) 4.00 No Reservations. (PG, R) 5.00 New Zealand From Above. (R) 6.00 How Britain Worked.

(PG, R) 7.00 One Foot In The Grave.

(PG, R, CC) 7.30 Escape To The Country.

(R) 9.30 MOVIE: Wish You Were Here. (MA15+) (2012) Tensions rise as friends hide a deadly secret. Joel Edgerton.

11.30 How Britain Worked. (PG, R) 12.30 Best Houses Australia. (R) 1.00 Psychic TV. (M) 4.00 Creek To Coast. (R, CC) 4.30 Qld Weekender.

(R, CC) 5.00 Shopping. (R)

6.00 Landline. (R, CC) 6.30 One Plus One. (R, 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 The Mix Special. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 The Drum Summer Special.

(R, CC) 3.00 News. 3.30 Foreign Corre. (R, CC) 4.00 News.

4.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 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. (PG, R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 Australia Wide. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

9.10pm Maestro Series. (NC) Foxtel Arts

8.30pm Rugby Union.

Aviva Premiership. Round 11.

Northampton v Sale Sharks.

Fox Sports 2

6.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

(PG) 7.20 GEM Presents. (R, CC) 7.30 Rainbow Country. (R) 8.00 Danoz. 8.30 TV Shop. 9.00 Friends. (PG, R, CC) 9.35 Avengers.

(PG, R) 10.35 Monarch Of The Glen. (PG, R) 11.45 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 12.25 MOVIE: The Odd Couple. (R, CC) (1968) 2.35 MOVIE: The Greatest Story Ever Told. (R) (1965) 6.30 MOVIE: First Daughter.

(PG, R, CC) (2004) 8.40 MOVIE: One For The Money. (M, R, CC) (2012) A newly divorced woman, desperate for money, begins work as a debt collector with a bail-bond company. Katherine Heigl, John Leguizamo, Daniel Sunjata.

10.30 Filthy Rich. (M, CC) 11.30 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. (PG, R) 12.30 Are You Being Served? (PG, R) 1.00 Call And Win. (M) 3.00 River Cottage: Christmas Special 2011. (PG, R) 4.00 Danoz. 5.00 Dangerman. (PG, R)

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams star in The Notebook.

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League.

Game 4. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes. Replay. 11.30 World Sport. (R) 12.00 All 4 Adventure.

(PG, R, CC) 1.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG, R) 2.00 Monster Jam. 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

(R, CC) 4.00 4x4 Adventures. (R, CC) 5.00 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 5.30 iFish Summer.

6.00 Last Man Standing.

(PG, R) 7.00 Freddie Down Under. (PG) 8.00 David Attenborough’s The Life Of Mammals: Plant Predators. (R, CC) 9.00 MOVIE: Broke. (MA15+) (2016) A gambling addict tries to turn his life around.

Steve Bastoni, Brendan Cowell.

11.10 Megafactories. (R) 12.10 The Glades. (M, R) 2.10 Bellator MMA. (M, R) 4.00 World Sport. (R) 4.30 Rugby Sevens. World Sevens.

Round 8. Highlights. 5.00 Rugby Sevens. World Series. Round 9.

Highlights. 5.30 Whacked Out Sports. (PG, R)

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Pokémon.

(R) 7.00 Lexi And Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives. (C, CC) 7.30 Baby Animals In Our World. (C, CC) 8.00 Totally Wild. (C, CC) 8.30 Scope.

(C, CC) 9.05 The Loop. (PG) 11.35 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Becker.

(PG, R, CC) 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (R, CC) 4.00 The King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier.

(PG, R) 6.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Fresh Off The Boat.

(PG, R) Jessica and Louis convince Evan that Santa is a scientist.

8.30 How I Met Your Mother.

(PG, R) Ted almost ruins Christmas for everyone.

9.00 The Simpsons. (PG, R) Springfield Elementary is forced to close its doors.

10.30 The Loop. (PG, R) Hosted

by Scott Tweedie and Liv Phyland.

1.00 Brady Bunch. (R) 1.30 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 2.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 3.00 Charmed. (PG, R, CC) 5.00 Touched By An Angel. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 6.30 House Hunters. (R) 7.00 Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 7.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 8.00 In The Garden. (CC) 8.30 World’s Most Expensive Christmas. (R, CC) 9.30 Hawaii Life. (R) 10.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 10.30 House Hunters.

(R) 11.00 Waterwise Gardening With The Garden Gurus. (R, CC) 11.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 12.00 Tiny Luxury. (R) 1.00 Island Life. (R) 2.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 3.00 Vintage Flip.

(R) 4.00 Hawaii Life. (R) 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. (R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.30 House Hunters. 8.30 House Hunters International.

9.30 House Hunters Reno. 10.30 Vacation House For Free.

11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE

SBS VICELAND 6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Soccer.

A-League. Round 12. Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers.

Replay. 3.10 Gaycation Presents: Orlando. (R) 4.00 Black Market.

(PG, R) 5.00 States Of Undress.

(PG, R) 5.55 If You Are The One. 7.10 VICE World Of Sports. (R) 7.35 Weediquette: Cannabis In Congo. (M, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Serenity. (M, R) (2005) Follows the ragtag crew of a spaceship.

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres.

10.40 MOVIE: Largo Winch 2: The Burma Conspiracy.

(MA15+, R) (2011) 12.45 Weediquette. (M, R) 1.35 Noisey. (M, R) 2.30 VICE World Of Sports. (PG, R) 3.00 F*ck That’s Delicious. (MA15+, R) 3.25 365: Every Day Docos. 3.30 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 The Best Thing I Ever Made.

(R) 6.30 Mexican Made Easy.

(R) 7.00 Kelsey’s Essentials. (R) 7.30 Valerie’s Home Cooking.

(R) 8.00 Jeni Barnett’s 12 Chefs Of Christmas. (R) 8.30 Barefoot Contessa Specials. (R) 9.30 Grocery Games. (PG, R) 10.30 The Great Food Truck Race. (R) 11.30 Pizza Masters. (R) 12.00 Kitchen Inferno. (R) 1.00 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 2.00 Holiday Baking Championship.

(PG, R) 3.00 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 4.00 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Barefoot Contessa Specials. 7.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 8.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 9.30 Cake Wars Christmas.

(PG, R) 10.30 Cutthroat Kitchen.

(PG, R) 11.30 Cutthroat Kitchen.

(PG, R) 12.30 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 1.30 Holiday Baking Championship.

(PG, R) 2.30 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 3.30 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Songlines. 11.00 NITV On The Road: Women Of Barunga. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wiz. (CC) (1978) 2.15 Unearthed. 2.30 In The Frame. (PG) 3.00 On The Road. 4.00 The Other Side. (PG) 4.30 Star Stories Of The Dreaming. 5.30 Indians And Aliens. 6.00 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 6.30 Aunty Moves In. 7.00 Defining Moments. (PG) 7.30 Colour Theory. (CC) 8.00 Express Yourself. (PG) 8.30 Chappelle’s Show. (MA15+) 9.00 Mohawk Girls. (PG) 9.30 Blackstone. (MA15+) 12.30 MOVIE: Do The Right Thing.

(MA15+) (1989) 2.30 NITV On The Road: Best Of Barunga.

4.00 NITV On The Road: Women Of Barunga. 5.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Bush Bands.

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Sunday, December 25 André Rieu: Christmas In London

Royal Variety Performance

MOVIE: National Lampoon’s oon’s Christmas Vacation

SBS, 7.30pm

ABC, 7.30pm

NINE, 7pm, PG (1989)

There is something special about Christmas time in London – especially for those of us more used to spending this time of year sweltering down at the beach. From sparkling Christmas trees to beautifully lit streets, and going from frosty outdoors to rugged up and cosy inside, it has Yuletide spirit written all over it. The world’s favourite violinist, André Rieu, and his Johann Strauss Orchestra are indulging in the December mood with this festive concert featuring classics such as Jingle Bells and White Christmas plus other holidayappropriate fare.

This very glam gala evening, held annually in the UK, is frequented by senior members of the British royal family – this year it’s Prince Charles and Camilla’s turn – and is all in the name of charity. Hosted by comedian and actor David Walliams, this year’s A-list line-up of performers includes Lady Gaga, Bee Gee Barry Gibb, Sting and Take That alumni Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams. Also on the bill are Cirque du Soleil, the cast of a couple of West End musicals and a few comedy acts. It’s the perfect entertainment to lie on the couch and watch after stuffing yourself with that massive Christmas dinner feast.

The third in the Vacation series is chockfull of laughs and is the perfect antidote ntidote to the other soppy festive fare. This his year, the Griswolds are spending Christmas stmas at home and, of course, anything that hat can go wrong, does, especially when cousin Eddie (a show-stopping Randy Quaid) uaid) and family (with dog Snots) are thrown wn into the mix. As for the hapless Clark (Chevy Chase, right), like his wife e Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo) says, “forgive my husband, he knows not what he does”. Despite shonky production values this is hilarious – not surprising considering the late, great John Hughes wrote the script.

ABC

PRIME7

NINE

6.00 Rage. (PG, CC) 7.15 Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker. (R, CC) 9.00 The Pope’s Christmas Mass. (CC) 11.00 Compass. (R, CC) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R, CC) 12.00 A Taste Of Landline.

(R, CC) 12.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 1.00 Wild Life At The Zoo. (R, CC) 1.30 Sarah Beeny’s Rise Hall Christmas. (PG, R, CC) 2.15 Fake Or Fortune?

Mystery Old Master.

(R, CC) 3.15 QI Christmas Special.

(PG, R, CC) 3.50 Grand Designs.

(PG, R, CC) 5.05 Doctor Who. (PG, R, CC)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 NBC Today. (CC) 9.00 Carols In The Domain.

(R, CC) From Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

11.30 Bewitched. (R, CC) Samantha fixes up Larry Tate’s cabin.

1.00 The Phantom Of The Opera At The Royal Albert Hall. (PG, R, CC) A production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R, CC) Fast Ed makes roast pork.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

(PG, R, CC) A student lands in hot water with customs.

6.00 Red Boots For Christmas.

(R, CC) 6.30 Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays. (PG, R, CC) 7.00 MOVIE: Yogi’s First Christmas. (R, CC) (1980) 9.00 MOVIE: A Christmas Story. (R, CC) (1983) 11.00 MOVIE: All I Want For Christmas. (R, CC) (1991) Two kids try to reunite their divorced parents. Harley Jane Kozak.

1.00 Carols By Candlelight.

(R, CC) From Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

4.00 MOVIE: Jingle All The Way. (PG, R) (1996) A man searches for a Christmas present. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad.

6.00 The Gruffalo. (R, CC) Animated short film.

6.30 The Gruffalo’s Child.

(R, CC) Animated short film. Follows the adventures of a little monster as he learns about survival.

7.00 ABC News On Christmas Day. (CC) Coverage of local, national and international news, including the day’s sport and weather updates.

7.20 The Queen’s Christmas Message. (CC) The annual broadcast of Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message to the Commonwealth.

7.30 Royal Variety Performance. (CC) Entertainment spectacular bringing together stars of the stage and screen at London’s Apollo Hammersmith.

9.25 The Queen At Ninety.

(R, CC) In celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, takes a behindthe-scenes look at the work of Her Majesty.

10.55 20 Feet From Stardom.

(M, R, CC) Documents the experiences of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of popular music.

6.00 Seven News. (CC) 7.00 Christmas Makes You Laugh Out Loud.

(PG, R, CC) Takes a look at amusing festive-themed moments which have been caught on camera.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

(PG, R, CC) The discovery of a movie prop from The Lord Of The Rings at a garage sale sparks a conflict that threatens the boys’ friendship.

8.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(M, R, CC) Mrs Brown is determined to have a safe and peaceful Christmas at home. However, with Mark and Betty rowing over the reappearance of his first love, she finds the festive season livelier than expected.

9.15 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(M, R, CC) Mrs Brown finds herself being wooed by the best friend of her late husband.

10.00 MOVIE: Groundhog Day. (PG, R, CC) (1993) A cynical TV weatherman finds himself repeatedly living the same day over and over again. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott.

12.25 Rage. (MA15+) Continuous music programming.

2.00 Grand Designs.

(PG, R, CC) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

3.15 Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker. (R, CC) 5.00 Fake Or Fortune?

Mystery Old Master.

(R, CC)

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.30 Sunrise. (CC) David Koch and Samantha Armytage present the news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

WIN 6.00 6.30 7.00 9.00

SBS

Animal Extra. (R, CC) Hillsong. (CC) Miniseries: Heidi. (CC) Studio 10: Sunday.

(PG, CC) Alive And Cooking Christmas Special. (CC) MOVIE: Jingle All The Way 2. (PG, CC) (2014) MOVIE: Home Alone: The Holiday Heist. (PG, R, CC) (2012) A boy learns his family is relocating.

Malcolm McDowell.

Halfway Across The Galaxy And Turn Left.

(PG, CC) (New Series) A family of aliens moves to Earth.

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 Speedweek. (CC) 3.00 MOVIE: Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (PG, R) (2012) Edouard Baer.

5.00 Small Business Secrets.

(R, CC) A look at small businesses.

5.30 D-Day Laid Bare.

(PG, R, CC) A look at D-Day.

6.00 Nine News. (CC) 7.00 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. (PG, R, CC) (1989) A hapless family man’s efforts to create a traditional, fun-filled Christmas for his extended family results in chaos as he deals with obnoxious cousin and his boss’s decision to undermine his finances. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid.

9.00 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (M, R, CC) (1985) After his family embarks on a European holiday they won competing in a game show, an over-enthusiastic father decides to videotape the trip capturing their various hijinks and chaotic adventures along the way.

Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Dana Hill.

11.00 The Queen’s Christmas Message. (CC) The annual broadcast of Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message to the Commonwealth.

11.10 MOVIE: French Kiss.

(M, R, CC) (1995) Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton.

6.00 Family Feud Favourites.

(R, CC) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Sullivans: A Walk Down Memory Lane.

(PG, CC) Takes a look back at The Sullivans.

7.00 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) The family celebrates Christmas early.

7.30 Modern Family.

(PG, R, CC) Gloria’s mother pays a visit and manages to make her daughter jealous by bonding with Claire.

8.00 Life In Pieces. (PG, CC) Colleen goes dirty Christmas carolling with John and his Air Force buddies.

8.30 MOVIE: Die Hard 2.

(M, R, CC) (1990) A police officer becomes involved in a hostage situation at an airport while waiting for his wife’s plane to arrive. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Dennis Franz.

10.55 48 Hours: The Last Confession. (M, R, CC) Takes a look at the decades-old murder of Texan beauty queen Irene Garza and the prime suspect, a priest.

11.55 48 Hours: The Blue River Murder. (M, R, CC) A look at the murder of Stephanie Roller.

6.30 SBS World News. (CC) 7.30 André Rieu: Christmas In London. A festivethemed performance

by André Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra from London, featuring such classics as Hallelujah, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, The Holy City, Amazing Grace, and Concierto de Aranjuez.

9.10 Hairspray Live! (R) A live broadcast adaptation of the classic Broadway musical, Hairspray. Follows Baltimore teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her ambition to dance on The Corny Collins Show. Stars Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristen Chenoweth, Martin Short, Derek Hough, Rosie O’Donnell, Sean Hayes and Harvey Fierstein.

11.45 The Age Of Loneliness.

(PG, R, CC) Awardwinning filmmaker Sue Bourne explores the silent epidemic of loneliness. From a 19-yearold girl struggling to socialise at university to a centenarian, people speak candidly about how feeling lonely affects them.

1.30 Westside. (M, R, CC) The family and the gang fall apart.

2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 The Baron. (PG, R) Mannering impersonates his doppelganger.

4.00 The Avengers. (PG, R) 5.00 News Early Edition. (CC) 5.30 Today. (CC)

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen.

(R, CC) Emma Dean and Lynton Tapp serve some great recipes from the iconic Queen Vic Market.

4.30 CBS This Morning. (CC) Morning talk show. Hosted

by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell.

12.55 MOVIE: Tuesday, After Christmas. (M, R) (2010) Mimi Branescu.

2.40 Strip The City. (R, CC) 3.40 The Cradle Of Comedy.

(M, R) 4.40 Night Shift. (R, CC) 5.00 CCTV English News.

5.30 NHK World English News.

5.45 France 24 Feature.

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(R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions. Please Note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to late change by networks.

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6.05pm Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) Sci-fi. Daisy Ridley.

Thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, Han Solo faces a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order.

(M) Premiere

7.30pm Million Dollar Listings LA. Follows young real estate agents as they try to sell high-end properties in the Los Angeles area. (M) Arena

6.30pm A Place In The Sun: Summer Sun. Property experts help more househunters find their dream properties in the sun. (PG) Lifestyle Home

7.30pm The Back Page: Christmas Special.

Fox Sports 1

7.00pm How It’s Made: Dream Cars. Discovery Turbo

10.00pm Superstar Month.

Fox Footy

8.30pm Juno (2007) Comedy.

Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner.

A teenager falls unexpectedly pregnant. (M) Masterpiece 9.05pm The Sound Of Music (1965) Musical. Julie Andrews, Eleanor Parker. (G) Family

ABC2/ABC KIDS 6.00 Children’s Programs. 8.30 The Gruffalo’s Child. (R, CC) 9.00 Children’s Programs. 5.25 Kazoops! (R, CC) 5.35 Peppa Pig. (R, CC) 5.45 Peppa’s Christmas. (R, CC) 6.00 Wallykazam! (R) 6.20 Peter Rabbit. (R, CC) 6.30 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (R, CC) 6.40 Hey Duggee. (R, CC) 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R, CC) 8.30 Queen: From Rags To Rhapsody. (M, CC) Explores the formative years of Queen.

9.30 Queen: A Night At The Odeon. (PG, R, CC) 10.30 Louis Theroux’s Weird Christmas. (M, R, CC) 11.30 Digilante. (MA15+, R, CC) 12.05 Snow, Sex And Suspicious Parents.

(M, R, CC) 1.00 Catfish: The TV Show. (M, R, CC) 2.30 News Update. (R) 2.35 Close. 5.00 Boj. (R, CC) 5.10 The Koala Brothers.

(R, CC) 5.20 Little Princess. (R, CC) 5.35 The WotWots. (R, CC) 5.45 Children’s Programs.

ABC ME 6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.45 The Jungle Bunch. 11.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (R, CC) 11.50 Life With Boys. (R, CC) 12.15 Sadie J. (R, CC) 12.45 Dani’s House.

(R, CC) 1.40 Spooksville. (R, CC) 2.00 The Haunting Hour. (PG, R, CC) 2.50 Sunday Sessions. 3.20 Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising.

(PG, R, CC) 3.50 Odd Squad. (R, CC) 4.15 The Fairly OddParents: Wishology. (R) 5.00 Mighty 7. (PG, R, CC) 6.00 Horrible Histories.

(PG, R, CC) 6.30 Shaun The Sheep. (R, CC) 7.00 Gangsta Granny. (R, CC) 8.05 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death. (R, CC) Short film.

8.35 Outnumbered. (PG, R, CC) The family throws a party for their neighbours.

9.15 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends.

(R, CC) The City Central Mr Santa pageant is in danger.

9.40 Rage. (PG, R) Continuous music programming.

2.10 Close.

8.30pm The Real Housewives Of Cheshire.

Follows well-heeled housewives as they carry out their lavish lifestyles. (M) Arena 8.30pm Miss World 2016.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.30 SpongeBob. (R) 1.00 Sonic Boom.

(PG, R) 1.30 Power Rangers Dino.

(PG) 2.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 2.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.00 Gumball. (R) 3.30 We Bare Bears. (PG, R) 4.00 Justice League Unlimited. (PG, R) 4.30 Kung Fu Panda Holiday. (R) 5.00 The Madagascar Penguins In A Christmas Caper. (PG) 5.15 Donkey’s Caroling Christmastacular. 5.30 Thunderbirds Are Go. (PG) 6.00 MOVIE: Maya The Bee Movie. (C, R, CC) (2014) Kodi SmitMcPhee, Noah Taylor.

7.40 MOVIE: Flight Of The Navigator. (R) (1986) Joey Cramer.

9.30 MOVIE: Galore.

(MA15+, CC) (2013) The lives of four teens descend into chaos. Ashleigh Cummings.

11.40 Two And A Half Men. (M, R, CC) 12.10 Adult Swim. (M) 12.40 Rick And Morty. (M, R) 1.10 Problem Solverz. (PG, R) 3.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R) 3.30 SpongeBob. (R) 4.00 Wild Kratts. (R) 4.30 Gumball. (R) 4.50 Thunderbirds.

(R) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! (PG, R)

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6.00 NFL. NFL. Week 16. Green Bay Packers v Minnesota Vikings.

Continued. 8.30 NFL. NFL. Week 16. New Orleans Saints v Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 11.30 Construction Zone. (PG, R) 12.00 Big Angry Fish. (PG, R) 1.00 Ultimate Fishing. (PG, R) 2.00 Speed With Guy Martin. (PG, R) 3.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 4.00 Seinfeld. (PG, R, CC) 7.20 MOVIE: The Benchwarmers.

(PG, R, CC) (2006) Three nerdy friends form a baseball team. Rob Schneider, Jon Heder.

9.00 MOVIE: Brüno.

(MA15+, R, CC) (2009) A fashion reporter takes his show to America.

Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten.

10.40 MOVIE: Black Hawk Down. (MA15+, R, CC) (2001) Josh Hartnett.

1.40 Locked Up Abroad. (MA15+, R) 3.00 Ultimate Factories. (R) 4.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. (PG, R) 5.00 Construction Zone. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Australia Wide Special. (R, CC) 10.00 News. (CC) 10.30 Back Roads. (R, CC) 11.00 News.

11.30 Catalyst. (R, CC) 12.00 News. 12.30 Compass. (PG, R, CC) 1.00 News. 1.30 A Taste Of Landline. (R, CC) 2.00 News. 2.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 3.00 Australians Of The Year: In Conversation. (R, CC) 4.00 News. 4.30 The Mix Special. (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 Back Roads. (PG, R, CC) 8.00 Andrew Olle Lecture. (R, CC) 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 One Plus One. (R, CC) 10.00 News. 10.30 Compass. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 News. (CC) 11.30 Conflict Zone. 12.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS

7.30pm Dogs: The Untold Story. The Baka tribe is still hunting with their Basenji dogs. (PG) Discovery

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Home Shopping. (R) Tomorrow’s World. (PG) Leading The Way. (PG) David Jeremiah. (PG) Home Shopping. (R) Inside Volleyball.

The Charm Of Britain. (R) The Charm Of Britain. (R) Part 2 of 2.

Mr Selfridge. (PG, R) Harry prepares to unveil his London legacy.

For The Love Of Dogs.

(PG) Takes a look at how sick and abused dogs are brought back to health at Battersea Dogs and Cats’ Home.

Nick Knowles’ Original Features. (R) Nick Knowles explores a cottage in Warwickshire that is estimated to be between 200 and 500 years old.

Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) Psychic TV. (M) Harry’s Practice. (R, CC) The World Around Us. (R) Home Shopping.

8.00pm Cycling. Revolution Series Track. Day 2. Eurosport

6.00 TV Shop. 6.30 Leading The Way. 7.00 New Hope Ministries: New Hope On The Road. (PG) 7.30 Beyond Today. 8.00 Key Of David.

8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Vacation, Vacation, Vacation. (PG, R) 10.30 The Great British Sewing Bee. (R) 11.55 River Cottage: Christmas Special 2011. (PG, R) 12.55 MOVIE: The Holly And The Ivy. (R, CC) (1952) 2.40 Are You Being Served?

(PG) 4.00 Heartbeat. (PG, R) 5.00 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. (PG, R) 6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R, CC) 7.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple.

(PG, R) 9.00 Major Crimes. (M, CC) The team investigates a diamond thief’s death.

10.00 Rizzoli & Isles. (M, CC) Jane and Maura enter a secretive world.

11.00 The Closer. (M, R, CC) 12.00 Murder In The First. (M, CC) 1.00 TV Shop. 1.30 Danoz. 3.00 The Closer. (M, R, CC) 4.00 Danoz.

4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 Seaway. (PG, R, CC)

Ellen Page stars in Juno.

ONE 6.00 Shopping. (R) 8.00 Cricket.

(CC) Big Bash League. Game 5. Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers. Replay. 12.00 World Sport. (R) 12.30 Operation Repo.

(PG, R) 1.00 Car Torque. (R, CC) 2.00 Megafactories. (R) 3.00 Undercover Boss. (PG, R) 4.00 4WD Touring Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 People Of The Vines. (PG, R, CC) 5.30 iFish Summer.

6.00 Family Feud Favourites.

(R, CC) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG, R) 7.30 MOVIE: Russell Coight’s Celebrity Challenge.

(PG, R, CC) (2004) Russell Coight raises money for charity. Glenn Robbins.

9.30 MOVIE: Flying High II: The Sequel. (M, R, CC) (1982) A space shuttle goes off course. Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty.

11.15 Cops: Adults Only. (M, R) 12.15 The Americans. (M, R, CC) 1.15 Legends. (M, R) 2.15 World Sport. 2.30 Cricket. (CC) Big Bash League. Game 4. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes. Replay.

ELEVEN 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Invizimals.

(R) 6.30 Victorious. (R) 7.05 Transformers: Robots In Disguise.

7.35 Pokémon. (R) 8.35 Sidekick.

(R) 9.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 9.30 Baby Animals In Our World. (C, CC) 10.00 Lexi And Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives. (C, CC) 10.30 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Diancie And The Cocoon Of Destruction. (R) (2014) 12.15 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages. (R) (2015) 2.00 Sanjay And Craig. (R) 4.30 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 5.00 Frasier. (PG, R) 6.00 Family Feud Favourites. (R, CC) 6.30 MOVIE: Pride & Prejudice. (R, CC) (2005) Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike.

9.05 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R, CC) Highlights from the latest series.

10.05 Sex And The City. (MA15+, R) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG, R) 1.00 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 1.30 Frasier.

(PG, R) 2.30 Becker. (PG, R, CC) 3.30 Raymond. (PG, R, CC) 4.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (R) 5.00 Kenneth Copeland. (PG) 5.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG)

6.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 7.00 Vacation House For Free. (R) 8.00 House Hunters Reno. (R) 9.00 In The Garden. (R, CC) 9.30 Getaway. (PG, R, CC) 10.00 Domestic Blitz. (PG, R, CC) 11.00 A Sale Of Two Cities. (R) 12.00 House Hunters.

(R) 1.00 House Hunters Int. (R) 2.00 Flip Or Flop. (R) 3.00 House Hunters Reno. (R) 4.00 Come Dine With Me UK. (PG, R) 5.00 Vacation House For Free. (R) 6.00 House Hunters Off The Grid. (R) 6.30 Texas Flip And Move. 7.30 Vintage Flip. 8.00 Hunting Vintage. (New Series) 8.30 Masters Of Flip. (R) 9.30 Listed Sisters. 10.30 Flip This House. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. (R) 12.00 Masters Of Flip. (R) 1.00 Late Programs.

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SBS VICELAND 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 PopAsia.

(PG) 11.00 Japanese News. 11.35 Punjabi News. 12.05 Hindi News.

12.30 Dutch News. 1.00 Vs Arashi.

1.50 If You Are The One. 3.05 MOVIE: The Tree Of Life. (PG, R) (2011) 5.30 MOVIE: Lars And The Real Girl. (PG, R) (2007) 7.20 Adam Ruins Everything.

7.45 South Park. (MA15+, R, CC) 8.40 Balls Deep: Ramadan.

(PG, R, CC) Presented by Thomas Morton.

9.10 Balls Deep: Tent Preachin’. (PG, R) Presented by Thomas Morton.

9.35 Balls Deep: Bears.

(MA15+, R) Presented by Thomas Morton.

10.00 Balls Deep: Tugs. (M, R) 10.30 Balls Deep. (PG, R) 12.20 Noisey. (M, R) 1.10 Black Market: Dispatches. (M, R) 2.05 Dead Set On Life. (M, R) 2.30 Ghosts Of Aleppo. (R) 3.20 365: Every Day Documentaries. 3.25 CCTV News In English From Beijing. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

FOOD 6.00 Barefoot Contessa Specials.

(R) 7.00 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 8.00 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 9.00 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 10.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 11.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. (PG, R) 12.00 Giada’s Holiday Handbook.

(R) 1.00 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 2.00 Holiday Baking Championship.

(PG, R) 3.00 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 4.00 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R) 6.30 Restaurant: Impossible. (R) 7.30 Cake Wars Christmas. (PG, R) 8.30 Cake Wars Christmas.

(PG, R) 9.30 Cake Wars Christmas.

(PG, R) 10.30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. (R) 11.30 No Reservations. (PG, R) 12.30 Holiday Baking Championship.

(PG, R) 1.30 Holiday Baking Championship. (PG, R) 2.30 Holiday Baking Championship.

(PG, R) 3.30 Giada’s Holiday Handbook. (R) 5.00 Kriol Kitchen.

(R) 5.30 Chopped. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Small Business Secrets. (CC) 10.30 Aunty Moves In. 11.00 Colour Theory. (CC) 11.30 Mohawk Girls. (PG) 12.00 Korraiyn. 12.30 Maori TV’s Native Affairs. 1.00 Surviving. 1.20 Desperate Measures. 1.40 Our Footprint. 2.00 Around The Campfire. 2.20 Custodians.

2.30 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Round 3. Moree v Redfern All Blacks. 3.30 Soccer. National Indigenous Football Championships. Men’s Finals. 5.00 Te Kaea. 5.30 Real Pasifik. 6.00 Talking Language. 6.30 Matauranga. 7.30 Te Araroa – Tales From The Trails. 8.30 Moksgm’ol: The Quest For The Spirit Bear. 9.30 MOVIE: This Christmas. (PG) (2007) 11.30 Paddocks Alight. 12.00 Volumz. (PG) 2512

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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 14 letters left over.

They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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OUT ON A LIMB

by Gary Kopervas

FLASH GORDON

by Jim Keefe

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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.

GO FIGURE

GRIN & BEAR IT

by Wagner

LAFF-A-DAY

>> 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.

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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CRYPTO-QUOTE

ACROSS 1. Glide downhill 4. Group of whales 7. Aquatic plant 11. Indira’s robe 15. Brought home a trophy 16. Ms. Miranda 17. Put out the first card 18. Disregard 19. Enjoy a picnic 20. Catch sight of 21. Creche figures 22. Fortune’s partner 23. Opt 25. Wallow 27. One or the other 29. Young salmon 30. Dry, as wine 31. Inner ____ 32. Kind of bran 34. Engage gears 37. Ruler division 40. Liable 42. Surplus 44. Line of seats 46. Kitchen aid 48. Gone 49. “I Remember ____”

50. Fully developed 51. Funnel-shaped flower 53. President’s ____ Office 54. Laboratory gel 55. Black, to poets 56. Silo function 58. Greek letter 59. Florida fruit 61. Outraged 62. Waste allowance 64. MTV viewer 65. Kimono closer 66. “Saturday Night ____” 68. Small bus 70. Very short time: abbr.

74. Console 77. Eye woe 79. Contour feather 80. Plunk 81. Portal 83. It comes after pi 85. Like Kramer 86. Pretension 87. Nerve-cell part 88. Item always charged

89. “____ House” (song) 90. Stem joint 91. Salamander 92. Lamb’s mommy 93. Cee’s follower

39. Respect 40. Dilemma 41. Fix 43. Post 45. Fabric weave 46. Bric-a-____ 47. Partial return of a DOWN payment 1. Whisk 49. Glacial deposit 2. Australian animal 52. Sound 3. Bury 57. Celestial body 4. Essence 59. Of the ear 5. What bit Cleopatra 60. Jealousy 6. Perhaps 63. Pass by 7. Donations 67. Certain diet adher8. Pipe problem ent 9. Certain order 69. Hawk’s home 10. Good-bye Headband 71.

11. Make less hard 72. Assume 12. Far East nanny 73. Framework 13. Hoarfrost 74. Extend 14. Road for Cato 75. Meat stew 24. Singer 76. Feudal title 26. High point 77. Pack 28. Marsh bird 78. Camper’s shelter 30. More expensive 79. Cornmeal cake 31. Essay subject 33. “Bonnie ____ Clyde” 82. Dismiss 84. Reporter’s ques35. Erase tion 36. Examine 38. Necktie PUZZLE NO. 395

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.

Thought for the Day: It was notoriously prolific American author and academic Isaac Asimov, who died in 1992, who made the following sage observation: “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”

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INSANITY STREAK

by Tony Lopes

PRINCE VALIANT

by Murphy & Gianni

THE CASHIER

by Ricardo Galvão

YOUR WEEKLY STARS FOR THE WEEK STARTING DECEMBER 26, 2016 ARIES (MAR 21-APR 20) With the new year’s opportunities almost within reach, the Arian’s courageous aspects are raring to go. And don’t be surprised if a lot of people follow the zodiac’s most trusted leader.

TAURUS (APR 21-MAY 21) Change lies ahead for the brave Bovine who is ready to shuck off the tried and true to try something new. But appearances can be deceptive. Check it all out before you charge into anything.

GEMINI (MAY 22-JUN 22) This week promises a peek into what the new year holds for the Gemini Twins, both in love and careers. Family matters continue to be a factor in decisions you’re going to be facing.

CANCER (JUN 23-JUL 23) As you move into the new year, your travel aspects grow stronger, and you might find yourself making decisions about a destination and a travelling companion sooner than you’d expected.

LEO (JUL 24-AUG 23) The new year holds both glitter and gold. This means Leos and Leonas should begin getting the facts they’ll need to separate the real thing from the sham in order to make important decisions next year.

VIRGO (AUG 24-SEP 23) A good way to start the new year might be to arrange for a visit to someone you haven’t seen in a long time. You also might want to pick up that project you put off a while back.

LIBRA (SEP 24-OCT 23) As you contemplate the new year’s potential, you might want to talk things over with people who are or have been where you want to go. Their experience and advice can be helpful.

SCORPIO (OCT 24-NOV 22) Someone close to you might feel like you have no more room for him or her in your life. This calls for immediate reassurance of your love so you can start the new year on a high note.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 23-DEC 21) The coming year will bring more people into your life. Some situations might not work out as well as others. But overall, everyone earns something, and that’s always a good thing.

CAPRICORN (DEC 22-JAN 20) The new year could find you indulging in one or more of the hobbies you’ve always wanted to take up. And don’t be surprised if they ultimately direct you toward a new career.

AQUARIUS (JAN 21-FEB 19) The artistic Aquarian should find more opportunities in the new year. You might even make some potentially helpful contacts as you gather to ring in the year 2017.

PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 20) The new year offers challenges for Pisceans who want to make better use of the skills they now have and learn new ones. Personal relationships show stronger positive aspects.

BORN THIS WEEK: Although at times you tend to be a bit judgmental, you are generous and caring and very much beloved.

HOCUS-FOCUS POINT TAKEN

by Margulies

JUST LIKE CATS & DOGS

by Dave T. Phipps

STRANGE BUT TRUE z If you watch TV’s Modern Family regularly, you’re probably aware that Phil Dunphy has an amusing phobia – but he’s not alone. In the US, 10 to 20 per cent of the population suffers from “coulrophobia”, which is a fear of clowns, just like Phil. z In Linden, California, a man saw a rabbit scurry into an irrigation pipe.

Worried about the animal’s safety, he got two other men to help him lift the 15-metre-long pipe and urge the rabbit out. Their kindly behav-

by Samantha Weaver iour wasn’t rewarded, however; while the men were lifting it, the pipe touched a 12,000-volt electrical wire, electrocuting all three of the Good Samaritans. z Those who suffer from Moebius syndrome are incapable of showing expressions on their faces – not a frown or a smile or a quizzical lift of an eyebrow. They often are found sleeping with their eyes open. z Between 1976 and 1987, no red M&Ms were produced.

z A collection of items that belonged to Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s long-time companion (and, very briefly, his wife), recently went up for auction. Among the items was a pair of her underwear, lilac with white lace and ribbon trim, embroidered with her initials. An unnamed collector bought the undergarment for more than $3500. z If you want to get a karat’s worth of diamond, you’ll have to mine, on average, 23 tonnes of ore.

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Can you, in eight moves, turn the top word into the bottom one? You may alter only one letter at a time to make another word. We have entered the centre word to keep you on the right track.

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By applying the Rule of Eleven, declarer knows (by subtracting six – the card led – from 11) that the North, East and South hands contain five cards higher than the six.

Since those five cards – dummy’s seven, declarer’s Q-9 and East’s A-J – are all accounted for at trick two, it follows that East could not have started with the A-J-10. Therefore, South’s only chance is to duck and hope East was dealt the A-J doubleton.

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

This week's Crossword 395

Find The Words solution 936 Care and caution The Baker’s Dozen Trivia Test 1. “Have you any wool?”

2. The Danube 3. “Casablanca” 4. A gunshot wound from an assassination 5. Eros

6. The Mystery Machine 7. Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus) 8. Dill 9. Jules Leotard 10. Igneous, a rock formed from volcanic lava 11. Patrick Hernandez, in 1978.

12. Jimmy Connors (between 1972 and 1987).

13. “New Year’s Day”, by

U2 in 1983. It was written about the Polish Solidarity movement, the time a first trade union was not controlled by a communist party. The song became U2’s first international hit, with Rolling Stone magazine making it No.435 on “The 500 Greatest Songs” list.

Matchmaker solution 150 Gold, told, toll, till, tile, tine, wine, wing, ring.

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