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By SHARON BONTHUYS LIKE many Narromine Shire locals, Vicki Kearines is awaiting the outcome of the parliamentary inquiry into rural, regional and remote health and hospital services in NSW. The inquiry received 720 submissions from individuals, health and social service agencies, local authorities, community organisations and service providers. Mrs Kearines’s harrowing submission brought to light the appalling experience her terminally ill father, Ronald Short, 92, went through in his fi nal days at Narromine Hospital treated by “telehealth” doctors. The virtual doctor only ever appeared on a telehealth screen, never in person. The doctor could not see how sick Mr Short was, did not access medical records, declined to provide timely access to a syringe driver to administer pain relief, and treated the family with disrespect. “Please review this system – it is failing the most precious of our communities, our elderly,” Mrs Kearines’s submission begged the inquiry. With the inquiry report due to be handed down at the end of April, Mrs Kearines has high hopes for change but little confidence that this will occur. Continued page 5
Staff participating in the industrial action at Trangie on March 31. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR
By SHARON BONTHUYS “WHAT do we want? Ratios! When do we want ‘em? Now!” This was one of several war cries as Trangie nurses and supporters marched through the town in support of statewide industrial action on March 31. Leaving the Trangie Multipurpose Health Service (MPHS) just before 10am, staff marched along Harris and Dandaloo Streets, ending at Cafe 2823. They spoke to communi-
ty members and stopped at businesses to raise awareness and to gain support for a petition seeking improved nurseto-patient ratios in NSW hospitals. The marchers were greeted by honking horns from passing vehicles and voices of support from community members and business owners in shops and on the street. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) walked off the job across the state at facilities small and large for 24 hours to
draw attention to a health system they say is in crisis. NSWNMA members rallied in Albury, Armidale, Batemans Bay, Bathurst, Blayney, Broken Hill, Coffs Harbour, Cooma, Cowra, Dubbo, Goulburn, Griffith, Inverell, Manning (Taree), Narrabri, Newcastle, Orange, Port Macquarie, Sydney, Tamworth, Tomaree, Trangie, Tweed Heads, Wagga Wagga, Warren, Wollongong, and Yass, a spokesperson said. It was the second time in six weeks that nurses and mid-
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THE FORECAST Thursday, April 7 Min 16 Max 23. Showers. Possible rainfall: 5 to 15mm. Chance of any rain: 90% Central West Slopes and Plains area Cloudy. High (80%) chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with large hail. Heavy falls possible on the southern slopes. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 21 to 26. Sun protection recommended from 9.10am to 3pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Friday, April 8 Min 15 Max 25. Shower or two. Possible rain-
could not be sustained, particularly as the winter surge edged closer. “Rolling internal staffing emergencies indicate just how much pressure our public health system continues to be under. It is far from coping and it is far from gold standard,” Mr Holmes said. “People in NSW deserve the benefit of safe staffing ratios, just like they have in Victoria, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory, and recently committed to in South Australia. The NSW government must appreciate the value of people’s lives before our state falls further behind.” NSWNMA Assistant General Secretary, Shaye Candish, said members were sick of excessive workloads and overtime, missed breaks and the heartbreaking decisions of rationing care between patients when constantly working short staffed. “We are angry and we want solutions! We are facing a generation of nurses and midwives who have experienced such severe staffing shortages and extreme workloads that they are considering their futures in this profession. Many are leaving and some will have lasting trauma that stays with them,” said Ms Candish. “Our members don’t take strike action lightly and we committed to leave life-preserving staffing behind.” This was confi rmed by
Gian Rodriguez and Kim King were part of the group calling for improved nurse-to-patient ratios. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. Trangie NSWNMA organiser, Lisa Leatham, who confi rmed that patient care was not compromised at the MPHS during the industrial action. “Several staff inside the building right now supported the industrial action but elected to remain on the floor to provide patient care, Ms Leatham told the Narromine Star before the march. “Here in Trangie we’re not just thinking of ourselves. You can walk into any rural or remote hospital and see their strength is critically low. I feel proud to support my nursing and midwife colleagues
today,” said Ms Leatham. Staff at Narromine MPHS did not participate in the industrial action as that facility does not have an active NSWNMA branch there, Ms Leatham said. The Narromine Star sought comment from the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) and NSW Health in relation to concerns raised by the NSWNMA. These included “code yellow” incidents at Trangie and Narromine, signalling a staffing emergency inside facilities, which the union said are occurring with greater frequency
Fuel trailer stolen from Trangie property
Farm accident exposes mobile reception problems By SHARON BONTHUYS ON March 14, Alex Ballhausen was badly injured in a farm accident on his property south of Narromine. Without mobile phone reception just 60 kilometres from town, he managed to drive to a contractor camp nearby to seek help. The contractors drove him to town and were able to call an ambulance on the way which met them and took Mr Ballhausen to Dubbo hospital. This serious incident highlights the issue of mobile phone coverage – or lack of it – in rural and remote areas. Mr Ballhausen exposed this issue on Twitter where he recounted
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By SHARON BONTHUYS Trangie resident Trish Philips is angry. A fuel trailer parked in her hay shed on her property for quite a few years has been stolen. Painted yellow to match the family’s Caterpillar grader, the tandem box trailer held a large fuel tank. The tank was empty. The theft is believed to have occurred at some point between March 6 and March 31 and was reported to police. “It’s just bloody frustrating,” Ms Phillips said, who hopes karma will bite those responsible. Information about the theft can be reported in confidence to the Trangie Police Station on 6870 2370 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. The NSW Police Rural Crime Prevention Team continues to highlight thefts and trespassing incidents involving rural properties.
his experience on April 1. “All we want is a consistent, reliable phone service. We are not interested in Netfl ix or gaming. “Our city counterparts brag about download speeds that we can only dream about yet we can’t even make a phone call 10km from town. “We should be able to go about our day knowing that if something goes wrong we have the confidence that we can call for help.” Recovering from surgery, Mr Ballhausen was released from hospital this week. His experience and the issue it has exposed will be explored further in next week’s Narromine Star.
chance of a thunderstorm. Winds easterly 15 to 25km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s. Sun protection recommended from 9.10am to 3pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Sunday, April 10 Min 14 Max 26. Partly cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 to 0. 2mm. Chance of any rain: 30% Monday, April 11 Min 15 Max 27. Partly cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 to 0. 2mm. Chance of any rain: 30% Tuesday, April 12 Min 11 Max 25. Partly cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 to 0. 2mm. Chance of any rain: 30%.
statewide. We also asked how the department manages fatigue with staff completing double shifts and overtime. Neither the WNSWLHD nor NSW Health provided responses to those questions. A spokesperson for NSW Health did say that “the NSW Government and NSW Health have engaged in talks with the union and remain committed to reaching a resolution in the best interests of our patients and all our healthcare workers. “There are more nurses and midwives in NSW public hospitals than at any other time in history. “Between 2012 and 2021, the nursing workforce and midwifery workforce in NSW increased by 9,599 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, or 23 per cent, to 51,794 FTE. “The 2021-22 NSW Health total budget is $30.2 billion. The NSW Government is also investing in a further 5,000 nurses and midwives from 2019-2022 under a record $2.8 billion boost to frontline staff,” the spokesperson said. It’s already 2022 so where are all these new staff ? Not in the central west or many other locations, it would appear. No one from NSW Health was present as the Trangie marchers chanted a telling reminder of one of the key reasons for their industrial action: “Without nurses and midwives there would be no health system.”
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Locals say ‘bye’ to drive-in
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Ewen Jones and cousin Terry Lewy attended the final screening at the Westview Drive-in on April 2. PHOTO: EWEN JONES After 15 years on the market, the drive-in was sold in February 2022. Until its closure last weekend, the Westview was one of three drive-in cinemas still operating in NSW, and the only one west of the Blue Mountains. Zoned for light industrial redevelopment, the purchase marked the end of business for Dubbo’s cultural icon. The sale and relocation of the screen and projection equipment attracted several interested parties. The Westview Drivein offered a unique ‘outback cinema experience’ since its opening in 1970, and was reported to be one of the ‘biggest and best’ drive-ins in NSW. Closed for 30 years, community encouragement saw the drive-in reopen
in 2017 and over 30,000 attendees passed through the gates since then. The drive-in staged a number of special screenings during its last few weeks. Mr Jones was able to see his all time favourite fi lm, ‘The Blues Brothers,’ on March 26. “My daughter and grandchildren from Newcastle came along too,” he said. The Westview fi nished its run in style with two iconic fi lms, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’, which screened on April 1, and family favourite ‘Grease’ on the final evening, April 2. Patrons could book tickets in sections including ‘Gold Class’, regular parking and seated sections. Ms Pryde and her family were in the regular parking section, as was Mr
Jones and his family. Mr Jones said there was a mixture of happy and sad on the night. “Cars blew their horns, and people clapped as the movie ‘Grease’ fi nished. [The owners and staff ] should be very proud of themselves.” Ms Pryde said several videos were screened during the interval about what the owners have done to the site since 2017, and of all their employees saying farewell. Ms Pryde reflected the thoughts of many other drive-in devotees. “It was emotional, to be honest, when it came time to fi nally say farewell to somewhere that gave us so much joy, entertainment and helped us create memories. It will be very much missed.”
Changed conditions on Mitchell Highway ROADWORKS are planned for the Mitchell Highway on both approaches to Narromine on Saturday, April 9, weather permitting. The proposed works will result in a one-lane closure with traffic controllers at both ends of each work area, a 40km/hr speed limit, and periodic delays. If planning to travel out of or through Narromine on that day, al-
low an additional five to ten minutes travel time, Transport for NSW has advised. Approaching from Dubbo, the works will commence east of the railway crossing at Manildra Street to the intersection of Dandaloo Street. On the approach from Trangie, the works will stretch from near the aerodrome turnoff down to the intersection with Culling and Dandaloo
Streets. Works will be carried out all day, from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm and will involve machinery that will generate some noise, a department spokesperson said. If you are planning to attend the Trangie Truck and Tractor Festival on April 9, consider your travel arrangements in light of these roadworks.
Weekly crime report, in brief Contributed by THE ORANA MID-WESTERN POLICE DISTRICT ON April 5, a break and enter was reported at a dwelling in Trangie Road, Narromine. On April 4 , a 22-year-old male from Narromine was charged with contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO (domestic), stalk/ intimidate, intend fear physical etc harm (do-
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By SHARON BONTHUYS THE fi nal screenings at Dubbo’s iconic Westview Drive-in took place last weekend and some Narromine locals were there to celebrate the end of an era and say goodbye. Longtime Narromine resident Ewen Jones attended the fi nal two screenings on Friday and Saturday with extended family. “I’ve been attending the Westview Drive-in since it fi rst opened in 1970, when I was 9 years old. “Since it reopened in 2018, my family have attended as often as we could. I attended [last] Friday night with my wife and daughter, and Saturday night with my cousins. “I absolutely loved the drive-in, which is so much better than a cinema – you can sit in a group on your deck chairs, bring your esky and have a conversation without the person next to you getting upset. “You can sit in your car – as was the original concept of a drive-in, of course. You can even sit in the back seat of your vehicle,” Mr Jones laughed. The fi nal night screening of ‘Grease’ had a great vibe, said Narromine resident Melanie Pryde who also attended with her children. “People were drinking, chatting, picnicking. It felt like a small reunion. “I love the drive-in. When we fi rst moved to Narromine eight months ago, the drive-in was our fi rst outing. It brought back many memories from childhood,” she said.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR
Twin COVID-flu jabs now okay, says ATAGI By SHARON BONTHUYS
Colin Best from Trangie Pharmacy urges the community to prepare for the oncoming flu season by getting vaccinated. PHOTO: COLIN BEST.
UPDATED advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) indicates that that immunisation for influenza (flu) can be co-administered with a COVID-19 booster vaccination, it was reported late last month. A major pharmacy chain in Australia is already rolling out the “twin-vaccinations” in light of this ATAGI advice. The Narromine Star approached medical and pharmacy professionals in Narromine and Trangie for their take on this new development. A spokesperson for the Narromine Shire Family Health Centre (NSFHC) said “it is recommended that the influenza vaccine and COVID vaccine can be given on the same day.” Trangie pharmacist Colin Best said that demand for the COVID booster shots had dwindled since the rush at the beginning of the year, but could be offered at the same time as a flu shot. With winter approaching and COVID still present, the NSFHC and Mr Best have urged shire residents to prepare for the oncoming flu season now. Mr Best recommended that individuals make sure they have enough medication at home for their medical conditions in case they need to isolate. “Don’t keep old antibiotics,” he warned, indicating that out of
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Examples include diabetes, cardiac, renal, respiratory, neurological and immunocompromising conditions. Other patients are required to pay $20 for their flu vaccines, the spokesperson said. “We are running flu clinic days for patients starting at the end of April.” Appointments are required. If shire residents are experiencing severe respiratory illness, the NSFHC has this advice. “NSFHC can offer telehealth as a fi rst measure to assess the problem and to determine how best to treat you. If you know you have COVID-19 from home testing or hospital testing, we can advise how best to treat this,” the spokesperson said. Treatment of influenza includes bed rest, pain relief such as aspirin or paracetamol, and fluid intake. This generally aims to prevent or minimise symptoms, the spokespeson said. At Trangie, pharmacist Colin Best advised that the best thing the community can do to prepare for the oncoming flu season is to talk to their GPs and get vaccinated. “Over 65s are eligible for a particular flu shot that provides more targeted protection,” Mr Best said. Flu shots can be obtained now from your local doctor or pharmacy, by appointment. COVID vaccinations are not currently available at the NSFHC but are available at periodic pop-up clinics in the shire, and at participating pharmacies and doctor’s surgeries, by appointment.
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date medications should not be used to self-medicate against flu symptoms. “The pharmacy will have a range of complementary medicines that can be used to help treat symptoms,” he said. The NSFHC indicated that as society is opening up more and people are travelling and mixing, all respiratory virus illnesses, including COVID-19 and influenza, will increase. The centre recommends that residents try “to maintain a healthy lifestyle and book an appointment early to discuss immunisations as well as other measures to protect you and your family,” the spokesperson said. “People who are sick with influenza [or respiratory illness] should stay home from work, school and social gatherings to prevent close contact with transmission to other people. “Practicing cough etiquette (such as covering the nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing) and washing hands before eating can help reduce the chances of getting and passing on the influenza virus,” the spokesperson said. The NSFHC provides flu vaccines free to people aged 65 or over, all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, all children aged six months to less than five years, and all people aged six months and over with chronic medical conditions which increase the risk of influenza complications.
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IT’S Youth Week in NSW from April 4 to 14, and with school holidays almost upon us, the Narromine Star has found the following free events on offer to celebrate both occasions. Saturday, April 9 to 23 – I SPY at Narromine Library – can you fi nd all the objects hidden in our display case? 10.30 am – 5.00 pm. Monday, April 11 – Trace of Magic Show and Workshop – USMC Narromine at 10.00 am and Trangie Bowling Club at 3.00 pm. Tuesday, April 12 – Ninja Warrior Day – Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. Children must be aged 6 years and over. Free transport from Trangie to Narromine and back – book via Communities for Children. Tuesday, April 12 – Makey Making Music at Narromine Library – explore and experiment with sound, circuits, and coding to build a fruit piano. 10.30am – 5.00 pm Tuesday, April 12 – Cinema under the Stars and Sausage Sizzle – Uniting Doorways – Payten Oval, Narromine. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sausage sizzle at 5.00pm and fi lm Sing 2 starts at 6.00pm. Wednesday, April 13 – Creativitek Easter Treasure Hunt: “Bunny and his friends”. Swift Park, Trangie, 10.00am to 12.00 pm and Dundas Park, Narromine, from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm. Ticketed event – contact Council to register. Free transport from Trangie to Narromine and back – book via Communities for Children. Wednesday, April 13 – John Moriarty Football (Soccer) Clinic – Payten Oval, Narromine from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm. Free – plus lunch, water and snacks
provided. Register via the Moriarty Foundation. Wednesday, April 13 – DIY Rain Sticks at Narromine Library – get crafty, make and decorate your own rain stick to shake and create the sound of rain. 10.30 am – 5.00 pm. Thursday, April 14 – Makey Making Music at Trangie Library – experiment with simple circuits and Makey Makeys to create a giant floor piano. 10.30am – 12.00 pm. Tuesday, April 19 – DIY Wind Chimes at Narromine Library – create a beautiful wind chiem with beads, buttons and other found objects. 10.30 am – 5.00 pm. Wednesday, April 20 – Board Game Bonanza at Narromine Library – play your favourite board games and learn new ones. 10.30 am – 5.00 pm. Wednesday, April 20 – Sports afternoon at Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre, from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. Children must be aged 6 years and over. Thursday, April 21 – Shake, Rattle & Roll at Trangie Library – feel the rhythm, make your own musical instruments. 10.30am to 12.00pm. Friday April 22 – Mission Australia Youth day event – Payten Oval, Narromine, from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm. Australian learn-to-code holiday program Code Camp is offering two free online buildyour-own games sessions. Super Slimer guides a friendly slime blob collecting coins and avoiding baddies, and Firewall features a heroic wizard or witch warding off evil spirits. For details visit the Code Camp website. Happy holidays and youth week!
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High hopes for change in health inquiry outcomes From page 1 “I have a wishlist of things I’d like to see happen,” she told the Narromine Star. Last year Mrs Kearines became the public face of the rural experience with stripped back health services. Her submission to the inquiry resulted in an appearance before the portfolio committee in Dubbo on May 19, 2021. “I didn’t expect anything to come from my submission but I wanted dad’s story to be told,” she said. Admitted on December 30, 2020, the terminally ill Mr Short was not officially declared palliative until just prior to his death on 4 January 2021. Mrs Kearines and four other family members spent 18 hours each day with Mr Short after he was hospitalised and were left traumatised. “My father physically could not reach behind him to press a buzzer to request pain relief like this virtual doctor wanted. The doctor didn’t believe [dad] needed [the syringe driver],” she said. The device meant staff did not have to be present to administer pain relief at the patient’s request or consult the virtual doctor about pain relief. “That syringe driver made the end of [dad’s] days far more peaceful, but we had to fight to get it,” Mrs Kearines said. Mr Short passed away two days later. Mrs Kearines had told the inquiry the virtual doctor “couldn’t or didn’t access [dad’s] medical records in regards to his cancer, he treated the family as if we just wanted to get rid of dad so we could enjoy the holidays, [wouldn’t listen] to the fact that although our father was 92 he was living independently doing woodwork and fi xing lawnmowers up to three weeks before his admission.” Mr Short’s family had managed his care at home following his terminal diagnosis earlier in the year until his admission to Narromine Hospital. His was a far different experience from six years earlier when his wife had passed away at the same hospital. Mrs Kearines had high praise for the nursing staff, but not the system that prevented a doctor being physically present at the hospital. A week after her father’s passing, an angry Mrs Kearines sent her submission to the inquiry. “I was angry then and I am still angry,” she said. Her wish list for change is simple. “I’d like to see more staff in Narromine Hospital, more beds opened up and doctors attending in person at least once a day. “I’d like to see more communication between the different areas of the health system. In this day of computers, staff should have been able to access My Health Record at Narromine and see what they were dealing with from the minute my father arrived at hospital. “I was told this wasn’t possible. Why not?” she asked. Dr Shannon Knott from the Western NSW Local Health District subsequently met with Mrs Kearines and apologised for the standard of care given to her father, she said. Dr Knott also told Mrs Kearines that changes would be made in light of her issues of concern about telehealth treatment of palliative patients. The parliamentary inquiry’s fi nal report is due by the end of April 2022.
Vicki Kearines outside Narromine Hospital. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.
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Free country music festival honours a dad’s legacy Mal Norton is organising the festival. PHOTOS: MAL NORTON.
By SHARON BONTHUYS A free country music festival has found its forever home in Narromine. The Dusty Boots Festival and Awards will stage three days of top entertainment over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June. The festival is the brainchild of country music artist Mal Norton, who entered the industry in 1974, aged 11. “I was a drummer in my father’s band, the Westerneers,” he told the Narromine Star. Mr Norton’s family has long been associated with country music in the central west. His father, the late John Henry “Johnny” Norton, was a pioneer in the industry. Johnny Norton helped establish the Castlereagh chapter of the Modern Country Music Association in 1965 and moved to Dubbo in the early 1970s. Together with the Westerneers, Ken Cameron and Alec Saffy, Johnny co-founded the Orana Country Music Association in 1979 and was the inaugural president. He passed away in October 1983 from a heart attack, aged just 49. “My dad is the reason for everything I try to do in country music,” Mal Norton said. To honour his father, Mr
Norton founded the Dusty Boots country music festival in Dubbo in 2017. The festival and associated awards ran successfully there until COVID came along. “In 2020 we maintained the awards by presenting them online but in 2021 we were back – in Narromine,” he said. The festival ended up in Narromine thanks to Bob Walsh and the Narromine United Services Memorial Club. “Venues in Dubbo wouldn’t commit to staging the festi-
val because of COVID restrictions. Bob said ‘bring it here’, and now we are based [in Narromine],” Mr Norton said. Almost 1000 people attended across the three days of the 2021 festival in Narromine. Unlike other country music festivals in Australia, the Dusty Boots Festival is completely free. The lineup includes Kirsten Minnick, Ben Ransom, Wayne Metcalf, Cheryl S Anderson, Justin Landers, Andy Penkow, Bill Kosseris, Smoke n Mirrors,
and the Westerneers. Other acts include Anthony Baxter, Cactus Flats, Grazy’s Country, Mark Swain, Hell n Heels, Bec and Graham, Jenny Duggan, Peter “Smokie’ Dawson, Cal Brinsmead and Greg Nolan, Roydon Donohue, Sunset Duo, and Kevin Sullivan. Country music fans have the late Johnny Norton to thank for the reason why the festival is free. “It’s rare to fi nd any event, festival or otherwise, that is free entry,” said Mal Norton. “Our festival is free and child friendly. Dad wanted it that way. As he said, if you only have to pay for fuel and accommodation you may have a dollar or two left in your pocket to spend in the town.” Narromine businesses will no doubt welcome the extra money to be spent in the town by festival goers over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. While the event is free to attendees, the performers will be paid to participate. COVID hit the arts sector hard with shows, tours and festivals cancelled or placed in hiatus. Getting events back on their feet and performers into work
The late Johnny Norton. has been a challenge, as Mr Norton discovered when trying to restart the event in Dubbo. Dubbo’s loss is Narromine’s gain. Mal Norton funds the festival from his own personal resources. He estimates this year’s event will cost about $21,000 to stage, of which he will personally pay $18,000. Industry volunteers will give their time to help stage the event and keep costs down. Mr Norton is keen to hear from local businesses who might like to help sponsor the festival. “We only ask for what you or your business can sustain. [All donors] will appear on the list of sponsors,” he said. Potential sponsors can contact Mr Norton via social media, where he is promoting the festival. When asked what he thought music brought to the community, Mr Norton reflected on his father’s legacy. “Music is one of the few things that knows no prejudice and it is the ultimate leveller. It brings [everyone] together.”
The Midas touch: How a snap decision gave James a future He came here from remote Western Australia for two weeks on whim to help a mate set up the Tomingley Gold Operations’ (TGO) laboratory. Fast forward eight years, and TGO Processing Manager James Didovich has not only helped build a gold mine, but a career, a family and a future. You could say he has the Midas touch. James spoke with Narromine Star about Alkane, gold and the best decision of his life so far. What’s your job with TGO and what does it involve? I’m the Processing Manager in charge of the team that takes ore produced by the mine and then through a series of steps to crush, grind, dissolve, and recover the gold we use to then produce the gold bars. We are chasing a very small amount of gold in the ore; for every tonne of ore there is only about 2 grams of Gold; so the process needs to run very efficiently and we process 1 million tonnes of ore per year. So you could say you have the Midas touch? Something like that! We’re the “black box” where the magic happens. We produce something that everyone gets pretty excited about – nice shiny gold bars. That must be pretty satisfying. Do you get to hold that gold bar in your hand and think, “I helped make that”? It is. That part at the end is something not a lot of people get to see. The gold bars are the glamorous part of the process and it is very satisfying to see the end product that comes from the combined efforts over a long period of the Alkane and Tomingley teams. A lot of work has gone into producing each bar that you can then hold in your hand.
What’s your background in the industry? I studied minerals engineering at the West Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, so metallurgy is my background. I was employed by Alkane at TGO initially as a casual on a two-week contract – eight years later, I’m still here! You can interpret that two ways, I guess: either I did an outstanding job and they kept me on, or I haven’t fi nished what I was supposed to do in two weeks, it’s taken me eight years! I’d confidently say it’s Option A. Where were you working before TGO? I’d been working in Western Australia and overseas previously, and then spent a couple of years teaching at the WA School of Mines in Kalgoorlie whilst pursuing post-graduate study. I came over to Tomingley on a short two-week contract to help out a friend who was working here. Then that two weeks turned into ten months and I had come to realise I was more interested in working in industry than research. When my friend resigned, I put my hand up for his job and was lucky enough to be offered the role. And then you married a local girl, so you struck gold
“I didn’t think too much about that decision to come over here from Kalgoorlie for two weeks. Fast forward eight years... wow, what a difference.” – James Didovich there too? Did I ever! After moving here for the permanent role in late 2014 I was on my lonesome for a while until 2016 when I met the girl who would become my wife in 2018. We had our fi rst child in February 2020, and we are very excited that we are now expecting twins later this year.
What are some of the things you enjoy about your job in general and about TGO in particular? I enjoy the good mix of routine and excitement – being a production facility that runs 24/7 there is a lot of ongoing work that happens to consistently produce those gold bars, but we are always looking to
improve, and with the expansion plans for TGO there is a lot to be excited about. For me, Alkane has been a great fit. From where I started with them eight years ago – a bit lost and wondering what the future held for me, to where I am now – Alkane gave me that opportunity. I made my way up from where I started in a Metallurgist role to now being Processing Manager, I met my wife, started a family – so it’s been massive change for me. And with where Alkane is going now, and with the opportunities they’ve provided me, we see us staying here for the next ten years – we have our home here, we have our extended family as neighbours over the back fence – so we’re not planning to go anywhere, we’re in it for the long haul. TGO has given you not only your working life, but your family life and future as well. Absolutely! I didn’t think too much about that decision to come over here from Kalgoorlie for two weeks. I just thought, “Oh, I’ll come and give a mate a hand.” Fast forward eight years... wow, what a difference. It’s really good to look back and realise how pivotal a decision it was all those years ago – a “sliding doors” moment that I will forever be grateful for. f Tomingley Gold Operations is a foundation supporter of Narromine Star.
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Australian plants society visits By SHARON BONTHUYS SEVERAL properties in the Narromine shire were visited during a conservation tour of the central west last weekend by the Australian Plants Society (APS) NSW. Travelling from Sydney, the 45-member group visited six properties over four days. Four of those properties were in or bordering the Narromine shire and all use regenerative principles in their operations. The group visited Forrest Reefs on April 1 and Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum on April 2. On April 3 the group travelled to Narromine and spent the morning visiting Andrew and Jennifer Knop’s property Mottlecah, 30km south of Dubbo, and Rob and Rosemary Webb’s property Clearview at Narromine. In the afternoon they visited The Knop’s property Merebone and Alan and Therese Channel’s property Warrina at Narromine. On April 4 the group rounded out its central west tour with a visit to Bruce and Roz Maynard’s property Willydah, north-west of Narromine. Vice-President of the APS NSW, John Aitken, said the group was delighted to visit the central west and see what locals were doing with regenerative farming. “This tour is a great opportunity to give our members a
Andrew Knop (centre with mike) addresses the visiting APS NSW group on April 3. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR greater appreciation of what people on the land go through due to drought. Importantly, what they are doing to minimise the effects of drought,” he said. “We also want to raise the profi le of the APS NSW. We encourage our members to love, grow and conserve Australian native plants and their habitat.” Andrew Knop gave an informative guided tour of Merebone and neighbouring Warrina. He spoke about topography, soil types, and identified native plant and animal species present. “We’ve provided a central corridor for birds, animals and reptiles [on our property],” said Mrs Knop, who indicated there were many bird species, kangaroos and wom-
bats on the property as well as large pythons. The Maynards have planted over 200,000 trees and 320,000 saltbushes on their 1500-hectare property based on regenerative principles to transform their mixed livestock and cropping farm. APS members, who hailed from Nowra, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, Sydney and other parts of NSW, enjoyed touring the properties. Liz Aitken from Sydney said she had thoroughly enjoyed the trip. “With our APS focus on regenerative farming and conservation, it’s been great to see what you are doing in the central west.” APS NSW members Marita MacRae and Tania Lamble from Sydney also enjoyed the
Liz and John Aitken enjoy the tour of Warrina. trip and the spectacular afternoon tea provided by the Knops during their visit. Ms MacRae was particularly taken with the local birdlife she saw on the tour. The injection to the local economy provided by the tour group staying in the area for several days is also a welcome boost. Further information about the APS NSW can be found on the organisation’s website.
Don’t fall for this weight loss scam
IN last week’s Narromine Star we featured a story about common scams doing the rounds. As the story indicated, many scams abound on online platforms and in social media. Since we published that article, the Australian Digital Health Agency has warned consumers not to fall for an online weight loss scam falsely using the My Health Record (MHR) logo. Running via Facebook, the ads feature the MHR logo and suggest people can lose 45 kilograms with one teaspoon of the product, a so-called supplement. Chief Clinical Adviser Dr Steve Hambleton said the scammers had misused the agency’s MHR logo in the ads spruiking unproven products. “This is nonsense. Government agencies don’t lend their logos to companies and My Health Record is a trusted brand, hence our warning,” he said. The ads are listed on newly established Facebook pages with little else on them, he said. The scams have been reported to Facebook’s parent company, Meta. Dr Hambleton said scammers were insidious and looking to profit from people’s vulnerabilities. “Don’t fall for this scam.” f Have you been the victim of a scam? The Narromine Star would like to talk to scam victims about their experiences. You can remain nameless, if desired.
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Pyjama milkshake day at NCS Contributed by CATH CHAPMAN, NARROMINE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL EVERY year our year six cohort raise money for their end of year gift to the school. This term they decided to run a pyjama/milkshake day. The day was a huge success and is a real credit to the year six team. They organised the day beautifully with minimal assistance from Miss Payne, the year six
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The students had to work out the cost and how much to charge, what equipment was needed and how the day would run considering the amount of students. They all put their aprons on to share the workload.
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School Principal, Mrs Robertson, said she was very proud of their teamwork and for running a fun and successful day for the school.
Disastrous decade well remembered Norma and Bob Meadley talk to a Trangie resident reading an old newspaper. By SHARON BONTHUYS LOCAL historian Norma Meadley wowed residents of Narromine and Trangie last week with a trip down memory lane. At the libraries in both towns, Mrs Meadley presented wonderful slide shows and anecdotes about the ‘disastrous decade’ that was the 1950s in what is now the Narromine Shire. While the 1955 flood and the tragic plane crash over Narromine were certainly disasters that everyone attending remembered, it wasn’t all bad news. Those who gathered for the local history talks in both communities enjoyed seeing
many old school photos from the 1950s. Much laughter resulted as attendees pointed out themselves, old friends and family members in the photos. Mrs Meadley had clearly gone to a lot of effort to prepare slideshows relevant to each community, supported by displays featuring old newspapers and other historical items of interest. Mrs Meadley reminded the groups about Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Dubbo in 1954. Several people from both communities recalled travelling to Dubbo by train to see the monarch at that time. At Narromine on March 29, Bob Meadley recalled being “pushed
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Home fire safety visits in Narromine Contributed by EWEN JONES
Bob Meadley next to the historical information. to the back of the crowd by the women” while waiting to see Queen Elizabeth. By the time she passed by, “all I could see was her hair!” he laughed. Carole Baldwinson told the group her sister still has a tablecloth used at the function coinciding with the Queen’s visit. At Trangie on March 31, Fay Wal-
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lace recalled attending church with the Queen in Sydney during the Australian tour. “I was one of 32 young people invited to attend St Andrews church with the Queen. I represented the youth of the Blue Mountains,” Ms Wallace told the Trangie gathering. Both events were well attended and followed by morning tea.
FIRE + Rescue NSW (FRNSW) 401 Station conducted home fi re safety visits (HFSV) at Narromine on the weekend of April 2 and 3, 2022. Over 80 homes were visited, with quite a few smoke alarms needing to be replaced. The HFSVs are primarily aimed at helping residents who are unable to climb a ladder. FRNSW and the Rural Fire Service promote “change your clocks, change your smoke alarm batteries” at the end of daylight saving every year. The new smoke alarms put up now have a ten-year lithium battery. Eligible residents get this service free of charge. Senior Firefighter
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Political News & Opinion COULTON’S ULTON’S CATCH TCH UP Comment ment by K COULTON, MARK Federal ral Member for Parkes arkes
Our plan for a better future for Parkes
I WELCOME the 2022-2023 federal budget, which will drive the growth of towns and communities across the Parkes electorate. The budget, which treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down on Tuesday evening, focuses on providing cost of living relief, creating more jobs, guaranteeing essential services and keeping Australians safe. This budget marks the next stage in leading Australia’s strong economy into the future and proves the government continues to deliver for the people of the Parkes electorate. With the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, Australian households are under pressure due to the cost of living. We’re helping Australians deal with these costs by delivering more jobs and putting upward pressure on wages, providing a one-off cost of living tax offset and a one-off cost of living payment for Australians most in need. By reducing the stress of high fuel prices on household budgets, reducing out-of-pocket expenses for childcare, delivering more affordable energy, helping aspiring home buyers, and reducing the cost of and increasing access to medicines. We’re also making record investments in health, education, and other essential services, building roads, rail, dams and the renewable energy technology we’ll need for our future, and investing in stronger defence, borders and security. Key investments that will deliver direct benefits in the Parkes electorate include: - Tax relief of up to $1500 for 55,800 taxpayers in the Parkes electorate - A $420 cost of living tax offset for low- and middle-income earners. - A one-off cost of living payment of $250 for Australians
AROUND UND THE ELECTORATE TORATE Comment nt by DUGALD D SAUNDERS, ERS, State Member ember for Dubbo bo SENIORS across the Narromine region can now access their Seniors and Seniors Savers Card digitally via the Service NSW app for the fi rst time since its introduction in 1992. Seniors have already embraced the Service NSW app through programs like Dine and Discover NSW and the Digital Driver Licence, and
most in need, includsocial benefits for local ing 18,628 pensioners, communities. 7342 disability sup- $22.1 million over four port recipients 2537 years to increase Carecarers, 10,263 jobseekFlight’s and Little Wings’ ers, and 15,996 eligible capacity to deliver aeroself-funded retirees in medical services. the Parkes electorate. - $20.1 million over - A 50 per cent reducthree years to strengthtion in petrol and dieen on-farm biosecurity by sel excise and excise supporting the adoption equivalent customs of livestock traceability duty for six months. reforms. - More than doubling Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and - $20 million over four the successful home guar- Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. years to reduce the impact antee scheme to 50,000 of pests and weeds on agplaces per year, which insatellite services. ricultural productive, nacludes helping another 35,000 - $480.1 million over six tive wildlife, the environment, fi rst home buyers build a new years to fund programs to sup- and the community. home with a five per cent de- port women and their children - An additional $20 million posit, supporting an addition- who are experiencing family, for future priorities within the al 5000 single parents to pur- domestic and sexual violence. Toowo-omba to Seymour corchase a home with a two per - A further $468.3 million ridor as part of the roads of cent deposit, and a new region- to continue implementing the strategic importance (ROSI) al home guarantee for 10,000 government’s response to the initiative. eligible homebuyers to pur- Royal Commission into aged - $19.4 million to establish up chase or construct a new home care quality and safety. to 20 childcare services in rein regional areas. - $345.7 million for residen- gional and remote areas where - $365.3 million to help an tial aged care facilities for there is an absence or limited extra 35,000 trade apprentices pharmacy services. supply of childcare. and trainees into training. - $285.5 million over five - $15.4 million over two years - $99.3 million for 80 addi- years for mental health treat- to extend the supporting agritional medical Commonwealth ment initiatives. culture shows and field days supported places at rural cam- $264 million for heavy duty program. puses. The University of Wol- upgrades along the Newell - $14.8 million over four longong and the University of Highway north of Moree. years to support Charles Sturt Sydney which operate medi- $170.2 million over five University to deliver a rural cal school programs with ru- years for preventative health clinical school. ral clinical school locations in initiatives. - An additional $14.6 million Broken Hill and Dubbo will be - $131.3 million over five for the Pooncarie Road to Meneligible to apply. years to update the Medicare indee upgrade. - The deregulation of Mag- benefits schedule. - $11 million over two years netic Resonance Imaging - $98 million to meet in- to modernise Indigenous cul(MRI) licencing, which will al- creased demand for the com- tural heritage protections. low Medicare-subsidised MRI munity development program - $10 million over two years services to be delivered in that provides employment to establish the journalist (caBroken Hill from 1 November services to Indigenous and detship and training) fund to 2022. non-Indigenous remote job support broadcasters and pub- $811.8 million for a new seekers. lishers to hire, train and upconnecting regional Australia - A record $58 million will be skill cadets and journalists to to address mobile blackspots invested to establish special- support public interest news along approximately 8000 kilo- ised endometriosis and pelvic in regional Australia. metres of regional transport pain clinics in every state and - $6.6 million over two years routes and adjacent premises territory to improve diagnosis, to expand the AgMove proand businesses, improve the care, and treatment. gram and extend it to Decemresilience of telecommunica- $52.3 million in funding for ber 2022 to support more eligitions infrastructure against Lifeline Australia over four ble job seekers who relocate to natural disasters, and encour- years from July 2022. take up short-term agriculturage new technology trials. - $46.7 million over two al work. - $523.3 million over four years for suicide prevention - $2.1 million for the renewyears to reduce the pharma- activities. al of funding for the national ceutical benefits scheme safety - $33.3 million over four rural health student network. net thresholds. years to the Royal Flying Doc- You can fi nd more information - $501.7 million to extend the tor Service to support emer- on the budget on the federal local roads and community in- gency aeromedical services as budget website. frastructure program to sup- part of establishing a new 10port local councils to maintain year strategic agreement with Orana designated area and deliver social infrastruc- the RFDS. migration agreement ture, improve road safety and - $29.2 million for round bolster the resilience of the lo- eight of the stronger com- strengthened cal road network. The government has munities programme which - $480 million investment to- provides funding of between strengthened the designatwards upgrading the NBN’s $2,500 and $20,000 for small ed area migration agreement fi xed wireless network and capital projects that deliver (DAMA), ensuring it remains
fit for purpose in light of the labour-market challenges in the Orana region of NSW. Minister for immigration, citizenship, migrant services and multicultural affairs, Alex Hawk, said RDA Orana consulted with businesses across the region. The government listened to where skills shortages were most prevalent. Businesses now have access to use the DAMA to source overseas workers across 65 occupations. Some of these occupations are not otherwise accessible through the standard skilled migration program. This is one of the real benefits of DAMAs, providing a complementary option for businesses to employ overseas workers in jobs critical for the region. The Orana region, which covers a vast area of approximately 200,000 square kilometres of central and northwestern NSW, is home to approximately 123,000 people and boasts an impressive $18.445 billion in annual economic output from major industries including mining and agriculture. The inclusion of more flexible permanent residency pathways under the Orana DAMA will incentivise overseas workers to set down roots in the region and make longterm economic and social contributions, including through transferring skills to local workers. One of the biggest issues currently facing our region is the labour shortage, with jobs vacancies across a range of different occupations. I’m hopeful that these changes to the DAMA will bring more workers to our region to fi ll these vacancies. On April 3, 2019, the government entered into a DAMA with the regional development Australia (RDA) Orana (the designated area representative). The RDA Orana administers the process for accessing the Orana DAMA which is open to businesses operating in any of the two major regional centres Dubbo (Dubbo region) and Mudgee (midwestern region) and takes in twelve smaller local government areas including Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett, Warren. and Warrumbungle.
of the NSW Government’s $130 million COVID-19 mental health recovery. The COVID-19 Community Connection and Wellbeing Program will support projects that promote social connection, resilience and wellbeing in a sustainable, embedded way. In addition to the health impacts, COVID has changed how we live and work, and prevented us from spending quality time with our family, friends and communities. This important investment will kick-start community wellbeing events and initiatives across NSW, to rebuild social connection and cohesion. Grants of up to $300,000 are available. Aboriginal commu-
nity organisations, unincorporated community groups, charitable and not-for-profit organisations, councils and joint organisations, are encouraged to apply. All funding is administered by Resilience NSW.
this digital option provides even greater choice and flexibility. The digital cards will be opt-in only, and customers will continue to receive a physical card. To fi nd instructions on how to add a digital Seniors or Senior Savers Card to the Service NSW app, visit the Service NSW website. APPLICATIONS are now open for round two of the Regional Events Accelerations Fund, and I encourage our local event organisers to apply for funding to help make their events bigger and better than ever. The new funding round will provide a minimum $100,000
to help bring new major events to regional NSW, and between $50,000 to $200,000 to increase capacity and enhance existing events. Examples of eligible projects include extra seating for outdoor shows or sporting events, temporary fencing, accessibility infrastructure, providing additional stages at music festivals, temporary car parks or pop-up camping sites. This is great news, as this funding will go a long way towards allowing us to host world-class events in our own backyard. COMMUNITY wellbeing-focused events and initiatives will be eligible for a share of $5 million in grants, as part
IN times of chaos and every day on the job, emergency services personnel and fi rst responders are heroes who keep our communities safe. Being an emergency worker takes a special kind of person! If you know someone like that, then nominate them for an award in the annual Rotary NSW Emergency Services Community Awards. Until next time, Dugald
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What does the federal budget mean for you? By NATASHA MAY THE treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, announced what your taxes will be funding in the federal budget last Tuesday, March 29. The announcement of the budget comes ahead of the federal election only weeks away. Narromine The Star has broken down the question you want to know: what are you getting out of the budget? All Australians are set to receive the below: Cost of living tax offset: The low-andmiddle-income tax brackets will receive tax deductions of $1500 for those earning $48,000-$90,000 and at least $420 for those earning $90,000-$126,000. Cheaper fuel for six months: The petrol tax has been halved for six months, starting from the an-
nouncement of the budget last Tuesday night. Mr Frydenberg said that the cut would save a family with two cars who fi ll up once a week “around $30 a week”. Paid parental leave: Parents, including dads and same-sex partners, will be able to claim 20 weeks of leave to be shared between parents as they see fit. Single parents will be able to receive the full 20 weeks for the fi rst time. One-off $250 economic support payment: For pensioners, disability support recipients, parenting payment recipients, carers, jobseekers, veterans, eligible self-funded retirees and concession card holders.
For regional Australia Connectivity: $480 million will support upgrades to the NBN
Tamara and Adeline help a student at the session. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.
Youth get work ready By SHARON BONTHUYS A group of teens took the opportunity to get work ready last Friday night, participating in a careers session at the Narromine Library. Aged between 13 and 16, the students joined the local Joblink Plus youth team for advice on crafting a resume, taking a career quiz, and the skills needed to fi nd jobs. The session started with pizza, which everyone enjoyed, and moved to the library’s bank of computers for the next stage. Team leader Tamara Thorpe and youth consultant Adeline Duncan led the session, assisting the students with career questions and navigating the online employment space. “Young people can be worried about what to do [for work],” said Ms Thorpe. This can manifest in the years before young people leave school. Joblink Plus has a progressive program providing school leavers aged from 15 to 24 years with the skills they need find work. This may also include funding particular elements that may otherwise prevent some young people from fi nding work. “We can support participants with driving lessons and getting a licence, and the cost of getting things prepared like resumes etc,” Ms Thorpe said. Most of the full-time high school students attending Friday night’s career session are too young to participate in the scheme run by Joblink Plus, which targets school leavers. However, letting them know about the services available when they finish school and look for work is important, Ms Thorpe said. Joblink Plus can also connect program participants with referrals to other services, if needed, she said. The local office is based in Dandaloo Street, Narromine, just up from the library.
Co’s Fixed Wireless network, which will increase fi xed wireless coverage and speed, also enabling additional data and more reliable services for satellite users. Another $1.3 billion is being invested to improve mobile coverage on regional roads and digital connectivity. Regional Home Loan Guarantee: Will provide 10,000 places per year for aspiring regional homebuyers to enter the property market
with a deposit of only five per cent. Regional Accelerator Program: $2 billion for this program, which aims to diversify growing regional economies and create jobs in new and existing industries. This includes investments in infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, apprenticeships, and higher education. Until mid-2024, eligible regional and rural employers will be able to access a
wage subsidy of 15 per cent of an apprentice’s wages in their fi rst year, 10 per cent in the second year and five per cent in the third. The government will also provide $22.6 million for more than 29,000 additional in-training support places to ensure regional apprentices have the support they need. Dr Kim Houghton, the director of the Regional Australia Institute, says from the current announcement it’s
hard to tell what is an extension of existing programs, and what’s new in this regional accelerator program. Dr Houghton says that given the program is targeting advanced manufacturers, the program’s success will be dependent on their ability to fi nd the skilled workers they need. Houghton said while 800,000 extra training places to upskill apprentices were announced in the budget there was no mention of where
the training would take place. Dr Houghton is concerned about how centralised training has become and says for the accelerator program to succeed “we need to rebuild the geographic diversity of learning opportunities”. He said the vacancy index showed the main skilled roles in demand are construction and building trades, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as motor mechanics.
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Community News
Local history: girl guides in Narromine
Can you help us name all these young guides? Back row, Shirley Brown, Veneta Barwick, Nancy Bawick, Ann & Beryl Alderton, Joan Walker, Leanne Masling, and Val Edmunds, 2nd row, Ann Quinton, ?, Pauline Henry, ?, 3rd row, ?, ?, Jane Quinton, Cheryl Wilson, Lea Alderton, bottom row, Raymond Aldeton, Kay Atkinson, ?, Chondelle Maslng and ? Edmunds. Year unknown. PHOTO: NARROMINE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP.
Contributed by NORMA MEADLEY, LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
THE Local History Room at Narromine Library has in its possession minute books for the Girl Guides Association from April 1957 to December 1968. In recent years Mrs Christine Cooper allowed us to scan a lot of Guides and Brownies photos from more recent years. From the minutes and the local papers we have been able to put together some history of the early years of the Girl Guides. It is thought the Association disbanded around 2000. A public meeting was held in the Narromine CWA rooms on April 29, 1957 chaired by the Mayor, Mr V. Duffy, to form a local association of Girl Guides. Nineteen people attended the meeting. Mrs W.C. Wentworth, State Girl Guide Commissioner, attended and gave an interesting address. Mrs J. Bradley moved and
Mrs Naylor seconded that a local association be formed, and the following people were elected to the fi rst committee – Mr V. Duffy, Patron; Mrs C. Mack, President; Mrs N. Bennett and Mrs L. McEachern, Vice Presidents; Mrs J. Bradley, Secretary; Mrs R. Oates, Treasurer and Mrs G. Webb, Badge secretary. Mrs R.T. Perry and Mrs R.J. Kierath trained as Owls, and Mrs E. Burrows and Mrs D. Turnbull trained as Guiders. The Presbyterian Church hall was offered and accepted as a meeting place for the girls, and the CWA offered the Committee members use of their room for free for their meetings. By October 1957 there were 24 Brownies, 26 Girl Guides and six Rangers. By June 1959 there were two Brownie packs of 44 Brownies, 21 Guides and eight rangers. But the Association was concerned at the lack of support by mothers, and the attendances at meetings. In February 1960 the Returned and Services League
The hall in its heyday, which sadly burnt down earlier this year.
(RSL) Sub-Branch offered their supper room to the Guides provided they could have the building moved within a time to be stated. The gift was accepted. The building was formerly constructed by Mr M.A. Moran and Mr Herbert Marks in 1940 for the No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). After the war it was bought by the Narromine RSL and moved into Narromine and became the supper room of the Memorial Hall. Mrs C Mack offered a block for the building next to her home. But after investigations it was decided to apply for the land where the present club house now stands, as it was closer to the local schools. This land was owned by the Crown. In August 1960 the Association applied to the Commonwealth Bank for a loan to pay for the removal of the supper room to their new block. In January 1961, fundraising organisations in Nar-
romine agreed to stand down during February to focus attention and fi nance on the appeal for funds for the Guides. A sum of £1,000 was needed to be raised, but six factors indicated that the appeal would be successful. Five of these were the organisations seeking the funds – Quota, Apex, Lions, Rotary and the Girl Guides Association. “The all important sixth factor was, of course, the generosity of the Narromine public.” The hall was opened on February 18, 1961 with 300 people attending. “On behalf of the members of the Narromine RSL SubBranch, Mr Edmunds said members of the sub-branch had been pleased to give the Guides the supper room. Most of the work had fallen to the service clubs and he congratulated them on their fine efforts. “Mr W.J. Treseder formally handed over the hall to the Guides on behalf of the Apex, Lions, Rotary and Quota Clubs. He said that although the
Call for feedback to improve bus services By SHARON BONTHUYS DO you catch the bus into Dubbo? What do you think of the service and can it be improved? Narromine Shire residents are invited to have their say on how bus services connecting local communities to Dubbo can be improved to better meet community needs. The NSW government is looking at bus services in Dubbo as part of its 16 Regional Cities program to deliver better public transport outcomes across the regions. With daily bus services connecting Trangie, Narromine and Tomingley with Dubbo, providing feedback to the NSW Government could improve this travel for locals. Transport for NSW’s website states: “the Government is com-
mitted to creating better bus services for regional communities, by improving bus networks, timetables and the customer experience. “[The program] aims to identify gaps and opportunities around how bus services operate, so we can deliver improvements to better meet community needs. “Improvements could include changes to existing journeys, new
routes or services, extended operating hours across the day or week, and better connections to get people where they want to go and destinations such as hospitals, shopping centres, schools, university and TAFE campuses, and the train station.” Narromine shire residents travel to Dubbo for work, shopping, and to access health, medical and education services, and connect to onward travel services. Minister for Regional Transport Sam Faraway said the consultation was necessary to help improve services. “We know Dubbo is a central hub for western NSW, and we encourage feedback from community members from surrounding areas about how the bus network in Dubbo can also be improved for visitors to the city,” he said.
work of moving the hall and the painting and repairing of the building had taken quite some time, and hard work, the members of the four services club were glad to have been of assistance.” The building was moved at a cost of £375 and its re-construction, painting, fencing and other essentials brought the total cost to £1,000. Since the Guides vacated the building it was used for some time by the Men & Women of Destiny Church. Sadly Narromine has lost another bit of its history with the fi re that demolished part of the building in recent months. If anyone has photos of the hall, or the girls who were Brownies or Guides from 1957 onwards we would appreciate it if you could bring them into the library so we can scan them. In the attached photo, some of the names are missing. Are you able to identify the ones we don’t know?
CWA RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Peach muffins Contributed by THE NARROMINE CWA
400 deg C.
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups of plain flour, 1/2 cup caster sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 cup butter melted and cooled to room temperature, 1/4 cup milk, 1 egg, 2 medium peaches peeled and cubed (can use frozen or canned, drained well), 1 tsp lemon juice. Topping: 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup plain flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2 tbls melted butter. Combine topping ingredients until mixture is crumbly. Pre-heat oven to
In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Stir with a fork to combine. In a medium bowl add the melted butter, milk and egg. Whisk to combine. Place the peaches in a bowl and toss with lemon juice. Add the milk/egg mixture to the flour mixture and fold together until moist. Add peaches to the batter and fold until just combined. Grease a 12-cup muffin tray. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full. Sprinkle bater with topping. Bake at 400 deg C for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm.
Method for muffins:
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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, April 7, 2022
Amee and Shaun Dennis from Tomingley whose business won bronze in the new tourism business category at the recent NSW Tourism Awards. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
Narromine small business operators learn digital marketing skills on March 22.
Holly Goodman presents a popular workshop on social media marketing on March 25 in Narromine.
Q&A Panel in Narromine on March 10.
Trangie business owners attend a digital marketing workshop on March 17.
Trish Phillips celebrated her sixth anniversary owning her Trangie business.
Toni Clark runs an online homewares and VA business at Tomingley.
Small business month comes to a close By SHARON BONTHUYS A successful series of events was staged across March in the Narromine Shire during NSW Small Business Month. The Narromine Star attended many of the events, looked at what support was available for small business, and interviewed several small business owners across the shire. What we found was there is tremendous depth of small business activity in Narromine Shire. Bricks and mortar establishments, tourism enterprises, home based services and personal service businesses abound in the shire, making their mark locally and beyond. People of all ages and with varying skillsets are operating businesses, and many small business owners in the shire are women. Narromine Shire Council kicked off Small Business Month with a Boss Skills workshop conducted by NSW Farmers on March 7, followed by a packed Q&A Panel with three prominent business women on March 10. Digital marketing workshops were also held in Trangie on March 17 and in Narromine on March 22. The month rounded out with a social media and marketing strategy workshop with a
prominent social media identity in Narromine on March 25. The mood and vibe at the events was overwhelmingly positive, with many small business owners keen to take on board advice given and extend their skills. Marketing and promotion events were very popular. Trish Phillips runs small homewares emporium Ewe Two on Dandaloo in Trangie, which she has been involved in since it opened 30 years ago. She celebrated her sixth year owning the business during Small Business Month. “People passing through are our biggest market. They don’t expect to find something like this business in this small town. Carloads of people come from Dubbo every Saturday and we get government staff travelling out to Cobar, Brewarrina and Broken Hill.” Ms Phillips does not want to serve an exclusive clientele. “I want everyone to be able to come in and have a look around, a chat, feel comfortable and not be pressured into a purchase.” Goals for 2022 include further developing the direction of the style in which she would like to take her business, and “upping the ante” with her website to capitalise on that
more. Social media marketing is something she also aims to work on, with her primary audience being women in their late thirties and older. At the other end of the spectrum is young Maddison Green, who handmakes small pillows from recycled materials. A story about Maddison’s enterprise was recently featured in the Narromine Star. Ten-year-old Maddison is too young for her own social media accounts so marketing is left with mum, Nicole. Toni Clark runs a homebased business at Tomingley that incorporates homewares and a virtual assistant (VA) service. “I started a blog six years ago and then a website a year ago. The ‘Farmer’s Wife Farmer’s Life’ website hosts two different blogs that I write. One is ‘So You Married A Farmer’ and the other is ‘Women of the Bible.’” Ms Clark, who moved to Tomingley about 18 years ago, started her VA business this year after missing her previous administration role and the remote work involved in it. “I was looking for administration work I could do from home and thought the VA community provided a great opportunity for this kind of
work,” Ms Clark said. Without a Chamber of Commerce in Narromine, there is limited support for small businesses in the shire. It is something that business operators are talking about. Narromine Shire Council has partnered with Localised to establish a networking site called Narromine Region Business. Accessed via the council website, local businesses can register, list items to sell, promote events and share articles. In February 2022 just 11 businesses in the Narromine Shire had registered with Localised. At the end of March there were 19 businesses registered. The majority of those are small businesses. Ms Clark would like to see more support for small business, particularly activities that promote networking and skills development. “It gives you the tools to hopefully garner the confidence to keep going. You do feel like you’re doing it very much alone and you just try to stumble your way through,” she said. “I’ve done everything on my own – setting up this business, my website.” While generally Small Business Month was a success across the state and in Nar-
romine Shire, there was a glaring oversight in relation to recognising the achievements of one local business. After the fanfare and excitement of winning a bronze award at the NSW Tourism Awards on February 3, it was a deflating experience for Tomingley couple Amee and Shaun Dennis to finally receive their award in late March – in the mail. The Quentin Park Alpacas & Studio Gallery proprietors, who received bronze in the new tourism business category of the 2021 awards, could not attend the Sydney ceremony in person due to COVID restrictions. However, nothing was subsequently arranged by the event organisers to publicly acknowledge Quentin Park’s achievement locally or via the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce. Considering the central west family business came third in NSW behind two Sydney-centric corporate giants, this outcome is pretty poor. Success like that should be celebrated with fanfare, not quietly acknowledged by mail seven weeks later, clearly delivered overland by camel. Or should that be alpaca? Small Business Month ended on March 31.
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Trangie men busy making and fixing things
Margaret wins again!
John Wise, Paul Evans and Doug Ferrari in the workshop at the Men’s Shed.
Margaret Brewis is presented with her book prize by author Geoff Smith on April 3. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. BOOKLOVER Margaret Brewis from Narromine has won our latest book giveaway – her second competition win in just a couple of months. Mrs Brewis was presented with her prize, an autographed copy of bush bard Geoff
Smith’s debut work, Australian Bush Poetry, on April 3. Mr Smith presented the prize to Mrs Brewis in person during morning tea after worship at St Andrews Uniting Church. Mrs Brewis won our last giveaway in Febru-
Doug Ferrari is restoring this bird cage.
ary, receiving a copy of Alissa Callen’s Snowy Mountains Cattleman. She reported that she really enjoyed Ms Callen’s novel and is looking forward to reading Mr Smith’s poetry. Congratulations, Margaret, and happy reading.
THE team at the Trangie Men’s Shed has been busy working on various restoration projects which they kindly showed the Narromine Star when we visited last week. Doug Ferrari is busy restoring a birdcage for the hospital grounds and John Wise is cutting back table legs for a client. These are just two of several projects currently
Doug Ferrari, Keith Sanders, Paul Evans, Cecil Watson, Brian George, Alan Palmer and John Wise break for smoko at the Men’s Shed.
John Wise with his work in progress.
underway. The Trangie Men’s Shed started in 2010 with a “mission to give men with time on their hands something to do,” said Mr Wise. “And to give wives a break,” added Paul Evans. Members range in age from their mid-fi fties to 99 years, with elder statesman Les McKinnon turning 100 in June.
The camaraderie, friendship and support provided by the group keeps the members returning for their twice-weekly gatherings. And the smoko! In June the team will hold a mental health event as part of Men’s Health Week. If you have a restoration project you’d like help with, contact Alan Palmer or John Wise at the Men’s Shed.
SchZOOl holiday fun this Easter By SHARON BONTHUYS
COURTESY of the wonderful people at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo, one lucky family from Narromine Shire will visit the zoo for free during the Easter school holidays. Corey Hutchison from Narromine Public School will receive the free family pass. Corey was one of 60 students from across the shire with excellent school attendance records for the fi rst term whose names were entered into our competition. The winner was randomly drawn on April 4 at the Narromine Star office. Congratulations, Corey! Many thanks to the Taronga Western Plains Zoo for providing Corey’s family with the opportunity to visit the zoo during the school holidays.
The Easter school holidays are the perfect time for visitors to check out Greater One-Horned Rhino calf Hari who is keeping mum Amala on her toes and sparring in the grass. “Hari is an active and confident rhino calf and is hitting all his milestones at pace. Once his energy is switched on, he’s unstoppable and gets up to all sorts,” said Keeper Supervisor, Jen Conaghan. “Hari is most active between 9.30 am to 2.00pm, before he usually needs a rest with mum close by.” During the whole month of April, children can trail the way on bikes, exploring the new “Red Energy Creature Features that Flex” trail. There are lots of fun facts to learn and some great prizes and giveaways up for grabs. Or visitors can hop to it in
their walking shoes to explore the 5 kilometre circuit. Not into egg-xercise? Electric carts are available for hire or visitors can even drive their own cars, a zoo spokesperson said. There are plenty of activities on offer including free keeper talks and animal feeds, through to exclusive behind-the-scenes Animal Encounters and Tours. Through these, the Zoo’s expert keepers educate and inspire guests of all ages all about the amazing animals that call the Zoo home. Tickets to the Zoo are valid for two consecutive days, allowing guests to take their time or hop back around to any of the family’s favourite stops. For more information about planning a visit to Taronga Western Plains Zoo visit www.taronga.org.au/ dubbo-zoo.
Asian Elephants. Aww, arent’ they cute? PHOTO: RICK STEVENS.
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Crafternoon at Narromine Library By SHARON BONTHUYS
Zoie Rookledge decorates her mobile phone holder.
Vickey Foggin, Stacey Neville and Zoie Rookledge. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
MOBILE phone stands were the popular choice at Narromine Library’s crafternoon on March 30. A small group of crafters worked their way through the process of making and decorating mobile phone stands to resemble deckhairs. One brave soul attempted origami and professed “I’m not sure if I’m doing it right.” Some lively discussion ensued over the crafting table about the recent guest talks on 1950s Narromine, and the impact of scams and rip offs on the community. Crafternoons are held monthly at Narromine and Trangie libraries.
Malaysian lunch for Narromine CWA By SHARON BONTHUYS EACH year the Country Women’s Association (CWA) studies another country as part of its cultural understanding and outreach. For the 2021-22 year, they have been studying Malaysia. For the Narromine branch of the CWA, this culminated in a delicious lunch of Malaysian food held at the Narromine Bowling Club last Friday. The members discussed the history of Malaysia, culture, customs and places to visit.
The Narromine branch of the CWA enjoys a Malaysian lunch. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
Tunes ‘n tech for seniors week By SHARON BONTHUYS TUNES mixed with tech education as part of a special event held at the Narromine Golf Club on Friday, April 1 for Seniors Week. Organised by the Narromine Shire Council, the event was introduced by Narromine Shire Mayor Craig Davies, who admitted that technology challenged him at times. The event featured guest speakers from Narromine Library and Fire + Rescue NSW. Library coordinator Vickey Foggin spoke about the assistance her teams at Narromine and Trangie libraries can provide seniors to navigate the online and technology space. Both libraries offer free tech support and are already helping a large number of seniors
with building technology skills. This includes how to use email, search websites and make sense of portable devices like phones and tablets. Senior Firefighter Mathew Knudsen from 280 Station Dubbo addressed the gathering about fi re safety and smoke alarm safety. With smoke detectors becoming more technical, Mr Knudsen told attendees that the local fi re station staff are happy to visit homes to check fi re alarms. A number of seniors left their details for fi re alarm checks to occur last weekend. After the talks ended, Terry Leonard cranked up the music and delivered some beautiful tunes which encouraged some of those present to dance. Seniors Week ran from March 25 to April 3, 2022.
Senior Firefighter Mathew Knudsen, Library coordinator Vickey Foggin and Mayor Craig Davies addressed the gathering at the Tune into Tech event on April 1.
Terry Leonard provided the tunes after the talk.
Dancing to Terry’s tunes at the event.
Seniors gather for Tune into Tech in Narromine on April 1. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR
Tomingley Picnic Races were tops! By SHARON BONTHUYS
TOMINGLEY’S highly anticipated community event of the year, the annual picnic races, went off without a hitch on Saturday, April 2. A large crowd enjoyed the beautiful weather on the day and some great racing action. The six-race program fielded 36 runners, including seven in the fi fth race, the Alkane Resources Ltd Tomingley Picnic Cup. Gossip won the 1500 metre cup race from Alpha Lane and Chuck’n’Paul. It was one of two wins on the day for Brazilian jockey Leandro Ribeiro, who also placed in several other races. Veteran race caller Colin Hodges, who provides the regular racing updates in the Narromine Star, called the racing action on the day. Mr Hodges, who has been calling races for half a century, described the event as “a terrific day of country racing”. One injury occurred after the fi rst race when a horse jumped a railing and unseated its jockey. The injured rider was treated by attending medical staff after the incident. Tomingley Picnic Race Club president Jason Hartin told the Narromine Star he was thrilled with the turnout at the event. “It’s a fantastic turnout and the track is good,” he said. “We’ve got activities for the kids, a great range of food service providers including Rotary, mobile betting, and a great bar.” Visiting trainer from Coonamble, Peter O’Connell, celebrated a win on the day. His horse In The Road won in the second race from Magic Smile and Guiltless. It was Mr O’Connell’s fi rst visit to the Tomingley Picnic Races and he was very impressed by the event organisation. “They’ve even catered for the kids. What a good day out,” he said. The Narromine Star spoke to a number of racegoers on the day. One visitor, Lisa from Sydney’s northern beaches, was attending with a large group of family and friends. It was their fi rst visit to the area and they were so impressed they were thinking about making it an annual event for their 25-member group, she said. “We haven’t been out this far west of Sydney before. It’s great,” she said. Other visitors had travelled from Dubbo, Parkes, Peak Hill and beyond, and all said they were enjoying the day. Zoe, Celestine, Kirsti and Madi hailed from different parts of the central west and thought the event was very well organised and run. “There’s a lot going on here,” Zoe said. When the racing wrapped up, racegoers stayed on for the hotly contested Fashions on the Field competition. So many entries were received for some categories that the entrants could not all fit on the makeshift stage. Categories included best dressed males and females over 25 and under 25, best dressed couple, best millinery, as well as prizes for children and tiny tots. Novelty categories for ‘best mullet’ (including juniors) and ‘best moustache’ also drew a number of entries. This followed reports of fierce competition across the shire to grow these accessories in the lead up to the event. There was also a category for unusual attire which fielded several candidates. At the end of the day, many headed up the road to fi nish celebrating at the local pub.
Nowhere was more popular than the bar.
A good crowd at the mobile betting area.
The Birdcage was another crowd-pleaser.
The home straight at the Tomingley Picnic Races.
The Tomingly Picnic Race Club provided ample shade for the horses thanks to a sponsor grant.
The cup and other prizes.
Trainer Peter O’Connell and Cailin Westcott.
Jockey Leandro Ribeiro and partner Julia Presits with Jason Hughes from Tomingley Gold Operations and race club president, Jason Hartin, after the Cup race.
Colin Hodges called the races.
Gossip storms home to win the Alkane Resources Ltd Tomingley Picnic Cup.
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Classroom News
Grandfriends day at NPS Contributed by CLARE MACDONALD GILL NARROMINE Public School hosted the annual Grand-
friends Day, where the Stage 3 students performed and the visitors enjoyed open classrooms and morning tea with their student hosts.
Nikki McCutcheon having a picnic with her grandchildren Edith, Victor and Knox McCutcheon.
Sue Stirling enjoying Ryder Stirling’s writing.
Archie Harding experiencing Kindy with grandson Brax.
Preston Powell sharing his reading with Ruth Carney.
Maggie Wheelhouse with her ‘grandfriends’ Jodie Browning and Kerry Gower with baby Marli Redman.
Addysen Skinner with grandparents Warren and Lorraine.
Brody and Hayden Darlington with their special visitors Sheree Rainbow, Yvonne Tildesley and Kasey Smith.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR
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Narromine FUNERAL NOTICE Barbara Joan Astill Nee Cale Late of Trangie Passed away 31st March 2022 Aged 89 years Beloved wife of Ray. 0UV $VWLOO·V IXQHUDO VHUYLFH ZLOO EH held in St Andrews Trangie on Monday 11th April 2022 FRPPHQFLQJ DW SP IROORZHG E\ interment in the Narromine Cemetery.
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FRIDAY, April 8
Your Seven-Day TV Guide ABC (2)
6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Arabia With Levison Wood. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Britain’s Secret Islands. 8.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 9.20 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. New. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 11.45 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 1.30 The Killing. 3.50 Late Programs.
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6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Huang’s World. 12.50 VICE. 1.25 Basketball. Euroleague. Semifinal B. Barcelona v Milan. Replay. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! Final. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Atlanta. 9.50 Sexplora. 10.20 Day Of The Dead. 11.10 Instinctive Desires. 12.00 Dead Set. 1.30 Criminal Planet. 2.20 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Deep Water. 2.05 Father Brown. 2.50 Grand Designs Australia. 3.40 Escape From The City. 4.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Smother. Return. 9.25 Grantchester. 10.10 ABC Late News. 10.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 11.00 Tomorrow Tonight. 11.30 Late Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 4.45 Play School Science Time. 5.20 PJ Masks. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.10 Andy And The Band. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: Lore. (2012) Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs. 10.15 Black Mirror. 11.15 MOVIE: The Tender Hook. (2008) 12.55 QI. 1.25 Parks And Recreation. 2.10 Black Comedy. 2.40 Close. 5.30 Clangers. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.
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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.45 So Awkward. 3.00 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Sadie Sparks. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 The Inbestigators. 5.15 Dodo. 5.30 MaveriX. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Miraculous. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 MOVIE: Planet 51. (2009) 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.55 Log Horizon. 9.20 Dragon Ball Super. 10.05 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 10.30 Close.
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6.00 Rage. 7.00 (2) Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. 2.00 Grantchester. 2.50 Father Brown. 3.35 Grand Designs. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Grand Final Series. Game 3. Melbourne Boomers v Perth Lynx. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.15 Unforgotten. 9.05 Troppo. 10.05 Call The Midwife. 11.05 Victoria. 11.55 Rage.
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6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 8.30 SBS Courtside. 9.00 Basketball. NBA. 11.30 WorldWatch. 12.00 Is This Sexual Harassment? 1.10 Hunting Hitler. 2.50 Over The Black Dot. 3.20 Yokayi Footy. 4.15 WorldWatch. 5.45 Insight. 6.45 Extreme Food Phobics. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.35 Secrets Of America’s Shadow Government. 9.25 Black Market. Final. 10.15 Small Town Secrets. 11.10 Sorry For Your Loss. 11.45 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current. 3.30 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 4.30 Tomorrow Tonight. 5.00 Art Works. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Final. 8.30 Troppo. 9.30 Killing Eve. 10.15 Harrow. 11.05 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. 12.10 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (3) Programs. 3.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Women’s Race. Highlights. 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Men’s Highlights. 4.30 Countdown To Qatar. 5.00 Small Business Secrets. 5.30 The Secret History Of World War II. 6.30 News. 7.30 Easter Island: The Ancient Builders. 8.30 This Is Joan Collins. 10.20 Secrets Of The Chocolate Factory: Inside Cadbury. 11.10 Late Programs.
ABC PLUS
6.30 WorldWatch. 8.30 SBS Courtside. 9.00 Basketball. NBA. 11.30 WorldWatch. 12.00 Forged In Fire. 1.30 Ice Cowboys. 2.30 If You Are The One. 3.30 WorldWatch. 4.00 Insight. 5.00 Australia In Colour. 5.55 Speed With Guy Martin. 7.00 Lost Gold Of World War II. 7.45 In Search Of... 8.30 The Story Of. 9.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Amstel Gold Women’s Race. 10.20 Winter In Tohoku. 10.35 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 News. 1.30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. 2.00 News. 2.30 Australian Story. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 The World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 The Virus. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 ABC Late News Weekend. 10.30 Q+A Highlights. 11.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 5.35 Hey Duggee. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.10 Andy And The Band. 7.30 Compass. 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. 9.35 A Dog’s World With Tony Armstrong. 10.30 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. 11.15 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.00 MOVIE: Lore. (2012) 1.50 Close. 5.30 Pablo. 5.45 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.35 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Sadie Sparks. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 The Inbestigators. 5.15 Dodo. 5.30 MaveriX. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Miraculous. 6.35 Secrets Of Skin. 7.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Spirit Riding Free. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 TMNT. 8.45 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 9.00 So Awkward. 9.30 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.
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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: My Life As A Dead Girl. (2015) 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dressmaker. (2015) 11.00 Crime Investigation Australia. 12.30 Home Shopping.
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6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 All The Things. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 ICU. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Railroad Australia. 8.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 9.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 10.40 Cliveden: A Very British Country House. 11.55 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 12.30 Shipping Wars. 1.00 Picked Off. 2.00 Barter Kings. 3.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Pawn Stars UK. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 4. Geelong v Brisbane Lions. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 Armchair Experts. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Horse Racing. The Championships Day 2 – Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day and Thoroughbred Club Cup Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. (2009) Daniel Radcliffe. 10.40 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans. (2012) 12.40 Late Programs.
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6.00 Entertainment Tonight. 6.30 My Market Kitchen. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Australian Survivor. 2.50 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. Return. 8.40 To Be Advised. 11.40 The Project. 12.40 Late Programs.
9GEM
6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 8.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.30 Reel Action. 9.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 The Love Boat. 12.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 3. Australian Grand Prix. Day 1. 5.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly. Game 1. Australia v New Zealand. 10.00 Law & Order: SVU. 11.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Blueprint To The Heart. (2020) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.35 MOVIE: Navy Seals. (1990) 12.40 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: It’s All Happening. (1963) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.35 MOVIE: RED 2. (2013) Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker. 10.50 MOVIE: The Mod Squad. (1999) 12.50 Late Programs.
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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 4. Replay. 1.00 Peaking. 1.20 LEGO Masters. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 MOVIE: Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events. (2004) 7.40 MOVIE: Sonic The Hedgehog. (2020) 9.35 MOVIE: The Hangover 2. (2011) 11.35 Weird Science. 12.05 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 1.05 Late Programs.
6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 6.30 Infomercials. 9.00 Bondi Rescue. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 The Doctors. 1.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2.00 Pooches At Play. 2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.30 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 Truck Hunters. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 NCIS. 11.20 Blue Bloods. 12.15 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.10 Late Programs.
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6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.15 Home Shopping. 1.15 Infomercials. 1.45 Mom. 2.35 Naked Beach. 3.30 Nancy Drew. 4.30 Home Shopping.
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6.00 Mass For You At (5) Home. 6.30 Farm To Fork. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 Tomorrow’s World. 8.00 All 4 Adventure. 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 3. Australian Grand Prix. Day 3. Race day. 5.30 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. 8.30 FBI. 11.30 The Sunday Project. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.30 Infomercials. 4.30 CBS Mornings.
6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 1.40 A1: Highway Patrol. 2.40 The Break Boys. 3.10 Ultimate Rush. 3.40 Surfing Australia TV. 4.10 LEGO Masters. 5.30 MOVIE: The Phantom. (1996) 7.30 MOVIE: Transformers: The Last Knight. (2017) 10.30 MOVIE: Super 8. (2011) 12.45 Road Trick. 1.15 Kardashians. 2.10 Vanderpump Rules. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Fury. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Teen Titans Go! 4.50 Ninjago. 5.30 Dino Ranch.
PRIME7
6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 (8) Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Grand Final. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Cronulla Sharks v Wests Tigers. 6.00 Nine News Sunday. 7.00 60 Minutes. 8.00 Janet Jackson. 10.00 Nine News Late. 10.30 Australian Crime Stories. 11.30 Manhunt: The Wests. 12.30 Ultimate Rush. 1.00 The Garden Gurus. 1.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 GolfBarons. 9.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 10.00 The Garden Gurus. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Avengers. 12.00 World’s Greatest Islands. 1.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 3.00 Getaway. 3.30 MOVIE: South Of Algiers. (1953) 5.25 MOVIE: Pony Express. (1953) 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 To Be Advised. 11.00 House. 12.00 Late Programs.
7MATE
6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 12.00 Surf Lifesaving. Australian Championships. 2.00 Liquid Science. 2.30 The Break Boys. 3.30 Kids’ Programs. 3.40 MOVIE: Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution. (2019) 5.40 MOVIE: Kicking & Screaming. (2005) 7.30 MOVIE: Warcraft. (2016) 10.00 MOVIE: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. (2013) 11.45 Allegiance. 12.45 Kardashians. 1.40 Vanderpump Rules. 2.30 The Break Boys. 3.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 All The Things. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 I Escaped To The Country. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Harbour Cops. 5.30 Motorway Patrol. 6.30 Mighty Trains. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Railroad Australia. 9.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 10.30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.10 Sunday Night True Stories. 12.20 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson. 2.00 Hook Me Up! 3.00 The ITM Fishing Show. New. 4.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 5.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 MOVIE: Lost In Space. (1998) 9.10 MOVIE: Transporter 2. (2005) Jason Statham, Amber Valletta. 10.55 MOVIE: The Gumball Rally. (1976) 1.10 Late Programs.
6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 The Middle. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.00 Nancy Drew. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 MOVIE: Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach. (1988) 3.00 Surveillance Oz. 3.30 Border Security: International. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 Code 1: Minute By Minute. 8.30 MOVIE: The Help. (2011) Emma Stone, Viola Davis. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 6.30 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef. 7.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 7.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 3. Australian Grand Prix. Day 2. 5.30 10 News First. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 23. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. 10.00 Ambulance Australia. 11.00 Ambulance. 12.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Suncorp One House. 12.30 The Rebound. Return. 1.00 Great Australian Detour. New. 1.30 Outback & Under. 2.00 The Pet Rescuers. 2.30 MOVIE: HouseSitter. (1992) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. 8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. (2004) 10.30 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 11.00 The Baron. 12.10 MOVIE: Mine Own Executioner. (1947) 2.25 MOVIE: Orders To Kill. (1958) 4.40 MOVIE: The Secret Of Santa Vittoria. (1969) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 8. Fijian Drua v ACT Brumbies. 9.45 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: The Whole Nine Yards. (2000) 12.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 10.30 Goin’ Off-Grid. 11.00 The Weekend Prospector. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 AFL Women’s Grand Final Pre-Game. 12.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Grand Final. Adelaide v Melbourne. 2.30 Football. AFL. Round 4. Sydney v North Melbourne. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Fremantle v GWS Giants. 10.00 MOVIE: Hot Shots! (1991) 11.45 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 AFL Women’s Grand Final Post-Game. 3.00 Coastal Railways With Julie Walters. 4.00 Inside The Crown: Secrets Of The Royals. 5.00 Horse Racing. The Championships Day 2 – Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day and Thoroughbred Club Cup Day. 5.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 I Escaped To The Country. 9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Infomercials. 7.00 Turning Point With David Jeremiah. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Bondi Rescue. 1.00 Pooches At Play. 1.30 Scorpion. 3.30 Truck Hunters. 4.30 Buy To Build. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 Beyond The Fire. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.10 MOVIE: Hangman. (2017) 2.10 Late Programs.
9GO!
6.00 NBL (52) Slam. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Neighbours. 10.30 The Middle. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 19. New Zealand Breakers v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 19. Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Friends. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.
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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, April 7, 2022
MONDAY, April 11
Your Seven-Day TV Guide ABC (2)
6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Watergate. 2.50 Secrets Of The Department Store. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Britain By Beach. 8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 9.25 Planet Expedition. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 Beneath The Surface. 12.00 Tin Star. 12.55 Unit One. 3.40 Late Programs.
ABC PLUS
6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Replay. 2.00 Forged In Fire. 3.30 Dead Set On Life. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Question Team. New. 9.25 Taskmaster. 10.20 Devilsdorp. 11.30 How Sex Changed The World. 1.10 Fear The Walking Dead. 2.20 France 24 English News. 3.00 Late Programs.
ABC ME
6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Victoria. 1.55 Smother. 2.50 Grand Designs Australia. 3.40 Escape From The City. 4.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.20 Media Watch. 9.35 China Tonight. 10.05 ABC Late News. 10.20 The Business. 10.40 Q+A. 11.45 Late Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 5.35 Hey Duggee. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Australia Remastered. 8.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.15 Restoration Australia. 10.15 The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury. 11.05 QI. 11.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.00 Parks And Recreation. 12.40 Black Comedy. 1.10 Close. 5.30 Pablo. 5.45 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Sadie Sparks. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 The Inbestigators. 5.15 Dodo. 5.30 Silverpoint. New. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Miraculous. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Spirit Riding Free. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 9.00 So Awkward. 9.30 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.
TUESDAY, April 12
ABC
6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Unforgotten. 2.00 Deep Water. 2.45 Grand Designs Australia. 3.40 Escape From The City. 4.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 People’s Republic Of Mallacoota. 8.30 A Dog’s World With Tony Armstrong. 9.30 The Poles Revealed. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. 11.00 Four Corners. 11.45 Late Programs.
ABC PLUS
6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.15 Gavin & Stacey. 9.45 Schitt’s Creek. 10.10 The Office. 10.40 Defending The Guilty. 11.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.55 Parks And Recreation. 12.40 Black Comedy. 1.10 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.
ABC ME (23)
6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.55 Malory Towers. 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Sadie Sparks. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 The Inbestigators. 5.15 Dodo. 5.30 Silverpoint. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Miraculous. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Spirit Riding Free. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 TMNT. 8.45 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 9.00 So Awkward. 9.30 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.
THURSDAY, April 14
WEDNESDAY, April 13
ABC
6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Deep Water. 2.50 Grand Designs Australia. 3.40 Escape From The City. 4.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Tomorrow Tonight. 9.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 Late Programs.
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6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 Watergate. 2.50 Inside The Savoy Hotel. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Railway Journeys UK. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 The Point. 11.30 Thin Blue Line. 1.45 Blood. 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.
SBS VLND
6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Replay. 2.00 Forged In Fire. 3.00 Video Game Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Alone: The Beast. 10.10 Adam Ruins Everything. 10.35 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 11.25 The Bad Kids. 12.10 F*ck, That’s Delicious: Classics. 1.10 Dead Set. 2.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 China Tonight. 8.30 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Australian Story. 1.00 Late Programs.
SBS
6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Greatest River. 8.30 Rise Of The Nazis: Dictators At War. 9.35 The Responder. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Red Light. 12.50 The Handmaid’s Tale. 1.55 The Good Fight. 2.40 The Crimson Rivers. 3.35 Late Programs.
ABC PLUS (22)
6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Forged In Fire Latin America. 1.40 Noisey. 2.10 Maximum Pressure And The Unreachables. 2.45 Child Genius. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. 9.30 MOVIE: Sweet Country. (2017) 11.40 MOVIE: Rampant. (2018) 1.45 Late Programs.
ABC ME
6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Late Programs.
6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Hey Duggee. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Brush With Fame. 8.00 Art Works. 8.30 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. Final. 9.15 Finding The Archibald. 10.20 Keeping Australia Safe. 11.20 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. 12.20 Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Black Comedy. 1.35 Close. 5.30 Pablo. 5.45 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 2.20 MOVIE: Ratburger. (2017) 3.30 Kids’ Programs. 5.00 The Inbestigators. 5.15 Detention Adventure. 5.30 Silverpoint. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Miraculous. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Spirit Riding Free. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 TMNT. 8.45 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 9.00 So Awkward. 9.30 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.
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ABC (2)
6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Watergate. 2.50 Inside Marks & Spencer. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Every Family Has A Secret. 8.30 Ancient Invisible Cities. 9.30 Miniseries: Four Lives. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Gomorrah. 12.50 Fargo. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.
ABC PLUS
6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Rudy! Rudy? 12.30 The Promise: Abuse At Willowbrook. 1.00 Most Expensivest. 2.00 Unknown Amazon. 2.50 Cyberwar. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Roswell: The First Witness. 9.15 Behind Bars: World’s Toughest Prisons. 10.15 One Armed Chef. 11.05 The Feed. 11.35 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.00 Deep Water. Final. 2.50 Grand Designs Aust. 3.40 Escape From The City. 4.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. Final. 10.05 ABC Late News. 10.20 The Business. 10.35 Late Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 5.35 Hey Duggee. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Shaun The Sheep. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Hard Quiz. 9.40 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.10 QI. 10.40 Tomorrow Tonight. 11.15 Gruen. 11.50 Would I Lie To You? 12.20 Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Black Comedy. 1.35 Close. 5.30 Pablo. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.
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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Sadie Sparks. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 The Inbestigators. 5.15 Detention Adventure. 5.30 Silverpoint. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Miraculous. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Spirit Riding Free. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 TMNT. 8.45 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 9.00 So Awkward. 9.30 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Foreign Correspondent. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: At Home In Mitford. (2017) 2.00 Highway Cops. 2.30 Border Patrol. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 8.30 MOVIE: The Proposal. (2009) Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen. 10.50 The Latest: Seven News. 11.20 The Resident. 12.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Dog House Australia. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? Australia. 9.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 (53) Infomercials. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 23. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. Replay. 10.30 Bondi Rescue. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 Jake And The Fatman. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 3. Australian Grand Prix. Day 3. Replay. 10.30 A-League Highlights Show. 11.30 Late Programs.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Eat, Drink And Be Married. (2019) 1.40 Talking Honey. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Mega Zoo. 8.30 La Brea. 10.20 Nine News Late. 10.50 100% Footy. 11.50 Bluff City Law. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 10.00 Outback & Under. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Only Two Can Play. (1962) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime. 8.45 Poirot. 10.45 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.
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6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 12.00 Peaking. 12.40 LEGO Masters. 2.00 Motor Racing. Formula E World Championship. Race 1. Highlights. 3.00 Surfing Australia TV. 3.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. (1998) 10.35 Young Sheldon. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Weird Science. 12.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Forever In My Heart. (2019) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Mr Mayor. 11.25 Murdered By Morning. 12.20 Tipping Point. 1.05 Outback & Under. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 12.00 Billy Connolly: Great American Trail. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Cold Case. 12.50 Honour. 3.00 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 Storage Wars: TX. 12.30 Down East Dickering. 1.30 Barter Kings. 2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 3. Melbourne 400. Highlights. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 3. Melbourne Super400. Day 3. Highlights. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 8.30 MOVIE: U-571. (2000) 10.50 Late Programs.
6.00 Sunrise. (6) 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Sweetest Heart. (2018) 2.00 Highway Cops. 2.30 Border Patrol. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Police Strike Force. 8.30 The Rookie. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 The Resident. 12.00 Motorway Patrol. 12.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Billy Connolly: Great American Trail. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Charles: 50 Years A Prince. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Cold Case. 12.45 Gold Digger. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 12.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 1.00 Million Dollar Catch. 2.00 Barter Kings. 3.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars UK. 5.00 Wheelburn. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Train Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Sunrise. (6) 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Longest Ride. (2015) 2.30 Border Patrol. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure. 8.45 America’s Got Talent: Extreme. 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 The Front Bar. 12.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 A-League Highlights Show. 9.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 The Love Boat. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 Jake And The Fatman. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly. Game 2. Australia v New Zealand. 10.00 Bull. 11.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.50 Late Programs.
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6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Secrets Of The World’s Super Skyscrapers. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 ICU. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. Return. 10.30 Without A Trace. 12.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Pawn Stars. 1.00 American Pickers. 2.00 Barter Kings. 3.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars UK. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 5. Brisbane Lions v Collingwood. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 MOVIE: Innerspace. (1987) 1.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 The Talk. 7.00 (5) Judge Judy. 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Ambulance Australia. 9.30 Bull. 10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 The Project. 12.30 Late Programs.
6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.10 LEGO Masters. 2.00 Motor Racing. Formula E World Championship. Race 2. Highlights. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Shaft. (2000) 10.30 Young Sheldon. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Weird Science. 12.00 Below Deck Mediterranean. 1.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Made For You With Love. (2019) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. 8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski. 10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 Damian Lewis: Spy Wars. 12.10 Late Programs.
6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 12.00 Peaking. 12.45 LEGO Masters. 2.00 Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Round 3. Grand Prix of Long Beach. Highlights. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Gods Of Egypt. (2016) 11.00 Young Sheldon. 11.30 Raymond. 12.00 Below Deck Mediterranean. 1.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: A Perfect Day. (2006) 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Dog Patrol. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1. (2010) 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Criminal Confessions. 12.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: At The Earth’s Core. (1976) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order: Organized Crime. 11.40 Late Programs.
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Basketball. NBL. Round 19. New Zealand Breakers v South East Melbourne Phoenix. Replay. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. 12.00 Friends. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.
6.00 The Talk. 7.00 (5) Judge Judy. 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Dog House Australia. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.30 NCIS. 11.30 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: I’ve Gotta Horse. (1965) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 House. 11.50 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 Train Truckers. 1.00 Graveyard Carz. 2.00 Barter Kings. 3.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars UK. 5.00 Portland Charter Boat Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Prometheus. (2012) Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green. 11.00 Power And Ice. 12.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Billy Connolly: Great American Trail. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Secrets Of The World’s Super Skyscrapers. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries. 9.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Infomercials. 8.00 iFish Summer Series. 9.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 The Love Boat. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 Jake And The Fatman. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 FBI: Most Wanted. 12.10 Home Shopping. 1.40 Infomercials. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.05 Late Programs.
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6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 The King Of Queens. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Friends. 2.30 NBL Slam. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.10 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 First Dates Australia. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 First Dates Australia. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Blue Bloods. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 (53) Infomercials. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 NBL Slam. 9.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 The Love Boat. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 Jake And The Fatman. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 NCIS. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Travel Guides. 1.00 Space Invaders. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 6. Canberra Raiders v North Queensland Cowboys. 9.50 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.35 Nine News Late. 11.05 New Amsterdam. 11.55 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Lease Of Life. (1954) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Casualty 24/7. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 5. Replay. 1.00 Peaking. 1.50 LEGO Masters. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 42. 9.30 MOVIE: The Usual Suspects. (1995) 11.40 Young Sheldon. 12.05 Below Deck Mediterranean. 1.00 Kardashians. 2.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 The King Of Queens. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 The Middle. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR
Sport Magpies win Castlereagh League opener
The Trangie bowls club is preparing for its annual Easter tournament. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.
Trangie bowlers set the trend for Easter tournaments By SHARON BONTHUYS AN event that started 34 years ago in Trangie and wasn’t expected to last continues in 2022 with the staging of the Easter lawn bowls tournament. “‘You’ll never keep it going,’ we were told,” said Doug Ferrari, one of those who started the event. “We were the fi rst club in NSW to stage an Easter bowls event. Now lots of clubs do it,” Mr Ferrari said. Twenty teams have registered for the three-day event which includes a mufti and a two-day triples tournament.
The winning team, the Baradine Magpies. PHOTOS: PETER SHERWOOD.
The action kicks off with the mufti on Good Friday, and the tournament on Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday. Easter Monday is a day of rest and or a travel day for the out-of-towners. Trangie bowls club president Brett Young told the Narromine Star that teams from the Hunter Valley, Lake Conjola, Nyngan, Gilgandra, Tottenham, Warren and Narromine will take part. “It’s a great event that brings a lot of people to town,” Mr Young said. To nominate a team for the tournament, contact the Trangie bowls club.
Narromine “bowly” news Contributed by RICK BOHM A pretty quiet week up at the “Bowly” with just Thursday’s and Sunday’s forays to report on. Thursday saw a tidy field of 18 go round with Des Lincoln, Greg Wright anbd Don Sullivan receiving top billing as the day’s winners. The terrific trio of Col Hume, Mick Edwards and Henry Buttsworth were afforded the runners up cheque, whilst the jackpot prize pool continues to grow, making Thursdays even more enticing. Sunday morning al-
though just ten soldiers turned up for the chook run, the competition was still pretty fierce. Getting all the chocolates were the duo of Sticker Martin and Ben Clark, courtesy of their sterling win. Nominations for the “A” grade triples are coming in slowly, so if you’ve a mind to have a go at this championship, grab a couple of mates and get your name down on the sheet on the noticeboard. Our next little trip to Trangie has been scheduled for Sunday, April 24. For those interested, a sheet has been
“plonked” on the noticeboard, so again, get your name down sooner rather than later. Our ladies have their annual Sungai Day programmed for early May. More about this day as dates and event information come to hand. Our Ladies are sending a team to West Dubbo’s Gala day on Wednesday and we wish them good luck. Raffles on Thursday and Saturday’s continue to thrive. Well that’s it for me for another week, another week of Dragons failure and it looks like being a long and painful season.
Lady golfers start the 2022 season Contributed by DALE HARDING ON Wednesday, March 30, the Narromine lady golfers started the 2022 season with a nine-hole 4BBB. There were 24 players including visitors from Dubbo and Tottenham. Front nine winners were Sue McCutcheon and Judy Heckendorf with 25 stableford points. Runners up were Barbie Tuck and Vicki Gainsford with 22 points. Back nine winners were Michelle Ashdown and Beryl Browne (Dubbo) with 22 stableford points on a count back from Pat Mitchell and Marg Nicholson (Dubbo). Nearest the pin was Beryl Browne. Some 32 ladies sat down to a delicious lunch, including Joan Collins, our patroness, and several other ladies who
no longer play golf. On Saturday, April 2, nine players contested the back nine for a trophy provided by Dale Harding. Bev Woods was the trophy winner with 20 points, which was a great result considering she was injured for our opening day. B grade winner was Michelle Ashdown with 17 points. Wednesday, April 6, was a Stableford event 18 hole trophy 9 hole ball with a trophy donated by Gail White, and this Saturday, April 9, it is the fi rst round of the Nancy Elrington Memorial trophy (NEMT) donated by Bev Woods. On Wednesday, April 13, we will playing the second round of the NEMT, a nine-hole event with the 18 hole players playing for a ball. Good golfi ng.
Narromine versus Baradine game at the Castlereagh League Knockout played at Gulgong on Saturday. Contributed by BRYSON LUFF THE Baradine Magpies’ League Tag picked up from where they left off in season 2021 when they claimed the honours at the 2022 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Tag knockout last Saturday. The Magpiettes were leading the 2021 competition ladder when COVID bought a rapid halt to proceedings for the year after 17 rounds had been played. On Saturday at Gulgong’s Billy Dunn Oval, they signalled they were again one of the sides to beat for premiership honours season. The Black and Whites won all their four games on the day. They defeated Narromine Jets 22 to 12 and Cobar Roosters 18 to nil in their pool games, before meeting up with Jets again in a semi fi nal. They defeated the Jets convincingly before going on to soundly beat the Gilgandra Pink Panthers 24 to nil in the fi nal.
The Panthers went through their pool games undefeated. They defeated the Dunedoo Swannettes 6 points to nil, then downed the Coonamble Bears 18 to 8 which set them up for a semi-final clash with Gulgong. In what was perhaps the best game of the day, the Pink Panthers squeezed into the fi nal by virtue of the fact that they scored fi rst in what was a tense and exciting four all result against the host club. Attention now swings to the senior rugby league sides who will all be lining up at Gilgandra this Saturday afternoon for their annual knockout. The opening game will feature Gilgandra and Baradine kicking off at 12 noon, followed by Coonamble and Narromine. Trangie and Dunedoo will follow, with the fi nal fi rst round game being between Cobar and Gulgong. A good crowd is expected to be in attendance with much interest being
focussed on the performance of the Narromine Jets, playing their fi rst game in the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League competition. Scores from League Tag Knockout: Gulgong 14 defeated Binnaway 4, Gilgandra 6 defeated Dunedoo 0, Baradine 22 defeated Narromine 12, Gilgandra 18 defeated Coonamble 8, Gulgong 16 defeated Coonabarabran 0, Baradine 18 defeated Cobar 0, Binnaway 12 defeated Coonabarabran 0, Coonamble 12 defeated Dunedoo 6, Narromine 36 defeated Cobar 4. Semi Finals: Gilgandra and Gulgong drew 4 all (Gilgandra advanced being the fi rst scorer), Baradine 32 defeated Narromine 0. Final: Baradine 24 defeated Gilgandra 0 The competition proper will commence on Saturday, April 23, when the Cobar Roosters host the Gilgandra Panthers in a round one clash. All other round one games will be played on Saturday, April 30.
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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, April 7, 2022
RACING NG ORT REPORT By COLIN HODGES
By COLIN HODGES ADDING yet another trophy to the collection at the Connie Greig stable in Dubbo, the six-year-old mare, Gossip, on Saturday won the 1500 metres Alkane Resources Tomingley Picnic Cup. Connie Greig and Sydney-based jockey Leandro Ribeiro have been dominant during the picnic racing season and at the previous start Gossip had won the Ardlethan
Gossip wins Alkane Resources Tomingley Picnic Cup Picnic Cup. Travelling in fourth position at Tomingley, Gossip ($1.80 favourite) reeled in the leader Alpha Lane (Anaelle Gangotena, $4) and won by over a length with Chuck’N’Paul (Wayne Wheatley, $4.40) three lengths away third. Ashley Gibson from Dubbo achieved his fi rst win as a trainer when grey gelding Zurbaran won the 1500 metres Class B Handicap. “Dad would be very pleased with the win,” said Ashley Gibson, who was referring to his late father Allan Gibson, for many years a successful trainer at Dubbo. Leandro Ribeiro saved valuable ground when racing on
the rails and Zurbaran ($3.20) sprinted through a gap to beat the fast fi nishing Distant Promise (Will Stanley, $4) and Kallie (Dylan Stanley, $1.80 favourite) which raced near the lead. While trainer Clint Lundholm was at Royal Randwick with Amulet Street, the third placegetter in the $500,000 Country Championship Final, he was represented at Tomingley by In The Road in the 800 metres Class Two Trophy Handicap. Moderately away, In The Road (Will Stanley, $1.80 favourite) quickly moved through the field and was a convincing winner from Magic Smile (Dylan Stanley, $6) and Guiltless (Leandro Ribei-
ro, $2.50). Formerly racing in Victoria, with the most recent performances being unplaced runs in 3500 metres hurdle races, Scriba at the fi rst start for new trainer Geoff O’Brien at Quirindi, was a surprise winner of the 1150 metres Class Three Trophy Handicap at Tomingley. Finishing fast, Scriba (Wayne Wheatley, $7.50) overhauled My Shiromi (Will Stanley, $4.40) and Twice The Value (Dylan Stanley, $2.40 equal favourite) in the closing stages. In the placings several times, the Denis Consadine, Gulgong-trained Keep No Secrets broke through for a well-deserved win in the 1150
metres Maiden Plate. Given a good run close to the leader by Ricky Blewitt, Keep No Secrets ($2 equal favourite) cleared out to win by over four lengths from Winnsom (Leandro Ribeiro, $2 equal favourite) and Nobby (Dylan Stanley, $3). Owned by the Loftus and Fyfe families from Tullibigeal, and trained by Kylie Kennedy at Narromine, Scruff ’s Magic (Emily Waters, $4) led most of the way to win the opening event, the 800 metres Maiden Plate, from Pippie Star (Ricky Blewitt, $2.20) and Modify (Leandro Ribeiro, $1.80 favourite). Tomingley attracted a big crowd with betting turnover well up on recent years.
Swim season a success for Macquarie Yabbies Contributed by GINNI BROWN THE Yabbies held their 202122 season Presentation Night in the last week of March. We had record club numbers for this season and our members achieved outstanding results in the pool at Club nights, Western Area Carnivals, and school representative level. Huge thanks from President Krista Morrissey to our Committee, super coach Lance McCabe and all the parents who travelled the kms and took the time to support their kids and our club. Club Encouragement Awards were given to swimmers for their efforts at Club nights through the season. Point Score Champs – worked hard to improve their times and attend as many Club nights as possible. Well done to Isla, Skye, Jaggar, Hattie, Marshall, Addie and Will. Club Representative Medals – the Yabbies hosted an incredibly successful carnival in Narromine in December 2021 with over 300 competitors. Our members also attended carnivals all over the Western Area and were amazing representatives of our Club! Well done to all and thanks to the parents for the long summer hours in the car and poolside! 2021-22 Age Champions
– the latter half of our season is when the Club Championships take place. Swimmers compete over a series of events and weeks in their age groups. We had several hotly contested age groups and extremely fit swimmers taking part! Well done to our age champs 7 and under: Paddy and Indi, 8-9: Digby and Ally (absent), 10-11: Kye and Emma, 12 – 13: Ruby (absent) and Lucas, 14 & over: Hugh (absent). Club Swimmer of the Year is Ally, for best attendance, participation in events, attitude and enthusiasm at Club nights, participation in Western Area carnivals and achievements in school level swimming. Ally absolutely smashed all of these out of the park! Her enthusiasm and commitment are amazing and we are so proud of her! Club Person of the Year is Louise Ryrie. The Yabbies is supported by a team of dedicated volunteers who selflessly give their time to support our Club. Louise gave a huge amount of time and effort to the Club during the season as well as in the lead up! Her organising efforts at every Club night and our carnival are massively appreciated. Congratulations on being our 2021-22 Club Person of the Year!
Club representative medals. PHOTOS: MACQUARIE YABBIES.
Club Encouragement Awards to swimmers for their efforts at Club nights through the season.
Club person of the year, Louise Ryrie.
Club swimmer of the year, Ally.
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Thursday, April 7, 2022 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR
SPORT Contributed by NORM LEWIS
Basketball action in Narromine THE Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre is basketball central every Thursday afternoon when young people of all ages gather for fitness,
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Gerries launch into summer comp
The 9- to 11-year-old basketballers practice their shooting skills during the Thursday afternoon basketball fun at the sports centre. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.
By SHARON BONTHUYS
ISSN 2653-2948
fun and self-empowerment. Shelly Bayliss, CEO, Narromine Local Aboriginal Land Council, coordinates the Thursday afternoon competition at the centre. When the Narromine Star
visited, Shelly was busy working with the nine to 11-year-olds who demonstrated their skills shooting hoops from the line. Everyone involved had a great time.
IN the fi rst Gerries Summer Competition last Saturday, a good field of men participated. There was a noticeable change in weather conditions and the course was in excellent condition thanks to the Club’s volunteer brigade, who have been conducting a series of working bees over the past few weeks-well done to all concerned. The winner of the opening event was the consistent Mal McIntyre with a very good score of 26 points. Well done, Mal. Runner up was Bob Richardson, only one point behind. Good to see Bob back in the winners list. Bob Fletcher won the NTP and collected only one golf ball from the kitty. The NAGA prize for the week went to Ron Green on 14 points. Some may ask where have all the ladies gone. A simple answer is that they have commenced their own club competition to be played during the winter months. The interest turned to the pool table and this week only one game was played between Bob Fletcher and Chris Peter against Terry Willis and Ross King. Willis and King were hot fa-
Winners are grinners! Mal McIntyre won the opening event of the summer comp with 26 points. PHOTO: NARROMINE GOLF CLUB. vourites to win the event, however, it was a very close match which went right down the wire. It ended up a black ball game and Bob Fletcher showed great form to sink the black to win. He and the consistent Chris Peter were awarded the title of pool champs for the week. As is usual, the Gerries move to Wednesday afternoon for their weekly winter competition and it starts on Wednesday, April 6 with a hit off at 3.00 pm. With the paper out on Thursday these results will appear the following week. That’s all for this week – see you all at the 19th.
Golf notes: Warren and Narromine comp coming up Contributed by KALE BOCK THE inaugural Inter-town shield competition between members of Warren and Narromine Clubs will be played at the Narromine Golf course on Saturday. The Macquarie Challenge Shield will be an annual event – an 18-hole stableford decided by the top ten scores of players from each Club. For further details, contact the club.
Each competitor will be provided with a barbecue lunch. On Sunday, April 10, the local comp will be a four-ball aggregate stableford for a club trophy. Results from last Saturday, April 2l – monthly medal – 18-hole stroke. A GRADE Glen Smyth (65), B GRADE P. Gainsford (68), NTP 9th – M.Gainsford, 10th Not Won, Long Drive First – Rob Williams, Jackpot Hole 17th –
Justin Gainsford. Sunday, April 3 – 18-hole stableford for a club trophy. Winner – Rob Williams 38, runner up – Mal McIntyre 34. NTP 9th Kale Bock, 10th Not Won. Long Drive First – Rob Williams. Jackpot hole 18th Not Won. Dunedoo Open – Narromine was represented by five players at the Dunedoo Open on Sunday. A total of 54 players attended the event represent-
ing clubs from throughout the western area. The event was won in a course record score of 67 by James Taylor (Warren). The only Narromine player to feature in the trophy winners was Duane Mann who was runner up in the A grade nett with 72. The junior clinic was once again well attended on Sunday morning. One more week of junior golf before we have a two week break due to Easter
and ANZAC Day. The Clinic will resume on Sunday, May 1. The next local Vets ninehole comp will be on Saturday, April 30 – a stableford on the back nine. Some of our Veteran golfers will travel to Nyngan next Saturday, April 9 for their Veterans Open tournament. That’s about it for this week – Happy golfi ng-see you at the 19th.
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