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Save the flying foxes from cruelty A WOMAN, facing the prospect of infection with the deadly Lyssavirus after being bitten by a red flying fox, is calling on the Cook Shire Council to take measures to protect the flying mammals from a horrific death on barbed wire around the airport. Local taxi driver Sharon Rowling said she was bitten on Tuesday, September 11, while trying to rescue the flying fox from the barbed wire above the fence which spans the perimeter of the airport. Since then she has received three injections, but has two more to go in a course of treatment which will ultimately see her immunised from the disease. “I’m not necessarily out of the woods yet,” Ms Rowling said. “But I’m feeling well and am relatively comfortable in the knowledge I should be ok.” Ms Rowling said the problem has been caused by three strands of barbed wire that were added to the normal fence to increase security around the airport a few years ago. “The fence is now about four-feet high, but the barbed wire takes the height to about six feet,” she said. “The fence along the runway seems to be in the flight path of the bats, but the barbed wire doesn’t seem to be big enough for their radar to detect and they get hung up on it.” She said she had been rescuing bats from the location for some years, but never been bitten before because of the precautions she takes. “I was wearing gloves as I usually do, and was using an old towel as well,” she said. “But there was a hole in the towel and the bat was able to poke his little head through and bite me just above the glove.” The self-appointed animal rescuer said the bats either die from the initial collision with the fence, from injuries sustained from impact or being attacked by birds. “If they’re still alive and I don’t get to them, they either die from their injuries or they’re at the mercy of predators. “There’s one still there that had its belly eaten out by hawks and crows.” However, rescue is not always life-saving for the bats and can include long-term consequences for a survivor. “I give them to a wild life carer when I rescue them, but sadly some still die,” she said. “But sometimes I have to amputate parts of them to get them off the wire, which leaves them maimed.” She is now calling for the Cook Shire Council to either erect high visibility, orange plastic netting used to warn of roadworks along the barbed wire section, or provide her with the product and she will erect it herself. “The bats should be able to detect that netting with their radar and fly over the fence,” she said.
Sharon Rowling at the Cooktown Airport perimeter fence, upon which flying foxes are suffering horrific deaths on barbed wire. Recently bitten trying to rescue one, Ms Rowling is now undergoing a course of injections to immunise her against the deadly Australian Bat Lyssa virus. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. INSET: Wildlife rescuer Sharon Rowling shows where she was bitten by a red flying fox. “If Council doesn’t want to do it, let them A Queensland Health Department brochure land were found to be infected with the virus. give me the netting and I’ll zip-tie it myself advises that the Australian Bat Lyssavirus Ms Rowling warned against people right along where the bats are getting hung up. (ABL) has been detected in all four species handling bats or flying foxes. “It’s not a big job and it’s the humane thing of flying foxes and at least three insectivorous “If anyone sees a bat or flying fox still alive to stop the little fellas suffering; they’re very bats and that ABL in bats is widely distributed and in jeopardy, under no circumstances touch important to the environment.” throughout Australia. them,” she said. “I’d like them to contact me Cook Shire Mayor said Council would The brochure advises that very few healthy straight away.” consider Ms Rowling’s proposals, but asked bats are infected with ABL, but about 5 per She can be contacted on either 4069 5387 that she submit a letter with her request. cent of sick or unwell bats tested in Queens- or 0419 816 631.
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SEPTEMBER Fri 21. Classical concert planned for Nature's PowerHouse has been postponed until October, with the date still to be confirmed.
Fri 21. Police Charity Auction to benefit Cooktown Volunteer Coast Guard from 8pm at the Cooktown Bowls Club.
Sat 22. Cape York SSAA - Rifle Shoot from 9am at Cameron Creek Road.
Sat 22. Three Rivers League grand final at John Street Oval, preceeded by senior league curtain raisers. Game times to be advised.
Sun 23. Cooktown SSAA Practical Shoot from 9am. Sun 23. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Tue 25. Art classes supervised by Ross Franzi at the Cooktown District Community Centre from 9.30am to 11.30am.
Tue 25. Swim For Your Life from 11.30am to 12.30pm at the Cooktown Pool.
Tue 25. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Wed 26. Cooktown SSAA Sunset Shoot and general meeting from 5.30pm.
Sun 30. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
OCTOBER Sat 6. Kids Art Society at the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery from 10am to noon.
Sat 6. Three Rivers League presentation night at the Cooktown RSL Memorial Club. Times to be advised.
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CHURCH SERVICES Baptist: Hogg Street, near IGA, 9.30am Sun. Phone 4069 5155. Assembly of God: Gungarde, 9.30am Sun; Home group 7.30pm Tue; young adults 7pm Thu. Phone 4069 5070. Catholic: 6pm Sat and 8.30am Sun, St Mary's, Cooktown. Phone 4069 5730. Anglican: Christ Church Chapel, Sun 8.30am. Phone 4069 6778, 0428 696 493. Lutheran: Hope Vale at 9am on Sunday, Cooktown. Phone either 4060 9197 or 0419 023 114.
letters to the editor Extreme social disadvantage facing Indigenous families AS Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, I would like to acknowledge the extreme social disadvantage facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and the impact this is having on youth offending. This acknowledgement is based on evidence contained in my Commissioner’s first ever annual report into the youth justice system. This report highlights that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are significantly over-represented in the system. The Child Guardian Report: Youth Justice System 2010-11 is an independent account of how the youth justice system is treating young people. I intend to release this report annually as part of my ongoing scrutiny of the youth justice system in order to advocate for better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. My report found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people were over-represented significantly compared to non-Indigenous young people in the areas of arrest, remand and being sentenced to supervised orders. As an example, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people were far more likely to be arrested and far less likely to be cautioned than non-Indigenous young people subject to police action. Also, Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander young people were subject to arrest by police at a rate more than 14 times that of non-Indigenous young people and were admitted to supervised youth justice orders at a much higher rate than non-Indigenous young people. I will continue to advocate for the availability and effectiveness of diversionary programs over time as I believe these are the best option for the government and community in responding to and preventing the vast majority of offending behaviour. There is also a dire need for tailored prevention and early intervention services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people and their families, given some of the alarming comparative statistics of over-representation. Also, through engaging with individual young people in the youth justice system and the ongoing development of my systemic report, I will continue to scrutinise the current system. I will also identify ways to enhance the transparency of service delivery. Elizabeth Fraser Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Editor’s note: Key findings in Ms Fraser’s report include: • The Queensland Police Service (QPS) took 46,468 actions against young people aged 10-17 years during the year, a rate of 96 offences per 1000 Queensland young people - this figure has been reasonably stable over the
Cook Shire Council news in brief SOME brief notes from the August meeting of the Cook Shire Council: HEALTHY COMMUNITIES - BEAT IT PROGRAM: Extensive discussions and planning occurred throughout July between Queensland Health, Apunipima and Council staff to plan the launch of ‘Beat It’ - a 12-week, twice weekly, physical activity and lifestyle program developed by the Australian Diabetes Council for people recently diagnosed with or at risk of diabetes. COOKTOWN VISITOR SURVEY: The 2012 Cooktown Visitor and Expenditure Survey has been distributed to outlets in Cooktown, Rossville, Lakeland, Laura and Coen. So far 239 completed surveys have been returned. COOK SHIRE LIBRARIES: Despite being well advertised, entries to the Get Caught Reading photo competition came
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Elizabeth Fraser - Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian. past three years. key issue, with a total of 833 • Aboriginal and Torres Strait young people in the system held Islander young people continue to on remand during 2010-11. Young be significantly over-represented people on remand made up 82.1 in the youth justice system com- per cent of the detention centre pared to non-Indigenous young population during 2010-11. people, particularly in the areas • Aboriginal and Torres Strait of rates of arrest, remand and Islander young people represented sentence to supervised orders. 56.9 per cent of the average daily • Remand continues to be a detention centre population.
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from Cooktown residents only. The Kindle e-book reader was won by local youth Jay Rogers and presented to him at a school parade. Photos of the competition are on display in the Cooktown Library. BUILDING APPROVALS FOR JULY 2012: Total value of approvals this period $1,370,059.95. NAMING OF THE LAURA RIVER BRIDGE: With construction of the new $11.8 million, high-level, 180 metre bridge due to be completed later this year (this being the final link between Lakeland and Laura), the Department of Transport and Main Roads launched a bridge naming campaign earlier this year. Thirteen (13) potential names were submitted for consideration. ouIn late June 2012, each nomination was assessed and it was resolved that two
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COOKTOWNERS joined ultramarathon runner Richard Bowles on the last leg of his “run of a lifetime” when he strode down Charlotte Street to a banner and public reception at the markets on Saturday morning. Breasting the tape at 10.40am, five-and-a-half months and 5330km after leaving Healesville in Victoria on March 25, Bowles completed what has never been done before - run the entire length of the Bicentennial National Trail. “It was a bit overwhelming; I wasn’t expecting such a great welcome,” Richard said. But strangely enough, tears welled up in the eyes of many who had gathered to receive the man at the end of his world-breaking feat, as awareness they had just witnessed something special hit home to them. Richard and his partner and project manager Vickie Saunders recounted what really hit home to them during the journey. “I’ve run into dams that weren’t on the map, fast-flowing rivers, electric fences and just places where there is no track,” Richard said. “You’ve got to keep reminding yourself that you are in the
wilderness and need to take the safest option.” And they listed conversations with people affected by mental illness, receiving the contents of a child’s piggy bank and running inside the Burdekin Dam wall as highlights. “During the first week, we had a snow storm, we both got lost for hours, and everything felt like a struggle,” Vickie said. “I questioned whether we’d bitten off more than we could chew.” But Richard soon got into his stride, running between 30 and 80km a day along the BNT. “For us, talking about SANE and mental illness was more important than simply fundraising,’ Richard said. “Seeing just how remote and isolated some of these farmers and communities are shocked me. “It’s important to provide services and support to everyone, not just those living in cities.” For Vickie the importance of talking about mental illness was reinforced by a conversation with a mother who had lost her son to suicide. “She looked me in the eye and thanked me for what we were do-
ABOVE: Ultramarathon runner Richard Bowles breasts the tape to finish his run along the Bicentennial National Trail from Victoria to Cooktown on Saturday. Photo by Beatrice Cabrini. BELOW: Ultramarathon runner Richard Bowles (orange shirt) runs into Cooktown with locals for company.
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ing,” she said. “The tears just poured down my face in sadness for her loss. “I hope that our journey may save someone else’s son.” After the public reception at the markets, Richard and his entourage adjourned to the John Street Oval for
a barbecue prior to the start of the junior rugby league carnival. According to SANE CEO Jack Heath, one in five Australians will experience mental illness at some stage in their lives, yet stigma remains one of the biggest barriers to seeking help.
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New skate park opens in time for school holidays WEAR safety gear and don’t come at night until lights are installed were just two of the messages Cook Shire Council Chief Executive Steve Wilton delivered to about 30 young people who attended the christening of the new skate park last Friday. Situated behind the Events Centre, the new facility has been made available to skateboarders and bike and scooter riders just in time for the upcoming school holidays that start tomorrow. “I’ve noticed many of you riding without helmets or elbow and knee pads,” Mr Wilton told the trick-riding enthusiasts. “At least wear a helmet, but it would be in your best interests to wear protective equipment. “If you come off, falling on concrete at speed is no fun.” He particularly stressed that lighting has, as yet, not been installed and Cook Shire Council Chief Executive Officer Steve Wilton says “go” to asked those in attendance to respect council’s decision to open the park James Furlong, Adian Kulka, Taran Buhmann and Jay Rogers at the early and asked them to “spread the word” among their fellow enthusiasts. christening of the new skate park last Friday. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON. Also in attendance at the christening were council staff, police and members of the community who had had input into the skate park’s LEFT: Cook Shire Deputy planning and development. Mayor Penny Johnson and A donation of $25,000 from the Endeavour Lions Club and Just4Kids Mayor Peter Scott being from fundraising activities, combined with a $500 from the Cooktown presented with a cheque for Civil Group and a component from council made up for most of the $25,000 by Endeavour Lions funding for the project. Club Vice President Jill “I’d like to thank anyone who has contributed in any way to this skate Williams - funds raised by park,” Mr Wilton said. the club and Just4Kids to “I’m sure our youth will really appreciate such a high quality facility. go towards the construction At this stage, the skate park is designed for novice through to of the new skate park. intermediate riders, but, with time, might be upgraded to cater for the Photo submitted. more-experienced, more -adventurous exponents of aerial tricks.
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Tie a yellow ribbon to support Rural Fire Brigades over cuts
Poison Creek Rural Fire Brigade Third Officer Cass Sorensen ties a yellow ribbon to support their yellow truck after a 57 per cent cut in funding by the Department of Community Safety. Photo submitted.
THE Rural Fire Brigades Association is calling for volunteer fire-fighters, Rural Fire Brigades, Fire Wardens and concerned community members to tie a yellow ribbon to support their yellow trucks. Yellow is the colour worn by the rural fire volunteers when out fighting bushfires in their yellow trucks. The call comes after the Department of Community Safety announced a 57 per cent reduction in Rural Operations uniformed positions, which will see the closures of nine regional and district offices, including Cairns. A spokesman for the Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland said the internal cost cutting had been directed at the provision of support to Rural Fire Brigades and Volunteer Fire-fighters who cover 93 per
cent of Queensland. “The RFBAQ feels completely betrayed by the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, as not one cent of these savings will translate into extra equipment or financial support for the most poorly funded Rural Fire Service in the country,” the spokesman said. “Instead, Rural Fire Brigades and Volunteer Fire-fighters in Queensland will now receive less support and training, the burden on brigade secretaries will be manifoldly increased, and the 2600 Fire Wardens in Queensland will be left unsupported in their attempts to support their communities through the Permit to Burn system.” The RFBAQ is calling on all Rural Fire Brigades, Volunteer Fire-fighters, Fire Wardens and concerned community members to make contact with their local
State Member of Parliament and to voice their opposition to what it calls, “wholesale and disastrous cuts that will leave Queensland communities unsupported in times of fire, flood and cyclone.” However, Member for Cook David Kempton has denounced the RFBAQ’s as a misinformation campaign being spread by Labor Party unionists, saying the savings are directed at administrative positions, with the funding to be redirected to the front line troops who fight the fires. “Where shifting resources from bureaucracy to front line fire services,” Mr Kempton said. “That’s where our resources are going, the funding is not being lost to the provision of rural fire services.” Mr Kempton said he was well aware of the value of rural fire brigades, having once been a member of one himself.
‘Club Shed’ to open on Friday
Arthur Constantinou and Peter Perkes building a work bench for ‘Club Shed’. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
THE Cooktown Men’s Shed, known as ‘Club Shed’ will be open to all registered men from tomorrow Friday, September 21. David Cass, Healthy Ageing Coordinator at the Cooktown District Community Centre, said the Cooktown Men’s Shed is funded by The Australian Government Shed Development Program via the Australian Men’s Shed Association. “This funding has enabled the Cooktown Men’s Shed members to make improvements to develop their shed and purchase tools and equipment,” Mr Cass said. “The shed is open to all district Indigenous and non-Indigenous men. “Local community donations of tools have also been greatly appreciated.”
Mr Cass said sheds are never big enough to do all of the activities everyone would like to do, so there has had to be a rationalisation in terms of the type of projects the relevant men are interested in. “At present this focus is on woodwork,” he said. Mr Cass said the federal government grant has enabled the Cooktown Men’s Shed to purchase some significant items of equipment to process some of the local timbers of the district. “This would include a quality band saw, dust extractor and thicknessing machine,” he said. Mr Cass acknowledged the support of a number of Cooktown Men’s Shed members in setting up the shed, in particular, Arthur Constantinou and Brian Williams
who have donated many hours of their time to assist in design and construction. “The Cooktown Hardware, Cairns Hardware and Cook Shire Council have all been fantastic in their support of the project,” he said. ‘Club Shed’-The Cooktown Men’s Shed is located at the rear of 11 Charles Street, and is open between 1pm and 4pm on Fridays, and between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays. Keys to the shed can be picked up from the reception at the Community Centre between 9am and 1pm on Fridays. For more information on the Cooktown Men’s Shed call David Cass on either 4069 6098 or 0458 770 836 or email 60sandbetter@ cooktowndcc.org.au
John Hencz and Frank Dukic examine plans for a new project at ‘Club Shed’. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
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Auction to benefit Coast Guard
COOKTOWN’S Volunteer Coast Guard will be the beneficiary of a Police Charity Auction to be held at the Bowls Club from 8pm, tomorrow, Friday. Topping the list of prizes is a weekend package for two, which includes two return flights Cooktown to Cairns (donated by Hinterland Aviation) and two nights accommodation at Il Centro Apartments in Cairns for two people and
a dinner for two at Cooktown’s Italian Restaurant. Also included on the list is a 50-litre esky donated by Cooktown Hardware, a Birth of Origin framed picture donated by the Cooktown Police Social Club, a “Snip & Mow” whipper snipper attachment and much more. Don’t be late, the auctioneer’s hammer goes down at 8pm.
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DULCIE JEAN HAACK (Jean) - 16/8/1930 to 4/9/2012 By BILL TURNER JEAN said to me recently, “It’s amazing the things you learn about a person after they die.” See if this will amaze you. Jean was born on August 16, 1930, to Fred and Dulcie Honeywell, the eighth of nine children. The first died in infancy of Spanish Flu, but the rest led long lives, only the youngest not quite reaching 80. Jean was the fourth to die in the last 12 months, with two of them older than 90. Three still survive in their late 80s, with two well enough to attend Jean’s funeral last Friday. She went to school in Finch Hatton - primary only. In her mid-teens, she helped Dorothy, my mother and her eldest sister recover from a major operation. In 1949, she made her way to Bloomfield to teach a group of primary school kids by distance education, where she met and married Roy Haack. They lived in Bloomfield for a number of years and welcomed Beth and Margaret into the family. They bought 500 acres on the southern edge of the Rossville scrub and pioneered a cattle property there. She still worked in the ply mill in Bloomfield for many years. Bronwyn was born in 1967, a beautiful normal baby to 12 months, who then rapidly regressed to a severely autistic state. Many attempts were made to
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reverse this with no improvement and she died in 1986. Her husband, Roy, died in 1998. The family moved to Rossville to her present address in 1970, and Roy built the present house over the 1971-72 year. At Rossville she worked for many years as a census officer, a round peg in a round hole, travelling and talking to people. She loved that, but was spooked and left when they insisted on introducing laptop computers for the work. I introduced her to computers several years later. She did learn the basics and eventually did quite a bit with hers, but was never comfortable with them. After I helped her get satellite broadband, she was able to access the Cooktown Arts website to see her 80th birthday photos posted and commented: “You sneaky buggers. It was a wonderful surprise! Now I have internet access I can see what you get up to.” For many years, as a member of the Rossville Historical Society she collected and planned for a museum. When the Rossville Comunity Hall was built a room was dedicated for a museum. Progress was slow and she was afraid she would die before it was open, and came close with a car accident on Black Mountain two years ago, which set everything back many months.
It was finally opened in May this year and the comment was made she could die happy now. Jean travelled. With family she went to the tip of Cape York in1981 and with almost all of her brothers and sisters, she did the big lap of Australia in 1991. With Cooktown friends she did several trips to South East Asia. Since 1994, Jean has been a Commissioner For Declarations, not quite a JP and has been of assistance to many as a result. On Australia Day, 2012, she was honoured with a Volunteer of the Year Award. For many years Jean has painted, and been an active member of the Cooktown Arts Society. Generally entering something in yearly competitions and occasionally selling one. Her painting of “Duyfken in Cooktown Harbour” went sailing to the Netherlands. She helped run the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery and regulary spent time keeping it open. She was on her way home from there when she had the accident which claimed her. She was aware that such was possible due to her condition and medications and would not carry passengers as a result. She was a Christian at peace with the world and ready to go when called. It was Tuesday, September 4, that she was suddenly called.
The loss of a friend
WE lost long-time Rossville resident, Jean Haack, this past week. Jean loved the Lord and endeavoured to live out His commandment to, “Love one another as I have loved you”, by giving caring attention to family, community and friends. We thank her, gladly, for this. Do you have any scribblings - either in verse or prose, for our column? Email them to: thekellers@bigpond.com or send to: P O Box 645, Cooktown, 4895. Dianne Keller Cooktown Writers’ Group.
Awful rotting monsters kept rushing out of the murk and grabbing people, girls were screaming continuously, blood and body parts littered the place, and I think the hero might have been a vampire. Or a werewolf. Whatever, it nearly made me wet myself, and that’s no fun at all. Mind you, it opened my eyes when I got home to the television and turned on the news. No sooner had that nice girl said hello, than she pressed a button and there was Clive Palmer. If I could have reached the remote, I would have turned him off straight away but it was too late. He was pretending to be kind and friendly, and he was wearing a suit. Now I know it’s all a pretense. Don’t miss out on Business! You only had Advertise in the to look at his Cooktown Local eyes to see the monster inside. Call 1300 4895 00 Now! He was talk-
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HAVE you been watching any new films recently? I can’t say I have. Not since our video cassette player ate my Sound of Music tape, and that must have been a while ago. Never mind. I can live without films; well, you have to, really. It’s not as if there’s a cinema anywhere near. Then my daughter dragged me off to the movies in Cairns. It was terrible. The sound was turned up far too loud, and the screen was covered in smoke and shadows. I couldn’t see what the film was about, but I tell you, it scared me stiff.
DULCIE JEAN HAACK (Jean) - 16/8/1930 to 4/9/2012 at the opening of the Rossville Museum, which she worked so hard to help establish.
ing about that nice Mr Newman and how he is not View going to last until Christmas. from So I’m afraid the Hill Mr Newman is going to be some-one’s Christmas dinner because it’s only the pretty girls who escape from monsters. I was so shaken, that once I’d found the remote under the dog, I changed channels but there was no escape. I’d got away from Queensland politics but Canberra is no better. Suddenly the screen was full of that Rudd monster. He’s come back from the grave, and I think he’s meant to be a zombie. Apparently, zombies eat people as well, and this one was groaning and moaning about young Julia. I don’t know what she’s done to upset him, but I expect buying her a Christmas present would be a waste of money too.
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Deep thinker has ideas for prosperous future Story and photo by ERIC GEORGE I RECENTLY sat in one of Cooktown’s coffee shops with a new Councillor, Kaz Price. Although Kaz was not brought up locally, she is a Queensland country girl through and through. “I was born in Mount Isa and I grew up between Richmond and Dajarra. Dajarra these days is an Indigenous community. I’m quite proud of the place; it’s a tiny town with next-to-no people. I grew up on a cattle property there. “Dajarra is the Abilene of Queensland. It was the rail head for the western cattle industry and territory pastoralists. “In its history, it probably shipped half as many cattle again more than Abilene. It was quite a large town until the road trains started to take over in the fifties.” Kaz is familiar with the cultural mix of country Queensland. “I went to school in Dajarra and there were six or eight little blonde heads amongst a hundred or a hundred and fifty little dark heads. We were just kids growing up. we weren’t black kids or white kids.” Kaz eventually went away for schooling in 1971. I asked Kaz about the people she went to school with - had they now become the leaders of their communities? “Fifty percent of them are dead. Fifty percent of the kids I went to school with have died. I’m still good mates with a couple of those who didn’t. “They are the rare ones that have created for
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themselves magic careers. One was Lance Spain who was the head ranger at Heathlands, up in the Cape. He still goes home to Dajarra, but as he says, we have to provide education and a framework for Indigenous kids to be able to pursue careers. “How do we do that? The models we have now are working for some of them but not all.” I asked Kaz about the inevitable result of providing our kids with a good education - they head south and the community loses them. ‘ “That’s part of why I ran for council. My kids are saying to me, ‘Mum, why do you want to stay here?’ They can’t see themselves establishing their lives here. “As well as education, this current council is looking at economic development initiatives, with a view to growing the opportunities for the kids to come back and have meaningful, well-paid careers here. At the moment, the opportunity for a kid who has grown up here to stay is very limited. “The opportunities are mostly blue-collar, and we are finding very few of our highachieving kids want to come back. That’s very sad.” I asked why Kaz had decided to settle in Cooktown. “I was sick of working the corporate sector. I thought I wanted to do something else that was a lot more real. When I first came up here I bought Seagrens, and ran the restaurant and guest house for a couple of seasons. “I take my hat off to the people who work within tourism, because it takes everything that you’ve got, every waking moment of the day. “When I was out of Seagrens, over the next six years I renovated around ten properties in Cooktown and Cairns. “With the downturn in 2008, I got back into professional work again. I run the training and development unit for the Cape York hospital and health services, covering the Weipa and Cooktown hospitals and all twelve of the primary healthcare clinics.” How does she manage to fit a job like that in with her duties as a councillor? “Up until now, I have been able to flex enough to do both, but it becomes a bit of an ask at times. I’ll keep going until Christmas and then reassess whether it is possible to continue doing both. “This council has a wide background. We all bring different strengths to the table. When we were divvying up portfolios for the council, we looked at who has strength and knowledge in the various areas. “We were able to say, Penny, you take tourism, Russell, you take the marine stuff, Kaz, you take education and the broader agricultural economics.”
A great part of the business that goes on in Cooktown and Cape York is based on tourism. What does Kaz think about that industry? “You have to be serious and think about what the high Australian dollar means. It is fabulous if you want to go to Bali, or to England for the Olympic Games, but a high Aussie dollar is very damaging to the Australian economy. “My background is in agricultural science and for twelve years I was a bee-keeper producing queen bees. I shipped them all over the world. “We used to pray for a low Aussie dollar because it made our product look so much more attractive than a New Zealand or an American one. “When our dollar is above the US dollar as it is now, it has an immense impact on our domestic market because people prefer to travel overseas, and it has a huge effect on our international market because we are no longer seen as an attractive destination.”
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Wallaby Creek Festival is only days away THE 11th annual Wallaby Creek Festival is less than two weeks away, with final preparations well-underway to bring the tranquil Home Rule Rainforest Lodge alive with the sounds, sights and tastes of the Wallaby. The Festival runs from Friday, September 28, to Sunday, September 30. Online ticket sales closed on Saturday, but you can still get prepaid tickets in Cooktown at Everything Electrical, at Atherton Travelscene, Larsen’s Newsagency in Innisfail, Babinda Taskforce and Piagno’s News Mareeba. Tickets can also be bought in person at the Ticketlink office at the Cairns Civic Theatre, or by phoning Ticketlink on 1300 855 835 up until Wednesday, September 26. Adult weekend passes are $85 prepaid or $95 at the Wallaby gate, teens between the ages of 13 and 17 are $45 prepaid or $50 at the gate and kids aged 12 and under are free. All weekend passes include free
camping in the spacious, grassed Festival grounds, with plenty of free toilets, water and showers within walking distance of all areas. The weekend pass is the only way to camp, you cannot camp if you only purchase a day ticket, and weekend passes are capped at 2300, so make sure you get in quick before they sell out. There are also special locals only weekend passes available at Everything Electrical in Cooktown, for Cook Shire locals only (please have ID ready to prove your address) for only $70. Adult day passes are $45 for Friday, $55 for Saturday and $30 for Sunday and teenager day passes are $25 for Friday, $30 for Saturday and $15 for Sunday and are only available at the Festival gate. Once you have the precious ticket in your hot little hand, make sure you don’t lose it, because no ticket means no entry, and the same goes for your wristband once you are through the Festival gate.
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Festival goers are welcome to extend their stay at the Home Rule Rainforest Lodge prior to and after the Festival, by phoning 4060 3925. The Festival has a groovy licensed bar and drinking area in sight of both stages, so please don’t spoil the fun and bring your own alcohol. Festival goers are also asked not to bring glass as a smashed bottle resulting in a cut is a sure way to ruin everyone’s weekend, and also the grassy Festival grounds are usually home to horses who can be seriously injured by broken glass. Visit www.wallabycreekfestival. org.au for more information and ‘like’ the Wallaby Creek Festival Facebook page to keep up to date with all the latest information. Sarah Martin, Wallaby Creek Festival, Publicity Co-ordinator. PHOTO: The Wallaby Creek Festival is three days of fun-filled entertainment. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
Weigh-in time to be cut for this year’s hog hunt CHANGES to some administrative procedures will not only streamline the weigh-in process of the event, but will also ensure the safety of feral pig hunters who participate in this year’s annual Cooktown Hog Hunt. To be run from Friday, September 28 through to Sunday, September 30, hunters will be asked to supply information regarding whom to contact in case of an emergency. “They’ll be asked to sign a waiver before being allowed to participate, but, more importantly, we will want to know whom to contact in the event of an emergency or injuries are sustained,” one of the organisers, Kellie Sadleir said. Ms Sadleir said their policy of face-to-face registrations will continue so that just who is involved
Mareeba hunter Lachlan Dunkerton with some of the more than 60 feral pig haul they bagged during the 2011 Cooktown Hog Hunt. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON. Exodus 3:1-15 HOW do you respond when God tells you to do something that seems beyond your capabilities? Are you full of excuses, giving Him reasons why He picked the wrong person? That’s exactly how Moses responded. When the Lord gave him the gigantic task of leading the Israelites to freedom, He was calling Moses to a significantly higher level of commitment. If we
in the event will be known. And to reduce the time involved in the weigh-on at the hunt’s conclusion on the Sunday, hunters will not have to bring in all of the pigs they bagged. “We only want them to bring in their 10 whole best pigs for weighing, along with the heads of the others to verify the numbers,” she said. So while the numbers of the feral pest eradicated will be confirmed, their combined weight will not be, as has occurred in the past with nearly 6000kg brought in last year. An impressive haul of cash and prizes are not only available to competitors, but non-competitors also. On sale now and through the competition at the Top Pub and
A Call to Commitment
hope to step obediently into our God-given challenges, we must answer the same questions Moses asked. Who is God? This answer is important because it determines the authority of the One telling us what to do. The two names the Lord used--the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (v. 6) and “I am who I am” (v. 14)--identified Him as the sovereign
Creator and self-existent, everlasting One who keeps His promises. This means there is no higher authority, and He has every right to command our obedience. Who am I? When Moses questioned whether he was the right man for the job, the Lord gave him a promise: “Certainly, I will be with you” (v. 12). The man was able to fulfill the
assignment only because God chose to enter into a relationship with him. From the Pulpit The Christian’s source of adequacy is his or her relationship with Christ and the presence of His indwelling Holy Spirit. When God gives you a tough assignment, remember that as your
Wot Eva Go’z Hair Studio are raffle tickets for a first prize of a kid’s quad bike, while an 80L Engel fridge is a lucky nomination prize. Raffles for camping and hunting gear will also be sold during that weekend. Continuing their support for the event is the Cape York Feral Weeds and Animals office with their donation of a $1000 voucher at the CRM Gun Shop. “They’ve been big supporters of the hunt since day one,” Ms Sadleir said. Registration for the hunt will start from 10am on Friday, September 28, with the weighing-in starting from 10am on Sunday, September 30. Call either 4069 6886 or 0400 042 713 for further information.
Creator, He has designed specific tasks for you to achieve. If you refuse to obey, you’ll miss what He has planned for your life. Just think what Moses would have forfeited had he said no. Too much is at stake. Trust God and go! Used with permission - InTouch Magazine. Have an AWESOME week! Pastor Wayne Brennan Cooktown Community Church
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Market crash affects Cape Trib. and Bailey’s Creek’s early entrepreneurs IN August 1984, Mason Street, Cooktown was named to commemorate the pioneers of Cape Tribulation and Bailey’s Creek, which were still part of Cook Shire at that time. This is the story of the Mason brothers - Col, Andy and Dave. In 1929, Col, Andy and Dave Mason purchased land at Bailey’s Creek and moved there to grow bananas. This mustn’t have been an easy task for the brothers as they each had wives and young families with them. In fact by 1929, between them there were 12 children between the ages of 1 year and 12 years. Apart from clearing the land to plant their crop,
they also had to meet the needs of their families with regard to dwellings, food etc. They launched a company ALMASON PLANTATION LTD., on the stock market and development was soon underway. According to a newspaper report from November 1930, the company’s intention was to produce sufficient fruit to supply the whole of the requirements of Australia. An ambitious undertaking, but one in which the brothers nearly succeeded, if it hadn’t been for the depression. The area taken up by Almasons was 2,560 acres. The main body of the estate stretched from near Mount Alexander to Mount Hutchinson.
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After one year there were 50 people on the payroll and a population of 78 including nine women, and no doubt more than the Mason’s 12 children as the Education Department had agreed to establish a school. They had 120 acres under bananas and a nursery of 17 acres by the end of the first year, and had plants only seven months old yielding good bunches of bananas. A Courier Mail report of November 24, 1930 states that the first fruit had reached Brisbane with the average fruit being 10 ½ inches in length and 6 ½ inches in girth. Within the year they were also marketing log timber. They had their own sawmill, which supplied the timber for all the buildings at the settlement, including a Post Office. Baileys Creek was registered as a port and Dave Mason, who also skippered the company’s launch, piloted Burke’s Shipping Co. boats into the Wharf. In the prospectus, there is a photo of the SS Caroo, loading log timber at the Wharf inside the mouth of Bailey’s Creek.
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Mason family (standing back) - Pat, Bill Nancy, Stan and Wilfred, (sitting front) - Dave, Judith, Annie and Colin. Submitted photo taken in 1946. U n f o r t u n a t e l y f o r leases at Myall Creek just aborigines. She of course “PIONEER PRODUCTS” the brothers, The Great south of Cape Tribulation. had the other children and was taken by launch Depression was, by 1931 T h e b r o t h e r s h a d with her. to Port Douglas. They now numbered In February 1933, worrying companies large often walked over Noah’s and small, and this little Range to “check out the four with the birth of Pat Annie had another baby, company along with thou- area to the north” so all just a few months before. Nancy. Apparently she went to sands of others could not knew the area fairly well. The other two families, survive the stock market Dave and his wife Annie Col and Clara and Andy Cairns to await the birth went up first. and Elsie followed a few and close to time Dave crash. Dave and 6-year-old weeks later in early 1932. and the four boys went After seeing the population drift away till son Bill walked over the The families quickly set down to Cairns as well. Imagine the jubilation only they remained, they Noah’s Range, no doubt about planting crops and when a daughter was born relinquished the property with others for company, setting up their homes. and then applied for and and Annie was rowed up The produce was mar- after four sons. were granted, informal in a dingy by a couple of keted under the label of Continued next week
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Living Well
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Coriander by any name is called for in a recipe THE sort of coriander which grows well all year in our climate goes by many names - long leaf coriander, Thai coriander, sawtooth coriander or Mexican coriander. It is a different species to standard coriander. The two corianders share a common name and have similar flavour because they share many of the same active compounds. Medicinally, long leaf coriander is being confirmed in scientific research for its anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-convulsant and anti-bacterial qualities. Long leaf coriander can be used anywhere that coriander is called for in a recipe. The leaves need to be
finely chopped, particularly when added raw to salads or as a garnish to fish, chicken or veggie dishes because of its tougher leaves and pointy edges. Although a survivor, it prefers quite shady positions (such as under a low growing citrus tree) and will put out the largest, softest leaves if grown this way. Here is a simple pesto recipe. You can also add a big sprinkle (about 1 tablespoon per person) of finely chopped coriander to stir fries, steamed Asian greens, or snake beans just as you serve them. It is also great sprinkled on grilled fish or chicken.
Fiery Coriander Pesto Make this as hot or mild as you want by varying the type and number of chillies you add. You can also deepen the flavour by adding a bit of a complementary herb as well such as lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, Vietnamese mint, common mint, ginger or galangal. It will keep in the fridge for a week or so if you leave a layer of vegetable oil on the top to stop oxidation. ½ cup finely chopped coriander (about 24 leaves) 4 green chillies 1 spring onion, finely chopped Small pinch salt Fresh lime juice (about 1 tablespoon) 1 tablespoon oil (preferably rice bran oil) Water as needed Blend all ingredients together into a paste, adding water a little at a time if needed to get paste smooth. Best when used immediately. Mix through wide rice noodles and serve with grilled fish or chicken; add a dollop to soup to give it extra flavour; put in a bowl on the table for people to add to rice and curry meals, or add a dollop just at the end of cooking a stir fry.
Long leaf coriander. Photo: CLARE RICHARDS.
Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK A possible French connection for Cooktown FRENCH visitors Irene Lefavre and Philippe Lethimonnier gave Cooktown and their trip from Cape Trib up the Bloomfield Track a big “oui, oui” earlier this week. The local chips were, they generously announced, the second best in the world! Big praise, indeed. The best chips, of course, come from a little town called Agon, in the Manche Department, Normandy. Phillipe is the Human Resources Director for 300 community-placed staff in the Manche Departmental area, so he should know. Agon sits on the coast of La Manche Channel (also known across the ditch as the English Channel), the ‘sleeve” which separates the south of England from the north of France. Normandy is famous for many things, including the Norman Invasion of England in 1066 and the Normandy landing on June 6, 1944. In case you didn’t know, Australia holds a special place in the hearts of many French people and especially Normandians, for our role during the 1939-45 conflict. More importantly for the soul, Normandy is famous these days for its exquisite camembert cheese, cream and dairy products, fishing and seafood, lamb, everything apple including cider and an apple brandy called calvados. On their local trip, Irene and Phillipe saw flying and squatting magpie geese, a landing jabiru, rainbow lorikeets noisily munching their way through ripening mangos (a very special Cooktown treat) and agile wallabies. They thought the views from Grassy Hill just “fantastique”, and wanted much more time at the James Cook Museum (“a little frustrating -we could have spent much longer there”). They lingered for a while near the War Memorial on the Esplanade. Maybe a letter from Cooktown Council to the Manche Department suggesting low-key media, tourism and cultural exchange, with Phillipe the conduit, would reap mutual dividends? The other day, we saw an unusual, but regular annual sight from Grassy Hill - sea sawdust - lines and lines of a brown off-shore scum, which gave an almost rainbow appearance to the seas between Cooktown and Cape Trib. Finn Lambermom, a marine biologist from Ocean Safari at Cape Trib confirms that it is not coral spawning, but a type of algae called trichodesmium, a pelagic cyanobacterium which seems to occur along the coast around this time of the year. It was also sighted in the Torres Strait from the “Endeavour “ by Cook, Banks and crew on August 28, 1770. The incredible Joseph Banks examined it under a microscope, described it accurately in detail and by burning a small sample concluded that it was vegetable not animal (it had no animal smell). Earlier this week, we put the following questions to the Department of Main Roads. “Has a design for the Bloomfield Bridge been approved? Is it available for public viewing anywhere, or will it be and
when will it be? On the assumption that construction tenders will go out in late September, what will be the time period given for tenders? When is the time frame for selection of tenders? Is there any time frame for the construction process?” We’ll report their responses as soon as available. Better news on the grading of the Bloomfield Track. To coincide with the annual downturn in tourist traffic, some touchup work has finally been done on the three worst spots - Donavan Range, the awful stretch over Collins Creek and the worst of the south end of Cowie Range. The Track is now much safer and less vehicle-crunching to drive. There’s more work to be done, but it seems that Cairns Council has taken on board the message that safety and less damage-inducing travel is a community priority. Good stuff! Let’s hope that work can be planned for two months earlier in 2013. The Wujal Falls are flowing really well, so go and take a look. Happy travelling. Mike and Trish D’Arcy D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours Philippe Lethimonnier and http://www.darcyofdaintree.com.au/ Irene Lafavre say “oui oui” Ph: +61 7 4098 9180 to Cooktown.
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Student of the Month
The Laura State School Student of the Month for September is Hilda Kellermeier. Hilda is a bright, bubbly student who is always trying her best. She has fantastic attendance and is always willing to have a go at new or challenging tasks. Hilda likes playing soccer and tennis with her friends at playtime and loves listening to a story after lunch. This month she has worked very hard to improve her reading. Keep up the great work Hilda!
Keanan Yougie is the September Student of the Month for the Bloomfield River State School. Keanan is making very good progress in all areas of his education. He has good attendance and always does his homework and home reading. Keanan is always cheery and happy and participates well in all aspects of his school life.
Janat Joshi is Lakeland State School’s Student of the Month. She always gives 100 per cent. She recently displayed this during training for jump rope for heart. Four weeks ago she was unable to do one skip. Now she is confident in the crossover, the bell and the skier. She regularly receives weekly awards for outstanding achievement in her weekly assessment and is always supporting the younger students to achieve their leaning goals.
Michael Dingo is the Student of the Month from CYAAA Hope Vale Campus. Michael has earned 200 points a day by displaying good behaviours, assigning himself in class and taking responsibility with his learning. He has earned 2000 points all up and is now eligible to go on the Culture Camp at Archer Point this week. Michael is a quiet achiever, his attendance is great and we hope he has a great time at camp.
RIGHT: Ben Keegan is the Endeavour Christian College’s Student of the Month for September because he is a hardworking student who is a pleasure to be around. He is thoughtful and kind towards others, and is very much liked by his peers and his teachers alike. Ben is setting an example to others with his effort in class. He loves the outdoors and mixing it with the boys in footy. Ben enjoys writing stories, bringing to the fore his creative side. He does not shy away from a challenge, always willing to give something
Matilda Sail is Rossville’s Student of the Month. In Year 3, Matilda always shows dedication to her learning. She works hard each and every lesson. She also takes on a leadership role within the Junior class, helping other students who need assistance. Well done Matilda!
RIGHT: Riley Bass is Cooktown State School’s Student of the Month. Riley who is in year-7, has jumped 3 IPI levels over the year and his EMMS (Elementary Maths Mastery) tests have improved by 30 per cent. He has jumped to the next stage of words their way. Riley has done all this by always concentrating in class and asking for assistance and clarification. Congratulations Riley!
‘Policeman Dave’ issues a summons to parents to boost children’s self-esteem
Endeavour Christian College Principal Jannie Basson welcomes Constable David Hanna as the school’s Adopt-a-Cop, seen here with colleague, Senior Constable Grant Jackson at the induction ceremony on Monday. Photo submitted.
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COOKTOWN Police Constable Dave Hanna was officially sworn-in as the Endeavour Christian College Adopt-a-Cop in a ceremony at the school on Monday and immediately issued a summons to parents and carers to boost their children’s self-esteem. And “Policeman Dave” wasted no time patrolling his new beat, giving a bike and scooter safety talk, discussing road rules and supervising the students as they practised riding their bikes in a safe way. He also brought some practical policing into the morning, “cautioning” students for ‘speeding’ after measuring their speed with his speed monitoring device. “I am very privileged to officially become a part of the Endeavour Christian College through my induction as Adopt-a-
Cop,” Constable Hanna said. “I hope that, through my involvement with the school, I will promote an understanding of the police function in the community and assist with the educational development of the students.” Passionate about the well-being and safety of students, “Policeman Dave” has access to a resource kit for use within the school, which will assist him in his new duties. The kit will address nominated issues and provide him with access to lessons, overhead transparencies, videos, activities and stimulus posters which are designed for use within the school. He said the cornerstone to child safety is a healthy self-esteem in children. “Children with a healthy self-esteem are
less likely to be victimised and more likely to seek help and report concerning incidents to trusted adults,” he said. Constable said that parents or carers can do many things to help boost their child’s self-esteem, which include giving genuine and specific praise, making their child a priority in their life, taking an interest in their hobbies, sports or interests, eating meals as a family and encouraging children to demonstrate respect for themselves and others. Endeavour Christian College Principal Jannie Basson said he is pleased with Constable Hanna’s involvement with the students. “Fostering a safe and caring environment for students is at the heart of what we do as educators,” he said.
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Is 100-year-old equipment the answer to ‘cruelty’ row? By STEFAN ARMBRUSTER
“IT’S a power-load stunner, so it’s the old conventional way that used to be used for processing cattle here in Australia and world-wide. “It’s not new technology, it’s been around for at least 100 years or so, “ says slaughter equipment supplier Ray Cronin, describing what could soon be the must-have tool for traditional hunters in Queensland. Known as a captive bolt stunner, it is used to humanely kill livestock. “You know if you hit it once with this, it’s dead,” Cronin said. The half-metre length of steel weighs about 3kg and is fired using a blank cartridge. “Hold it on the necessary area, and (bang).” Amendments to Queensland’s animal cruelty laws to remove an exemption for traditional hunters is bringing about the change. The state government passed amendments to the Animal Care and Protection Act on Wednesday, September 13, bringing Queensland into line with other Australian states. The legislative changes remove exemptions from prosecution for “cruel practices” for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, fulfilling a Liberal National Party (LNP) election promise. Hunting turtles and dugongs is an intrinsic part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander cultures. Mr Laurie Nona is a native title holder on Badu Island. “A turtle when you catch it, the thing is you have to kill it; the one way we do to kill it is to hit it in the head, with a wood or a rock, usually a rock. “Because it’s going to get cut on the beach and on the beach as you see we have rocks”. There are different methods in
different communities. Another is known as sticking: slitting a turtle’s throat and bleeding it. Torres Strait Island Regional Council Mayor Fred Gela says: “These practices that we are practising today are part of our identity, it is what makes who we are”. Some have stopped hunting altogether to sustain turtle and dugong populations. Queensland’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry John McVeigh says the government doesn’t oppose hunting, it just wants to end unnecessary suffering for the endangered animals. “The communities will help us define that over the coming period. I would have thought for example that bludgeoning animals to death or butchering them while they’re still alive for example is not appropriate”. The right to traditional hunting is guaranteed in federal native title law, the Torres Strait Treaty and the Yanner versus Eaton High Court decision of 1999. The amendments will regulate native title rights and some traditional owners say they will challenge the law all the way to the High Court. The parliamentary committee review said the amendments could be unenforceable. Mr McVeigh said: “That’s not right according to the legal advice I’ve received in the process of drafting this legislation. “So we’ve mapped out a process that has due regard for those other acts, and again I make the point this is not about banning the practice of native hunting activities.” No other state or territory in Australia has an exemption for traditional hunters. Two agencies enforce Queensland’s Animal Care and Protection
Act. One is the minister’s department, the other is the RSPCA. RSPCA Principal scientific officer Ms Mandy Paterson only gives qualified support to the amendments. “The word cruelty often implies intent, so I feel using the word cruelty in terms of indigenous people hunting is not appropriate because there is no intent to cause suffering”. Graphic footage broadcast earlier this year of a turtle being slaughtered in the Torres Strait caused public outcry. Coming during the state election campaign, the Liberal National Party promised to remove the exemption. When they took office they rushed the amendments into parliament, but there was no consultation with the RSPCA or indigenous representative bodies and councils like those of mayor Fred Gela. “So I think we really really need to acknowledge what we’re actually dealing with in the first instance, and rule a line in the sand and come back and consult with the people whose livelihoods depend on it, which is my people”. The problem is defining cruelty when it comes to turtles and dugongs and the most appropriate killing methods. RSPCA’s Mandy Paterson has begun investigating. “That is something that I really can’t answer at this point. The RSPCA defines a humane death as one where they lose consciousness rapidly and then death follows without regaining consiousness”. Penalties for breaking the law will include up to $100,000 fines and two years in prison. Minister McVeigh says the government is already talking to those affected.
“ We h a v e a period after the Act is passed of up to 12 months for consultation. It’s a grace period if you like, where we’ll consult with communities to define on a local basis how those tradition hunting practices should be carried out. “ I g u e s s i t ’s ultimately up to the courts to judge Ray Cronin with a power-load bolt stunner. what’s cruelty and In fact there’s no extra government what’s not.” funding for research or enforcement. The law says each death must ocMandy Paterson believes much cur with as little pain as is reasonable more needs to be done for the legislaMandy Paterson says turtles aren’t tion to work. easy to kill. “Turtles dive and can hold “It would just be a piece of paper, their breath for quite a long time. It’s and it might be a tick-off, that’s one been shown that even if you cut a of our promises we made for our first turtle’s head off, its head is still aware 100 days, but unless it makes some of the pain for up to an hour after that difference out there for turtles, what’s event and that’s one reason why that the point?” method is inhumane”. Minister McVeigh is unimpressed. Aboriginal and Torres Strait “Well I think that’s totally islander groups have turned to the incorrect and I think the RSPCA RSPCA to help find suitable methods would do well to focus on their own - that’s where the captive bolt comes responsibilities, particularly with in. pets in the metropolitan areas and the US company Jarvis is one of the state. My department supports them world’s largest suppliers of slaughter very strongly, including in a financial equipment to the livestock industry. sense, to do that.” Raymond Cronin is the managIn some communities there’s a ing director in Australia and New willingness to negotiate. Zealand. “So when you actually place Mayor Gela says they’ll only go the stunner on the head of the animal so far. “We have adapted through the and fire it, because we use a blank time, which is why we’re still here charge and it’s the speed of the bolt today”. that travels through the brain and kill The government says it has kept its the animal instantly. Kills or stuns? election promise and is doing all it can Kills it.” to accommodate indigenous rights. Whether it will work on turtles is But for many Aboriginal and Tornot yet known and the RSPCA has res Strait communities, that mightn’t done no research on what’s appropri- be enough and they could soon be ate for dugongs. testing the limits of the law.
The vulnerable vetoed in court cuts By MARK BOUSEN THE judicial arm of the Queensland Legal system has condemned the State Government on its decision to shut down three courts, including Murri Courts. The Queensland Law Society has expressed disappointment at the decision to cut the courts, it says, are critical to diverting vulnerable people from prison, adding “The outcome of this move may end up costing Queenslanders far more than the government’s expected savings.” The government will close the Murri, Special Circumstances and the Drug courts, stating they expect to save $35.7 million over four years. Page 35 of the Magistrates Court of Queensland annual report for 2010-2011, released late last year, says Murri Courts are effective in providing practical access to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders and provides responsive justice outcomes that focus on the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into their community. “In addition to appearing before a magistrate, the Murri Courts bring defendants before Elders and Respected Persons who can provide advice to the magistrate about cultural issues, assist the offender in understanding court processes and provide advice to the magistrate on sentencing options that they consider appropriate for the offender. “Murri Court Elders also act as a link between the court and services offered to and by local communities.” As well, a Murri Court detailed study by the
Australian Institute of Criminology (2008) found that the number of basic offences (property offences) dropped by 94 per cent. It also found “repeat offending” decreased by 17 per cent. State Attorney-General and Justice Minister Jarrod Bleijie said the decision had not been easy, but was necessary to return Queensland to a stronger fiscal position. Mr Bleijie said the decision to stop funding the Murri Court program was based on evidence that suggested it was not working effectively. “The Murri Court was not delivering consistent results and did not justify the amount being spent to keep it operating. “The program was not reducing imprisonment rates for indigenous offenders and has not stopped recidivism in the short term.” Despite comments from both the Law Society, the Magistrates Court annual report and the Criminology Institute study, the Minister has not offered any evidence to support his comments. Yet, an independent evaluation of the Murri Courts, publicly released on the Department of Justice and Attorney-General’s website on October 25, 2010, found, among other findings: • Widespread support for Murri Courts; • Improved relationship between the criminal justice system and the Indigenous community; • Improved court appearance rates; and • Increased support to participants pre- and post-sentence. Throughout the state 17 Murri Courts are now operating, the highest number of Indigenous spe-
cific courts in any state or territory in Australia. This includes twelve “non-evaluation” Murri Courts which have been established in Coen, Cairns, Caloundra, Charters Towers, Cherbourg, Cleveland, Ipswich, Mackay, Maryborough, Richlands, St George and Toowoomba. However, Law Society president Dr John de Groot (right) said the calculations may be based on a false economy. “The outcome of this move may end up costing Queenslanders far more than the government’s expected savings,” Dr de Groot said. “Looking at the results of the Drug Court alone, based on figures in the Magistrates Court of Queensland’s 2010/11 annual report, in the Court’s 11-year history, the community has been saved the cost of resources equivalent to 588 years of actual imprisonment time. “In dollar terms, based on a conservative estimate of the cost of imprisonment of $200 per day per person, the money saved for taxpayers and the government by the Drug Court is in excess of $41million. “Diversionary courts like the Murri, Special Circumstances and the Drug courts play an important role in rehabilitating offenders, reducing the rate of crime and creating considerable long-term cost savings for the community. “Dollars aside, this move by the government also raises serious justice issues. “It is more just, and more effective, for vulnerable people with specific needs to be treated with sensitivity and given appropriate help to address the causes of their offending behaviour, thereby reducing recidivism.
“This includes the homeless, people with mental health issues and those with drug problems.” Dr de Groot said: “The Attorney-General has stated the Drug Court’s outcomes did not justify the resources or the funding it required to operate, and the Murri Court was not delivering consistent results and has not stopped recidivism in the short term. “We would agree that there is no quick fix for mental health issues, rehabilitating those with drug dependencies or supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to break out of the cycle of crime. “It takes time, perseverance, innovation and political will. “We urge government to consult with relevant stakeholders who have great knowledge about the benefits of these diversionary courts before taking the drastic step of defunding them entirely.”
Cooktown Local News 20 - 26 September 2012 – 11
FRIDAY 21
5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Catalyst 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Angel Face” (PG) 2:55 Minuscule 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Grand Designs Revisited: Amersham 6:50 Minuscule: Shell Less 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Spicks And Specks 8:30 Scott And Bailey: Scott and Bailey investigate the puzzling murder of a woman with a green head. And while Janet confides in her boss about Andy’s behaviour, Rachel struggles with Sean’s latest news. 9:20 Waking The Dead: Missing Persons Part 1- The Cold Case squad think they are chasing a case of sexual violence, but instead unearth evidence of a terrorist cell. 10:10 Lateline 10:45 My Family: A Very Brief Encounter - Susan asks Ben to help an old girlfriend of hers through a divorce, but nearly precipitates her own. 11:15 The Trophy Room 11:45 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 7:30 Rugby League Finals - Preliminary Final No. 1 - Wide World of Sports presents the business end of the finals series with the first preliminary final, the winner of this game will be through to the Grand Final on September 30th. 9:50 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Newcastle” (M v,s,r) - Stuck in the shadow of his brother, Jesse sets his sights on the Junior Surf Pro finals where a win would mean a ticket out of Newcastle for him and his father. But a wild weekend with his surf mates and cute local girls makes Jesse question what’s really important. 2:00 Movie: “Sweeney 2” (M v) Regan & Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent. 4:00 Danoz Direct 4:30 Good Morning America
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Scent Of A Woman” (PG l,a) 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Spit It Out 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: The River Boys go bush, Bianca’s fears come to fruition when Rocco is taken to hospital and Harvey and Roo lay down the terms for their relationship. 7:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season - It’s arguably the best weekend of the year for footy purists as four teams battle it out for a coveted spot in the AFL Grand Final. 11:00 Sport Special: 1984 Final Story - A gripping and entertaining look back at the 1984 Grand Final Hawthorn v Essendon featuring interviews with all the key players and Kevin Sheedy. 12:00 Movie: “Fascination” (MA s) - Only a few weeks after her husband’s mysterious death, Maureen prepares to marry another man. Does their union hide a dark secret? 2:10 Auction Squad 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 The Hotel: Bedlam And Breakfast 2:30 Living Black 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Nomad’s Land 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Peril From The Seas 8:30 David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Paul 9:30 As It Happened: Brother Number One - Rob Hamill tells the story of his brother Kerry, who was captured along with two of his friends by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodian waters in 1978. 10:35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Human Touch” (MA l,n,s) - An erotically charged drama from director Paul Cox. Following a performance at a local arts festival, 30-year-old Anna is approached by Edward, a wealthy, cultured man in his 60s. He offers to donate money to her choir if she agrees to pose for a series of nude photographs. 12:55 Movie: “Kurt Wallander: The Collector” - (MA l)When Kurt Wallander investigates the death of a woman during a house robbery, suspicion falls on the victim’s ex-boyfriend, Fabian, a bouncer. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
SATURDAY 22
4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:30 25 Years Of Rage: 1995-1998 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Collectors: Perfume 1:30 Eggheads 2:00 Movie: “The Great Escape” (PG) 4:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 5:00 The Wonder Years: Whose Woods Are These? 5:25 Minuscule: The Dung Beetle Battle 5:30 TBA 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doctor Who: The Doctor gets a Stetson (and a gun!), and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg named Gunslinger. But who is he and what does he want? 8:20 Sinbad: When Anwar loses The Providence in a bet to merchant Abdul-Fahim, Sinbad confides about the curse to Anwar and tells him he (Sinbad) will die unless they get the ship back. 9:05 Hustle 10:05 The Jonathon Ross Show 10:55 United States Of Tara: The Road To Hel Is Paved With Breast Intentions - Tara is tested when her mother Bev comes to visit her new grandchild, while Dr Hattaras discovers the voice of Tara’s menacing new alter. 11:15 25 Years of Rage: 1993-1998 (MA a,l,d,h,n,s,v.)
6:00 Team Umizoomi 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Getaway 10:30 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Children’s Programs 2:30 Pyramid 3:00 The Truth About Lions: The Social Cat 4:00 Getaway’s European Tour 4:30 The Garden Gurus 5:00 National News: First At Five 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos - Join your host Shelley Craft for an hour of side-splitting laughs on Australia’s Funniest Home Videos. 7:30 Rugby League Finals: Preliminary Final No. 2 9:50 Movie: “16 Blocks” (M v,l) - Tasked with escorting a witness from police custody to a nearby courthouse, aging cop Jack reluctantly agrees. But with powerful forces intent on keeping them from reaching their destination, they’ll be lucky to make it. 12:00 2012 ICC World Twenty/20 Cricket: Australia v West Indies Wide World Of Sports presents the second Australian game in the 2012 Twenty/20 World Cup, live from R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. 3:00 F Troop: From Karate With Love 4:00 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact
6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show - Weekends 10:00 The Woodlies 10:30 Sea Princesses 11:00 Dive Olly Dive 11:30 Sally Bollywood - Super Detective 12:00 V8xtra 1:00 That ‘70s Show 1:30 Beauty And The Geek Australia 2:30 TBA 5:30 Queensland Weekender: Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays. 6:00 Seven News 6:30 2012 AFL Premiership Season: It’s arguably the best weekend of the year for footy purists as four teams battle it out for a coveted spot in the AFL Grand Final. 11:00 Movie: “Scarface” (AV v,l,d,s) - Small-time crook Tony Montana emigrates from Cuba to the US, determined to become rich and powerful. Admitted into the inner circle of a Miami drug lord, he ultimately takes over his boss’s empire and even his wife. However, his paranoia and cocaine addiction begin to spiral out of control, while his enemies circle, waiting for the chance to bring him down. 2:30 Auctionsquad 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Trouble With Tolstoy 2:10 The Doors: Mr Mojo Risin’ 3:20 The Impressionists: Gang Of Four 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex In Rome: Shadows 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Engineering Giants: Ferry Strip-Down 8:35 RocKwiz 9:30 Movie: “Precious” (MA a,l) - In New York City’s Harlem in 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate 16-year-old who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enrol in an alternative school in the hope that her life can head in a new direction. Winner of two Academy Awards in 2010, and nominated for four others, including Best Picture. 11:25 Movie: “JCVD” (M l,v) - Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of their daughter, these are hard times for action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme, who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! Van Damme decides to return to Belgium, the country of his birth, to seek the peace and tranquillity he can no longer enjoy in the United States. 1:20 Great Australian Albums: Woodface by Crowded House 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
SUNDAY 23
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: Nottingham (Robin Hood) 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Travel Oz 2:00 Sinbad 2:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 3:00 Lang Lang Plays Rachmaninoff 3:55 The South Bank Show: Lang Lang 4:45 Clarinet Ballistix: Kats Chernin: Without Words 5:00 Wild Russia: The Secret Forest 5:50 Minuscule: Dragonflies 6:00 Antiques Master 6:30 Compass: The Man On The $20 note 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Great Southern Land: Great Australian Bite 8:30 Call The Midwife 9:30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: The Blue Geranium 11:00 Tess Of The D’Urbervilles - As Tess pleads with Angel to return, she is relentlessly pursued by Alec 11:55 Ballroom Rules: Anny Salerni and her ballroom dancing students prepare for the world’s biggest same-sex dancesport competition being held at the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. 12:25 Order In The House 1:25 The Jewel In The Crown: The Moghul Room - It’s India 1942. Against a possible Japanese invasion as well as Gandhi calling for the British to leave - a young English girl falls in love with an Indian reporter. 2:20 Rage
6:00 GIO Schoolboy Cup 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Motorway Patrol 1:30 The Farmer Wants A Wife 2:30 House Husbands 3:30 2012 Intrust Super Cup 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 Big Brother 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 House Husbands - Abi struggles with being a working mum, after she misses her daughter’s birthday and clashes with the ‘mummy mafia’ at school. Mark is arrested after taking extreme measures to prove his macho credentials. 9:30 The Mentalist: The Redshirt - Jane and the CBI are called in when a retired star quarterback is presumed dead following a car explosion. 10:30 Underbelly: Badness: Road To Nowhere 11:25 Flashpoint: Custody 12:20 What Would You Do? 1:05 Spyforce: The General 2:05 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Handy Manny 6:30 Fish Hooks 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekends 11:00 Beauty And The Geek Australia 12:00 TBA 1:30 Movie: “Anne Of Green Gables” (PG) 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5:00 TBA 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 8:00 Airways 8:30 Mrs. Brown’s Boys: There’s bickering aplenty in the Brown household this week as Rory and Dino are on the rocks and Agnes and Betty rub each other up the wrong way. With Maria about to give birth, Cathy convinces Agnes to build bridges and invite Maria’s mother Hillary out for dinner. However, the night comes to an abrupt end when Maria goes into labour. 9:50 Billy Connolly’s World Tour Of Australia 10:50 TBA 12:40 Outlaw: In Re: Tony Mejia 1:35 Room For Improvement 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Roberto Alagna Live 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Ile Longue: The Secret Island 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Mysterious Sunken Cities 8:30 Are We Still Evolving? Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving? There’s no doubt that we’re a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern technology and medicine, did we escape Darwin’s law of the survival of the fittest? 9:30 Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die - In a frank and personal documentary, author Sir Terry Pratchett considers how he might choose to end his life. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2008, Terry wants to know whether he might be able to end his life before his disease takes over. 10:45 Movie: “Rosenstrasse” (M a,d) - A revealing and honest look at 1940s Nazi Germany. Based on real events, a group of nonJewish women rally in front of the Rosenstrasse detention site for the freedom of their imprisoned Jewish husbands (In German and English) 1:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 24
SBS
4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 The American Future: A History By Simon Schama 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Egypt Unwrapped 1:30 The New Inventors 2:00 Antiques Master 2:30 Jennifer Byrne Presents 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Restoration Man: Church 6:50 Minuscule: The Caterpillar Dream 7:00 ABC News 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 Collision: A five-part British drama that tells the story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives forever. 12:20 Intangible Asset No 82 1:55 Rage 2:30 Football: VFL: Preliminary Final 2
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 Underbelly: Badness: Bang, Bang, Kill, Kill - Unaware he is under police surveillance, Decker juggles two different hitman contracts with the impending birth of his baby. Police get a crucial breakthrough in the hunt for Anthony Perish when they catch the killer of a Melbourne underworld figure. 9:30 Person Of Interest: No Good Deed - The new Number is a security analyst who has uncovered something that the government wants to remain a secret: the existence of the Machine. 10:30 CSI: NY - The Box 11:30 Memphis Beat: Troubled Water 12:30 The Avengers: Return To The Cybernauts 1:30 Extra 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Raising Waylon” (PG) 2:00 Dive Olly Dive 2:30 Sea Princesses 3:00 Ghosts Of Time 3:30 Toybox 4.00 Spit It Out 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 Sport Special: 2012 Brownlow Red Carpet Special 8:15 Sport Special: 2012 Brownlow Medal - Bruce McAvaney hosts the prestigious AFL count to find the winner of the AFL’s most coveted individual honour, the Charles Brownlow Medal. 11:15 Sport Special: 1990 Final Story 12:15 30 Rock: It’s Never To Late For Now - Jenna tries to distract Liz from her break-up and prove that love still exists. Meanwhile, Liz believes that her new female guest writer perpetuates negative female stereotypes and is bad for women. 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Stag 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Relatives”(PG) In Hungarian. 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: Visions Of England 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: The A to Z Of Explosives 8:30 Darren Brown Investigates: The Man With X-Ray Eyes - In this episode, Derren is accompanied by blind British woman Judy Dunk as they travel to Holland to meet Vyacheslav Bronnikov, a Russian man who claims to be able to teach the blind to psychically see again. 9:30 Shameless: Mimi sets Billy a challenge to test his manhood, while Micky decides to put Ray’s numeracy skills to good use by taking him to the casino. But Ray’s only got one thing on his mind, and it’s not the jackpot! 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: The Palace/Paths Of Hate/Story Of Panshin Beka/The Letter 1:05 Living Black 1:35 The Ricky Gervais Show 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 25
7 CENTRAL
5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 The American Future: A History By Simon Schama 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Restoration Man 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Time Team: Buck Mill 6:50 Miniscule: The Bridge On The River 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 8:30 Rick Stein Spain: Rick Stein learns all about ‘pinxos’ in a crowded bar in San Sebastian; he travels to Ordizia and La Rioja, then to Navarra and its most famous town, Pamplona - famous for its bull running and Ernest Hemingway. 9:30 QI: Film 10:00 Artscape: Salt 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Catching Cancer 1:25 The Jewel In The Crown: Pandora’s Box 2:30 Football: VFL: Grand Final
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Transporter Malfunction - It’s a dream come true for Sheldon when he has a close encounter with his hero, Mr. Spock -- legendary sci-fi icon Leonard Nimoy. 8:30 Anger Management: Charlie Gets Romantic 9:00 Episodes 9:40 TBA 11:40 Weeds: Machetes Up Top 12:10 The Beer Factor 12:40 Chase: Seven Years 1:05 Extra 1:30 Danoz 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey” (PG a,s) 2:00 Dive Olly Dive 2:30 Sea Princesses 3:00 Ghosts Of Time 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Spit It Out 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: Heath and Bianca look forward to their future together, Dex wishes he had died in the car accident and Roo and Harvey attempt to resolve their relationship issues. 7:30 TBA 9:30 Smash: The Workshop / The Coup - Everything comes to a head as Eileen, Derek and the team present ‘Marilyn: The Musical’ to would-be investors. Ivy is under pressure to perform, while her mother, Broadway star Leigh Conroy, undermines her at every turn. 11:30 Hung: What’s Going On Down Stairs? 12:10 30 Rock: Queen Of Jordan 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Lemon Tree” (PG) 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions Of England 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Alan Carr 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Lady Jane” (M a,d,l,n,v) - In French. An outwardly respectable boutique owner’s criminal past catches up with her when her teenage son is kidnapped. She must regroup her old criminal gang and face up to the misdeeds of her youth in order to save her son. 12:55 Skins: Thomas - The teenagers from Bristol are back and continue to live their lives in a hedonistic bubble. There are no consequences, no tomorrow and everyone will live forever. But then Thomas experiences a life changing event, causing him to question everything - his faith, his family and even his choice of friends. 1:50 Skins: Emily 2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 26
IMPARJA
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 The American Future: A History By Simon Schama 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help? 2:00 Time Team 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 The Restaurant: The Opening Night 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Exploration 8:30 Gruen Planet 9:05 The Chaser: Hamster Wheel - The Chaser team takes a look at the world of media, politics and government c***sorship. 9:35 Randling 10:10 At The Movies 10:40 Lateline 11:15 The Business 11:40 The Librarians: Dark Before Dawn 12:10 Eddie Perfect - Eddie Perfect, supported by the Brodsky Quartet and students from the Australian National Academy of Music, performs Songs From The Middle at the South Melbourne Town Hall as part of the inaugural Melbourne Cabaret Festival. 1:45 The Jewel In The Crown: The Division Of The Spoils 2:45 Football: SANFL: Second Semi Final - Teams TBA
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 The Farmer Wants A Wife: The Big Reveal: Series Finale 9:00 Embarrassing Bodies: Skegness - The Doctors treat patients with embarrassing situations including Leg Ulcer, Erectile Dysfunction, Constipation, Diabetes, Eczema, Gum Disease, Warts, Teeth Discolouration, Boils, Dermatitis, Night Terrors and Stress. 10:00 Embarrassing Kids Bodies: Curved Spine 11:00 House Husbands 12:00 Eclipse 12:30 20/20 1:30 Wesley Impact 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “These Old Broads” (PG s,l) 2:00 Dive Olly Dive 2:30 Sea Princesses 3:00 Ghosts Of Time 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Spit It Out 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: Alf is concerned that Roo and Harvey are being too nice to each other, Dex is hopeful for a bright future and Jett confronts Marilyn. 7:30 TBA 8:30 Criminal Minds: I Love You Tommy Brown - When married couples fostering young children end up being killed in Seattle, the BAU team looks for an unsub with a maternal-yetmurderous instinct. 9:30 Covert Affairs: This Is Not America 11:30 Parks And Recreation - Dave Returns 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Stag 4:00 NBC Today 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: Visions Of England 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Survivors: Nature’s Indestructible Creatures: The Great Dying 8:30 Meet The Amish 9:30 Afghanistan: The Great Game - One of the most isolated and barren landscapes on the planet, Afghanistan is a strange place for an empire or superpower to invade. But for three of the greatest powers the world has seen, it became an unlikely target, an enduring obsession and an unwinnable war. 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Motorcycle Diaries” (M l,a) - In Spanish. A highly inspiring, entertaining adventure based on the journals of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara as he journeys by motorcycle through South America in 1952 with his best friend, Alberto. 1:45 Iron Chef: Tomato 2:05 Iron Chef: Cod Rose 2:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
THURSDAY 27
ABC
5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 The American Future: A History By Simon Schama 11:00 Can We Believe The Science? 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Minder 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Accentuate The Positive 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 As Time Goes By 6:00 Rivers With Griff Rhys Jones: West 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 J.K Rowling: Life After Harry Potter 8:30 Rake: Missy and fiancé Joshua Floyd are Australia’s most newsworthy couple; but luckily for Cleaver, when his woes are at their worst, he’s given the case of the decade. 9:30 Lowdown: Rex, Lies and Videotape 10:00 Summer Heights High 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea: Great Nature 12:25 The Clinic 1:15 Catalyst Bytes: Co-sleeping With Baby 1:25 Commando Chaplains 2:15 At The Movies: Short Cuts 2:30 Football: WAFL: Preliminary Final
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 Big Brother Confidential - Get the inside scoop! Late night headlines, unseen action and talking points from the Big Brother House. 8:30 The NRL Footy Show: Grand Final Edition 10:30 The AFL: Footy Show: Grand Final Edition - Join Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless, Shane Crawford and Matthew Lloyd live from Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. Bringing you all the great moments from the 2012 AFL season, featuring International and Australian entertainment and everyone’s favourite, The Players Revue. 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Crowned And Dangerous” (PG v,s) 2:00 Dive Olly Dive 2:30 Sea Princesses 3:00 Ghosts Of Time 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Spit It Out 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 7:30 TBA 8:30 Criminal Minds: Foundation / Coda - When a scared, emaciated young boy is found in the Arizona desert and another boy winds up missing, the BAU begins searching for the kidnapper as Morgan, reaching into his own scarred past, tries to bond with the found child. 10:30 Law And Order: LA - Carthay Circle 11:30 Drug Bust 12:00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia 12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 The Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Willia Shatner’s Weird or What? 2:30 Feast Greece: Greek Offerings 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of England 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Gourmet Farmer: Highland Deer 8:00 Destination Flavour 8:30 Our Food: West Of Scotland 9:35 The School: Educating Essex 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Fuzoku: The World Of Sex Entertainment In Japan - In Tokyo, three women take us through the discovery of fuzoku, the world of erotic entertainment in Japan. Yuna is an aspiring actress in hard-core films, Nao engages clients in hard-chats and Miho is a well-known striptease artist. 12:10 Movie: “Zim & Co” (MA l,s,d) - In French. The story of a multicultural group of friends living and growing up in the low-income suburbs of Paris. 1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
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CROSSWORD No. 116
SUDOKU No. 116
Your Lucky
Stars
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Don’t let other people waste your energy. You have a lot to do and won’t want to mess about. Let them know you have limited time. Romance. If you are not clear about what you want, your energy will be wasted, no matter how much enthusiasm you have. You may need to find a new focus in the relationship.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You may be a little surprised by some recent comments. Your friends will soon be following your advice, however. Romance. Your partner may be hiding something from you. Don’t assume the worst, though! Allow them to divulge their secrets. You don’t need to be labelled as a snoop.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) You mustn’t allow yourself to be held back by other people’s pessimism. You have plenty to do and need to overcome their opinions. Romance. This should be a very good week for romance; provided you take it easy. Your partner will not respond if they are not relaxed. Plan ahead so you can take time off.
FOR KIDS
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A chance meeting later in the week may be less accidental than it seems. You’ll shortly be seeing more of this person. Romance. A fleeting encounter with a person born overseas will prove interesting. Be careful not to get too involved. Do you really want to begin a long-distance relationship?
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) A long conversation with a friend will help you to understand this person better. In the past, you may have underestimated them. What drives them to do better? Romance. You will be in a very romantic mood. Everything will go well, provided you don’t allow your emotions to go overboard.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) Try not to spend too much time worrying about other people’s problems. You have enough to do this week. Romance. A phone call during the week will be quite uninteresting at first. After a while, the mood will become warmer. Invite this person for coffee to discuss the topic further.
FINDWORD No. 116 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Don’t be reluctant to make a change which you know will be in your best interest. You have an idea which is worth taking up. Now you just need a plan of action. Romance. Make sure that your partner supports any moves which you plan to make. You may need some moral support!
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
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MUDDY RIVER
Be careful to keep an agreement which you made recently with a friend. It is very important to them and they will feel let down if you don’t keep your promise. Romance. You will be especially sensitive to your partner’s feelings. You may know exactly what they are thinking. Let them tell you if you’re right.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) You will enjoy being cast as the centre of an important decision. Use your power to improve the outcome and not to benefit your own desires. Romance. Your ability to see the positive side to things will help to give your love-life a boost today. Is your partner also feeling the positive vibes?
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) You will need to use your intuition to get to the bottom of a recent mystery. Recap your previous thoughts on the subject and see how they’ve changed. Romance. This will not really be the best time for a romantic gettogether. You may find it difficult to relax properly. Time alone will help.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything. the young know everything.
– Oscar Wilde
SOLUTIONS No. 116
One area of your life will be finishing and a new one starting. You must assess your options and make certain that you are heading in the right direction. What was your original intent? Romance. This will be a good time for meeting new people. One person you come across may be a little unusual, however.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) You might take longer than usual getting to work today. There is not much you can do apart from being patient and leaving earlier. Romance. Your partner will greatly appreciate a small present. Give them something which they cannot normally afford and you will be thanked.
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72 Charlotte St Computer sales • service • repairs • cables • media networking • software & virus troubleshooting • cartridges • video games
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WANTED One burglar to steal my house at 2 Boundary Street, Cooktown. See houses for sale. Call Barry 0408 446 420
Proposed Development Have your say From: Vacant To: House At:
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CIVIL celebrant Kathleen Roberts. Naming Ceremonies, Marriages, Funeral Co-ordination. 4069 5004 or 0427 695 004
CIVIL celebrant Beverley J Stone for weddings, namings and funeral ceremonies. Ph 0419 376 133 or 4069 5162.
STANDBY Response Service. Support and information for people bereaved by suicide. Ph 0439 722 266. 24 hours – 7 days per week.
Monster garage sale this Saturday, September 22 under the Croc Shop from 8am.
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AGM & General Meeting Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association Inc.
at Nature’s PowerHouse Thursday, October 4, 2.30pm for 3pm start… All welcome! Plus SPECIAL MEETING to adopt the current version of the Model Rules as our Constitution.
Wujal Wujal aboriginal Shire CounCil Wujal Wujal CoMMuniTY Via CooKToWn nQ 4895 Phone: (07) 4083 9113 Fax: (07) 4060 8328
Comment period: 21 September to 4 October 2012 Written comments to the Assessment Manager Assessment Manager: Cook Shire Council
WANTED
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Tutors to teach wood work and leatherwork at Wujal Wujal Community Men’s Centre.
Copies of the full application can be viewed or obtained from the Assessment Manager
Interested craftspeople to contact: Waratah Nicholls 0429 695 533 E: cso@wujalwujalcouncil.qld.gov.au
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Public Notification Requirement Sustainable Planning Act 2009 Form 5 v 2
Optometrist visiting Servicing Cooktown since 1997
Cooktown District Community Centre
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11 Charles Street, PO Box 763, Cooktown 4895 T: 4069 6098 • F: 4069 6934 E: reception@cooktowndcc.org.au
POSITION VACANT Domestic Violence Counsellor We are seeking an enthusiastic and qualified applicant to work with the Indigenous Domestic Violence Counselling Service within Cooktown and District. Based in Cooktown this position will provide specialised counselling to Perpetrators of Domestic and Family Violence. This is a new three year program and will provide outreach services to the communities of Hope Vale, Wujal Wujal and Laura. The program aims to provide an early intervention and prevention counselling service in conjunction with the Children's Domestic Violence Counsellor. This position is permanent full time QCSACAA level 6 with salary sacrificing offered and is funded by the Dept. of Communities. Previous applicants need not apply. For more information and a position description please contact: Simone Zerk, Acting Manager Cooktown District Community Centre 11 Charles St, PO Box 763, Cooktown. T: (07) 4069 6098 E: reception@cooktowndcc.org.au Applications close 5pm, Friday 12th October 2012
Ocular health Eyesight testing Glaucoma assessment Diabetic sight analysis Contact Lens Consultations
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In Memory Of Jean Haack. My Treasured Friend, Jean. By Sylvia Geraghty. “Last week I lost a treasured friend, I miss her more than words can tell, For she was always happy and full of cheer, And her heart overflowed with goodwill. Now she is up in heaven, And smiling down upon us all, Saying, “Please don’t grieve for me, For we shall meet again in God’s Kingdom Hall.”
Hopevale Congress Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC Congress is a trustee of land and a native title body in the vicinity of Hopevale. Congress is seeking an interim administrator for a 12 month period. The work will include general administration of Congress matters under the direction of the Congress Board, and assisting Congress to build its corporate capacity. Indigenous people are encouraged to apply. Please direct applications to hopevalecongressrntbc@cylc.org.au and inquiries to Brian Cobus on 0417 577 124. Applications close Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 16 – Cooktown Local News 20 - 26 September 2012
PUBLIC NOTICE Practitioner in Australian Bush Flower Essences and Reiki Jin Kei Do. Consults by appointment - phone Anne Kelly 4069 5216. PUBLIC NOTICE The Annual General Meeting of Sporting Shooters Association of Australia Cape York Branch will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 commencing 7pm at Cooktown Fishermans Wharf, Webber Esplanade Cooktown. Anne Williams, Secretary, 4069 5173.
TRADES COOKTOWN Skip Bins. Commercial and domestic rubbish removal and disposal. Ph 4069 5851 or 0428 106 136.
garage sale This Saturday, September 22 from 8am at Unit 5 in the block of new units in May Street. Lots on offer, including a 1991 model Toyota Coaster van. Price for van, $19,000.
FOR SALE CONTAINERS for sale or hire. Ph Cooktown Towing, Tyres & Mechanical 4069 5545. FOR SALE STATE MINING LEASE - South Palmer – $30,000. Ph: 0404 460 708.
MOTELS AAA CBD CBD CBD – Inn Cairns Boutique Apartments, 17 Lake Street, Cairns. Self catering, secure car parking, pool/gazebo, opp PO and Woolworths. Ph 07 4041 2350.
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CAIRNS Rainbow Inn. 3½ star, all facilities including cable TV. Close to the city, from $65 per night. Ph 4051 1022.
Ph: Deb Smith 4069 5851 or 0428 106 136
FAREWELL DRINKS
Russell Henderson Cooktown Bowls Club 22/9/12 @ 3pm
HOUSES FOR SALE 3 Bedroom, 2 bathroom house, 2 Boundary Street, Cooktown. Prestige tile throughout, high ceilings, airconditioning in each room, sound proof roof insulation, concrete block construction, rendered outside, plastered inside. Offers around $277,000 Call Barry 0408 446 420
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 Centre Manager Cooktown District Community Centre (CDCC) is seeking enthusiastic and suitably qualified applicants for this opportunity, to lead and work with our team in the Cooktown and district. This position is responsible for the day to day management and administration of the Centre, its programs, staff and budget. This is an attractive position for a highly motivated applicant with experience in managing community-based, human services delivery organisation. The position is permanent full time. Qld Community Services & Crisis Assistance Award 2008 Level 7 from $76,698.00 per annum plus superannuation. Attractive salary sacrificing package is also offered. Applications close Friday, September 28, 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
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Funky Garage Sale
• L-Shaped leather lounge suite – Leather & Suede • Shaggy pile rug – Brilliant Red • Coffee Table • Lounge Table • Brand new cushions assorted • Funky Ornaments • Clothing • 48 inch TV • Other bits and pieces Where: 1/51 Mason St, Cooktown When: Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 Ph: 0407 764 741 – Nina & Rob
GaraGe Sale Where: 154 Endeavour Valley Road, Cooktown When: 10am, This Sunday, Sept. 23 • S/H Aluminium house windows • S/H Aircons • Furniture • Tools • Mowers • Household items • Clothes: size 10 to 14 including formal dresses
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
NEWS
Riding the rail for history
SPINE
where they will camp and attend the Cape York Sustainable Futures 25year anniversary dinner. Their sojourn will finish on Saturday, September 29 with attendance at the SCYF event, after which they will float their horses home. Donations to the ride made to the Cooktown and District Historical Society, P O Box 595, Cooktown 4895, or direct to the Society, which is located in the old Council Offices on Charlotte Street.
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Juniors show their skill in tight league carnival COOKTOWN Junior Rugby League hosted the Kuranda Junior Rugby League in a carnival on John Street Oval last Saturday. The event also included some Wujal Junior Rugby League boys who participated. First-class games were a feature of the day, with outstanding team performances in all of the ages that competed. Each age group played two games, starting with the under 10. In their first game Cooktown defeated Kuranda 24-10 and repeated the dose in the second 12-0. Well done boys, this is only the second time that our under 10 boys have played in their correct age group for the year. It just goes to show the natural talent these young fellas have! In the under 12 first game, Cooktown defeated Kuranda 18-10, but Kuranda came back to win the second game 12-10, in an amazing match which was very close and quite spectacular to watch. Well done boys for such a huge effort and keeping the pressure on right until the end. The under 14 were just too strong for the Kuranda boys in their first game with a massive win of 36-14 - also a super game to watch. However, in second encounter, Kuranda came back with a vengeance, and after a rough and hard hitting game, Kuranda walked away with a 18-12 victory. Well done boys on a great game and staying tough in such a physical game right till the end. The under 16 (a combined team of under14 and under16) showed the crowd some real entertainment with the sort of hard hits you’d expect to see in the NRL. Both games were very physical and hotly contested right to the finish. In the first game, Kuranda defeated Cooktown 26-14, and proved too strong in the second to take the match 10-8. Well done boys, and well done to the under 14 boys who played up to make up the numbers. This was a huge effort in such a physical game. This was a hugely successful carnival and everyone who participated had an awesome time. Congratulations to all the players for conducting yourselves so well both on the field and off the field. On behalf of the Cooktown Junior Rugby league Club, I just want to say a huge thank-you to the people who made this carnival possible. Firstly Tex, Scotty and Michael for their coaching and reffing on the day. And to Shaun Law for his help with reffing and to Sylvia and Melissa for organising and preparing all of the food and to Kath, Julie, Mollie (and James), Steve, Kate and Mickaela for their help also. Carol and Lawsy for their help on the sidelines with scoring and timekeeping. All of those people also helped with setting up and packing up for the day. Sorry if I have missed anyone, but a huge thank-you to everyone who helped out to make the day such a success. Finally, a huge thank-you to Kuranda for making the effort to travel up and compete with us. This was such an awesome opportunity for the boys to play some real footy and they loved every minute of it. Thanks also to Alister from Wujal for bringing some of the boys in to play, this was great and I hope they enjoyed themselves. As a club, we have built up quite a nice partnership with Kuranda and we will continue to travel back and forward to compete in carnivals with them. We have just one last away game for the year, that is to Kuranda on October 13. The club would like to thank Nardia for organising the carnival games and all of our trips away. Without all of her hard work and efforts none of these events would be possible. Nardia Whitman, Secretary, Cooktown junior Rugby League.
ABOVE: Cooktown’s long-striding Jahmann Keppel leaves one Kuranda defender in his wake as another comes across in cover. RIGHT: This collar-high tackle by Kuranda took Cooktown’s Zane Stallan to the ground and earned him a penalty, but the tough local soon got to his feet to play on. RIGHT LOWER: Cooktown’s Naaman Eustace proves more than a handful for this pack of Kuranda defenders. BELOW: Ball security is Cooktown’s Hugh McGregor’s priority as he runs this ball away from his try line against Kuranda on Saturday. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.
Allegations fly at Hash Dismal turnout LUNASEE was a little anxious as she thought she had set a long run, but the Hashers didn’t complain. The run was well-set using real paper and cunningly incorporated paper from Archive’s previous run so it was doubly well-marked. Hashers enjoyed their twilight jog along Finch Bay Beach and through the Botanical Gardens and back to base. Nostril, Sew Easy, Lunasee, Barran and Archive reported on their run into Cooktown with Richard the long-distance runner. Controversy ensued amid allegations of banner neglect and phone rage. The GM awarded Cracklin a Down Down as a result. There were further allegations that during the run certain Harriets had cadged a lift with the police escort. This was a new ‘first’ for
Cooktown Hash and Barran and Sew Easy got Down Downs in recognition. Archive received a Down Down for sloppy reporting and Soggy for her cool number. Discussion regarding the Progressive Dinner, the Eclipse and Xmas Camp left everyone entirely confused. No doubt issues will be clarified at a later date. Finally, Soggy explained how not to fix a swimming pool using the old broom method. Don’t try it at home children. Next week’s Hash is on Monday, September 24 at 5.30pm at Muff & Tuff’s place. If you want exercise as you socialise come to Hash. Phone 07 4069 6520 and ask for Archive. On Back!
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IT was a dismal turn out for the ladies’ netball on Monday night and, even with Hope Vale lending players to the Cooktown, there still was not enough players to fill two sides. Karen again proved too strong in the goal shooters’ position for Hope Vale who walked to a 14-5 victory. Kristy and Chrissy tried valiantly to assist Cooktown but could not manage to find the centre of the ring enough. The Under 12 saw the Blues winning with a score of 4 goals to nil, and it was great to have Ella join the team. With school holidays over the next two weeks, games will be suspended until Monday, October 8, when they will recommence at the Events Centre at 5.30pm for the Under 12 and for the ladies. Membership for the term is $10, while there is also a weekly playing fee $2. Mark you calendars, as a Netball coach will be visiting during the weekend of November 2 and November 3 to teach skills to the Under 12 and umpiring to the ladies. More details to follow.
Looking for more shooters LAST Wednesday we shot a 40-shot Sports Pistol match at our Sunset Shoot. Laurence took out first with a score of 351. Second went to Dizzy with a score of 323. We would like to thank everyone who attended the safety course and we look forward to seeing more new shooters join our matches. If you would like to try your hand at one of our shooting disciplines please come and have a go. You just need to bring some photo
ID and wear some closed-in shoes. September dates for your diary are: Sunset Shoots - Wednesday, 26 from 5.30pm; Practical Shoot - Sunday, 23 from 9am; and Annual General Meeting - Wednesday, 26 from 5.30pm. Chris Stewart Publicity Officer
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Nev Murray with his first lure caught barra. Photos submitted.
AS I drove past the Wharf on Sunday morning on the way to work, there was not a free car park available from the Wharf to the Fishing Club lease to out in under the Tree of Knowledge. The word was out that the mackerel and barramundi were on the bite! On Saturday, a barramundi around 20 kg was captured as well a dozen smaller fish as well. With heaps of pike and herring around and a great tide it equals action all round. There’s been plenty of inshore action around the
mud wreck and Dawson with mackerel, trevelly and trout being landed on small live herring. It’s all happening offshore too, with big Spanish mackerel, coral trout and reds, while the free divers are also having a ball with painted crays and coral trout. And the rivers are firing on cast lures. Just pick your tide and work it and the results will happen. Tight lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop
Owen was pretty happy with this solid fingermark.
Whitman cracks another ton to steer Diggers to victory By WAL WELSH ON Sunday it was a top-of-the-table clash between the Back Mountain Panthers and the Council Diggers in a 40-over a side match at the Queens Oval. After a delayed start, Diggers won the toss and batted with skipper Mark Whitman and Wal Welsh. Mark had the bit between his teeth as he got off to a blazing start punishing the opening bowlers to all corners of the ground. Wal was bowled for 7 runs by an excellent ball from Asho in the fifth over with the score already at 48. Tony Holmes came in and ably assisted Mark as they took the score to 133 in the 15th before Tony was caught and bowled by Coley Bowen for 17. Jade McGowan was next in and together with the skipper they blazed 56 runs over the next six overs before Jade was caught by Wade Kulka off Dom’s bowling for a quick fire 20. Mark was finally out with the score at 203, when he was caught by Billy Harrigan off the bowling of Eril Ross-Kelly for an awesome 126. Diggers kept the runs ticking over with Cameron Forward, Steve and son Shaun Law all contributing well for a total of 276. Best bowlers for BMP were Ashley Lyall with 2-9 and Jahn Harrigan 3-25. After a hearty lunch prepared by Robyn, Trina and helpers, BMP started their run chase disastrously with Jahn being caught by Thomas Ling in the first over from young Shaun. The dangerous Eril joined Asho and this pair added 70 runs to the total before Wal took a well-judged catch on the boundary to dismiss the danger man
for 35 runs off the bowling of Tony. Dally Rootsey was next in, and helped take the score to 85 before Mark took a fine catch on the boundary to send Asho back to the pavilion for 33. Billy Harrigan only made 4 before he was bowled by Wal and Dally was out for 13 in Wal’s next over, caught by Jade. Wade and Stumpy Kulka made 29 and 16 respectively, but were victims of Lawsy’s and Billy Dukes’ bowling. Captain Brett Pickup and Dom Aprile combined for a 76-run partnership to get BMP right back in the game, but Mark got his opposite number with a great ball and blew his middle stump out of the ground. Dom was out 25 runs later, well caught on the boundary by Shaun off Tony’s bowling for a great 55 run cameo as a “top up” player with the score at 266. This left 11 runs to get in 3 overs. Coley succumbed to the pressure and went for the slog off Billy’s bowling, only to be stumped by Wal to give the Diggers a 9-run victory. Best bowlers for the Diggers were Billy with 2-12, Tony 2-17 and Wal 2-29. Man of the Match was a no brainer as Mark was awarded the honour for his blistering century. What an excellent game of cricket played with great sportsmanship, and thanks goes to all the people that helped make the day a success both on and off the field. This weekend is the annual Supa 8s carnival. Teams wishing to play have been asked to nominate by this Thursday night by ringing Robyn and Tony or Benno on 4069 6563 and 0499 508
ABOVE LEFT: Council’s Mark Whitman has his eyes firmly set on this ball and his mind made up as to where he was going to belt this ball in Sunday’s match against the Black Mountain Panthers. ABOVE RIGHT: Was it cricket or baseball? Tony Holmes looks set to hit this ball for a ‘homer’. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. RIGHT: Playing for the Black Mountain Panthers, Coley Bowen delivers another ‘mystery’ ball. 041 respectively. I think we have about five teams confirmed at this stage and are hoping to get eight. So ring up your mates and get a team organised. There will be a live band at the oval on Saturday night with lots of fun and frivolity expected. See you there.
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Clinton (from Drummond Golf), Alice Burton, Graham Burton and Daniel the PGA Golf Pro (from Drummond Golf Cairns) at Cooktown Golf Club last weekend. Photo: KELLY BARNETT.
A DECENT sized field competed in The Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford competition held between September 9 and September 14. And the temporary Greens did not deter Chris who came in to win the week’s event with 42 Stableford points. Bret Crosby was the runner-up for the week with 37 Stableford points. Saturday’s competition was a Par event which was sponsored by Drummond Golf Cairns, for which we are very grateful. But only six members competed and the ladies winner for the day was Marilyn Clark with a score of +3. Graham Burton was the men’s winner for the day with a score of +7. The ladies nearest-the-pins for 2/11 and 9/18 were landed by Julie Sauer and the men’s NTP for 2/11 by Steve Butler and 9/18 by Graham Burton. The NTP on the 15th was not landed by anyone as they are all used to hitting
the ball to the right to land on the green, but the temporary Green being on the left got the better of everyone. Thank you Drummond Golf for providing the prizes and doing a presentation. Daniel from Drummond Golf Cairns conducted lessons on Saturday afternoon after the competition and again on Sunday morning. The feedback received from the members who received lessons was all positive. Drummond Golf are very keen to support the Cooktown Golf Club by way of conducting lessons every six months or so. We are working with Drummond Golf to try and get Daniel up here again early next year. A large field competed in the Cape York Tyres Stroke competition on Sunday, with Blue Hobbs the winner for the day with a nett score of 27. A count back for runner-up was required between Graham Burton and Tanya Eizenberg who both returned a nett score of 30.
There is a good field already for the current Italian Restaurant Weekly Stroke competition. Leading the In the field so far is Blue Hobbs with a nett score of 57, and Bunker what a shame it is that we don’t process score cards when temporary Greens are in place because that would hurt Blue’s handicap! Just a reminder to members that Phil has started to core the Greens so play will be interrupted for a small time and temporary Greens will be in place. At the moment Greens 1, 2, 3 and 8 have not been cored, but will probably be done this week. Happy golfing everyone, Kelly Barnett, Manager, Cooktown Golf Club.
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Crocs into their first Three Rivers grand final By GARY HUTCHISON THE Cooktown Crocs booked their first Three Rivers rugby league grand final appearance with a 32-26 defeat of reigning premiers, the Hope Vale Red Soil Rebels in a tight, torrid affair at the John Street Oval on Saturday night. In fact, this Saturday night’s grand final will also be the maiden grand final appearance of the Hope Vale Backstreet Warriors, who marched into the big one by defeating the Rebels in the first semi-final. Strong blustery winds played little part in Saturday night’s outcome, with only one 40-20 kick from the Rebels in the first half. Instead, penalties, ill-discipline, intercepts, errors and a long interruption to the game through injury played the biggest roles in deciding the outcome of what was a very physical, bruising battle. Two Rebels errors early in the first half saw the Crocs score the first try on their left edge to take the lead at 4-0, with the kick unconverted from wide out. But they almost gave the Rebels an invitation to score from the re-start of play when they allowed the ball to go dead from the kick. However, an intercept saw the Crocs surge deep into Rebels territory, from where they worked their way to score a converted try to take a 10-0 lead inside the first 10 minutes of play. A period of tight play followed, with the Rebels eventually gaining the advantage from the only 40-20 of the match, but failed to make the
Red Soil Rebels centre Les Snyder struggles to burst through the combined efforts of two Crocs tacklers.
Our thanks to Matt WITH the Toyota North Queensland Cowboys’ untimely exit from the NRL premiership race last week, there will be no Chat With Matt this week. The Cooktown Local News would like to thank Hope Vale flyer Matt Bowen for his contribution to our league columns during this season and we hope to continue with his column in season 2013.
most of it by losing the ball from the ensuing scrum win. Then it was the Crocs turn to lose the ball, only to worsen their situation by conceding back-to-back penalties to the Rebels, from which they worked play to score their first try on their right edge to reduce the score to 10-4. But the Crocs hit straight back with a converted try to strengthen their hold on the game at 16-4, only to see their concentration and discipline collapse to relinquish the lead 16-20, when they gifted the Rebels three opportunities to hit back. It started with a Rebels 80 metre intercept from just outside their try line, which saw them bring the score back to 16-8. Then the Crocs kicked the ball out on the full from the re-start, to give the Rebels a penalty from which they scored an unconverted try to further reduce the score to 16-14. Those two quick tries saw the Crocs body language turn negative. Shuffling back for the kick-off with their heads down, their early confidence had waivered. Play followed, with yet another Crocs error seeing them turn the ball over to the Rebels who said, “thank you very much,” to go on and score a converted try to take a 20-16 lead at half-time. Shortly after the break though, a Crocs error which could have favoured the Rebels, went instead in their favour. A long pass thrown from centre-field went to ground, which caused the Rebels defence to stall enough for the Crocs to swoop
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Rampaging charges like this from Cooktown Crocs ‘Towering Inferno’, Terrence Newman had the Rebels defence constantly on the back foot in Saturday night’s elimination final won by the Crocs, 32-26. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
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tackle, (see photo) but it it is unknown if this contributed to the later injury. Ford’s condition is unknown at the time of going to print. Such delays in play can invariably affect the momentum of a match. Concentration can be lost, while emotions can impact on the injured player’s team mates. When play restarted from a scrum deep in Crocs territory, it was the Rebels who made the first mistake, allowing a Crocs break from the scrum base off a wrapaound move which eventually led to a converted try to give the Crocs a 32-26 lead. From the resumption of play, the Rebels conceded a penalty for stripping the ball, from which they conceded another penalty off the tap from a high shot on Terrence Newman. The Crocs goal kicker wound the clock down while taking an unsuccessful attempt at the penalty goal, with the final hooter sounding at 32-26 in favour of the Crocs. Saturday night’s grand final between the Warriors and the Crocs is expected to start at about 8pm after a curtain raiser match between the Wujal Wujal Yindili and an invitational team from Mossman.
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for an eventual converted try to resume the lead at 22-20. Discipline seemed to have returned to both teams, with enterprising attack and solid defence from both sides, but it was not long before errors and penalties begun to take their toll. It started when a rampaging Jake Deeral fielded a goal line drop-out to weave his way through a staggered, uncommitted Crocs defence to score a converted try for the Rebels to regain the lead at 26-22. But that was soon lost after “brain explosions” from Rebels players allowed the Crocs to draw level 26-26 in a passage of play which saw a Rebel throw a punch after being tackled out trying to run the ball out of danger from 30 metres out. From the ensuing penalty, the Rebels conceded another play for stripping the ball about 15 metres from their try line, and then while they were arguing, allowed the Crocs to exploit a shortened blindside defence to score in the corner. With 12 minutes to go, it was “hang on to your seats” time for spectators and supporters with neither side in control of themselves or the momentum of the match. However, fate played a cruel hand for Rebels lock Richie Ford, who slumped to the ground after being tackled, suffering from an apparent spinal injury. Play was delayed for about 35 minutes until the QAS transported the injured player to the hospital for precautionary examinations. Early in the first half, Ford had been the victim of a head-high
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