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Police warning to residents - especially women . . .

Beware of what’s happening around you While long regarded as a safe and friendly community, sadly Nhulunbuy is clearly not immune from people who are intent on doing harm: Lynne Walker

LOCAL POLICE are urging residents, especially women, to be ever mindful of what is going on around them.

Officer-in-Charge at Nhulunbuy Senior-Sergeant Brendan Muldoon said this comes following the warnings by police two weeks ago, urging residents to ensure their homes and belongings are always secured.

Local Member for Nhulunbuy Lynne Walker said: “I can’t begin to imagine how traumatic this ordeal has been for Ms Turner who had every reason to fear for her life, not to mention her family who waited anxiously for news following her disappearance.

“I acknowledge the excellent work of police in apprehending the offenders and bringing them into custody.

“While long regarded as a safe and friendly community, sadly Nhulunbuy is clearly not immune from people who are intent on doing harm.

“Justice will now take its course through the courts, while I suspect Ms Turner will take some time to heal physically and emotionally.”

Police were alerted last Monday when a mother did not return home after her usual morning walk in time to take a child to school, and soon found there was a serious cause for concern.

Victoria Turner, 30, failed to return home and her phone and some other items were found in the street, sparking an immediate search.

Police were already on the job investigating a series of unlawful entries in town overnight on Monday, and linked the vehicle, for which they were seeking,

with the disappearance.

They contacted the owners of the vehicle who advised them it would likely be in the Cape Arnhem or Dhaniya Outstation area.

Snr Sgt Muldoon called for assistance from Darwin and the assistance of a local helicopter from Jayrow who picked up two officers and searched for the vehicle.

“They saw the vehicle near the Garma site and located it near the Bulman Track and Arnhem Highway. As the helicopter followed the vehicle, it was stopped and the woman released,” he said.

An officer who was on the helicopter alighted and sat and waited with the woman while the helicopter pursued the vehicle.

Police had left town when the helicopter first sighted the vehicle and were on the scene with Mrs Turner within about 10 minutes and waited for the ambulance.

“Several police cars followed the vehicle through rugged bushland and backed off when it became too dangerous to pursue them. One police car was run off the road and blew a tyre in the process,” Snr Sgt Muldoon said.

“We were concerned for the safety of the people in the vehicle as they appeared not to be wearing seat belts and thought the vehicle might roll.

“Mrs Turner was safe and we had a fair idea as to the identity of the people in the car so called off the pursuit for the safety of the rest of the community.

“A fixed-wing ‘plane and the helicopter assisted in the search which was called off at 6pm.

“All the police attended for a debrief

and we received information all the males involved were drinking at the outstation.

“The vehicle was seized by police when it was driven back to town by members of the community.”

An early morning raid by two local officers and five from the major crime team at a house at the Outstation located all five alleged offenders asleep. They also recovered a .22 rifle which had been stolen from

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awards were presented by the Chief Minister Terry Mills.

Nhulunbuy Town Administrator Ross Theedom said to hear the judges’ comments on our town was truly inspiring.

“I know how good this place is, but to see it through the eyes of others and how highly they speak of our efforts was great. It made me proud to be the Town Administrator and part of the town,” Dr Theedom said.

“The two awards are the result of the efforts of so many.

“Yes, the Nhulunbuy Corporation Ltd played a role, but then so did many others like Gumatj Waste Management P/L, YBE(2) P/L, Arnhem Land Pest Control, Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation and Brown’s Backyard.

“In their own right and/or in association with Corporation staff, these organisations cared for the town and public areas, managed our waste disposal and provided services that ensured that our environmental efforts were recognised.

“And then the community played its part by caring for their gardens and the surrounds. So, our success is the result of our community’s efforts. And, everyone should be justifiably proud.

“Being at the presentation was inspiring. To see what other communities are doing and what they have achieved makes you see just how forward thinking and progressive our NT communities are.

“The overall Tidy Town winner, Wugularr (Beswick) was simply amazing. They were worthy winners of the award.

“Such a small community (400 people) have achieved so much and become a model for the future. It also shows what can be achieved if you simply put your mind to it.

“The 2012 Tidy Towns Awards have shown that the bar for achieving any award is extremely high.

“Communities have already set their minds to 2013 and their renewed efforts will see that bar raised even higher.

It is great to see the competitive side come out in so many areas as the winners from this competition will be the NT as a whole, the communities and the environment.”

Jabiru in West Arnhem Land won the category for Best Resource Recovery Management CEO of Keep Australia Beautiful Council Northern Territory Heimo Schober said: “It is always a pleasure to be able to recognise and promote the work that many dedicated individuals and communities are undertaking to continuously improve the social and environmental developments within their own communities across the Territory”.

Wugularr also received the Award for 2012 Best Medium Territory Tidy Town Community plus the 2012 Geoff Finch Memorial Cup. Mr Schober, said, “The community of Wugularr has maintained a proud involvement with the Territory Tidy Towns program this year and it’s great to see that the Roper Gulf Shire had taken the Top Territory Tidy Towns award again.

“There has been some healthy competition between communities for the Tidy Towns Awards again this year - and it’ll be even more competitive next year as participation increases.”

Michael Borg, Ace Rabukawaqa, Dr Ross Theedom and Chief Minister Terry Mills at the Tidy Towns Awards presentation on Friday night.

Man arrested in Nhulunbuy over Darwin sexual assaults A 40-year-old man, arrested in Nhulunbuy on Saturday afternoon, has been charged in relation to the alleged sexual assault of two women in Darwin on Friday.

Sex Crimes Division Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Kieran Wells said : “Detectives from the Sex Crimes Division travelled to Nhulunbuy this morning (Sunday) to interview the man and he was later charged with: Attempted sexual assault; Deprivation of liberty; Make threat to kill; Indecent assault and two counts of aggravated assault.”

“The man received Magistrates bail and will appear in the Darwin Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday November 20 .

“The information we received from members of the public, as a direct result of social media, has been crucial in this investigation.

“I would like to thank members of the public for their assistance; no matter how small the piece of information, it all helps build a bigger picture.

“Once again social media has proven to be a valuable tool and this is a great outcome for the Community and Police,” said Detective A/Snr Sergeant Wells.

NT Police released an image of the

man captured on CCTV footage that they believed may be able to assist them with their enquiries in relation to the assault of two women on Friday morning.

Both assaults took place in Shadforth Lane, Darwin, within minutes of each other.

“Between 12:25am and 12:35am, it is alleged an unknown man assaulted a 21-year-old woman in Shadforth Lane by grabbing her around the neck.

“The woman was able to escape from the man and report the matter to licensed premises who then rang Police,” Detective A/Senior Sergeant Wells.

“In a separate incident, an 18-year-old woman was sitting in a parked vehicle on Shadforth Lane when she was approached by an unknown man.

“It is alleged the man entered the vehicle and attempted to sexually assault the woman. She was able to fight him off and escape from the vehicle where she then reported the matter to Police.”

Police continue to encourage anyone who may have witnessed any suspicious behaviour in the area or anyone that may have further information to contact them on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Beware of what’s happening around you: Police << From Page 1 “The 16-year-old male was charged with aggravated assault, deprivation of liberty and possess/ use firearm unlicensed.

“A 20-year-old was charged with aggravated assault, deprivation of liberty, drive speed at manner dangerous and drive unsafe motor vehicle.”

Both appeared in Darwin Court on Thursday and the Court heard that Brian Yunupingu, 20, was the driver of a vehicle involved in the incident and allegedly took Ms Turner to a secluded beach for six hours, evading police.

He was granted bail with a $1000 surety to appear in Nhulunbuy Magistrate’s Court on November 8 The 16-year-old is accused of hitting Ms Turner on the head twice with a woomera, briefly knocking her out before dragging her into the vehicle. He also allegedly threatened her with a hammer and later asked her for sex.

He did not apply for bail and will

reappear in court on October 23.

“Three of the male youths, aged 13, 14 and 15, were released without charge,” Superintendent O’Brien said.

“The three boys are to be considered for Youth Diversion in relation to a number of unlawful entries which have occurred throughout the town in recent weeks.”

Mrs Taylor was allegedly knocked unconscious by a 16-year-old and dragged into the vehicle.

It was further alleged that, at one stage, she was asked for sex and when she declined the males went fishing.

When she asked them could she leave, she was allegedly threatened with a hammer.

Snr Sgt Muldoons thanked all who had been involved in the search including all local officers in town who were recalled to duty.

He also thanked the Gumatj community for their assistance as well as Jayrow Helicopters and Laynhapuy Aviation.

History of serious incidents

Snr Sgt Muldoon’s calls for vigilance are highlighted by several other serious incidents in Nhulunbuy over the last two years although he did state the incidents were not related to last week’s incident.

• On December 14 last year a teenager was assaulted on her way to work also at about 5.30am. The 16-year-old was heading towards the bakery from South and called her father when she became concerned about a group of men and youths.

Two 18-year-olds and a 16-year-old and 17-year-old youth were taken into custody with one being remanded in custody and sent to Darwin.

She was assaulted and robbed near the Peninsula Motel on Mathew Flinders Way. She was approached from behind and punched and kicked repeatedly to the head and turso area resulting in her being evacuated to Darwin Hospital for urgent treatment.

• In May a teenage girl was assaulted when a man entered the family home; and • In April a five-year-old girl was also assaulted in her home.

• On Januarty 6, 2011, a 38-year-old woman was murdered on an unnamed track. In March, 2012, Wayne William Robert-Barlow was found guilty of the murder of the mother of two.

In May Barlow, 22, was sentenced to life with a 20-year, nonparole period.

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“The chefs and restaurant and challenging, especially as A LOCAL restaurant has been voted tops in the Territory as staff are to be commended for there are limitations to availMacassans Restaurant at the their consistent commitment to ability of ingredients,” said.

Arnhem Club has received their providing excellent service,” “My preference on our curMr Baker said. third Gold Plate in four years. rent menu is the duck which is Mr Baker joked that they had also very popular with diners.

The Australian Hotels Association (AHA) award was booked the afternoon flight back Any seafood dishes are also a announced in Darwin at the for Mr Causley as, in previous favourite.

Holiday Inn and head chef years, he had never quite made “The award is a credit to all Andrew Causley was on hand the early flight. the staff at Macassans as the Mr Causley arrived in Gove service and the food have to be to accept the award for the Best just over three and a half years of consistently high standard Club Restaurant in the NT. General Manager of the ago from Yamba. Before that he and we are lucky here in that Arnhem Club Nigel Baker said was working at the Court House that is what the staff are good winning the award shows a Hotel in Southport. at.”

He said he really enjoyed consistently high standard of He said the judges can come cuisine in the four years chef working in a small community in at any time during a two Andrew has been at the Club. like Gove as it created a more- month period.

“It shows the on-going com- personalised service for their Macassans was also one mitment to providing the people patrons. of three finalists in the Best “It’s personalised, friendly Informal Dining category. of Nhulunbuy quality dining.

PHOTO: General Manager Nigel Baker with head chef Andrew Causley and their Gold Plate Award.

East Arnhem Council’s CEO resigns

Youth invited to join round table

EAST Arnhem Shire Council’s inaugural Chief Executive Officer Mr Ian Bodill (pictured right) has resigned after more than four and a half years in the top job.

Presidentof EASC Banambi Wunungmurra paid tribute to Mr Bodill and his significant contribution to the Council since joining in early 2008.

“It is with great hesitation that I have accepted Ian’s resignation”, said Mr Wunungmurra.

“Ian has worked tirelessly in bringing staff together following amalgamation and implemented changes to council’s operations that have benefited the organisation and communities of East Arnhem Land.

“East Arnhem Shire Council is recognised as a progressive council within Northern Territory Local Government and this has been achieved under the vision of Ian. “The council as a whole would like to thank Ian for his invaluable service and leadership, particularly during the

NOMINATIONS are now open for participants in the Chief Minister’s Round Table.

The current chair of the Round Table is Emily Osborne (pictured), from Nhulunbuy, who has represented the local youth, while Russell Burns, from Yirrkala, is also a representative.

Miss Osborne said the Youth Round Table had opened up a world of opportunities for her.

“It has allowed me to meet people with whom I would have never had the chance to meet otherwise.

“I have presented to Ministers and members who actually listened and acknowledged my voice.

The world is your oyster, and Youth Round Table is an amazing platform to start.”

Since 1997, about 240 young people have participated in the Chief Minister’s

early stages of a new council; firstly learning to crawl and now walk.

“We wish Ian every success with his future endeavours”, he said.

Mr Bodill has enjoyed his time as chief executive and praised the dedication, commitment and professionalism of the Council and 300-strong shire workforce.

“It has been a blessing to work with aboriginal communities of East Arnhem Land” Mr Bodill said.

“You are only as good as the team around you, and I have had the absolute honour of working with not only a professional and dedicated workforce, but also a strong and stable council that has lead by example in the decision making process of council.

“I look forward to the new opportunities and challenges that lie ahead and wish everyone all the best,” he said.

Mr Bodill’s tenure has seen through the amalgamation of the community councils to the

East Arnhem Shire as well as the implementation of the Northern Territory’s first stand alone Reconciliation Action Plan.

His resignation will allow Mr Bodill, who has spent a number of years working in Executive Local Government Management, to spend much valued time with his wife and to complete his second Masters degree.

Mr Bodill final day was on Friday, October 19, and Chief Financial and Operations Officer Mr Kerry Whiting has been appointed Acting CEO.

Round Table of Young Territorians program.

Yo u n g Te r r i t o r i a n s are given a direct communication avenue between themselves and the Northern Territory Government.

The Youth Round Table consists of 16 members who are aged 15 to 25 years and members are representative of the geographic, cultural and ethnic diversity in the NT. The Youth Round Table is an opportunity for youth to get involved and have their views heard by the Chief Minister about issues that interest or affect them.

Since 1997 they have been involved in numerous activities, committees and projects including: • Regularly provided advice to the Northern Territory Government; • Members of executive judging panels; • Committee members on both State/Territory and

National committees; • Have been selected to be representatives on a range of youth groups; • Have assisted in the research of several projects and programs; and • Attended and participated at schools, youth groups, conferences, seminars and youth network meetings.

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Snapshots back to the 2007 G Spot Challenge which provided another excuse to dress up in Gove, and where challenges are limited only by the imagination. that will long be remembered and will achieve their goal of providing an avenue for people to lend a hand.

“We want to be able to ease their burden and also give those who have been asking me ‘what can we do to help’ an avenue to be able to offer some assistance,” Jackie said.

The group came up with their own challenge - ‘The G Spot -revisited’ - which is a fundraiser being held on November 17.

The orginal G Spot Challenge was held in 2007 and was organised

by Michelle Ormsby.

The fun of the event had been firmly implanted on the memory of those participating (including Tania) and was based on the TV series - The Amazing Race.

The name - well that came simply from ‘a spot in Gove’.

The event will feature over 10 locations which will each offer the participants a challenge - whether it is for one or two team members or the whole team. The clues for the next location - nothing

simple - all cryptic and the activities - as Fiona said are all about having fun.

“We don’t want people to get too frustrated but just to have a lot of laughs . . . but we can’t make it too easy either,” she said.

“The event is all about raising money to help out friends,” said Jackie.

There is a limit of five participants per team and a cut off of the number of teams paricipating.

Each team needs to pay $150 to ensure their spot in the challenge and all entrants need to be 18-years or older to participate because of the nature of some of the challenges.

Each team needs their own car; a 4WD is not

necessarily required.

A ‘Sober Bob’ or designated driver needs to be appointed on each team to ensure the safety of all involved, and Fiona said that, by the end of the challenge, the drivers are often the ones who can figure out the clues.

The organisers, who started with the event only last week, have been delighted that teams have already signed up.

“Someone also asked to sponsor a challenge and we would like to hear from anyone else who can help in this way or by offering prizes or monetary sponsorship,” said Jackie.

“We are also holding a raffle which will be drawn

at the presentation and have a voucher from Banubanu, a scenic flight by Laynhapuy Aviation, and an ipad from Lynne Walker as major prizes already.”

As with many events in Gove there is the opportunity to dress up and have a theme for your team.

A prize will be given to the best-themed and decorated team and transport.

For those new to town or not able to get a team together - that is no problem as the organisers can co-ordinate teams.

Anyone with offers of sponsorship or wanting to register a team call Jackie McGrath (0417 831 930) or Fiona Pearce (0427 886 560).

Arabian theme for Maternity Ward fundraiser ONE might be excused for wondering where they are if they think they are hearing music more akin with a harem next Saturday.

A group of women has organised an Arabian-themed night of dance and Champagne as a fundraising for the Maternity Ward at Gove District Hospital.

One of the organisers of the event, Pauline Cassar, is a midwife at GDH and also part of the Nhulunbuy bellydancing group.

“I have taken part in similar events in Adelaide that were held at the bellydance school I used to attend. They called these events, Harem Hafla’s, a women’s only dance party where the students and teachers would perform dances for each other and where everyone could let down their hair and just enjoy themselves in the company of other women,” she said.

“I’ve been dreaming of holding a

similar event here in Gove and when I mentioned it to a couple of friends - Meaghan Kennedy, also a midwife, and Jacque Knyvett, a nurse, they were inspired to help make it happen.

“All three of us have given birth to at least one of our children at the maternity ward here in Gove and we decided to use the Champagne Shimmy to raise funds for the unit, to help purchase items to make women’s stay on the ward more enjoyable, starting with 10 brightly coloured bed spreads to brighten up the rooms.

“Our Nhulunbuy bellydancing group is also excited about the event; we always love to have the opportunity to perform and, sadly, this may be our last show as many of our dancers have left Nhulunbuy or are leaving soon.

So if there are any bellydancers out there make yourselves known.”

The event will be held at the Lion’s Club house in Arnhem Road (behind the bakery) on Saturday, October 27.

The fun will start at 7.30pm and there will be a limited number of tickets available at $25 each. There will be lucky door prizes and the entry includes a light supper, champagne and entertainment by the Nhulunbuy Bellydancers.

The event is supported by the Australian Breasfeeding Association and tickets are available at Lynne Walker’s Office.

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12 rescued near Numbulwar

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A GROUP of 12 people was located safe and well onThursday after their vessel experienced mechanical problems off the coast of Numbulwar.

Senior Sergeant Tony Deutrom, from Alyangula Police Station, said the group, from Umbakumba and Angurugu Communities, departed Numbulwar in a recreational fishing vessel bound for Groote Eylandt on Wednesday evening.

“The vessel encountered mechanical difficulties and broke down a short way into their journey,” Senior Sergeant Deutrom said.

“The occupants managed to get the vessel to shore, about 40km north east of Numbulwar, and used their mobile phone to call

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“Local Police and community members searched into Wednesday evening, without success.

“Police recommenced the search at first light on Thursday. Police from Alyangula and Rangers joined the search utilising a fixed-wing aircraft and a Rangers vessel.

“The party of 12 was located in good spirits on a beach near Hart River at around 10:40am. The Rangers conveyed all of the occupants to Bickerton Island.

“This was an excellent outcome, and a great example of how Police and the community have come together to avert a potential tragedy.

I’d like to thank Rangers, Numbulwar Police and community members for their participation in the search.

“Police will be speaking to the group further to ascertain if any marine safety offences have been committed.”

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East Journey at Djerrkura Cup EAST Journey have locked in a number of perfromances for November and the band is set to appear in Yirrkala on Sunday after the Djerrkura Cup. They will also be performing at The Powerhosue in Brisbane on November 13, The Old Manly Boatshed in Sydney on November 15 and at the Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) in Melbourne Melbourne on November 17.

East Journey band members include frontman Rrawun Maymuru, a genuine song-writing talent in his own right having penned the song Bayini on Gurrumul Yunupingu’s platinum selling album Rrakala also picking up the award for new emerging talent at the 2011 National Indigenous Music Awards.

Rrawun was also recognised at the 2010 NT Music Awards with ‘Song of the Year’ for Searights with Malngay Yunupingu (backing vocals and yidaki).

East Journey have been mentored by the legendary Mandawuy Yunupingu (Yothu Yindi) who shares with the band an extraordinary connection both through music and also through gurutu (kinship).

Mandawuy recently told the press he is handing the musical baton to East Journey to continue on the legacy of sharing the Yolgnu stories and music with the world.

East Journey’s debut album Guwak was issued to key national media representatives in print, online, radio and TV in June.

A radio edit of ‘Song of Arnhem Land’, which upon release was picked up by triple j, ABC Local and Radio Australia for airplay during NAIDOC week was also sent out. It entered the AMRAP Great Southern Charts for Easy Listening and was in the Top 10 for two weeks.

At the National Indigenous Music Awards 2012, East Journey lived up to the hype as the ‘mostanticipated act’ on the line-up and a performance that saw the 2500-person audience surge to the stage and begin dancing.

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NEWS

Tourists come to Gove to avoid a rough passage through Gulf A GROUP of visitors called into Gove last week on their way around the Top End on a cruise.

The group of 25 travellers from around Australia were cruising on the Coral Princess and to avoid possible rough seas through the Gulf of Carpentaria, disembarked in Gove.

They stayed at The Walkabout Lodge and

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visited the Yirrkala school, banana plantation and art centre.

On Wednesday afternoon the flew out heading to Horn Island to rejoin their ship before heading to Thursday Island.

The set off from Darwin on October 12 and completed their cruise in Carins on October 23 before flying to their respective homes.

The passengers described their trip as an expedition and not a holiday.

The had visited Elcho Island and the Victoria Settlement before coming to Gove.

There were guest lecturers on board the ship and the active retirees joined in cultural, artistic and naturalist activities and talks.

Several said this was their second or third trip on the Coral Princess - taking different cruises each time.

The Coral Princess visits Gove twice a year and the passengers said one of the advantages of a smaller vessel was that they could go up some creeks and rivers, and get to a lot of places they couldn’t get to by road.

ABOVE: Passengers from the Coral Princess took time out to relax over lunch at the Walkabout Lodge.

RIGHT: The Coral Princess.

Golf Club in win-win with training program

THE recent Yolngu training program, facilitated by Arnhem Learning Educational Regional Training (ALERT), Pacific Aluminium Gove Operations is partnering with the Gove Country Golf Club to provide a training ground for hands-on practical work.

The six-week Goyurr Program which started on September 24 is sponsored

by Sodexo and offers HOSTED BY participants the opportunity to learn practical work preparation skills around lawn maintenance and gardening operations while complying with Pacific Aluminium’s Health, Nhulunbuy Safety and Environment Playgroup (HSE) procedural expectations.

The Golf Club will provide training and supervision for the trainees in all areas of grounds mainted nance, tree removal, bunker foo i Tha  s ger bur egg and  Coffee and Cake  Bacon development, strategic tree Candles  Cooking ware  Jewellery  planting, green restoration ft  Gifts  Soaps  Arts and cra along with irrigation setup nts  Artwork  Awesome glitter tattoos  Pla and maintenance. This lots more!  Clothing  Photographs  And new partnership allows for a win - win situation; Phone: (08) 8939 2200 with the trainees developNhulunbuy Mobile: 0439 849 943 ing valuable transferable Corporation Limited Email: arabukawaqa@ncl.net.au employability skills and www.ncl.net.au the Golf Club receiving additional labour support to continue the required maintenance and development works.

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Stalls, stalls and more stalls…

ABOVE: Banduk Marika from Yirrkala Nursery advising Denise Fincham president, Jamie Henderson manager Gove Country Golf Club of the best native bushes and trees to plant.

RIGHT: Students learning about green keeping at the golf club.

Golf Club, and Goyurr Program participants met with Traditional Owner Banduk Marika on Thursday, October 18, to be advised on the

best native trees to plant.

An exciting project outcome and legacy that will remain at the completion of the Goyurr Program is the

planting of the new trees and a new bunker. Look out for the new bunker when on the grounds, it is right next to the eighth green.

Backpackers swap watermelons for resort

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JUMPING off the boat with backpacks, a couple looked like they were visiting Banabanu for the duration rather than the usual short stay for which the eco resort has become well known throughout the region.

Shelly Haggas and Mark Blackburn received a phone call while they were in Cairns the night before an quickly shifted their plans from going to work on a watermelon farm to coming over to work on a tropical island.

They were no sooner on shore than they started work by preparing lunch to visitors to the island.

The couple, from Burnley near Manchester in the United Kingdom, advertised their availability on

Gumtree and did not believe their luck when they found out they had a job offer.

They had been in Australia for five weeks, having explored around Sydney and hired a camper for their trip up along the Shelly Martin and Mark Blackburn on their first day. and dolphins. east coast calling Mark, 25, worked as a plumber in to Port Stephens, Nimbin, Byron Bay, 1770, the Gold Coast and and gas engineer back home and Shelly was studying midwifery.

Sunshine Coast.

They are expecting to be on Mark said some of the highlights were meeting interesting people on Banubanu for a minimum of six the trip up and also seeing whales weeks on their Australian adventure.

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What’s On

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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.

OCTOBER Fri 26. World Teacher's Day. Sat 27. Nhulunbuy Corporation Art and Craft Market hosted by Nhulunbuy Playgroup.

Sat 27. Djerrkura Cup - Healthy Life Style Community Activity from 10am - 2pm at Yirrkala Oval.

Sat 27. Trunk or Treat - Halloween celebrated at the Nhulunbuy Toy Library at the Captain Cook Community Centre car park from 5.30pm - 7.30pm.

Sat 27. Champaigne Shimmy - a Arabian themed fundraiser for the Maternity Ward at Lions Club house at 7.30pm. Tickets at Lynne Walkers Office.

NOVEMBER Thu 1 - Sun 4. ACSSO Conference - Darwin.

Sat 3. COSGO Conference.

Sun 4. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - MX coaching clinic - 8am to noon.

Sun 4. Inflatable up at the Gove Aquatic Centre from 2pm - 5pm.

Tue 6. Melbourne Cup Lunch at the Gove Country Golf Club.

Fri 9 - Sun 11. Major Tourism Summit - Mulwat with George Negas as Keynote speaker.

Fri 9 - Fri 16. XXXX Gold Gove Game Classic Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - Contact govefishingclub@bigpond.com.

Sat 10. CrossFit Lat12 Event Tri 1. 600 swim/20km Bike/5km run; Tri 2. 300 swim/10km Bike/2.5km Run. Sat 10. Junior Golf Clinic with visiting Pros - Graham Sheppard & Charlie Earp ($10 Clinic fee/ child) at 8am Sun 11. L J Hooker Junior Golf Open - 8.30am ($10 Comp Fee/child) - Lunch provided with Presentation.

Sun 11. Waterslide Day Fundraiser at Gove Country Golf Club 2pm - 5pm.

Wed 14. Solar Eclipse.

Sat 17. Nhulunbuy Corporation Art and Craft Market - hosted by RSPCA. Sat 17. Presentation Night for the XXXX Gold Gove Game Classic at The Captain Cook Community Centre Clubhouse of the Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club - Contact govefishingclub@bigpond.com.

Sun 18. Junior Golf End of Year party and awards presentation at 10am at the Gove Aquatic Centre (town pool).

Sun 18. Inflatable up at the Gove Aquatic Centre from 2pm - 5pm.

Wed 21. East Arnhem Training Stakeholders Network meets at 9am at CDU. Sat 24. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - Working bee - 9am until set up.

Sat 24. Businesswomen's Lunch.

Sun 25. Nhulunbuy Motor Cycle Club - Junior lap practise and Senior Enduro - 20km circuit - 8am to noon.

DECEMBER Sun 2. Inflatable up at the Gove Aquatic Centre from 2pm - 5pm.

Fri 7. Charles Darwin University presentation including presentation of Adrian Wagg Award at the town hall.

Can club secretaries please send in a list of their events planned for the year to editor@arafuratimes.com.au so they can be included in the What's On section.

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ABOVE and RIGHT: The route of the eclipse.

Last chance to see a total eclipse UNLESS you were around in the year 710 AD, or plan to stick about until April 25, 2237, then Wednesday, November 14 may be your only chance to view a total eclipse of the sun in Northern Australia.

The eclipse will take place from 5.45 to 7.40 on the morning, and astronomers have said Cairns and nearby regions will be among the best places on the planet to watch the proceedings.

Those who will be watching the solar eclipse, with their sunglasses on for safety, will see the moon block out the sun as it passes between it and the earth.

At the time of the total eclipse, the sky will become dark and a glowing light will line the horizon.

Planets and bright stars will be visible and the sun’s spectacular outer atmosphere (the Corona) will appear.

Local schools receive ‘highly commended’ THE Territory’s Smart Schools Awards were held in Darwin last Saturday with local schools Nhulunbuy Primary and Baniyala Garrangali coming away with ‘highly commended’ recognition.

These Awards are an important way to celebrate the many good and dynamic things which happen in our schools as they constantly strive to raise the bar and drive improved outcomes for students and school communities.

For Nhulunbuy Primary, the award was for excellence in student inclusion, wellbeing and special needs, and for

Noms are open for Disability Awards

Baniyala it was recogni- and parent of school-age Good luck to all students tion for excellence in kids, I know that teachers as they head into this improving school attend- do work incredibly hard critical stage. ance. Congratulations and and have ever-growing ON A final note, the well done to the school demands upon them to contract for works at the staff who prepared and meet the needs of children Goyder River - a bridge Electoral News

by NT Member for Nhulunbuy presented the nomina- which go well beyond and 14km realignment LYNNE WALKER tions. delivering the curriculum. of the road - has finally THIS coming fortnight As a follow up to this, And I also know that been awarded. Territory sees the first sitting of the teachers and school sup- behind every teacher company Norbuilt were Territory Parliament since port staff will see their there’s school support the successful tenderer for hard work and dedication staff in numerous roles the $18 million contract the election.

I look forward to recognised and celebrated ensuring that teachers, with funds pledged back this Friday which is classrooms and programs in 2008 by the Federal holding the new CLP Government to account World Teacher’s Day. I are supported.

Government. know the Department of This Friday will also I’m advised there is a on the many promises Education has organised be the final day for Year reasonable suite of works and commitments they get-togethers around the 12 students ahead of final which will commence on have made.

And yes, that includes Territory including Nhu- exams and assessments the site ahead of the wet lunbuy, where nominees which commence on season and that comple- the promise of $1.5 miland winners for various Monday, October 29, tion of this major project lion for completion of awards will be recognised. with the Stage 2 English is anticipated by February, the boat ramp facilities at Melville Bay. As a former teacher Studies exam first up. 2014.

AFTER a successful inaugural year, Nominations are now being • Mainstream Service/Business Territorians are again being called called for the four award categories: (government) Award on to nominate those who have • Disability Sector Employee Nominations forms are available made an outstanding commitment (non-government) Award on the website www.nt.gov.au/ to improving the lives of people • Disability Sector Employee health or by phoning the Disabilwith disability, by nominating them (government) Award ity Awards Officer on 8999 2508 for the 2012 NT Disability Services • Mainstream Service/Business and nominations close on Friday Awards. (non-government) Award November 2.

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This week Sea Swift celebrates its 25th year of operation, and what a

Today Sea Swift is a dynamic and innovative shipping company

mighty 25 years they have been. Founded by Sid Faithfull in 1987 in

employing over 300 people from Gladstone to the Torres Straits. Our

Karumba, Sea Swift has grown to become one of the most significant

fleet has 25 vessels and it is growing all the time. In fact the green of

companies in the shipping industry in Australia.

the Sea Swift fleet will soon be seen further afield, on new vessels and

The Sea Swift of today is a far cry from the company that was

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we will never forget where we have come from.

spirit that founded Sea Swift lives on. It is the very essence of the

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people in the news - DJIRIRRA WUNUNGMURRA

The people have spoken and: Gangan artist is their choice GANGAN artist Djirirra Wunungmurra (pictured) has been voted the People’s Choice Award winner as part of this year’s 29th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

The 44-year-old artist received 118 votes of the 1544 votes cast for her bark painting Yukuwa (pictured right), which is one of the artist’s personal names and is also a yam, whose annual reappearance is a metaphor for the increase and renewal of the people and their land, She also took out the The Telstra Bark Painting Award when the winners were announced in August.

Manager at the Buku-Larrnggaqay Mulka Centre Will Stubbs said Art prizes aren’t a democracy.

“They depend on the taste of a small group of experts. When you win the People’s Choice as well (as her brother Nawurapu did in 2010) that means that your art has touched the most number of people. It is like Idol or Australia’s Got Talent and anyone can vote,” Mr Stubbs said.

“At the time she won (in August) there was a lot of buzz around that it was the best thing there and should have won the overall first prize.

“This is the 26th award that Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre artists have won over the last 18 years. This is a record that the whole region can be proud of,” he said.

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Director Pierre Arpin and Telstra Area General Manager for the Northern

Territory Brian O’Keefe congratulated Ms Wunungmurra on her win.

“Yukuwa is a remarkable bark for both its subtlety of colour and complexity of form,” Mr Arpin said.

“The use of the yam imagery radiating from the centre to the outer edges of the bark makes this a most-magical work.

“We are also very pleased to have acquired this bark which is now part of our Telstra NATSIAA collection.”

Mr O’Keefe congratulated Ms Wunungmurra

on receiving the People’s Choice Award and commended all 63 artists represented in this year’s exhibition.

“Each year we see some of the finest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists represented in the Telstra Art Award.

“It’s fantastic that so many people have had the opportunity to view the exhibition here in Darwin and also online around the world.”

Tiwi Islands artist Timothy Cook won the $40,000 Telstra Award in August for his insightful painting Kulama that demonstrates his strong connection to culture and country at the 29th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

The Wandjuk Marika Memorial ThreeDimensional Award, sponsored by Telstra, was awarded to Maningrida artist Jack Nawilil for his work Namorroddo.

Mr Nawilil has used paperbark, bush string, natural pigments, beeswax and feathers to create this work that tells the story of Namorroddo who was travelling for a long time in a dream from Gapuwiyak to Ramingining looking for honey.

Artworks in this year’s exhibition are featured in an online gallery and on an interactive website www.nt.gov.au/natsiaa, which offers users from around the world the opportunity to view moving images of this year’s artworks and listen to recordings of the stories behind the works through a virtual online gallery.

people in the news - BOLLYWOOD BELLES

By KELLIE FRANCIS A COMBINED ladies’ Variety team from Gove and Townsville completed the recent 2012 NT Variety bash, in a 30-year-old Mercedes Benz as the Bollywood Belles.

All team members had Bollywood names and these included Akeepacummin Belle (Debbie Doust), Bacca Belle (Sally Putland), Luvabiriyani Belle (Les Mallard), Despisacurry Belle (Jo Peters) and Akneedaraja Belle (Kellie Francis).

Unfortunately one of our team mates Keshinibaldi Belle (Cath Lane) could not make it but we took her along in spirit.

This is the second Variety team originating from Gove, alongside the legendary team the ‘Queens’.

This year, the Queens took out ‘top fundraiser’ again, which they have done now for nine of the last 10 years. The Queens raised $60,000 for NT Variety with the Bollywood Belles raising $8500.

The bash this year started in Kuranda in Queensland and finished in Katherine - some 2800 km of dirt, rivers, station gates, grids and bitumen (black stuff).

There were 28 cars on this bash with around 100 travellers (bashers) plus around 15 support crew of mechanics, cooks, photographers, truck drivers, sweep, Bash Chairperson, NT Variety President, NT Variety CEO and other organizers .

The Bollywood Belles had been in preparation mode from about March, 2012, with the Townsville team members getting the car ready with the assistance of some fabulous sponsors and support from businesses and selling raffle tickets, while the Gove girls got cooking.

Morning teas were well supported at Gove Hospital, a raffle plus some community sponsorships and donations plus a few cleaning jobs were undertaken by the team to get that money in the bank.

The theme was decided, costumes purchased and bells polished. A red faces act was also on the cards and a ‘bash’ afternoon tea was also scheduled with an Indian flavor.

The final dinner was a great night with the Army Reserve Band entertaining us for the evening where we danced the dirt away till the early hours of the next morning.

Unexpectedly we took out two awards for the night.

The Show and Shine award - for all our hard work with team and car presentation and also the Best Basher Contribution award for our hosted arvo smako at King Fisher Camp.

Our awards would have not been possible if it were not for some unbelievable Bollywood Belle supporters and sponsors.

The Bash is an Australian’s tradition, started by Dick Smith in 1985 - it is something truly special.

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KIDS’ CALENDAR

Primary Students took part in a calendar competition and the winners were announced on Thursday.

Kids’ calendar winners announced

A RECORD 300 entries were received for the Pacific Aluminium Gove Operations annual calender which first started in 2004.

Organised by the Health Safety and Environment department in conjunction with the Community engagement team the calender invites local primary students to submit a drawing depicting a theme.

This year the theme was ‘Water’ and it is hoped the competition helps the students raise their own awareness by coming up with an entry and also the awareness of others by producing the calendar.

Leon Stuade, from HSE, said he was delighted that so many children had taken the time to submit entries and that judging had been no easy take.

The finalists for each age group are displayed at the Nhulunbuy Community Library and he thanked the staff for their assistance in putting the display up.

The announcement of winners took place last Thursday to co-incide with water week.

Mr Staude also thanked Gove Tackle and Outdoors who had come onboard and supplied prizes for all the 13 finalists.

Each was presented a certificate and their art work will be featured in the 2013 calendar which should be available in December.

Students from Nhulunbuy Primary School, Nhulunbuy Christian College, Yirrkala School and Homelands Schools all participated.

Students who will be featured in the calendar are David Yunupingu and Dayparra Wunungmurra from Gapuwiyak; Hannah Devon, Liam Henderson, Maree Adams, Ritayan Misra, Urja Pugalia, Conor Rossiter and Isabel Blundell from Nhulunbuy Primary; and Jorja Eales, Katie Farnsworth , Kira Whyte, Linda Zuglian from Nhulunbuy Christian College.

All 100 finalists will be on display at the library until the end The winners who attended the presentation at the library. of October.

Leon Straude presents the award to Kira Whyte.

Principal of the Nhulunbuy Christian College Steve Venour with some of his winning students and Leon Straude from Pacific Aluminium.

The Nhulunbuy Primary School winners with Principal Matt Watson and Leon Straude holding the certificates of those who could not attend.

Hanna Devon knows that cyclone A winner for the third year in a row is season starts on November 1 and her entry focused on cyclones.

Urja Pugalia.

Winners, parents and RIo personnel at the presentation.

LEFT: Library staff put up all the exhibit - Josie Meredith, Sandra Brazier, Robyn Theedom and Cheryl Smith.

RIGHT: The Pacific Aluminium team at the presentation: Robbie Povey, Leon Straude, Chris Wallace, Jordina Evams and Amanda King.

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THURSDAY 25

4:00 Movie: “Joy Of Living”(G) 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The World’s Worst Disasters 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Secrets Of Shangri-La: Quest For Sacred Caves 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 BTN Daily 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Greatest Cities Of The World With Griff Rhys Jones: London 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Rake: Cleaver is charged with manslaughter; his journalist girlfriend betrays him; and Kirsty wants his debt paid in full.

His strategy is to have Cal McGregor upgrade the charge to murder. Will that work?

9:30 Lowdown: Men Behaving Badly 10:00 Summer Heights High 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 TBA 12:25 The Clinic 1:15 Movie: “The Drum” (PG) 2:55 Rage

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 Extra 3:00 Surprises 3:30 Kitchen Whiz 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 Big Brother 7:30 Big Brother Confidential 8:00 AFP: Australian Federal Police 9:00 TBA 10:00 Australian Families Of Crime: Dockers & Death - Les And Brian Kane - Painter and Docker, Les Kane was described by his widow as “the most violent man in Australia”. Les’s older brother, Brian, was once Melbourne’s top standover man, before he was gunned down. Mourners at his funeral included the entire Moran clan.

11:00 Are You There Chelsea? Believe 11:30 20/20 12:30 Extra 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: “Impact” (M) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Medical Emergency 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News At 4.00 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 Brynne: My Bedazzled Life 7:30 How I Met Your Mother: The Magician’s Code - Part One - “ While Marshall is in Atlantic City with Barney, Lily goes into labour, causing him to try and rush back to NYC. Meanwhile, Ted and Robin try to distract Lily during her painful contractions.

8:00 Beauty And The Geek Australia 9:00 The Unbelievable Truth 9:45 Celebrity Juice 10:30 Whitney 11:00 Cougar Town 11:30 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelpia 12:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 5:30 UEFA Champions League 8:05 World News 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Germany: Bavaria 5:45 Along The Rhine 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita 8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 2 8:30 Two Greedy Italians ...Still Hungry: Rome And Machismo - Italian men used to be ‘macho’, able to stand up for their honour, woo women and do the tough things that men do. In Rome - where fathers sent their sons to become ‘men’ - Gennaro and Antonio look at the modern Italian man.

9:35 One Born Every Minute 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:40 Movie: “36 Quai des Orfèvres” - (MAV v) In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies. Leo Vrinks and Denis Klein are two cops seeking promotion and the imminent departure of the police chief sets the scene for them to compete for the vacant throne.

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FRIDAY 26

4:00 Rage 4:30 National Press Club Address 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Catalyst 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Anne Of The Thousand Days” (PG) 2:50 Miniscule 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Lost Gardens: Gatton 6:50 Miniscule: Hyperactive 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 NT 8:00 Miranda: Just Act Normal - When Miranda and Penny end up in the police station, Penny leads the police to believe Miranda is a bit unstable and they are both forced to see a therapist for an assessment.

8:30 New Tricks: UCOS reinvestigate the suspected suicide of a young Foreign Office diplomat and the connection to the sensitive information held on her missing computer.

9:35 Waking The Dead: Duty And Honour Part 2 10:30 Lateline 11:05 My Family: It’s Training Men - An undercover assessor for Cavitex, posing as a patient, leads to Ben having to attend a retraining course.

11:35 The Trophy Room 12:05 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 Extra 3:00 Surprises 3:30 Kitchen Whiz 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 Big Brother 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Hofstadter Isotope - While a fellow comic book loving pal of the guys romances Penny, Leonard and Wolowitz venture out into the world of ‘Ladies’ Night’.

7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Vegas Renormalization - Leonard and Koothrappali take a heartbroken Wolowitz to Las Vegas, leaving Sheldon locked out of his apartment and forced to bunk with Penny.

8:00 TBA 10:00 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Cowboy” (PG) - A hotel clerk and a cattleman each learn valuable lessons about life when they become partners on a rugged cattle drive to Mexico.

2:00 The Baron 3:00 Danoz 4:00 Good Morning America

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Impact” (M) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Medical Emergency 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News at 4.00 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 - Dex overextends himself and Sid and Romeo bond over their shared support of Dex. 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 TBA 10:45 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Death In The Sea Of Cortez - A fishing trip turns deadly as three men become shipwrecked on a remote and hostile desert island.

12:05 Movie: “Dark Water” (M l,h)- A young mother is led into a haunting pursuit when her new apartment begins to take on a life of its own.

2:05 Room For Improvement 2:30 Infomercials 3:30 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1:30 The Hotel: Damson In Distress 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: The Crystal Eye 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Brittany 8:30 She Wolves: England’s Early Queens: Isabella And Margaret - In this series, historian Helen Castor explores seven queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked, and whether the term ‘she wolves’ was deserved.

9:35 As It Happened: World War Two’s Luckiest Man 10.35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Diary of a Nymphomaniac ” (MA s,a,n) - A chronicle of a promiscuous young French woman who finds herself at a crossroads in life where the only way to quell her gnawing sex addiction is to enter the seedy world of prostitution. In Spanish and French.

12:50 Kurt Wallander: The Brother- Military exercises in Ystad make solving the case of five murdered people very difficult.

To make things worse, when a couple is found tortured and murdered, Kurt realises the woman was a school friend and the first girl he had ever kissed. (MA a,v) 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

SATURDAY 27

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:30 25 Years Of Rage: 1999 - 2002 (PG)11:30 7.30 NT 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Eggheads 1:30 Movie: “The High And The Mighty” (PG) 4:00 Basketball: WNBL 5:00 Football: W League 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin - Martin thinks PC Penhale’s much loved brother, Sam, has a rare genetic disease, but instead his findings change PC Penhale’s opinion of Sam forever.

8:20 Kingdom - Crop circles in a field grab the attention of the local sci-fi community, and a farmer initially angry about all the vandalism on her land soon sees an opportunity to charge people to view them.

9:05 Sinbad - The crew meet Kuji, a teen who says she’s a god.

Anwar falls for her, confiding that he doesn’t belong as he’s not brave like the others. An army demands her back, but Anwar refuses.

9:55 The Jonathan Ross Show 10:40 United States Of Tara: Crunchy Ice 11:10 United States Of Tara: The Good Parts (Final) 11:40 25 Years Of Rage: 1999 - 2002 (MA a,l,d,h,n,s,v.)

4:00 Rage

5:30 Weekend Today - Sunrise 8:30 Danoz Direct 9:30 Kids WB 11:30 Imparja’s Horse Racing - Cox Plate 3:30 The Wildlife Man Featuring: David Ireland 4:30 National News 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Nine 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 TBA 9:10 TBA 11:30 Movie: “Body Heat” (M) - In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

1:35 The Avengers: The See-Through Man - Steed and Emma pay a visit to Sir Andrew Ford at the Ministry, when they find a file stolen from Wilton’s office.

2:35 F Troop - The Sergeant And The Kid - Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch star in this rollicking comedy about the F Troop, the most unheroic troop the old west ever saw.

3:05 Skippy: The Bush Kangaroo 3:35 Danoz Direct 5:00 Wesley Impact

5:30 Saturday Disney 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show - Weekends 10:30 The Woodlies 11:00 The Woodlies 11:30 Ghosts Of Time 12:30 Ghosts Of Time 12:30 V8 Xtra 1:00 Seven’s Motorsport 4:00 Wild Vets 4:30 Creek To Coast 5:00 Queensland Weekender - Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays.

5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 7:45 TBA 11:00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: 76 Days Adrift - After his boat sinks to the bottom of the ocean, a sailor must survive for seventy-six days in a small inflatable life-raft.

12:10 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.

2:30 Room For Improvement 3:00 It Is Written Oceania 3:30 Home Shopping 4:30 Beyond Tomorrow

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Music In The Air 2:05 The Chopin Etudes 2:10 Sex and Sensibility: Vienna 3:25 Leonardo Da Vinci: The Restoration Of The Century 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex in Rome: Vendetta 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 James May’s Toy Stories: Plasticine 8:30 Prohibition: Nation of Hypocrites - The conclusion of director Ken Burn’s epic story of the rise and fall of Prohibition. By the close of the 1920s, many blame the law for the rise of criminal syndicates, promiscuity, and a sense that the entire government is corrupted.

9:30 Boardwalk Empire: Belle Femme - Jimmy returns to Atlantic City, having decided to work with Nucky again - but is determined to do it on his own terms. However, he is surprised to learn that neither his boss nor Angela had been expecting him.

10:30 Boardwalk Empire: The Emerald City 11:30 Movie: “Tornado” (M a,l)- After four years in Oklahoma studying twisters, meteorologist Jan returns to Berlin and immediately recognises the warning signs of an unprecedented storm that threatens to devastate the city.

1:35 Drawn Together: Little Orphan Hero 2:15 Drawn Together: Clum Babies 2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

SUNDAY 28

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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: Hexham 4 Farne Islands 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Travel Oz 2:00 Sinbad 2:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 3:00 Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 5:00 Wild Russia: The Making Of 5:50 Miniscule: Halloween Paranoid 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass: Divine Women - Part 2 7:00 ABC News 7:30 David Attenborough: Kingdom of Plants 8:20 The Making Of The Kingdom Of Plants 8:30 The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab 10:05 The Slap: Harry - Harry has everything; the Brighton Beach mansion, the beautiful wife, a son and a successful business.

But Harry stands to lose all of that as a result of slapping Hugo.

11:00 Strike Back 11:50 Movie: “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly” (M l,v) - The ‘Man With No Name’ returns teaming up with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of $200,000 - and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way.

2:50 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Art Nation

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:00 Dora The Explorer 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Wide World Of Sports 10:30 Australian Fishing Championships 11:00 Melbourne Marathon 12:00 Cybershack 12:30 Lockie Leonard 1:00 Stormworld 1:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 2:00 The Middle 2:30 House Husbands 3:30 Getaways European Tour 4:00 The Garden Guru’s 4:30 National News 5:00 Antiques Roadshow 5:30 National News Sunday 6:00 Big Brother 7:00 60 Minutes 8:00 House Husbands: Mark decides to take responsibility for problems at home and work, but has he left it too late? Abi chooses the worst possible time to volunteer as a parent helper in Miss Nadir’s classroom.

9:00 The Mentalist: At First Blush 10:00 Person Of Interest: Flesh And Blood 11:00 Southland: Wednesday 11:50 What Would You Do? 12:35 Spyforce 1:35 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2:05 Danoz 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Handy Manny 6:00 Fish Hooks 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show Weekend 10:30 Kochie’s Business Builders 11:00 Movie: “Halloweentown High” (PG) 12:30 Outsourced 1:00 Movie: “Anne Of Green Gables - The Continuing Story” 3:00 Better Homes And Gardens 4:30 The Great Outdoors 5:00 Great South East 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Sunday Night 7:00 TBA 8:00 Bones: The Gunk In The Garage - After an explosion occurs in a hotel garage, the Jeffersonian team must research the remains found at the crime scene in order to match them to the victim.

9:00 Killing Time - Following Dennis Allen’s death, Fraser finds himself defending his brother Victor. When Victor’s friend is shot, he plots his revenge & soon Fraser must face his most challenging case yet: the Walsh Street murder trial.

10:00 Strike Back 11:00 Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny 11:30 Special: The Outback, My Home 12:30 House Calls To The Rescue 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 Weatherwatch and Music 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Burma’s Nuclear Ambitions 3:30 Inside Nature’s Giants: The Elephant 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Nunavut: Jellyfish Day 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Battle Castle: Malbork 8.30 The Hunt For Al 9.30 Asia-Pacific Song Festival 11:35 Movie: “Conversations with My Gardener” (M n,s) - Daniel Auteuil stars in this charming story of a successful painter who returns to his rural hometown in the throes of a mid-life crisis, and reconnects with an old school friend - a local gardener.

1:20 Movie: “Anthony Zimmer”(M a,s) -Interpol and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, a criminal genius responsible for money laundering in France. Zimmer has had extensive plastic surgery, and the only way to trace him is through his girlfriend Chiara. When François, an ordinary man, speaks to Chiara on the train, he is mistaken for Zimmer, and thus becomes a target for the mob 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 29

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5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Egypt Unwrapped 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restoration Man: Bath Lodge 6:50 Miniscule: No Luck 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A: A lively interactive discussion hosted by Tony Jones.

10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 The Kennedys 12:20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:20 Movie: “Swing Time” (G) - Concluding the season of musicals with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with, arguably, the bestloved of the dancing duo’s romances. Complicated entanglements and a challenge from a prospective father-in-law in a dance team.

3:05 Rage

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 Extra 3:00 Surprises 3:30 Kitchen Whiz 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 Big Brother 8:00 The Mentalist: Blood Feud - The team investigates a small town’s possible gang war involving Rigsby’s dad, who is found injured at a crime scene.

9:00 Person Of Interest: Triggerman 10:00 CSI: NY: Air Apparent - When a young woman is stabbed to death, the junkie brother of a high school basketball phenom is accused.

11:00 Nikita: Game Change 12:00 The Avengers - Winged Avenger 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 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: “Murder In Mind” (M) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Medical Emergency 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News At 4.00 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 The X Factor 8:15 Scandal - The team reluctantly decides to help a millionaire’s son accused of rape, but regardless of the facts, public perception is a hard thing to change, and this is one case that the team might not be able to win.

9:15 The Amazing Race 10:15 Up All Night: Rivals - Reagan and Ava are thrown into a spiral when rival talk-show host and former friend of the show, Shayna, is suspected of stealing their show ideas.

10:45 Suits: Asterisk 11:45 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 10 Years Younger 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Heaven’s Heart” (M l,a) 2:40 Drop Dead 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 Global Village: Visions Of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Spy Car Escape 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: The Secret Of Luck 9:30 This is England ‘86 - This four-part drama series revisits the characters of Shane Meadows’ award-winning film, This Is England, three years on. It is 1986, and Shaun is preparing to leave school and enter the adult world, but all he really wants to do is enjoy his freedom with Smell, his sweetheart.

10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS 1:05 Living Black 1:35 Pizza World Record 2:05 Wilfred: The Dog Father - Wilfred is romancing Caddy, one of the local dogs, while Adam and Sarah receive a visit from Adam’s extraordinarily good looking and clever brother, Spencer.

2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

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4:05 Movie: “The Private Life Of Don Juan” (G) 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures 10:30 Australia’s Prime Ministers 10:35 My Place 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Restoration Man 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Time Team 6:50 Miniscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Chateau Chunder: Wine Revolution - A fun and lively documentary that tells the recent history of the Australian wine industry.

9:30 QI: Advertising 10:00 Artscape: The Australian Ballet At 50 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:30 God Made Them Blind 2:30 Basketball: WNBL 3:30 Rage

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 Extra 3:00 Surprises 3:30 Kitchen Whiz 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 Big Brother 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Skank Reflex Analysis 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Holographic Exitation - The gang celebrates Halloween at Stuart’s comic book store. Meanwhile, Leonard seduces Penny with science.

8:30 2 Broke Girls: And the Candy Manwich 9:00 Two And A Half Men: The Island of Broken Toys 9:30 Mike And Molly: Happy Halloween 10:00 Survivor: Phillipines 11:00 Weeds: Van Nuys 11:30 TBA 12:30 Extra 1:00 Danoz 3:00 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 5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Celtic Thunder: 11:30 Movie: “Loss Of Faith” (M) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Medical Emergency The Show 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The 3:00 Toybox 3:30 Its Academic 4:00 Seven News at 4.00 4:30 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Greece 5:45 Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal Countdown 5:30 Seven News 6:30 World News Australia 6:00 Today Tonight 7:30 56 Up 6:30 Home And Away: Bianca sleeps at Adam’s place, causing April 8:30 Insight to become concerned with Bianca and Adam’s relationship.

9:30 Dateline 7:00 The X Factor 10:30 World News Australia 8:15 Winners & Losers: To Have And To Hold Movie: “The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the 11:05 9:15 Grey’s Anatomy: I Saw Her Standing There Corner” (M a) - Following a severe car accident in which both 10:15 Smash: Publicity - “ Karen finds herself seduced by the his parents are killed, Sashko is taken to hospital with amnesia. glamorous life of new BFF Rebecca Duvall - but can Rebecca Sashko’s grandfather, Bai Dan, decides to help him restore his be trusted? What will Karen’s ascent mean for her relationship identity. As they ride on a tandem bicycle through the Balkan with Dev? And will Rebecca drive Derek insane? countryside, Sashko begins to recall snippets of the past.

11:10 I Just Want My Pants Back - Jason, egged on by his friends 1:00 Mad Men: The Benefactor - Harry tries to gather support (and several beers), posts an ad looking for Jane on missed around a controversial sponsorship in order to bolster his connections. career. When Don ditches work for a day, trouble brews on the 11:40 Sons And Daughters set of a commercial.

12:30 Home Shopping 1:55 Mad Men: Three Sundays - A last minute pitch meeting has 3:30 NBC Today Sterling Cooper staffers working double time in preparation.

4:30 Sunrise Extra 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:00 Seven Early News

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4:10 Movie: “The Ghost Goes West” 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programmes 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 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restaurant: The Banquet 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: England 8:30 A Moody Christmas: Separate Seats - How does an unsentimental family get through the most sentimental time of year?

Such is the ordeal Dan Moody must face when he journeys home from London to Australia each year to spend Christmas with his overbearing family.

9:05 The Chaser: Hamster Wheel 9:35 Randling 10:10 At The Movies 10:40 Lateline 11:15 The Business 11:40 Very Small Business: Basics Of Team Building 12:10 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:10 The Oasis: Australia’s Homeless Youth 2:25 Football: W-League 3:25 Rage

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 Extra 3:00 Surprises 3:30 Kitchen Whiz 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:00 A Current Affair 6:30 Big Brother 8:00 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings - Bride And Prejudice - Discrimination is nothing new to the traveller community and their secretive seclusion from mainstream society seems to be their only defence 9:00 TBA 10:00 Who Do You Think You Are? Blair Underwood 11:00 House Husbands - Kane and Tom’s home life is under the microscope when they apply to become foster parents. When Nicola reveals she’s moving to Sydney, Justin struggles to say goodbye to his kids.

12:00 Eclipse 12:30 Extra 1:00 Danoz 2:30 Newstyle Direct 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

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5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie: “Death In The Shadows” (M) 1:30 Dr Oz 2:30 Medical Emergency 3:00 Toybox 3:30 It’s Academic 4:00 Seven News At 4.00 4:30 The Price Is Right 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Seven News 6:00 Today Tonight 6:30 Home & Away - Casey and Sasha find it difficult to figure out their roles in their new friendship. Liam agrees to do a job for Adam as long as Adam stays away from Bianca.

7:00 Highway Patrol 7:30 Surveillance 8:00 Criminal Minds: Hit - When the BAU goes up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., the team tries to negotiate the situation unfolding inside the bank, but the stakes rise when one of their own becomes a hostage.

9:00 World’s Wildest Police Videos 10:00 Strike Back 11:00 Parks And Recreation 11:30 Sons And Daughters 12:30 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: Visions of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Meet My Wild Friends - They have inherited the unique knowledge possessed by their fathers. Tleujan, Arjun and Camille had already formed special bonds with wild animals that eventually became their sidekicks: an eagle in Mongolia, snakes in India and a she-wolf in France. Their fathers have passed on to their children a wealth that is theirs alone.

8:30 Living with the Amish 9:30 The Choice 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “The Beat My Heart Skipped ” (MA v,l,a) - 28-yearold Tom is following in the footsteps of his thuggish father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals. Tom has innate musical talent and is torn between dreams of being a concert pianist and the reality of life as a ruthless debt collector.

12:50 Iron Chef: 2000 Dishes 1:40 Iron Chef: 2000 Dishes 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

CROSSWORD No. 121

SUDOKU No. 121

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LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You will be in quite an adventurous mood this week. If you can find some suitable outlet for your energy, everything will go well. Spend your time outdoors. Romance.

Don’t allow family duties to get in the way of a romantic evening. It’s important to designate time to your personal relationships as well.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Try to avoid getting into an argument with a colleague. This person can be very petty at times. You will only be giving up precious time. Romance. A new relationship may seem to be slowing down a little. An honest discussion will help to clear the air. Avoid routine and spice up the relationship later this week.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)

FOR KIDS

A group of friends that you do not know very well may want to see more of you.

Don’t be afraid to get involved. They will bring new ideas to the forefront. Romance.

You will meet an interesting person later in the day.

Your first impressions may not be very favourable, however. Allow time for this relationship to develop.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) You will not be very pleased if somebody wastes your time because they can’t decide what they want. You may have to decide for them. Romance. This will be an excellent day for romance. Both you and your partner will be in just the right mood for an evening on the town. Take your partner dancing to really spice things up!

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) An improvement in your relationship with your colleagues will help you to feel much more positive about your work. However, it’s not always healthy to rely on others’ opinions. Romance. Your partner may want to tell you how much they care. You will need to put them at ease first. Are you making the relationship more difficult than it should be?

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Try not to mention a subject which you know might lead to trouble. This week is not the best time to discuss sensitive issues. Save your opinions for later.

Romance. Don’t try too hard to catch your partner out. Your curiosities may get the best of you and leave you feeling guilty.

FINDWORD No. 121 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) This week, you will be able to enjoy the company of a few friends. There is lots of gossip to look forward to. Free your schedule for this gathering. Romance. Be careful to separate reality from fantasy. Everything will go well, but it will not happen in quite the way you have been expecting.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A person whom you have always thought was boring may be quite interesting. You should open yourself up to people more often. Romance. An office romance could gradually become more serious. Tread carefully, until you are sure. Be careful of power roles and how a relationship will affect your work life.

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GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Try to rely on your gut feelings about a difficult situation. There may be some hidden pitfalls. If you are open to some small setbacks, this venture can be good for you. Romance. You will be thinking very positively about the long-term future of your relationship at the moment. Keep these positive feelings going all week.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) You will become frustrated if you don’t manage to find a new outlet for your energy. You have achieved a lot recently, but need to move on. Start a new project.

Romance. Your partner will be very supportive of a recent change. Be sure to acknowledge this support and to also take charge of this new direction you’ve chosen to take.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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Consider how hard it is to change yourself and

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little chance you have in trying to change others.

– Jacob M. Braude

SOLUTIONS No. 121

You may find it difficult to “see the forest from the trees” at the moment. Try to get a different view on the situation from someone that you trust. Romance. Ceres is in good aspect this week. You may want to “nurture” your partner a little more than usual. Invest more time in this relationship and you will enjoy the result.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Try to forget a recent remark. This is not something that you should take seriously.

It was simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Romance.

A wild fling is on the cards. Be careful not to do anything which you will regret later. Is this person someone you’d like a meaningful relationship with?

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Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation wishes to advise all residents and visitors that an aerial buffalo and pig culling operation is to be carried out within the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected area, between

7am, Wednesday, October 24 – 6pm, Monday, October 5, 2012.

All residents and visitors are advised to remain on designated roads and not to deviate from community areas during this period. This cull has been requested by Traditional Owners of the area to maintain a safe and healthy environment for all residents and visitors of the Laynhapuy IPA. Laynhapuy apologies for any inconvenience this operation may cause.

If you require further information please contact Yirralka Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area Rangers office on 8939 1850.

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Supported include conferences, festivals and functions that encourage women to celebrate the day.

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PO Box 345, Nhulunbuy NT 0881 Phone: (08) 8939 2200 Fax: (08) 8987 2451 Email: office@ncl.net.au

POSITIONS VACANT DEPOT SUPERVISOR Nhulunbuy Corporation Limited has a rare opportunity for a Depot Supervisor to join our team as part of the Works Department. This role will be ideally suited to someone with a trade qualification and knowledge of contract administration, including specification writing, tender assessment and day to day supervision.

In this role you will assist in managing all activities within the Depot, including but not limited to: • Employee task allocation and works monitoring • Maintainenance of employee records, timesheets, leave applications, accident reports etc.

• Preparation of effective maintenance schedules, works programmes and budgets • Document preparation and supervision of contract maintenance and capital works • Organisation and coordination of plant and equipment • Organisation of availability and suitability of all materials for works implementation • Fostering and maintaining good corporate public relations image • Ensuring compliance to policies and procedures To be considered for this position you will ideally possess: • Supervisory and administrative skills • Ability to act on own initiative and with minimum supervision • Ability to maintain confidentiality • Ability to quickly assess problems and find solutions • Good negotiation skills • Total flexibility and willingness to work long hours • Good communication skills, both written and oral • Ability to compile and control budgets The Corporation has an Enterprise Agreement in place providing favourable wage rates and excellent working conditions. This position comes with fully air-conditioned accommodation at an extremely low rental.

A copy of the position description including relevant selection criteria may be obtained by phoning the Corporation at (08) 8939 2200.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Greg Hanslow at (08) 8987 1753.

Applications providing full details of work experience, including recent references should be forwarded to the: Town Administrator Nhulunbuy Corporation Limited PO Box 345, Nhulunbuy NT 0881 The closing date for applications is October 26, 2012 at 4pm

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Expressions closing after eight years THERE was no slowing down for Eleisha Sloane and Kristy Smith at Expressions Boutique on Saturday, October 14, as they closed their doors in Nhulunbuy for the last time.

It was not a drop off in business that forced the closure, but a dispute over a lease on the building.

Expressions owner Selina Sloane said that, when the problem first arose, she had pursued a couple of other avenues for a change of location but to no avail.

She had even gone to the expense of spending $20,000 on an alternative premises, only to find out at the 11th hour that she couldn’t move in or operate out of the semi-industrial location in Arnhem Road.

She said she had turned down an offer to buy the business as the people, making the offer, just wanted the clothing component and Ms Sloane did not want to put her four staff members out of work.

“The beauty component is a major part of the business. We did not close our business because we wanted to or because it was floundering.

“We closed because we were having issues with the lease. Our lawyers are now addressing these issues.

“We have been running the business for eight of the 12 years that we have been in Gove and we have always supported the community,” Ms Sloane said.

Eleisha said she was really going to miss the customers as many had been coming to them since they opened.

“Saturday was our last day and now we are just packing everything up.

“We are very sad to leave and even sadder at the way we feek we have been forced out.

“We had a great clientele and many of them have also expressed how sad they are that we are leaving,” she said.

Eleisha Sloane and Kristy Smith at Expressions Boutique.

Man found week after being lost A 38-year-old man, who went missing from Alpurrurulam on Saturday, October 13, has been located safe and well.

Superintendent Craig Barrett said the search for Lawrence Campbell was suspended last Friday after an extensive, three-day air and ground search.

“Mr Campbell told Police he got bogged near a river and decided to walk to Barkly Downs Station.

“Mr Campbell walked to the water holes through Austral Downs Station and across into Barkly Downs Station, where is brother was staying,” said Superintendent Barrett.

“Mr Campbell and his brother returned to the community on the weekend and attended the local Police Station to advise he was no longer missing.

“Local Police, cattle station workers, members of the community and Queensland Police members from Camooweal

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Nhulunbuy Community Guide Community organisations Arafura Dance Assoc.

Contact: President Lesley Tankard P: 8987 2136 A/H.

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 Arnhem Land Bowls Club Contact: Isobel Murray P: 0435 822 107, 8987 2120 Arnhem Writers Contact: Ian Maclean P: 0417 601 490 Auskick Contact: Cameron Knight P: 0488 508 577

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

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

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

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

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

Gove Country Golf Club & Gove Country Golf Club - Juniors Contact: Jamie Henderson E: manager@gcgc.com.au P: 8987 3191 Gove Golden Oldies Contact: Ria Ngamoki P: 8987 3530

Gove Volleyball Assoc.

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

MOPS Contact: Katie Hovenden P: 8987 1607

Nhulunbuy Child Care Centre P: 8987 3311 E: jaklwill@bigpond.com Nhulunbuy Child Care Services Inc. Contact: Tracey Chrzanowski P: 8987 3311

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

Gove Netball Assoc.

Contact: Helen Clark - Pres P: 8987 3728 M: 0438 873 728

Nhulunbuy Motorcycle Club Contact: Maria Akapita P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au

Northern Territory Emergency Service P: 0427 392 264 Oasis Play Time Contact: Nisha P: 0437 141 291 Old Codgers: Contact: Shane Ogg P: 0423 172 139 Queens Bus (Variety NT) Contact: Angie Moyle P: 0408 838 498 or Facebook us at: Queens - Variety NT

Fri 26

Time 0347 0932 1512 2209

Time 0453 1046 1628 2315

Time 0559 1202 1755

Ht 2.41 1.43 2.64 0.76

Ht 2.43 1.38 2.52 0.83

Sat 27 Ht 2.51 1.26 2.49

Time 0021 0657 1311 1915

Ht 0.87 2.63 1.09 2.54

Sun 28

Mon 29

Tue 30

Time 0122 0742 1406 2012

Time 0214 0820 1448 2058

Time 0258 0853 1524 2136

Ht 0.90 2.75 0.91 2.61

Ht 0.95 2.86 0.76 2.67

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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 Forward in Faith Ministries Sunday: 10am – 12.30pm. Library at the Nhulunbuy Christian College. 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 Oct 14 W/E Oct 14 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 08/10

7318

1926

6700

1763

618

163

Scouts Nhulunbuy Contact: Group Leader E: gl.nhulunbuy@nthq.scouts.com.au

Tuesday 09/10

7727

2033

6200

1632

1527

401

Wednesday 10/10

7199

1894

5600

1474

1599

420

Thursday 11/10

7136

1878

6200

1632

936

246

Friday 12/10

7423

1953

8100

2132

-677

-179

Saturday 13/10

7343

1932

6800

1789

543

143

Sunday 14/10

8200

2158

7400

1947

800

211

52346 13775 47000 12369

5346

1406

Squash Club Contact: Donna Marie P: 8987 1272 Tae Kwon Do Nhulunbuy Contact: Paul Macloy P: 0407 106 525

TOTAL

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

FULL MOON

Ht 1.01 2.93 0.64 2.69

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

Rotary Club Nhulunbuy Contact: TBA P: TBA

Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Thu 25

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

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

RSPCA: Contact: Sarah Howland P: 0437 526 502

Gove Junior Rugby Contact: Jon Regan P: 8987 8094

Wed 24

Church services

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

Runners North Contact: Vanessa Drysdale P: 8987 8005

Nhulunbuy BMX Club Inc Contact: Donna Leahy, Secretary P: 0409 173 562 Nhulunbuy Community Neighbourhood Centre Contact: Maria Akapita (NCNC Director), P: 08 8987 2191 E: ncnc@email.voicetalk.com.au

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

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

Nhulunbuy Speedway Contact: Ben Hurst P: 0410 833 292

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

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

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

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

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

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

covered over 28,000 sq km of area in the search for Mr Campbell.

“It is a great outcome for Police and the family of Mr Campbell to have him return to the community safe and well.

“The Northern Territory outback can be a very unforgiving place if you become stranded or lost.

“If you plan to travel long distances you should always inform someone of your detailed travel plans, including your estimated time of arrival, and carry an EPIRB.” During the search family members had told Police Mr Campbell left the community at around midday on Saturday, October 13, and was travelling in a white Holden commodore utility to Urandangi in Queensland for a cricket match.

Investigations have revealed Mr Campbell never arrived at the cricket match and had not accessed his bank account.

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

Weather details o

Temperature ( C) Max Min Rainfall Monday 15 30.8 22.3 0.6 Tuesday 16 31.4 22 TCE Wednesday 17 31.5 20.6 NIL Thursday 18 32.8 21.3 NIL Friday 19 31.9 18.3 NIL Saturday 20 32.3 19.8 NIL Sunday 21 32.4 20.1 0.2 Monthly total rainfall to date: 4.4 mm

Weather details supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology – Gove Airport from Monday, Oct 15 to Sunday, Oct 21

Mean sea level pressure Max: 1015.5 hPa on Monday Min: 1008.6 hPa on Sunday Averages for the month of October Max temp: 31.7 Min temp: 21.5 Rainfall: 7.1 mm

SECOND ANNUAL YOLNGU ASSEMBLY at MANINGRIDA

PHOTOS: KENDAL TRUDGEN

ABOVE: Yingiya Guyula, Albert Djiwada, and George Pascoe.

BELOW: Men during the meeting.

The whole group at the Assembly.

ABOVE RIGHT: Yangirrnga Bukulatjpi has her say.

RIGHT: Chief Minister Terry Mills meeting Lilly Roy.

Keep in touch…

ABOVE: Matthew Dhulumburrk and David Marpiyawuy.

BELOW: Marching through the streets.

ABOVE: Nalwarri Ngurruwutthun, Rose Jinmanliya and Roslyn Malnggumba Guyula.

LEFT: Helen Nyomba talking to the Assembly BELOW: Chief Minister Terry Mills talking to the group.

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Jack honoured for work for Indigenous Territorians THE award-winning actor John (Jack) Thompson AM received a Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa at Charles Darwin University’s graduation ceremonies on Friday, October 19.

Mr Thompson received the award for his contribution to the Australian film industry and for his commitment to Indigenous Territorians.

Through the Jack Thompson Foundation’s Homelands Building Program, Mr Thompson has worked to advance Indigenous culture.

Also honoured was the former Senior Deputy ViceChancellor of CDU, Dr Charles Webb, who received an Emeritus Professorship.

The award was made in recognition of his academic leadership and outstanding contribution to the advancement of tertiary education in the Northern Territory.

The awards were made at two ceremonies in which 1430 VET and Higher Education students graduated.

Ten PhDs were awarded for research topics ranging from middle ear infections in Indigenous Australian children to creating a sense of community in culturally diverse places.

Dr Webb delivered the Occasional Address at the morning ceremony, while Jack Thompson delivered the Occasional Address at the second ceremony.

Jack Thompson with Stephanie Stonier at a Garma Festival

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V8 Supercars return to Darwin THE V8 Supercars will return to Darwin in 2013, with a date now locked in for next year’s Championship.

Minister for Tourism and Major Events Matt Conlan said the Territory can now look forward to the V8 Supercars visiting on June 14-16, 2013.

“The V8 Supercars are a much-anticipated event on the Territory calendar and are a fantastic boost to the Territory economy,” Mr Conlan said.

“The 2013 V8 Supercars Championship will have an added element of excitement, as Nissans and MercedesBenz AMGs compete for the first time.

“This year’s event drew a crowd in excess of 48,000 and was a huge windfall for local businesses.

“But undoubtedly the big winners are motor-sport fans who have a great opportunity to get close to the track and see the drivers and their fantastic high performance vehicles.

“The Country Liberals first secured the Hidden Valley round back in 1998 and the event is now secure until at least 2018.

“Darwin comes alive when the V8 Supercars are in town in what is a mustsee Territory event.”

Action from the V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 on the weekend. Photo courtesy V8 Supercars website.

A fundraising event for the Gove Peninsula Tennis Club

Black Tie Cocktail Night

Friday, October 26, 8pm at The Arnhem Club Bali Pavilion Tickets $50 each includes fine finger food and complimentary drink

Australian Open Trophies in Gove!

Have your photos with the trophies “Daphne & Norman”on the night!

Trophies arrive approx.

9pm – 9.30pm Tickets can be purchased from the Tennis Club or phone Nicky on 8987 2640

GOVE PENINSULA TENNIS CLUB

2012 Presentation Night & Christmas Party

Emily Tankard and Ashley Verrall.

From gymnastics to dancing WHEN a young girl arrived in Gove from South Africa she found she could no longer pursue her passion of gymnastics so changed to dancing.

Ashley Verrell, 13, a year 7 student at Nhulunbuy High School, has just returned from Darwin where she, and fellow competitor Emily Tankard, did extremely well at the Showcase NT Titles.

Both girls, members of the Arafura Dance Association, have now qualified for the National titles to be hosted in Queensland on January 18-20 at Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast.

Ashley performed in the ballet and jazz sections and achieved a High Silver second Award in ballet and a High Silver in Jazz.

When Ashley lived in South Africa she had been competing in Gymnastics for four years.

In 2007 and 2008 she achieved the silver level and achieved her provincial colours so that she could represent her county, although she was too young to compete abroad.

Ashley had choreographed her own jazz routine and had incorporated elements of gymnastics into her routine.

“I hope to perform on Broadway and work in New York,” said the teenager. “I know I have a lot of hard work ahead of me and that I need to remain very focused to get there but I am determined to do my best.”

Emily Tankard did exceptionally well in four categories.

Emily received First High Silver awards for : student own choreograph, ballet, Broadway jazz and contemporary.

She said this was her first time cometing at the Showcase event and really enjoyed meeting lots of new people, something she enjoys at every competition.

Dancing since she was six Emily said her favourite form of dance was Broadway jazz because of the liveliness, fun and acting components.

“I want to keep doing this as long as I keep enjoying it and I will see if I go anywhere with it in the future,” she said.

Emily is part of the ADA Highland dancers who competed in Carins on the weekend. (results next week)

At the Tennis Club Courts, Saturday, October 27, 6.30pm start • Coaching certificates and awards • Club Championship trophies • BP Gove Classic Senior trophies and club awards presented on the night.

* Special guests: “Daphne & Norman” Australian Open Trophies will be in attendance – You can have your photo with the trophies on the night.

Sit Down Buffet 2-Course Dinner • Adults $25 • Children U12 $10 • Drinks available Bookings are essential for catering purposes. Tickets can be purchased at the Club House or contact Nicky on 8987 2640 or email tennisgove@tennisgove.com.au

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Volleyball results for round 10 Round 10 of Volleyball was played on October 16.

Some Spike it Hot defeated Mad Hatters 4-0.

Best players Robyn, Abbie, Jamie and John.

Indecision defeated Shake N Bake 2-1. Best players Kezia, Angi,

Andre and Duck.

The Wilsons defeated Meet the Blockers 2-1.

Best players Jade, Janene, Jerry and Clint.

Techo Tigerts defeated Energisers 2-1. Best players Tara, Natasha, Leigh and Justin.

Congo defeated Spike in the Trend 2-1. Best players Tomolo, Bree, D.Byrne and Russel.

Caustic Jocks defeated Reggae Rockets 3-0. Best players Nita, and Ritech.

Airtime defeated Drink Spikers 3-0. Best players

Laura, Emma, Ben and Rob. Ballz Up defeated Bill Whacked 3-0. Rose, Nita, Michael and Tim. O n e H I t Wo n d e r s defeated Set to Kill 3-0.

Laura, Ellie, Fou and Nathan.

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True Blue winners of fishing comp.

THE winners of the Walkabout Lodge John Jones Memorial Billfish Challenge were announced at the Walkabout on Saturday night.

The Challenge, organised by the Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club (NRSFC), was held over the previous weekend in some very testing conditions.

The winning team was True Blue - Mischa Bertschi, Bruce Arkcoll and Murray Nivett - with

the trophy presented by Talitha Weldon.

Mischa Bertschi won the first prize with his black marlin and sailfish, while Ralph Pellenat from Team Tess was second and Bob Dunn from Are We there Yet? third.

The competition was a tag-andrelease and, although Saturday proved to be void of fish, Sunday saw a couple of great catches.

Kylie Piddick received a meritorious award for her 23kg long tail tuna.

The Challenge was started in 2003 in memory of John Jones who promoted responsible Billfishing in the surrounding waters of East Arnhem Land with the NRSFC. He was a past president and life member of the club known for his strong beliefs of responsible

recreational angling ethics and good sportsmanship.

The next fishing challenge for the club is the 2012 XXXXGOLD Gove Game Classic which will be held over eight days.

Fishing is between November 9-16 with anglers fishing any four days during that period.

Anglers will compete for prizes valued at over $20,000 in 29 prize categories.

Paul Grover and Cassandra Duykers.

ABOVE: Di and Dash Walton.

BELOW: Steve Mackie and Colin Cran.

ABOVE: True Blue -Mischa Bertschi, Bruce Arkcoll and Murray Nivett (far right) with Talitha Weldon from The Walkabout with the winners trophy.

BELOW: The winners were presented with their prizes. Paul Grover, Talitha Weldon, Mischa Bertschi, Bruce Arkcoll, Murray Nivett, Ralph Pellenat, Kyle Piddick, Bob Dunn and Peter Cox.

ABOVE: Shaun and Tara Canobie.

BELOW: Andrea Crowley and James Haddock.

ABOVE: Dave Dunn and Gavin Andrews.

BELOW: Mischa Bertschi, Bruce Arkcoll and Aaron Davidson.

ABOVE: Bernice Cox and Robyn Pellenat.

BELOW: Dale and Kyle Piddick.

Shane Flannigan, Annette Cotterill and Shirley Shepherd.

Ralph and Kelly Pellenat and Peter Cox.

Daniel Mossley, Jamie Beavis and Murray Nivett.

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What’s on this week at your club...

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Melbourne Cup Luncheon

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Jackpot OPEN FOR DINNER TUESDAY - SATURDAY FROM 6PM UNTIL 9PM $400

SATURDAY The Weekly

GOOSE CLUB EVERY SatuRdaY

GREAT PRIZES!

Tickets on sale from 11am. Drawn at 1.30pm.

Members and bonafide guests in the company of a member are welcome. Only financial members may purchase from the bottleshop.

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