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Crocs ‘waiting for a feed’ National Parks warn of $4000 fine for people found feeding crocodlies

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services Senior Ranger Matt Wallace with Ranger in Charge Cooktown Janie White at a site on the Annan River where someone has been intentionally feeding a crocodile. HUMAN lives are still being put at risk by the deliberate feeding of a crocodile on the Annan River, despite signs in the area being erected by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Rangers in November, 2011. The matter was brought to the attention of the Cooktown Local News a fortnight ago by a concerned local on whose Facebook page a graphic video of the reptile in action had been posted. Viewed by the Cooktown Local News, the video shows a clump of

grass floating in muddy water at the base of a bank at a popular fishing spot known as “Crocodile Bend”. A voice counts, “1, 2, 3” and then someone throws another clump of grass into the water and a crocodile surges from the depths to attack the grass. The video was posted by a Facebook “friend” of the CLN informant, but the man who has asked not to be named has said the video had since been removed. A vastly experienced angler and bushman, the informant said it was

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obvious to him the crocodile was being intentionally fed some sort of animal remains. “Crocodiles aren’t vegetarian, and where that video was filmed, the bank is far too steep for dogs, pigs or other animals in a croc’s food chain to access,” he said. “I reckon someone’s been feeding it, possibly road-kill, for some time and the croc has adopted that spot as part of its territory. He said the croc was, “Just waiting for its next feed.” The informant said he was con-

cerned an angler or camper who accidentally fell into the river near that location would suffer a quick and horrible death. “If anyone does fall in there, they stand no chance,” he said. Wildlife Operations Manager, Department of Environment and Resource Management Mike Devery confirmed the department’s Rangers based in Cooktown investigated a similar complaint at the same location in November last year. “Our rangers saw a 2.5m crocodile, along with animal parts and fish scraps

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left in the area, and, although the crocodile was not deterred by human presence, it did not show aggressive behavior,” Mr Devery said. “The rangers put up a ‘recent sighting’ sign and have been monitoring the site and liaising with locals since, and now that we’ve been given information about more recent incidents, the rangers will continue to monitor the area.” Mr Devery warned that any instance of a person being found to have deliberately fed a crocodile will be taken very seriously. “Feeding dangerous native animals in the wild and disturbing dangerous animals in the wild without authority are prohibited under sections 341 and 342 of the Nature Conservation Regulations 2006,” he said. “Penalties of up to $4000 can apply for each offence.” He also warned that leaving fishing waste or other food close to waterways can result in an increased risk to the public and the need to remove crocodiles that might otherwise stay clear of humans. Crocodile sightings should be reported to DERM at any time on 1300 130 372 - all reports are investigated. Be “Crocwise” in croc country. Crocwise tips include: obey croc warning signs; never swim in water where crocs may live; never stand in the waters edge or on an overhanging log, stand a few meters back for fishing or cast netting; never provoke, harass or feed crocs; never leave food scraps, fish frames or bait on the waters edge, near a camp site or boat ramp as this may attract crocs to the area; and always supervise children. Further information on crocodiles and being Crocwise is available at www.derm.qld.gov.au

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 letters to the editor Ludwig response to flood funding story RE: Article ‘Council in damage control to save jobs’ (Cooktown Local News January 26, 2012 Page 1) LOCAL councils are the front line for dealing with crisis and rebuilding and there has been no bigger job than rebuilding Queensland after devastating floods and tropical cyclones tore across the state last summer. I’ve worked with remote councils throughout my working life and I know just how hard those councils work. I know that in Cook Shire there are issues that Mayor Scott faces that are vastly different to the councils in Mackay or Townsville or Ipswich. As a Queenslander, I’ve made sure that the resources of the federal government have been deployed to support the rebuilding effort from day one. There are many parts of the

March Fri 2. Cape York Sustainable Futures Open Forum at

the Laura Rodeo Grounds starting at 9am and finishing at 2.30pm. Sat 3. Cape York SSAA DTL Shotgun shoot at the Cameron Creek Range from 1pm. Fri 3. Disco Fever at the Top Pub. Sun 4. Cooktown Amateur Turf Club meeting at the race course from 11am. Sun 4. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm at the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for information. Tue 6. Cooktown Writers’ Group will meet at the Lions’ Hall from 7.30pm. Call 4069 6121 for information. Tue 6. Swim for Your Life from 11am to noon at Cooktown Pool. Tue 6. Cooktown Writers’ Group will meet at the Lions Hall from 7.30pm. Call 4069 6121 for information. Tue 6. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm at the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5088 for information. Wed 7. Cooktown SSAA Sunset shoot from 5.30pm, alternating between Combined Service Core and Sports pistol/Centrefire. Sat 10. Cooktown SSAA Saturday shoot from 1.30pm. Sun 11. Cape York SSAA Combined Services shoot from 9am. For further information call Discipline Rifle Captain Toby Graves on 4069 5663. Sun 11. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm at the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for information. Tue 13. Swim for Your Life from 11am to noon at Cooktown Pool. Tue 13. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm at the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5088 for information. Wed 14. Cooktown SSAA Sunset shoot from 5.30pm, alternating between Combined Service Core and Sports pistol/Centrefire. Sat 17. Roswell will be playing at the Top Pub for St Patrick’s Day celebrations. Sun 18. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm at the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for information. Tue 20. Swim for Your Life from 11am to noon at Cooktown Pool. Tue 20. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm at the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5088 for information.

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assistance we’ve deployed, including grants for small businesses and primary producers, wage assistance to keep people in jobs and resources to rebuild thousands of kilometres of our roads. However, there is some on-going confusion about one aspect of the support provided that I wish to clear up. I can confirm that there have been no changes to the arrangements for “Day Labour” and council staffing reconstruction work to rebuild Cook Shire or any other shire. The fact is, under the long standing rules, regular day-to-day work of council cannot be claimed as natural disaster reconstruction work. If that rule wasn’t in place, councils could effectively ‘double dip’ from taxpayers for both rebuilding work as well as work they would be doing anyway.

Queensland state election – March 24, 2012

ON Sunday, February 26, Katter’s Australian Party announced our new Rural Fire policy. KAP recognises and supports the vital role the volunteers of the Rural Fire Service play in preventing and fighting fires throughout Queensland, as well as attending a to a range of emergency incidents including motor vehicle accidents and assisting in the rescue and recovery operations for natural disasters including floods and cyclones. In addition to undertaking these life and community saving tasks, our volunteers

Baptist: Hogg Street, near IGA, 9.30am Sun. Phone 4069 5155. Assembly of God: Gungarde, 9.30am Sun; Home group 7.30pm Tue; young adults 7pm Thu. Phone 4069 5070. Catholic: 6pm Sat and 8.30am Sun, St Mary’s, Cooktown. Phone 4069 5730. Anglican: Christ Church Chapel, Sun 8.30am. Phone 4069 6778, 0428 696 493. Rossville Christian Fellowship: Elsie Hatﬁeld’s, 8am Sun. Phone 4060 3968. Lutheran: Hope Vale at 9am on Sunday, Cooktown. Phone either 4060 9197 or 0419 023 114.

are also responsible for raising funds for their own first aid and other safety training and kits, running costs for their fire appliances and the construction and maintenance of their Rural Fire Stations. Instead of our Rural Firies putting out fires, they are lighting them at sausage sizzles and barbecues all over Queensland to raise a few measly dollars to help partially fund their brigades. We will ensure: • Funding for all first aid and safety equipment and training for a range of emergency and

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disaster events; • Government funding for fuel, insurance and other running costs; • Exemption from registration; • Construction, maintenance and rates for Rural Fire Service Stations to be funded by government; • Creation of a Rural Fire Service division within Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, with its own budget; and • Appointment of a dedicated Rural Fire Service Deputy Commissioner with a volunteer Rural

Fire Service background. This gives the guarantee to all of our Rural Brigades that no longer will they have to battle with these costs and no longer will they be forgotten again by both the major parties in future funding arrangements. Our rural firies will now be able to assist the wider community in fire prevention. Don’t forget our Rural Fire Brigades manage and help protect 93 per cent of Queensland’s backyard. Lachlan Bensted Katters Australian Party Candidate for Cook

Bensted asks when the pork barrelling will end THE latest round of Labor pork barreling for the north is a promise of a $2.3 million government office for Cooktown. Will this end up like the world’s most expensive rehabilitation centre for the town? These proposals will provide only a few permanent jobs and only

if you want to work for the government. Does Mr O’Brien know the Cook Shire is so cash-strapped it had to put off its permanent workforce? Does Mr O’Brien know the roads in the area are in desperate need of repair? What about a few bob for the

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A NICE, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I’d like to buy some cyanide.” The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?” The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.” The pharmacist’s eyes got big and he explained, “Lord have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband, that’s against the law! I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!” The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife. The pharmacist looked at the picture and said, “You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”

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The government knows that councils sometimes need extra help. That’s why we delivered not one, but two exceptional circumstances packages. These have brought over half a million dollars to Cook Shire Council as part of an expected total of $1.25 million. This money recognised some of the unique pressures of remote local governments. I regularly speak to many Queensland councils on this issue and am going to continue to work with them. I felt it was important to provide this clarification about “Day Labour” to the people of Cook Shire, as I had already done for Mayor Scott before this issue appeared in your newspaper. Senator Joe Ludwig Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery

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hospital and the school? I am very suspicious why Cooktown would need such a large centre of government administration. People keep telling me they are sick of the government doing their thinking for them and want to get rid of the nanny state. But I really think the new offices

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are for the hordes of bureaucrats the ALP/Greens intend to place there to control the locking up of the Peninsula for the dubious title of World Heritage. That is if they get government again. Lachlan Bensted Katters Australian Party Candidate for Cook

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COOK Shire Council’s capital works crew recently completed the drop-off and disabled parking bay at the Rossville Community Hall as part of the Kerb Ramp Access Project. The works are designed to upgrade access to public premises

and areas. A Cook Shire Council spokeswoman said there would be improved access to the hall and soon-to-be opened Rossville Historical Museum which will be located on the ground floor of the hall. Photo submitted.

Pearson called a bully in court THE Cairns Supreme Court was told last week that Cape York Land Council founder Noel Pearson was a bully, while it was alleged that former Indigenous Affairs Minister Warren Pitt had vested interests in a report he tabled on the distribution of $6M in mining royalties and the handover of 100,000 ha of land in Hope Vale. Late last year, Natural Resources Minister Rachel Nolan decided an ex gratia payment of $6m in mining royalties and trusteeship over 110,000ha of Hope Vale land should be given to a group called the Congress of Clans, which represents 12 traditional owner groups. That decision is now being disputed in a Supreme Court battle brought by the Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council, which argues the congress is not representative of the whole community and is unduly influenced by Noel and Gerhardt Pearson and CYLC. The court was told that Mr Pitt, a retired Indigenous affairs minister had been commissioned in 2009 by the Bligh government to work out how to distribute the royalties to Hope Vale. The Australian reports that: “Portions of Mr Pitt’s 2010 series of reports were read to the court detailing his concerns that “CYLC operatives” had subverted the consultation

process, by pressuring residents not to attend relevant meetings. Mr Pitt said congress chairman Brian Cobus was an employee of Balkanu, an economic development organisation run by Gerhardt Pearson, and had kept details of meetings secret. “I have no doubt given the track record of bullying by the Pearsons through the Cape York Land Council, (Mr Cobus) has chosen to take the ‘survival’ option against his own better judgment,” his report says. He said the CYLC was ‘struggling for relevance’. Douglas Campbell SC, barrister for the Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council, told the court Mr Pitt’s concerns had not been taken into consideration by then natural resources minister Rachel Nolan when she made her decision, partly because her department did not provide her with all of the information. However, the Congress’s barrister Darryl Rangiah, SC, told the court that Mr Pitt had a “vested interest’’ when writing the report. Mr Rangiah said Mr Pitt had detailed how the royalties should be paid to Hope Vale Council, which would spend the money as advised by a steering committee. “Mr Pitt had himself in mind for the chair-

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man’s role of the committee when writing those words,” Mr Rangiah said. The Australian further reported that: “Mark Hinson SC, barrister for the crown, argued that even if Justice Henry ordered the minister’s decision about the land be set aside, the $6M ex gratia payment should still go immediately to the congress.” He said the decisions about the land and the ex gratia payments were separate and had simply been made at the same time, but were not linked. Mr Hinson said the Pitt report was full of “unsubstantiated extreme statements of opinion”. Douglas Campbell SC, barrister for the Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council, said he was surprised the government appeared to have suddenly decided the two issues were separate. “My preliminary view is it’s impossible to separate the two,” Mr Campbell told the court, adding that if the judge set the land transfer decision aside, the money should be paid back to the government. The $6M payment is frozen until the outcome of the judicial review. Justice Henry reserved his decision to a date to be fixed.

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The moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in, now to finish the job COOKTOWNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S long-awaited Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed will soon be a reality with the recent announcement of $7520 in funding from the Australian Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed Association. The Cooktown District Community Centre successfully applied for the grant for the shed, which will be located behind the CDCC offices in Charles Street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That money will be used to buy tools, equipment and also for building improvements,â&#x20AC;? said CDCC 60s and Better Co-ordinator David Cass. He said there had been significant local community interest in the Cooktown Men Shed project with 16 local district men already

registering their interest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These men possess a vast range of skills, abilities and knowledge which they all bring to the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And now that funding has been secured, the next stage of construction of internal work benches, additional wiring, security and tool purchases can start.â&#x20AC;? Mr Cass said while there already had been a great deal of interest from local community groups in terms of how the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed program may be of assistance to them, the Shed was still only in the planning, construction and development stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to consider how we put all this

together in terms of safety procedures, access, shed protocols and projects so the relevant participants develop a sense of ownership and pride,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After all, the Shed belongs to the men, not to me or CDCC.â&#x20AC;? He said the CDCC owed it sincerest thanks to the many local Cooktown community organisations that provided timely letters of support for the Cooktown Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed grant application. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shed member Brian Williams said the sooner the project was finished, the more attractive it would become to potential members.

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Cooktown Computer Stuff proprietor Helen Greaves (centre front) gives a practical demonstration of a webcam surveillance unit to Cooktown Neighbourhood Watch Secretary Anne Williams (left centre) and Cooktown Police Sergeant Andy Everest (centre right) with other Neighbourhood Watch members, Ken Nicolay, Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott and Richard Lee. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON. THE members of Cooktownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neighbourhood Watch Group were given an insight into the equipment that identified the youth who is now more widely known around town as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Facebook Burglarâ&#x20AC;?. Named so because his face was viewed on a localâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page for nine seconds apparently in the midst of committing a break and enter, the youth was subsequently arrested and charged with two offences relating to the incident, along with a drugs charge as a result of a search warrant executed on his home. And who better to demonstrate the equipment than Cooktown Computer Stuff Proprietor Helen Greaves, whose home it was that broken into.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been broken into before and had not long installed the webcam before it produced the results,â&#x20AC;? Ms Greaves said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The investigating police were amazed at the quality of images they saw; they were left with absolutely no doubts as to who was responsible.â&#x20AC;? With various models available, the cameras offer a number of functions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I showed to the Neighbourhood Watch members was an outdoor model, which is water proof and can film in both day or night,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes infra-red images at night.â&#x20AC;? Operating times of the cameras are also very flexible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can either be set to film

continuously or can be triggered by a motion sensor,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or they can also be set to be active at certain times of the day only, that is during work hours when you are not at home.â&#x20AC;? Ms Greaves said home owners could be notified if a motion sensor was triggered, while the cameraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities could be viewed remotely. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the motion sensor is triggered, a message can be sent to your mobile phone alerting you of the fact,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And you can look at the footage stored on the computer at home from work or wherever via a web site.â&#x20AC;? Wireless, and using an IP address much the same as a wireless laptop connects to a home/office

network via a wireless router or wireless ADSL modem/router, the cameras will send footage to any computer on the network within the house or on to a computer outside the local network through a DNS server. Cooktown Police Sergeant Andy Everest who addressed the meeting on recent police activity said cameras, such as the one demonstrated by Ms Greaves, would be a wonderful asset to any home or business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The unit certainly paid dividends for Helen,â&#x20AC;? Sgt Everest said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And can you imagine if every business in Cooktown had one of these installed? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That would create wonderful surveillance for Charlotte Street.â&#x20AC;?

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Cape York Dreaming Trail first step “The Dreaming Trail concept originated with Traditional Owners of Eastern Cape York Peninsula and their representatives looking at ways to harness the beauty, rugged terrain and cultural values of their traditional lands.” Mr O’Brien said initial studies had confirmed that Cape York Peninsula holds enormous potential for the development of a network of walking tracks that could deliver environmental and economic benefits through tourism and business opportunities. “The tracks would amount to more than 2000km and could be linked by 4WD tours or other travel experiences,” he said. Along with the start of the walking track, a new lookout would also be built in the Mount Cook National Park. “At 430 metres, the rugged Mount Cook provides a scenic backdrop to Cooktown,” he said. “Its spectacular rainforest and tropical woodland cover the mountain’s upper slopes and sheltered gullies while grasslands grow on the southern slopes.” He said expected the starting leg to be finished by September this year. Mr O’Brien said further studies would look at more detailed information such as specific locations, routes and economic benefits for traditional owners from training and eco tourism. “Iconic destinations on Cape York Peninsula such as the Daintree, the McIlwraith Range near Coen and the rugged coastline north of Cooktown are locations being considered for potential developments,” he said. Ms Darling said the Bligh Government would support Cape York Peninsula Traditional Owners in seeking funding from Infrastructure Australia to get the project in full swing.

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Member for Cook Jason O’Brien on Mt Cook where a new lookout will be built, along with the first leg of the Cape York Dreaming Trail. Photo submitted. CONSTRUCTION started at Mount Cook recently on the first leg of a giant network of walks across Cape York Peninsula that will deliver a world-class trail showcasing the area’s outstanding natural and cultural values. Environment Minister Vicky Darling and Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said feasibility studies on what was going to be a massive project had been completed. “Traditional Owners had been involved in initial feasibility studies that considered social, cultural and economic impacts,” Mr O’Brien said.

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Is that trash, treasure or art? COOKTOWN has a long history of people making amazing finds around its shores - things like smuggled goods, letters in bottles, superb shells and exotic driftwood. Even the anglers at the wharf have pulled in some interesting artefacts. One fellow fished out a bedraggled camera which had obviously been in the water for months, yet when he tried it out it took some fantastic pictures. So with that in mind, Nature’s PowerHouse is asking all local beachcombers and shore scavengers to share some of the things they have found, along with their stories to feature in the upcoming exhibition, “Finders-Keepers”, which is opening on Sunday, April 1. A good date for such an event? “Everybody is invited to contribute some interesting ‘trash’ or ‘treasure’ picked up at the beach, around the bays or from the sea, and tell us how they came to find it,” Nature’s PowerHouse Co-ordinator Jacqui Collins-Herrmann explained. “This is the first major community exhibition in our exciting 2012 program. “We have asked well-known and dedicated collector, Barrie Hunter to talk about his passion for collecting

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Hank Green Treasure or trash? Beachcomber Barrie Hunter will display his finds. and get everybody telling their tales at the opening.” Barrie said he felt lucky to have so many opportunities to explore his passion. “I feel very fortunate we have such wonderful beaches and rocky headlands to explore just here at our back door,.” he said. “Lately I have been accepting the challenge to get large pieces home and that certainly touches on being a crazy idea. “It can take four hours to get it on the trailer and equally as long, into my

home, but it looks great to me!” Nature’s PowerHouse staff are asking that potential contributions to the display be submitted by March 29. So put the date on your calendar - 11am on Sunday, April 1 and head along to help the PowerHouse organisers make it a truly fun occasion and a fantastic exhibition. For more details, call Bev or Jacqui on 4069 6004 and check either the Cooktown Local News Nature PowerHouse’s Facebook to keep you informed.

More local art projects boosted with RADF AT its last ordinary meeting, Cook Shire Council approved more than $13,000 in funding under the Regional Arts Development Fund program to three local artistic projects. The money was approved as part of round two of the 2011/12 program. Get-A-Grip Productions will receive $3000 (in principle), to be used towards the costs of JUTE Theatre Company and Get-A-Grip Productions partnering to produce locally inspired theatre. The theatre project will provide valuable skills development for community members by way of workshops which will become a platform for new and innovative ideas that may inspire future local theatre productions. The Cooktown School of Arts Society was allocated $3009 which is to be used towards the costs of mentoring artists and professional development during the Cooktown School of Arts exhibition, ‘Cooktown Creations’ at

the 1907 Contemporary Artspace Gallery in Cairns. And the Cook Shire Council received $7200 to be used towards the costs of contracting professional and emerging artists to create historic story designs for six, etched panels for display as public art atop Grassy Hill. RADF is a highly successful state and local Government partnership that supports professional and emerging artists and arts practitioners living in regional Queensland. The RADF program focuses on the development of quality art and arts practice for, and with, regional communities. The next round of RADF will close on April 20, 2012. Those wishing to apply to this round are encouraged to start planning their project now. RADF committee members are available to discuss projects and how best to use RADF to support some of the costs involved. For further information contact Beverley Grant on 4069 5444 or email mail@cook.qld.gov.au

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Saturday, March 3 The original and best:

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Saturday, March 17 St Patrick’s Day with ‘Roswell’ And the entertainment at the Toppy just gets better and better!  Saturday Raffles are on each Saturday from 12 noon  Pool comp Thursday night and Saturday afternoons  Restaurant open 7 days  Tuesday is pizza mania – 3 for 2! Gotta love it!

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Local touch to Palm monument Bridge to improve flood By ALF WILSON STONES sent from more than 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Shires including Hope Vale, Wujal Wujal and Lockhart River are part of a monument which was unveiled at Palm Island on February 24 during the official opening on a Community Cultural Precinct. Hundreds of people from around North Queensland gathered on the day at the North Queensland Aboriginal Community to see the opening of the Cultural Precinct which included an Arts Centre, Indigenous Knowledge

The monument and stones from Queensland Indigenous communities.

Centre, Community Meeting Room and the Tom Geia Snr Memorial Bridge. Politicians from the mainland were there and guests were welcomed to country by local elders. There were prayers by Bishop Austen Crapp, Father Daniel, Pastor Emmanuel and Pastor Noel Cannon. The Cultural Precinct which is situated near the Palm Island Shire Council offices beside the Clock Tower and near the Esplanade, has been in planning for four years. The monument includes plaques which list the important footprints of Palm Island history. These date back to 1914 and list footprints of important dates including the 1957 Strike when seven people were punished by authorities. Gordon Tapau, Bill Congoo, George Watson, Albie Geia, Eric Lymburner, Sonny Sibley and Willie Thaiday were handcuffed, chained and removed from the island at gunpoint by an oppressive state government when they took part in a strike triggered by a system that meant every Indigenous person on Palm Island had to work for 30 hours per week while being paid only in rations. It also recognises others who were prime movers in Stolen Wages campaigns against the government which has resulted in some payments being made. They are Kitchener Bligh, Buller Coutts, Mavis Foster, Fred Lenoy, Maurice Palmer and Jack and Jean Sibley. Palm island Mayor Alf Lacey said the monument unveiling was a great highlight of the celebrations. “Every Indigenous community from the Torres Strait to Cape York, down south and west have sent stones for this monument and it is a sacred place here,” Mayor Lacey said. “It is here so our children and grandchildren will know of the past injustices. “This is a significant landmark which has come about after much consultation with elders. “These are community assets.”

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Potential Cook Shire Council candidate Matt Trezise joined Minster for Transport and Main Roads Craig Wallace, Cook Shire Deputy Mayor Alan Wilson and Member for Cook Jason O’Brien on an inspection tour of the new Laura River Bridge. Photo submitted. WITH work still in progress on the new bridge spanning the Laura River and only two kilometres of road still to be sealed into Laura, Minister for Main Roads and Transport Craig Wallace and Member for Cook Jason O’Brien made a trip to the area recently to inspect progress at the site. Cost to the build the bridge will be $11.8M, while the complete state government project will total $30M and a total of 201 jobs will be sustained over the life of the recent works. Mr O’Brien said about 60km of the Peninsula Development Road had been upgraded to bitumen seal as part of the million-dollar package to improve the section from Lakeland to Laura. “Great progress has been made and the final section will be sealed shortly as part of the project to construct the new bridge over the Laura River south of the town,” Mr O’Brien said. “The bridge will be about 180m long, and at its highest point, will stand 15.5m above the river bed.” He said the projects will significantly improve flood resistance and reliability of access into Laura from the south, particularly during the annual wet season. Mr O’Brien said an additional $10M worth of bitumen seal to go north of the north arm of the Laura River towards the racecourse was announced in December 2011. “The PDR is the region’s most important road and the project will make a big difference to motorists, especially during the next wet season,” he said. “Drivers are already benefiting from the upgrades after a 400m section of the PDR near Musgrave Roadhouse was sealed just before Christmas last year. “The newly sealed roads are less susceptible to damage following flooding because they’re stronger.” He said the construction of two new bridges and approaches at Carols Crossing and Ruth’s Creek were opened to traffic in November, 2011. “Weather permitting, the works should be completed by mid 2012,” he said.

Drownings in waterways on the rise Seen at the opening of the Palm Island Community Cultural Precinct are Daniel Murgha, Richard Jenkins, Gerhardt Pearson and Cooktown resident Hans Pearson.

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THE Royal Life Saving Society of Australia’s 2011 “National Drowning Report” has stated that drowning deaths in Australian waterways has risen for the third year in a row, despite the number of programs available and national media promoting water safety. Of the 315 people who died, New South Wales topped the list with 107, while there were 93 reported deaths in Queensland. Queensland’s floods were responsible for 38 people drowning with causes attributed to either being swept away, driving through flood waters, swimming or recreating in flood waters, via rescue or from falling in. The most common reason given for drownings in children from 0-4 years (57 per cent) was from falling into water, while 117 drowning deaths occurred in people aged over 55 years - a significant increase on the five year average of 81 drowning deaths. And 77 per cent of all drowning victims were male. A Cook Shire Council spokeswoman said with the vast choice of waterholes, creeks and beaches to enjoy, water safety

and awareness should be a high priority for residents of the shire. She said although the second season of Council’s Learn 2 Swim program is already underway, parents can still take advantage of private swimming lessons to increase their child’s water awareness, safety and swimming ability. “Private lessons are not limited to children, anyone with limited or no swimming skills should sign up for private lessons,” she said. The spokeswoman said lack of general health and fitness played a big part in the number of drowning deaths that occur in older Australians. “Swim 4 Your Life is an aqua-aerobics program for those over 55 years that can help maintain fitness levels and assist with any medically instructed physical exercise program,” she said. “Actively supervise the children in your care, restrict access to water such as empty bathtubs and kiddy pools, fence your pool and keep the gate shut, learn CPR and enrol your children in water awareness classes,” she said.

NEWS

20th anniversary of death of Cape York icon WEDNESDAY, February 29 marked the 20th anniversary of the tragic death of Toots Holzheimer, who was crushed against her truck in Weipa in 1992. Affectionately known as the “Queen of the Cape”, Toots delivered freight and supplies to the folk living on the stations in remote Cape York Peninsula for more than 30 years from the 1960s to 1990s. According to Toot’s daughter Donna Vawdrey, the lady trucker was a work place health and safety nightmare: “Her uniform was a skirt and boob tube, no shoes or PPE of any kind. Still, she was loved by all who knew her.” While her chosen lifestyle was iconic for the Women’s Liberation movement Toots had no time for anyone who sat around all day whinging about their lot

in life. Toots agreed with the philosphy behind the movement, being equality for men and women, often stating that it was attitude that mattered, not gender. Her legacy was, “if you take on a man’s job just do it, without whinging”. To commemorate Toots’ tragic accident, her daughters Cheryl and Donna have written a poem. “Toots’ Memorial 2012” Oh! how time can fly It’s been 20 years Since we said goodbye The tears have slowed But our hearts still ache Such a sad loss Of a lady so great Having you as our mother The proudness we feel As people reiminisce of yesteryear

Mixed sports expo coming to Cooktown COOKTOWN’S Events Centre next Wednesday will be the venue for the town’s first-ever, Cape York Healthy Lifestyle Sports Expo Program. Being held between 2.30pm and 7pm, the event will showcase a variety of sports and will feature some of Cairns’ top-liners presenting information and demonstrations. The program will include rugby league’s Northern Pride and representatives from Cairns softball, AFL, netball, soccer and hockey. Admission is free and all are welcome. The first Cape York Healthy Lifestyle Sports Expo was held in the Aboriginal community of Mapoon conducted by the PCYC Indigenous Business Unit on February 8, proved a great success. PCYC Indigenous Business Unit staff Harry Mooka and Sarah Addo, along with seven development officers from six different sporting codes, flew into Weipa a day before. “Our team drove from Weipa to Mapoon to implement the sports program,” Ms Addo said. “The netball and soccer were stationed in the Mapoon sporting complex, while rugby league, Australian Rules, softball and hockey were stationed on the Mapoon state school oval. “The youths were divided into even numbers and put into stations and shown the basic skill and drill of the code then put into teams to play a game at each station,” she said. Rugby League and AFL are the most dominant sports in most remote Cape York communities and the aim of the expo was to expose Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth to a variety of mainstream sports. “Also to further their knowledge. In the near future, with the interest of the community youth and elders, they can run weekly tournaments, and develop a healthy and active lifestyle in their community, and eventually go on to regional and state trials,” Ms Addo said. All sporting stations were a success and support was given by Mapoon State School and Napranum PCYC staff and community youth. “As expected rugby league and AFL were very dominant but surprisingly netball won the attention of all ages and genders, which was a very good indicator that the sport needs to be a lot more active in these remote communities,” Ms Addo said. “Overall the day was a success and the feedback was good. The young people are really looking forward to another sports expo in the community and all expectations were spot-on, so hopefully we will be back in the near future.”

Your praises still echo Your plaques don’t rust Your name’s still esteemed In the world of trucks Your truck waits patiently at Winton Museum Your biography proclaims your legacy You are a legend, a pioneer ‘tis true A character, an Aussie ‘true blue’. Forever in our hearts. The biogrpahy written by her her daughter Donna, titled “Toots-Woman in a Man’s World” is also available and can be purchased as an eBook and will soon be available in audio format. For more information visit Wednesday, February 29 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of www.toots-thebook.com.au Cape York icon Toots Holzheimer. Photo submitted.

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For more details contact: Harry Mooka – Pormpuraaw Sport & Rec Officer Tel: (07) 4040 4928, Email: sportandrec@pormpuraaw.pcyc.org.au or Sarah Addo – Operational Manager, PCYC Indigenous Business Unit Tel: 4040 4992 / 0416 940 623 Cooktown Local News 1 - 7 March 2012 – 7

COMMUNITY Writers’ Corner

No rain like home

THIS week we have a new contributor to our column in Faye Pini, already talented with a brush and a camera and now with a pen. Welcome. Don’t forget to come along to our meeting on Tuesday, March 6 at the Lions’ Hall at the earlier time of 6.30pm. “Home In The Rain” The rain on the roof is a tango With a loud staccato beat; The smell of a ripening mango In the summer monsoon heat. Through the rolling thunder clouds Peeks the sunlight’s orange glow. The lightening blankets the sky And the call of the curlew is low. Calls of creatures in the night

Like a lullaby sending me rest; Knowing I’m safe in my home, That this place is truly blessed. The rain pounds on the roof In a humid night’s dark gloom. Unobserved in the garden The rainforest plants all bloom. In the morning I wake at dawn. With the early morning sun Golden rays stream through the trees. Nature’s beauty can’t be outdone! By FAYE PINI Email your contributions for our column to: editor@cooktownlocalnews. com.au or thekellers@bigpond.com or post to P O Box 645, Cooktown,4895. Dianne Keller Cooktown Writers’ Group.

Stormwater disease warning DURING Northern Queensland’s wet season, many people know to avoid driving or walking through floodwater for safety reasons, but researchers have found they should also avoid it to protect their health. Research conducted by James Cook University’s Environmental and Public Microbiology Health Research group, within JCU’s School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science in Townsville have found the infectious disease melioidosis linked to run-off and stormwater. Melioidosis is an environmental-based tropical disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is a disease that lives naturally in soil around Northern Queensland, with most cases

occurring in the Torres Strait, Mornington Island and Townsville, but it has not been reported from groundwater before. Symptoms include high fevers, pneumonia and sepsis, which cannot be transmitted through human contact. According to JCU Associate Professor in microbiology, Dr Jeff Warner, the discovery has linked groundwater to transmission of disease in Townsville for the first time. “This finding may help explain the reported infection peak during the wet season and after periods of extreme weather,” he said. Associate Professor Warner said globally, the mortality rate (those that die after they contract the illness) was between 11 - 40 percent, and in Townsville it is reported to be about 20 percent, or 1 in 5. “We are fortunate we have doctors that can recognise and treat the disease here, but prevention is always better than cure.” Anthony Baker is the lead author and PhD student within the group who has published results that for the first time implicated groundwater in the potential transmission of the disease in Townsville. Mr Baker’s paper, Groundwater Seeps Facilitate Exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei, was published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology late last year. “We have found the organism, linked to clinical disease in ground water, not just soil. “Whether inhaling the organism through aerosols or contracting it through cuts and abrasions, water is now implicated in disease transmission in Townsville,” he said. “With collaborators at the CSIRO and Jessica Ezzahir, a JCU honours student, we are going to be looking at different aspects of the water and the environment to see what influences survival or persistence of the organism. This may help us understand the ecology of the disease a bit better,” he said. Associate Professor Warner said he believed that thanks to Anthony’s research findings, they may be able to help a public health campaign to ‘avoiding soil in the wet season is good, but avoiding runoff or storm water, perhaps even better’.

The call to serve WHEN it comes to serving in the church, people rarely request positions where they will go unnoticed. They usually ask to be involved in a place of leadership. Now, there is nothing wrong with From the Pulpit heading a committee. But God calls us to have a servant’s heart: He desires that our motive be to glorify Him, not ourselves. Some people have a great desire to rise to high management levels in their work or social organisation, to work themselves into a position of authority. My encouragement to them is this: In His great love, God places us where He wants us to serve, and every task we undertake should be given our all, whether there’s one person or a multitude either influenced or listening. We ultimately serve Jesus, and He is not concerned with the recognition we receive. He desires our obedience and our best effort. This is true not just for pastors but for all believers. There are many reasons the Lord calls us to serve. First, He rids us of pride and selfishness, allowing our focus to be on Him. Second, we proclaim our love for Christ through our care for one another. Third, God tests and purifies our hearts through service. How do you define success? A common response is “achieving predetermined goals.” Scripture’s definition, however, is different. The Lord desires that we discover His plan, obey, and become all that He intended. In other words, for success in the biblical sense, God sets the goals. Used with permission of InTouch Magazine Have an awesome week Pastor Wayne Brennan

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Coins struck during Cook’s era Step Back

RECENTLY the History Centre received a donation WITHä #OOKTOWNä of two interesting, small (ISTORIALä publications by L Richard 3OCIETY Smith concerning The R o y a l S o c i e t y ’s “ C o o k Medal” and “The Resolution & Adventure Medal.”. With last week being the anniversary of C a p t a i n C o o k ’s death, we thought you may find these in t er es ti n g . At right is a picture of “The Resolution & Adventure Medal”. We a r e all aware that Captain Cook arrived back in England on July 12, 1771 after his voyage of exploration to the South Pacific and of all his achievements. However, in London there was a different emphasis. It was the “voyage lately made by Mr Banks and Dr Solander”, “the Endeavour, on board of which is Dr Solander and Mr Banks”. Only occasionally was Cook mentioned, and his achievements less often. When the publication of the voyage was eventually issued in 1773, it was often referred to as “Banks Voyages”. So as plans were being made for the second voyage, it was Banks as much as

anyone else who made plans, after all in his mind, he was the most important person in the exhibition and his comforts were uppermost in his mind. Apart from amassing a vast collection of items, including chairs, beds, glass punch bowl, a Wedgwood dinner service etc, he also ordered a large range of silver decorative ware such as earrings, beads a n d

bracelets as curios and souvenirs for bartering with the natives. Banks also decided that some form of medal should be struck to commemorate this voyage, and he proceeded to organize the striking of 2000 platina medals. He also ordered the production of 26 gold and 36 silver of the same medals. It was presumed these would be for his own special presentation. Banks conBy Wendy Protheroe tinued to amass Parentline General Manager his collection for the j o u r n e y, a n d t h i s a l s o Doesn’t life get busy these days? included an entourage of over a Trying to keep on top of everything can be a dozen assistant botanists, artists, juggling act and often something has to give. musicians and man servants. The I find one of the first things to go is healthy food. It’s so easy to pick up some fast food on the run. ‘Resolution’ had been extensively I was talking to some friends about this and one mum said her children had been getting grumpy, they couldn’t concentrate and they weren’t sleeping well. She’d had a busy few weeks and had fed them a lot of fast food. When she added it all up she realised there’d been pizza, burgers, soft drink, chips in the lunch box and high sugar cereal for breakfast. She took time to make some healthy meals with fresh meat and vegies and included low sugar cereals for breakfast and fruit for lunch box snacks. Her kids soon started behaving better and their concentration improved. Another mum said her kids were also getting grumpy and tired. They’d been spending a lot of time watching TV and playing computer games and they hadn’t been doing any sports. She started time limits for the TV and computer and encouraged them to play basketball in the backyard and ride their bikes. Being active soon improved their moods and they were less tired. Healthy food and exercise can make such a difference to our lives. It’s great to try and make time for these things. Parentline counsellors provide a friendly, confidential support system. There is no shame in asking for advice. Call Parentline on 1300 30 1300 from 8am - 10pm, seven days a week.

altered to accommodate all of them and their gear. This proved to make the ship top heavy and completely unsuitable for the voyage. When the Admiralty wanted to remove all this and reconvert the ship, Banks in a rage stormed off. He salvaged the tatters of his pride by sailing off with his entourage to Iceland - but not before having more medals struck with his and Solanders’ busts and commemorating the Iceland trip. The ‘Resolution’ and the ‘Adventure’ eventually sailed, with its cargo of 2000 medals, on July 13, 1772. Sailing across the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, the two ships were separated by storms, with Cook in the ‘Resolution’ headed for New Zealand and Furneaux in the ‘Adventure’ for Tasmania. The first distribution of the medals occurred on March 14, 1773 at Adventure Bay in southern Tasmania when Furneaux records: “we found in one of their huts one of their spears, “Those things we brought away and left in the room; medals, gun flints and a few nails, and a n empty barrel with the iron hoops on it”. Proceeding to New

Tahiti, Tonga, Easter Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia. It is likely that at least 1500 were given away, but since only a handful have ever been recovered, the rarity of the platina examples is greater than normally considered. Over the past 139 years, some medals have been unearthed on various Pacific islands, with the latest being in 1950 in New Caledonia. One also sold at auction in Sydney in 1981, supposedly from Tasmania. Next Week The Cook Medal From the Cooktown Historical Society

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Zealand, the two ships joined up again and proceeded to visit a lot of the islands in the Pacific Ocean, leaving medals at such places as New Zealand,

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Passion for Plants

Small plant adds starch to local gardens

An exotic, white bat plant.

WELCOME plant lovers. This week I want to talk about the native arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides. This lily-like plant is also called green bat flower and is related to the exotic black and white bat plants, amazing exotic ornamentals called Tacca integrifolia. Our plant has smaller, green flowers and is naturally distributed from western Africa through southeast Asia to northern Australia and is called polynesian arrowroot amongst other names. It was intentionally brought to tropical Pacific Islands with early human migrations for the starch. This strange plant is found throughout the Botanic Gardens at this time of the year in profusion and throughout Cooktown. I don’t believe there is a bed without a few of these in

the gardens at this time of year. The plant only appears above ground after the first storms, or at the start of the wet season. A large-lobed leaf arises from the underground tuber (a modified stem), and then the unusual flowers appear separately on a stalk in greenishpurple clusters of bracts (modified colourful leaves), with long trailing purple bracts. The fruits are like a berry. The tubers contain starch, arrowroot, that was an important food source for many Pacific Island cultures and was prepared into a flour after special preparation to extract bitterness. The flour was mixed with mashed taro, breadfruit or pandanus fruit extract and mixed with coconut cream to prepare puddings.

Today, arrowroot has been largely replaced by corn starch. The starch was additionally used to stiffen fabrics, and on some islands the stem’s ﬁbres were woven into mats. In traditional Hawaiian medicine, the raw tubers were eaten to treat stomach ailments. Mixed with water and red clay, the plant was consumed to treat diarrhoea and dysentery. This combination was also used to stop internal haemorrhaging in the stomach and colon and applied to wounds to stop bleeding. Remember this is your column too, so if you have something to share call me, or email your queries to: sandylloyd@skymesh.com.au or call 4060 3102. Sandy Lloyd.

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The native arrowroot, or bat plant, which appears around Cooktown and in the Botanic Gardens.

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Fools risk lives with false markings AFTER a short, but brilliant holiday in New Zealand, I had several trips along the Track last weekend with clients fascinated by the rainforest, waterfalls and creek crossings. The Wujal Wujal Falls are really creating a great spectacle with the recent good rains. Snakes, frogs, insects, flowers, fruits and beans are everywhere, provided you have a good look around - and up. Water levels have been generally ok. However, I note that one unfortunate motorist had risked the Woobadda Creek when the levels were well up and running powerfully a few days earlier. He tipped his 4WD, lost his load and car but not, luckily, his life. Whether or not it contributed to his accident I don’t know, but someone (some fool?) has painted a dangerously misleading yellow water level mark on the big marker rock downstream on the southern side of the Creek. I ignore the “sign” totally. I strongly advise others to do the same. A more-realistic safe level is about 400mm lower. I have alerted the Council to the problem, and it should be fixed by time of publication. I don’t know the exact figures, but Woobadda is too dangerous to cross for perhaps 20-30 days during the year, mainly during the monsoon season. Yet, it is an important road for many people. This begs two questions - firstly, why aren’t there any formal warning markers? No doubt Cairns Regional Council is reluctant to provide any water level advice for fear of litigation, especially as the creek base is unstable and uneven. “Better no sign than one that leaves a chance of litigation” runs the sort of argument. Yet the lack of signage, or in this case, dangerously misleading unofficial signage, is clearly dangerous to life. Are not lives more important than potential litigation? The bigger question has been raised also by local Degarra resident Margaret Upite: “Why isn’t a permanent Woobadda Creek crossing fix happening?” The Wet Tropics Management Authority and respective councils have for some time

Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK

Emma and Ryan Grady from Wisconsin, USA at Wujal Wujal this week. Photos: MIKE D’ARCY. been preparing a strategy to examine and test effective and good compromise solution will ideas which will impact on the total Bloomﬁeld be found. Track. In the meantime, the Track has been accesThe very difﬁcult balancing act involves sible almost every day in the last few weeks. juggling lives on the one hand and loss of Trees keep falling with wind and rain and create heritage values on the other. The issues need an adventurous drive. Water levels can and will proper examination, informed ideas and testing rise suddenly. in the community. So, be careful, but don’t let it stop you So, please contribute to ensure that an enjoying the experiences of the area.

Tides will be building up to king-tide levels in the middle of next week, so make sure you study the tides before crossing the Bloomﬁeld River, and get advice from local police factoring in the extra effect of rain. Happy travelling Mike and Trish D’Arcy D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours www.darcyofdaintree.com.au

The problems with taking a phone report HELLO, who’s this? Slow down, View I’m writing as fast from as I can. Damn, the Hill w a i t a m i n u t e . I’ve just knocked the bedside light over. I hope you realise what time it is? This had better be something important, or you’ll be charged with wasting police time. Now, what’s your name again? Look, if you’re not going to speak slowly, I’m going to hang up. Right, that’s better. Mary Smith. That’s your real name, I hope. There are penalties for giving incorrect information. Next, what’s your address? All in good time. If I don’t fill my form in correctly, we won’t make any progress at all. About 10 kilometres south of Cooktown will not do.

Time to nominate for 2012 awards

We want your postal address. No, not a post office box. Your proper address, where the postman delivers your mail. Good, that wasn’t so difficult, was it? Now, your date of birth, please. 1943? Are you sure? That means you’re very old. Is there anyone younger I can talk to? Now, what is the nature of your query? You ran into a cow? Are you sure? You mean the cow was just wandering on the road? That doesn’t sound very likely. Are you sure it was not just a wallaby? Very well, there’s no need to take that tone of voice with me. Now this is important. Was the cow hurt? Well, yes, I suppose hitting it with your Toyota would hurt a little. Right, that seems clear enough. In just a moment I’m

BUSINESSES, community organisations, educational institutions and partnership projects are being reminded that nominations for the 2012 Queensland Reconciliation Awards are closing soon. These awards recognise and reward businesses, community organisations, educational institutions and partnership projects that are making a difference and working toward

going to transfer your call to the RSPCA. They won’t be open, of course, but you can explain your situation to their answering machine and they will deal with it as soon as they come into the office on Monday. No, what am I talking about? I forgot the long weekend. They’ll get to you on Tuesday. Why are you shouting? I haven’t finished yet. On Monday morning, sorry Tuesday morning, you must report to the Sheridan Street police station in Cairns and bring your tooth brush. What? You’ve been hurt? Did the cow attack you after you hit it? Well, I suppose the bang on the head is not important but a broken leg is inconvenient. I’d better transfer you to Bundaberg Police. They might know what to do . . .

reconciliation in Queensland. Winners will share in $25,000 prize money. Nominations close on Friday, March 9, 2012. For more information or to download a nomination form, go to: http://www. qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/ awards/reconciliation-awards/ , email: reconciliation.awards@premiers.qld.gov. au or call 3405 5215.

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www.dbcde.gov.au Cooktown Local News 1 - 7 March 2012 – 11

OUT & ABOUT

PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON

Kim Coleman, Lorraine Lawson and Nevis Todd enjoying pre-dinner drinks at the Bowls Club on Monday night.

Lynette Carey has joined husband Scott for a bit of a break while he’s here working. They’re seen here enjoying a quiet drink at the RSL on Tuesday night.

Bret Crosby and Jayne Gallagher were at the RSL on Monday night to help Sian King celebrate her 16th birthday a day early, along with other family members and friends.

Tayla Crosby and Melanie Newman were also at the RSL on Monday night for Sian King’s birthday.

Newly relocated to Cooktown, Sandy Gurton found Terence Jones’ service excellent at the RSL on Tuesday night.

Cairns duo Maud Donas and Jill Cutler at dinner at the Bowls Club on Monday night.

Cairns trio Petrina Villaflor, Michael Miller and Brenden Joinbee travel to Cooktown regulary with their work commitments, which means they get to enjoy the local delicacies. They are seen here at the Wogs on Tuesday night.

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OUT & ABOUT

PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON

LEFT: Tucked away in a corner of the Bowls Club for drinks on Tuesday night were Margaret Fitch and Karen Pardon. RIGHT: Wayne King and Rene Munro at the RSL on Monday night helping Sian celebrate her 16th.

LEFT: Brian Lemon, Trey Pengelly and Brianna and Angie Lemon made it a family affair for Monday night dinner at the Bowlo. RIGHT: Cathering McInerney and Pam Leeming had lots to talk about over dinner on Tuesday night at the Bowlo.

LEFT: Enjoying a drink at the Toppy on Tuesday night were Tracey Ryle and Cetaia Hart. RIGHT: Judy Skalicky was another Cairns girl who found Monday night’s menu at the Bowlo just right.

LEFT: Getting stuck into the tucker at the Toppy on Tuesday night were Rohan Taylor and Douggie Phillips. RIGHT: Xanthe and ‘Benno’ Welsh and Acacia and Dave Ryle were on Daddy/daughter dates at the Top Pub on Tuesday night.

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6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Getaway 10:30 Alive And Cooking 11:00 Children’s Programs 2:30 Australian Athletics Tour 2012 4:30 Garden Gurus 5:00 South Aussie With Cosi 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 Movie: “Charlie And The Chocolate Factory” (PG v) - Tim Burton brings his imaginative style to the much loved Roald Dahl classic about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadows of Wonka’s extraordinary factory. 10:00 Movie: “Crocodile Dundee II” (PG l,v) 12:15 Movie: “Once Upon A Time In The Midlands” (M l,v) - After seeing his ex-girlfriend turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart. 2:15 Movie: “The Driver” (M v) - A man who dresses like an Ivy Leaguer is known for his ability to drive a getaway car in a hold-up. A cop, obsessed with the idea of catching him, sets up a bank robbery with the help of some crooks. 3:15 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:45 Nine Presents 4:00 Danoz Direct / 5:30 Wesley Impact Summer Series

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 V8 Xtra 12:30 V8 Supercars 2012 4:30 SCU: Serious Crash Unit 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Movie: “TBA” 9:15 Movie: “Total Recall” (M v,l) 11:30 Movie: “The Vanishing” (M v,l) - When holidaying young couple, Jeff and Diane, take a break at a crowded rest area, Jeff’s world is turned upside down when Diane mysteriously vanishes. Perplexed by her disappearance, Jeff spends the next several years trying to find out what happened to her. Unable to move on without answers, his search becomes an obsession, leading him on a deadly trail to uncover her true fate. 1:40 Movie: “Farewell, My Love” (MA v,l) - A young woman sets out to seek revenge on a Russian crime family who killed her family when she was a child. 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz: “Hidden Epidemic: When Bloating Is A Sign Of Something Toxic” Dr Oz discusses bloating with talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Then, Dr Oz discusses ulcers and how they relate to stress.

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Giselle 2:50 Art In The 21st Century: Compassion 3:50 The Beauty Of Maps: Medieval Maps: Mapping The Medieval Mind 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Hot Cities: Surviving The Storm 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Monster Moves: Mammoth Machines 8:30 RocKwiz: Toby Martin & Sarah Kelly 9:15 Mad Men: “The Frog / Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency” - In the wake of the death of Betty’s father, Sally begins to misbehave, much to Betty and Don’s dismay. Pete tries to work a new angle into his business dealings, and an odd dream has a strange effect on Betty, who is about to go into labour. / The agency’s British owners pay a surprise visit to Sterling Cooper. Ken brings a riding lawnmower into the office, with disastrous consequences. Meanwhile, after tendering her resignation, Joan finds out that her husband has failed in his career as a surgeon. 11:05 Movie: “Storm” (M v,a) - DD, a freelance journalist, is content with not taking responsibility for anyone but himself. Then the mysterious Lova entices him into a dark conspiracy that shatters his reality, revealing a secret war that threatens to destroy Stockholm and forcing him into a series of horrific events. 1:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

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4:00 Rage 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 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia Shorts: Towra Team 1:10 Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures In Architecture: Pleasure 2:00 The Ascent Of Money: Blowing Bubbles 3:00 Basketball: WNBL: Preliminary Final 5:00 How Earth Made Us: Wind 6:00 Best Of Collectors 6:30 Compass: The Smile Within 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Great Expectations 8:30 Midsomer Murders: A Rare Bird - When a bird watcher is found dead, Barnaby and Jones investigate. Was his obsession with ornithology to blame - or something more sinister? 10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder On The Ballarat Train 11:00 Movie: “The Golden Bowl” (M a,s) - A rich widower and his daughter both marry, only to discover their respective mates are entangled with one another in romantic intrigue, seduction and deceit. 1:05 Order In The House 2:10 Movie: “The Seventh Victim” (M a) - While searching for her missing sister, a woman discovers links to devil worship. 3:20 Rage

6:00 Weekend Today 9:00 Wild World Of Sports 10:00 The Sunday Footy Show 11:00 Sunday Football: Warriors Vs Manly Sea Eagles 1:00 One Day Series - First Final 5:00 National News Sunday 5:30 One Day Series - First Final 9:00 TBA 11:00 The Apprentice: “A Knight On Broadway” (PG l) - The celebrity contestants are assigned to sell tickets to Broadway shows in a challenge highlighted by a testy argument, one celeb donning a knight’s costume and a rush through jammed Big Apple traffic. 1:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Adults Only 20 to 1: “Sex On The Screen” (M s,l,n) - Hosted by Bert Newton, counting down the sexiest moments on the screen. The best of film and television, these are the moments that pushed the boundaries and made us blush. From nudity to sexual tension, this countdown has it all – and then some. 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Goodmorning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 6:30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 World’s Strictest Parents 11:00 The One - Australia’s Most Gifted Psychic 12:00 V8 Supercars 2012 4:30 Special: A Lion Called Christian 5:30 Going Bush 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line 8:00 The Force - Behind The Line 8:30 Bones: “The Twist In The Twister” (M) 9:30 Castle: “Cops & Robbers / Knockdown” (M) - When Castle and Martha are taken hostage by bank robbers, Beckett desperately tries to rescue them - which proves quite difficult with the hostage negotiator watching her every move. Then, the retired lead detective on Beckett’s mother’s homicide case is gunned down after telling her that he has new information. 11:30 Forensic Investigators - Australia’s True Crimes 12:30 The Real Seachange 1:00 Special: Great Planes Of The World 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 12:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program 12:30 Speedweek 2:00 Al Jazeera News 3:00 2012 Australian MTB Championships 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Cotton Accress The Atlantic 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Becoming Human: First Steps 8:30 Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? - Six months after the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the release of radiation there, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to discover whether nuclear power is safe. 9:30 Movie: “Amreeka” (M d,l) - In Arabic And English. When a Palestinian mother and her 16-year-old son immigrate to small town Illinois during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, they face the hardships of racism, discrimination and unemployment in their adopted homeland. 11:15 Movie: “The Queen Of Sheba’s Pearls” (M l,s) - In English. Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys’ rural family home on the eve of young Jack’s 16th birthday. Her remarkable likeness to Jack’s mother, Emily, who tragically died in an accident eight years ago both baffles and unsettles the family. She even wears the same pearls that Emily wore. 1:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 05

SBS 5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 Secrets Of The Shanghai Cosmopolitan 2:30 The Squiz 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Insects, a Thai Delicacy 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Wales: Border To Border 8:30 God In America: A New Eden 9:30 As It Happened: Apocalypse: The Second World War: The Noose 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Lower City” (MAV s,v,a,d) - In Portuguese. When prostitute Karinna accepts a ride to Bahia on Deco and Naldinho’s cargo boat, sexual services are part of the arrangement. Both men quickly become enamoured with her and seek the means to take her away from her life as a prostitute and pole dancer. 12:50 Movie: “Running Wild” (M l,v) - In Korean. An unstable and violence-prone cop and an ambitious district attorney find themselves on a collision course, both setting out to get the same mob boss who has political aspirations following a stint in prison. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can we Help? 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Backyard Science 10:25 Science Clips 10:35 Ace Day Jobs 10:40 Pyramid 10:55 Wonders Of The Universe Shorts 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Great Expectations 1:30 Monarch of the Glen 2:30 Voices From The Cape 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Minuscule: Thievish As A Magpie 6:10 Grand Designs Revisited: Birmingham 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Spooks: Harry vows to take revenge on the man he believes to be responsible for Adam’s death using Lucas’s Russian connections to source vital information. 12:30 Jonathon Creek: The Grinning Man 2:15 Being John Banville 3:10 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Vegas Renormalization” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Rhinitis Revelation” (PGs) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Rothman Disintegration” 8:30 Alcatraz: “Guy Hastings” (M v) - Guy Hastings, an Alcatraz guard, reappears. Although a good man, Hastings is being asked to do bad things and will come face-to-face with an old acquaintance. 9:30 Person Of Intrest: “Wolf And Cub” (M) 10:30 CSI: Cold Blood 11:30 Super Rugby Extra Time 12:30 Damages: “I Look Like Frankenstein” (M) - Patty and Tom run into a brick wall when trying to get information from the Antiguan bank. 1:30 Entertainment Tonight 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Jesse Stone: Stone Cold” (M a,v,s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Revenge 9:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Happy Endings 10:30 Happy Endings 11:30 Sports Fever: Santo, Sam and Ed discuss all the latest sports news and events in a live studio. With guest interviews, surprise cameos and live sketches, the panel will also focus on the most recent weekend results. 12:30 Picture This 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Johnny Clegg Live At The Nelson Mandela Theatre 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: Lava Caves 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Mythbusters: Thermite Vs Ice - On this elemental episode of Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie test whether igniting a bucket full of thermite on top of some blocks of ice will cause an explosion. 8:30 James May’s Man Lab 9:30 Danger 5: Lizard Soldiers Of The Third Reich 10:05 The Ricky Gervais Show 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 The World Game 12:05 SOS: I Am A Girl! 1:10 Movie: “Hero” (M v) - In Mandarin. In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory. 2:55 Weatherwatch Overnight

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7 CENTRAL 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Dr Oz 1:00 All For Kids 1:30 V8 Supercars 2012 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: Roo prepares her pitch, only to find out Harvey lied and Romeo decides to join the Surf Comp circuit. Meanwhile, Sasha is finding it hard to deal with the drama her family is being put through. 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens - Live the good life - for less! Secrets to building an amazing home for $85,000. Fast Ed’s super saver steak with seeded mustard sauce. Karen Martini goes Mexican at Melbourne’s Food and Wine Festival, opening today. 9:00 Movie: “TBA” 11:00 Movie: “The Scorpion King” (M v) - A ruthless warlord resolves to rid the desert of its few remaining tribes, prompting them to seek the help of a legendary assassin to bring the despot to justice by removing the source of his power - a beautiful but deadly sorceress. 1:00 Movie: “The Operator” (M s,v) - An aggressive criminal attorney meets his match when a mysterious woman wreaks her revenge, slowly unravelling his life. 3:00 Infomercials / 4:00 NBC Today

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can we Help? 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 Australia’s Heritage: National Treasures 10:30 Australian Prime Ministers 10:35 My Place 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Compass 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 A Farmer’s Life For Me 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 The Wild Ones: Project Manta 9:30 Genius: Chris Addison And Mel Giedroyc 10:00 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:35 Hungry Beast: Waste 1:05 Art From The Arctic 2:05 A Farmer’s Life For Me: Jimmy Doherty judges the couples on their management of animals and potential to make a living from sheep farming. 3:05 Rage

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6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Pregnancy Pact” (M s,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue - A new mum and her litter of puppies are left sweltering in the heat without any water. A kitten unexpectedly becomes a car crash test subject. And vets make an interesting discovery about a rescued possum. 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - April and Henri find out about Heath’s deceitful two-timing behaviour. There’s speculation about a romance between Irene and Eddie. And Tyler returns and steals a knife. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Packed To The Rafters 9:30 Parenthood 10:30 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 11:30 Royal Pains 12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Perhaps Love” (PG) 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chinese School: The Year Of The Golden Pig 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? Shane Bourne - With a history of absent fathers on both sides of the Bourne family, actor and comedian Shane Bourne embarks on a search for the missing man in his family tree, his paternal grandfather A.P. Freeman. 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Three Monkeys” (MA l) - In Turkish. When a politician falls asleep at the wheel and accidentally kills a man, he gets his chauffeur to take the blame in return for some money. While the chauffeur is in prison, his wife has an affair with the politician, with bloody consequences. 1:00 Movie: “Blessed By Fire” (MA l,v,a) - In Spanish and English. In the vein of Saving Private Ryan, this multi-award winning drama gives a chilling insight into the atrocities of war. An ex-soldier is haunted by the painful memories of events that took place during the Falkland Islands War of 1982. 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

WEDNESDAY 07

IMPARJA 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 Danoz Direct 12:30 Hi-5 1:00 One Day Series - Australia Vs Sri Lanka 5:00 National News 5:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs Sri Lanka 6:30 Friday Night Football: Parramatta Eels Vs Brisbane Broncos 8:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs Sri Lanka 11:00 Movie: “Blood Work” (M v,l) - Retired FBI profiler Terry McCaleb, who has recently had a heart transplant, is hired to investigate the death of a woman whose heart Terry now has. He soon realises that the murder was not random but that the killer is a serial killer Terry was trailing for years in the FBI. 1:10 CSI: Miami: “Won’t Get Fuelled Again” (M v) - When gasoline gets so expensive that Miami’s residents are Literally killing for it, the CSIs come face to face with one of the city’s most sadistic crime rings. Starring David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez and Jonathan Togo. 2:10 Spyforce: “The Trader” (PG) - Spyforce operatives Erskine and Gunther are faced with the task of breaking out of New Guinea, and escorting a small party to safety. 3:05 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:35 Danoz Direct 4:30 Good Morning America

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can We Help? 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 The Trophy Room 2:05 Children’s Programs 6:00 Restoration Home: Thomas A Backett Church 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Woodley: Greg 8:30 Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight 9:30 Outland 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure: Myself 12:05 The IT Crowd 12:30 Movie: “Murder By Decree” (M v) - Sherlock Holmes investigates the matter of Jack the Ripper and comes upon a Masonic conspiracy 2:30 Star Stories: Bono Presents Christ 2: My Story 2:55 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Classified Materials Turbulence” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Monopolar Expedition” (PG s) 8:00 RBT 8:30 TBA 10:30 CSI: Miami: “Wheels Up” (M) - A female Roller Derby competitor is murdered during a match when she visits the locker room after becoming sick on the track. 11:30 Weeds: “The Dark Time” (MA l,d,s) - Celia confronts Nancy about Aguatecture. Nancy responds by holding a knife to Celia’s throat and chasing her out, in full view of Shane. Meanwhile, Heylia learns that a fire inspector is visiting the grow warehouse must evacuate the plants. 12:00 Dark Blue: “Brothers Keeper” (M v) 1:00 Entertainment Tonight 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Hart To Hart: Harts In High Season” (PG v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue - Officers struggle to free ducklings trapped in a drain as storm clouds move in. Meanwhile, a brave inspector attempts a sky-high rescue in windy conditions. 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Tyler tracks down Casey and chases him while brandishing a knife. Indi becomes jealous and angry when Romeo admits that Ruby joined him surfing. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Please Marry My Boy 9:30 The Amazing Race 10:30 How I Met Your Mother 11:30 The Marriage Ref 12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 Korean News 5:30 EUFA Champions League 8:00 Weatherwatch & Music 8:05 World News 1:00 Dateline 2:00 Insight 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chinese School: The Year Of The Golden Pig 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Luke Gamble’s Vet Adventures: Costa Rica 8:30 Arctic with Bruce Parry: Alaska 9:30 Empire: Making Ourselves At Home - This episode looks at how the British created a particular idea of home wherever they conquered and settled; and how many of the millions affected by imperial expansion learned to see Britain as their home. 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Faith” (M a,l) - In German. The fates of three Germanborn Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted traditions. 12:45 Movie: “Parineeta” (PG) - In Hindi. Set in Calcutta in 1962. Shekhar, the son of a wealthy businessman, is due to marry Gayatri, the daughter of an industrialist. But he is in love with Lolita, his childhood sweetheart who lives next door. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

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Cooktown Local News 1 - 7 March 2012 – 15

Student of the Month COOKTOWN State School’s Student of the Month for February is Year 6 student, Josiphine Tremlett. Josiphine has recently been elected as one of the Year 6 student council representatives. She is also a library helper and a member of our chess club. Josiphine is a fantastic student who embodies the four school rules of ‘Learning, Safety, Respect and Leadership.’ Congratulations Josiphine.

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The Laura State School student of the month is English, Maths Karolleen Lowdo Mastery, and pl wn. Karolleen en aying casty. On and go swimmin joys doing SRA the weekend, Ka g at the bottom rolleen likes to bridge and Rock because she ha ride bikes, watch y. Karolleen is th s 100 per cent at TV e February Stud tendance and al ent of the Month ways puts effort into her learning .

Student of the Month at Bloomﬁeld Rive r State School for February is Toby Williams. As a Year 7, Toby has been a great leader in our classroom and in the scho ol. He attended the Impact Stud ent Leadership Conference in Ca irns where he distinguishe d himself by speaking on st age in front of 300 students from around Queensland. He is a hard worker and tries his best to follow instru ctions and ensure that othe r students are following instru ctions as well. His attendance is on target and his homework has been great. Keep up the go od work, Toby!

CROSSWORD No. 87

SUDOKU No. 87

Your Lucky

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

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

Be careful not to get stuck in a rut. A decision which you have been putting off for the last few weeks may be preventing you from taking the next step in your life. Romance. You will ﬁnd out soon enough whether a new admirer is going to stay the course. In the meantime, just enjoy all the extra attention you are getting!

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)

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

Most aspects of your life are in good shape at the moment, but one area needs some urgent attention. Time spent away from home will give you a chance to see everything in perspective. Romance. An unkind comment by your partner may have contributed to your worries. You have to ﬁnd out what was behind this immediately.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

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

A long running dispute with your boss may come to a head this week. Keep cool and try not to get too upset if you are criticised. Romance. A surprise from your partner will help to cement your relationship after a recent row.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

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

The loss of a personal possession will upset you for a while. There is a reason why this object went missing, however. You will ﬁnd it again when the time is right. Romance. You may ﬁnd it a little harder than usual to express your feelings. A powerful aspect to Mercury at the end of the week will help you to communicate with others.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)

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

A person whom you hardly know will give you an unexpected piece of advice. You can take most of what this person says with a pinch of salt, but one observation will be worth taking seriously. Romance. Don’t let a minor frustration throw you off course. You may not be feeling your usual self at the moment, and will give up far too easily.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

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

Be careful that other people don’t take advantage of your good nature. You are a kind person but you need to be careful that your good nature isn’t taken advantage of by the wrong person. Romance. Your partner’s ability to understand you will help to bring you both closer together. You will appreciate the interest they have in your life.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

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

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

MUDDY RIVER

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

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

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TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

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An unlucky streak will soon be at an end: a favourable aspect to Jupiter around the middle of the week will soon put you back on track. Until then, make sure that you don’t take any big risk. Romance. A decision by your partner may not be as irrational as it ﬁrst seems. Trust to their judgement, at least this time.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

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

FOR KIDS

FINDWORD No. 87

Your  Lucky

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

SOLUTIONS No. 87

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

Don’t let a problem with your ﬁnances get out of hand. Some unexpected bills may have thrown you off balance. Do your best to reduce the amount of money which you are spending on luxuries. Romance. A compliment from an admirer will help to make you feel more conﬁdent today. This person may be keener on you than they might admit.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A powerful aspect to Neptune later in the week will help you to read between the lines and understand what is going on around you. You will need all your powers of intuition to sort out a recent crisis. Romance. A person whom you met some time ago through a social club will crop up in an unexpected place. You will be be wanting to see a lot more of this person.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

Your ability to be ﬂexible will help you to pull through. A change in plan may work out in the end so long as you are able to adapt quickly and take advantage of the new opportunity. Romance. An event which happens later in the week will help you to understand a strange dream. Make sure that you take note of the people who were in your dream.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) You have been working very hard at work recently, and other people have been quick to notice. Don’t spoil your prospects for promotion by stepping out of line. Romance. You will value your partner’s sensitive approach to a situation which might otherwise be difﬁcult to deal with.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)

A difﬁcult aspect to Pluto may bring more secrets out of the closet than you have been anticipating. Keep a clear head and don’t try to cover anything up which needs to come out into the open. Romance. A slightly weird remark from your partner could take you by surprise. Be sure to not judge the situation too soon.

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Comment period: 02 March, 2012 to 26 March, 2012 Written comments to the assessment manager Assessment Manager: Post: : web:

Dr. Eileen Rafter

Cook Shire Council PO Box 3, Cooktown QLD 4895 (07) 4069 5444 www.cook.qld.gov.au

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Copies of the full application can be viewed or obtained from the Assessment Manager Public Notiﬁcation Requirement Sustainable Planning Act 2009 Form 5 v 1

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Walsh Bay, Archer Pt and Walker Bay to south bank Annan River Native Title Application.

      

Any person or family who asserts traditional rights and interests (including native title and cultural heritage) in relation to Walsh Bay, Archer Point are invited to attend a meeting at 10am in Cooktown on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the Gungarde Hall, Charlotte Street, Cooktown. The following families have been identiﬁed and have been notiﬁed. The list of families is possibly incomplete – Ross–Kelly (Kulka), Woibo, Wallace, Spider, Douglas, Shipton, Friday and Walker. The meeting will discuss – (a)

information in relation to the Archer Point native title claim;

(b)

nomination of representative working group;

(c)

possible options for involvement of traditional owners in the claim;

(d)

use and access to marine resources in Walsh Bay and region;

(f)

general discussion and a date for a further meeting (if required).

The general location of the area to be discussed is as follows. Archer Point ILUA Q12006/054 & Native Title Claim Number QUD352-06. Meeting details are as follows – Date and time: 10am, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Location: Gungarde Hall, Charlotte Street, Cooktown. Light refreshments will be provided. Signed: W Kulka, Chairman, Gungarde Community Centre Aboriginal Corporation. 20 – Cooktown Local News 1 - 7 March 2012

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                       

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COOKTOWN Asylum Video Productions are meeting on Saturday, March 10 at Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Powerhouse at 2.00pm to discuss the upcoming Film Festival â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cooktown in a Minuteâ&#x20AC;?. Anyone interested in submitting a video but needs ideas or inspiration are welcome to attend. Phone 0417 622 655 for more details.

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MOTELS CAIRNS Rainbow Inn. 3Â˝ star, all facilities including cable TV. Close to the city, from $65 per night. Ph 4051 1022.

ENTERTAINMENT HELP needed with a display for the Discovery Festival. Everyone welcome, but must have sense of humour. 0409 686 032 or 4069 5854.

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AGM COOKTOWN Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Annual General Meeting Thursday March 15. River of Gold Motel 6pm for 6.30pm start. Light refreshments provided.

PROPERTY WASTING MONEY RENTING? Move onto 63 Acres with red soil, creek, fencing, pasture, cattle, power & phone available, just 15 minutes to town. Only $198,000. Shack built for buyer as part of the deal. Ph: 0457 958 807.

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PUBLIC NOTICES STANDBY Response Service. Support and information for people bereaved by suicide. Ph 0439 722 266. 24 hours â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7 days per week.

FOR SALE CONTAINERS for sale or hire. Ph Cooktown Towing, Tyres & Mechanical 4069 5545.

PUBLIC NOTICES

GIVE AWAY

CIVIL celebrant Beverley J Stone for weddings, namings and funeral ceremonies. Ph 0419 376 133 or 4069 5162.

GIVE away small, ďŹ&#x201A;uffy Shitsu cross. 2-year-old male. Worth a fortune, but will give away to loving home as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too labour intensive for busy people. Contact Bird 4069 6064.

PUBLIC NOTICES CIVIL celebrant Kathleen Roberts. Naming Ceremonies, Marriages, Funeral Co-ordination. 4069 5004 or 0427 695 004

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Dreamtime racing putting hope, pride and opportunity on track

Rain arrives in time for river flush I WAS only wondering over the weekend as to where all the rain was that we needed to flush out the rivers for us, then low and behold, Mother Nature came good with what we needed. The fishing has been outstanding on the Endeavour and Annan Rivers during the last week, with the barra being prevalent in both the evening and pre-dawn. Lures, no matter what sort you use either hard or soft, have been working a treat. And other species like mangrove jack, trevelly and fingermark have also been giving anglers a real workout. Out the front, a couple of large fingermark were caught off the wreck with seven-inch Jerkshads, but the weather window was only small for those who were lucky enough to catch it. There were also a few spanish mackerel, coral trout and large mouth just past the leads for the few that ventured out mid last week. Next week’s forecast is showing a couple of light wind days and for the weekend as well, but we will have to just wait and see. With big tides on the build to the full moon, it could be worth a session casting a lure on the flats on the morning tide. Tight lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop

Lyall Davis with a solid mangrove jack caught on a FlatJak140 from Jaz Lures.

J J Davies with a barra caught on the Wharf in the evening using a Zman 3 inch Scented ShrimpZ with a 4/0 TT Snake Head Jig. Submitted photos.

New V8 Supercars team Dreamtime Racing will make its debut at the Clipsal 500 in the Dunlop Series on the street of Adelaide, South Australia this weekend. Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of its creation, and its great stories. This spiritual belief will be entrenched in Dreamtime Racing and evoke hope, opportunity and pride to the Aboriginal people of Australia. The theme of the race cars will include aspects of Aboriginal art representative of the Dreamtime and telling the story of Aboriginal people. The launch of Dreamtime Racing cements an important partnership between private enterprise and Mildura Aboriginal Corporation (MAC). MAC is located in the city of Mildura, Victoria and is an innovative and successful organisation that provides a wide range of services to meet the needs of the local Aboriginal communities. MAC services a vast geographical area in locations along the Murray River both in Victoria and New South Wales. Through service delivery of effective programs in health, housing, employment, welfare services, education and training the organisation strives to assist Aboriginal people through raising self-esteem, selfrespect and cultural pride. Governed by elected Aboriginal members who are Board of Directors, selfdetermination has created role models for young Aboriginal people to aspire to. Dreamtime Racing will engage corporate Australia to develop a host of key partnerships to support Aboriginal youths in training schemes as well as engage with the local communities groups throughout the country. Dreamtime Racing will undertake a number of community programs to leverage the racing platform including driver safety in Aboriginal communities and an Apprenticeship employment program. The Aboriginal Employment Program will endeavour to employ Aboriginal youth in Apprenticeship roles provided across all facets of race team operations. Under the guidance of team manager Rob Palermo and MAC, Aboriginal youths Australiawide will have the opportunity to apply through their local co-operatives

groups to join the Team. Dreamtime Racing will have a host of skilled employees that will also undertake a mentor role with the Aboriginal team members to ensure their craft is developed to the highest level of Australian V8 Supercar racing. Dreamtime Racing will be located out of the former Perkins Motorsport facility adjacent to Moorabbin Airport, in close proximity to Kelly Racing’s Braeside headquarters. Kelly Racing will have a strategic alliance with Dreamtime Racing and provide technical and marketing support. Dreamtime Racing will be led by Team Manager Rob Palermo, who will bring decades of motorsport and V8 Supercars experience to the young team. David Russell will campaign the #16 entry and Cameron Waters the #77 Commodore. Both drivers are already well known to the team after forming part of Kelly Racing’s 10 driver line-up at last year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. Russell made his Development Series debut back in 2003 and will be aiming to win this year’s championship after ﬁnishing third in last year’s title chase. Waters enters the 2012 V8 Supercars Development Series after an enormous 2011 season, where he convincingly won the Australian Formula Ford Championship and became the youngest driver to ever compete in the Bathurst 1000 as a result of winning the Shannons Supercar Showdown reality TV series. Like Kelly Racing co-owners and Bathurst winning drivers Todd and Rick Kelly, Waters is from Mildura, Victoria. With one V8 Supercars Championship start at Bathurst as well as one in the Development Series at Sandown last November, Waters will enter his first full season in V8 Supercars, mixing motorsport with studies in 2012 as he embarks on his ﬁnal year of high school in his hometown of Mildura, Victoria. Samantha Reid, a standout female driver and another former Shannons Supercar Showdown contestant, has also been signed to the team as its test driver and head of driver training. Further team information and sponsorship will be announced at a later date.

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Good scores despite wind and rain

Kirk learns a valuable lesson With Apollo leading the pack, Full Boar Muay Thai Boxing Club warriors Joe Pope, Clayton Cook, Jack McInnes and Austin McClemens-Morse head out on a road run with mentor Vince Parkes and Floppy bringing up the rear keeping them honest.

WIND and rain made for tricky conditions at the range last Saturday, but despite the challenges, there were still some good scores returned. The event held was a Rimfire Field Rifle shot over 25 and 50 metres with 42 rounds, which allowed for a possible score of 420 points. First was Toby Graves with 355, while Bernie Snape was second with 255 and Lina Graves finished third with 200. Thank you to the many workers at the recent working bee, which was also followed by a number of people slashing, mowing and whipper snippering at various times since. The shooting ranges and fire breaks cover a large area and require a lot of maintenance at this time of the year as you can almost sit and watach the grass growing daily. A DTL Shotgun shoot scheduled for this Saturday, March 3, from 1pm will begin the shooting events for March at the SSAA Cameron Creek Range. And the next rifle shoot will be a Combined Services event on Sunday, March 11, from 9am. For further information call Discipline Rifle Captain Toby Graves on 4069 5663. Anne Williams Secretary

Lady shooters stay on target LAST Wednesday, seven shooters contested a Service Match at 25, 15 and seven metres. Mal was first with 349 and Toby took out second with 333, only one ahead of Rod in third on 332. Our junior shooter Emma had a good shoot this week with 273, while Lina continued her weekly improvement to record a score of 240. And in Sunday’s Practical Shoot, scores were combined over two courses of fire to produce the following results: .22 Rimfire: I McKinna finished first with 53.92 seconds, K White was second with 91.10 seconds and T Guzsely was third in 91.27 seconds. In Centrefire: F Dostal finished first with 73.38 seconds and L Green was second with 93.11 seconds. T Guzsely contested only one round of Centrefire, which did not qualify him for the final results. March dates for your diary include: Sunset shoots - Wednesdays - 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 5.30pm, alternating between Combined Service Core and Sports pistol/Centrefire; Saturday shoot - March 10 from 1.30pm; Practical shoot - Sunday, March 25 from 9am; and General meeting - Wednesday, March 28 at 5.30pm. Chris Stewart Publicity Officer

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Country Road Coachlines CAIRNS TO COOKTOWN JUST a split-second’s loss of composure was enough to obliterate Bryce Kirk’s consciousness and his shot at the World Kick Boxing Association’s Australian Super Welterweight title in Brisbane last week. That was as long as it took for reigning champion Brett Whitton to deliver a vicious, second-round, upper-cut elbow, which knocked the Cooktown hopeful out and split his eyebrow to the bone - a wound that required eight stitches to secure. Full Boar Muay Thai Boxing Club trainer Vince Parkes said that at the time, he believed Kirk was slightly ahead on points. “It was tough, hard and tight from the start, just what you’d expect in a title ﬁght,” Parkes said. “They were both going for it and it was pretty even right until the end of the ﬁrst round. “But right at the end, Bryce hit Brett with a superman punch, which, if I had been judging, would have won him the round, 10-9.” Parkes said that Kirk started the second round on the front foot and had backed his opponent into the corner, when over-enthusiasm played a devastating role against the local. “Bryce was just too enthusiastic and went wading in with both elbows thrashing, looking for an early knock-out,” he said. “But it was just enough for him to open

~ Passenger and freight ~ his guard up for Brett to come right up from underneath with an elbow of his own and knock him out.” With 10 more fights under his belt than Kirk, Whitton’s experience play a role in the youngster’s demise? “He learned a lesson on Friday night, that’s for sure,” he said. “When you’re fighting at that level, there’s no room for error.” This Saturday night will see Kirk’s stablemates in Jack McInnes, Clayton Cook and Austin McClemens-Morse in caged action at the Cairns PCYC on the Explosive Fight Promotions card, “Final Impact”. Cook has been matched up against Integrated Martial Arts Gym-trained Andrew Rakowski in a super welterweight bout, while McInnes and McClemens-Morse’s opponents have yet to be declared. “Although we don’t know the names of the blokes they’re fighting, we do know that Jack’s opponent in the lightweight class will be fighting out of the Dog Factory Gym in Townsville, while Austin’s opponent is from Cairns and is self-trained,” he said. “So if there are any Cooktowners likely to be in Cairns on Saturday night, it would be great if they can get out to cheer the boys on.”

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Chat with Matt Low handicap proves no Hello again for 2012 and welcome to the upcoming NRL season. As you all probably know, the Cowboys have already played two trial games - one against the Dragons in Perth, while the other was in Mackay against the Titans. Both games were a great hit-out in preparation for this weekend’s season-opener against the Titans, with Neil (coach Henry) trying different combinations with more than 20 of the boys getting a good run to knock off the rough edges from the off-season. We started off well against the Dragons and played well to get a good score up on them, and were able to hold off a strong come-back from them to win the match. I didn’t play in the game, but watched from the sideline and was really impressed with what I saw. And it was the same again against the Gold Coast mob, the game I played in. We didn’t win that one, but trials are all about what Neil did - trying new combinations and giving some of the new recruits a run to see how they fit in and we’re all really happy with the progress at the club so far. A rib injury to Brent Tate is a bit of a worry, but he’s a tough customer and has been back in training, but we won’t know until later this week if he’ll take the field on Saturday night. You don’t have to do too much damage to a rib for them to give you a lot of trouble, so it’s a credit to the steel in Brent that he’s back and keen to play. Only time will tell though. And that’s the same with big Tariq Sims. The big fella broke both bones in his lower leg last year, an horrific injury, but has showed really special dedication and determination during his rehab. Although he’s probably a few weeks off making a return to the paddock, everyone’s looking forward to him getting back to his intimidating best. For me, I’ve had one of my best off-seasons in years. My knees and legs are as strong as they’ve ever been and that’s given me even more confidence than I had last year, so I’m really looking forward to hitting my straps, and that’s starting on Saturday. One of the boys has already joked with the media that I’m faster than ever. Now, I’m not ready to make a statement as big as that one, but I do feel as though I’m a little faster than I was last year with the improvement in my legs and in my confidence. I hear the Hope Vale boys did well at the Palm Island All Blacks Carnival last weekend, and that the Three Rivers teams have also had a couple of trials, with their season ready to kick-off on Friday, March 9. So it’s all happening in rugby league at the moment, and I’m sure you can’t wait. Don’t forget to tune in on Saturday night, we’ll need your support to help us get the season off to a good start. - Matt Bowen

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Taylor gets a good flight to this shot on the 9th. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. OUR two lowest-handicapped players managed to hold the field for The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stroke competition held between February 19 and 24, with Graham Burton taking first place with a nett score of 60 and Kim Copland in runner-up position with 61. A field of 20 turned out to play in the Cooktown Hardware and Italian Restaurant Monthly Medal last Saturday, and it was also good to see members who don’t usually play competition have a go. And it proved to be a good move as Luke Sullivan was the men’s division winner on a count-back with Steve Butler who both finished with 59. Alice Burton was the ladies’ division winner with 70, while just behind in runner-up was Julie Sauer on

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Sun 04

Mon 05

Tue 06

Time 00:24 06:59 13:14 18:50

Time 00:54 07:23 13:37 19:18

Time 01:25 07:50 14:03 19:50

Ht 0.82 2.55 1.08 2.02

FIRST QUARTER Sat. Mar 31. Time: 05.41

Ht 0.66 2.69 0.94 2.2

FULL MOON Thur. Mar 08. Time: 19.40

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Ht 0.52 2.83 0.8 2.37

LAST QUARTER Thur, Mar 15. Time: 11.25

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Time 01:59 08:19 14:33 20:25

Time 02:34 08:51 15:05 21:03

Time 03:12 09:25 15:40 21:44

Ht 0.43 2.91 0.68 2.51

Ht 0.41 2.93 0.59 2.59

Ht 0.48 2.85 0.56 2.6

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Endeavour Valley February montly rainfall totals: 209.5ml

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73. The nearest the pins were all landed with Richard ‘Big Dick’ Steele taking out 2/11, Steve Weise for 14 and Steve Butler for 9/18. The lowest gross score for the day was Luke Sullivan who hit 70 off the stick (I usually do that for 9 holes!). Only six members competed in the Graham and Alice Burton Sunday 9-Hole Stableford competition, and Trey made sure he filled out his card correctly, which proved a good thing as he was the winner for the day with 22 Stableford points. Kim Copland was runner-up with 21. The same six members competed in The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford competition and Trey Pengelly is holding the lead with a fantastic score of 38 points. Kim Copland is just behind in second with 37. The inaugural Cooktown Golf Club 3-Person Ambrose Championship is just around the corner with the first round being held on March 10. The championship will be held over four rounds, and we are hoping a round will be played every month. A $20, once-off nomination fee is payable by each team member and standard green fees will apply. If a team member has no official handicap, it will be allocated by the Club Captain. It would be preferable if at least two members of the team had a current handicap. Get a team together and come out for a bit of a hit and giggle. Nomination forms are available at the club house. Congratulations to Steve Butler who took out the Alice Burton Birdies Nest on the 15th during Saturday’s Cooktown Hardware and Italian Restaurant Monthly Medal competition. Steve took home 11 balls. Happy golfing everyone Kelly Barnett Manager Cooktown Golf Club

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