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Kathleen Diprose and Berni Moore put in the long strokes to finish off their attempt at winning the Crosscut Sawing Competition at the Bloomfield Agricultural Show. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON. Complete Bloomfield Show coverage, Pages 10-11. >>
Manhunt ends in foot chase By GARY HUTCHISON
A SHORT foot chase at a Mt Amos property on Monday ended a police manhunt started last Wednesday, July 25, when a raid at a nearby Mt Amos location discovered 2900 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of about $4 million under cultivation. A 63-year-old local man was subsequently charged on Monday with allegedly producing a dangerous drug and, along with a 32-year-old local man arrested during the raid, will appear at the August 9 sittings of the Cooktown Magistrate’s Court. Officer-in-Charge of the Far North Regional Drug Squad Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Goan said an exact value could not be placed on the crop. “That figure of $4m is only an estimate,
but it would certainly have a significant financial yield,” he said. Det. Snr Sgt Goan said the arrests were the result of an operation started by the Cooktown Police as a result of confidential information received from within the community. “The intelligence our local police received is testimony to the fact that the local community is no longer willing to tolerate this sort of activity any longer,” he said. Cooktown Police were supported in the operation by detectives from the Cairns Drug Squad and the Emergency Management Queensland helicopter. Also involved in the raid was the Forensic Services team from Cairns who assisted with the scientific component of the operation, but also mopped up the operation at the scene.
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Det Senr Sgt Goan concluded his interview with the Cooktown Local News by stressing just how valuable public co-operation is to the Queensland Police Service in its war on drugs. “Any information, no matter how small or insignificant it might appear to be, could prove vital,” he said. “People can either provide their information anonymously, or supply their names in the knowledge the information they supply will be kept in the strictest confidence. “So I would encourage the people of Cooktown and its surrounds to continue their liaison with the local police.” Anyone who has information on drugs or other crimes can contact the Cooktown Police on 4069 5688 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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Same-sex couples: What’s love got to do with it? LATE last year, Queenslanders took their first steps towards legalising same-sex marriage - something already legalised in many other countries, such as New Zealand and Canada - by legalising civil unions between same-sex couples. The law was introduced as a Private Members’ Bill by former Treasurer Andrew Fraser, and, though still not granting equal marriage rights, was welcomed by the gay community as a step forward in the pursuit of equality. The law, introduced only months prior, was quietly amended late June, sparking rebuke from same-sex couples living across the state.
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Sat 4. Cooktown SSAA Rim Fire Rifle Shoot from 9am. Sun 5. Cooktown Amateur Turf Club meeting at the
racecourse clubrooms from 10am. Agenda item – discuss proposed motion for change to constitution regarding AGM date, membership fees and auditors. Sun 5. Wallaby Creek Festival working bees from 10am to 3pm at the Festival grounds at Home Rule Rainforest Lodge and Campgrounds at Rossville. Lunch provided. Sat 5. SSAA Cape York DTL shoot from 1pm. Sun 5. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Tue 7. Swim for Your Life from 11.30am to 12.30pm at the Cooktown Pool. Tue 7. Art classes supervised by Ross Franzi at the Cooktown District Community Centre from 9.30am to 11.30am. Tue 7. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 8. Cooktown SSAA Sunset Shoot from 5.30pm. Fri 10. Cooktown State School P & C meeting in the Events Centre meeting room from 9.30am after school parade. Sat 11. Rossville State School P&C Markets at Hatfield marketplace from 9am to noon. Sat 11. Free writers’ workshop, Beginning to End: Writing Popular Fiction. Cooktown Community Events Centre from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Bookings are essential. Register your booking with the Council on 4069 5444 or with Dianne Keller on 4069 6121 or email: thekellers@bigpond.com. Sat 11. Cooktown SSAA Target Pistol Shoot at 1pm. Sat 11. SSAA CAPE YORK Pistol shoot from 1pm. Sun 12. SSAA CAPE YORK Rifle shoot from 9am. Sun 12. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Tue 14. Art classes supervised by Ross Franzi at the Cooktown District Community Centre from 9.30am to 11.30am. Tue 14. Swim for Your Life from 11.30am to 12.30pm at the Cooktown Pool. Tue 14. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 15. Cooktown SSAA Sunset Shoot from 5.30pm. Sat 18. SSAA CAPE YORK working bee.
Under the Newman Government, the unions will now be referred to as ‘registered relationships’. After the laws were amended, Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie announced The Surrogacy Act would be amended next. Surrogacy applicants affected by the new laws will be singles, de-facto couples who have been together for less than two years and same-sex couples. The topic of same-sex marriage is one of heated debate across the country - one that tends to become entwined with politics, religion, sexism and health, though one that should be based purely on equal
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch is rallying North Queenslanders to ‘Say No’ to the proposed closure of the Coral Sea, launching a petition against the government and green groups’ “campaign of misinformation”. With this petition, titled ‘Don’t Lock Us Out’, Mr Entsch joins a number of MPs and Senators up and down Australia’s coastlines who are calling for an urgent halt to the Federal Government’s marine park process. They cite key concerns with the current proposal, which will close more than 40 per cent of traditional fishing waters around the country, as well as: Increasing Australia’s net import of seafood by a further $1.5 billion; Costing taxpayers $58.2 million to manage the closed areas; Adversely impacting on 60 regional communities; Costing 36,000 jobs in fishing and related industries; and Locking out fishers while leaving the area exposed to foreign poachers. “We’re calling on this government to reassess the proposal before the closures absolutely decimate the livelihoods of local businesses that rely on access to the Coral Sea’s resources,” Mr Entsch said. “The focus has to be on sustainable use of our marine environment, not on some ideological position of locking up huge areas and throwing away the key. “With appropriate management, our marine resources are renewable and we should be adopting a basic principle of sustainable use, and if it isn’t sustainable, then the activity should not be allowed.” Mr Entsch said he could not stress enough the importance of people making the effort to sign this petition, as it is “absolutely the last chance to reject the government’s proposal as it stands”. “This decision is not just about fishermen and related businesses, it is also about retailers who pride themselves on selling quality Australian seafood products, along
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relationships as unfit to start a family. If someone previously charged with assault, domestic violence or theft can marry who they like and start a family, why should a couple with clean criminal histories be denied solely on their sexual orientation? Our State laws are already behind when it comes to Equal Rights, and now we are heading even further from equality. Equal marriage rights will not harm our state or our communities, but denying them will. Jessica Saxton, Injinoo, NPA.
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rights for all humans. “We are two people who love each other,” one protester at Brisbane’s Equal Rights March in 2011 said. “Under Australia’s current laws, you can marry someone you met the night before, but I can’t marry someone I’ve been in a relationship with for two years, and want to spend the rest of my life with. “How is that right?” People who are experiencing this struggle, and those with friends or family members in same-sex relationships find it hard to accept these new changes. The marriage and surrogacy reforms treat couples in same-sex
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with restaurants and caterers - it will have an impact right across our whole community and across our country.” The petition asks the House of Representatives to urge the government to halt the current process of establishing marine parks and to ensure that any future marine park boundaries are: Based on science that is made available to all stakeholders; Based on assessments of all risks to the environment by Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch discusses the proposed closure of the Coral Sea and the petition marine activities; Accompanied by socio- he has struck opposing the move with local fishing guru, economic research to show the Cook Shire Councillor Russell Bowman. Photo: GARY impacts on commercial fisheries, HUTCHISON. charter businesses, recreational Cairns and Cape York, as well as at seafood anglers, and associated communities and restaurants and other businesses that are industries, including tourism; and indirectly reliant on fishing or marine Considerate of Australia’s future food activities. security needs. It will also be available to print off through “The most ridiculous thing is that these Mr Entsch’s website at www.warrenentsch. closures come at the same time as Australia com.au (please note - signatures must be has the largest per capita fishing zone and original, not in electronic form). the lowest fisheries harvest rate in the world, The final 60-day public consultation at 1/30th of the global average,” Mr Entsch period, from which Environment Minister explained. Tony Burke will decide whether the marine “This public scare campaign - that Aus- reserves should go ahead, closes on Septemtralia needs huge marine parks - is a result ber 10, 2012. of the insidious influence of an international However, in order for the petitions to be ‘Gangreen’ environmental group, the Ameri- collated and tabled in parliament during the can oil and gas funded PEW Foundation. sitting period prior to the deadline, the signed “The Coral Sea campaign is only the petitions must be returned by Friday, August thin edge of the wedge - this organisation 10 in any of the following ways: has openly stated that it is their intention By post to PO Box 14, Bungalow, QLD to continue to lock up Australian marine 4870; resources with the Gulf of Carpentaria and In person to Mr Entsch’s office in the other areas of Northern Australia being the MacDonnells Building, 102 Grafton St, next target. Cairns; or “They should leave these decisions to In person to Mitchell’s Marine, 303-305 Australian marine users, who can certainly be Draper St, Cairns trusted with the sustainable management of For more information, queries or for our highly-valued marine resources.” additional copies of the petition, please The petitions will be available at fishing, contact Heather Beck on 07 4051 2220 or tackle and outdoor shops around Cooktown, 0427 585668.
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ABOVE LEFT: Bloomfield Traditional Owner and only Indigenous business owner Frances Walker addresses the meeting attended by government appointed Wujaj Wujal Champion Phillip Reed on Thursday. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. ABOVE RIGHT: south-bound motor cyclist rides to the far left of the Bloomfield Crossing to avoid damaged sections rendered that way by erosion. RIGHT: This image shows one of the many connections between concrete slabs from which bolts are missing.
Wujal Wujal residents ‘forgotten people’ in River Crossing debacle By GARY HUTCHISON THE Queensland governmentappointed Champion of the Wujal Wujal Community Phillip Reed was told Wujal residents were ‘the forgotten people’ at a meeting at the temporary Bloomfield River Crossing on Thursday. Mr Reed, the Director-General of Science, Information Technology, Innovation & the Arts attended the meeting with Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council executive staff to listen to the concerns of about 50 residents that the promised new bridge over the river would not be completed before the next wet season. In both the July 19 and July 26 editions of the Cooktown Local News, Department of Transport and Main Roads spokespersons have hastened to clarify a new bridge is not their responsibility, have offered a number of excuses as to why construction has not started, and have offered platitudes of empathy, but have failed to confirm just when the new bridge will be built. Along with Traditional Owner Frances Walker, other residents told Mr Reed of the dangers and disadvantages their community faced because the current temporary crossing causeway will not cope with the raging torrent the Bloomfield River becomes during the wet. In fact, he was told the poorly-
designed, poorly-constructed crossing had already started to deteriorate and was in imminent danger of being washed away with the onset of the wet. “It (the crossing) is a waste of money,” Ms Walker said. “It’s already started to fall apart, with bolts that are supposed to be holding the sections together missing. “It needs to be upgraded to an all-weather bridge now.” Mr Reed was told that family members who lived on the southern side of the crossing were separated from those who lived on the Wujal side. “People with disabilities can’t get to the clinic for treatment, so they’ve got to move to the Wujal side and stay with family because there’s no alternative accommodation available here,” said one resident. “The kids either can’t get to school or they’ve got to wade through croc-infested water,” said another, “surely they’re entitled to get an education without fear of being eaten. “And our people who work on the Council can’t get to work from the other side.” Another resident was critical of a total lack of communication and transparency on the issue. “”There’s been no feedback, no communication, we’re being kept in the dark,” he said.
Cooktown Local News 4WD columnist and tour operator Mike D’Arcy said there needed to be a contingency plan put into place. But the option of a ferry across the river, as supplied last year, was not considered an option by another resident. “It’s just too dangerous trying to cross that river by boat when it’s in flood, we shouldn’t have to do it,” he said. A silent Mr Reed listened to the comments, but made no commitment on behalf of the government or the Cairns Regional Council who is responsible for the bridge. “Clearly, you’ve given me a message, which I shall take back to my colleagues in Brisbane,” he said. Ms Walker told Mr Reed that he had been given a Bama name. “We will now call you Yindili, the messenger who will fly our message back to the people in Brisbane,” she said. Member for Cook and Assistant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs David Kempton told the Cooktown Local News yesterday that while state government did have an involvement with the proposed Bloomfield River Bridge, responsibility for its construction rested with Cairns Regional Council. He said the bridge is a $5.5 million project jointly funded by the Queensland and federal governments
under the Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme that is vital to the economic well-being of the local region. “The Department of Transport and Main Roads is redesigning plans for the new bridge following a route survey undertaken earlier this year. “The Department of Mains Roads advises me that the route survey was done to assess the access for delivery of girders to Wujal Wujal and found that the proposed site was more accessible than originally expected, allowing the use of longer girders. “The new design will deliver a better technical and value-formoney project, making the new bridge easier to construct, safer and more durable. “The department hopes to begin construction in the coming months, but the schedule for the delivery of the project depends on factors including weather, tender estimates, availability of qualified contractors, availability of resources and the remote location. “I understand the frustration of the people of Wujal Wujal and surrounding areas about the delays in getting this project under way. “Once it is delivered, however, the benefits to the region will be enormous.” He said he expected the bridge to be built by the middle of next year, weather permitting.
Staggered patrol times get results for police A NEW telephone management system still in the throes of being completed, may be causing inconvenience to members of the public. The method of contact is to first ring 000 in an emergency, while for other matters call the station on 4069 5688 and if that is not answering, then ring 131 444. And on the beat during the last week, the Cooktown Police have been running an operation in which they have been conducting patrols at times when they are not normally conducted or when police are not normally on duty.
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Police enforcement last week saw: . 63-year-old Cooktown man charged with drink driving after being intercepted on July 26 with a blood/alcohol concentration of .105
per cent; . 35-year-old Hope Vale man intercepted on July 28 and charged with driving whilst under the influence of alcohol after returning
a blood/alcohol reading of .171 per cent; . 24-year-old tourist charged with drink driving on July 28 after being intercepted with a blood/alcohol concentration of .091 per cent; . 19-year-old Hope Vale man charged with drink driving after being intercepted on July 28 with a blood/alcohol concentration of .108 per cent; and . 50-year-old Cooktown man was charged with drink driving after being intercepted on July 30 with a blood/alcohol concentration of .148 per cent.
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Rangers set up hospital for sick, injured turtles SICK and injured turtles are now being rescued and cared for in a triage station established by the Yuku-Baja-Muliku ranger group. The group recently received funding, which will allow them to build a much-needed triage unit, which will be manned 24-hours-a-day, sevendays-a-week. Yuku-Baja-Muliku Land Trust Chief Executive Officer Larissa Hale said the group first recognised the need for the facility after more-and-more turtles were being reported by tourists and local fishermen as either dead or in serious need of rescue because of starvation. “Cyclone Yasi impacted greatly on their feeding grounds off Archer Point and surrounds,” Mrs Hale said. “The sea grass that was starting to come back was nearly wiped out and caused the local turtle population to come under great stress.” As a result of these notifications, Mrs Hale contacted Dr Jenny Gilbert, from the Cairns Rehabilitation unit, for help and advice, with the result that Dr Gilbert not only provided advice, but also organised professional help from the Marlin Coast Veterinary Clinic at Trinity Beach. “Dr Rod Gilbert has given his time and much-needed medical supplies to support our quest to provide on-the-spot treatment and rescue of these sick and injured animals,” Mrs Hale said. “Floaters disease”, the common name of the condition suffered by turtles when they have swallowed plastic bags or other rubbish and severe boat strike
which is sustained after a collision with a boat, are just two of the many ailments that have presented themselves.” She said as word of her crew’s work and the rescue and triage centre has filtered through the district, they have been able to liaise with other Indigenous Ranger groups. “The Hope Vale Wild River Rangers recently brought a very sick animal to Cooktown from Cape Flattery,” she said. And support for the project is growing both locally and overseas. “We’ve received tremendous support from the World Wildlife Fund, Mick (her husband and Senior Ranger) and I with them to update on our achievements in this very important conservation activity,” she said. “Russel Bowman from the Lure Shop has also been very proactive, contacting the Rangers as soon as he receives reports from fishermen and tourists. “The Rangers have been able to mobilise a vessel within 20 minutes of being advised and been to locate the animal with his very clear instructions as to where the animal was located.” And Hinterland Aviation have assisted with transport of turtles up to 60cm free of charge from Cairns to Cooktown, and have also helped with delivery of urgent medication for injured or sick animals. To date the Rangers have been able to release three large turtles back into Cooktown area with one being released in the Cairns area.
Before release though, they are tagged, which enables identification of what area they are from while in the future, tracking devices will be attached to the turtles. “We’re hoping to be able to involve local schools in Cooktown in setting up tracking programs on their school-based computers,” she said. Mrs Hale lauded the work of her husband Mick and his very dedicated team of rangers as an inspiration to all involved, as the welfare and rehabilitation of these sometimes very elderly majestic creatures of the sea are always at the forefront of the Yuku-Baja-Muliku Indigenous conservation program. “Funding has been gratefully received from Cliff Cobbo from the World Wildlife Fund which has been a huge help in getting the program up and running,” said. “And we’re eternally grateful to Doctors Jenny and Rod Gilbert and their respective teams their support and continuing encouragement and advice for the project.” She said that Cooktown Marine Parks Wild Life Officer Peter Kilshaw has assisted Yuku-Baja-Muliku Rangers with acquiring permits for the rehabilitation of marine animals and has supported YBM with their endeavours. “We’d like to thank Queensland Marine Parks Officers, Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service Cooktown Office, Dr Jenny Gilbert from the Cairns Turtle Rehab Centre, Dr Rod Gilbert of the Marlin Coast Veterinary Clinic, Hinterland Aviation, Russell Bowman
Marine Parks officer Pete Kilshaw and Yuku Baja Muliku Head Ranger Mick Hale with a turtle about to be transported to their newly established triage facility for treatment and rehabilitation. Photo submitted. of the Lure Shop, Cliff Cobbo Conser- Cooktown for all their support. vation on Country Policy Manager for “The advice and support given by WWF, Hinterland Aviation and Mark these professionals is paramount to this Privet from Gone Fishing Charters program’s success,” she said.
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Cooktown Show costs explained IT’S getting very close to the Cooktown Show, so it’s time to make sure you know about the changes happening this year. Apart from the expansion of the Show to three events over two days, this year the Show Committee has taken on specific roles in the organisation of the Show. It’s all part of the exciting transition the Show is taking from being a Cook Shire Council-run event to being handed over to an experienced and committed Show Society group. If the event is to be run this way, the future Show Society will need to generate income to cover all expenses from insurance to hiring amusements. Costs are currently covered by a Council budget allocation with additional support from generous local businesses. For the first time in 2011 we
received the Show Societies Grant from the Queensland Government, however as we don’t generate our own income. The grant amount we received was the minimum allocation. This funding is not guaranteed after 2012. This year is the beginning of a new approach as we start to try and build up funds that will be necessary to get the future Show Society off to a good start as well as hopefully raising enough to make the event bigger and better in 2013. In 2012, we are introducing a goldcoin donation entry fee for both adults and children. For your donation, you will get a coloured wristband which will put you in the running to win one of our great lucky door prizes. Whether you first arrive at the Show on Friday or at the Racecourse or the Events Centre on Saturday, you only pay once and your wristband
may be lucky on one or both days. Friday night’s entry fee for the official opening, featuring the Corduroy Country Connection, choir performances, Multicultural Rainbow Dancers and our multi-cultural costume judging will cost just $5 for adults and free entry for children under 16. There will also be hot food provided by the Cooktown Volunteer Coastguard and a licensed bar by the Endeavour Lions Club. We are most grateful Rides were just part of the fun at last year’s Show, which promises to be bigger and better to all of our supporters this year. Photo:GARY HUTCHISON. who have given us a huge modation, products and more! community. range of donations to give Jacqui Sykes, Look out for weekly updates from away as prizes. Some of the donations Show Committee, received so far are dinner vouchers, now onwards in the Cooktown Local Publicity. store vouchers, cash prizes, accom- News and on noticeboards in your
Meeting discusses straying stock issue STRAY LIVESTOCK A meeting was held recently between representatives of Cook Shire Council, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and property owners in the Archer MeePoint turn-off area of the Mulligan Highway. Representatives of the Stock Squad and Yuku-BajaMuliku Rangers gave apologies as they were unable to attend. Discussions took place regarding the need to ensure road safety for all and to minimise the amount of straying stock. While no complete agreement was made between those present, a suggested course of action would be to have one property owner issued with a permit to allow mustering of stray stock in the area, then a meeting called at which property owners will be given the opportunity to claim animals they believe to be theirs. Controlled burns may be required to reduce long grass and draw animals to those cleared areas for ease of mustering. Council officers stated that while they desire to minimise the potential for conflict and will undertake the impounding of livestock only as a last resort, Local Laws will be enforced where the safety of travellers is at risk. Council hopes that the issue can be resolved by the end of the year. 2012 GARDEN COMPETITION Entries are open now for the 2012 Cook Shire Garden Competition. Categories this year are: Best Garden Bed; Best Native Garden; Best Edible Garden (Herbs); Best Edible Garden (Vegetables) and Best Edible Garden (Fruit). Are your herbs growing out of an old wheelbarrow?
Do your veggies have their own patch or are they in styrofoam boxes by the back door? Mary, Mary, quite contrary? it doesn’t matter how your garden grows, we want to see them all. Entries will close on Monday, August 13 with judging taking place on Saturday, August 18. Winners will be announced at the Cooktown & District Country Show on Saturday, August 25, at which a photographic display will show all the gardens entered. Forms are available at Cook Shire libraries and Council’s administration building. For any enquiries please contact Council’s Events Officer, Vicki Kirk on 4069 5444 or email mail@cook.qld.gov.au. COOKTOWN FORESHORE AND WEBBER ESPLANADE MASTER-PLAN The Cooktown Foreshore Master-Plan is a 10-15 year strategic plan with a ‘project ready’ capability to assist with targeted funding opportunities and promote commercial development. At the July 2012 Council Meeting, a resolution was carried “That Council endorse the Cooktown Foreshore and Webber Esplanade Master Plan in principle as the strategic overall plan for future development”. DISABLED KERB RAMP ACCESS PROJECT A variation is being submitted to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) to install two pedestrian ramps and include a footpath network extension in Cooktown. This would result in loss of only two car parks in high demand parking areas. The variation is required to reallocate funding from
Festival continues to grow from humble start CAPE York Folk Club, a non-profit volunteer body, hosts the Wallaby Creek Festival (WCF), with the inaugural festival held in 2002. The objectives are to bring together local people and visitors in appreciation of music and arts and provide a platform for emerging artists to perform. The gate entry fee has always been kept affordable to reflect these aims. A core volunteer group of almost 20 people fill the roles of directors and portfolio coordinators, and up to 100 volunteers arrive early to help with the set-up and pack-down of the festival. The three-day program offers music on two stages, a chalkboard stage, poets’ breakfasts and a packed workshops schedule. Roving street theatre, a children’s festival, food and market stalls and guided walks to the spectacular Home Rule Falls complement the entertainment program. Camp-fire friendly camping is included in the festival. The festival is held during the middle weekend of the Queensland September school holidays, thereby attracting families to visit the festival as part of their holiday itinerary. This timing allows for travel to and from the festival for visitors from Southeast Queensland as well as interstate. September is also conducive to more pleasant weather conditions suitable for
camping and swimming. WCF attracts many visitors to the local area. Feedback collected at the 2006 and ‘07 festivals indicated that approximately half of the 1500 plus festival patrons were visitors to the area, additionally spending time in the surrounding towns and communities. This survey data also showed an injection of around $85,000 to $100,000 into the Cooktown and districts economy. Furthermore, the availability of market and display stalls at the festival provides ideal opportunities for local stall holders, businesses, tourist operators, clubs and associations to benefit from local and visiting festival patrons. The social benefits to the local communities are numerous, including the shared experience of participating in a diverse selection of quality arts and cultural activities, some not usually available in our remote communities. Survey data from the 2008 and 2009 festivals shows patronage has risen to almost 3500 persons. Changes made in festival operations by management reflect the outsourcing of cleaners, security and gate staff to cater for the larger crowds. Further improving the efficiency of event co-ordination, is the development of long-term partnerships between WCF and other community groups, including the Cooktown Lion’s Club, Cooktown & District Community Centre, Full Boar
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Muay Thai Boxing Club and the Rossville Rural Fire Brigade. Each year, Cooktown businesses and key partner Cook Shire Council continue to sponsor and support the festival. The festival brings many repeat tourists to this area, injecting well over $200,000 in tourism dollars into the local economy. The creation of short-term employment opportunities is also an example of the valuable economic impact that WCF has upon our remote community. Music and arts workshops at the festival are aimed at enhancing and broadening the skills of emerging and professional artists, community members and arts workers. Survey data from 2009 shows that 91 per cent of patrons were impressed with the music selection on the two stages and the atmosphere and friendliness prevalent at the festival. WCF continues to attract a wide and culturally diverse audience, indicating a successful marketing plan. Each year, improvements and purchases are made towards infrastructure and sustainability is gradually building. 2011, the 10th anniversary of Wallaby Creek Festival, exceeded all expectations with a diverse music and arts line up emerging, including some of the best artists of the last nine years Jen Midgley President, Cape York Folk Club
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Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK A Comb-crested jacana walking on lily pads at Keatings Lagoon. Photos: MIKE D’ARCY.
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“AWFUL smell, great taste” is Cooktown visitor Krystin Briggs’s opinion of the cheese fruit. If you enjoy durian, smelly tofu, or Roquefort cheese, then you’re going to love Cheese fruit (morinda citrifolia) also known as the fruit from which “noni juice” comes. Noni juice is one of those muchouted wonder drugs, with unproven benefits and some potentially injurious side effects. It’s been used as hair shampoo (pooh!), a yellow dye and is applied to sores and wounds. Stick to the taste of the cheese fruit. Cheese fruit trees grow right throughout the northern tropics. There’s one at the start of the Noah’s Beach walk and another just outside the James Cook Museum. And there’s one here in this photo. Have a good look and even a taste, if you can get past the initial smell. Don’t forget to give your impressions to the guys at the Museum. Up at the much sweeter-smelling Keating’s Lagoon, plenty of jacanas are among the most interesting birds of the tropical lagoons. They are superb lilypad walkers, but did you know that they also lay their eggs on flimsy nests on the lily pads, barely above water-line? They can carry their eggs or chicks under their folded wings to a new spot, if upset. The young hatchlings are quick learners, and, if threatened by raptors or pythons, can dive quickly to safety. The weather and tides are excellent for croc spotting from the safety of the car or the river bank. After a 10-day spell sunbaking near the Wujal Wujal waterfall, Spartaca has moved
Krystan and Paul Briggs at Coconut Beach. downstream to feed. On Sunday, Brutus made a reappearance 100 meters north of the Bloomfield River crossing, resting on the mid-stream rock. Along the river, plenty of crocs can be seen sunning on the southern (opposite) bank. Fascinating for visitors, but in the words of Wujal resident Sharon Anderson: “Some children have to wade in waist-deep water to get to school. In 2012, children should have the right to an education without being eaten by a crocodile.” So, let’s hope that DMR manages to build the Bloomfield Bridge on time or, failing this, that Cairns Council properly fixes the Crossing to make it weather-proof before the next wet season. The lack of information-sharing is definitely on the nose. I note that the recent Cairns Council budget has continued to nominate $1.8 million in 2012/13 for the Woobadda Crossing. I have been told by the Council that they will be very shortly submitting
a report to Wet Tropics Management Authority which, if approved, will trigger a consultation process by each of the three Councils concerned. This process will then influence TMA’s final decision whether or not to issue a permit to continue. Then design and contracts. Wow! How long will that take? While I have been craning my neck along the Track, I have not yet seen what many others have - whales cavorting around the reef area. They are certainly active up around the Cape Trib area and boats have been very busy with enthusiastic whalespotters in the sunny weather. This Thursday we have the full moon, with very high evening and very low afternoon tides. Beach walking and croc-spotting will continue to be great for a few days. So, please enjoy. Mike and Trish D’Arcy D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours http://www.darcyofdaintree.com.au/ Ph: +61 7 4098 9180
Award-winning writer to host free workshop HELENE Young (pictured right), an award-winning contemporary suspense author, will be the guest speaker at a free writers’ workshop titled, “Beginning to End: Writing Suspense Fiction”, which will be held on Saturday, August 11 at the Events Centre. An initiative of the Queensland Writers’ Centre in conjunction with the Cooktown Writers’ Group, the event will be run from 9.30am to 3.30pm. A spokeswoman from the Centre said Mrs Young’s stories are set in the top end of Australia. “It’s a wild and wonderful, larger-than-life environment just begging to be showcased in novels filled with intrigue,” she said. “And to add to Helene’s zest for adventure, she flies a Dash 8 aircraft around regional Australia.” As a child, the pilot of more than 20 years, thought everyone read books, but when she started school she realised that was not the case.
However, she soon discovered that English was her favourite subject and Enid Blyton her favourite author. While she’s moved on from the ‘Five Find-Outers and Dog’ she hasn’t lost her love of suspense and intrigue, penning the loosely-linked trilogy, (in order of publication) Wings of Fear, Shattered Sky and the recently-released Burning Lies. Bookings for the workshop, which will start at 9.30am and finish at 3.30pm, are essential. Register your booking with the Council on 40695444, email: thekellers@bigpond.com or phone Dianne Keller on 4069 6121.
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Part two of Charles Tongue’s diary excerpt PART 2 of the excerpts from the diary of Charles Tongue. The diary was transcribed by his Great Granddaughter in 2010 and a copy donated to the Cooktown Historical Society. “After being here a few days me, my mate and uncle as guide ventured to climb Mount Cook it was very hard work too, winding in and out through the trees and scrub and looking where you going too, as there is the wild grape that grows along the ground if you catch your foot it will pull you to the ground too. There is the Quinine tree that has fruit like the Gooseberry. My uncle tried to get me to eat one but my mate was before me and I saw him spitting it and making rather an ugly face so I decided not to taste one.
As we get near the top of Mt cook we see many more stones almost as large on all sides of us there is birds, cockatoos screeching, wild turkeys gobbling Then there is the wild hen and pheasants, grasshoppers and locusts. As we come down our guide took us through a dense part of the bush and got us covered with green ants, them stinging us all around our necks him standing there laughing at us. We passed a few Chinese Gardens. They grow bananas, watermelons, pine apples oranges; vegetables ? They have shops here too. There is Sun cum, fung and co’s grocery and drapery stores, Lee by’s, Chay, Woos and many others. They take a great fancy to English women. There is a few of them married
to them and they will buy them everything they want; and not let them work but keep them like ladies. When they have Chinese ladies one is not sufficient some will have 3 or 4 wives. Both men and women dress alike, they wear their Pig tail behind and if any man cuts it so he is liable to 7 years imprisonment by English law. The Chinese believe he cannot go to Heaven without his Pigtail. There is a railway being made here to go up to the Normanby and Palmer diggings. They have got 20 miles of single line laid. The engine burns wood instead of coal as there is not much coal here yet, though there is some very extensive coal fields in the district that are only waiting to be worked. There is also very valuable
deposits of tin and iron. The tin in the state it is found, is almost like dirt the iron is of course a sort of stone. We went along the line on the tracks the other day as far as the 18 mile and, as we were going along in the bush, a storm came on. As the engineer see, the rain is getting much heavier, he puts good speed on and it is a race with us and the storm, but we beat it by about 5 minutes. Mind you, when it rains here it does rain. There is none of your drizzle drizzling. While we coming back we saw a Step Back quantity of kangaroos. When they heard WITHä #OOKTOWNä us coming they took to their heels then (ISTORIALä all of a sudden stopped, turned around, 3OCIETY and sat having a good look at us. We also passed a few bullock teams with sleepers taking them to saw mill to be cut.” Charles Tongue. Photo submitted.
Take heart and rest easy today AN orphanage was rescuing and caring for children from the city streets. However, the children could not sleep at night. They would cry for hours. The management realised they were so used to going to bed hungry, that they were living in fear of tomorrow. They were okay now, but would they be tomorrow night? A solution was soon found. Every night when the children were tucked into bed - each child was given a bread roll that he or she could tuck under the pillow. It would be there during the night if they got hungry. It would be there in the morning as a reassurance of the loving care that was available to them.
From then on the crying stopped. The children went to sleep readily. Children of God never have to go to bed at night wondering whether or not He will be there when they wake up. Psalm 37:3 encourages us to: “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.” When David wrote this Psalm, he had seen a lot of life. His experience included careers of shepherd, fugitive, warrior, and king. He had always found God to be faithful and so have Christians down through the ages. Each day we can focus on a faithful God and the promises he has made for us . . .
• With us always; • Gone to prepare a place - will From the Pulpit come back; • Sins remembered no more; • Faithful and just to forgive; and • Will provide a way of escape in temptation. When we think of the “faithfulness of God”, we’re considering the firmness, security and stability of His character - of all that He is - a “rock,” “refuge,” “shelter,” and “fortress “. Certainly a keeper of promises! Take heart and rest easy today. Blessings. Pastor Peter Cooktown Baptist Church
Cooktown ‘farmers’ taking pride in their work I’M just back from a crisis meeting of the Cooktown Marijuana Growers Association. The mood was very sombre after last week’s raids by the Drug Squad. I really don’t understand how, in a free country like Australia, honest farmers can attract such arbitrary treatment from the police. Goodness knows that, with producer prices being what they are today, growing grass is
New poet joins ranks WE have a new contributor this week, Petro Kok, who is obviously as enamoured of Cooktown as are most of us locals. She has good taste! Our next meeting is at the Lions’ Hall at 6.30 pm on Tuesday, August 7. All are welcome.
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“On Top of Old Cooktown” On top of old Cooktown’s Grassy Hill, Overlooking the beauty so serene, You realise again that, until Time stands still, The tranquillity will always be there. So fill your mind with some new thought That others will come and see The lifestyle, the quiet and the wind at what knot While you sit under the shade of a tree. You wonder why Cooktown? So let me tell you That was my first thought as well But now I enjoy this town so beautiful too With its sun and wind gusts and swells. Remember the green grass and skies so blue And the friendly people around; The sea and the spectacular view. THAT is what it is all about! By PETRO KOK Email original scribblings to: thekellers@bigpond. com or send your efforts for our column to: P O Box 645, Cooktown, 4895. Dianne Keller Cooktown Writer’s Group
about the only way to make a profit. Cooktown farmers take pride in their work and put a lot of skill and love into their crops. View Treating country battlers as if they from were breaking the law is only going the Hill to encourage criminal elements to get into the business. And, if that happens, you can forget about the hard work and innovation that has gone into developing the modern crop. Organised crime is only interested in quick profits, and quality will suffer. No more of the famous Cooktown Gold Leaf or organic Rainforest Dreams. Just low quality, unidentifiable mulch sold in twists of newspaper. And think of the sort of people who will be collecting all the money. Were any guns seized on this raid? I hope not. I don’t think people realise how difficult it is to control the cannabis rabbits. The little buggers get so FLUORESCENT BATTENS 36w high on the young plants that they float around 32w $2200 inc gst CIRCULAR everywhere. The wind c/w lamp FLURO could blow them all over We have Cape York, and chasing $3100 ea some great new after them with a shotgun inc gst eco fans c/w lamp just doesn’t do the job. only 42w, plastic When choosing lighting for your next residential, commercial or Nothing less than fully blades, don’t rust. renovation project, The Lighthouse will help you to experience automatic firepower will White $9600 ea, do, and I’m going to keep an entirely new level of style, quality and real value for money. silver $11500 ea my AK-47 no matter inc gst what those people down 232 Mulgrave Road Cairns Queensland, 4870 Y Phone: (07) 4031 3099 in Canberra say. First published JanuFax: (07) 4031 7101 Y email: gary@lighthouseco.com.au ary 24, 2007.
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BLOOMFIELD AGRICULTURAL SHOW
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON
ABOVE LEFT: Checking out which exhibits won prizes were Agnes Dear, Tayla Crosby, Jade Snell and Ocean and Doran Croft. ABOVE RIGHT: Melissa Griffiths working the barbecue at the Bloomfield Ag Show.
ABOVE: Jean Williams and Veronica Kaczmarowski were taking a relaxed approach to selling these colourful scarfs. BELOW: The multi-talented Peter Shields, famous for his poultry judging, is seen here with Wendi Rowlands ready to serve drinks in one of the refreshments tents.
ABOVE: Refreshed after a coffee, Loretta Reedman and Linda Parker were considering what was next at the Show. BELOW: Mother and daughter Joy Girle and Christine Brady teamed up for a good day.
ABOVE: Starla Reilly added some glamour in the fashion stakes. BELOW: Daughter and mother from a different generation, Esme and Jenny Sail were getting settled, ready for a coffee.
ABOVE: Pete from Bloomfield caught up with an old mate in Theresa Johnson from Cairns. BELOW: Trying to remain incognito behind the big sunglasses were Vikki Burrows and Roz Smith.
Rebecca Early and Nerida and Paul Carr finding the going tough in the shade - NOT.
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BLOOMFIELD AGRICULTURAL SHOW
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON
The charm of the Bloomfield Show for everyone By GARY HUTCHISON
BLOOMFIELD Ag Show patrons could have been forgiven for imagining a guest appearance by singer Helen Reddy as Roz Smith and Suzanne Auld strode to their positions ready to contest the Crosscut Saw competition. “I am woman hear me roar, a crosscut too big too ignore”. Ok, there might be just a tad of poetic licence, but could anything else have been more appropriate? And it wasn’t only Roz and Suzanne who provided a strong female content in the event, with Berni Moore and Kathleen Diprose completing another team, while Petrina De Waal made an appearance in a mixed team with Norm Wilson. Dappled sunlight through the trees greeted the more than 200 patrons who made the trip to the Bloomfield Hall where the Show was held in an atypical small, country community friendly atmosphere. True to the relaxed nature of the afternoon, there was an ad lib approach to nominations for the inaugural saw
event which offered a $250 first prize. Along with the male, female and mixed teams, the judges allowed an impromptu tag team entry from Alan Petigrew and Alan Reedman after Ray Dark threw his sweat and toil into the event when both the Alans broke down seeking a cold drink. “That’s them bloody cigarettes,” was one unkind comment from a punter in the large crowd that had gathered to watch the competitors struggle to try and coax the well-lubricated old blade through a huge log, which to some of them, did not seem as though it had an end. And Roz and Suzanne were allowed a second attempt to better their first effort. Terry Farnell and Mark Bullis who set the early pace in the event were never headed to take out the first prize. Amelia Fagan, one of the Show’s organisers, said both individual and community organisation stalls provided attendees with a wide variety of delights and art and craft products from which to choose, while the event also provided locals with the opportunity to exhibit their produce and crafts for judging.
Katherine Weston-Rosendale thinks there’s nothing better at a show than a giant rainbow lollipop.
Ronan Bassini was warming up in preparation for the ‘Decorated Bike’ parade.
2012 Bloomfield Agricultural Show results Due to an error in the initial counting of points the results of the overall points champions are: Junior Points Champion Georgia Pettigrew. Open Points Champion Vera Auld and Sylvia Scaglia. With apologies to Vera for not recognising her achievement on the day. Well done ladies!!! Ted Simms Crosscut Saw Competition 1 Terry Farnell & Mark Bulliss, 2 Graham Williams & Stewart Diprose, 3 Norm Wilson & Petrina Dewaal. Photography Junior Landscape: 1 Toby Williams, 2 Georgia Pettigrew, 3 Georgia Pettigrew. Junior Portrait: 1 Georgia Pettigrew, 2 Georgia Pettigrew. Open Fauna: 1 Leilana Todd, 2 Suzy Auld, 3 Sylvia Scaglia. Open Flora: 1 Leilana Todd, 2 Suzy Auld, 3 Veronica Kaczmarowski. Open Landscape: 1 Anni Rigg, 2 Sylvia Scaglia, 3 Zabrina Duncan. Open Portrait: 1 Anni Rigg, 2 Zabrina Duncan, 3 Sylvia Scaglia.
Homebrew Beer: 1Denis Kelly, 2 Denis Kelly. Spirits: 1 Malcolm Diprose, 2 Malcolm Diprose, 3 Norm Wilson. Liqueur: 1 Malcolm Diprose, 2 Malcolm Diprose, 3 Malcolm Diprose. Wine: 1 Angie Dick, 2 Stephanie Thuiller, 3 Stephanie Thuiller. Poultry Best Hen: 1 Petrina Dewaal, 2 Veronica Kaczmarowski, 3 Bloomfield School Prep 123. Best Rooster: 1 Veronica Kaczmarowski. Art/Craft Open Drawing or Painting: 1 Margaret McCosh. Needlework/Sewing: 1 Veronica Kaczmarowski, 2 Margaret Plant, 3 Margaret Upite. Any Other Craft Item: 1 Ulla Melchiorsen, 2 Jude Edwards, 3 Anni Rigg. Jewellery: 1 Ulla Melchiorsen, 2 Ulla Melchiorsen. Art/Craft Junior Drawing or Painting: 1 Sylvian Croft, 2 Lennik Yougie, 3 Allan Nandy. Any Other Craft Item: 1 Asheranny Walker & Kanisha Nandy, 2 Toby Williams, 3 Storm Bloomfield.
Junior Baking Jamdrops : 1 Emma Smith, 2 Willow Footer, 3 Malachi Jack. Open Baking Fruit Bread: 1 Vera Auld, 2 Berni Moore, 3 Margo Steiner. Pumpkin Pie: 1 Kathleen Diprose, 2 Sylvia Scaglia, 3 Berni Moore. Chocolate Brownie: 1 Kayla Callaghan-Bulliss, 2 Sylvia Scaglia, 3 Amelia Fagan. Fruit Cake: 1 Vikki Kirk, 2 Kathleen Diprose, 3 Sylvia Scaglia. Decorated Cake: 1 Vikki Kirk, 2 Kayla CallaghanBulliss, 3 Vera Auld. Jam: 1 Robyn Farrands, 2 Berni Moore, 3 Angie Dick. Pickle: 1 Angie Dick, 2 Angie Dick, 3 Angie Dick Relish : 1 Vera Auld, 2 Veronicak Kacsmarowski, 3 Berni Moore. Chutney: 1 Stephanie Thuiller, 2 Vera Auld, 3 Vera Auld. Produce Bananas: 1sVera Auld Bunch Green Leaf Veg: 1 Vikki Burrows, 2 Cass Sorenson, 3 Sylvia Scaglia.
Eggs: 1 Bloomfield School Prep 123, 2 Veronica Kaczmarowski, 3 Barb Dunn. Eggplant: 1 Sylvia Scaglia, 2 Cass Sorenson, 3 Cass Sorenson. Best Mixed Produce: 1 Anni Rigg, 2 Fiona Mitchell, 3 Carol Howard. Pumpkin: 1 Cass Sorenson, 2 Barb Dunn, 3 Veronica Kaczmarowski. Tomatoes: 1 Sylvia Scaglia. Citrus: 1 Anni Rigg, 2 Sylvia Scaglia, 3 Sharon Anderson. Horticulture Potted Plant: 1 Vera Auld, 2 Vera Auld, 3 Steve Smith. Bromeliad: 1 Barb Dunn, 2 Barb Dunn, Carol Howard. Bromeliad in Flower: 1 Suzy Auld, 2 Janette Farnell, 3 Janette Farnell. Orchid in Flower: 1 Janette Farnell, 2 Kayla Callaghan-Bulliss, 3 Barb Dunn. Flower Arrangement: 1 Barb Dunn, 2 Sharon Anderson, 3 Anni Rigg. Decorated Bicycle Competition 1st place winners: Doran Croft, Venenzia Jack, Ronan Bassani and Toby Williams
Cooktown Local News 2 - 8 August 2012 – 11
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4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage Guest Programmer (PG) 11:00 Chopper Rescue 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Collectors: Bette 1:30 Eggheads 2:00 Penn And Teller: Fool Us 2:55 Movie: Pal Joey - A woman-chasing night club entertainer romances a wealthy socialite into financing his own club. He finds true love with a chorus girl who reforms his using ways 4:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 5:00 The Wonder Years: Loosiers 5:25 Walk On The Wild Side 5:55 Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking: Weird And Wonderful 6:25 Audrey’s Kitchen: Pepper Steak 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Kingdom - Small town solicitor Peter helps a young man recently back from Iraq seek compensation from the army for his injuries. 8:20 Gruen Sweat Gold 8:30 Kidnap And Ransom 9:20 Hustle 10:20 United States Of Tara: To Have And To Hold 10:45 United States Of Tara: From This Day Forward 11:15 Rage Guest Programmer (MA a,l,d,h,n,s,v.)
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 A Film and Its Era: Children Of Paradise 2:00 The Chopin Etudes 2:05 Limen 2:40 The Drummer Of Ravel’s Bolero 2:50 Rolf Harris Paints His Dream 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex In Rome: Cold Case 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Massive Moves: Colossal Cabin 8:00 Massive Moves: Hawaii House Swap 8:30 RocKwiz 9:20 Movie: “Anything For Her” (M) - When his wife is wrongfully imprisoned for murder, and all legal avenues exhausted, unassuming school teacher Julien conspires to bust her out of prison. However, Julien soon finds himself well out of his depth as he falls deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld. In French 11:05 Movie: “Fear Me Not” - (M a,s,l) In Danish. - In this psychological thriller, a mild-mannered man signs up for a test trial of a new anti-depressant as a way to change his life. When the trial is called off, he continues taking the medication with violent results. 12:50 Movie: “Jade Warrior” (M h,v) In Finnish. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Ealing 2 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 New Tricks 2:20 Opera Australia: Don Giovanni 5:00 Nature’s Great Events: The Great Migration 5:55 Antiques Master 6:25 Audrey’s Kitchen: Poached Peaches 6:30 Compass: Dinner In Longreach 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Grand Designs Revisited: Ashford 8:15 Dream Build 8:30 Birdsong - As Stephen Wraysford fights in the terrifying trenches of northern France, he is haunted by memories of Isabelle Azaire, the woman with whom he had an illicit affair before the war. 10:00 Inspector George Gently: Gently With The Innocents - George Gently and his sidekick investigate the death of a lonely old man in a dilapidated mansion. They stumble across a shocking truth that takes them to a world almost beyond their comprehension and belief. 11:30 Movie: “All That Jazz” (M a,l,s) -The story of a gifted choreographer whose compulsions, both professionally and personally, lead to his destruction. 1:30 Movie: “Second Chorus” (G) -Showcasing the talents of Fred Astaire, two college musicians battle the odds to rise to the top of their profession and then for the favours of Paulette Goddard 2:55 Rage
6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 8 9:00 London Gold 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 London Gold 4:00 Sunday Football: Gold Coast Titans v South Sydney Rabbitohs 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 9 - Usain Bolt defends his 100m sprint crown in one of the highlights of London 2012. Karl Stefanovic is in the chair for another memorable day on the Olympic program. The women’s marathon will be a feature. We return to the velodrome for more track cycling, the diving continues, the gymnasts go for gold, and there are finals in the shooting, sailing, fencing, weightlifting and wrestling. This session may also include, women’s basketball and women’s boxing. 11:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 9 - Ken Sutcliffe takes us through an evening that promises so much. The standouts will be the cycling from the velodrome and the athletics at the Olympic Stadium. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 9 - This session may include: Usain Bolt defending his 100m sprint title as men’s athletics continue, women’s athletics, men’s cycling, women’s springboard, men’s hockey, men’s bantamweights and heavyweights, women’s boxing and synchronised swimming.
6:00 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 6:30 Jake and The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 AFL Game Day 11:30 Footy Flashbacks 1:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 19: Melbourne vs Goldcoast 4:00 Dinner Date 5:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 19: Adelaide vs Essendon 8:00 Sunday Night 9:00 TBA 11:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2012 - As the Championship heats up, the V8 Supercars are back in Queensland for Races 16 and 17. Today’s coverage of the Coates Hire Ipswich 300 includes Race 17, 200km/65 laps. 12:00 Serial Killers: Lucie Blackman Murder - When Tokyo police raided Joji Obara’s various properties, they found over two hundred video tapes of Obara’s violent assaults on drugged female victims. Officers had gone to Obara’s property while investigating the disappearance of Lucie Blackman. The case gained nationwide attention as one of Japan’s most horrendous sex crimes. 1:00 Outlaw 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 Beyond Tomorrow 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 11:00 FIFA Futbol Mundial 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Faces Of America 3:30 Living With The Enemy 4:30 Salam Cafe 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Pioneers Of Patagonia 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Bible’s Buried Secrets 8.30 Inside Nature’s Giants 9.30 What Is Reality? There is a strange and mysterious world that surrounds us, a world largely hidden from our senses. The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective stories. Clues have been pieced together from deep within the atom, from the event horizon of black holes, and from the far reaches of the cosmos. It may be that that we are part of a cosmic hologram, projected from the edge of the universe. 10:30 Movie: “A Soap” (MA a,l,s) - Veronica, a troubled pre-op transvestite prostitute, becomes the neighbour of Charlotte, a surly beauty-shop owner, who has recently broken up with her boyfriend. At first, sensitive, soap-opera-addicted Veronica and abrasive, opinionated Charlotte can’t stand each other, but a suicide attempt brings them closer together. In Danish 12:25 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Collectors 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Rivers And Life 1:30 The New Inventors 2:00 Antiques Master 2:30 Jennfier Byrne Presents 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Grand Designs: Suffolk 6:50 Paralympics Profiles 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Trial And Retribution: Siren 1:05 Movie: “They Can’t Hang Me” (PG) - A civil servant is sentenced to death for murder. But when he announces that he has secret information, vital to the security of the country, he exchanges it for his freedom. 2:20 Rage 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield
6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 9 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 10 - Karl Stefanovic is in the chair as Day 10 unfolds at London 2012 with gold to be decided in the athletics, at the velodrome, at Greenwich for the show jumpers, in gymnastics, sailing, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling. Australia will be cheering as Sally Pearson makes her debut in the 100m hurdles. This session may include: men’s basketball, men’s and women’s canoe and kayak sprint, men’s water polo, men’s volleyball and in women’s boxing: fly, light and middleweight. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 10 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over hosting duties to guide us through another super morning of sport. This session may include: The women run for gold in the 3000m steeplechase before the final of the men’s 400m, women’s pole vault final, women’s shot put final, women’s 400m hurdles, women’s 200m, men’s diving, women’s hockey, men’s shooting, men’s lightweight, middleweight and superheavyweight boxing and synchronised swimming. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 10
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Deep Family Secrets” (M v,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 All For Kids 4.00 Match It 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Ruby has a breakdown, Indi kisses Liam and Roo gets a shock when Harvey proposes to her. 7:30 TBA 10:30 Fairly Legal - Kate becomes involved in a case of idenity theft and immigration fraud. She tries to help an American soldier and patriot - who, as it turns out, isn’t actually a U.S. citizen - who is facing deportation. But she has to turn to an unlikely place for help: Lauren. 11:30 30 Rock: The Return Of Avery Jessup - Jack suspects Avery was unfaithful while overseas when she is seemingly unmoved by news of his indiscretions. 12:00 Special: Sexiest Titles 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Imrovement 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “The Circle” 2:40 Apple Of My Eyes 2:50 Mite 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 PopAsia 5:30 Global Village: Red Skin 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Dumpster Diving 8:30 Man vs Wild: Norway, Edge Of Survival 9:30 Shameless - Suspicions are raised when jobless Avril keeps producing gifts, while Mimi sets her sights on jogger Neil who is unsure of her advances and only wants sex. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:30 SOS: Bad Language - Bill makes an unusual bet with the fractious regulars at his uncle’s suburban Kafenois (men’s club). (From Australia). A Tale of Obsession - A deliciously black comedy following the story of Ashley, an intense teenage girl who pursues everything she follows with a full head of steam. (From Australia). 1:00 Entourage: The Dream Team 1:35 Entourage: The Weho Ho 2:05 The Ricky Gervais Show 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures 10:30 Australia’s Prime Ministers 11:00 My Place 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Grand Designs 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Time Team 6:50 Paralympics Profiles 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Race To London 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Three Men Go To Scotland - Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones, Dara O’Briain and Rory McGrath embark on their latest adventure - a journey of discovery in Scotland’s Highlands and Islands, visiting the isles of Jura, Mull, Skye and Harris. 9:30 QI: Fight Or Flight 10:00 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne: August 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Headhunters Of World War II 1:30 Henry VIII: Mind Of A Tyrant: Warrior 2:30 Football: VFL: Box Hill vs Coburg 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Count Us In 10:15 Maths Shorts 10:20 Being Me 10:40 My Great Big Adventure 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help? 2:00 Three Men Go To Scotland 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:05 Country House Revisited: River Hill Revisit 6:50 Paralympics Profiles 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Infantile 8:30 Gruen Sweat 9:15 Randling 9:50 Would I Lie To You? - Hosted by Rob Brydon two comedy teams go head-to-head revealing amazing stories about themselves; some are true and some are not. The aim of the game is to fool the opposition and get them to guess whether it’s fact or fiction 10:20 At The Movies 10:50 Lateline 11:25 The Business 11:50 The Librarians: Cut To The Quick 12:20 Movie: “The Terror” - A young officer in Napoleon’s army becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and follows her to the isolated coastline castle of an elderly baron. 1:40 Lost Adventures Of Childhood 2:30 Football: SANFL: Round 19
6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 10 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 11 - Live from London, hosted by Karl Stefanovic. D-Day for Australia’s Sally Pearson at the Olympic Stadium as she runs for gold in the hurdles. A huge day in London as the crowds mass for the men’s triathlon and the locals await appearances from their cycling superstars Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy. This session may include: Usain Bolt in the men’s 200m sprint, men’s triple jump, heats in the men’s 110m hurdles and women’s 5000m, semi-finals of the men’s 3m springboard, men’s hockey, men’s triathlon, women’s basketball and men’s and women’s canoe and kayak sprint. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 11 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over hosting duties to guide us through another super morning of sport. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 11
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Doomsday Man” 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Once Upon A Time - Emma Swan’s life has been anything but a fairytale. But when the son she gave up 10 years ago finds her and needs help, everything changes. 8:30 Winners & Losers: What Lies Beneath - Lives and futures are on the line as Jenny, Frances and Sophie grapple with choices that could tear their worlds apart. In the wake of prescription drugs being found in her locker, Sophie is determined to make Spencer pay. Frances is struggling with Zach moving out of the apartment and Jasmine failing at school. 9:30 World’s Strictest Parents 10:30 Fairly Legal 11:30 Parks And Recreation 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News 6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 11 9:00 London Gold 11:00 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 12:00 Movie: “Someone Is Watching” (M v,l) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Direct 2:00 Days Of Our lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 National News 6:00 Seven News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:30 Today Tonight 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 12 - Gold medals in eight 7:00 Home & Away - Heath and Bianca discuss their future, Jett sports, with the spotlight also shining on a number of our is counselled by Natalie and Danny is planning another job. highest profile Australians. Karl Stefanovic is in the chair hosting as Day 12 unfolds from the Olympic city. This session may 7:30 TBA 10:45 Happy Endings: Big White Lies - Dave has an odd reaction include: men’s 5000m, men’s decathlon, women’s hammer, when his shrink starts dating Penny. Meanwhile, Jane and women’s 800m, women’s showjumping, four gold medals to Max fight over ownership of a sweater and end up in another be decided: three in the kayaks and one in the canoe, men’s one of their strange competitions: to see who can wear a and women’s BMX, men’s basketball quarter-finals, men’s horribly unflattering outfit the longest. volleyball quarter-finals, and semi-finals in all three boxing 11:15 Parks And Recreation - Leslie uses her new tourist attracdivisions of women’s fly, light and middleweight boxing. tion as a way to spend more time with Ben. Ron and April 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 12 - Ken Sutcliffe takes encourage Andy to go to college, and Chris tasks Tom and over to steer viewers through another great session from London 2012. This session may include: women’s hockey, a Jerry with revamping the Parks and and Rec logo. massive track and field session offering three more gold med- 11:45 Special: Last Days Of Michael Jackson als, women’s 100m hurdles, women’s 1500m, the decathlon 1:00 Infomercials continues with the high jump and 400m, and the girls leap 3:00 Home Shopping for gold in the long jump, women’s 200m final and women’s 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow diving. 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 12
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Those Happy Dayd” 2:45 PS Your Mystery Sender 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Celestial Dance of Bhutan 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Martin Freeman 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle” - (MA l) Two weeks before his release from a youth penitentiary, Silviu learns that his ne’er-do-well mother has returned home to Romania to take his little brother back to Italy with her, despite his objections. In his desperation to stop his mother, Silviu resorts to violence, and takes a young social worker hostage. In Romanian 12:45 Shameless: Frank falls victim to identity fraud and is horrified to discover his criminal record has been deleted, making him eligible for jury service. Once in court, however, he and a like-minded juror conspire to prolong the case as much as possible so they can continue to claim expenses. 1:40 Shameless 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes 1:30 At The Movies: 2:00 Country House Revisited 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 BTN Daily 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Monty Don’s Italian Gardens: Florence 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Photo Finish: Performance 8:30 Midsomer Murders: The House In The Woods: The series returns with DCI Tom Barnaby and his new sidekick DC Ben Jones investigating a series of murders in a deserted house in the woods which local villagers believe is haunted 10:05 Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey: Seekers 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea: Colter’s Hell - Looks at the establishment of America’s first national park, Yellowstone, and the people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of this land they loved. 12:20 The Clinic 1:20 Monty Don’s Italian Gardens: Florence 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 20 - Swan Districs vs Peel Thunder
6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 12 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 London Gold 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 13 -Thirteen gold medals will be decided tonight and host Karl Stefanovic will bring viewers all the action. This session may include: four gold medals in the canoes and kayaks, decathlon gold, women’s high jump and the first round in the men’s 4 x 400m relay, women’s 10m platform, the rhythmic gymnastics and the 10km marathon swims. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 13 - Ken Sutcliffe slides into the hosting chair. This session may include: another massive session in track and field with five gold medals up for grabs, men’s 200m final, 100-200 sprint double, men’s triple jump, men’s 800m, men’s decathlon, semi-finals in the women’s 800m and the first round of the women’s 4 x 100m relay, women’s javelin final, the women dive for gold in the 10m platform, the first of the men’s hockey semi-finals, women’s basketball, men’s BMX, the climax of the women’s water polo with the top four nations in action and synchronised swimming. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 13
5.00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:30 On Thin Ice 2:30 Feast Greece 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Sicily Unpacked: In the final episode, Andrew and Giorgio take the pulse of contemporary Sicily, experience the change that is sweeping through the island and find out how its future is linked to its ancient past. 8:35 Food Additives: An Edible Adventure - Food writer Stefan Gates sets off to uncover the truth about those notorious artificial food additives. He wants to find out where these chemicals come from and what they actually do in our food. 9:35 One Born Every Minute USA 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 My Sex Robot 11:55 Movie: “Hierro” (M a,n,v) While travelling by ferry to the remote island of El Hierro, Maria’s son Diego simply vanishes from the boat. Months later Maria is fighting to overcome the pain of her loss, when she receives an unexpected call. A child’s body has been discovered; she must return to El Hierro. 1:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
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5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Andre Rieu: Live in Maastricht II 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chuao, a Chocolate Paradise 6:00 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby - From Moscow, Jonathan takes the train to the family estate of Leo Tolstoy, arguably the greatest of all Russian writers. Further south he comes to the reality of farming in Russia today, where families struggle to survive after the ending of state subsidies. 8:30 A History of Scotland: Lets Pretend 9:35 As It Happened: The Two Faces Of Auschwitz - Renowned filmmaker William Karel recounts life in Auschwitz in 1944 through two recently discovered photo albums. One album was found by camp survivor Lili Jacob, which relates to the arrival of a convoy of Hungarian Jews in Auschwitz in May 1944. 10.35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “99 Francs” (MA s,a,d,v) - A first-person diatribe against modern consumerist society as seen through the eyes of a cynical advertising executive whose efforts to get fired from his job backfire as he keeps getting promoted. 1:00 Kurt Wallander: The Priest 2:40 Watherwatch Overnight
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7 CENTRAL 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Fall Into Darkness” (M v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:30 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: Brax tells Casey to cut Ruby off, Romeo’s suspicions over Liam and Indi erupt and Harvey gives Roo an unexpected altervative to her suggestion. Meanwhile, Natalie tries to understand Jett’s fears. 7:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season Round 19: Hawthorn vs Geelong 11:00 Movie: “Burn After Reading” (M v,l) - ) When a disc filled with some of the CIA’s most irrelevant secrets falls into the hands of two determined yet dim-witted gym employees, they become intent on exploiting their find. However, since blackmail is a trade better left to the experts, events soon spiral out of control, resulting in a mad-cap adventure full of unexpected encounters! 1:00 Movie “Alien Abduction” - In the middle of a Thanksgiving dinner, a flash of light marks the beginning of a terrifying night for the McPherson family. 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow 6:00 Stitch! 6:30 Handy Manny 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show - Weekends 10:00 The Woodlies 10:30 Master Raindrop 11:00 Legend Of Enyo 11:30 Sea Princesses 12:00 Movie: “Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook Off” (G) 2:00 2012 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 19: GWS vs Port Adelaide 5:00 Outsourced 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 World’s Strictest Parents 7:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 19: Brisbane vs Richmond - The Lions have won only one of the last nine clashes against the Tigers and the task looks even more difficult as the Tigers cling to the hope of a finals spot. 11:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2012 - As the Championship heats up the V8 Supercars are back in Queensland for Races 16 and 17. Today’s coverage of the Coates Hire Ipswich 300 includes Race 16, 140km/45 laps. 12:00 Movie: “Bad Manners” (M s,n) Mind games coil through a visit of one couple to the home of another when a sum of money goes missing and relationships are tested. 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow
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ABC 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Photo Finish 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Dalziel And Pascoe 2:10 Marchlands 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Grand Designs: Surrey 6:50 Minuscule: Microzilla 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Spicks And Specks: Britannia Special - The next stop on the Spicks and Specks tour of the world of music is Great Britain. Guests are jazz star Jamie Cullum, journalist Ritchie York, and comedians Sarah Millican from Newcastle, England, and Hamish Blake. 8:30 Silent Witness: And Then I Fell In Love Part 1 - Nikki stumbles across a sinister underworld where teenage girls are groomed for sex and forced into prostitution. 9:30 Taggart: The Rapture - The ire and dry wit of Taggart are front and centre when the investigative team are drawn into the secretive world of a strict religious sect following the discovery of a father and son double murder. 10:20 Lateline 10:55 Penn And Teller: Fool Us 11:40 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)
6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 6 9:00 London Gold 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Hi-5 3:30 London Gold 5:30 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 - Karl Stefanovic hosts Day 7 of the Olympic action from London. In their third match the Australians meet ninth-ranked Argentina in their continuing quest for the men’s hockey gold. Plus, the athletics program gets underway and gold medals to be decided in athletics, swimming, rowing, cycling, gymnastics, badminton, fencing, judo, shooting and weightlifting. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 - Another huge night of gold medal action from London. Ken Sutcliffe is your host. This session may include: Men’s and Women’s team pursuit in cycling, Women’s 50m freestyle, Women’s 200 backstroke, Men’s 100m butterfly, Women’s 800m freestyle, Men’s 50m freestyle, Men’s shot put and the Women’s 10,000m, Men’s long jump, Women’s discus, Women’s 100m, Men’s 1500m and the heptathlon continues with shot put and the 200m. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 6:00 2012 London Olympic Games - Day 7 9:00 London Gold 11:00 Danoz Direct 11:00 Children’s Programs 3:00 Pyramid 3:30 London Gold 5:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8 - An early start as the Hockeyroos take on South Africa. Karl Stefanovic presents all the action from London. At the Olympic stadium it will be all about the men’s 100m as Usain Bolt makes his first appearance at the Games. Also, the first of the triathlon gold medals will be decided and the rowing finals continue. 6:00 Nine News Saturday 6:30 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8 - This session may include: Men’s 100m, Women’s pole vault, Men’s 400m, Women’s 3000m steeplechase, Men’s fours in rowing, Women’s lightweight double sculls, lightweight Men’s double sculls, Women’s single sculls, Women’s triathlon, Women’s showjumping, Women’s 3m springboard semi, cycling, Women’s 50m rifle three position event and trap and Men’s light flyweight, light welter and light heavyweight divisions. 11:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8 - Ken Sutcliffe takes over the hosting duties. The last of the 32 swimming gold medals will be contested at the Aquatics Centre. 1:00 2012 London Olympic Games: Day 8
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6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Alone With A Stranger” (M v,l) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Patrol 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Match It 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away - Sasha tries to sabotage Dex and April’s plan to move out. Danny hits Casey after learning that he’s double-crossed him. 7:30 Border Security 8:30 Criminal Minds 9:30 Grey’s Anatomy - In tonight’s heart-wrenching season finale, the doctors are faced with a life-threatening situation and must fight to stay alive while trying to save the lives of their peers. Bailey and Ben make a decision regarding their relationship and Teddy is presented with a tempting offer. 10:30 Private Practice 11:30 Medical Emergency 12:00 House Calls To The Rescue 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Beyond Tomorrow 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wildest Africa: Virungas: Land of Ice and Fire 8:30 The Last Explorers: William Speirs Bruce: The Shape of Things to Come 9:30 China: Triumph and Turmoil: Maostalgia 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “Children Of Glory” (MA v)- In 1956, while Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team faced off against the Russians at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Taking place in Budapest and Melbourne, this film follows the events surrounding what was to become known as one of the bloodiest water polo matches in the sport’s history. In Hangarian 1:10 Inspector Rex: The Doll Murderer - Mr Wolf, a doll shop owner, invites a young woman to look at his doll collection. He shows her a beautiful full-size doll’s dress and asks her to put it on. When she refuses his advances, he strangles her and dumps her body. Moser and Rex are called in to investigate. 2:05 Warriors 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight 3:45 Club International: Man Utd v Barcelona
CROSSWORD No. 109
SUDOKU No. 109
Your Lucky
Stars
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
Your finances will shortly receive an important boost. When you get this money, make sure that you put some of it aside for a rainy day. Romance. Don’t let the recent attention you have been receiving go to your head! It may have taken you by surprise, but don’t let others know this.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
The Moon/Mercury Midpoint moving through your sign should help your powers of intuition. You will need these shortly. Go with your gut! Romance. You will be in the mood for some serious relaxation today. With your recent hard work, you deserve some rest and recuperation.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)
FOR KIDS
Make sure you know your own mind. Otherwise, you could be too easily influenced by other people. Romance. A solution to a recent dilemma will be much easier to find if you can put your minds together. You need to come up with a solution that pleases everyone. Be open to other opinions.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
A domestic crisis will have to be sorted out as soon as possible. Make sure that you get to the bottom of it this time! Romance. A message you receive may not make much sense at first. It is important that you try to understand it, however. Its underlying meaning is of value to your partner.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
A letter from a friend who is a long way away will put you in a good mood. You may be seeing this person sooner than you think. Buy them a small welcoming gift. Romance. You will achieve more this week if you manage to take it easy for a while. Work will be more efficient when you’re rested.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
This will be an excellent week for an exotic meal. Try to go somewhere upbeat and zany. The mood will easily spread. Romance. You may be a little too strongly influenced by fantasy at the moment. Try to keep your feet firmly on the ground. Your partner may be concerned about your wellbeing.
FINDWORD No. 109 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
A chance meeting with an old friend could prove to be interesting. There may be something about this person which makes you suspicious. Romance. Instead of trying to change your partner, you should do your best to accept them just as they are. After all, that’s who you fell in love with, right?
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
You will be feeling full of energy at the moment and possibly a little restless. It is very important that you find a new outlet for your energy. Romance. You may find it too easy to see your partner’s weak points. Try to focus on something positive and the rest will be forgotten.
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MUDDY RIVER
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)
You must accept complete responsibility for your actions. Don’t expect other people to make decisions for you. Be forthright about your deeds. Romance. Someone close to you may soon be getting married. Your feelings may be a little ambivalent. Keep this to yourself and let them enjoy their day.
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
A friend’s comment will make you feel insecure. Unfortunately, you may be a little over-sensitive at the moment. Gather yourself! Romance. A constructive first step towards improving your social life will soon pay dividends. You’ll have a larger group of people to choose a partner from.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Women are made to be loved, not understood
–Oscar Wilde
SOLUTIONS No. 109
This will be an excellent time for meeting new people. Don’t spend too much time with someone that you know is not suitable, however. Romance. Your emotions may be a little fragile at the moment. This is not the best time to push through any major changes. Fix what is broken at the moment.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
A dream about a close friend will surprise you. Your relationship with this person may soon change. Don’t make any quick remarks. Romance. You will need to prepare for a few changes. You may feel a little insecure for a while. Stepping out of your comfort zone will be a good thing.
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CAPE YORK ENGINEERING COOKTOWN MARINE Penrite Oil Agent
Steel and Aluminium supplies • Welding Fabrication: steel, alloy, stainless, site work • Guillotine, Bender, Roller: pipe threading and bending • Machining: lathe, milling • Hydraulics: hose repairs • Bolts, welding equipment • Metroll products, perlins, iron by order • Marine: boat, trailer, outboard repairs, parts and oils MacMillan St, Cooktown
Ph Phil 4069 5224 or Mob 0417 776 524
AGM ISABELLA RURAL FIRE BRIGADE Meeting at Endeavour Falls Caravan Park Wednesday, August 15, at 6.30 pm To be followed by a brief General Meeting and an opportunity to order PPE or other items. For further information please ring Isobel Skoczek 4069 5732
Optometrist visiting Servicing Cooktown since 1997
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Ocular health Eyesight testing Glaucoma assessment Diabetic sight analysis Contact Lens Consultations
Eyedentity Optical phone: (07) 4033 7575
WORKING BEE Every Sunday from 10am
COUNTDOWN! Only weeks to go We need volunteers Come out and give us a hand, all welcome. Food provided.
HOME RULE RAINFOREST LODGE Bloomfield track/coast road out to Rossville Left into River Road, 3kms to paradise… Info 4060 3102, 4069 6878
A celebration of music and arts in the rainforest Cooktown District Community Centre 11 Charles Street, PO Box 763, Cooktown 4895 T: 4069 6098 • F: 4069 6934 E: reception@cooktowndcc.org.au
POSITIONS VACANT Youth Support Coordinator – Youth Support Coordinator Initiative (YSCI) Cooktown Community District Centre (CDCC) is funded for The Youth Support Coordinator Initiative (YSCI) is a joint collaboration between Department of Communities and Department of Education. It is a state-wide program aimed at supporting young people, aged 14 to 17 years who are at risk of disengaging, or have recently disengaged from education, to move into and through the Senior Phase of Learning. Youth Support Coordinator undertake a vital role in helping at-risk students to re-engage with their schooling, transition to further education, training or employment and reach their full potential. We are seeking enthusiastic and suitably qualified applicants for this opportunity to work with young people in the Cooktown and district. This position is permanent full time QCSACAA level 4/5 with salary sacrificing offered. Applications close Monday, August 13, 2012 To apply, please download the relevant application kit from www.cdcc.org.au/jobs or request a copy in person at Cooktown District Community Centre or by phone on (07) 4069 6098.
FINANCE OFFICER
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for this key position reporting to the Manager Corporate Services. The Finance Officer is responsible for monitoring and recording financial transactions, liaison with Information Technology and Communications Systems providers, and providing assistance to other staff who have Finance and Administration responsibilities. Applicants must obtain an information sheet and position description, and must respond to the Selection Criteria, available by contacting Nerida Carr on 4083 9104 or email finance@wujalwujalcouncil.qld.gov.au. Applications close at 12 noon on Friday, August 3, 2012. Kevin Wormald Chief Executive Officer Council is an equal employment opportunity employer and has a smoke free workplace policy.
Cooktown District Community Centre 11 Charles Street, PO Box 763, Cooktown 4895 T: 4069 6098 • F: 4069 6934 E: reception@cooktowndcc.org.au
POSITION VACANT COUNSELLOR (Re-Advertised) Previous applicants welcome to apply We are seeking enthusiastic and qualified applicants to work within the Cooktown, Wujal Wujal, Laura and Hope Vale district. Based in Cooktown this program provides counselling and support services to individuals and families. The counsellor is also responsible for the delivery of Emergency Relief. The role includes community education and development and involves frequent travelling to communities and out stations. The position is permanent 32 hours per week level 5 with salary sacrificing offered and is funded by the Dept. of Communities. Applications close Monday, August 6, 2012 To apply, please download the relevant application kit from www.cdcc.org.au/jobs or request a copy in person at Cooktown District Community Centre or by phone on (07) 4069 6098.
Bargains Galore!
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Saturday, August 11 at 1pm
Boat: Fully equipped Bertram 23, fly bridge, on reg trailer, all in exc. cond. Dingy and outboard. Box trailer. Hand tools, power tools, welder, air comp., generator, chain saw, camping and fishing gear. Push bike, Trailblazer fridge, ice boxes, furniture, household appliances, crockery, glasses, fridge, deep freeze and much, much more. Inspect Friday, August 10, from 4pm Saturday, August 11, from 11am before Auction at 1pm. Other times by arrangement. 1 Harry Heath Close, off Endeavour Valley Rd.
Contact John Hay 0417 786 922 or email johnhay@cooktownparadise.com.au or call (07) 4069 5922
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CLASSIFIEDS FOR SALE 2000 model Mitsubishi Triton. V6 petrol extractors, custom tray, dual battery, side steps, 5 x 33” Cooper STT’s, 2” Tough Dog lift kit. Heaps of extras, 120L water tank, headunit, amplifier. 234,000kms. $17,000 ono. Phone 0499 779 433.
GARAGE SALE Household goods including good white goods, lounge suite, beds, futon, 3 door timber louvre wardrobe,solid timber coffee table, TV and a variety of extras crockery and cutlery. At 15 Boundary Street, corner of Hope and Boundary Streets from 8.30am, Sunday, August 5 only.
FOR SALE CONTAINERS for sale or hire. Ph Cooktown Towing, Tyres & Mechanical 4069 5545. WANTED TO BUY Want to buy a peacock. He will have a good home to come to with a harem of 7 females waiting for him. Call either 0429 023 444 or 0428 695 284.
for rent available end of July: Spacious deteched 1 Bedroom unit, unfurnished in private & peaceful location. Only suitable for an individual or couple who appreciate peace and quiet. Strictly no smoking & no pets within unit. Please phone 0434 848 232 for details.
COOKTOWN AMATEUR TURF CLUB INC.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 10am. Race Course Clubrooms. To discuss proposed motion for change to constitution re AGM date, membership fees and auditors. Copy of motion available from Secretary. All members encouraged to attend. Working bee to follow meeting.
FOR RENT ONE BEDROOM House for rent. $170 per week, in town, large shed, no pets, must like trees. Phone Susan on (07) 4097 0143 or 0417 896 840
TRADES COOKTOWN Skip Bins. Commercial and domestic rubbish removal and disposal. Ph 4069 5851 or 0428 106 136. lost notice LOST! REWARD OFFERED… For the return of a RED (with B&W stripes) billum bag full of women’s clothing (all my favourites), along with a green tent roll, which fell off my roof rack late Thursday night 19/7/12, just north of Mt.Carbine on the Mulligan Hwy. Please contact Imogen on 0407 527 432. Thank you. More line classifieds on page 17
Cooktown Computer Stuff 72 Charlotte St #OMPUTER SALES s SERVICE s REPAIRS s CABLES s MEDIA NETWORKING s SOFTWARE VIRUS TROUBLESHOOTING s CARTRIDGES s VIDEO GAMES
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Cooktown Skip Bins Rubbish removal and disposal Ph: Deb Smith 4069 5851 or 0428 106 136
THE Bloomfield MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION would like to thank the following people and businesses for helping to make the 2012 Bloomfield Agricultural Show an amazing day. Cook Shire Council Cooktown Bowls Club Ted and Ken Simms Cooktown Local News and Regional & Remote Newspapers The Sovereign Resort Cooktown Small Engines Cooktown Food Services Ayton IGA Express Wayne & Julie Smith Cooktown Newsagency The Lure Shop Cape York Amusements The RSL Club Ambience Boutique Cooktown Hardware Topend Nursery Gary and Wendy Ashworth
Wujal Wujal Shire Council TGT Hardware Mareeba PFD Davis Milk - Dairy Farmers Cairns Parmalat Woolworths Mossman Cooktown Hotel Cooktown Bakery Lions Den Hotel Cooktown Towing & Waste The Family of the late Marianne Shields Petrina Dewaal for being MC for the day Alan Reedman Alan Pettigrew Our Wonderful Judges
Also a very big thanks to the people who entered the show, the stall holders and those who came along to enjoy the day and support our community event it was wonderful to see you all there.
SPORT
LEFT: Local lad Justin Coventry with a saratoga caught at one of his secret spots. Photos submitted. RIGHT: Keith Wallins won’t catch fish like this in Sydney. He’s seen here with a beaut saratoga caught on a recent trip with Justin Coventry.
Weather is teasing us again THERE are only moderate winds forecast for this weekend, so there is always a chance we might have an opportunity to get out with the big moon tides on either Saturday or Sunday. Spanish mackerel, large mouth nannygai, coral trout have been rewarding anglers and if that weather lets us, we could have a good crack at them. The Annan River has been loaded
with herring, so it’s really been firing with herring all the predator fish hunting them for a feed. Queenfish, golden trevally, mangrove jacks, barramundi, grunter and pikey bream have also been keeping anglers busy during the past week. The Endeavour River and Wharf have been a bit slow, but the mackerel and barramundi are around and hopefully the big tides will bring in some bait and fire things up.
If the amount of whole mullet around is any indication of what is happening, my bet is that mud crabs are on the move, so keep a keen ear out as something could be happening with them. For the inland barra fishers, despite the cold weather in the northern reaches of Lakefield (Rinyirru) and PCB, fish have still been smashing lures, with numbers in high double figures common.
Mind you, some of the anglers are the cream of the crop and will cast at a snag until they fire up the fish and then keep the action going. The photos this week are from a recent trip to a secret location flowing into the west coast. From all reports, a fantastic few days of fishing with a couple of saratoga on display were just a sample of what was on offer. Also, many barramundi were caught and
released. You might have to have a coffee at Capers at 10am and chat to Justin or Col for more info. Tip of the Week: Any large popper lure retrieved at a solid pace will get a result, around the turn at the top of the tide and the first of the run out is the best time to target these fish. Tight lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop
BMP get home in 40-over game by one run against the Heroes FAR LEFT: Hope Vale batsman Selwyn McIvor sets off up the pitch after steering this delivery to the outfield. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. LEFT: Harry Bowen prepares to play a straight bat to block this ball.
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By ROBYN HOLMES THE last game of the 40-over matches was played on the weekend with Black Mountain Panthers and Hope Vale Heroes going to the crease with BMP batting first. Clive Kulka opened and was caught by Selwyn McIvor off Craig Gibson for 40 runs. Adrian Kulka made a gallant 69 runs before being caught and bowled by Dom Aprile.
Stumpy was the only other batsman for BMP to make double figures, falling to Selwyn on 10 runs. BMP’s score of 156 runs proved to be just enough to win the game, with the Heroes finishing with 155 runs. Selwyn and Dom took the majority of wickets with Selwyn picking up Clive Kulka, and Stumpy Kulka. Dom added the wickets of Bulla McIvor, Adrian Kuka, Dallas Rootsey and Brett Pickup to his belt.
In the Hope Vale innings, Selwyn McIvor opened for the Heroes, falling to Brett Pickup off Adrian Kulka’s bowling. Harry Bowen (where have you been?) took to the crease with Selwyn and top scored with 45 runs for Hope Vale before being caught and bowled by Adrian. Phillip Walker made double figures to reach 10 before being bowled by Stumpy Kulka. Adrian Kulka has the best
bowling figures aiding in the dismissals of Selwyn, Harry, David Wallace and Ossie Gibson. Clive Kulka caught Craig Gibson and bowled to Frank who unfortunately killed his own wicket. Round 3 will commence this Sunday, August 5, for the final round of 20Twenty matches.
Easy trail set by the enlightened slave driver THE hares for this week’s run were Titus and Wetcheck. Titus normally moans about the responsibility and work involved with laying a trail, but this time things were completely different. Titus has visitors, two strapping young fellows from down south, and he is using them unmercifully. They are driven from their beds in the cold grey light of dawn and forced to labour on various grandiose projects around the Titus estate. As an enlightened slave driver, The Master does permit a short pause at mid-day for water and dry bread, but for the rest it is work, work, work until it is too dark to see what they are doing. He even roped them into laying the trail
and preparing a drink stop. The trail itself was - shall we say - undemanding. No hills, no mud, no checks or thick bush. Just a pleasant stroll though the countryside down to Crocodile Bend and back again. No trouble at all, although temperature was dropping. By the time we got home, it was definitely chilly and we were glad to crowd around the fire and toast our bits and pieces. Thermo was in good form this week, probably because she had spent a relaxing weekend at the Hash camp on the Palmer. She even allowed the beer to warm up a little to the point where Moses was able to drink a whole one without pouring it over his head. She enjoyed herself by welcoming a virgin runner who said he was a city boy and found
our strange country customs baffling. She caught Whizz for falling over, and for being unable to come up with a song at the drop of a hat. She caught Sewezy for missing the Hash camp, and F&*t for getting his mother’s birthday wrong (you would think he’d know by now). She was so happy that she even announced the date for the Christmas camp (which I forget - sorry). Next week’s run will be hosted by Whizz and Matchbox, so prepare yourself to go to interesting places you have never even imagined before. Just turn up at 5.30am on Monday August 6 to join in. Call Moses on 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 for details. On-on! Lye Bak
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Junior league teams’ outstanding performances at Ravenshoe COOKTOWN Junior Rugby League travelled to Ravenshoe on the weekend for a carnival of spectacular quality. Not only did all of the kids put on a great show for the
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crowd, Ravenshoe was super impressed with the way the boys behaved both on the field and off the field. The under-10s were first game of the day. This was the first opportunity that our Cooktown under-10 boys have had to play in the correct age group and they put up a courageous fight, eventually going down to Ravenshoe 28-16. Cooktown’s only try scorer for this game was Jack Whitman with his first try for the season, while the best and fairest for the game was Taran Buhmann. Our very strong under-12 team barrelled into their game at full steam and finished with an amazing victory over Ravenshoe of 30-4. Cooktown try scorers were Donovan, Kerie, Dylan and Jai who scored two tries and was awarded best and fairest for the match. The under-14s game was hotly contested in the first half, at which time our boys were leading. Ravenshoe proved too strong in the second half to come up with the victory over Cooktown with the final score was 34 -14. Cooktown try scorers were Jaczen and Seizar who scored two tries and was also awarded the best and fairest for the match. The under-16s was an absolutely fantastic, tough, hard hitting game to watch. The Cooktown boys kept the momentum going and their hard hits coming to walk away with the very close victory of 38-36. The Best and Fairest for this match was awarded to Daymara. All of the boys who played put in an amazing effort. Both the Cooktown and Ravenshoe boys built up a friendly rivalry on the day and we are looking forward to them coming up to Cooktown next year. On behalf of the Cooktown Junior Rugby League, I wold like to say a huge thank-you to everyone at Ravenshoe junior footy club for being so amazingly supportive of our little club. In particular, I would love to thank Alison and Rob for organising their end, Nellie for making the beautiful cake and everyone else who helped out down there. We feel so lucky to have had a chance to go and experience such a great carnival and we look forward to the next time. Also a huge thank you to Michael and Greg for the use of the Gungaarde bus, without your continued support, these trips would be impossible. Huge thank yous also go to Scotty, Tex and Michael for coaching the boys down there, I know they really appreciate it and thanks to the parents who travelled down to help with supervision and to support the boys. Finally, a great big thank-you to the boys again, for doing Cooktown proud - not only on the field, but off the field too. I am always so impressed with the way these kids behave on these trips. Thanks everyone who supported our fundraisers to make this trip possible. Nardia Whitman Secretary Cooktown Junior Rugby League
Maroons too strong in netball
Maroons goal keeper Katelyn Greaves gets airborne to clear her danger zone in Monday night’s netball action. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. IN Monday night’s netball action, the Maroons proved to be too strong for the Blues to score a resounding 28-15 victory. Although Holly and Brianna hard to keep the scores up for the Blues, the Maroons machine was unstoppable. The competition welcomed Katelyn to the courts for her strong game for the Maroon team.
Maroons wing defence Carly Johnson weighs up her passing options as the Blues Jess Clarke moves in to challenge.
Toby wins CSC match FOR Wednesday’s Sunset Shoot, we shot a Combined Service Core match with a possible score of 360. Toby took out first with a score of 354 and we had a tie for second with both Rod and Clint scoring 336. On Saturday, we held a sighting in/ practice day for the lever action and rim fire bench rest. Don’t forget this Saturday is our Rim Fire Rifle shoot starting at 9am. If you would like to try any of the shoots, bring some photo ID and closed in shoes.
August dates for your diary are: Sunset shoot Wednesdays - 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 5.30pm; Rim fire Rifle - Saturday 4 at 9am; Target Pistol - Saturday 11 at 1pm; Practical shoot - Sunday 26 at 9am; and General Meeting - Wednesday 29 at 5.30pm. Chris Stewart Publicity Officer
Wendy hangs up apron THE first calendar shoot for this month will be held this Saturday, August, 4 from 1pm. For details contact Jim on 4069 5173. This is the last reminder for owners of Cat H weapons that you are required to submit your 2012 participation card to the Secretary. A big thank-you goes to Wendy
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Patron’s win a fiercely contested Cooktown Cup AS per usual, this year’s Cooktown Cup was a hotly contested event, with the ultimate victors being the Patron’s team, a composite team put together by the owner of the club. This year’s Patron’s team consisted mainly of players
This deft putt from local Steve Butler is headed straight for the cup on the 9th.
from Port Douglas, Mossman, the Sunshine Coast and Sydney. Two games went to the wire, with play-offs required between Trey Pengelly and Rhys Bawden and Andrew Kendray against Dave Cotton. Cooktown’s top three players for the competition were Carol Mckinna against Alison Diamond 7/5, Kate Thompson against Cathie Brownjohn 6/5 and Gary Johnstone against Jay Amunsden 5/4. Patron’s won 16 games to 11. Many thanks to those who contributed to the organising and running of the event. The Cape York Tyres Sunday 9-hole event went to Julie Sauer with 19 Stableford points for the back 9. The Italian Restaurant Weekly competition was a stroke won by Graham Burton on count-back from Steve Butler both finished with a nett 63. So far leading this week’s Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford comp is Julie Sauer (almost a household name) with 37 points. Next Saturday’s game is a Bisque Par. See you there. Good golfing C.C.
Bill and May honoured with Life Membership
In the Bunker Driving off the 9th, this Cooktown Cup competitor gets a good trajectory from the tee. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.
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May and Bill Rootsey were awarded Life Membership of the Cooktown Bowls Club last Saturday. Photo submitted. A FEW tears were shed at last announcement. tenderer to be notified this week. Saturday’s special general meeting In accepting the honour, May Work will commence as soon as of the Cooktown Bowls Club, paid tribute to all the people who all Council approvals are in place. when Bill and May Rootsey were worked very hard to get the club Don’t forget to check the notices honoured with Life Membership. up and going and who had now on the bowls window at the clubThe couple, who have been passed on. house and get your names down for two, long-standing supporters Also decided at the meeting were upcoming competitions. and members of the club, were the tenders for the extension to the Good bowling all. caught totally off-guard with the club house, with the successful The Bowls Bag
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G’day again, Well, I’ll be the first one to put my hand up to take some of the blame for our loss to the Doggies on Saturday afternoon. My kicking game wasn’t quite up to scratch. Every week, during training and before games we talk about “finding the grass” and not kicking to the opposition on the full, but I was guilty of doing just that against the Bulldogs. The purpose of finding the grass is that the receiver has to run to get the ball and while he’s doing that, our chase team is getting closer to him. But when they catch it on the full, they get the extra yards and the advantage. We didn’t do that on Saturday afternoon. We’ll keep working on it and it’ll come good I’m sure. Once again though, we started slowly and let them get away to what should have been an unassailable score at 18-0, but to our credit, we were able to come back to equal the score at 18 all. Then they got the penalty with only a few minutes to go, which put them in front and then we let them in for the easy try at the end. It was pretty disappointing to finish that way, but it just justifies the faith we have in ourselves that we have plenty of points in us. It’s just a matter of concentration, composure and discipline in the early stages of a game. We just can’t afford to let teams get away from us like we have been. Full credit to the Doggies though, they’re a class act, having become the benchmark for the competition in the last few weeks. So to get so close to a win not only gives us a lot to think about and work on, but also gives us some heart as to how we are going in the competition too. Another area we definitely have to work on are the silly penalties we’re giving away. Most of the time, they are deep in the opposition half, which gives them a free ticket out of their danger zone. And the other aspect of the penalties that’s particularly disappointing is that they’re occurring late in the tackle count, or piggy-backing penalties that just gives us a lot more tackling to do than we need to. This Saturday, we’re up against Manly at Dairy Farmers, and they’ve got to be riding high on a victory over the Warriors without their two guns in the Stewart brothers. As of Monday, I wasn’t aware we had any injuries that might affect the line-up of our team. It’s crunch time for us, we’ve got to string a few consecutive wins together to stay in the race and prove we’re a real threat in the premiership. While we know and respect the Sea Eagles’ capabilities, we’ve got to concentrate on our own game - what we can control - otherwise we’re likely to get lost in our focus. I hear the Crocs rolled the Rebels on Friday night and the Warriors had a good win against the Yindili. I’m glad the locals seem to be on DINNER: 7 NIGHTS A WEEK, track again. Anyway, Wednesdays don’t forget to tune in on Saturday night and give us all & Fridays, 5 – 8pm your support.LUNCH: Wednesdays, Thursdays - Matt Bowen & Fridays, 12 noon – 2pm
This blistering burst of speed from Wujal Wujal Yindili back Sterling Bassini ultimately resulted in the try of the season so far against the Hope Vale Backstreet Warriors at John Street Oval on Friday night.
Wallace hattrick leads Crocs to upset win over Red Soil Rebels By GARY HUTCHISON THREE-try hero Gauai Wallace led the Cooktown Crocs to a 30-16 defeat of competition leaders, the Hope Vale Red Soil Rebels, on Friday night, but the final score was not a true reflection of the Crocs’ domination in the match. The Crocs were only able to convert three of the six tries they scored, while the Rebels’ last try could be fairly described as a consolation effort with the Crocs comfortable with an unassailable lead. A Crocs ambush in the first set of six tackles from the kick-off to start the game set the tone for the rest of the match. On the second tackle, lock Clayton Cook’s strong dummy-half charge put the Crocs on a roll, which saw them take the ball from their own quarter across the Rebels stripe to score the first try. From then on, the Crocs showed the discipline that Three Rivers League fans have become accustomed to seeing from the Rebels to dominate both possession and field position. Powerful forward surges, quick playthe-balls and darting dummy-half scoots saw the Crocs make raid after raid into Rebels territory - sapping energy from the competition leaders’ defence. And it was a frustrated Rebels outfit that worsened their fate by conceding unaccustomed penalties for dissension, only to see some of them piggy-backed by
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This powerful surge from Cooktown Crocs lock Clayton Cook against the Hope Vale Red Soil Rebels on the second tackle of the game set the Crocs on an attacking raid downfield, which resulted in their first try on the fifth tackle of the match. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.
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• All fresh, local Barra Wed 8 Thu 9 • The Time best Time Ht Ht barra 00:01 1.74 in 10:05 Oz! 1.07
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Mon 6 Ht 0.86 1.87 0.84 2.21
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Time 05:53 11:39 17:24 23:40
Tue 7 Ht 0.98 1.72 1.13 1.96
FULL MOON Fri. Aug 31. Time: 23.58
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being marched an extra 10 metres for further arguing with the match officials. But referee Scott Thomason was taking no nonsense from either side, maintaining his quiet control of the match with a willingness to blow his whistle for offenders wanting to run off at the mouth. The Crocs took a comfortable 14-0 lead into the half-time break, but were met with a more committed Rebels outfit after the resumption of play. However, the Rebels comeback stocks took a severe downturn when they lost hardman Preston Deemal to a knee injury, undeterred though, they fought on but were unable to control the rampant Crocs attack. And in the first game of the night at John Street Oval, the Hope Vale Backstreet Warriors scored a 38-24 victory over the enigmatic Wujal Wujal Yindili. Although an error-riddled Yindili outfit was unlikely to turn the tables on the Warriors, they did at times threaten to score an upset, with their crisp passing raids and speed across the park often seeing them make easy metres. But time and time again, passes that didn’t need to be thrown were thrown and loose carries saw the Yindili gift the Warriors with possession. With the finals series due to start in a fortnight, the Yindili can still take the crown with their free-flowing, ad lib style, but they will need to find some discipline in their play to be any chance.
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