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The 12 hams of Christmas CORNETT’S Cooktown IGA and the Cooktown Local News want everyone to have a very Merry Christmas and, to help the residents of the Cook Shire celebrate the festive season, are giving away a ham a day between 13-24 December. To enter the draw for the chance to win one of the 12 IGA naturallysmoked half-leg hams to be given away, Cooktown IGA customers simply need to write their full name and phone number on the back of a Cooktown IGA register receipt and place it in the entry box, which is now in store. From the 13 to 24 December, a Cooktown IGA staff member will draw one entry per day from the entry box, with the lucky winner to receive a free ham for the Christmas table. Cooktown IGA Manager Paul Scott said the “Win a ham a day until Christmas Day” competition was open to all customers who purchase goods from IGA between 6 to 24 December. “All a customer needs to do to be eligible to win a ham is to write their name and phone number on the back of their shopping receipt and place it in the entry box at the store checkout,”
Mr Scott said. The daily ham winner will be contacted by phone to let them know of their win, and will also be announced on the Cooktown Local News Facebook site shortly after the draw, so readers should “like” Cooktown Local News on Facebook to follow the announcement of the winners. Each customers is limited to one entry per day between 6 to 24 December, and winners are limited to taking home only one ham. Should a previous winner’s name be drawn in a subsequent prize draw, their entry will be set aside and a new winner drawn. Cooktown Local News Publisher Corey Bousen said the newspaper was happy to join with Cornett’s IGA to help spread some Christmas cheer. “When Paul suggested a competition to give away a ham a day in the run up to Christmas, we were more than happy to join IGA in promoting this great idea. “We wish all the many customers of the IGA the best of luck in winning a ham,” Mr Bousen said. Cooktown IGA staff members and their immediate family are ineligible from entering the competition.
Cornett’s Cooktown IGA Manager Paul Scott with staff members Mariana Tree and Margie McGovern and some of the hams that customers can win daily as part of their Christmas promotion. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
Brazen burglar teaches security lesson By GARY HUTCHISON BRUCE Jenkins learned a lesson in home security on Friday morning he wishes he never had to learn. His Charlotte Street home was burgled between 3.30am and 5.30am by a brazen thief who plied his evil trade just feet from where he was sleeping. Despite having read of similar incidents in the Cooktown Local News and hearing the tales of other victims, the 20-year resident refused to believe it would happen to him. Bruce knows the time frame within which the offence was committed because it fell within the normal routine of his cat. “The cat woke me at 3.30am to let him out,” Bruce said. “And when he woke me again at 5.30am to let him in for his brekkie, I discovered something was wrong.” During this period, Bruce had left the back security door open, with just a magnetic mesh curtain providing
a barrier to any intruder. “I guess if the cat can push his way in and out, it was easy enough for the burglar,” he said. When Bruce woke the second time, he found his wallet on the vanity in the bathroom, with all his money, $95 removed, but his credit cards and personal papers intact. But it was from where the wallet had been removed that has left him most alarmed. “It (the wallet) was on top of the sideboard in the lounge room, not four feet from where I was sleeping in the bedroom,” he said. “Just four feet from me!” From the lounge room, the offender has taken the wallet into the bathroom, to rifle through it. “They left my mobile phone and camera on the sideboard undisturbed,” he said. Bruce said it is unusual for him to have so much money in his wallet. Continued Page 3 >>
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EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by email to editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au or phone Gary Hutchison on (07) 4069 5773. Thu 6. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Sat 8. Cook Shire Committee's Christmas Fete from 3.30pm at Cooktown PCYC Events Centre.
Sat 8. Cooktown SSAA Target Pistol Shoot at 1pm. Sat 8. Evgeny Ukhanov plays Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and Chopin at Nature's PowerHouse from 6pm. Last concert for 2012. Admission $25.
Sun 9. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Tue 11. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Tue 11. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Wed 12. Cooktown SSAA Sunset Shoot at 5.30pm. Thu 13. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Sun 16. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Sun 16. Carols By Candlelight in the Lions Park. Will start at 6pm with a free barbecue, with carols starting at 7pm.
Tue 18. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Tue 18. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Wed 19. Cooktown SSAA Sunset Shoot at 5.30pm. Thu 20. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Sun 23. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details.
Sun 30. Cooktown SSAA Practical Shoot at 9am. Can club secretaries please send in a list of their events planned for the year to editor@cooktownlocalnews.com. au so they can be included in the What's On section.
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 Nivison family update from Kosrae in Micronesia HELLO from our new island home. The Nivisons have landed safe and well in Kosrae (Kosh-rye) in the Federated States of Micronesia. Kosrae is a former US protectorate in the North Pacific, and reflects US influence with a strong missionary Protestant history. It is around 110 sq km and has a population of around 6700. We have settled into a new home right on the beach and the children are enrolled in school (although they miss their Cooktown teachers and friends). We wish for a supermarket as well-stocked as the IGA/Iceworks and the Saturday markets - getting a range of foods is sometimes a challenge. No shortage of bananas or coconuts though! Sian is enjoying her role within Kosrae State Government; the challenges of a new job within a different political and cultural environment. Though we have moved far from Cooktown, the issues common to Cape York and a North Pacific island are considerable. Dougal would like to apologise to all those who had hoped he could get rid of the Shire
Enigma V, Lelu, the boat that got the Nivisons to their new home on Kosrae. Photo submitted. Engineer during the sail across, Tony was much helped in our rather rushed pack and departure for our Kosrae adventure. too handy to be rid of. We are keeping up with Cooktown using the The 26-day trip in Enigma V went with hardly a hitch, though it was fantastic to finally online version of the Cooktown Local News and reach Kosrae - the island of the Sleeping Lady. look forward seeing many of you on our return. We would like to thank all our friends, Kulo (Thank you), Sian, Dougal, Edward, colleagues and community members who Heather and Cara Nivison
RESIDENTS are reminded they only have until this Monday, December 10, to lodge their nominations for the Cook Shire Australia Day Awards. In the past 20 years, the award has been bestowed upon men and women from all over the Shire in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the communities in which they live. Presenting this year’s awards will be Woolworths Australia Day Ambassador, Mr John Coutis. John Coutis is an exceptional person. Born with a severe disability that rendered his legs useless, John defied medical opinion by refusing to die. Today he gives inspirational and motivational speeches all around the world leaving audiences breathless. John plays a significant role in Australian schools and youth leadership programs. He has been invited into more than 700 schools throughout Australia and speaks on topics such as: anti-bullying; treating people the way you wish to be treated; goal setting; over-coming challenges; and getting the best out of life. John is dedicated to helping Australia’s youth reach their full potential. His signature statements are “If I can, you can!” and “Nothing is impossible”. “We are so lucky to have John Coutis as our Australia Day Ambassador,” said Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott. “His achievements and attitude to life are nothing short of remarkable. “I look forward to welcoming John to our community and inviting him to take part in our Australia Day celebrations.” Nominations for the 2013 Australia Day Awards are open in the following categories: Citizen of the Year Nominees for this prestigious award will be any person aged 26 years or over who has provided outstanding community service in any sphere. They will have made a significant and
lasting contribution to the quality of the life of others through individual effort, philanthropy, advocacy or exemplary community service. Young Citizen of the Year Any young person aged 25 years or under who has provided outstanding community service in any sphere may be nominated for this award. They will have made a significant and lasting contribution to the quality of the life of others through individual effort, philanthropy, advocacy or exemplary community service. Sports Achievement Award This person aged 18 years or over, will have made an outstanding achievement in any sport. Nominees will have achieved personal success through representing the region at a State or National level, or made a positive difference to local sporting groups and/or participants through sports administration, coaching, management or volunteering. Junior Sports Achievement Award Acknowledging our young sports people aged 17 years or under, who have made an outstanding achievement in any sport or made a positive difference to local sporting groups and/or participants. Cultural/Arts Achievement Award Nominees for this individual award may be of any age and will have demonstrated outstanding personal achievement through any medium of arts or culture, or have provided a significant and lasting contribution to the community through the advancement, promotion or appreciation of arts and culture in Cook Shire. Service to the Community Award Community groups and clubs nominated for this award will have fulfilled one or more of the following requirements: demonstrated continual community involvement and assistance for the benefit of residents and visitors of Cook Shire; provided a significant and lasting contribution to the social, recreational, environmental and economic quality of life in Cook Shire; or staged
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Woolworths Australia Day Ambassador to Cooktown in 2013 is Mr John Coutis. Photo submitted. an outstanding event for the benefit of residents and visitors of Cook Shire during 2012. The revised award categories aim to acknowledge groups and individuals over a broad spectrum. Each nominee will receive a certificate recognising their nomination that will be presented during the official Australia Day awards ceremony, after which each winner and any special recognition awards will be announced. Australia Day celebrations will be held on Saturday, 26 January, 2013, across many communities of Cook Shire. Mr Coutis will be attending the celebrations in Cooktown and speaking at the official Awards ceremony to take place at the Cooktown PCYC Events Centre. Nomination forms are available from: Council’s administration building and website; Cook Shire libraries; or On request by emailing vkirk@cook.qld. gov.au
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NEWS The Block Community Youth Garden Project was given a boost on Tuesday with the presentation of a cheque for $9700 by the ANZ Bank as part of its “Seeds of Renewal” program. Seen here are: Barb Keats (Secretary), ANZ’s District Manager Scott Davis and FNQ Area Manager Joe Salerno, Dave Webber (Treasurer), Cass Sorensen (Acting President), Karen Whipper (member), Cooktown ANZ branch staff member Bethne Webber and Cooktown ANZ branch mangerer Tanis Pocock. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
ANZ nurtures Block Youth Garden
ANZ dug deep on Tuesday to plant a $9700 contribution into a community partnership with the Cooktown Youth Association and the Cooktown State School, that will see the Block Community Youth Garden Project started in 2013. Situated across from the cemetery, the Block, as it is known locally, was a bequest to the youth of Cooktown from the estate of Mr Robert McLelland for the purpose of providing a positive, proactive recreation place. Over the years, various attempts at using the facility to its fullest capability have largely been unsuccessful. However, with the Youth Association’s commitment to the Community Youth Garden project through the Cooktown State School’s Conservation and Land Management courses (CALM), the Block will be the headquarters for both the immediate and long-term benefit to the local youth. Cass Sorensen, Acting President of the Cooktown Youth Association and a teacher at the Cooktown State School, said students could graduate with Certificates I or II or CALM, without having to leave Cooktown. “Until now, our courses have been delivered by the Agricultural College in Mareeba,” Ms Sorensen said. “But this year we successfully applied for our
own accreditation and are now a standalone unit.” Ms Sorensen said with the availability of the Block, students will have a place to practise hands-on techniques in their studies, which will include subjects such as permaculture, organic gardening and hydroponics. “The students just won’t be stuck in the class room doing theory,” she said. “They’ll be out getting their hands dirty and getting satisfaction from watching their gardens grow.” She said the ANZ donation would give them a wonderful start to next year’s first term. “We can put this money to good use with things like soil testing and the purchase of some basic equipment and consumables,” she said. A farmer herself, Ms Sorensen said the CALM courses would not only see students with suitable qualifications seek employment in the field of agriculture, they could also see the increased future development of an already growing agricultural industry in the area. Joe Salerno, Area Manager representing Far North Queensland, ANZ Regional Business Banking said the grant was part of the ANZ Seeds of Renewal grants program, funded by ANZ and independently administered by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). “We are pleased to support this community
initiative for the youth of Cooktown and surrounding districts,” Mr Salerno said. “We know the value this kind of support can make in regional communities.” Mr Salerno said he was impressed by the enthusiasm for the project already being shown by the Youth Association. “I can see by the passion you have for this project, this grant money has been well allocated,” he told the Association’s executive committee.
“Just that day, I had been given two Christmas presents of $50 each,” he said. And with Christmas approaching, he said it is the old and pensioners who cannot afford losses like that. “We suffer much with Christmas approaching,” he said. With his security lesson well-and-truly learned, Bruce has been left asking a couple of questions. “Was it kids or some druggy just after the money,” he queeried. “And what has happened to our once peaceful and secure hamlet, where you could leave all your windows and doors open in the house and the same with your car, but also leave the keys in the ignition and everything would be safe.” But does he lock up now? “You betcha,” he said vehemently.
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POLICE will again be concentrating on the “Fatal Four” during the holiday season enforcement period in an endeavour to cut Queensland’s road toll. Cooktown Police Acting Senior Senior Sergeant Matt Robertson said speeding, seat belts, alcohol and fatigue were the components of the Fatal Four. “Police will be conducting high visibility patrols of the local area in conjunction with state-wide operations to enforce the road rules, but more importantly to ensure families are safe this holiday period.” he said.
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Recent, local police activity has seen a 39-year-old female being charged with having driven with a blood alcohol concentration of .125 percent after being intercepted on November 30. And a 17-year-old male intercepted on the same date was charged with being in possession of a small amount of cannabis. During the week of December 24 to December 28 and the period between January 14 and January 30, 2013, members of the public will not have access to driver’s licence issuing services at Cooktown station.
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COOKTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE The Doctors and staff at the Cooktown Medical Centre wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. Please note the Surgery will be closed for the Christmas break from 11am, Saturday, December 22, 2012 and will be re-opening on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 8am. Only urgent pathology will be done on Thursday, December 27 and Friday, December 28, 2012 due to reduced staff numbers. We will also be closed on New Year’s Day Tuesday, January 1, 2013. The Surgery will return to normal hours again from Wednesday, January 2, 2013. Please ensure you have your scripts and supply of regular medications before the Christmas holiday break as we will be closed some days and have reduced staff other days.
Aunty Mary Twaddle, Kathy Starlight, Union official Les Moffitt, Agnes Cressbrook, Arthur Ahwang, Millianna Davey and Mamam Martin are demanding the state government pay stolen wages to Indigenous workers. Photo: ALF WILSON.
State wipes its hands on ‘Stolen Wages’ By ALF WILSON and GARY HUTCHISON
THE Newman Government has wiped its hands of the “Stolen Wages” issue, claiming it was settled by the former State Government. In a statement to the Cooktown Local News this week, Premier Campbell Newman’s office said: “The Government has no intention of re-opening the issue. “People who feel they have a legitimate, unaddressed compensation claim for losses they have suffered as a result of historical practices have the right to pursue remedies through the legal process.” The Premier was responding to an appeal from the Queensland Council of Unions to pay outstanding stolen wages to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander claimants around Queensland, including those living at the remote communities of Hope Vale, Coen, Wujal Wujal, Lockhart River and Kowanyama. The appeal during a meeting to brief elders organised by the Queensland Council of Unions at St Theresa’s Catholic Church in Townsville last Friday (November 30). Emotions ran high as elderly Queensland Aboriginal and Tor-
res Strait Islander men and women spoke of the angst they felt about non-payment of stolen wages in the lead up to the festive season. Before the meeting commenced at 10am, numerous elders told the Cooktown Local News of their concerns that many of them would die before payment was made by the state government. “Indigenous people from the Torres Strait Islands, Cape York, Hope Vale, all around North Queensland and west to Mount Isa and south to Brisbane are still owed stolen wages,” said QCU Townsville branch President Les Moffitt. Peter Hindle was the other union official at the meeting. Mr Moffitt said the union had written to the Queensland Premier Campbell Newman demanding payment of all outstanding wages. “The new LNP Government claims the matter was settled by the previous Labor Government and Mr Newman has not replied to the last letter we sent to him,” Mr Moffitt said. However, Mr Moffitt said Katter’s Australia Party had advised it was behind the union bid and wanted the stolen wages issue resolved. The Premier’s office said: “The question of reparation for historical wages and savings
issues was settled and closed by the previous State Government. “Excess funds after almost 6000 claims were paid were invested in a perpetual Trust. “Interest from that Trust is used to provide educational scholarships for Indigenous students to complete high school. Since 2009, 400 scholarships have been provided.” Aunty Mary Twaddle is aged in her eighties and said she was owed stolen wages from working on Palm Island where she was young. “The way it is going I will be dead long before I get what is owed to me, payment before Christmas would help us a lot,” she said. Kathy Starlight said she had outstanding stolen wages from her days working as a domestic on Palm Island. “It is our money but we have not been paid,” she said. Agnes Cressbrook said she worked as various jobs in Woorabinda including at the hospital starting as a 17-year-old. “I was paid the first two instalments but not the remainder,” she said. Millianna Davey, aged 71 is of Darnley Island descent and was owed wages from her days working at the Thursday Island hospital. “We just want what is owed to us,” she said.
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Murray Island lady Mamam Martin, 67, said she desperately wanted money owed to her from work at Native Affair Departments on Thursday Island. Fay Thimble, 63, said she lived on a pension and was owed money from work she did on Palm Island. Mary Wacando, 69, of Darnley Island descent, is appealing to the state government for wages owed from her jobs at the Thursday Island school and hospital. Ernest Burns, 79, is ill and said he is owed wages from his work on Palm Island as a young man. One of the most-publicised cases of stolen wages involves Thursday Island-born identical twins Paul and Arthur Ahwang, 77, who worked together on a pearling lugger off Mackay, free diving to collect pearl shell and doing deckhand duties from age 13. Paul Ahwang has received his wages whilst Arthur hasn’t been paid even though they did the same job. Arthur travelled from Mackay for the meeting, while Paul who lives in Townsville was too ill to be there. “Many of our people who are owed stolen wages won’t be alive to collect them and that is why I think the government is delaying,” Arthur said.
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Never a dull day for Dr Tash and her team Story and photo By ERIC GEORGE TASH Coventry is a person who has had a tangible influence on the lives of many people in this part of Cape York, and will probably touch most of our lives in the future. She is the senior doctor covering Queensland Health services for Wujal Wujal, Cooktown, Hope Vale, Lakeland and Laura. Tash is a Queensland girl, from Gayndah near Bundaberg. “My family was originally from the land, but both of them are quite academic and so went into designing farm software for computers. “We were at Gayndah which is a DPI research station, and then on to Gatton Agricultural College where my father taught.” With a background like that, Tash would naturally become a vet? She chuckles and says: “Yes, probably. Mum had always wanted to be a doctor so that’s probably where I get my desire for medicine. “I’m the youngest of three girls, and my parents sent us to boarding school in Brisbane.” Tash did not start by studying medicine at university. “I did science first and then entered medicine as a post-graduate course. I had also considered teaching, and thought a science degree would be a good basis for either.” So how did Tash arrive at the important, life-changing decision to be a doctor? “It was very prayerfully considered. I have a very strong Christian faith and, when it came to crunch time, I still did not really have an idea of which way to go. “I applied to both teaching and medicine. Teaching would let me defer for a year, but medicine would not, so I started medicine and absolutely loved it from the first. “I gave up my deferred position in education to continue doing medicine.” Why did she find medicine so attractive? “I like problem solving, and I like people. And I like education and I see medicine as drawing a lot of those things together. “It is very satisfying. I never stop learning.” When did Tash first come to Cooktown? “As a student in 1998. I had to do two weeks here for each year of my course.” Can she remember her first arrival here? “Yes. Vividly. Again, it was life-changing. I flew in and met
William Bird at the airport, waiting for a lift into town. “I remember being taken up to Grassy Hill. I was staying at the backpackers and got invited to Archer Point for a fishing trip. I met Justin Coventry on that fishing trip. “I fell in love with Cooktown and thought it would be a place I could live in long term. Falling in love with a local sealed the deal, really.” Tash is not afraid that Cooktown is a dead end for a medical professional like her? “No. Not at all. The challenge here is that the requirements medically are so great and cannot be confined to a box. “So I never get bored. It would be impossible. I still feel I am learning, and have so much to learn. “I guess in a small town you can be part of what shapes the community, and that includes the medical services. “I am part of a great team that has really become invested in giving a great service to their community, and in hoping to improve things and be able to do more than was previously done.” So what does Tash actually do at the hospital? “My official title is Medical Superintendant. That is predominantly administrative now, overseeing all the clinical services of the hospital. “We have five other senior medical officers, and a resident medical officer, who is a doctor who has finished their internship but has yet to decide what specialty to do. “We have two very distinct roles: one is hospital based, and one is outreach services. “We are all either general practitioners or training to be so, and we provide the general practice services for Wujal, Hope Vale and Laura. “Over time we have been able to increase the number of days we get out there, and the number of doctors who can go.” What does Tash see changing in Cape York’s health services in future decades? “It is very much Indigenousfocused health care, and trying to meet the needs of a population that is often under-resourced. I don’t think that will change. “I would certainly envision that Weipa and Cooktown will grow in the services they will be expected
to provide. We rely very heavily on Cairns at the moment, for surgery and birthing, but with increasing population there will be a need to build up capacity in Weipa and Cooktown.” Is Cooktown hospital a special place for Tash? “I think what has always made it special for me is that people are committed to providing very good health care because it is part of their community. “It is such a contrast to much larger places where it is just a job, therefore there is no going above and beyond, where as the nurses here do that on a daily basis. “I think the quality of care here is exceptional. The dynamics between all the different members of the team are very close, and that is quite unique.” The Cooktown hospital building, opened in 1986, is famous for being old and inadequate. Are there plans for a replacement? “Certainly everyone who works there, and the district, is well aware we have out-grown our facility, and it will not be sufficient for projected health service growth over the next 15 years. “As to when or how the money would be given to build a new hospital is largely unknown. “We have just gone through a service review to look at what we want to be providing in the next fifteen years. “A proper emergency department would be good. I think it is good, if it is safe, to do more things locally and prevent patients being inconvenienced by going to Cairns. “There is reason to consider lots of different areas of service development. Like cardiac stress testing, and birthing services. Being able to process blood tests on site would make a huge difference. “More minor operations would be good.” What are our major local health problems? “Diabetes. I guess high alcohol and cigarette use have a huge impact on our health as well. “Dog bites, fish hooks. Lures are the bane of our existence trying to get them out. “Lots of foreign bodies in feet, and since the skate park opened, lots of broken bones. “That’s part of growing up.” All in all, Cooktown is lucky to have Tash and the many members of her team to take care of us.
Get behind the School P&C survey AT the last meeting for the year of the Cooktown State School Parents and Citizens Association, we discussed a survey the P&C have produced for the general public of Cooktown and surrounds. You can fill it in at www.surveymonkey.com/s/ CooktownPandC2012 or by printing, completing and sending to: P&C Survey, P O Box 4, Cooktown, Qld, 4895. Members of the P&C will be at the markets and supermarket over the next few weeks encouraging people to complete the survey as well. The P&C will make the survey results available at the first P&C meeting of the year scheduled for Friday, February 22, 2013. The survey will close on Friday,
February 1 2013, so please continue to circulate it online until then. If you have any questions about this survey or wish to discuss further, contact Ali Ward (4069 5980) or me School (4069 5564). News I would like to thank a great team of P&C members for another successful year, your enthusiasm and support for the cause is fantastic. Merry Christmas Cooktown and surrounds and a safe and happy New Year to all. Nikki Darvell, President, Cooktown State School P&C.
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Cooktown State School Tieve Batt with South Cape York Students Jake Farnan (Cooktown) and Jade Snell (Rossville) share the Catchments Project Officer Sam Hobbs planting a new plant in the garden. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON hard yakka pulling up a weed. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.
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For public comment Cape Tribulation Road link planning study The Cape Tribulation Rd to Mulligan Highway link provides coastal connection between Cairns and Cooktown. Starting at the Mossman/Daintree Rd intersection, the link extends north along the coast to the Cooktown Developmental Rd intersection.
Sustainable Schools Initiative - Earth Smart Science Program and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef Guardian Schools Program. The purpose of these programs is to assist schools to reduce their ecological footprint and help the land and sea environments by implementing a School Environmental Plan (SEMP) or Reef Guardian School Action Plan. Local partners from South Cape York Catchments, Cape York Weeds and Feral Animals and Cook Shire Council were invited to conduct various activities throughout the day. Environmental future leaders from each school participated in weeding, revegetation, recycling, composting and investigated the impacts of marine debris on The Great Barrier Reef. The schools displayed posters showcasing what their school had achieved environmentally throughout the year. Each school received a framed certificate of participation in the Earth Smart Science Program and South Cape York Catchments kindly donated seedlings of native plants to plant in their school grounds. The children learnt valuable lessons and shared their experiences with each other. The Cooktown State School’s Gifted and Talented Environmental Club will continue in 2013, extending to years 4-7. Due to the successful day and the development of strong partnerships within the community, the Cook Cluster hopes to host this event annually. Remember, think globally, act locally! Alice Taylor, Teacher, Cooktown State School.
LEFT: Rossville State School student Tayla Crosby with South Cape York Catchment Project Officer Sam Hobbs, Cape York Weeks and Feral Animals Program Officer Caleb Zaicz and Cooktown State School Student Top Privett ready to start a revegetation program. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
John Harrigan, Kate Dagge and Teacher Alice Taylor with students during the composting activity. Photos submitted.
The Planning Study being undertaken is to discuss and develop the future road management plan for the link road. The three alternatives have been provided to generate discussion within the community. Based on the feedback provided, a final road management plan will be developed, endorsed and provided to the Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA), which will consider the findings when assessing future environmental permit applications for drainage and road infrastructure upgrades. Cairns Regional Council, in conjunction with Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council and Cook Shire Council, is seeking feedback. To download a copy of the Planning Study and to find out more, go to www.cairns.qld.gov.au. A hard copy of the Study and related studies are available at: Cairns Regional Council Spence St, Cairns and Front St, Mossman; All libraries in the Cairns Regional Council area; Cook Shire Council’s administration office and Cooktown library; Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council’s administration office. Submissions close 5pm 14 December 2012.
Cooktown State School students with Teacher Alice Taylor and Miss Karlina See Kee with their certificate of participation.
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The new Laura River bridge was open to traffic from Sunday, November 18, 2012. Photo: MATT TREZISE.
New Cooktown helipad completed MEMBER for Cook David Kempton has welcomed the completion of the new helipad for the Cooktown Multi-Purpose Health Service. Work on the State Governmentfunded $1.51 million project began mid-year, following the award of the tender for the work to Mager Constructions. “The major part of the project actually was completed in October, with the exception of a new windsock which has just been installed,’’
Mr Kempton said. The work comprised the replacement of the previous helicopter landing site and associated footpaths and landscaping, as well as the installation of lighting to allow for night flights and landings. A new road access also was provided from Ida Street and the existing road servicing the Cooktown Renal Dialysis Unit within the MPHS precinct was resealed. Mr Kempton said the installation
of lighting would make the helipad much more easily accessible for emergency night flights. “This is important in remote locations such as Cooktown where time is essential in emergency situations,” he said. “Previously, staff would have to use lanterns and torches to light up the perimeter of the pad but now the new pad will save time and effort in arranging night-time emergency evacuations.”
ART ATTACK: In the November 22 edition, this photo appeared with a name incorrectly attributed. Jarret Bassani was incorrectly named as Heraghty. We apologise to Jarret for any embarrassment caused. Gallery assistant Samantha Hooker, artist Cedric Friday, assistant Alexandra Barlow, art centre manager Vikki Burrows, art centre Jane Heraghty. Front: Artists Jarret Bassani, Carmel Haines and Doreen Creek. Photo: MATT GARRICK.
Saturday’s concert cancelled By JACQUI SYKES THE last Nature’s PowerHouse concert for 2012 planned for this Saturday, December 8, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. This was to have been the final in another year where Cooktown music lovers have enjoyed another wonderful series of concerts thanks to Herman Soenario (pictured right) - including several visits from concert pianist, Evgeny Ukhanov, one of them with another Cooktown favourite, mezzo soprano Alteouise DeVaughn who returned in July with her
fabulous baritone son, Justin Austin. Wow! As well as a return visit from Kirill Monorosi, Herman arranged for seven members of the Australian Voices Choir to make the journey here. Most recently, Evgeny performed with cellist, Chris Pidcock. By all accounts one of the most-exciting concerts ever. These concerts would not have been possible without the continuing support we have received from The Sovereign Resort Hotel with sparkling wine and accommodation for Herman and the artists. Herman has been bringing amazing music and musicians
to Cooktown since April, 2006, and he has become part of the local scene. Cooktown’s music lovers send him best wishes for Christmas and look forward to more beautiful music in 2013.
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THINGS are going from bad to worse for Oberführer Newman. Every week his admiring electorate is melting away and turning into a disgruntled chorus of disapproval. Pretty much the same thing is happening to his party. How could this be happening to him? What is going wrong? Where will it all end? Can you remember, around a year or so ago, when the LNP finally admitted to itself that their leadership team was so vague and wishy-washy, that they could never win an election unless all the other contenders went on holiday? Someone new was needed to lead them, someone who could bring the firm hand of discipline to the party. Someone strong and confident, ready to crack the whip and march at the head of his troops. By chance, they found Mr Newman, languishing away in a dingy office in Brisbane. He might not have much of a record, but he could use a microphone. And he had solid opinions, set in concrete, that you could rely on. They offered him a chance, and he grabbed it with both hands. He sounded good to the electorate too. Or at least, he sounded a good deal better than his tired and old fashioned opponents. Queensland voted and, with a
thundering majority, the Oberführer strode onto the View stage and began to govern. from There was a the Hill very short period of calm and graciousness, before a sense of unease began to creep through our governing classes down in Brisbane. They had heard the Oberführer make all those promises to get elected, but they had not expected him to fulfill them quite so energetically. Before they could get comfortable in their new positions, the Oberführer started firing people. Thousands and thousands of his electors suddenly found themselves headed for the scrap heap. Funding for local projects dried up. Old folks’ homes began to close. As Queenslanders are quite smart enough and healthy enough already, education and health cuts arrived. Worst of all, the Oberführer does not fully appreciate the fine, intelligent people who were elected alongside him. He does not do discussion and shades of opinion. You either support him completely, or you are on your way to Katter land. I guess a good few chooks are regretting the day they invited a fox into the henhouse.
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LEFT: Eli Bowen enjoying a healthy lunch at the Healthy Choice launch. RIGHT: Roytisha Thompson, Yalamba Rosendale and Theresa Thompson saying thank you to Island & Cape and their trading partners.
Hope Vale celebrates healthy eating launch MORE than 300 Hope Vale residents celebrated the launch of Island & Cape’s new healthy eating project last Thursday. The launch attracted many children to the event, and included a free healthy lunch, competitions, cookups, face painting, music, and lots of fun activities and games. Island & Cape Retail Operations Manager Craig Oxlade said the commu-
nity had a great time at the launch of the Healthy Badging project, being run in conjunction with Queensland Health. “The launch was a fantastic day, and the kids especially had a great time,” he said. “We had excellent attendance from the kindy and school, and the children particularly enjoyed having their faces painted, which started at 8am and
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Monday, December 10 3pm to 9pm Gungarde Community Hall A Drug and Alcohol free event 8 – Cooktown Local News 6 - 12 December 2012
was still going as the sun went down! “The children were also all given a healthy lunch and fruit to take home, including cups of fruit salad, and played fun interactive games with nutritionists. “This included guessing how much sugar is in which foods, and there were some toy prizes handed out to those who guessed correctly.” Mr Oxlade said the project aims to help the Hope Vale community to recognise products which are the healthier choice by their badging. “We want to promote good health, nutrition and physical activity, and Queensland Health has provided wonderful support to get this project off the ground,” he said. “We’ve also been training our staff on how to read labels, so they can also help customers make the right choice when they buy food and drink from our store. “The nutritionists will continue to work closely with our staff to ensure there are highlighted products in the store recommended as healthy eating. “The launch was a great way to celebrate this exciting new initiative.” Mr Oxlade said Island & Cape were also working with Menzies School of Health Research in the Northern Territory to analyse raw sale data collected from its group of stores. “We want to identify shopping trends that impact health and nutrition in communities across Far North Queensland,” he added. For more information on Island & Cape’s remote stores, visit www.islandcape.com.au
ABOVE: Tania Deemal, health worker, Queensland Health. BELOW: Island & Cape’s Hope Vale store managers Jamie Caine and Kerri Scandolera.
ABOVE: Debbie Rollins, Island & Cape nutrition program co-ordinator and Candice Morse, professional face painter who flew herself from Adelaide to be part of the event. BELOW: Albert Storch Island & Cape employee, helps to provide a healthy lunch for Hope Vale residents. Photos submitted.
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Can’t believe it’s December! Noel’s nearly here! Corner Haven’t done my Resolutions from last New Year! It was just September and celebrating Spring When, zip and zap, we’re doing “The Christmassy Thing”. With my left hand I’ll scrub and tidy my abode While my right hand pens cards for the poor postman’s load. Early I’ll shop for the ham and gifts for afar And for nuts and glace fruits for The Cake, Our Star. Then it’s time to deck the house with Noel treasure. Firstly, the manger, shepherds, magi give pleasure; My statue of bountiful Saint Nick in the snow; Then the tree with baubles, fine parcels packed below. Chores done, the sweet scene set, I take the rest I need. With shortbread and wine, my old loved Bible I read. Christmas carols echoing in my heart, I sing. Once more, I’m ready to welcome The Infant King. By DIANNE KELLER
Season has sneaked up on me. Do you feel the same? Like me, hopefully, you’ll move into some higher gear and will manage to complete all of your Noel list by December 25. You have a fortnight to send me your seasonal writings for our column. Email: thekellers@ bigpond.com or post to: P O Box 645, Cooktown, 4895. I look forward to reading your Christmassy thoughts. Dianne Keller Cooktown Writers’ Group.
Gungarde PaCE Workshops Charlotte Street around 1930. Photo submitted. EVERY major southern paper had, for many years, a column with titles such as Cooktown Notes or Snippets from Cooktown. We were a newsworthy item! Here is a selection from the Townsville Daily Bulletin, Tuesday, July 6h 1926. “The Telephone comes to Cooktown - Cooktown is slowly but surely degenerating into a town of past glories, as sun warped and wind twisted buildings testify, Charlotte Street, once a busy hive of industry, now consists mainly of shuttered windows and barred doors, and there is only an occasional building opening for business. When Cooktown was at its hey-day with a population amounting to several thousand, such luxuries as electricity and telephones were mooted. However, if any application for a telephone was ever made, it was consigned to a pigeon hole. About four months ago, with a lot of fanfare, it was announced that a benevolent Postal Service had decided to give Cooktown a telephone service. Some 40 applications for telephones were made and the rental fee of £2 was collected. Then the matter was allowed to lapse, until one or two, who had
visions of tombstones before they had their service connected, made enquiries about a refund. Then, half a dozen workers began to dig up the streets and erect wires. Now apparently, we have to wait until a mechanic can be spared from Cairns to install the phones. The irony of it. Some years ago when the telephone would have been of service, it was unobtainable. Now it is not wanted. Arrears of Rates - Mr A.H. Tucker, Government Auditor, was a passenger south by last week’s mail launch. While in Cooktown, Mr Tucker audited the books of the Town Council, the balance sheet of which was made public yesterday. A credit balance of £502/19/11d is disclosed; also a credit balance of £80/12/1d for the Special Loan Rate Account. Arrears in rates owing to the Council, which are placed as assets , reach the huge sum of £10,631/16/9d, just one two-thirds of the Council’s total assets. News from Grassy Hill. - Snakes seem to be very plentiful for this time of year. The staff of the Cooktown Radio Station seems to be doing all of the killing. During the last week or so they have
dispatched over a dozen on their journeys to and from Grassy Hill where the wireless station is situated. It is only recently that Mr N. Stockton, a member of the staff, was bitten by one and since then the wireless lads have been unusually wary. News from the Harbour. - Three pearling luggers are at present in the harbour, the Spray, Amy and Dulcie. They have discharged consignments of trochus shell and should be leaving for the reef shortly. One of the captains states that there are 27 Japanese luggers working the reefs just outside of Cooktown. Now that the Lighthouse Service has discarded the Karuah on the Northern Inspection service and replaced her with the Cape Leeuwin, another link with the outside world has been cut off. The Karuah was a frequent visitor to Cooktown and afforded much pleasure to the residents. However, unfortunately, the draught of the vessel of the Cape Leeuwin will not allow her to visit us, so we will have to be content with a motor launch once a week and an occasional call by the Kallatina.” Perhaps an alternative title for these snippets could be: ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same.’
I STILL remember sending our son off to university. He needed extra cash and other help and over that time - we focused on his needs and endeavoured to meet them. On another occasion, when there was a medical emergency in the family, there was a rallying around to meet the needs of the one needing care. Yet another time, when my wife, Chris, and I were involved in setting up a new school and working long hours, we managed, but looking back, wondered how we managed to do what had to be done. God’s like that for his children, but in a greater way of course. The great Apostle Paul had his own problems too. He was able to confidently say about
God, “Your grace is sufficient for me”. Amazing, the grace or undeserved favour of God was sufficient! By the way, read about his hardships. How did he cope? (Read 2 Cor 11 from v 23 onward) As we come to the end of our tether and call out to God, he does give more as we need it. Call it grace. Amazing grace if you like. We find we have the inner strength to continue, a “way out” when we are tempted seemingly beyond what we can bear (1 Cor 10:13), in some way a means to continue. We have all “been there”. The lyrics of Annie Flint’s hymn come to mind again, “He giveth more grace as the burdens grow greater … When we have exhausted our store
of endurance, When our strength has failed before the day is half done, When From the Pulpit we reach the end of our hoarded resources, Our Father’s full giving is only begun”. Such a comfort to know that God has his hand on our situation and “does exceedingly abundantly above all we could ask or think” (Eph 3:20) Let’s not let our circumstances get us to the point where we finally, after trying everything else, turn to God as our last resort. Rather let’s make it our first response to turn to him for what we need! Blessings! Pastor Peter, Cooktown Baptist Church.
Do you want to learn Kuku Yalanji? Children’s and Adult workshops held every Monday evening at the Rossville Community Hall 5pm to 8:30pm Free with a light meal provided. Music and Movement for under 5s. Classes are run by a qualified music teacher, so come along and sing, dance, listen and play. Morning tea is provided afterwards. Everyone is welcome and it’s FREE. When: Every Tuesday Morning 9:30 to 10:30am at the Gungarde Hall. Maths and English Tutoring, available for all students held every Tuesday after school at the Gungarde Hall 3:30pm to 5pm, Parents welcomed. Transport for the workshops can be arranged. To book please contact: Peter Herrmann Phone: 0439 011 045 Email: pace@gungarde
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Assault charge against Gerhardt Pearson dropped POLICE last week offered no evidence in an assault occasioning bodily harm charge against Cape York Aboriginal leader Gerhardt Pearson. In November last year, Hope Vale Aboriginal Council Chief Executive Office Lee Robertson lodged a complaint against Mr Pearson, who was subsequently charged in relation to an incident in which he allegedly sustained an injufed left hand and had his shirt torn in Cooktown. The charge was struck out in the Cairns Magistrate’s Court after the matter had been settled out of court.
Mr Pearson’s lawyer Stephen O’Reilly told The Australian on the weekend his client was glad the legal stoush was over. “The matter has been resolved completely after the justice mediation process was successful,” Mr O’Reilly said. “The police prosecutors agreed to discontinue the matter. “It was an appropriate course . . . in all the circumstances and Mr Pearson was pleased it was able to be resolved.”
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BREAKFAST with SANTA the BIGGEST YET COOK Shire Mayor Peter Scott declared this year’s Breakfast with Santa at the Cooktown Pool as the biggest in the 18 years he has lived here. The annual event, presented by the Christmas in Cook Shire Committee along with Cook Shire Council, provides for children from the ages
of 0-8 to be presented with a gift from Santa, while families enjoy a barbecue breakfast and a swim in the pool. About 158 children were registered to receive gifts, while organisers estimated a crowd of more than 350 in attendance. One of the organisers said because
Dane and Kaleb Brejnak with mum Kerryn (back).
it was Christmas, the emphasis was on family. “This is the one function during the year where we see lots of dad come along,” she said. “It’s great to see them in the pool enjoying their kids.” And the kids did not spend too much time out of the pool, wolfing
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON their breakfasts down and jumping straight back into the water. But the swimming and playing soon stopped with the sound of fire engine sires announcing Santa’s arrival in one of the Cooktown Urban Fire Brigade tenders. However, Santa’s duties did not stop with distributing presents, he was
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ABOVE LEFT: Xavier, Ysabell and Viv Wilcox. ABOVE SECOND FROM LEFT: Malena Gougeon was in the Christmas spirit, sitting comfortably on dad Arneaud’s lap. ABOVE THIRD FROM LEFT: Violet and Peter Schonig. ABOVE RIGHT: “Cool” sunglasses were the order of the day for everyone, especially Ayden and Crystal Humphreys. LEFT: Travis, Kellie-Rose and Rosalyn Jerome. RIGHT: Cooktown’s Urban Fire Brigade tender was Santa’s chosen mode of transport to the pool. BELOW LEFT: The Cooktown pool filled early with kids, mums and dads while the barbecue was sizzling cooking breakfasts before Santa’s arrival on Sunday. BELOW RIGHT: Santa’s adoring fans waiting for him to cut the Christmas cake.
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also enlisted to cut the giant cake for everyone to enjoy. Few families left the pool area early, with many staying right until the 10.30am designated closing time for the function. “It just goes to show just how popular this function is,” the organiser said.
Four generations of the one family were at the pool. The lady who started it all, Susan Forsyth (mother, grandmother and great grandmother) is seen with (from left) great grand daughter Teila Hunt, grand daughter Jacynta Hunt, daughter Sandy Jones and great grandson Chase Hunt.
ENDEAVOUR CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FIRST AWARDS NIGHT ENDEAVOUR Christian College celebrated its first-ever awards night at the Events Centre on Wednesday night, November 28. Students from Prep through to Year 6 received awards and certificates before a packed audience of family, friends and school supporters. Grahame Kerr, Director of Missions for Christian Community Ministries was the special invited guest, while other dignitaries in attendance included Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott, Deputy Mayor Penny Johnson and Councillor Charlie Martin. Crs Johnson and Martin had children attending the school in this its inaugural year. Along with the award presentations, each class was given the chance of displaying their vocal skills, with Principal Jannie Basson’s class performing Alone in the Universe, Deputal Principal Louise Basson’s class performing two numbers - If I Were A Butterfly and There Was An Old Lady - and Teacher Mrs Louw’s class completing the performances with Red Red Robin.
Endeavour Christian College Year 3 Class Special Award Winners (Left to right): Alex Crowther Diligence Award; Bree Chippendale - Academic Award; Trinity McCudden Arts Award; Charlie Attard Sportsperson Award; Caitlin McGilvray Character Award. Photos: LOUISE BASSON
Endeavour Christian College Year Four Class Special Award Winners (Left to right) Otto Basson - Arts Award, Damien Walker - Character Award, Trae Nicholls - Academic Award, Hannah Martin - Sportsperson Award and Ben Keegan - Diligence Award).
Endeavour Christian College Year 5 Class Special Award Winners (Left to right) Chelsea Collins-Herrmann - Arts Award, Amy Hang - Academic Award, Cameron Johnson - Character Award and Sportsperson Award, Benjamin Francois White Diligence Award.
Endeavour Christian College Year 6 Class Special Award Winners (Left to right) Harison Stroppe - Sportsperson Award, Chelsea Cantarella - Academic Award, Jeneen Clark Character Award, Beau Johnson - Diligence Award, Madison McGowan - Arts Award.
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FRIDAY 07
5:00 Rage (PG) 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Eggheads 12:30 Basketball: WNBL: Sydney Vs Canberra 1:30 Football: W- League: Brisbane Vs Perth 2:30 Hockey: Champions Trophy 2012 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin - Dr Martin Ellingham is struggling to come to terms with fatherhood. The baby boy born to him and his estranged partner, Louisa Glasson, is about to change their lives dramatically. 8:20 Young James Herriot - When a farm is threatened by a deadly disease, James must put aside his prejudices to reunite the family that owns it. 9:20 Upstairs Downstairs - There is no sign of a thaw in relations between Lady Agnes and Maud; the servants are intrigued by the new maid; and Lady Persie embarks on a dangerous flirtation. 10:20 Silent Witness: Voids Part 2 11:15 Waking The Dead: The Fall Part 2 12:10 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage
IMPARJA 6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 Days Of our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Precious Fragmentation - When the guys find a rare movie prop ring from The Lord of the Rings at a garage sale, it threatens to tear them apart - forcing them to choose the ring or their friendship. 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Pants Alternative - Sheldon’s friends come to his aid when his fear of public speaking stands between him and a coveted award. 8:00 TBA 8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 12:30 Movie: “Cedar Boys” (M) - A young Lebanese-Australian panel-beater, struggling to realise his dreams, is offered a chance to set himself up for life. All he has to do is follow a plan to outsmart the cops and a gang of serious criminals. He wants the prize.. but is he ready to pay the price? 2:30 The Baron 3:30 Danoz 4:30 Good Morning America
SBS
6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:00 2012 Australian Open Golf 4:30 Hart Of The Barbecue 5:00 Creek To Coast 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 TBA 8:30 TBA 11:20 Celebrity Juice - Keith Lemon hosts this hilarious celebrity panel show, where guests are quizzed on their knowledge of their peers. Tonight, Louie Spence, Brooke Vincent, Rufus Hound and Stacey Solomon join the panel. 12:00 Movie: “Devil’s Mistress” (M a,v,s) - Set against the English Civil War, a seventeen-year-old girl abandons her loyalty to the Royal Family following the execution of her childhood sweetheart and first husband 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 Following Fryderyk Chopin 1:30 The Outstretched Hand 2:25 Eames: The Architect and the Painter 4:00 Photo: Staged Photography 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Fiona Bruce 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Amazon with Bruce Parry 8:30 Hunted: Hourglass 9:30 Real Humans - Trust No One - In this episode, a double murder is discovered in the old house where the rogue hubots charged their batteries and the police take up the hunt for the perpetrators. Inger has trouble accepting Anita, while at the same time money starts disappearing around the house. 10:40 Movie: “Kamui” (MA v) In Japanese. Once a powerful ninja, Kamui decides to walk away from his violent ways and seek a peaceful life. His travels bring him to a seashore village where he meets Hanbei, a fisherman who shares the former ninja’s sense of honour. They become good friends, and life at the seaside seems idyllic. But one day, a band of pirates arrive… It seems that Kamui’s past life is catching up to him. Now he must draw upon his shadowy arts if he hopes to escape with his life. 12:50 Anatomy For Beginners: Movement 1:50 Dave in the Life: Shock Jock 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 Phineas And Ferb 6:30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:00 2012 Australian Open Golf 4:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 4:30 The Great Outdoors 5:00 Drive Thru Australia 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 TBA 8:30 Bones: The Bullet In The Brain - The city anxiously anticipates the arrival of ‘The Gravedigger’ for her final appeal after being sentenced to death for a series of cold-blooded crimes. However, when a bullet is fired at the killer, the team must piece together the sniper’s precise location as well as identify the suspect and his motives 9:30 TBA 10:30 Law & Order: LA 11:30 Parking Wars 12:00 Movie: “The Great Outdoors” (PG) 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 Liberal Rule: Fortunes Of War 3:30 Trawlermen 4:30 ADbc 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Date with the Dragon 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Egypt: What Lies Beneath? 9:10 Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking: The Story Of Everything 10:05 Death Row: Linda Carty - In this episode, Herzog talks to Linda Carty, one of only 10 women on death row in Texas. Carty was convicted of murdering 25 year old Joana Rodrigues and stealing her 4 day old child. The young mother was found dead in the trunk of a car, with the infant barely alive nearby. 11:05 Movie: “Shadows of Time”(M a,l) In Bengali. Follows the love story of Ravi and Masha, spanning 60 years, and beginning when they are children in India sold into labour by their parents. 1:00 Movie: “Brothers” (MA a,v) - In Danish. Black sheep of the family, Jannik, comforts the wife and children of his more successful older brother, Michael, after he goes missing in Afghanistan. When Michael comes home, traumatised by being held prisoner in the mountains, nothing is the same. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 10
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Disable Bodied Sailors 2:00 Comedy School 2:30 Living Black 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Living Goddess 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Trevor McDonald: Mighty Mississippi 8:35 Martin Luther King: The Assassination Tapes 9:30 As It Happened: Churchill’s Traitors 10:35 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Final Gaze” (M a,n,l) In Spanish. The parallel lives of two very different people converge to reveal an unlikely bond in this bittersweet drama. A depressed Mexican artist suffering from a rare degenerative eye condition finds reason to go on thanks to his friendship with a nun and later the young maid at a local brothel. 1:30 Kurt Wallander: “Castles in the Sky” (M a,l,n) In Swedish. Kurt Wallander and his team are stumped when they find an old man, Greger Stehn, dead due to poisoning. It appears that Stehn, who looked like a vagrant, was in fact very wealthy. Two suspects emerge, a bank manager and a plastic surgeon. 3:10 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:30 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Gallipoli Submarine 11:00 Best Of Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Manor Reborn 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road 6:00 Restoration Man: Ice House 6:50 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Family Confidential: The Holmes a Courts 8:30 Country House Rescue: Tapeley Park 9:15 Dream Build 9:30 Fake Or Fortune? 10:30 ABC News 10:40 Gandhi: The Rise To Fame 11:35 The Kennedys 12:20 For The Bible Tells Me So - Looks at Christianity’s approach to homosexuality through the experiences of five very American, very Christian, very ‘normal’ families that have raised a gay child. 2:00 Movie: “King Kong” (PG) 3:40 Rage 4:00 Movie: “Beat The Devil” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads
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 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Plimpton Stimulation 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Staircase Implementation - Leonard tells Penny the story of how he met Sheldon for the first time... and what happened to the elevator. 8:30 The Mentalist: So Long, And Thanks For All The Red Snapper - Lisbon encounters her ex-fiancé while investigating a surfer’s homicide. Meanwhile, Cho has doubts about continuing his romance with Summer. 9:30 House Husbands 10:30 Harry’s Law: American Girl 11:30 Nikita: Clawback 12:30 The Avengers: Something Nasty In The Nursery 1:30 Extra 2:00 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: “All American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story ” (M) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Medical Rookies 3:00 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 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 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 TBA 8:30 Castle: Eye Of The Beholder / Demons - Castle & Beckett work a murder case around the theft of a valuable sculpture. A smart, sexy insurance investigator joins Castle & Beckett in the investigation, but she also has her eyes set on Castle, all the while hiding a very important secret from the team. 10:30 The Amazing Race 11:30 Whitney 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy: Physical Attraction 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 The Real Seachange 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: “The Result Of Love” (M a,n,l) 2:40 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize 2:50 Haram 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Puerto Rico 6:00 Food Safari: Greek 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Waterslide Wipeout 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: Gameshow 9:30 This is England ‘88 - It’s Christmas Day. Shaun has messed up big time and it’s hit him hard. The gang is getting merry until they bump head first into Woody and Jennifer. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: Ghost in the Machine (PG) Lonely Noreen daydreams of being whisked away by a square-jawed cowboy, but her reality is far more mundane. She lives virtually enslaved on the family farm in the North of England, with only her father’s demeaning comments about her weight as company. So it’s no wonder that she pays attention to the first thing that’s ever shown her any kindness, even if it is an abandoned 60 yearold talking tractor. 1:00 South Park 1:30 South Park 2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 11
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 2012 Australian Open Golf 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 TBA 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 TBA 10:30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Hike Into Hell Canyon 11:40 That ‘70s Show: Christmas - The cheerleaders kick Jackie off the squad, so she invites the gang to the dance to give her popularity a boost. 12:10 Grey’s Anatomy: Kung Fu Fighting - Christina and Izzie heatedly compete for the same surgeries and the favour of the doctor performing them. 1:10 Desperate Housewives: Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared - Susan is faced with a skeleton from Mike’s past. Danielle goes into labour in the middle of a party. Will their secret finally come out? 2:10 House Calls To The Rescue 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Fake Or Fortune? 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Restoration Man 1:30 Compass 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab: The Experiments 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 Time Team America: Range Creek 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Grumpy Guide To...: Work 8:30 Nigellissima Christmas Special 9:30 Catherine Tate Christmas Special: Nan’s Christmas Carol 10:20 ABC News 10:35 Phil Jupitus Quadrophobia 11:25 TBA 12:05 Movie: “Slaughter On Tenth Avenue” (PG) - An assistant district attorney runs into formidable obstacles when he tries to get the goods on waterfront hoodlums 1:45 Big Ideas Sampler: Roman Krznaric: 6 Habits of Highly Empathetic People 2:00 Basketball: WNBL: Sydney Vs Canberra 4:00 Movie: “None Shall Escape” (M v) 5:25 Gardening Australia: Shorts 5:30 Eggheads
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 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Lunar Excitation 7:30 TBA 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Hawking Excitation 9:00 2 Broke Girls: And The Disappearing Bed 9:30 Two And A Half Men: I Changed My Mind About Milk 10:00 Mike & Molly: Valentine Piggyback 10:30 Survivor: Phillipines 11:30 Weeds: Glue - Nancy, Andy and Cesar team up to look for Esteban when he goes missing. Meanwhile, Dean and Doug start their scheme of revenge against Celia, while Silas and Shane develop a need to protect their new stepsister. 12:00 20/20 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 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: “Crimes Of Passion: Voice From The Grave ” (M v) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Medical Rookies 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 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 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Once Upon A Time: Tallahassee - With the hopes of finding a magical compass that could help her and Mary Margaret get back to Storybrooke, Emma takes a journey with a not too trustworthy Captain Hook up a treacherous beanstalk in an attempt to steal the item from a murderous giant. 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy: Love Turns You Upside Down 9:30 TBA 10:30 Four Weddings 11:30 I Just Want My Pants Back: Blackout - It’s the hottest, sweatiest day of the year, and Tina’s new friend Ness - who clearly has a thing for Jason - invites the gang to a party way out in Bushwick. 12:00 Desperate Housewives 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 Celtic Thunder: Christmas 2:05 Dvorak’s Te Deum 2:30 Inside Overture 1812 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Puerto Rico 6:00 Food Safari: Chinese 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Finding Your Roots: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick 8:30 The Truth About Exercise 9:30 The Real CSI 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Life I Want” )M l) In Italian. A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young ambitious co-star, Laura, when they are cast as the two leads in a romance film. Stefano must deal with his mounting jealousy when Laura’s career begins to take off. 1:15 Mad Men: The Mountain King - Tonight, Don drops off the Sterling Cooper radar and visits the wife of the man whose identity he stole. Back at the office, Bert and Roger consider the merger offer, Peggy makes a play for a real office, and Peter loses his father-in-law’s account. 2:15 Mad Men: Meditations In An Emergency 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 12
6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today Saturday 10:00 Dogstar 10:30 Wakkaville 11:00 Pixel Pinkie 11:30 Dennis & Gnasher 12:00 Lockie Leonard 12:30 Stormworld 1:00 Pyramid 1:30 International Cycling Granc Prix 3:30 The Middle 4:00 Australia’s Last Frontier 4:30 The Garden Guru’s 5:00 South Aussie With Cosi - Join Andrew “Cosi” Costello as he takes you around regional South Australia with a focus on budget travel. From the Murray River to the Flinders Ranges, this show is all about budget travel that’s affordable for all the family. 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Austalia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 11:50 Movie: “The Gauntlet” (M) - Clint Eastwood stars as an Arizona cop who is selected to go to Las Vegas to escort a hooker, marked for death by the mob, back to Phoenix as a potential trial witness. 1:50 Movie: “Plenty” - Based on David Hare’s play about a British woman who experiences her finest hours during World War II, working for the underground - but never finds fulfilment in the rest of her life. 4:00 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact 6:00 Melbourne Zoo Celebrates 150 years 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 6:00 Rage (MA) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Weekend Breakfast 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Advent No 2 Cambridge 12:00 Travel Oz 12:30 Dogstar 10:30 Wakkaville 11:00 Dennis & Gnasher 11:30 Pyramid 12:00 Australian Fishing Championships 12:30 International Cycling Young James Herriot 1:00 Travel Oz 1:30 Young James Herriot 1:30 Grand Prix 2:30 The Middle 3:00 Lockie Leonard 3:30 Rod Stewart: Hockey: Champions Trophy 2012 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass Merry Christmas Baby 4:30 Manly Surf 5:00 National News 5:30 7:00 ABC News 7:30 The Manor Reborn - Four part series, where a team of historians, Antiques Roadshow 6:00 Nine News Saturday experts and volunteers reinterpret 500-year-old Avebury Manor in 6:30 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly the UK, putting the house into a national and historic perspective. 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 The Pillars Of The Earth - Four-part drama series based on 8:30 The Mentalist: Ruby Slippers - Jane and the CBI investigate the best-selling novel by Ken Follett. Set in the 12th century the death of a man whose charred body is found outside a against the backdrop of war, religious strife and power strugcabaret where female impersonators perform. Among the top gles which tear lives and families apart. suspects: a list of people who had been bullying the victim. 10:15 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present 9:30 TBA 12:05 Movie: “10 Rillington Place” (M a,v) - The horrifying true ac10:30 TBA count of John Reginald Christie, whose crimes and subsequent 11:30 Southland: Fallout trial summarily ended capital punishment in Britain. 12:30 What Would You Do? 1:50 Movie: “Let No Man Write My Epitaph” ( M l,d,n,s,v) - The 1:30 Spyforce residents of a New York tenement building band together to 2:30 Danoz Direct ensure that the son of Nick Romano does not follow in his 3:30 Newstyle Direct father’s footsteps...to the electric chair. 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 3:35 Rage 5:30 Today 4:00 The New Inventors
7 CENTRAL
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Nigellissima Christmas Special 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help? 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 The Restaurant Inspector 6:45 Dream Build: Castlecrag 6:55 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI Christmas Special: Groovy 8:30 QI 9:00 Problems - Christmas will be a disaster if Sam cannot replace the cardboard angel that has disappeared from the top of his tree. 9:30 Red Dwarf X 10:00 Absolutely Fabulous Special: Identity 10:30 ABC News 10:40 Spooks 11:10 Blue Murder: Private Sins: Part 1 12:05 Durham County 1:15 Rage 2:00 Football: W-League: Brisbane Vs Perth 4:00 Movie: “Johnny Angel” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads
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 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification 7:30 RBT 8:30 Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War - Part 2 - Packer’s plans for World Series Cricket are in disarray following attacks from the media, the establishment, and conflict among the players. Facing financial ruin, Packer and his team take radical steps to win over the public and players. 10:30 Anger Management 11:00 Anger Management 11:30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter 12:00 Eclipse 12:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Your 4X4 4:00 National Early Morning News / 4:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Ice” (M v) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Dr Oz 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 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 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 TBA 8:30 Grimm: The Three Bad Wolves / Let Down Your Hair - Nick is called to a suspected arson case, which exposes a longstanding family feud that brings Monroe face-to-face with characters from his troubled past. 10:30 TBA 11:30 Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny - Miss Single gets naughty with a jeweller’s ring, Terrible Therapist gives a fruity facial, and Lady Gatecrasher sell out at Europe’s largest beer festival 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 The Real Sea Change 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Cannibals of the Stone Age 2:00 A Taste Of Iran 2:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 All Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Scotland 6:00 Food Safari: Italian 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 From The Heart of Our Nation: Reflections 8:00 From The Heart of Our Nation: The Sunset Concert 10:05 Rockwiz: Marcia Hines & Old Man River - Rock music’s most famous faces continue to mix it with the best local trivia buffs. Host Julia Zemiro asks the questions and Brian Nankervis adjudicates over the mayhem. Tonight’s episode features rock diva Marcia Hines and Old Man River (Ohad Rein). 10:45 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “: Something Like Happiness” (M l,s,a) In Czech. A tender human drama about three childhood friends, now young adults, who try to crystallise their aims and roles in life while they struggle to cope with parental pressure on one hand and depressing physical and social conditions on the other 1:15 Iron Chef: Bell Pepper 2:05 Iron Chef: Grand Finale - Part 1 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
THURSDAY 13
SUNDAY 09
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Prokofiev: The Unfinished Diary 11:00 Photo Finish 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Three Men In A Boat” (G) 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road 6:00 Lost Gardens: Penjerrick 6:50 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Moone Boy: Martin decides to become an altar boy and is indoctrinated into a group of very cool and corrupt young Catholics. When his sister Fidelma falls for the group’s crooked leader, Martin must face a decision. 8:30 New Tricks: McAndrew and Standing are sent to Scotland for a week to help Glasgow Police establish a new UCOS section. While there they find themselves caught up in a cold case from 1993. 9:30 Waking The Dead 10:25 ABC News: Late Edition 10:35 TBA 11:30 My Family: He’s Just Not That Into Ben - Ben goes clubbing with his recently ‘out’ son Michael, but soon finds himself more than slightly out of his depth. 12:00 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)
SATURDAY 08
ABC
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 The Art Of Chopin 11:00 The Restaurant Inspector 11:45 Big Ideas Sampler 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The World’s Worst Disasters 1:30 Whatever! The Science Of Teens 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 Three Men In Another Boat 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Kitchen Cabinet: Julie Bishop 8:30 Jack Irish: Bad Debts - Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days finding those who don’t want to be found - dead or alive. 10:15 Angry Boys - Blake starts up the Fat Boys Surf School and Gran takes a young boy on a prison tour. Meanwhile Daniel throws a party for all the teenagers in Dunt. 10:45 ABC News: Late Edition 10:55 Kevin McCloud: Slumming It 11:45 Iconoclasts: Madeleine Albright And Ashley Judd 12:30 The Clinic 1:20 Rage 2:30 NTAFL: Palmerston Vs Waratah 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory 7:30 Getaway 8:30 Person Of Interest: No Good Deed 9:30 CSI: NY: Who’s There 10:30 True CSI: Cold Blood: Ivy League Murder - When two respected professors are brutally murdered in their Hanover, New Hampshire home, police interrogate a host of likely suspects... but the murder weapon and a bloody footprint hold the key to the crime. Can forensic science reveal the culprits? And will a nationwide manhunt catch the killers? 11:30 Weeds: All About My Mom 12:00 20/20 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Alive And Cooking 4:00 National Early Morning News / 4:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Shopgirl” (M) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Dr Oz 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Once Upon A Time - Child Of The Moon - Ruby’s fear about turning into a wolf during the first curse-free Storybrooke full moon is confirmed when one of the town’s residents is viciously murdered, and Ruby is the prime suspect. Decker threatens to expose David as a shepherd, not a prince, and not fit to run the town as sheriff, and Leroy stumbles upon some treasure in the Storybrooke mine that could help bring Mary Margaret and Emma back into our world. 8:30 TBA 11:15 Up All Night 11:45 Cougar Town: It’ll All Work Out - When Jules realises that the cul-de-sac crew didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving together, she decides to celebrate the holiday, even though it’s spring. 12:15 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
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CROSSWORD No. 127
SUDOKU No. 127
Your Lucky
Stars
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A long search for the answer may not help. The solution may be nearer to hand than you realise. Let it come to you. Romance. An office romance could gradually become more serious. Tread carefully, until you are sure. Is it worth mixing business with pleasure?
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) You will achieve more today if you manage to take it easy for a while. Go for a walk or do something you’ve been meaning to do for yourself. Romance. You will shortly be going on a long journey. A person that you meet during this trip will have an important influence on you.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) A dream about an exotic trip which you once made will cheer you up. Try to remember all the details of the dream. Your unconscious may be telling you something. Romance. Your love-life will shortly be on the way up. You must be patient for just a little longer, however. It will be worth the wait.
FOR KIDS
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Feeling energized this week will help you to get on top of things. This will be an excellent time for pushing through a difficult change. Romance. This will be a very good time for romance, provided you don’t get into any arguments. Be open to the opinion of others.
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
You may be a little surprised to find out how much other people know about your private life. If you want it to remain private, be careful who you speak to. Romance. A well-placed compliment will go down very well. Talk about something that you feel strongly about and you’ll intrigue others.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
FINDWORD No. 127
A discussion at work may become a little heated at times. You will not do yourself any good by becoming involved. Allow time for things to cool down. Romance. A romance which appeared to have lost momentum may suddenly pick up speed. Are you ready for such a change?
A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) A misunderstanding will be resolved easily when both of you are in the right mood. Now is not the time to make your point seem valid. Romance. You may lose something which you treasure. Don’t waste time looking for it - you will find it when the time is ready.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
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MUDDY RIVER
Some important messages must get through on time. If not, there will be trouble. Don’t rely on someone who has let you down in the past. Romance. A positive attitude will help you to get over a frustrating event which has been dogging you over the past few days. Keep your head up.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
You must try to find a way to relax. You have been taking your work too seriously recently. Take a break. Romance. You will be surprised what a strong effect your working environment has on the way you feel. You will have to put up with a few ups and downs. Try to remain consistent.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) This will be an excellent time for starting a novel which you have been planning to get into. It may give you some useful insights. Remain open to new ideas. Romance. Regardless if you are single or dating, your love-life will soon improve considerably. Try to make the most of this.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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There’s nothing that can help you understand
your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.
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SOLUTIONS No. 127
You may need to be a little more assertive than you have been recently. Don’t be afraid to make your voice heard. Romance. Don’t allow a personal remark to worry you. You have more important things to think about than your appearance. Their negativity may be a sign of jealousy.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Don’t allow other people’s negativity to hold you back. You may be better off without their advice. Do what you feel is right. Romance. Your partner may be a little unhelpful at the moment. A difficult situation at work could be part of the trouble. Ask a colleague for advice instead.
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Gone but never forgotten You are not forgotten, Brian Nor will you ever be, As long as life and memory last, I will remember thee. I miss you now, my heart is sore, As time goes by I’ll miss you more. Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill your vacant place. Love forever, Pam.
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FOR SALE A GRAND XMAS PRESSIE for that overweight partner. A brand new Abdoer exercise machine, still in original box. No freight or waiting. Contact Bird (4069 6064). 101 Hope Street. WANTED TO HIRE D5 D6 DOZER to clear boundary and fire break. Pefer stick rake. McIvor River light timber. Phone 4067 6194 ADVERTISE your classified here! Call 1300 4895 00. HOUSE FOR SALE
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Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK
Colourful bracket fungus. Photo: GRAEME SLOANE.
Thomas and Nadine Schmelzer from Germany. Jamie and Storm loving the region. Photo: MIKE D’ARCY.
Fungi - keystone biggies of the rainforest GRAEME Sloane, one of our Track travellers, has offered his great shot of a bracket fungus to readers of the Cooktown Local News, so I thought, with the wet weather looming, it’s worthwhile talking about fungi. Fungi and mould have a bad rap. Bread and cheese become mouldy, and lettuce and cabbage rot. Despite this, fungi and bacteria are really important. They are among the decomposers of nature. Along with scavengers such as termites, crabs, earthworms and beetles, decomposers break down organic matter. Without them, vegetable matter would be kilometres high, and everything would smother under its weight. Back to fungi. In a busy place like the rainforest, they are just as important,
As usual, the Wet Tropics management Authority website (www. wetropics.gov.au) is a tremendous resource for information on fungi, decomposers and the web of life, and I have taken most of my information from various Wet Tropics resources. Fungi are in a group all of their own. They are neither plants nor animals. The main difference between plants and fungi is that fungi lack chlorophyll (green matter). This means that they can’t make their own food from sunlight through the process of photosynthesis. Instead, like animals, they must obtain food from other organisms. Fungi are responsible for the release of 85 per cent of the carbon within a forest, while bacteria and animals break down the remaining 15 per cent. Fungi are an important food source
for animals. Over 30 Australian mammal species are known to eat them and some rely on them for survival. Yeasts used in bread, wine and beer manufacturing, are types of fungi. Important drugs such as the penicillins are also fungi. For many years now, industrial chemicals such as acetic, citric and oxalic acids have been commercially produced using fungi. More recently fungi have been used to produce enzymes, some of which are used in biological washing powders. Truffles are types of fungi. There are many hundreds of truffle-like fungi species in Australia, more than anywhere else in the world. I’ve often read of truffles in our rainforest and wondered if any were edible. I still don’t know the answer, but I’d be surprised if some of the 32 or
so people working as mycologists in Australia aren’t busily working out uses for some of the 250,000 estimated species of fungus (By the way, there are about 25 botanists working on about 600 eucalyptus species). So, I hope you can think about fungi with a little more respect now. Fungi can be pretty as well, as these photos show. When the wet weather comes, I’ll write a little more on fungus and am always on the lookout for more photos. On the Bloomfield Track, it’s in pretty good shape, and apart from the dust, the surroundings are marvellous. The Coral Sea is sparkling, the colours excellent, and 20mm of rain has given the vegetation a boost. The Bloomfield River rose just a little in the rain, but not enough to cause any problems.
Next week, especially from Wednesday onwards, there will be some very high tides. These are special - a bit like a total eclipse. They mean at least three things you will need to consult a tide chart and get advice when crossing the Bloomfield River, which will become impassable for a two or three hours on those days; beach walking and the possibility of crocs will become small but notable issues at high tide and beach walking will be really, really good in the afternoons at low tides. So, go out and enjoy these special tides. Happy travelling, Mike and Trish D’Arcy, D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours, http://www.darcyofdaintree.com.au/ Ph: +61 7 4098 9180
Living Well
WITH CLARE RICHARDS
IT’S hot! The Pigram Brothers’ (Broome musicians) song Poinciana Sword Fight keeps popping into my head radio whenever I pass a tree in flower: “Rain clouds are coming, and the poinciana’s dropping it’s beans Wide brown and flat, they’re the meanest swords you’ve ever seen” And being hot, it’s time for cooling, refreshing things. Most people know the joys of frozen mango pulp, but have you ever made a basic sorbet by freezing pureed ripe papaya? That’s another simple lovely one. Adding a squeeze of lime juice to cool water is another of my staples - it is flavoursome, refreshing and great for your digestion as well. If you are a fizzy drink addict and not so keen on drinking plain water, try filling empty soda bottles with water and a few slices of lime,
lemon, or other citrus fruits. Leave them in the fridge and the flavours will meld through the water. I also make up concentrated lemongrass, lemon myrtle or kaffir lime tea and keep them in the fridge to add to water like you’d add cordial as they give a satisfying, refreshing flavour. Crush and cut up or tie in a knot about three lemongrass leaves (the green leafy sections) or 15-20 lemon myrtle leaves torn along the edges towards the central vein, or 8-10 kaffir lime leaves torn similarly, and steep for a few hours in a litre of just-boiled water. When cooled, strain into a bottle and keep in the fridge. A simple dessert that can be eaten hot or cooled and cut into cubes to eat as a cold sweet jelly is lime sago. Take the zest of three Tahitian or six small limes, ¾ cup lime juice, 2 ½ cups water, ¾ cup sago or tapioca balls, ½ cup
of one of the above teas and 1/3 cup of bush honey or palm sugar. Combine them all in a saucepan, bring gently to a simmer on medium heat then turn heat to low and cook for 5-15 minutes, stirring regularly, until the mixture is clear. Eat warm when it is soft, or let it cool and firm up and cut into squares to eat as a cold jelly sweet. Don’t forget to add a squeeze of lime juice to your fruit and fruit salads too, as it gives the flavours of almost any other food a big boost. And remember, if you or your family are feeling tired, fuzzy headed or grumpy during this build up time, then the odds are you are dehydrated, and the answer to avoiding dehydration is to drink lots of water. So try the different flavours above to get more water into your belly and some lovely flavours across your taste buds.
Special events planned for Cape York SSAA SEASONS greetings from the members of SSAA Cape York at the Cameron Creek Road Range. Also, a big thank you to everyone who has supported our club - members, visitors, contractors and suppliers. There are some special events planned for this weekend, starting with a Combined Services shoot this Saturday, December 8 at 8.30am, after which, a
Pistol Shoot will follow at 1pm. Then on Sunday, December 9 at 10am, we will hold a combined Xmas shoot featuring the different disciplines and styles of shooting at the rifle range. A light lunch will be available. Contact Toby (0438 695 6630 for further details. Anne Williams Secretary
Thank You!
The Cape York Folk Club would like to thank the following businesses, people and organisations for their generous support of this year’s Wallaby Creek Festival… Country Road Coachlines DreadSound Cornett’s IGA Cooktown Ayton IGA X-Press Hinterland Aviation AdArt Media Lions Den Hotel Hal Meyer and family Home Rule Rainforest Lodge Mat’s Boomlift Hire Cook Shire Council RADF Cooktown Local News And many more loyal supporters too numerous to list! A huge thanks is also extended to all our dedicated volunteers, supporters and attendees, it wouldn’t happen without you! THANK YOU! Cooktown Local News 6 - 12 December 2012 – 17
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Netball season finishes with a flourish
ABOVE: With a defender in front of her and a team mate headed down court looking for a pass, Jeneen Clark decides on her options in junior netball action at the PCYC on Monday night. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON.
ABOVE: Some of the Cooktown Vamps for 2012: (front from back) Caz Barker, Lesley Gibson and Bo Skipworth with (back from left) Kristy Madden, Bryce Kirk, Chani Cardwell and Kristy Wright.
RIGHT: Eliza Sail lobs a pass safely out of the reach of her sister Matilda who tried in vain to stop her.
BELOW: Some of the junior netballers who participated in this year’s training and games: (Front from left) Matilda Sail, Rebeccah Keegan, True Oldaker, Ashlee Madden, Amber Farnan and Jeneen Clark with (back from left) Tracey Clark, Holly Farnan, Ella Hartwig, Carly Johnson and Eliza Sail.
LEFT: Some of the members of the 2012 Hope Vale Yaruunh netball team: (front from left) Lee-Ann Liddy, Sha-Lane Gibson, Joanne Bowen, Fiona Jarden and Karen Gordon with (back from left) Nicole Hammett, Jacinta Morris, Kriana White and Audrey Deemal.
WITH the construction the Event Centre, it was the Cooktown Tennis Club’s opportunity to sample the new facility and move the netball play into the indoor, air-conditioned sports hall, which has proved to be a huge success. Not one game has been missed because of rain in the last two school terms. Monday saw the last game of 2012 for the under-12s and the ladies competition which has been held between the Hope Vale Yaruunh and the Cooktown Vamps. The last 10 weeks has seen the Yaruunh journey every Monday night into the Event Centre, while Cooktown seems to have an ever-changing flow of players. However, the improvements in the skills and fitness levels have been evident as the competition got tougher
and closer with every passing week. The under-12s also, have improved immensely with the regular practising of drills and games. Over the past term, the juniors have been practising their drills outside in the covered area, which has given them limited space to manouvre. However, on Monday night they got to use the main hall for the whole session. It was fantastic to give them the opportunity for a few ball shooting drills and really see how much they had improved over the last weeks! They moved into a full length game and had to work hard, as they were down two players on both sides. The Green team of Tracey, Amber, Sarah, Eliza, True, Janine and Caz and Kristy filling in beat the Blue team of Holly, Ashlee, Carly, Sarah, Ella and Matilda - 10 goals to 7. But both teams
played extremely well. Ella, joined the game late, but showed her defensive skills by not letting Caz out of her sight, while Holly effortlessly put the ball through the net, but had Sarah expertly defending the goals denying the Blues any chance of victory. Eliza and Matilda only joined the team over half way into the term, and both of them picked up the game quickly and have become valued members of the team. Eliza tried valiantly to keep the ball out of the Blue’s goal circle and played well, but Tracey proved just too good and took the Greens to victory. Matilda and Amber were run off their feet in the positions of centre. Being down a player on each team, they had to provide an opportunity for the ball to be passed down the court and
were supported by Carly, True, Amber and Janine who all moved efficiently to provide openings for their team mates and kept the game flowing. It has been a great experience to watch the team develop and we hope to improve and grow in the future with the aim of competing in more regional competitions. Both Hope Vale and Cooktown showed that fitness has improved as they opted to play 15 minute quarters instead of the 10 minute periods they started the season with. Cooktown only just made a team with Bryce yet again stepping in and doing some fantastic somersaults on court, keeping the ball away from Karen and Carmen, who never seem to miss the net, ultimately assisting Cooktown to a victory of 14 goals to 13. Kristy (Queenie) was unstoppable for Cooktown in the goal
shooters position and effortlessly put the goal through the hoop no matter the defence mounted by Kirri and Lee-Ann. Joanne, as centre, proved she was one of the most improved players on the court and helped Fiona, Jacinta and Monica to show Cooktown how an efficient team does it - swiftly getting the ball down the court with clean and accurate passing - keeping the pressure on Chani, Kristy and Sue in the defence and attack positions. Play will commence again the first week of school resumes on January 28, 2013. Times, days and venue will be confirmed next year, and we look forward to having more players join us in the New Year. Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holidays to all. Contact Caz (0407 540 378) for further information.
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ABOVE: Blake Nevins with his first Barra ready to release. RIGHT: Roly with a 1200mm Spanish mackerel caught off the Wharf.
Cover up there are stingers about THE recent great break we had from the wind was enjoyed by the local anglers, with good catches reported from estuary to reef. The Endeavour River has fired with good numbers of mangrove and fingermark being landed for the table, while there have been plenty of Queenfish landed for some fun. And the Wharf has made its contribution, still producing a
few quality Spanish mackerel on most mornings. Mud crab reports are still a bit light, but most are catching a feed - not a feast. A bit more rain will improve that though. There have been a few small prawns around the usual spots in the Endeavor, but only enough for bait not a feed, so it’s best to target the grunter with the prawns. With the calm weather this
week, reports of red emperor and largemouth nannies have been rolling in, and coral trout and painted crays have been taken in good numbers by the free divers spearfishing. A few stingers have been reported with the northerly winds, so cover up if you want to cool off in the ocean. Check that you have some vinegar on board the boat. Also, check that date on your
flares as new flares are a third of the price of the ticket! I’m sorry to have to report that the weather is going back to south easters for the weekend, but that’s the way it is. Hope you had a chance to get out for some fun and let’s hope we have some more weather like this week soon. Tight Lines Russell BowmanThe Lure Shop
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Hares lead an easy trail with something new THIS week’s run was hosted by Head Job and Saddlebags, and started from Saddlebags’ seaside retreat down near the Wharf. This is always a pleasant spot to catch the sun setting over the Endeavour, but it is not so good for setting runs. Hares are limited to either climbing directly through Grassy Hill’s jungle, or setting off into town. Thankfully, our hares chose the latter. We set off on a toilet paper trail along Adelaide Street. This is always a pretty way to go, following the old railway across the park to the back of the bakery. The trail dived into the bushes and kept following the railway line out of town to a spot somewhere behind the cemetery. Here the hares did something
new. They did not simply follow the cemetery paths, but veered off towards the racecourse and then zig-zagged through the bush towards Endeavour Valley Road. The way home was through the cemetery followed by more bush - interesting that the hares could find so much, so near to town. Back at the bash, GM Thermo congratulated Hotdog on reaching his 3-carton run (72), and No-Name Steve for reaching the unlucky 13 runs. The golf course brought Nostrildumass and F&*t congratulations: one for just failing to win a trophy, and the other for being mean-spirited and gloating over it. Lunasee was congratulated for receiving a ream of paper for her
first wedding anniversary (that is her Paper Wedding), and Archive was congratulated for getting bogged up the Cape and having to run 18km to get help. The Hash then addressed itself to the serious business of selecting a date for the next camp and, after a lot of shouting and cat-calls, settled on ‘some time in June’. That did not get us much further forward, so instead, we settled down to eat the magnificent spread that the hares had prepared. Next week’s run is at Fakawe and Feeler’s out on Poison Creek. Just turn up on Monday December 10 at 5.30 pm to join the fun. Contact Moses (4069 5854 or 0409 686 032) for details. On-on! Lye Bak
Keith takes honours in Service Pistol match ON Wednesday, we shot a Service Pistol match for which Keith took out first place with a score of 432. Mal took out second with a score of 427 and third went to Laurence with a score of 393. This coming Saturday, December 8, we will be holding our first Rimfire Silhouette Match at 3.30pm. This involves shooting small metal targets set at various distances between 20m - 50m. Saturday was our last Rimfire rifle shoot of the year. In the 25m shoot with a possible score of 200.20, Toby took out first with a score of 199.10, second went
to Melinda with 197.12 and Chris took out third with his 195.3. In the 50m shoot with a possible score of 100.10 on offer, Toby took out first with a score of 99.4, second went to Melinda with 98.5 and Mal took out third with 96.2. The award for most bullseyes went to Melinda with 17. Dates for your diary for December include: Sunset Shoots - Wednesdays - 12 and 19 at 5.30pm; Target Pistol Shoot - Saturday 8 at 1pm; and Practical Shoot - Sunday - 30 at 9am. Chris Stewart Publicity Officer
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Gallant Crocs go down in cricket semi-final (Barambah Cricket X1 Cherbourg), Player of the final: Adrian Caldwell (Cardwell Goundoi), Bowler of the carnival: Selwyn Mcivor (Cooktown Crocs) and Batsman of the Carnival: Andrew Rassip (Mandubarra Magic). It was the second major individual award for Selwyn McIvor who recently also won the 2012 Player of the Year award for the Cooktown competition in the Twenty20 series. Selwyn McIvor is a right arm medium pace bowler and told the Cooktown Local News on December 3 it had been the closest carnival for some years. “We just lost our semi by 10 runs. During the carnival Errol Kulka and Clayton Doughboy got amongst the runs whilst Preston Deemal and Glen Kulka took wickets,” Selwyn said. McIvor said the side consisted of players from both Hope Vale and Cooktown. “We took 12 players and it was half from both places,” he said. Cassowary Coast Indigenous Sporting Corporation was the carnival organiser, and last Friday, teams and players gathered at Jumbun Oval where there was a Welcome to Country and Opening of the Rainforest Cup by Uncle Claude Beeron. Following that, representatives from Nintiringanyi Cultural Training Centre spoke along with Dave Eton the President Tully Cricket and Stan Lenoy. At noon there was a barbecue lunch sponsored by Nintiringanyi Cultural Training Centre followed by an exhibition cricket match between Jumbun X1 and Ingan X1.
By ALF WILSON COOKTOWN Crocs star Selwyn McIvor won the Bowler of the Carnival award at the prestigious Rainforest Cup Indigenous cricket carnival held at Innisfail and Tully last weekend. Ten sides competed in the eighth annual carnival played under the exciting Twenty20 format and the Cooktown Crocs reached the final four. At the completion of last Saturday’s qualifying matches, Cardwell had finished at the top of the table on 19.33 points, followed by Ingan 19.27, Innisfail Mandubarra 18.4, Cooktown Crocs 17.76, Innisfail Redbacks 16.81, Barambah from Cherbourg 16.78, Ghungalu Townsville 16.02, Falcons Townsville 12.05, Mareeba 6.23 and Yarrabah 5.06. In the finals series played on Sunday, Cooktown Crocs 7/94 defeated Innisfail Redbacks 8/92 at Innisfail TAFE Oval and Mandubarra Magic 8/128 beat Barambah 8/127. That left four sides remaining with the winners of the two semi finals qualifying for the carnival decider. Cardwell Guondoi 10/104 defeated a gallant Cooktown Crocs 10/94 and Mandubarra Magic 6/ 122 beat Ingan Tully 10/121. The grand final saw the quality Mandubarra Magic 7/145 defeat Cardwell Guondoi 7/109. “That gave Mandubarra Magic back-to-back wins after they also took out last year’s carnival,” said one of the organisers Stan Lenoy. Major individual awards went to Player of the Carnival: Daure Moses
ABOVE: Cooktown Crocs team who reached the semi-finals of the Rainforest Cup Indigenous cricket carnival on the weekend, played in Innisfail and Tully. LEFT: Selwyn McIvor’s batting form on display for Hope Vale in the local competition, but it was his bowling that won him the Bowler of the Carnival in the recent Rainforest Cup. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
Blake’s first fingermark Blake Nevins with his first fingermark (golden snapper). Photos submitted.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14
Datum is Lowest Astronomical Tide. Tide times are provided by ccourtesy of Maritime Safety Queensland, © The State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads) 2010.
Fri 07 Time 04:59 10:05 16:18 23:08
Sat 08 Ht 1.67 1.28 2.14 0.8
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Time 05:35 11:11 17:03 23:41
MOON PHASES
Ht 1.92 1.18 2.2 0.6
Sun 09
Mon 10
Tue 11
Time 06:12 12:05 17:46
Time 00:17 06:51 12:54 18:30
Time 00:55 07:32 13:41 19:15
NEW MOON Thu. Dec 13 . Time: 18.42
Ht 2.19 1.07 2.24
FIRST QUARTER Thu. Dec 20. Time: 15.19
Ht 0.39 2.46 0.95 2.27
FULL MOON Fri. Dec 28. Time: 20.21
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Ht 0.22 2.69 0.85 2.27
LAST QUARTER Fri. Dec 7. Time: 01.32
Wed 12
Thu 13
Fri 14
Time 01:36 08:15 14:30 20:00
Time 02:18 08:59 15:19 20:48
Time 03:03 09:46 16:12 21:37
Ht 0.08 2.87 0.79 2.23
Ht 0.02 2.96 0.78 2.16
Ht 0.04 2.96 0.81 2.05
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Endeavour Valley November montly rainfall totals: 54mm
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