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A house in Sinclair Street well ablaze last Wednesday night. PHOTOS courtesy of NT POLICE.

INSET ABOVE: Gary Lynch fighting the blaze. INSET BELOW: Flames engulf the house, Photos courrtesy Alison Snowden.

Candles possible cause of house fire INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into a fire which caused serious damage to a house in Nhulunbuy last Wednesday night, although candles are thought to be the likely cause. Police and NT Fire and Rescue members were kept tending to the fire. Officer-in-charge of Nhulunby Police Senior Sergeant Brendan said the fire was reported at around 8.45pm on May 16, however, upon Police arrival, the single-storey home

on Sinclair Street was fully engulfed in flames. “NT Fire and Rescue were in attendance and extinguished the blaze within a short time, however, the house was seriously damaged by the flames,” Snr Sgt Muldoon said. The Fire Investigator and a forensic photographer arrived from Darwin on Thursday morning. “Investigations into the exact cause of the blaze are continuing, however, at this stage we believe it

may have started from candles left lit inside the premises. “This again shows the need to install photo-electric smoke alarms in homes. “Thankfully, no one was home at the time but it could easily have ended in tragedy.” Office-in-Charge of Nhulunbuy Fire and Rescue Colin Snowden said the fire showed how imperative it was for homes to be fitted with early detection devices.

The Fire station in Nhulunbuy is not manned 24 hours a day although firefighters are always on call. Early detection ensures the crew can get to the station and attend the fire as soon as possible. Mr Snowden was on site and made sure there were no occupants inside the house, while the rest of his crew went for the fire truck. It was there within minutes and they ensured there was a containment line so adjoining homes were

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tions for their futures, and to begin on the road to discovering how to ‘get the life you love’ through gaining as much insight as possible into a wide variety of industries.” Six industry groups were represented by local business people who presented information on career pathways and opportunities in their industry. The event ran in a small-group, round-robin format so there were plenty of opportunities to ask questions and obtain relevant information for each individual student and was open to all students and parents of Nhulunbuy High School. This event was a valuable collaboration between local business and the school and we appreciated the attendance of the following organisa-

Gove Arts Theatre celebrates 40 years

tions: Charles Darwin University, Dhimurru, Pacific Aluminium, Walkabout Lodge, Westpac, and YBE. “We look forward to continuing to strengthen our partnerships with these businesses in order to provide the best opportunities for our students in the future.” Nhulunbuy High School Careers Breakfast in Nhulunbuy is a National Career Development Week(NCDW) registered event. CDW is an initiative of the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) and supported by the Federal Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). For more information about the NCDW campaign go to www. ncdw.com.au

At the Careers Day were (from left): Frances and Shandyn Moody, Priya Lakshmanan with John Papple and Milika Marika from Parks and Wildlife and Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation

From left: Alice McDonald and Matthew Skertchy from YBE with Morgan Hill.

From left: Jeremy Koenig and Brenton Baille from Pacific Aluminium with Courtney Williams, Saille Frumenzi.

The cast of Barbecue on a countdown to opening night.

GOVE Arts Theatre (GAT) is celebrating 40 years of entertaining the people of Nhulunbuy in 2012. One of the oldest associations in Gove it was started in 1972 by an enthusiastic band of volunteers eager to try their hands at amateur theatre. During the past 40 years GAT has entertained audiences with productions including dramas, comedies, musicals, theatre restaurants, movie audience participation nights, one act play festivals, theatre sports and variety shows. As with most clubs and associations GAT is a volunteer organisation and relies heavily on the involvement of its members and the community at large. Cast and crew for each production give generously of their time to ensure delivery of a polished performance every moment they step into the lights. For many cast members GAT shows are the first time they step onto the stage and perform while for the audience it is often their introduction to live theatre. Home to GAT is The Cell - a 65-seat theatre located in the Captain Cook Community Centre next-door to the IGA supermarket. Besides stage and seating this area also includes a lighting box, workshop, dressing rooms, props room and set storage areas.

GAT has accumulated some interesting items over the years and has an eclectic collection of costumes and props to draw from for productions. To celebrate this milestone Gove Arts Theatre is presenting three major productions to Nhulunbuy audiences in 2012. The first is a two-act comedy - Barbecue written by Australian playwright, David Peebles. Chris Andrews is once again taking the reins as director and has drawn together a cast of experienced actors and acting novices to the stage. The action centres round that quintessential Aussie social event - the barbecue - and follows the efforts of the Cooper family to settle into their new home in Grand Bay. The season will run on May 25-26, June 1-2-8-9 at the Cell. Tickets are $ 40 each and are currently on sale at Lynne Walker’s office. The final night is already sold out and other nights still have some seats left so be sure to get you ticket early to avoid dissapointment. Dinkum Assorted is an all female, singing and dancing musical written by another Australian, Linda Aronson. A new director to GAT, Barbara White, brings her theatre experience from Townsville to produce this exciting play. With a large cast of 15 characters this is a huge undertaking for GAT but promises to be a wonderful theatre

event for audiences. The season is scheduled for midSeptember and, if you are interested in joining the cast and crew, come along to an information evening on Thursday, May 24, at 8 Pandora Circuit starting at 7.30pm. Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 26, at NRSFC club rooms at the Captain Cook Community Centre from 9am - 3pm. For more information about this production please contact Bernice Cox (0407 783 345). The culmination of the year’s events will be a theatre restaurant in November. Always a great audience pleaser this restaurant comes with a twist. It is designed to tantalize all your senses and will be a completely new and fascinating experience for the theatre goer in Nhulunbuy. GAT is keeping the details under wraps for this one but you will not want to miss it. Planning has already commenced so watch this space for more information later in the year. GAT is always looking for new members. The monthly meeting is held on second Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm at The Cell. If you have ever dreamed of winning that Oscar then GAT is a great place to start - whether it be best actor, director, screenplay, lighting, sound, costumes - we can help you get there.

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Crocodile shot at Elcho last week. Photo courtesy NT Police.

Croc had appetite for dogs, nappies and footy A ROGUE crocodile that was killing dogs was shot at Elcho Island last Tuesday. Police notified rangers over two weeks ago that the large saltwater crocodile was lunging at dogs and had taken at least one at the beach near the Galuwinku community. Rangers shot the 3.5 metre crocodile as it lunged at another dog on Mission Beach on the morning of May 15.

Northern Watch Commander Greg Pusterla said the crocodile posed a threat to the community and had attempted to attack another dog the day before. “Out there yesterday afternoon the crocodile spotted a dog on the beach and started going towards the beach in the direction of the dog,” he said. “Fortunately someone called the dog away and the croc then retreated back out

into the water.” It had been deemed ‘a definite risk to human life’ by local police who set about finding the croc with the help of rangers at Elcho Island. A football, a pair of shorts, a fish, a nappy and the skeletal remains of a dog were among the stomach contents. The croc was taken and buried at a place determined by local people.

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Noms for top NT arts volunteer NOMINATIONS are now open for the Regional Arts Australia Award Program aimed at acknowledging the invaluable contribution volunteer leaders make to the cultural life of their communities. The awards seek to recognise and encourage regionally-based arts and

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WORK has begun at Gulkula, the site of the annual Garma Festival, to establish the Garma Cultural Studies Institute (GCSI). Infrastructure development, repairs and maintenance work has begun onsite. The GCSI will serve as a public educational and cultural institution dedicated to the research and teaching of Yolngu knowledge and traditions. It will also showcase the inter-relationship to western knowledge and tradition through a broad range of perspectives which will include music, language and art by drawing on the heritage and resources of the East Arnhem region. The Yothu Yindi Foundation (YFF) is working together with the support and funding of the Gumatj Corporation, FAHCSIA, the Indigenous Land Corporation and John T Reid Charitable Trusts to ensure that work on site is tracking to enable the Gulkula site to be operational in time for the Garma Key Forum on September 1-2, 2012. YYF would like to remind the public that the annual Garma Festival this year has been severely reduced to enable YYF resources to establish the GCSI which will, in 2013, be made available for use as a facility to conduct community events to members of the public throughout the year. YYF has received much interest in corporate groups and government departments requesting the use of Gulkula for the purpose of management retreats, cultural awareness programs, departmental meetings, school camps and tourist visits to the region. Currently Gulkula is a construction site and public access is restricted. Security and signs indicating the area is not accessible has been developed in order to ensure OH&S measures are enforced for the safety of the general community. YYF would kindly like to request local residents avoid entering onto the Gulkula site as activity increases in preparation for 2013. Information regarding the Institute may be sought through the YYF office on 08 89 412 900 or admin@garmafestival.com.au

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NEWS THIS year Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation (Miwatj Health) celebrates its 20th anniversary of providing comprehensive primary health care to the Yolgnu people of East Arnhem Land. The area they cover extends from about Ramingining in the west to Groote Eylandt in the east, and from Yirrkala in the north to Numbulwar in the south. Miwatj Health’s 20-year celebrations on May 26 will acknowledge the vision of Yolgnu leaders in creating a successful and region-wide health service controlled by Aboriginal people. Mr Eddie Mulholland CEO of Miwatj Health said: “Miwatj Health began life in 1992. “The concept of a health organisation covering this whole of East Arnhem Land was the creation of Aboriginal people from all communities and associations across this region. “Miwatj Health is proof that Aboriginal communitycontrolled health organisations are the key to sustainability and growth in delivering successful health outcomes within Indigenous communities. “The success of Miwatj Health also emphasizes the achievements of Yolgnu people in being able to determine their own destiny, within their own communities, for their own people,” he said. “It is also testament to Miwatj Health’s founding members - our former Chairman, the late Mr Djekurra OAM, and our current board member Mr Wali Wunungmurra - that Miwatj Health has continued to grow in strength, due largely to our steadfast and unwavering continuation of the vision determined by them all those years ago. “The forthcoming transition of the NT Department of Health clinic in Yirrkala to Miwatj Health in July of this year is further evidence that Aboriginal Community Control is an essential strategy in ‘Closing the Gap’.” In a joint statement with NT Health’s Tricia Wake, he said this historical agreement between NTG and Miwatj Health highlights the Government’s partnership commitment to Indigenous communities people and to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage in a concerted way. NT Health’s Director of Remote Health,Ms Wake said: “We have worked productively to build a partnership with Miwatj Health and the community built on trust and mutual respect. The transition of the clinic represents the Department’s remote policy commitment to actively supporting the ways Indigenous people are addressing health challenges.” “This commitment was outlined in the milestone document, Pathways to Community Control, involving AMSANT, NTG and the Commonwealth. The framework aims at supporting Aboriginal communities’ control in the planning, development and management of primary health care and community care services in a manner that is both commensurate with their capabilities and aspirations and consistent with the objective of efficient, effective and equitable health systems functioning.” Mr Mullholland said that they are pleased that Miwatj Health and the Department are working together and cooperating in a way that builds on community strength.

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TWO locals have been selected among 50 Indigenous leaders of the future to meet in Canberra this week from May 23-29 to debate issues affecting their communities and country at the first National Indigenous Youth Parliament (NIYP). East Arnhem Shire Council sport and recreation officer Sebastian Pascoe and Belicia Baird, of Gapuwiyak, will represent East Arnhem Land. The NIYP aims to promote youth-led advocacy, active community leadership and the development of a group of future Indigenous leaders. Run by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in conjunction with the YMCA to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Indigenous right to vote in federal elections the Youth Parliament is designed to help close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage in electoral participation. Sebastian and Belicia will join fellow members in Canberra to learn how government works, how laws are made and have workshops in public speaking and honing their media skills. They will also have an opportunity to meet with political leaders, MPs and senators. Adding to an eventful 2012, Sebastian has this year also received an award from the East Arnhem Shire Council, Youth Sports and Recreation for outstanding leadership. He works with children and young people between the ages of five and 25 years in programs such as the after school care program, vacation care, sports and youth mentoring. Sebastian is also involved in a community driven youth group that mentors young people with substance abuse problems. EASC youth, sport and recreation regional manager, Mrs Cherie Forbes said: “Sebastian is a positive role model within the youth services program and promotes living a healthy lifestyle and the importance of education with the participants of our programs.” Belicia Baird works as an assistant teacher in her community of Gapuwiyak which is in the East Arnhem Region. She will represent Yolngu people and give a voice to her community. She is involved in local sports and cultural activities. She is passionate about issues that affect her community, for example, housing shortages, training for health workers, and people dying at a young age. She is confident and open and is multilingual. They will be joined by fellow Territorians Nateesha Collins, Dwayne Jones, Chanston Paech and Tara Liddy to form the historic National Indigenous Youth Parliament from an impressive field of more than 180 applicants.

MAGNT curator brings new perspective A TERRITORIAN with significant curatorial experience locally and interstate has joined MAGNT’s Curator of the Museum and Art Gallery of Aboriginal art John the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Waight. as the popular institution’s new curator of Indigenous Art and Material Culture. MAGNT acting director Darlene Lion congratulated John Waight on his recent appointment saying it will bring a new and different perspective to this year’s Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA). “John was born in Darwin and has spent most of his adult life directly involved in the arts, more recently as Darwin City Council’s curator of the Bombing of Darwin exhibition at the Chan Contemporary Art Space in Darwin,” Ms Lion said. “Other past experience includes three years as manager at Maningrida Arts and Culture and at the Australian National Maritime Museum, where he worked for seven years as the institution’s Indigenous curator and liaison ofﬁcer. “With this year’s 29th Telstra NATSIAA held once again in August, John’s role will be to exhibit the 63 art works that were recently pre-selected to contest this year’s NATSIAA and be in the running for the main prize of $40,000.Art works are set to start arriving in coming weeks with this year’s Awards ceremony taking place on the MAGNT lawns on Friday, August 10.”

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New cafe open at Walkabout Lodge A NEW coffee shop is opening at the Walkabout Lodge on Thursday. It will be situated in the club bar area of the restaurant and utilise the outdoor area beside the pool. Walkabout manager Tony Weldon said it will have that beautiful indoor outdoor feel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be the perfect spot for a chill out, catch up with friends, or that casual business meeting ,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153; We w i l l h a v e a range of quality coffees, expertly made, plus a mouth-watering selection of home-made delights, such as muffins, cakes, biscuits and pastries.â&#x20AC;?

Restaurant and events manager Simon Burke said they would be offering freshly ground coffee from beans that had been roasted within a week. Arabica and Robusta imported coffee beans would be the core of the cafe with ďŹ&#x201A;avoured coffees coming in the next few weeks. Simon, who learnt to make coffee in Girrie Reposta, Italy, said the staff had all been trained to make outstanding coffee. Shonane Beasley has taken on the challenge of creating mouth watering cakes and pastries including her lumberjack cake and blueberry

mascarpone. She will constantly change here range to offer a wide variety of delights. The cafe will be open from 9am until noon seven days a week. LEFT: Simon with his coffee and a number of tempting treats. RIGHT: The Walkabout Cafe set to open this week.

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Key ďŹ ndings from Illicit Drug Data Report 2010-11: The number of amphetamine-type stimulants (excluding MDMA) detections at the Australian border increased by 60 per cent in 2010-11 and is the highest recorded in the last decade. The weight of heroin detections at the Australian border increased by 241 per cent and is the highest recorded since 2001-02. The weight of national cocaine seizures increased by 67.7 per cent in 2010-11 and is the third highest recorded

interested stakeholders with a national perspective of the illicit drug market,â&#x20AC;? Mr McRoberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This report assists us to understand the illicit drug market, including emerging issues and criminal profiles, and informs our efforts to address illicit drug activities within the Northern Territory.â&#x20AC;? The ACC Illicit Drug Data Report continues to John McRoberts, NT inform and enable police to Police Commissioner. better understand the drug and crime environment, assists with effective utilisation of resources, and provides for practical solutions and informed decisions in preventing illicit drug use and drug related crime. The data collected in the report is sourced from a variety of state and federal agencies, including NT Police, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. A copy of the report is available at www.crimecommission.gov.au. The number of national other and unknownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drug seizures is the highest recorded in the last decade.

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What’s On

A piece of history

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A COMMENT on our facebook page added some additional information to a photo on the front page of the Arafura Times on May 2-8. The photo (left) was that of William Macgrath and the comment was from Jan Macgrath “William’s great-great-grandmother’s brother, Private William Charles Tooney,fought in France in WW1 at Poziers, Fromel and Ypres. He was wounded several times, gased in the trenches but returned to Sydney in 1919 where he died of the gas’s damage to his lungs, six months later in that September at his mother’s house. “I have a very sad letter he wrote to her from the trenches.I have grown some rosemary on his grave at Rookwood Cememtery (Sydney). “Yesterday I put some white flowering ground cover vine in the same pot on his parents’ grave; they are buried together. Nice link of the William’s don’t you think?”

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by email to editor@arafuratimes.com.au or phone Marjo Hallowell on 1300 088 000.

May Wed 23 - Thu 24. NT Thunder Footy Skills Clinic presented by Pacific Aluminium. Wed 23. Biggest morning tea at the Nhulunbuy Community Library from 10am. Thu 24. Meeting at 8 Pandora Circuit starting at 7.30pm re expressions of interest in Dinkum Assorted to be held at Gove Arts Theatre. Fri 25. Commemoration celebration for Jonetani Rika (Snr) who started work in Yolngu development in 1965 Fri 25. Barbecue - a production by the Gove Arts Theatre at The Cell. Tickets are $40 each and are currently on sale at Lynne Walker’s office. Sat 26. Miwatji Health 20th anniversary celebrations 11.30am. Includes the official opening of the new Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation building by Warren Snowdon. Sat 26. Miwatj Health - 1pm - Yirrkala - Includes signing of MOU and barbecue lunch at 2pm. Sat 26. Barbecue - a production by the Gove Arts Theatre at The Cell. Tickets are $40 each and are currently on sale at Lynne Walker’s office. Sat 26. Auditions for Dinkum Assorted at NRSFC club rooms at the Captain Cook Community Centre from 9am – 3pm. For more information about this production please contact Bernice Cox on 0407 783 345.

June Fri 1. Barbecue - a production by the Gove Arts Theatre at The Cell. Tickets are $40 each and are currently on sale at Lynne Walker’s ofﬁce. Sat 2. Barbecue - a production by the Gove Arts Theatre at The Cell. Tickets are $40 each and are currently on sale at Lynne Walker’s ofﬁce.

Tue 5. Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club Monthly General Meeting. Fri 8. Barbecue - a production by the Gove Arts Theatre at The Cell. Tickets are $40 each and are currently on sale at Lynne Walker’s ofﬁce. Sat 9. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - Working bee MX track - set up for enduro/pony - 9am to noon. Sat 9. Barbecue - a production by the Gove Arts Theatre at The Cell. SOLD OUT. Sun 10. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - enduro Pony round 2 - 8am to noon. Sun 10. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - Finke Desert Race weekend - Alice-Finke-Alice. Sat 16. Nhulunbuy Corporation Art and Craft Market hosted by Arafura Dance Association. Thu 21. Sing Australia comes to Nhulunbuy. Contact Jennifer Peers on 0457 807 340. Sat 23. Debutante Ball 7pm start. Tue 26 – Wed 27. Two visiting golf pros conducting junior golf clinics. Sat 30. Outdoor Movie Screening at Hindle Oval Black Tie Dinner - 40th anniversary celebrations - NCL - invitation only.

JULY Sun 1. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - Old natural terraine circuit round 3 - 8am to noon.

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‘A chance for change’ COUNTRY Liberals candidate for Nhulunbuy Allen Fanning (above) says the August 25 election gives families, workers and businesses a chance to bring real change to the Arnhem Land electorate. Mr Fanning said after more than 30 years of Labor representation a change is needed to bring fresh ideas and a new approach to communities in Nhulunbuy. “After 30 years, Labor now takes Nhulunbuy for granted,” Mr Fanning said. “The best way to end Government inertia and to get things done is to vote for the Country Liberals at the next election. “We are ready to govern and have a plan to bring responsible decision making to improve the lives of all Territorians.” Mr Fanning said the latest Labor Budget contained a glaring example of the extent of Labor’s complacency. One of the infrastructure projects contained in the budget - $1.2million to construct six two-bedroom units at Gove Hospital - has already been completed. “The Country Liberals will bring a fresh approach to tackling some of the issues facing community’s in the electorate,” he said. “We are committed to tackling the law and order issues in the town including taking steps to stamp out ‘fridging’, which is a direct consequence of the Government’s alcohol laws. “I am committed to fighting for upgrades to Gove Hospital and the Country Liberals are opposed to licensing and permits for recreational anglers.” An electrician Allen moved to Nhulunbuy in 2005. He and wife Wendy are expecting their first child in July. “I have been an active participant in community events over the past seven years and will continue to do so if elected to Parliament,” he said. “The upcoming election isn’t about political parties and candidates - it’s about Nhulunbuy residents and the issues that affect them.”

AN amazing photo. This photo was taken at an ANZAC Day picnic at the Granites. Lynda de Gruchy said it was her favourite photo. “It was such a fluke that I caught the reflection of the beach in the bubble,” she sad.

Wild About Gove

STORM clouds rolled into Melville Bay in March and Veronica Forrest was on hand to capture them. All photos remain the copyright of the

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School wants your dockets for more supplies THE Woolworths earn-and-learn program was a huge success last year and effectively raised close to $4000 for Nhulunbuy Primary School. Principal Matt Watson said that, in partnership with Modern Teaching Aids, a leading supplier of educational resources, they were able to redeem the points for classroom teaching resources. “Public schools rely heavily on fundraising and this is a great community partnership and a brilliant way for community members to support their school with high quality resources. “Last year we exceeded our target of 36,000 points by 6000 points,” Mr Watson said.

“This year’s target is 50,000 points which should equate to about $4500 worth of fabulous new learning resources. “Last year we purchased hands on maths resources. “These resources have arrived and are out in the classrooms. “I would urge all parents and community members to get behind this initiative and support Nhulunbuy Primary School and our commitment to high quality public education.” RIGHT: Children enjoying some of the resources they received after last year’s program - from left Levi Norsworthy, Zali Furhmann and Bailey Monteiro.

A week of school visits LAST week students across parents with an opAustralia in Years 3, 5, 7 portunity to meet with and 9 sat the NAPLAN tests, local employers and an annual event instigated training providers to by Julia Gillard when she better understand the was the Federal Education pathways and employMinister. ment prospects here in There’s no doubt that town and beyond. these tests are important Special thanks to tools to assess how students Electoral News all involved includby NT Member for Nhulunbuy are progressing in meeting ing the school’s VET LYNNE WALKER national benchmarks in litHospitality students eracy and numeracy and in who were up extra tracking and identifying incremental early to provide catering. progress as well as gaps. I ATTENDED Nhulunbuy ChrisGovernments have a fundamental tian College’s very informative responsibility to ensure that our kids Cultural Expo which was staged by complete school literate and numerate Year 6 students complete with stalls, in English and are ready for further costumes and powerpoint displays training, study and employment. and topped off by a multicultural Indeed at the very core of gearing morning tea. the Territory up for growth is educaI can’t recall now which country tion which is why Labor’s Territory is home to deep-fried Mars Bars but 2030 strategy has education front it was delicious. and centre. On the same day I also attended However, my visits to our local Nhulunbuy Primary’s weekly asschools last week served as a timely sembly and was pleased to present reminder that not only are our kids certificates to the newly elected engaged in a breadth of educational members of the Student Representaactivities but that schools are far tive Council. more exciting places than when I It was my ﬁrst time in the school’s was a student. renovated hall which has been transTHE Yirrkala Families as First formed thanks to $3 million through Teacher ’s program held an open the Australian Government’s BER morning last week and I was im- project. pressed to hear about the many Not only are we fortunate within innovative things that are happening our community to have such diverthrough its Indigenous Parenting sity and choice in our schools, but Support Services Program. fortunate to have so many dedicated N H U L U N B U Y H i g h S c h o o l professionals who teach our kids. held a Careers Breakfast before The CLP have yet to release their school which provided students and education policy.

Parent and Carer Workshop

Are you a parent or carer of a young person between the ages of 12 – 24 years old? Do you have great ideas about youth activities, services and initiatives in the region? YES! Then Anglicare NT would like to invite you along to a parent and carers evening to assist in developing a Youth Action Plan for the Gove Peninsula Region

Two meetings will be held – one in Nhulunbuy and one in Yirrkala

Nhulunbuy

Yirrkala

Friday, May 25, 10 – 3pm

Thursday, May 24, 7pm Anglicare NT Meeting Room, 6 Chesterfield Circuit (upstairs) Supper provided

Yirrkala Community Hall Morning tea and lunch provided

RSVP: Wednesday, May 23 Phone: 8987 3022 or email: sgraham@anglicare-nt.org.au

Refreshments provided along with lucky door prizes valued at $200 at each workshop! The Youth Action Plan is a project of Anglicare NT funded by FaHCSIA and supported by other key stakeholders. We are conducting surveys, interviews and focus groups with young people, parents/carers and service providers to develop a Youth Action Plan for the Gove Peninsula. Team Health will also be a guest at the meeting giving a presentation on mental health and wellbeing and ways to support young people and their mental health. We recognise that it’s not always easy to be a parent. We really appreciate your contribution and ideas.

BEERS N BARRA!

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FAMILY SUPPER DANCE

PHOTOS: MARJO HALLOWELL

AS part of the fundraising for the Debutante Ball in June a family supper dance was held at the town hall recently. It proved so popular a second family dance is planned for June 9.

Sisters Lily and Molly Osborne at the family dance.

Matewai Campbell, 10, and Jessie Dargaville, 9 get into the swing of things.

Hannah Putland, Emma Putland and Carlene Tawhi at the family dance.

Stephanie Biggs and Dheyanne Hoani, 12 weeks. Anna Cerdervall demonstrates belly dancing at the fundraising dance.

Linda and Mita Dargaville take a break from dancing.

Jamie Kokles-Ridgway with Kellie Francis at the dance.

Pino and Leanne Parise joined fellow Rotarians at the dance.

The progressive dances were a big hit.

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Matt and Suze Skertchly at the family dance.

Organisers Blue Douglas, Colleen Owen, Deb Hanks and Cheryl Smith.

Sky Daly 2 1/2 has a few more years of growing before she fits into her dancing shoes but had a ball Graham and Deb Hanks working behind the dancing with mum Rukini Daly. scenes to ensure a successful dance.

WALK TO SCHOOL DAY

The Thompson clan walked to school Ingrid, 5, Alfie, 3 and Henry, 7.

India Russell, 11, Shanti Monteiro, 11, Marlea Snowden, 10 and Pria Monteiro walk to school on Friday.

PHOTOS: MARJO HALLOWELL

Charlie Emmerton, 6, ready for the start of the walk on Banyan Road.

Walkers along Banyan Road.

Shanae Piddick, 10, walking to school on Walk To School Day.

The McIllree brothers walked hand in hand.

Marlea Snowden, 10, Tahlia Rymski, 11, Chelsea Cran, 11, and Sasha Cran, 9, meet at the Sinclair Street end of Banyan Road ready to walk to school.

Over 150 children and parents met at Lions Park to Walk To School together. Asha Monteiro, 8, India Russell, 11 and Shanti Monteiro at the start of thewalk.

The walkers from Banyan Road head towards school.

Children stick to the footpath under the watchful eye of teachers and parents.

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THURSDAY 24 FRIDAY 25

5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Telling Tales 10:05 Noah And Saskia 10:30 What I Wrote 10:35 Writers On Writing 11:00 Catalyst 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Dalziel And Pascoe 2:00 Secrets Of The Superbrands 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Grand Designs Revisited: Killearn 6:50 Minuscule: Black Slope For Gastropod Skiers 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 NT 8:00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 8:30 Silent Witness: Death Has No Dominion Part 1 - Leo is in emotional turmoil when an old friend commits suicide while a violent triple murder appears to be linked to a mysterious female serial killer: The Wraith. 9:30 Taggart: Cold Reader - When a promising young student is abducted, her mother’s ‘psychic’ advisor approaches the team, claiming to be able to trace her whereabouts. 10:15 Lateline: A unique nightly news analysis program bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of Australian and international news and events. 11:00 Raw Comedy 2011 11:55 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Magical Tales 3:30 Pyramid 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Block - The Block Unlocked - The Block’s judges, Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and John McGrath review their decision about the teams main bathrooms and laundries and the couples give their views of their neighbours efforts. 7:00 Friday Night Football: Melbourne Storm Vs Brisbane Broncos 9:00 Friday Night Football: South Sydney Rabbitohs Vs Canberra Raiders 11:00 Movie: “Fair Game” (M v,l,s) - Dedicated lawyer Kate McQuean relies on her wits and willpower, not to mention the help of a handsome detective Max Kirkpatrick, to outmanoeuvre a high-tech Russian gang. While Max and Kate elude bullets and explosions, they can’t elude the steamy passion that ignites between them. But for their love to last, they must break all the rules and still dare to hope for a fair game. 12:55 Movie: “Up Pompeii” (M s,n) 2:35 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:05 Danoz Direct / 4:00 Good Morning America

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Shopgirl” (M s) - A love story that follows the intertwined lives of three people searching for a connection. 1:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Toybox 3:30 Lab Rats 4:00 Seven News at 4.30 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away 7:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 9: Western Bulldogs Vs Geelong 10:30 Most Shocking: Top 20: Brainless Blunders - This week, catch the Top 20 most shocking brainless blunders! Who will make the list? 11:30 Movie: “Strange Holiday” (G) - Ten young boys are shipwrecked on a deserted island. How will they survive the fierce elements and find their way back home? 1:00 Special: Arctic Wonderland - Documentary maker Greg Grainger takes the ultimate adventure in the frozen north of the Arctic Islands. 2:00 Room For Improvement 2:30 Infomercials 3:30 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 Rituals: Around the World in 80 Faiths: The Indian Subcontinent 2:30 Living Black 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Australia: The Majestic Coast 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Road To Eurovision With Julia Zemiro 8:30 Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Semi-Final 1 10:55 Movie: “Summer Rain” (MA s,v,a) - Antonio Banderas directs this coming-of-age tale charting the first loves, lusts and obsessions of friends on vacation at the end of the 1970s. After the removal of a kidney, teenager Miguelito is discharged from hospital clutching a copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy and a new-found love of poetry. Returning to his gang of friends in Málaga, he soon falls for local beauty, Luli. But by the end of the summer, certain dramatic events will change Miguelito and his friends forever. 1:00 Movie: “Kurt Wallander: The Joker” (M v,l,s) - When a woman is murdered outside her restaurant in front of her eight-yearold daughter, Wallander and his team link the death to a restaurant mafia. When a hit is put out on the daughter, she must be protected at all costs. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

SATURDAY 26

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage Guest Programmer (PG) 11:00 Spicks And Specks: ‘70s Special 11:30 7.30 NT 12:00 Foreign Correspondant 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Collectors: Monopoly 1:30 Eggheads 2:00 Football: State Game - SA Vs WA 4:55 Bill’s Tasty Weekends: Suffolk 5:40 Wild At Heart 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 New Tricks: Half Life 8:30 The Body Farm 9:30 Raw Comedy 2012: Showcasing some of Australia’s brightest, rising comedians, don’t miss the 2012 Raw Comedy Grand Final. 10:30 United States Of Tara: Possibility - Tara and Kate head out on an impromptu road trip, but when Tara transitions into ‘T’ and heads to the nearest tattoo parlour, Kate tries to stop her before she makes a permanent mistake. 10:55 United States Of Tara: Betrayal (M l) - Tara is thrown into turmoil when Dr Ocean terminates her treatment and one of Tara’s alters betrays Marshall in a way that could destroy the family forever. 11:25 Rage Guest Programmer (MA l,d,h,n,s,v.)

5:30 Team Umizoomi 6:00 Dora The Explorer 6:30 Weekend Today Saturday 8:30 Danoz Direct 9:30 PWC 10:00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 10:30 Children’s Programs 2:00 Crusoe: Rum & Gunpowder 4:00 Discover Downunder 4:30 National News - First At Five 5:00 Your 4x4 5:30 National News Saturday 6:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos - Join your host Shelley Craft for an hour of side-splitting laughs on Australia’s Funniest Home Videos. 7:10 The Voice 9:10 TBA 11:10 Movie: “Westworld” (M v) - Written by acclaimed writer Michael Crichton, Westworld is a classic western/romance starring Yul Brynner and Richard Benjamin. A robot malfunctions creating havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park. 1:00 Movie: “The Sound Of Love” (PG v,s) - A heart warming love story about two young people with one of life’s cruellest disabilities, deafness. They both fall in love and finally through laughter and tears make a life for themselves. 2:30 The Baron 3:30 Danoz Direct 5:00 Wesley Impact

5:30 Stitch! 6:00 Handy Manny 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show - Weekends 9:30 The Woodlies 10:00 Castaway 11:00 Erky Perky 11:30 V8 Xtra 12:00 Australia Smashes Guinness World Records 12:30 That ‘70s Show 1:00 Outsourced 1:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 9: Gold Coast Vs Port Adelaide 4:30 The Secret Mediterranean 5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 7:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 9: Adelaide Vs Collingwood - The Magpies have dominated the Crows in recent times winning six of the last seven including twice at this venue AAMI Stadium. Can Crow coach Brenton Sanderson mastermind a victory against best mate and Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley? 10:00 The Hit Rater.com 10:30 Most Shocking: Top 20 11:30 Movie: “Roll Bounce” (PG) - 1970s roller-skate jams fuel this coming -of-age comedy, as X and his friends, who rule their local rink, are shocked when their home base goes out of business. 1:45 Auction Squad 3:00 It Is Written Oceania 3:30 Home Shopping / 4:30 Dr Oz

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 Korean News 5:45 Copa Del Rey Final: Athletic Club Vs Barcelona 8:05 World News 1:00 San Remo Song Festival 2:55 In Mondrian’s Studio 3:55 James Rhodes: Piano Man: Bach/Busoni 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex in Rome: The Howling 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Road To Eurovision With Julia Zemiro 8:30 Eurovision Song Contest 2012: Semi-Final 2 10:55 OSS 117: Lost In Rio 12:45 OSS 117: Cairo - Nest Of Spies 2:30 Ugly Americans: Demon Baby - After having intimacy issues the prior night, Callie goes baby-crazy after Mark starts fostering a demon orphan left in his care. Twayne starts to notice some odd changes in his body and tries to push Callie into a marriage in order to adopt the child. 2:55 Ugly Americans: Blob Gets A Job - Mark accompanies Randall on a trip back to his New Jersey home and meets his roommate’s parents, before inadvertently revealing to them that Randall is a zombie. Meanwhile, Leonard tries to find a job for a strange new creature that can’t speak and defies identification. 3:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

SUNDAY 27

SBS 5.00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 William Shatner’s Weird or What? 2:30 If Only 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: African School: Show Me The Money 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 French Food Safari 8:00 Island Feast with Peter Kuruvita 8:30 Heston’s Feasts: Roman 9:30 The Family UK: Nine Missed Calls - The family’s love for each other really shines through as Kaki’s health is getting worse and she is counting down the days until Jeet returns from India. Without him she’s been struggling with the pregnancy and she is worried he won’t be with her when she needs him. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 How To Get More Sex - This three-part series boldly explores the science of sexual attraction, providing a fascinating insight into what draws us to someone and how we can achieve more success attracting the people we fancy. 11:25 Erotic Tales: Georgian Grapes 12:00 Dave In The Life: Homeless 12:35 Movie: “Crime Novel” (MAV v,s,d,l) In Italian. 3:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Birmingham Pentecost 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Message Stick: The Urab Dancers 2:00 New Tricks: Half Line 3:00 Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff 4:25 Lily 4:40 Eleven 5:00 Voyage To The Planets 5:50 Minuscule: The Stubborn Spider 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass: Hospital Chaplains: Divine Intervention 7:00 ABC News 7:30 The Diamond Queen - Andrew Marr looks at the defining moments of The Queen’s reign, beginning with her accession to the throne. And - for the first time - all of The Queen’s adult grandchildren have their say about ‘The Diamond Queen’. 8:35 Midsomer Murders: The Silent Land (M v) 10:05 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 10:35 I’m Not Dead Yet: Chad Morgan 11:30 Movie: “The Last Tycoon” (M l,s) - The production head of a Hollywood studio in the thirties has his troubles complicated when he falls in love with a girl who reminds him of his dead wife. 1:30 Order In The House 2:30 Casualties Of War 3:00 Rage

5:30 Team Umizoomi 5:30 Dora The Explorer 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Wide World Of Sports 10:30 Sunday Footy Show 12:30 Cybershack 1:00 Getaway 1:30 2012 Intrust Super Cup: Wynnum Manly Seagulls Vs Mackay Cutters 3:30 Sunday Football: Wests Tigers Vs North Queensland Cowboys 5:30 National News Sunday 6:00 The Block 7:00 60 Minutes 8:00 The Mentalist: Something’s Rotten In Redmund - A well-liked English teacher’s homicide is investigated. Meanwhile, Rigsby becomes a father; and Cho tries to keep Lisbon from uncovering his relationship with Summer. 9:00 Unforgettable: The Comeback 10:00 Road To London 10:30 Two And A Half Men: The Flavin’ And The Mavin’ 11:00 Flashpoint 12:00 What Would You Do? 1:00 Spyforce 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Goodmorning America - Sunday 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Phineas and Ferb 6:00 Jake and The Never Land Pirates 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 AFL Game Day 11:00 Footy Flashbacks 12:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 9: North Melbourne Vs Brisbane 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5:00 Great South East 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Dancing With The Stars 8:00 TBA 11:15 Serial Killers: Dennis Nilsen - Take a look into the life of Dennis Nilsen, London’s most macabre serial killer who preyed on the lost and the vulnerable. See how he got away with killing fifteen people before the police even knew there was a killer at large. 12:15 Alan Sugar: The Apprentice - This week the teams must buy a set list of items in the marketplaces of Marrakesh, Morocco. The team that spends the least wins. 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 NBC Today 3:30 NBC Meet The Press 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 12:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 12:30 Speedweek 2:30 Al Jazeera News 3:30 Kick: Crunch Time 4:00 Kick: Issi, Ozzie, Oi, Oi, Oi! 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: The Maori And The Sea 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Eurovision Song Contest: Final - Baku in Azerbaijan will host Eurovision 2012 following their win in the 2011 contest. The competition is set to be fierce with the return of popular Irish brothers Jedward, as well as the charismatic Sabina Babayeva from host country Azerbaijan, and music legend Engelbert Humperdinck, who will take to the stage for the United Kingdom. 11:25 Movie: “Kebab Connection” (M l,v,a) - Ibo, a second-generation Turkish hip-hopper, makes an ad to promote his family’s King of Kebab fast-food stand. He’s a big hit with everyone, until his German girlfriend announces she is pregnant. 1:05 Movie: “Camaron” (M d,l) - In Spanish. A biographic film about influential flamenco singer El Camarón de la Isla, covering his rise to fame, his drug addiction, and his association with guitarists Paco de Lucía, Tomatito and Paco Cepero. Produced in consultation with his widow. Winner of three Best Actor awards for Óscar Jaenada. 1:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 28

7 CENTRAL 5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Up Close And Personal” (M l,v,s) 1:30 Dr Oz 3:00 Toy Box 3:30 Lab Rats 4:00 Seven News At 4.30 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home & Away 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy: “All You Need Is Love” In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Meredith and Derek try to have a night to themselves when Lexie offers to watch Zola. Callie hands babysitting duties over to Mark so that she can surprise Arizona with a romantic evening, and Ben proves to Bailey that he knows her better than she thinks. 9:30 Desperate Housewives 10:30 Private Practice 11:30 Auction Squad 12:30 Infomercials 2:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

4:00 The New Inventors 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Backyard Science 10:25 Take On Technology 10:40 Food For Thought 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Diamond Queen 1:30 The New Inventors 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Grand Designs Revisited: Surrey 6:50 480: Mabo 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Midsomer Murders: Left For Dead - Near the construction site of a bypass an elderly couple are found dead in their home. Then later, the manager of the company building the bypass is found murdered. 1:10 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2:10 Rage 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: Round 7 - Teams TBA

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Magical Tales 3:30 Pyramid 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Block 7:00 The Voice - Contestants battle to progress to the next phase and ultimately secure a recording contract. Featuring the coach’s performance and hosted by Darren McMullen. 9:00 TBA 10:00 CSI: NY: Personal Foul - When the “Cabbie Killer” leaves another fatal fare floating in a fountain, the city and its transportation system are increasingly paralyzed by fear. 11:00 Super Rugby Extra Time 12:00 The Whole Truth: Uncanny - A psychic is arrested for displaying a little too much knowledge about an open murder case. 1:00 Entertainment Tonight 1:30 Danoz Direct 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Jane Doe: How To Fire Your Boss” (M v) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Border Patrol 3:00 Toybox 3:30 Lab Rats 4:00 Seven News At 4.30 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - Bianca has an unexpected medical emergency, putting her pregnancy at risk. April is crushed when she learns that Dax is dating Lottie, and Roo attempts to teach out to Harvey. 7:00 TBA 8:00 Revenge 9:00 TBA 10:00 How I Met Your Mother 10:30 Happy Endings 11:00 30 Rock 11:30 Picture This 12:00 Sons And Daughters 12:30 Infomercials 2:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Room For Improvement 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Life With My Father” (M s,l,n) In French & Canadian 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living Black 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Battle Of The Sexes 8:30 Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy: Borneo - Virologist and explorer Dr Mike Leahy is on a high-stakes mission to meet the deadliest creatures on the planet. Whether they want to suck, bite, sting or feed on his body, he’ll do whatever it takes to better understand what they’re all about. In this episode, Dr Mike travels to Borneo where he learns the hard way that everything is out to get you, whether trekking through the forest, climbing a mountain, exploring a 65-million-year-old cave system or cruising through the mangrove swamp. 9:30 Shameless 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: Two Men 1:05 Living Black 1:35 About Women: Girls, Girls, Girls 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

TUESDAY 29

IMPARJA 5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our Lives 2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Magical Tales 3:30 Pyramid 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Block 7:30 Hot Property 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Zarnecki Incursion 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Herb Garden Germination 9:00 The NRL Footy Show - A mix of footy and fun as we take you inside the game with some of Rugby Leagues favourites. 10:45 The AFL Footy Show - Join the Logie Award winning Footy Show for its 19th season, starring Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless, Shane Crawford and Matthew Lloyd as they go where no other show dares. 12:30 Entertainment Tonight 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 Australia’s Heritage: National Treasures 10:30 Australia’s Prime Ministers 10:35 My Place 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Compass 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Time Team: The Only Earl Is Essex, Earls Colne 6:50 480: Mabo 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Origins Of Us: Bones: We explore the powerful and surprising anatomical changes that have given us, and our ancestors, the edge to survive over a 6 million year evolutionary journey. Presented by Dr Alice Roberts. 9:25 QI: Families 9:55 Jennifer Byrne Presents: Dark Places 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 480: Mabo 12:40 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:40 Time Team: The Only Earl Is Essex, Earls Colne 2:30 Football: State Game: TAS Vs VIC

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Patricia Cornwell: At Risk” (M v,a) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Border Patrol 3:00 Toybox 3:30 Lab Rats 4:00 Seven News At 4.30 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away: Heath struggles to cope with Biana’s medical dramas which have put their baby at risk. Dex is caught between Lottie and April and is struggling to decide how he feels. Meanwhile, Roo and Lottie decide to throw Harvey a surprise picnic. 7:00 Once Upon A Time 8:00 Packed To The Rafters 9:00 Missing 11:00 Gangs Of Oz: “White Powder Wars” - Tonight we delve deep into the supposedly glamorous world of cocaine; the drug of choice for the rich, stylish, powerful and famous. 12:00 Sons And Daughters 12:30 Infomercials 2:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Every Other Week” (M l,a,s) - In Swedish 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Indian School: East Meets West 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Monty Don 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Claustrophobia” (PG) - In Cantonese. A quiet observation of the defining moments of an illicit affair between a married man and his secretary through a series of flashbacks and periodic snippets of innocent conversations and meaningful glances. 12:55 Movie: “The Bodyguard” (M v,s,l) - Ruben is the bodyguard for the Minister of National Planning. He watches constantly from a distance as life (in the form of the Minister’s activities) passes him by, but is never once allowed to participate. Laconic, soft-spoken and introverted, his only external activities consist of sketching and tending to his mentally ill sister. Inside him, however, a quiet rage and a need for self-expression begin to build 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

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ABC 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Country House Rescue 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Return Of Sherlock Holmes 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 BTN Daily 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 My Family 6:00 River Cottage: Autumn 6:50 Minuscule: Go Blue Go! 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Silk 9:30 Secrets Of The Superbrands: Fashion - Alex Riley discovers the world of fashion superbrands and looks at how the multibillion dollar global organisations have invaded everyone’s wardrobes, upbringing and minds. 10:25 Lateline 11:00 The Business 11:25 Mapping The World: Windows On The World - The story of cartography from hammered rock art through to the planetary images of Google Earth. Each episode addresses a basic technological challenge of map making. 12:20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:20 Silk 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 10 - West Perth Vs Subiaco

5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 For The Juniors 10:15 Cyberchase 10:40 Our Animals 10:45 Behind The News Special 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Country House Rescue: Plas Teg 6:50 480: Mabo 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Wild Life At The Zoo 8:30 Randling 9:00 Laid 9:30 Agony Aunts 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Review With Myles Barlow 12:00 The Armstrong And Miller Show 12:30 480: Mabo 12:35 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:35 Would You Save A Stranger? Last year in the UK there were 700,000 violent attacks on strangers. One in three people admit that they wouldn’t interfere to protect a stranger. 2:30 Football: State Game: SA Vs WA

5:30 Today 8:30 Mornings 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Days Of Our lives 2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Magical Tales 3:30 Pyramid 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 The Block 7:30 TBA 8:00 TBA 9:00 TBA 10:00 The Mentalist: Pink Chanel Suit - The team investigates a murder and a missing-person case on a wealthy family’s compound that is heavily guarded. 11:00 Weeds: Yes I Can - Nancy speaks to her boss Esteban when Guillermo denies her cut of incoming pot. Meanwhile, Celia discovers cheap pharmaceuticals and Silas’ relationship with Lisa deepens. 11:30 Eclipse 12:00 20/20 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier” (M s) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Border Patrol 3:00 Toybox 3:30 Lab Rats 4:00 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home And Away - Heath visits his father in gaol. Casey has his first counselling session. A jealous Indi pokes holes in Ruby’s business plans. Meanwhile, Hayley lands herself an unexpected job. 7:00 TBA 8:30 TBA 10:00 TBA 10:30 TBA 11:00 Parks & Recreation 11:30 Eastbound & Down 12:00 Sons And Daughters 12:30 Infomercials 2:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Room For Improvement 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Ta Peshala 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Predators In Your Backyard 8:35 Extreme Frontiers: Canada - Adventurer Charley Boorman continues his journey across Canada by motorbike. In the final episode, Charley pilots a small plane to Dawson City, Yukon, where he visits a mine that has been in operation since the days of the gold rush. 9:30 East to West: A Force From The Desert 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Sophie Scholl: The Final Days” (M a) In German. The powerful true story about the final days of the brave anti-Nazi heroine Sophie Scholl. It is 1943 and Sophie, her brother Hans, and fellow students of the University of Munich have formed the resistance group White Rose. Their mission is to educate Munich about the barbaric acts of Adolf Hitler. On a mission to distribute pamphlets on campus, Sophie and her brother are arrested. 1:10 Movie: “Walk On Water” (M l,n,s,v) - In English, Hebrew & German. 3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

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CROSSWORD No. 99

SUDOKU No. 99

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ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) Time spent helping out a friend at work may take up more of your energy than you expect. Your input will not go unnoticed, however. Romance. Don’t allow yourself to be ruled by your emotions. You need to make an important decision and must wait until you are more relaxed.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) Once you have started a new project nobody will be able to stop you! Your momentum will help you to push through a barrier which has stopped other people in their tracks. Romance. Your partner may ﬁnd it hard to cope with all your excess energy! A powerful aspect to Mars later in the week could make you a little tense: do your best to use your excess energy constructively.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) A few negative comments this week may sap your conﬁdence for a while. You need to take the remarks in context, however, and not overreact. Romance. A person whom you have known for some time may still be interested in you. They will do their best to pretend not to be interested, but their actions will give them away.

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CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Be careful that problems at work don’t spill over into your home-life. So long as you try hard to be patient, everything will be resolved. Romance. You may need a little extra emotional support from your partner at the moment. Communications between you will be especially strong, but be careful not to be too demanding.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) Activities which don’t need much money will give you a chance to get back on your feet ﬁnancially. Some recent extravagances have taken their toll. Romance. A favourable aspect to Venus will give your love-life a push in the right direction. A romantic get-together this week will put your relationship onto much ﬁrmer ground after a recent misunderstanding.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)

FINDWORD No. 99

A surprise move later in the week may leave you wondering what is going on. Talk to a person whom you can trust – your other colleagues may not be so quick to tell you everything. Romance. A power-struggle between you and your partner will not help either of you. Do your best to settle a recent dispute in a way which satisﬁes both sides.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You may ﬁnd it difﬁcult to tolerate people who don’t know what they are doing. You won’t appreciate having to clear up a mess caused by someone else. Romance. If you are able to relax properly this will be an excellent week for both of you. Be especially careful not to get into arguments, especially ones involving money. You won’t be in a mood for compromise at the moment!

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SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) At times this week you will need to spend more time by yourself. You have a lot of work to get through and won’t be happy if you are constantly interrupted. Romance. A new relationship may pick up speed faster than you expect. Very soon you will have to make a decision about how quickly you want to get involved with this person.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A kind word will go a– long way. Your enthuFor all your printing needs www.lotsa.com.au siasm and energy will be appreciated by the people around you; however you must be sympathetic to people who are not so dynamic. Romance. A favourable aspect to Neptune this week will improve your powers of intuition, just when you most need them!

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CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Your ability to spot a ﬁnancial opportunity will help to bring in some money just when you need it most. Make sure you don’t take any more risks than you have to, however. Romance. Time spent with someone whom you hardly know could prove interesting. This person may be much keener on you than you realised. Don’t expect any dramatic developments for the time being, however.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

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A favourable aspect to Jupiter will help to bring a little more luck into your life over the next few days. Don’t miss an opportunity just because a friend tries to put you off. Romance. Your self-conﬁdence will be especially high at the moment. You may need to be the one who takes the initiative in a new relationship.

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PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) A favourable aspect to Jupiter will give you the conﬁdence you need to sort out a long-standing problem. You need to deal head-on with an issue which you have been trying to avoid. Romance. Your partner will appreciate a few words of encouragement. You might not realise how much they value your support.

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ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) A meeting with friends later in the week will help you to relax. You have been under a lot of stress recently, particularly at work, and need to take it easy for a while. Romance. A new way of looking at an old problem may help you to ﬁnd a way of solving it. Don’t be afraid to consider an option which may seem strange at ﬁrst.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) You may be asked to play a more active role at a social gathering that you are invited to. Take any new responsibilities seriously. Romance. This will be an excellent week for romance. A favourable aspect to Venus will bring out the best in both you and your partner.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) A friend who wants to spend more time with you will be disappointed if you always seem to be busy. Do your best to be a bit more sociable, at least with the people who matter most to you. Romance. You owe your partner a few favours at the moment. Don’t be too slow to give them a hand.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Be especially careful of any long-term promises which are unlikely to be fulﬁlled. You need to focus on events which are right in front of you rather than on something which may never happen. Romance. Some important changes are on the horizon, and they are mainly for the better. In the meantime you should stop fretting.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) Information which you come across entirely by chance will prove to be much more relevant to your present circumstances than you expect. Follow up on this discovery. Romance. A meal in an expensive restaurant later in the week will be well worth the effort. You will both enjoy being made a fuss of.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) React quickly to a change in your working environment. You will need to adapt to a situation which may not have been of your making. Romance. You may be feeling a little bit isolated at the moment. Let your partner know that you would like more support and you will get more than you bargained for!

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) Don’t miss an offer to get together with friends. You have had a number of things on your plate recently, and need to give yourself the chance to relax. Romance. An unexpected message from a long-standing admirer will change your feelings towards this person. You should get together for a meeting as soon as possible.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Look between the lines to work out what has really been going on recently. Recent events may not have happened in quite the way you think. Romance. A friend of yours may be interested in getting to know your partner better. Be careful of jealousies which lie underneath the surface!

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)

A difﬁcult aspect to Pluto could bring some secrets into the open over the next few days. Make sure that you have some good explanations up your sleeve! Romance. Don’t let stress from work affect your relationship. You need to relax completely when you are with your partner.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Don’t put all your energy into a project which may not come off. It might be more sensible to spread your risk by trying more than one option. Romance. A liaison with a member of the opposite sex could make your partner jealous. You will be surprised how easily they can misinterpret the situation.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) A dream will help you to sort out your feelings about a new acquaintance. The person you dream about won’t be quite the same as the person you know in real life: the dream person will be a reﬂection of your true feelings. Romance. A new relationship may suddenly become more serious this week. At times, though, you may not be comfortable with the pace.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Your energy levels will be very high at the moment. This will be an excellent time to make progress on jobs which you have been putting off. Romance. A boost to your conﬁdence will help you to sort out a longstanding problem in your love-life. The solution will be easier than you think!

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For further enquires please contact Andrea Campbell, Executive Secretary on 8939 1917. Phone: 8939 1900 Fax: 8987 1670 Postal: PO Box 519, Nhulunbuy NT 0881 Address: 1424 Arnhem Road, Nhulunbuy

Health Careers & Opportunities in the Northern Territory If you want your career to go places then join the Department of Health in the Northern Territory. The challenges and opportunities in health and community care in the Territory are like no other in Australia, from remote Aboriginal health to tropical health and urban tertiary care. Continued investments in Aboriginal health, remote health, acute care and community services offer many opportunities for health professionals who want to be part of making a difference.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SUPPLY AND DELIVERY Closing 06 Jun 2012 D12-0192 - All Centres - Panel Contract - Supply and Delivery of Furniture and Household Goods for a Period of 36 Months.

POWER AND WATER BUILDING Closing 13 Jun 2012 NGD01729-12 - Darwin - Channel Island Power Station - Construction of New Ofﬁce Building - Mandatory Site Inspection - Available on CD Only - Inspection on 23/05/2012 at 10:00.

ACUTE CARE SERVICES NURSE PROGRAM CONSULTANT Nurse 5 Remuneration Package Range $105 277 – $109 640 (comprising salary $91 838 – $95 693, superannuation, leave loading and the value of 2 weeks extra recreation leave) Potential total Remuneration Package in the vicinity of $130 000 which includes the above Package Range and in addition; salary sacrifice, qualification allowance, professional development allowance and remote locality provisions Nursing Services – Gove District Hospital Ongoing vacancy available Come and work as part of our dynamic and vibrant team, based in our 30 bed hospital in East Arnhem Land. The Nurse Program Consultant provides leadership, support, assistance and advice on management, clinical and administrative matters to units in the hospital with regard to Workplace Health and Safety, Infection Control, Risk Management and Continuous Quality Improvement.

ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL

Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement, research, education and innovation to achieve organisational goals and efficiency, and experience in the application of Quality Improvement concepts, principles and indicators with the ablility to demonstrate good oral and written communication skills, experience with computers including word processing, databases and spreadsheets.

Closing 13 Jun 2012

Quote vacancy number: 18346

PED01766-12 - All Centres - Provision of In-Service Safety Inspection, Testing and Tagging of Electrical Equipment for a Period of 36 Months.

For further information please contact Doug Gilchrist on 08 8987 0302 or email doug.gilchrist@nt.gov.au

MISCELLANEOUS Closing 20 Jun 2012 PED01345-11 - All Centres - Provision of Total Maintenance Services at Power and Water Corporation Corporate and Non Corporate Sites for a Period of 36 Months.

Vacancy closing date: 3 June 2012

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Lecturer – Education Support Position No: 32874 Fixed term appointment commencing ASAP to Dec 2014 – Yirrkala Remuneration: Academic Level B – $75,373 - $89,505 + super Work within the priorities of identified locations for supporting school professional learning and delivery of approved VET programs in Certificates and Diploma in Education Support and/or Certificates in Children’s Services including: teaching, management and facilitation of culturally appropriate teaching and learning activities, student assessments, maintenance of student records, supervision of students, and monitoring student progression, liaising with local school principals and remote Aboriginal communities for program delivery and participate in Batchelor course development and delivery improvement activities.

1 x Employment Coordinator – Full Time 1 x Administration Assistant/ Employment Coordinator – Full Time NHULUNBUY Team Attitudes and Skills required: Are you passionate about supporting our team to help people to change their lives? Do you want a challenging but rewarding role? You will need to have: • Good Computer skills • Excellent telephone manner • Efﬁcient and supportive work ethic • Excellent customer service skills

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Nhulunbuy Community Guide Community organisations Arafura Dance Assoc. Contact: Liz Stephenson P: (08) 89870282 (B/H) or (08) 89873863 (A/H) or Rachel Wallis 0427 329 659

Nhulunbuy Toy Library Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Lodge Arafura Contact: Secretary P: 0418 831 120 or 0437 272 210

Arnhem Gun Club Contact: President, Grub Stevens E: grub.gove@bigpond.com

Gove Peninsula Festival Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490 E: govefestival@yahoo.com.au

Nhulunbuy Community Neighbourhood Centre Contact: Michelle Lowth P: 8987 2191 M: 0488 556 949

Gove Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club Contact: Chris Putland P: 8987 8083

Nhulunbuy Child Care Centre P: 8987 3311 E: jaklwill@bigpond.com

Gove Peninsula Tennis Club Contact: Nicky Mayer P: 8987 2640

Arnhem Land Bowls Club Contact: Isobel Murray P: 0435 822 107, 8987 2120

East Arnhem Land Tourism Association Contact: John Tourish P: 8939 2000

Arnhem Writers Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490

East Arnhem Rugby Union Contact: Eddie P: 0407 002 357

Gove Touch Footy Contact: Bec Thomson E: secretarygtouch@hotmail.com

Auskick Contact: Cameron Knight P: 0488 508 577

8EAR Community Radio (Gove FM) Contact: Alicia Scobie P: 8987 1500

Gove Volleyball Assoc. Contact: Fred Rowe - Pres P: 0417 080 579 E: fredntash@froggy.com.au

Australian Breastfeeding Association Contact: Meaghan Kennedy P: 0438 175 260 Helpline:1800 686 2686 E: nhulunbuyba@gmail.com

Gove 8 Ball Contact: Adam White P: 0438 809 620

Junior 8 Ball Contact: Marian Richter P: 0402 355 499

Gove Astronomy Club Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490

Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre P: 8987 1701 E: art@yirrkala.com Captain Cook Comunity Centre Captain Cook Community Centre President: Richard Webb M: 0404 351 839 E: richard.webb@riotinto.com Endeavour Room Bookings: Contact: Lorretta Peirce M: 04130913 127 E: westrett@optusnet.com.au Gove Arts Theatre Contact: Chris Andrews P: 0428 856 392 E: sma44324@bigpond.com Nhulunbuy Playgroup Contact: Cassie McIllree P: 0418 322 719 E: nhulunbuyplaygroup@gmail.com

Oasis Play Time Contact: Nisha P: 0437 141 291

Gove Junior Rugby Contact: Jon Regan P: 8987 8094 Gove Netball Assoc. Contact: Helen Clark - Pres P: 8987 3728 M: 0438 873 728

Nhulunbuy Regional Sport Fishing Club Contact: Paul Grover P: 0400 978 114

Old Codgers: Contact: Shane Ogg P: 0423 172 139

Rotary Club Nhulunbuy Contact: A/President Barry Scott P: 0418 808 357, 0499 054 850

Thu 24

Fri 25

Time 0413 1043 1637 2213

Time 0447 1117 1709 2247

Time 0522 1151 1741 2323

Ht 0.48 2.56 1.21 2.86

Ht 0.47 2.54 1.21 2.86

Sat 26 Ht 0.48 2.51 1.21 2.85

Time 0558 1226 1816

Ht 0.52 2.48 1.21

Sun 27

Mon 28

Tue 29

Time 0000 0636 1303 1854

Time 0040 0718 1342 1938

Time 0126 0804 1427 2031

Ht 2.81 0.56 2.44 1.22

Ht 2.75 0.61 2.42 1.22

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Nhulunbuy Baptist Church Sundays 9.30am at Town Hall – Ph: 8987 1256 Uniting Church: Sunday Service 9.30am Hazel Trudgen – Ph: 8987 3545 Mobile 0413 536 877

Sunday: Noon to 2.30pm at Common Room, Uniting Church. Ph: 0434 059611 or 8987 8268. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Brother Forbes 0428 767 616 – Sunday 10am.

WATER CONSUMPTION TABLE

NHULUNBUY

W/E May 13 W/E May 13 Variance Actual Usage Target Usage

Day

Total Per head Total Per head Total Per head Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt Kilolitres of Pop: Lt

Monday 07/05

6830

1797

4900

1289

1930

508

Tuesday 08/05

4851

1277

4100

1079

751

198

Wednesday 09/05

5858

1542

3500

921

2358

621

Squash Club Contact: Donna Marie P: 8987 1272

Thursday 10/05

5229

1376

3600

947

1629

429

Friday 11/05

4379

1152

4300

1132

Saturday 12/05

5417

1426

4100

1079

1317

347

1017

3600

947

264

9586 28100

7394

8328

2192

Tae Kwon Do Nhulunbuy Contact: Paul Macloy P: 0407 106 525

Sunday 13/05 TOTAL

T.S. Melville Naval Cadet Training P: 8987 2562

1ST QTR

Ht 2.66 0.67 2.43 1.19

NOTE: these are predictions only, subject to change due to prevailing weather conditions. It is recommended you use this table as a guide only.

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Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hala Tupou – Ph: 8987 3553

Scouts Nhulunbuy Contact: Karen Coyle P: 8987 2783

Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Wed 23

Seventh-Day Adventist Church Ph: 8987 2375 / 0419 465 045

Forward in Faith Ministries

RSPCA: Contact: Bev Goodchild P: 8987 2243

Nhulunbuy BMX Club Inc Contact: Donna Leahy, Secretary P: 0409 173 562 Nhulunbuy Motorcycle Club Contact: Tony Foster P: 0414 423 196 E: nhulunbuy_motorcycleclub@ yahoo.com.au

Gove Junior Football Club Contact: David Hill P: 0438 861 599

Northern Territory Emergency Service P: 0427 392 264

OASIS Christian Assembly Pastor Phil Sampson – Ph: 8987 1522 / 8987 1369

Runners North Contact: Vanessa Drysdale P: 8987 8005

Nhulunbuy Amateur Swimming Club Contact: Steve Dowzard P: 0417 833 060

Gove Golden Oldies Contact: Ria Ngamoki P: 8987 3530

Nhulunbuy Speedway Contact: Dan Wagg P: 0409 679 938

Queens Bus (Variety NT) Contact: Angie Moyle P: 0408 838 498 or Facebook us at: Queens - Variety NT

MOPS Contact: Katie Hovenden P: 8987 1607

Gove Game Fishing Club Contact: Ian Dickinson P: 0428 897 814

Nhulunbuy Child Care Services Inc. Contact: Tracey Chrzanowski P: 8987 3311

Church services

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Father Barry Hanson – Ph: 8987 1533 Vigil Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday Service 8.30am

3864 36428

Other Cities Av. Consumption / Head of Pop. Brisbane 270 • Darwin 1100 • Perth 340

Weather details o

Temperature ( C) Max Min Rainfall Monday 29.6 24.4 11.4mm Tuesday 29.4 24.3 2.0mm Wednesday 29.5 23.6 TCE Thursday 29.5 21.7 0.0 Friday 27.3 22.6 0.0 Saturday 30.1 22.3 0.0 Sunday 29.4 22.6 1.0mm Monthly total rainfall to date: 85.8 mm

Weather details supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology – Gove Airport from Monday, May 14 to Sunday, May 20

Mean sea level pressure Max: 1007.4 hPa on Friday Min: 1004.0 hPa on Wednesday Averages for the month of May Max temp: 29.9 Min temp: 22.5 Rainfall: 87.0 mm

OUR HOME

Multiple plumes of smoke from wild fires in the Northern Territory can be observed here. While the smoke from the fires is virtually always blowing towards the north-west, the size and intensity of the plumes vary, depending on the size of the fire and the wind conditions in the area. Visible by the coast are sediments in Van Diemen Gulf (top centre) and the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (left). This image was taken on May 16, 2012. Photo courtesy of eosnap.com

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LEADERS AFTER ROUND 8

ROUND 8 RESULTS (Home team listed first) Magpies 14.12.96

Cats

11.18.84

14.11.95

Power

Kangaroos

14.9.83

17.17.119

Hawks

Dockers

9.9.63

21.12.138

Swans

Demons

5.7.37

19.14.128

Bombers

Tigers

15.19.109

9.18.72

Bulldogs

Suns

4.10.34

19.18.132

Lions

8.7.55

Carlton

GWS Giants 5.10.40 Crows 19.10.124

18.13.121

Eagles

Saints

13.13.91

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AFL legends coming to town FOR the next two weeks there will be a strong AFL presence in Gove. This week NT Thunder is making an appearance on May 23 and 24 and next week AFL legends Shane (Crawf) Crawford and Robert â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DiPierdomenico will be visiting on May 30 and 31. Gove Operations Pacific Aluminium is bringing six NT Thunder players to town and they will be conducting clinics at local schools. On Wednesday they will be visiting schools in Nhulunbuy and then have a run with the Old Codgers at Hindle Oval at 5pm. On Thursday then will tour the town before heading out to the Clontarf Foundation in Yirrkala fro a clinic and in the afternoon there will be a football match at Yirrkala Oval at 2.45pm. They will then visit the Auskick players in Nhulunbuy at 4.30pm. The following week two big names in AFL Football will be visiting Gove. Crawf and Dipper will be visiting Gapuwiyak on May 30 and Nhulunbuy on May 31. They will fly into Gove on May 30 and head to Gapuwiyak for activities that day and then head to Nhulunbuy that evening to prepare for activities on Thursday in Nhulunbuy before flying back to Darwin. On Thursday they will visit the Auskick practice session at Nhulunbuy Primary School oval where they will work with the youngsters during training. It is hoped as many kids as possible will attend both clinics so neighbouring communities are invited to attend. This is a chance for young players to mingle with the football icons as well as get their autographs. Robert â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DiPierdomenico is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL Dipper was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2007. Beginning his career with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1975, DiPierdomenico, or the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Big Dipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as he is affectionately known, kick-started his career in 1978, culminating in a best-on-ground performance in the 1978 VFL Grand Final. He went on to play 240 games and kick 130 goals with the Hawks, retiring in 1991, including five day and five night premierships with one of the most successful eras of domination a club has ever seen. DiPierdomenico was initially assigned guernsey number #53, but subsequently wore number #9. He was known for his toughness, and the moustachioed Dipper was one of the much-loved and most media-covered characters in the VFL during the 1980s. DiPierdomenico won the Brownlow Medal, tying with

Greg Williams, who was playing for Sydney at the time. Later in the week, he would win his third Premiership medallion as the Hawks defeated Carlton by 42 points. Late in the first quarter of the 1989 VFL Grand Final, DiPierdomenico was running backwards to take a mark when he was met solidly from behind by Geelong star Gary Ablett. The force of the collision broke several of DiPierdomenicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ribs and punctured one of his lungs. Despite the pain and unaware of the extent of the damage, DiPierdomenico continued to play until the final siren. Shane (Crawf) Crawford is a former Australian rules footballer having played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is currently an Australian television personality who appears regularly on the AFL Footy Show. Crawford spent his childhood in Finley, New South Wales and played his junior football with the Finley Football Club. He attended boarding school at Assumption College in Kilmore, Victoria and was selected by Hawthorn with the 13th pick in the 1991 AFL Draft. He made his debut in 1993 Crawford played 305 career AFL games. He is also a four-time AllAustralian player and played in three International Rules seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for Australia. He became Captain of Hawthorn in 1999 and that season also won the AFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top individual honours, the Brownlow Medal and t h e L e ig h M a t th e w s Trophy. He has won four Hawthorn Best & Fairest Awards (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003) and came second in the Brownlow in 2003, losing to the winner by one vote. He was also a member of Hawthornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008 Premiership side. He played his 300th game for Hawthorn against Brisbane in Round 19 in 2008 in Launceston. On September 27, 2008, Crawford won his first Premiership in his 305th AFL match, aged 34. He played more AFL games before receiving his first Premiership Medal than any other player. He ended his career after Hawthorn won the 2008 Grand Final, and is now remembered as one of the greatest midfielders in the modern era of AFL football. Auskick organisers are looking for sponsors to assist with a barbecue and fruit. For further information contact Mel Foggin a.h. on 0077 060 168.

AFL legends Shane Crawford (above) and Robert (Dipper) DiPierdomenico (left) who are coming to Gove this month. Photos courtesy of The Age. BELOW: Lachlan Wembridge was up for some one on one training with Jack McEwin last year.

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NT Thunder players David Kruse and Jack McEwin worked with the Auskick players last year.

SPORT

2 Gove golfers Nominations for East Arnhem Sport’s Award winners at NT men’s titles Nomination for Junior Sports person ANTHONY QUAYLE

Anthony Quayle and Allen Fanning take out prizes at NT Men’s golf titles. FIVE members of the Gove Country Golf Club took part in the NT Men’s Open Golf in Alice Springs recently. Anthony Quayle took out the resident’s trophy and Allen Fanning won the B Grade competition. Players converged on Alice Springs from across Australia with 156 entrants in the competition. Damian Sanders finished mid field in the A Grade and Dave Rossiter and Graham Baulch finished midfield in the B Grade competition. ANZAC Day was a practice day for the players and April 26 was the first day of play and the windy conditions proved challenging for all players. Fanning said: “The greens were like putting on mirrors.” Quayle scored 76 on day 1, 71 on day 2, 76 on day 3 and 71 on day 4 with Fanning scoring 86-89-86-93 and winning his section by 13 strokes. Fanning said: “Alice Springs is the best course in the NT with the McDonnell Ranges proving a perfect backdrop.” He reminded players in Gove that nominations are now open for the Airnorth Golf Open to be held at the club on June 9-11.

SEVENTEEN-year-old Anthony Quayle has been playing golf since he was six-years old and now attendeds the Hills Golf Academy in Queensland. Anthony is currently ranked 12th in Australia. At the age of six he decided he wanted to play golf and started to ask his parents for a set of golf clubs. The size of Nhulunbuy allowed Anthony to never be far from the golf course which gave him the opportunity to develop a practice regime which involves commitment and hard work. This is a practice he still embraces to this day. After encouragement and recommendations from his first coach Tony Albon, who visited Nhulunbuy regularly to run coaching sessions, he attended his first junior clinic held in Darwin. What made this so significant for him was that he was only eight-years-old and the official minimum age for the clinic at that time was 10. He also went on to be the youngest person to represent their home state at a national event in Australia. He went to Queensland to attend a boarding school but continued with his golf. While attending Saint Augustine’s College he was one of four students selected for their Athlete Incentive Program which help ed with the development of his golf. During this time he also received an invitation to join the Far North Queensland Junior Development Squad (FNQJDS) which is a prestigious golfing program for young aspiring golfers. At the age of 12 (2006) he received an invitation to play in the Greg Norman Junior Masters which was the highlight of his golf to that date. Anthony returned to Nhulunbuy but golf still remained a major focus and passion. In 2008 he represented the NT and has continued to do so each year since. He played the Groote Eylandt Open in

2008 which saw him claim the overall men’s gross and nett, the junior overall gross and nett, the longest drive, nearest the pin and he made his first eagle. This had never happened in the history of that tournament and he found himself enjoying some notoriety with interviews and newspaper articles. He has competed in the Chief Minster’s Cup on two occasions representing the country team as a captain’s pick based on his performances. On the first occasion he won three of five matches and defeated the NT’s number one amateur. On the second occasion he won four of the five matches and again defeated the NT’s number one amateur. After twelve months back in Nhulunbuy and continued efforts with his golf, Anthony’s parents made a commitment to support his goals to be a touring professional. This commitment came with the proviso that he also secure a good education. After considerable research and establishing what was practical Anthony applied to Hills International College and Golf Academy and, was accepted into the talented golfer The East Arnhem Sports Awards are being program. held in October and each month finalists will Anthony has completed three

Gove golfers in the pink

m e h n r A t s The Ea wards Sports A

WANTED be selected from weekly nominations. Weekly nominations will be published in the Arafura Times in the following categories:

• Senior sports-person • Junior sports-person U18 • Team • Volunteer and • Encouragement Award

Rd 13 volleyball results ROUND 13 was played on May 15. Meet the Blockers defeated Congo 2-0; best players Akiyo, Cathy, Dave and Stewart. Russia defeated Energizers 4-0; best layers Abbie, Lara, Jamie and Davin. The Wilsons defeated Rubber Ducks 3-0; best players Jess, Alisha, John and Paul. Techo Tigers defeated To kill a Blocking Nerd 2-1; beat players Marilia, Tara, Kausiki and Matt. Billwhacked defeated Court Jesters 2-1; best playersd Zoe, Alma, Dale and Michael. Reach Out defeated Ballz Up 3-0; best players Catherine, Lean, Tim and Alan. One Hit Wonders drew with Fred Who? 1-1; best players Dam, Lyn, Josh and Patrick. Caustic Jocks defeated Hi N Ezy 2-1; best players Jess, Namita, Neeraj and Darryl. Mad Hatters defeated YSOSRS 3-0; best players Amy, Robyn, Andrew and Marvin. Drink Spikers defeated 2-1; best players Emma, Robyn, Russel and Mack. Indecision defeated Besties 3-0; best players Calie, Jo, Aaron and Rob. Net Assets defeated Set to Kill 2-1; best players Sarah, Layla, Matt and Mitch.

years at Hills International College and Golf Academy and at present is in his final year. The experience of being at Hills has allowed him to get his handicap down to +2, but just as importantly he has had the opportunity tomeet and form friendships with people from all over the world. Other highlights have included representing Australia at the Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship 2011 and visiting Saint Andrews in Scotland and watching some of the games greats playing at the home of golf. Anthony has continued to keep his membership at the Gove Country Golf Club (Nhulunbuy) current and he has continued to represent the Northern Territory in all the major junior tournaments. Anthony has represented the Northern Territory in the Junior Golf State Team for the last five years and he currently resides in Queensland while attending Hills International Golf Academy and has done so for the last three years. Anthony will again be representing Australia at the Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship 2012, and will be travelling to America with Hills International Golf Academy this year to compete at the Optimist Junior Golf Tournament in Florida Anthony is by far the most-promising junior golfer to have progressed through the ranks of junior golf within the Northern Territory. He will graduate from Hills in November, 2012, and has been offered a 100 per cent athletic scholarship to attend Oakland University, Michigan USA. Anthony has the motivation to succeed, and is inspired by people who have worked diligently, and have been successful in their field.

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ABOVE: Frances Dargaville, Ina Edwardson, Linda Dargaville and Esther Rika at the Pink Jacket Golf Day. RIGHT: Margaret Quayle, Karlyn Monteiro, Marion Niven and Rebeccca Cran took part in the Pink Jacket Day at the Gove Country Golf Club.

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UDL Premix Cans 6 packs 6 pack

$1999

The Arnhem Club: Members and bonaﬁde guests in the company of a member are welcome. Only ﬁnancial members may purchase from the bottleshop. 20 – Arafura Times

23 - 29 May 2012