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Olivia Russell (above) and Noah Canobie (right) with their some of the fish they caught during the Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club’s junior fishing competition held over the Easter and Anzac Day holidays. The club held a presentation night last week for the “measure and release” competition to support the future of fishing. More photos and report, Page 17. >>

Q&A to broadcast from Garma By ANDREW HARRISON

THE Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Q&A panel discussion show may broadcast live from this year’s Garma Festival, the festival organisers confirmed. The Garma Festival, which is organised by the Darwin-based Yothu Yindi Foundation, is held on a site about 40km south-east of Nhulunbuy, and scheduled to run from August 1 to 4. The program’s broadcast would be a big boost for the area and spotlight Indigenous affairs on a national scale. The Garma Festival is a colourful and vibrant

event held on a ceremonial site in a stringybark forest, which flowers in August, on the Dhupuma escarpment where the Yolgnu have danced “from the beginning of time”. Yothu Yindi Foundation general manager Denise Bowden confirmed the group was in tentative talks with the ABC and no final terms or partnership agreement had been made. She declined further comment as not to skew the talks. Q&A’s producers were approached several times for comment, but did not return phone calls left at their Sydney office. Continued Page 2. >>

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It would be a logistical challenge to the public broadcaster, which has beamed the program previously from Indonesia and China, and will involve about 50 staff, a person familiar with the project said. Its producers would call on the ABC’s Darwin bureau to would help supply vehicles and filming equipment, while the panel and the presenter, usually Tony Jones or Virginia Trioli, who has filled in for Jones while he was on break, would be flown in to Nhulunbuy for the August program. The planned program would be broadly dedicated to address

Indigenous affairs and other current events. Garma is a model for Indigenous self-determination, reconciliation, knowledge sharing and exchange. Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians experience and are directly involved in displays of cultural practice and cross-cultural learning. It incorporates visual art, story telling, dance and music, as well as other important forums and education and training programs relevant to cultural tourism, craft, governance and youth leadership. Previous festival have had astronomy sessions, fireside chats, workshops, and song and dance.

Q&A, which premiered in May, 2008, is broadcast on ABC1 and follows a similar format to Question Time on BBC and Questions and Answers on Irish public television. It generally features a panel of five public figures, usually including politicians from each of the major federal parties (the ALP and Coalition) as well as minor party politicians, media personalities and celebrities. The panel answers questions provided by viewers and the studio audience. Anyone wishing to be in the audience can fill in a form on the program’s website, which as well as asking for contact details,

asks some questions relating to the applicant’s political views to help “select a diverse and well-balanced audience”. The program has been criticised by some elements of the media for views expressed by its guest panelists, the nature of the questions asked by audience members and the failure to disclose identity and political affiliations that some audience members asking questions of the panelists may hold. Criticism has been made in particular that the program presents “a distorted view of Australia” and that the show courts the type of panelists who state falsehoods and the show’s host fails to intervene to correct such statements.

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RESIDENTS are warned that crocodiles are still on the move. Two crocs were caught in the past two weeks by rangers working with the Parks and Wildlife service, said Dhimurru sea country facilitator Vanessa Drysdale. She said the crocs, which were less two metres long, were caught at Galaru (East Woody Beach) and Gunyangara (Ski Beach). In Darwin they actively trap crocs too close to resident areas and in the habour. In Nhulunbuy Dhimurru, which is responsible for the management of wildlife in the region, does not have the resources to undertake a full-time croc trapping program, Ms Drysdale said. But if they were frequenting public areas, such as boat ramps, popular swimming places, or threatening dogs, they would be caught and securely relocated, she said.

Ms Drysdale reassured residents there were more injuries cause by buffalo attack in the Nhulunbuy region than crocs and Dhimurru also was involved in a buffalo culling management program . People across the Top End are reminded to remain vigilant about all waterways as there are estimated to be 100,000 crocodiles in the NT. Ms Drysdale said Dhimurru relied on the public to inform it of marauding crocs. “There is no room for complacency when it comes to crocodiles in our waterways,” she said. “Crocodiles can move about, and you must always assume that any body of water in the Top End and coastal areas could contain a crocodile.” To report croc sightings please conduct www,dhimurru.com.au or phone 8939 2700.

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Drunk at the wheel of golf buggy A NHULUNBUY man was arrested by NT Police after he was allegedly caught drinkdriving in a golf buggy last week. Police stopped last week the man and buggy on Banyan Road, not far from his home, but a kilometre from the Gove Golf Club at 2.20pm. Allegedly he recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.125 per cent, and was issued with summons to appear before the magistrates court for having an unregistered motor vehicle and driving intoxicated with a medium-range blood alcohol level, police said.

LAYNHAPUY Homelands Aboriginal Corp. will conducting an aerial buffalo and pig-culling operation is to be carried out within the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected area, until Friday, May 9, at 6pm. The operation will take place in the vicinity of Yilpara, Gurrumuru, Gangan and Balma communities. All residents and visitors are advised to remain on designated roads and not to deviate from community areas during this

Police said that driving a buggy through the streets is an offence, particularly if intoxicated. The man was issued also with an alcohol protection order for three months, which bars him from possessing alcohol, consuming alcohol or even entering or being in licensed premises, even a restaurant, if not for the purposes of employment or residence. The penalty for breaching the conditions of an APO, or knowingly supplying alcohol to someone subject to an APO is a fine of $3600 or three months’ imprisonment or both.

period. This cull has been requested by Traditional Owners of the area to keep a safe and healthy environment for all residents and visitors of the

Festival reaches out for more hands

LONG-STANDING organisation the Gove Peninsula Festival (GPF) Association has had to make the difficult call not to hold a festival this year, primarily because of a lack of human resources. GPF has a long-track record of putting on fun biennial events for the community, including the huge Gove 40-Year Anniversary Festival held in 2012. Unfortunately, because of the town’s current status, members have begun leaving and the association is currently without an executive committee. Outgoing Acting GPF Chairperson Matt Garrick (right), who is leaving town this month

because of work commitments in Alice Springs, said the hope was that people staying in town during Gove’s transition would now step up to the plate. “At current, the association is without a chairperson, vice chairperson or treasurer. “Community members are encouraged to jump onboard and lend some hands to this great organisation. “For those interested in the arts in Gove, being involved with the festival committee has so many rewards - the opportunity to help bring exciting, new, cultural events to this part of the world being a big one.” So far this year, the GPF

has hosted a number of smaller cultural events including photo and art exhibitions and monthly Gove Film Society screenings,

Passengers praise pilot in ‘plane emergency landing A LIGHT plane last week that originally intended to land at Gove Airport was forced to make an emergency belly landing in Darwin. The Air Frontier twinengine Beechcraft Baron, with a pilot and three passengers on board, experienced difficulties with an undercarriage wheel when trying to land. A passenger Geoff Harper praised the skill of the pilot. The plane was preparing to land on April 28 when it experienced difficulties with its landing gear and was redirected to Darwin to make an emergency landing. E m e rg e n c y c r e w s were on standby when the plane made a successful landing. Mr Harper told the ABC at no time during the landing did he feel unsafe. “It was well-controlled and well-managed . . . the pilot kept us informed the whole time,” he said. “I’ve flown with him before and I trust him, and I know he knows what he’s talking about.” Mr Harper told the NT News he was happy the landing went well and keen to get back in the air

and continue their journey Mr Harper ’s wife, Hannah, said she was praying for a safe landing, the ABC reported. “Just praying for safety for him and wisdom for the pilot. “I had also contacted close friends and family members to ask them for their prayers. “Soon after he gave me a call and he sounded very calm, he also said the pilot has been fantastic.” It was forced to turn back to Darwin airport and landed just before noon with no injuries to anyone on board. Chief Pilot of Air Frontier Paul Schapiro told the NT News engineers conducted trouble shooting with the experienced pilot before deciding a ‘wheels up landing’ at Darwin airport was the safest option. “(The pilot) did an excellent job,” Mr Schapiro said.“We’re happy that the outcome was successful and there were no injuries to passengers or the crew.” Mr Schapiro said the newspaper reported Air Frontier would now work with its maintenance provider and the air safety

regulator to investigate the incident. When approached by the Arafura Times the airline declined comment. Air Frontier is based at Darwin’s International Airport, and conducts charter and scenic flights across the Top End.

and plan to continue holding such events. Their home base is the Gove Regional Arts Centre, located in 4C’s (opposite the Peninsula Bakery). GPF will be holding a meeting at 7.30pm, May 19, at the 4C’s, hosted by Acting Chairperson Lynne Walker - all executive positions are vacant and those interested in getting involved are urged to come along. For more information, or to voice your interest in being an executive or general committee member, please contact sponsorship@govefestival.org.au or phoner Nhulunbuy electorate office 8987 0125.

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Ineke proud to be chosen to attend Youth Parliament THE continued dedication of East Arnhem youth working to drive their people forward has again been recognised, with young Aboriginal woman Ineke Wallis (right) selected to take part in the 2014 National Indigenous Youth Parliament. The National Indigenous Youth Parliament is a week-long leadership program held in Canberra from May 28 to June 3, comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged between 16-25 years. With only six individuals chosen from each State and Territory, and two from the Torres Strait Islands, Ineke was selected from a strong field of 230 applicants. An Administration Officer in the East Arnhem Regional Council Governance and Administration Team, Ineke is an exceptional young lady who has a burning desire to pursue a career in politics with the aim of advocating for all Indigenous people, but specifically driven to improve the lifestyle and access to services for people within East Arnhem. “I am extremely proud to be given this opportunity to represent

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be presenting three speeches in Canberra, two of which focus on ‘Recognising Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people in the Constitution’ and ‘Lowering the age to access superannuation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’, “ Ineke said. Before leaving to Canberra, Ineke will be speaking with local youth groups and schools in Nhulunbuy on the importance of the National Indigenous Youth Parliament, and how every person plays a role in making a difference.

Remote living - the best kind: Lanka FOR young people living in Australian cities and regional hubs, life in the remote north-east Arnhem town of Nhulunbuy could be as different as life overseas. But for 17-year-old Lanka Alahakoon (right), born and raised in Nhulunbuy, it’s the best place to be. “Living rural is what I love doing. I go to a city like Melbourne for Christmas, or Townsville to see my sister, and get the city rush and occasional Maccas, but when I get back to Nhulunbuy it’s a huge relief,” said Lanka. “We know all our neighbours and know everything here.” Ms Alahakoon is one of the newest recipients of the Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship, entering Year 1 of the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at James Cook University in Townsville in 2014. She had no hesitation in accepting the scholarship, which contracts students to complete six years’ postgraduate practice in rural and remote areas after completion of the bachelor of medicine and surgery. “Living here, I know how important it is to have GPs,” said Lanka. “Sometimes you’re waiting at the hospital to see a GP and the nurses have to do so much. They have a lot more responsibility than city nurses. “More GPs across rural Australia

would be helpful, because you need to have someone who knows something about everything. “There is a huge respect up here for rural doctors. Throughout my childhood I’ve been sick numerous times and the doctors I’ve been to have really inspired me, with how much they care and want to help you,” she said. Lanka was nervous about coming to JCU for an interview, but her previous visits to the university had reassured her the people were friendly. She is also fortunate to have her sister, Lorna, a Year 4 medical student, and her best friend, Laura, from Nhulunbuy, who is studying secondary education, both living together and

welcoming her to their share house and university life. The relative proximity of JCU to Nhulunbuy was a factor in Lanka’s decision to apply to JCU, as well as its similar climate. “The people who interviewed me were really nice, they were genuinely interested in why I wanted to be there,” said Lanka. “I really just wanted to go to JCU but applied to other unis to increase my chances of a place in medicine. Except WA, and Tasmania, because it’s too cold!” Lanka unfortunately had some unwanted experience with the health system before she travelled to Townsville. After saying goodbye at the airport to one of her friends leaving for uni, Lanka and two other friends were in a serious car accident just a fortnight before she was due in Townsville for week 1. “The car rolled three times. I’m the only one that didn’t black out. I know some people think it’s good to forget but I’d rather know what happened,” said Lanka. “We were all flown to Darwin hospital. I had a deep knee laceration with 21 stitches, made worse by a burn I got when I was dragged out of the car,” said Lanka. Continued Page 5. >>

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Madeleine coping with the stress of city study MOVING to study in the city is always a challenge for regional students, but for one Nhulunbuy resident, life has got a bit easier. Madeleine Larsen (right) is one of the six fortunate recipients of The George Alexander Foundation Rural Accommodation Scholarship to Murdoch University in Perth. Places for this year’s scholarship were hotly contested with 32 applications received for the five available places. The scholarships provide help with accommodation costs of $24,000 over three years for each student. They get $7500 for accommodation and $500 in Coles vouchers a year. Most scholarship recipients live on campus at the Murdoch University Student Village and have part of their accommodation costs taken care of for the first three years of study. Ms Larsen, who has just begun her studies in studying Animal Science, is hoping to qualify as a vet one day. “I am so grateful for this scholarship, as it puts less pressure on my parents to pay for the accommodation and allows me to focus on my studies,” Madeleine said. “It helps so much.” Murdoch University’s Director of Student Services Tim Martin said the scholarship cut the pressure for students who had faced the reality of having to move from their home to Perth to study. “For many students making the transition to university can be both an exciting and challenging time, particularly for those needing to make the move from their home and fam-

ily with the added costs another hurdle to cross,” Mr Martin said. Ms Larsen had worked in the vet clinic for two years in Nhulunbuy before moving to Perth. She said she liked biology and maths at school where she work hard but scored only one mark below the entry mark into vet science. So this year she will study animal science, and try to entry the vet school next year. All up she looking at six years of training so the scholarship “helps so much.” she said. “It will be worth it in the end.” She hasn’t decided between livestock or small animals, but said she is not put off by sick animals or blood, and has nimble fingers so surgery is not intimidating. “I can stand back and not take it too seriously or get emotional. I have a strong stomach,” she said. She is learning to enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city, and curse the cold. “When it rains in Nhulunbuy it’s warm, here it’s cold.” Ms Larsen has already invested in some warmer clothing and learn to dress in layers, but will probably buy more. After seven years in Nhulunbuy and previously time in Gladstone, Perth is Ms Larsen’s first big city. “Growing up in Nhulunbuy was good environment, but it’s good to be in the city for the time being,” she said. Close to Fremantle, Ms Larsen has no desire to support the Dockers, having never followed the AFL, preferring NRL and backing Queensland in the State of Origin. None of her Nhulunbuy friends have followed her

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to Perth with most staying in Nhulunbuy or moving to Townsville. Luckily she has become friends with one of the girls she is sharing a eight-room dormitory on campus with, who also is studying animal science. Right now, she learning one of life’s skills, sharing living space, “getting along” and negotiating the washing up pile. “The George Alexander Foundation Scholarship goes a long way to easing some of the challenges and

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hand. He healed and was took as part of the occupying forces in Japan, and continued on to be posted to Vietnam, undertaking a course as a paymaster to qualify for service. For his efforts, he received a slew of military honours, including a Distinguished Service Medal and the British Empire Medal. Mandatorily retired from the army at age 55 after a near lifetime in the service, he had planned to become a teacher at a Catholic school where he had helped with their cadet corp. He had planned to teach history. But the ex-shearer, who had no formal education beyond primary school. “He would have been two lessons ahead of his students.” Restless, he sought more adventure and “the spice of danger,” Mrs McLoughlin said. After two years, an ex-colonel who knew “Dig” asked him to come to Nhulunbuy to work as a camp officer in the town’s early days so they moved their family from Sydney. In those days, most of the overseers were ex-prison guards, and most of the workers were migrants. “He was an energetic person. He had to achieve things When he wanted to do something, he went out and did it.” After he died and was buried with full military honours at the cemetery, she was allowed to stay in a company house until she saw her two sons through their apprenticeships. Legacy, which helped her many times, paid to have one daughter educated at a private Brisbane school. “In my day, we called it the snob school.” After her children moving away, she still stayed in Nhulunbuy and worked at the hospital because “this was the place I had made a home,” she said. She got used to the tropics and it’s “never been a dull moment”. “I didn’t mind being an army wife,” she said. “Life is what you make of it. “There is no point sitting in the corner sulking, moaning and complaining, you won’t have any friends,” Mrs McLoughlin said.

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a lot about sorting out day-to-day work routines. They had opportunity to broaden their skills through a range of tours to the mine and refinery, Sodexo Gove operation, Deltareef, Gumatj, and John Bedwell Management Pty Ltd. Daily half-hour information sessions are supported by town businesses in a range of topics from wellbeing, career opportunities, financial management and recreation from business groups such as Westpac, NT Police/Fire and Rescue/ Health/Education/Disease Control, Deltareef, Dhimurru, Sodexo, and Alcan Gove. The goal of the program has been to provide pathways to continuing mainstream education and opportunities for permanent employment with career progression. Gumatj Corp. Chief Executive Klaus Helms said three graduates would be starting work with the Gunyangara meat- processing works. The program has been a rewarding partnership between Gumatj Corp., MEP. and Rio Tinto-Alcan Gove, which has afforded opportunity for the 12 young men and women to start their journey of employment. The Ralpa graduates will have their wages supported for eight weeks by ALERT until they settle in permanent employment, with in community employment groups, Mr Barnes said. After the presentations proud families posed with the graduates before joining them for refreshments. Mr Barnes said another intake to the program will start in early September.

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TWELVE Ralpa work-readiness program trainees celebrated their course graduation last Wednesday in front of 100 family and guests at the ALERT facility, in Enula Street. Those graduating were Selma Gurruwiwi, Zelda Gurruwiwi, Lena Gurruwiwi, Jimmy Gurruwiwi, Ian Gurruwiwi, Marcus Marawili, Max Gumana, Jonathon Guwanga, Phillip Marawili, Ricky Bukulatjpi, Shane Yunupingu and Alicia Marika. At the graduation ceremony they were awarded certificates that acknowledged the progress the trainees have made throughout their four-day-a-week, eightweek program as they completed a range of health and safety issues, and workplace, team building, and fitness training exercises. ALERT (which runs the Ralpa program) advisor Gary Barnes said many of these young people had never worked before. Ralpa is a Yolgnu word to “get up and get moving”. Attendance was averaged about 85 per cent, he said. “Four trainee received awards for 100 per cent participation,” Mr Barnes said. Mr Barnes said ALERT’s aims was to increase the work readiness of locals out in remote homeland communities. The group was welcomed by General Manager of Gove Operations Ryan Cavanagh, who spoke of the job opportunities awaiting the young people into the workforce, which was a key cornerstone in the company’s Gove Agreement with Traditional Owners. Alicia Marika, Selma Gurruwiwi and Zelda Gurruwiwi thanked all involved on behalf of all of the trainees. The trainees learned important aspects of health and safety, workplace skills and

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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 Andrew Harrison on 1300 088 000.

Dawn at the Boat Club.

WEEKLY Every Wednesday. Nine-hole Chook Run, Gove Country Golf Club, 2.30 - 5.30pm. Every Wednesday. Barefoot Bowls at the Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm, followed by Karaoke. Every Wednesday. Walkabout Dart Competition Walkabout Tavern from 8pm. Every Thursday. Badge Draw, Arnhem Club, from 5.30pm, followed by Karaoke. Every Friday. Nine-hole Beer Run, Gove Country Golf Club, 2.30 - 5.30pm. Every Friday. TGIF Weekly Draw, in the Walkabout Tavern from 4.30pm, prizes drawn at 6.30pm. Every Friday. Jag the Joker, Arnhem Club, tickets from 5-6pm, draw 6-9pm. Every Friday. Gove Surf Club open from 4pm, great views and family atmosphere, BBQ 6-8pm. Every Friday & Saturday. Grant Pukeroa live in the Beer Garden, 9pm-3am @ The Arnhem Club. Every Friday & Saturday. DJ Wil.K The Baddist, live in The Jam, 9pm 'til late - Walkabout Tavern. Every Saturday. Goose Club (tickets on sale from 11.30am), and Jam Session from 1pm at the Arnhem Club. Every Sunday. Emma in the Beer Garden from 3pm - Walkabout Tavern. Every Tuesday. Pool Comp at the Arnhem Club, from 7pm. Every Tuesday. Trivia at The Arnhem Club, 8 - 9.30pm.

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Wed 7. Nhulunbuy High School Council meeting Swimming carnival. Fri 9. Tour de Arnhem Land fundraising barbecue, Nhulunbuy Surf Club, 5:30pm. Sat 10. Nhulunbuy Primary School Mother's Day Markets & Fete Spectacular. Markets begin at 3pm. Entertainment kicks-off at 5.30pm. Sat 10. Nhulunbuy Corporation Ltd is putting the movie "12 years a slave"on Hindle Oval. Sat 10. Tour de Arnhem Land meeting, 6pm, Walkabout Lodge. Sat 10. Jenevieve's 'Not Leaving Just Yet' gig, featuring girl band Papa Said, Arnhem Club, 9pm Sun 11. Mother's Day. Sun 11. 8Ear All Ages Gig, Arnhem Club featuring Good Question. Mon 12 - Sun 18. National Volunteer Week. Tues 13. Arafura Dance Association Inc. AGM, Walkabout, 5.30pm. Tue 13. Nhulunbuy Christian College P&F meeting, college staffroom.

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Parliament fires up ahead of Budget I WILL be in parliament for the next fortnight which is sure to be fiery with the three ex-CLP members, now Palmer United Party members, sitting on the cross benches and leaving the CLP with a reduced majority, down to 13 out of 25 seats. If they are to be effective in holding the CLP government to account, they are going to have to work a whole lot harder than they have to date. Unshackled from the CLP allows them to speak openly and honestly and highlight the many failings of their former colleagues and their failure to deliver on

promises made to people in the bush. Somehow I don’t think they will be short of things to say! While I don’t have a great deal in common with these three MLAs, we do share a common interest in exposing the raft of broken CLP promises for those of us in the remote regions. These sittings, which will no doubt deliver a budget with more cuts and pain for Territorians, will also see the CLP and Dave Tollner’s legislative plans to split up the government owned Power Water Corporation (PWC) debated. Nobody but the CLP

believes that this split will deliver cheaper and more-efficient power and nobody believes them when they say these government owned assets won’t be put up for sale. They can’t even say how much the split will cost and how many jobs will be at risk nor give assurances that this doesn’t pave the way for sale of more government assets. Power generation and supply is a critical and essential service and one which is challenging to run, especially in the NT with a low population base spread across a vast geographic area with the added challenges of tropical wet weather for

half the year. Such are the challenges, that annually the NTG subsidises PWC’s Indigenous Essential Services, to ensure that affordable power, water and sewerage is provided to the Territory’s remote communities, home to some of the Territory’s most disadvantaged. What guarantees that IES will continue to be subsidised? None. I WILL be home on Friday and look forward to the primary school Mother’s Day Fete and the first game of the season for GAFL at Yirrkala. A shame Saints were unable to raise a team for the competition this year,

Electoral News

by NT Member for Nhulunbuy

LYNNE WALKER

one of the casualties of the Rio down turn, without a doubt. ARAFURA Dance have asked me to remind families that their AGM is on Tuesday, May 13, at 5.30pm at the Walkabout. It’s simple; no committee, no dance school. It would be a great shame to see another community group casualty for lack of volunteers.

Taking a tinny to PNG? You must be Crackers

ABOVE: Adventurer Craig ‘Crackers’ Hand with the Sibidiri Tribe in PNG. RIGHT: Crackers with Kevin Russell from Sea Swift on Thursday Island n the Torres Strait, unpacking his little Red Boat to fill container for PNG. way. By AARON SMITH He started his voyage in ALTHOUGH it’s been awhile Darwin on May 17, 2012, after since adventurer Crackers, a farewell concert featuring one or Craig Hand, as his mother of Australia’s greatest bands, named him, passed through Mental as Anything, and pulled East Arnhem Land, he’s cer- out of the water 14 months later on July 19, 2013 in Lismore, tainly been busy since. He’s traversed the country NSW, via Arnhem Land, the in his infamous ‘little red Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape boat’; a 15-foot dinghy that he York, Torres Strait, PNG, Great explored the high seas in during Barrier Reef and Australia’s East Coast. a 14-month odyssey. Spending time in the WestHaving just started working for Sea Swift on Thursday ern Province, PNG, inspired Island in the Torres Strait, Crackers to rustle up donations he told Arafura Times how for the various tribes that he he managed to donate much- lived with. The donations included needed supplies to some of PNG’s remote tribes with help first aid supplies, hand tools, from kind people along the mosquito nets, clothing and

educational books. The goods were put into a container in Cairns and sent to PNG by SeaSwift who sponsored the charity. Crackers also acknowledges the valuable assistance from the people that he met on his adventures. Crackers was recently told, the last of those donations have finally reached all the tribes. “I have just received word

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that over 4000 remote tribes people in eight remote tribes in the Western Province of PNG have gratefully received much needed goods for their people and bush schools, which was kindly donated by good people in Australia,” Crackers said. Earlier this year, Crackers was spotted hosting Australia Day celebrations for the West Arnhem Shire Council in Kakadu National Park.

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BUSINESS

30-year era ends at Gove Pharmacy GOVE Pharmacy’s Diana White last week left the dispensary after more than 30 years to move to Cairns with her miner husband and join family currently living in Queensland. She said she has mixed feeling finishing work at the chemist after “30 years comPharmacy workers Shenayade Martin, Diana White and Alilah Watts. ing through the same door”. to the family, providing apMrs White would like to The dispensing technician prenticeships to two of her return work a few days a week first gave to Nhulunbuy 40 children. The third, who works after settling into her new life, years ago as a teenager with for Toll Logistics, will remain until then she will become “a her parents from Brisbane, with his young family. lady who lunches,” she said. married and raised three chilBut “now was the right time Mrs White said that she dren in Nhulunbuy, she said. couldn’t compare the town to to move”, Mrs White said. The town had been good She is not retiring. another because she had no

Anglers to get their gear together Gove GOVE Tackle World is moving next week into new premises. Owner for the past six years, Jeff Murray (right), said rent on his current Westal St premises was become unaffordable so it made sense to move. The shop is moving into the old Qantas office in Endeveaour Square, committing to a 12-month lease with an option to extend. The new premises will cut the sports and leisuretime shop in half, losing about 140 square metres of room space. Mr Murray said the new space will “change the dynamics” of the store. The new shop will drop its slower-selling and more-labour intensive lines to become a one-man operation, which will be easier to manage, he said. He did consider packing up and shipping the shop’s goods to his Rockhampton shop, which opened last December, but after evaluating would cost about $45,000, the stock, which is already sold at a premium because of freight costs, would have to sell a greater premium or at a loss. “There were more incentives to stay in Nhulunbuy, particularly the fishing,” he said. Mr Murray, who also works as a supervisor for Rio Tinto, said he preferred the town to other locations because it lacked the hustle and bustle of big

city life. He expected business in Nhulunbuy will become tighter, more challenging and more streamlined in the next 12 months. Mr Murray also expected businesses will become more broad ranged, depend on more frequently on Expresspost and smaller orders. He recommended other businesses should take a

Tackle World moving premises

“wait and see” approach to make their final decisions with many townspeople opting to stay in Nhulunbuy until to atleast after the school year.

other reference. H e r colleague pharmacy assistant Alilah Watts said it was sad to see Mrs White leave. She said Mrs White will be missed by t h e p h a rmacy staff, because she keep “she kept them all going” “wanting everything to be perfect”. But she will be missed most by the customers, who had become used to her presence. “Eveybody is replaceable,” Mrs White said.

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Boating in Melville Bay? Keep a safe distance from ships at all times. Ships will now be moving to and from the Gove Export Wharf in Melville Bay 24 hours a day. Boat users are reminded to stay at least 500 metres from any ship manoeuvring in the bay and to avoid anchoring in shipping channels. Tying up to navigation aids or coming within 100 metres of any Rio Tinto Alcan Gove wharf is prohibited.

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PHOTOS: MATT GARRICK

Gove Film SocietyUT @ 4C’s, May 2 & Alex Bowen ansd Ali Thorn.

Matt Garrick and Angela Madden.

MOVIE fans flocked last Friday into the 4C’s Community Centre for the monthly movie evening the Gove Film Society. THE society presented of the screen adaption of Tim Winton’s 2005 short stories, The Turning.

Emma Clay and Kim O’Brien.

Mick and Margot Tong.

The omnibus film, which features Australian actors Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Susie Porter, Colin Freils and Rose Byrne, catalogues 17 short stories by Winton, each by a different director, such as Warwick

about

Thornton, Robert Connolly, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham and Justin Kurzel. “Commendably ambitious and clocking in at three hours, this unwieldy portmanteau pic boasts a handful of standout contribu-

Shenayde Martin, Charmaine Rungan and Alilah Watts.

tions - none more striking than the writing-directing debut of actress Mia Wasikowska - amid a surfeit of gauchely literal ones in a composite meditation on forgiveness, family, firearms and the persistence of memory,” wrote Variety.

Captain Dan, Bernice Cox and Matty B.

LEFT: Bernice and Peter Cox. RIGHT: David and Gill. FAR RIGHT: James and Samuel Burge-Paul. BELOW LEFT: Russell McKane and Alie Willis. BELOW: Anna Gough and Derrian Rungan. BELOW RIGHT: Laura McCann and Kathy Gray. FAR RIGHT: Hilary Lawler and Lesley Mallard.

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BALL UP FOR GOVE AFL COMPETITION

PHOTOS: ANDREW HARRISON

THE Gove AFL preseason carnival was held last Saturday at Hindle Oval 1. There are 15 rounds scheduled for the 2014 winter competition, and a carnival earmarked for August 22, with the four highest teams competing for the premiership and qualifying positions in two matches on August 30. The winner of the third- and fourthplaced match played on August 30 will play the loser of the premiership match for second place on September 6. There are five teams in the winter competition: Djarrak, Nguykal, Gopu, Baywara and Gapuwiyak.

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located throughout northern Australia. The company’s cadet training programme has won numerous awards and it’s a large part of Sea Swift’s investment back into the industry.

With a fleet of 30 vessels, Sea Swift delivers project logistics services, sea freight and mothershipping from Gladstone to Darwin, including all of North Queensland. The fleet of purpose-designed vessels deliver vital supplies and services to remote island and coastal communities and resource development outposts.

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THURSDAY 08

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 In My Shoes: China 10:10 What Makes Me Me? 10:15 Being Me 10:35 Behind The News 11.00 Wonders Of The Universe 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 QI 1:30 The Kumars Final 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: Busy Ladies 6:30 QI: Africa 6:30 Clarke and Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 The Checkout - Factory Seconds 8:30 Call The Midwife 9:30 Births, Deaths And Marriages 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Two On The Great Divide 12:40 Movie: “The Thing From Another World” (PG) 1:55 Talking Heads: Janine Shepherd 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 7: East Fremantle v East Perth 5:30 Eggheads: Busy Ladies

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “The Grace Card ” (Adult T Some Violence) - 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 8:10 The NRL Footy Show - Join Fatty Vautin, Michael Slater, Erin Molan, Beau Ryan and Darryl Brohman, along with the game’s biggest names for all the fun and all things footy in the show’s 21st year. 10:10 Two And A Half Men 10:40 Two And A Half Men 11:10 The AFL Footy Show 1:30 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

5:30 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 A Place To Call Home 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:00 Under The Hammer 11:30 Parks & Recreation - “Swing Vote” Leslie gets upset when Ron submits budget cut proposals getting rid of the local mini golf course. Andy and Ben celebrate a big donation made to their charity, 12:00 Cougar Town - “All Mixed Up” Jules finds an instant connection with her new shrink, Glenn, until she discovers the unfortunate truth about her method of treatment. 12:30 Cougar Town - “Let Yourself Go” Jules has trouble coping when Travis gets ready to leave for college, and Andy hatches an elaborate plan to deceive Ellie. 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

7:00 World News 1:00 The Secret History of Eurovision 2:00 The Hotel Pillow Talk 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 8:00 French Food Safari 8:30 Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Express – Venice to London 9:30 Fargo – A Muddy Road 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 11:30 Coppers - Welcome to Five Bar Hotel 12:30 China: Triumph And Turmoil - Maostalgia 1:20 Movie: “The Bone Man”) MAV(V,N,L) - Director Wolfgang Murnberger brings another of Wolf Haas’ cult novels to the screen in this wicked black thriller. 3:35 Afghanistan: The Great Game - One of the most isolated and barren landscapes on the planet, Afghanistan is a strange place for an empire or superpower to invade. 4:40 Costa’s Arnhem Land Odyssey Bitesize 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

FRIDAY 09

6:00 ABC News Breakfast ANZAC Day 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Making Media 10:30 Three Kinds Of Writing 10:45 The Shot 10:55 Artpost 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Jane Hutcheon 1:00 Call The Midwife 2:00 At The Movies 2:30 My Family 3:00 The Telegraph Man 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Brighton Co-op 6:50 What’s Your Story?: Medieval Sword Fighting Knight 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 QI: Health And Safety 8:30 Jonathan Creek: The Letters Of Septimus Noone - When a glamorous West End star is found stabbed inside a locked dressing room, her colleagues remain baffled. Attention turns to Jonathan Creek for a solution to the grisly puzzle. 9:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder Most Scandalous - Miss Phryne Fisher is back! Jack’s father-in-law is implicated in the brutal murder of a prostitute. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Randling: 11:40 Rage 5:00 Rage

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:90 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:00 Movie “Michael” 2:00 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Trans-Tasman Test Australia Vs New Zealand - International Rugby League comes to Sydney with Australia taking on New Zealand from Allianz Stadium. 9:45 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Never Back Down” - Never Back Down is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid with a big heart. 2:00 Spyforce: The Murder - Part 1 - Colonel Cato is shot and killed by an unknown assassin while working late at his desk. Although the Military Authorities try to cover up his death, Erskine and Gunther realise that he was in fact murdered and set about to discover his killer. 3:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Brand Developers / 4:30 Good Morning America

5:30 Sunrise 8:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 A Place To Call Home 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase - Four contestants go into battle against the Chaser as they try to win thousands of pounds. 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Better Homes & Gardens 7:00 2014 AFL Premiership Rnd 7 - Carlton Vs Collingwood - It’s a fierce rivalry stretching back decades. Can Nathan Buckley’s Magpies make it three in a row against the Blues? 10:30 Friday Late Movie “Stripes” - When John Winger loses his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend, he decides he has only one option: volunteer for the army. 12:30 Desperate Housewives - “Lost My Power” - Lynette tries to cause some negative friction between Tom and Jane. 1:30 Dr Oz 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today

5:00 World News 1:00 Living Black 1:30 Murdoch’s Scandal 2:30 NITV News Week In Review 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 This is Brazil! 8:30 The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light “The Men Of The North” 9:35 As It Happened: - What Destroyed The Hindenburg? 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:05 The Feed: Best Stories Of The Week 11:30 Movie: “Gigola” 1:25 Kurt Wallender: The Ghost - Arson is suspected when a cottage by the sea burns to the ground following a gas explosion, and a man and a woman are found dead. M(D,L,S) 3:10 Movie: “On The Ropes” - Michele Venitucci stars in his awardwinning role as Mike, a struggling young boxer who agrees to participate illegally in a series of brutal bare-knuckle fights in order to pay off his sister’s debts. M(D,L,V) 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

SATURDAY 10

6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 The Checkout - Factory Seconds 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 The People’s Supermarket 1:20 Movie: “Irene” (G) 3:00 Movie: “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (PG) 5:10 River Cottage: Winter’s On The Way 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Death In Paradise - While investigating a murder on a privately owned island, the team find themselves cut off from the mainland. It’s a race against time to solve the case before the killer strikes again. 8:30 The Gods of Wheat Street: The Mighty Are Fallen (CC,M,V) - With Odin fighting for his life in hospital, and with the Freeburn home and workshop in danger of repossession, Libby decides it up to her to take care of the business. 9:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: When a gang leader is found dead outside a travelling boxing tent, Phryne’s investigation leads her into the dangerous but thrilling world of fight rigging & tribal payback. 10:30 Accused: Frankie’s Story - After a soldier fails to return fire on the Taliban, his lance corporal orders his systematic victimisation. The bullying reaches the extreme, setting off a series of events that leads to the law courts. 11:50 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Weekend Today - Saturday 9:30 Danoz Direct 10:30 The Garden Gurus 11:00 Animal Emmergency 11:30 The Middle 12:00 Nine Presents 12:15 Alaska 2:30 Commando 3:30 The Bottom Line 4:00 Reel Action 4:30 4WD TV 5:00 Getaway 5:30 National News Saturday 6:30 TBA 8:30 TBA 11:10 Movie: “Dolores Claiborne” (Some Coarse L, SV) - A big-city reporter travels to the small town where her mother has been arrested for the murder of an elderly woman that she works for as a maid. Starring Kathy Bates 1:30 Spyforce: The Rolls That Went To War - Part 3 2:30 Who Gets The Last Laugh - Pit’s two comedians against each other in the ultimate prank challenge. Given the same situation and elements with which to work, the guest comedians must dream up the funniest and most outrageous pranks possible, then successfully unleash them on the public. A live audience then determines which comic really got the last laugh. 3:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Brand Developers 4:30 Extra 5:00 Wesley Impact

5:30 Saturday Disney 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:30 Live Well - Join Olympian Elka Whalan, Author Chloe Maxwell and Women’s Health Editor Felicity Harley and our weekly guest specialists. 12:30 Movie: “Tiger Cruise” Operation Tiger is a U.S. Navy tradition where Sailors’ families embark for a weeklong tour of naval operations to better understand their loved one’s military duties. 2:30 Malibu Country 3:00 Dr Oz 4:00 2014 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 8: Brisbane Vs Essendon Brisbane hosts the Bombers at the Gabba 7:00 2014 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 8: Melbourne Vs Western Bulldogs - The Demons had a rare win against the Bulldogs last year at the venue of this match the MCG. 10:30 TBA 1:00 Desperate Housewives: “Finishing The Hat” 2:00 SPECIAL: The Charm Of Britain Part 1 - Travel the length of Britain and observe the growing independence of its many regions. See a Beatles revival and experience the culture. 3:00 It Is Written Oceania - “Finding Jesus Anywhere - Out Of Prison For Good?” Religious program 3:30 Home Shopping 4:30 Dr Oz - The Body Type Diet: Weightloss Solutions For Every Shape

5:00 World News 1:00 San Remo Song Festival 2014 3:00 Made In Hollywood 4:00 Contact - Bruce Gilden: Yakuza - Series explores work from iconic agency Magnum. This episode profiles American photographer, Bruce Gilden’s, work which captured the Japanese mobsters of Yazuka. 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 AGiro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights. 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Jess Mauboy’s Road to Eurovision: This documentary charts ARIA Award winning Jessica Mauboy as she prepares for the biggest performance of her life - The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 8:30 Eurovision Song Contest Semi Final 2 - Jessica Mauboy takes the stage tonight to perform to 180 million viewers across the globe. 10:40 Giro d’Italia - Stage 2: Belfast - Today’s 2nd stage will see the athletes take on the 218km route through Belfast. (Cycling). 1:30 TA Lady’s Guide To Brothels: Investigative journalist Nicky Taylor joins forces with the ladies of the Hampshire Women’s Institute on a journey to find out what makes a best practice brothel, how the laws need to change to create it and whether it’s possible to set up the UK’s first legal brothel. 2:40 Movie: “Gone with the Woman” - A charming exploration of compatibility. Directed by Oscar nominated Petter Naess, this witty and playful romantic comedy uses Amélie type sound, music and colour to create a whimsical tale of love. 4:15 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

SUNDAY 11

SBS

6:00 Rage 8:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Offsiders 10:30 The World This Week 11:00 7.30 Qld 11:30 Songs of Praise: Mothering Sunday 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Compass: God In The Lodge: Part 1 2:00 Death In Paradise 3:05 Seriously Singing 4:00 Big Art Ideas 5:00 Midsomer Murders: Dance With The Dead 6:30 Compass: God In The Lodge: Part 2 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Restoration Home: Cassillis 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Blue For Bluebird - Gently and Bacchus go to the Blue Bird Holiday Camp to investigate staff and holidaymakers after the body of one of the entertainers is washed up nearby. 10:00 Joe Maddison’s War - This wartime drama, set in Newcastle in 1939, depicts the story of Joe, a shipyard worker who feels past his prime. Too old to serve in the war, he and a mate enlist in the Home Guard. 11:30 Movie: “Lucky Miles” (M,Coarse Language, Violence) 1:10 Movie: “The Last Days Of Pompeii” (PG) 3:05 Restoration Home: Cassillis 4:05 The New Inventors 4:35 Catalyst 5:05 Gardening Australia 5:30 Best Of Collectors

5:30 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Weekend Today 9:30 Financial Review Sunday 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Broncos Insider 1:30 2014 Intrust Supercup Easts Tigers v North Devils 3:30 Football: City v Country 5:30 National News Sunday 6:00 TBA 11:30 Financial Review Sunday 12:00 What Would You Do - Using hidden cameras, host John Quiñones observes and comments on how ordinary people behave when they are confronted with a dilemma that requires them to either take action or walk by and mind their own business. 1:00 Spyforce: The Trail - Part 2 - A medical Aid Post on a forward trail in New Guinea is under threat of shelling by Japanese guns. Allied High Command does not believe the Japanese can be so close to Port Moresby, and refuses to allow the Post to be evacuated. 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America - Sunday 4:30 National Early Morning News 5:00 Today

5:30 Sophia The First 6:00 Jake and The Neverland Pirates 6:30 Weekend Sunrise 9:30 AFL Game Day 11:00 Guys With Kids - “First Birthday” Chris decides to throw Ernie’s first birthday and Gary and Marny decide to get back in shape and begin a strict kale-only diet, which quickly proves challenging. 11:30 TBA 1:00 Footy Flashbacks 3:30 Better Homes & Gardens - Joh visits the Tasmanian childhood home of Home and Away star Lisa Gormley. 5:00 Great Southeast 5:30 Seven News 6:00 TBA 11:30 Australia’s Endangered Species - Part 1 - Documenting the demise of Australia’s rarest plants and animals, all at risk of extinction. 12:30 Australia’s Endangered Species - Part 2 1:30 Home Shopping 2:30 Auction Squad - The Squad join forces with a bunch of renovating police who want to help out a colleague in need. 3:30 Dr Oz - Carb Lover’s Diet: Eat 5 Nights Of Carbs To Lose 5 Pounds” Get answers to your health questions from Dr Oz and other leading doctors, hospitals, associations and authors. 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 So Frenchy, So Chic 2:00 Speedweek 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Subaru World Of Cycling 5:30 Giro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights 6:00 Road To The 2014 FIFA World Cup - Italy & Cameroon. 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 – Grand Final - After the colourful, ‘unique’, and straight out wacky performances from the semi finals, it’s time to find out who will be crowned the 2014 winner of Eurovision! 11:15 Giro d’Italia – Stage 3: Known for its spectacular mountain stages, the 2014 Giro d’Italia will see competitors begin in Belfast, Northern Ireland before heading to the capital Dublin, and then on to Italy, where the race will conclude in Trieste. 1.30 Movie: “Yes Nurse! No Nurse!” - Welcome to nurse Klivia’s Amsterdam rest home where a cheery bunch of elderly eccentrics are spending the autumn of their days. 3:20 Movie: “Vento Di Terra” - Vincenzo is an 18-year-old from a struggling working class family that lives in a sprawling block of flats in a poor suburb of Naples. When Vincenzo’s father dies and his sister leaves Naples to work with an uncle, Vincenzo gets involved with a robbery. 4:50 Adbc Bitesize - A bite-sized morsel of SBS’s history-based quiz program. Hosted by Sam Pang.

MONDAY 12

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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Backyard Science 10:15 Get Into Textiles 10:45 Atoms Of Fire 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Landline 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 Hebburn 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: Berkshire Brainstrust 6:30 QI: Antidotes & Answers 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business: 11:35 Changi: Private Bill - Prof Bill Dwyer is visited by a young student, who bears a remarkable resemblance to the girl he fell in love with before joining the army. He begins to reminisce with her. 12:35 Movie: “See No Evil” (M,Violence) - A young woman convalescing in a mansion belonging to her uncle is terrorised by a psychopath 2:00 Movie: “Carefree” (G) 3:25 Movie: “Follow The Fleet” (PG) 5.30 Eggheads: Berkshire Brainstrust

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “The Big Bounce” (Some V; Coarse L) 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 11:30 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - Ukrain - Tony and friend Zamir Gotta team up for a trip to the former Soviet Republic, the Ukraine. They tour Chernobyl and the radiated ghost town of Pripayat, explore a once top-secret port for Soviet submarines, drink vodka and enjoy green borscht. 12:00 Nitro Circus Live - Moscow - The Nitro Crew travel to Russia for the first time. They attempt Russian Military Special Forces training, learn some traditional dance, and get their butts kicked by a champion female wrestler! 12:30 Extra 1:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo - When The Bough Breaks 1:30 Brand Developers 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: “Point Last Seen” - A tracker searches for a little girl who is lost in the desert, but suffers because her own children were kidnapped by her ex-husband 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away - Oscar tries to confess to the accident when Tamara admits to Oscar that she might be going blind. Things heat up between Hannah and Andy. 7:00 TBA 11:00 Talking Footy 12:00 Parks And Recreation - “Are You Better Off?” Leslie celebrates her first year as a city councillor. A surprise discovery leads Andy to call on retired Special Agent Burt Macklin. 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Sons & Daughters - Mitch, desolate after being disowned by Barney as well as Terry, is driven to an alarming course of action. 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 4:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Surviving A Car Crash 2:00 First Australians - There is No Other Law 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 Living Black 5:30 Giro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Mythbusters: Driving This Crazy 8:35 Vikings: Boneless 9:30 RocKwiz - Billy Bragg, Courtney Barnett & Ngaiire 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Clown: It’s A Jungle Down There 12:00 Shorts On Screen - Can I Drive, Daddy? - The countryside is under globalisation. Nothing is like what it used to be, everything is everywhere. M(S,L) 12:35 Movie: “Heartbeat Detector” M (A) - Simon works as psychologist in the human resources department of modern-day petrochemical corporation. 3:05 Movie: “The Sign Of The City” MA (A,N,S) - Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. 4:50 Adbc Bitesize

TUESDAY 13

IMPARJA

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Behind The News 10:30 Jung In Europa 10:40 La Mappa Misteriosa 11:00 Four Corners 11:45 Media Watch 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum Budget Preview 6:00 Eggheads: The Pensioners 6:30 QI: Arthropods 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Budget 2014: The Treasurer’s Speech 8:00 7:30 Special Edition 8:30 Two Men In China: Beijing 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Writers’ Room: Game Of Thrones 10:25 Lateline 11:00 The Business: Budget Special 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:30 Movie: “Bringing Up Baby” (G) - Screwball comedy in which a madcap heiress sets her sights on an absent-minded zoologist. 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: 5:30 Eggheads: The Pensioners

5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Adoration” Adult Themes, Some Coarse Language - For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 TBA 11:00 20/20 12:00 Extra - Catch up on all the latest in Hollywood’s current affairs as we find out what the world’s hottest stars have been up to this week. 12:30 Impractical Jokers - Won’t Rogers - Four prank-loving friends compete in extremely awkward social experiments in this hiddencamera series, tricking real life people into falling for their hilarious pranks. Sexual References 1:00 Brand Developers 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: “Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)” - “Ships In The Coral” Ben Cropp sets off on an adventure to discover lost shipwrecks that are over a century old. 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away - Chris makes a fool of himself trying to impress Denny and Ricky tries to help Heath out with single fatherhood. Maddy pushes the limits of Alf’s house rules. 7:00 TBA 9:30 Parenthood - “I’m Still Here / The Pontiac” Crosby finds himself in a tough housing situation and reaches out to Joel for help. Julia musters up the courage to talk with Sarah about her situation. Kristina and Amber receive bad news. Meanwhile, Adam and Crosby reminisce over childhood memories 11:30 SPECIAL: “Ships In The Coral” Ben Cropp sets off on an adventure to discover lost shipwrecks that are over a century old. 12:30 Home Shopping 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Movie: 9 1/2 Dates 2:45 Short: The 54 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Giro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights 6:00 Food Safari Mexican Safari 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Houses With Julian Fellowes - Goodwood 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Giro d’Italia - Stage 4: LIVE AEST - Known for its spectacular mountain stages, the 2014 Giro d’Italia will see cyclists begin in Belfast, Northern Ireland before heading to Dublin, and then on to Italy. 1:30 The Killing: Sarah Lund and Ulrick Strange are in Afghanistan on a mission to track down the killer. 2:40 East West 101 - Ice in the Veins - An ambulance officer is stabbed to death by a kid in an Ice induced rage. 3:40 The Circuit - The Devil You Know - New magistrate Terri Oliver’s tough love approach is making life hard for the ALS team. 4:45 Costa’s Arnhem Land Odyssey Bitesize 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

WEDNESDAY 14

ABC

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5:30 Today 8:30 Global Shop Direct 9:30 Brand Developers 10:30 National Morning News 11:30 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie: “Agatha” Confronted with the breakdown of her marriage Agatha flees to a remote health spa where she sets in motion a unique form of revenge, while thousands scour the British countryside for some sign of her. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave. 2:30 National News Now 3:45 National Afternoon News 5:00 Hot Seat 5:30 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Top Gear 8.10 The NRL Footy Show 10:10 Two And A Half Men 10:40 Two And A Half Men 11:10 Rizzoli & Isles - Throw Down The Gauntlet - Jane looks for a way for Maura to meet her biological mother. 12:00 Impractical Jokers 12:30 EXTRA 1:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Brand Developers 3:00 Good Morning America 4:30 National Early Morning News / 5:00 Today

5:30 Sunrise 9:30 The Morning Show 11:00 Seven Morning News 11:30 Movie - “An American Affair (1997)” Love and political ambition both run afoul when two friends discover they are sleeping with the same man in a bizarre love triangle. 1:30 The Daily Edition 2:30 The Chase 3:30 Seven News At 4 4:30 Deal Or No Deal 5:00 Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Seven News 6:30 Home And Away - Maddy’s behaviour spirals out of control and Chris has a plan that could win him a second chance with Denny but will it work? John has said goodbye to Gina but struggles to let go. 7:00 TBA 8:00 TBA 11:00 Defiance: “Everything Is Broken” Earth Alliance Colonel Galen Marsh reveals that he is after the hidden Voltan weapons system. Nolan is searching for Irisa and a doctor to remove the Votan keys inside her but the Earth Republic stops them. 12:00 Harry’s Practice 12:30 Home Shopping 3:00 Sons And Daughters - Amanda is horrified when she realises what lengths Mitch may go to if she tries to leave him. 3:30 NBC Today 4:30 Sunrise Extra / 5:00 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Giro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights 6:00 My Family Feast - Afghan 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Walking Through History - A walk through Wiltshire from Avebury to Stonehenge takes Tony through Europe’s richest prehistoric landscape. 8:35 One Born Every Minute - What Happened Next? 9:30 The Bridge - Saga and Martin face a complex puzzle. When someone threatens to blow up a chemical plant, it turns out the attack was controlled remotely. 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 Giro d’Italia - Stage 5: LIVE AEST 12:55 Movie: “White Material” MAV (V) - French film legend Isabelle Huppert stars as Maria, a wilful French woman refusing to give up her coffee plantation in Africa, where war and racial tensions are threatening to tip the nation into chaos. 3:25 ADbc 4:00 Costa’s Arnhem Land Odyssey Bitesize 4:10 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize 4.15 UEFA Europa League - LIVE

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CROSSWORD No. 197

SUDOKU No. 197

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TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) Your own morals may be very different from those of your friends. Don’t allow yourself to be influenced too strongly - you must make up your own mind. Romance. Don’t forget that your partner doesn’t share exactly the same interests as you. Meet others to share your activities with.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)

Be careful not to be too extravagant! You are not normally a greedy person, but this week it may be much easier to start than to stop. Romance. Some exciting news will be too good to keep to yourself. Make sure that you are not passing on more than you should, however.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

FOR KIDS

You will be getting much more attention than you are used to. Try not to become too egotistical, however, since “pride comes before a fall”. Romance. Your love-life may be in dire need of a change. This is not necessarily bad. It just means that your relationship is evolving.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

Once you have started something, it is difficult to stop you! This momentum will be very valuable this week. Romance. You may have to be less than subtle in fending off an unwanted admirer. This person will not give up unless you tell them directly! Be sure you are heard!

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)

A burst of energy will help you to get things done. You will be surprised how much you can achieve when you put your mind to it. Romance. An event which happens in the course of the week could bring back memories from your childhood. Share these stories with your partner.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

Don’t take the credit for everything. Somebody who helped you may need more encouragement than you realise this week. Romance. Some recent advice from your partner may have been misunderstood. Don’t be angry when things don’t turn out as you had expected.

FINDWORD No. 197

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

You mustn’t allow yourself to be held back by other people’s negativity. You have plenty to do and need to overcome their scepticism. Stand tall! Romance. Stop comparing your partner to other people. Remind yourself about what it was that attracted you to them in the first place.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A chance meeting later in the week may be less accidental than it seems. They may have been seeking you out for some time. Romance. Both Venus and Mars are in good aspect at the moment. This could bring new endeavours to you and your partner. Are you ready?

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

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You may soon regret making an impulsive move. Back out, before it is too late! Seek out a more fruitful option instead. Romance. Don’t worry too much if your partner doesn’t seem to be interested in what you’re saying this week. They really are listening, but are multi-tasking as well.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

A surge of energy will help you to push through an important change. Don’t stop trying until you get everything that you need. You deserve it! Romance. You will be a little under the weather at the moment and will not be in the mood for going out. Your partner will cater to your needs.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)

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“Today you are You,

that is truer than true. There is no one alive

who is Youer than You.”

Dr. Seuss.

SOLUTIONS No. 197

You need to put a few projects on the back burner to make more time for yourself and other interests. Romance. A person who is extremely keen on you may have an unusual way of showing their affection. Unfortunately, you may have to spend a lot of time deciphering their gestures.

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)

Somebody who wastes your time could cause you to lose your temper. You have a lot to do, and won’t want to be held up. Romance. Your positive mood will help to break down barriers between you and your partner. Keep this momentum going while you improve other aspects.with your expectations.

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LEFT: Pat Mayer, Katelyn Rika, Tom Wallwork and David Jakupec. ABOVE: Group shot of competitors. LEFT MIDDLE: Trinity Geddes, Connolly McCue, Michael Hooper and Evan Pickett. BOTTOM LEFT: NAGA (Last place) Team – Josh, Barry, Sarah and Jeremy with Larissa. RIGHT: Scott Morris, Donna-Marie Grieve (Club President), Errol Boyd, Andy Gould.

Great day/night for golf THE Gove Country Golf Club last Sunday held a day-night Ambrose tournament. “It was a great day with perfect dry season weather with dragonflies buzzing around,” club secretary Esther Rika said. “Everyone played great social golf,” she said. The competition had 32 players in eight teams of four each. “It was a great turnout, considering the long weekend,” said Ms Rika. The first place team on 54 net was Jamie, Gus, Kevin and Lizzy, “whose birdies gave them the win,” said Ms Rika. The second place team on 56 net was Donna-Marie Grieve, Scott Morris, Errol Boyd and Andy Gould. The last placed team, who may not have played their best golf, on 61 net, and winner of the NAGA award was Barry, Jeremy, Josh and Sarah. The nearest to pin winner (women’s) was Donna-Marie Grieve on the eight hole, and the male winner was Kevin Learncomb on the fourth hole. The longest drive (women’s) was Donna-Marie Grieve and the male winner was Nick Twoomey. The club would like to remind all player on the June 7 to 9 long weekend it is holding its open tournament. The competition, which last year, drew 90 players. It normally attracts players from interstate and across the Northern Territory. The club would like to encourage all players to get involved “With so many people leaving town, it might be their last chance to play in the open,” said Ms Rika.

CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFIEDS Nhulunbuy Amateur Swimming Club

Annual General Meeting

Time: 12noon Date: Saturday, May 24, 2014 Venue: Poolside at the Walkabout Lodge.

All positions are declared vacant.

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY SELECT COMMITTEE ON ACTION TO PREVENT FOETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Committee is calling for submissions for its inquiry into foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The Committee is inquiring into the prevalence of FASD, the effects it has on its sufferers, and what actions the Government can take to reduce the disorder. Interested people and organisations are invited to make submissions to the Committee by May 26, 2014. Send submissions to the Secretary, Select Committee on Action to Prevent Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, GPO Box 3721, DARWIN 0801 or by email below. For more information and Terms of Reference, contact Committee Office (08) 8946 1485, email lcomm@nt.gov. au or http://www.nt.gov.au/lant/.

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

Notice to Nhulunbuy Residents & East Arnhem Communities Asbestos Waste Disposal The Nhulunbuy Waste Disposal site will accept Asbestos waste from Monday, May 26, 2014 to Friday, May 30, 2014. Please note the strict conditions that will apply: • Asbestos must be double wrapped in 200 micron heavy duty builder’s plastic and taped to seal the asbestos completely. • Quantities greater than 100 kilograms must be transported in a sealed container. The asbestos must be on a pallet. • Disposal will be charged at $537.15 per tonne and all fees must be paid in advance of the asbestos being dumped at the Waste Disposal Site. • Only asbestos originating in the East Arnhem Region will be accepted at the NCL Waste Disposal Site. • No contractor or community will be permitted to dispose of more than 15 tonnes of asbestos per annum at this site. • The facility will only be open from 08:00 am to 4:30 pm and any asbestos arriving outside this time must be returned to the community/contractor. • Once the container has been emptied, the Contractor will be required to have the container cleaned at their own cost. • Failure to comply with these requirements will see the contractor/community/person refused use of the asbestos facility in future. Please direct all queries to the Nhulunbuy Corporation on 8939 2200 or via email to office@ncl.net.au.

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PHOTOS: ANDREW HARRISON

Gove Arts Theatre’s UT&Blurred about

A CROWD of 40 attended last Sunday’s matinee performance of the Gove Arts Theatre Blurred at the 4C’s. The show, which featured a cast of 12, a back stage crew of three and co-directed by Tiffany Kynigopoulos and Kasey Lloyd, tells the story of groups of high school leavers hitting the road for Schoolies Week in Queensland. The play was previously filmed in 2002. Blurred, the GAT production, was described by one reviewer Wendy Troe as “poignant, sad, funny, provocative” the play was “precisely directed” and “disciplined, intuitive performers showing us how its done “.

Blurred cast and crew.

ABOVE: Angela Morris and Sherry Boyd. BELOW: Jennifer Laverty and Colleen Thomson. RIGHT: Daniel and Nikki Coxon.

WATER CONSUMPTION TABLE

NHULUNBUY

Actual Usage Target Usage Variance

Day

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

Monday 16/01 Tuesday 17/01Please

note that due to unforseen circumstances, the usual Water Wednesday 18/01 Consumption Table was unavailable at the Thursday 19/01 time of our going to press. Friday 20/01

Nhulunbuy Saturday 21/01

Corporation Ltd and the Arafura Times apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Sunday 22/01

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

Temperature (oC) Max Min Rainfall Monday 28 30.3 23.4 TCE Tuesday 29 31.4 23.9 0.6 Wednesday 30 31.0 21.5 0.2 Thursday 01 31.5 21.1 NIL Friday 02 31.5 21.1 TCE Saturday 03 31.6 21.2 TCE Sunday 04 29.8 23.6 NIL Monthly total rainfall to date: TCE

OASIS Christian Assembly Pastor Phil Sampson – Ph: 8987 1522 / 8987 1369 Seventh-Day Adventist Church Ph: 8987 2375 / 0419 465 045 Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hala Tupou – Ph: 8987 3553 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. Endeavour Room at the Captain Cook Community Centre. Ph: 0434 059611 or 8987 8268.

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Weather details

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Sacred Heart Catholic Church Vigil Saturday 6.00pm, Sunday Service 8.30am

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Weather details supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology – Gove Airport from Monday, Apr 27 to Sunday, May 04

Email your classifieds thru to ads@ arafuratimes. com.au or call Bec on 1300 0880 00

Mean sea level pressure Max: 1013.9 hPa on Sunday Min: 1009.3 hPa on Tuesday Averages for the month of May Max temp: 29.8 Min temp: 22.6 Rainfall: 89.8mm

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Tide times – Gove Harbour (Melville Bay) Wed 07

Thu 08

Fri 09

Time 0118 0801 1432 2015

Time 0204 0855 1526 2117

Time 0300 0954 1624 2225

Ht 2.69 0.86 2.36 1.45

Ht 2.54 0.96 2.31 1.48

Sat 10 Ht 2.41 1.04 2.30 1.45

Time 0405 1054 1725 2334

NEW MOON

Ht 2.32 1.09 2.36 1.34

Sun 11

Mon 12

Time 0522 1153 1823

Time 0037 0646 1252 1911

Ht 2.30 1.11 2.46

LAST QTR

Ht 1.17 2.38 1.11 2.59

Tue 13 Time 0132 0748 1348 1952

Ht 0.97 2.51 1.10 2.74

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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ABOVE: Dot Petre, Shelley Martin and Lee Peters. BELOW: Tracy Spillman, Abbe Ayres and Joy Pascall. BOTTOM: Chooky Short, Monique Gilmore and Rebecca Hermanus.

NHULUNBUY Corp. Ltd. on Saturday is presenting the Oscar-winning Best Picture Twelve Years a Slave on Hindle Oval. The film tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born African-American man who in 1841 was snatched off the streets of Washington DC and sold into slavery. Northup worked on plantations in the US South for 12 years before his release.

COMMUNITY

Slave film under the stars

Besides the Best Picture gong, the film also won Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o and Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley. It also was awarded the Golden Golbe for Best Drama and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for Best Film and Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The movie received widespread critical acclaim, being named as one of the best films of 2013 by various critics. Based on Northup’s 1853 memoir, it tells an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. The film describes his abduction and purchase by a plantation owner. Facing cruelty at the hands of a malevolent

Junior fishers show their awards.

York Times. “Mr Ejiofor has a round, softly inviting face, and he initially plays the character with the stunned bewilderment of a man who, even chained, can’t believe what is happening to him,” it wrote. “The genius of 12 Years a Slave is its insistence on banal evil, and on terror, that seeped into souls, bound bodies and reaped an enduring, terrible price.”

slave owner, as well as unexpected kindnesses, Northup struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. After being enslaved for 12 years, he is restored to freedom and returned to his family. “It’s a desperate path and a story that seizes you almost immediately with a visceral force,” wrote the New

Budding vocalist steps up to Batt Atlas by Tanya Batt Review by ANGELA MADDEN

Junior fishers receive their awards NHULUNBUY Regional Sports Fishing Club last week held a presentation night for the first round contestants of its junior fishing competition held over the Easter and Anzac Day holidays. Coordinator Chad Kirkby said the “measure and release” competition was to support the future of fishing. Children submitted 187 photographs of their catches, whose quantities were assessed by a

committee. The competition was open nationwide so children can submit photos from other places in Australia, if they travel elsewhere on family holidays, he said. Thirty-three children were awarded caps, lures and certificates for their efforts during the evening and enjoyed a slide show and a sausage sizzle. The next round will start during the June-July school holidays and will include a fishing clinic day at

East Woody Beach, which is open to all family members and ages to teach skills, and a family-oriented barbecue. He said fishing was a popular sport in the area because of the “vast range of species” and its tranquillity. “Less pressure means there’s more to catch,” Mr Kirkby said. There was less competition for “secret fishing places” and there was “never hard to get a park at the boast ramp”, he said.

TANYA Batt has been compared in the music media to the likes of Florence and the Machine and Lana Del Rey. These are big, impressive female vocalists to be likened to for an up-and-coming Australian musician. When I asked Tanya about this comparison on the phone last week, she was not overwhelmed, but, rather was graciously appreciative of the positive sentiments. Tanya is originally from the UK, and is now based in Melbourne. She performs with her six-piece band and is certainly gaining some strong attention around the country, including via the Unearthed radio platforms. Atlas is the debut EP for Tanya Batt, released at the end of last year. She has recently released a new single, Fools, on March 26 this year, which was taken off her forthcoming EP A Fool Once Wept to be released later in 2014. Tanya Batt has a sound that is sweeping and atmospheric.

The music is sparse in places and grand in others, and builds and surrounds you like a well-loved horn section. Tanya cites some of her influences as jazz greats Ray Charles and Etta James as well as newer acts such as Daughter and the aforementioned Florence Welch. This young singer-songwriter is worth keeping your eye and ear on. Each week we feature an album by an Australian artist or group. Listen out as we play a track from the feature album Monday to Friday this week, just prior to the midday news. A full interview between Station Manager Ange and Tanya Batt will be broadcast on-air at 2pm Wednesday, May 7, on 106.9 Gove FM.

Tour de ArnhemlAnd 2014 If you are interested in the Tour then please check it out on Facebook, by joining the Facebook group “Tourdearnhemland”

ABOVE LEFT: Denzel Shine. ABOVE RIGHT: Morgan Flanigan. RIGHT: Savanne Canobie. BELOW LEFT: Arnika Riesenweber. BELOW CENTRE: Vashi Riesenweber. BELOW RIGHT: Harry Parfitt.

If you are interested in being part of it as a crew or a rider, then please send email to tourdearnhemland@hotmail.com. If you want to sponsor the event in anyway, then please contact the organisers on the above email address as well. And if you are driving out and about, please be careful and give the riders a wide berth as possible. They will utilising the tracks around the peninsula as far out as the Giddies in the training rides, particularly on Saturday mornings. Proudly Sponsored by

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NHULUNBUY HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Photos: IRIS McCORMACK

THE Nhulunbuy High swimming carnival was held on Wednesday, April 30. The winning team for the day was Giddies.

ABOVE: Meagan Morris and Liya Alahakoon. RIGHT: Age champions and runners up. BELOW RIGHT: Sarah Pearse, Sarah Pickett, Erin Keely and Abby Vaggs.

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ABOVE RIGHT: Waiting for the swimmers in the triathlon. LEFT: Peter Jacobs. RIGHT: Giddies winning the train relay. BELOW LEFT: Milly McDonald, Crystal Carr, Sarah Pickett and Jayde Lawes. BELOW CENTRE: Tara Thomas Doyle, Pia Lynch, Erin Keely. BELOW RIGHT: Mollie Graham and Jade Kelly.

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Bruce catches a barra-monster By MATT GARRICK PLENTY of locals have caught a barramundi, but last weekend Yikani ‘Bruce’ Gurruwiwi nabbed himself a barra-monster. Bruce pulled this metre-long barra (pictured) with his bare hands, from out of a newly made trench, down near the Gove Peninsula Surf Club. “I saw the barra coming down towards the ocean, and I had to run across, through the river gap and catch him before he could get out. “I grabbed him and pulled him out.” Bruce has since given the barra-monster to family at Ski Beach. “Manymak nata (good eating),” Bruce said. At this time of year, fish that inhabit the lagoon have grown plump and are right for the hunting, he said.

Local Yolngu have been helping nature to dig the trench between the lagoon and Town Beach, which the newly grown fish use to run out from their landlocked waterhole towards the sea. While the smaller ones often make it out into freedom, bigger ones get stuck in the shallows, and are no match

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Local Yikani ‘Bruce’ Gurruwiwi and his one metre barramundi caught near Town Beach.

Correction LAST week’s Arafura Times featured an article titled Feel betters, cope better about physical trainer Anna McDonald. In this article it incorrectly said Ms McDonald - who only trains women trained “all sexes”. Also the paragraph

that started “while some reach for a bottle” was incorrectly attributed to Ms McDonald. The Arafura Times apologises for these errors and any inconvenience to Ms McDonald.

Dancers group needs partners

NT SPORTS and Recreation is proposing a trip to Nhulunbuy next month and would like some feedback of the sessions sporting clubs and associations would find helpful. With a lot of long-term volunteers leaving town and many first timers stepping up to the plate to hold positions on committees, this is a great opportunity to get some helpful advice. The department suggests the following sessions it could run: • legislative compliance, • financial and risk management, • creating a positive club culture, • maximise participation, • strategic planning and volunteer development, • marketing and promoting the club through social media, • club fundraising, • committee work, • sponsorship, • running profitable and successful events, • work delegation, and • a planning workshop. If you are interested or can suggest other sessions you may think would be of interest, contact Donna-Marie Grieve, the Sports Arts and Leisure coordinator for the Gove Community Advisory Group on 0438175013 or at big.carpentry@bigpond.com.

THE Arafura Dance Committee, which is celebrating its 20th year this year, needs committee members to attend its AGM on May 13, at 5.30pm at the Walkabout Tavern to replace its office bearers and to pass a resolution cutting its quorum to six members from 20. “It is important that all parents and members, who can possibly attend, please do so to make quorum and to fill all positions on the committee,”

said Maria Slatter. “Remember: No committee means no dance.” The group, which usually hold its annual concert near the end of year, is organising one for the mid year on the June 13-14 weekend at times yet to finalised. “With a lot of people are leaving, it gives their children an opportunity to show Nhulunbuy how fabulous they are,” said Ms Slatter.

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Senior ballet class.

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Welcome to

the Arnhem club  Checkout our website at www.thearnhemclub.com  Ph: 8987 0601  Fax: 8987 0680

At the Arnhem club every second Saturday.

Goodbye Jenevieve Gig From 9pm.

monday

TUESDAY

pool comp

EVERY

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY night

Next Bingo session is on May 10 from 2pm to 4pm. Eyes down at 2.15pm. Great prizes and $$$ to be won! Afternoon tea will be provided. Strictly 18+

All Proceeds will go to the Seniors Group!

FRIDAY

DRAW JAG the BADGEFROM 5.30PM

JOK ER

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SATURDAY GREAT PRIZES!

tickets on sale from 11.30am EVERY SATURDAY FROM 1PM UNTIL 5PM. BRING YOUR VOICE AND YOUR INSTRUMENT. EVERYONE WELCOME

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

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