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If I do get a letter inviting me on to council, I would be very interested. SUSAN CLARK

Cook Shire Councillor Charlie Martin looks to a future outside of council after announcing his resignation, effective April 24, 2013. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

Council’s two options to replace Charlie Martin CHARLIE Martin’s resignation as a Cook Shire Councillor has left Council examining two options regarding a replacement Councillor. Cr Martin said the timing of his resignation will save ratepayers the cost of a by-election, which is about $50,000, with the runner-up from the 2012 election the next in line for his place in chambers. His resignation is effective from April 24. “Cash-strapped as council is, I expect that saving will bring some ‘joy’ to the shire,” he said. “If I waited until after April 28, the date of the last council elections, a by-election would be required, a burden the shire would have to meet.” He said he was sure the timing

of his resignation will allow the candidate time to make plans to prepare themselves for their new role. “I wish the new councillor smooth sailing for the next three years,” he said. However, Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott has advised council is not obligated to automatically accept a runner-up to replace Cr Martin. “Council can either appoint the runner-up or call a by-election,” Mayor Scott said. “It will be a council decision, not mine; it’s not my call.” Next in line should council decide to appoint the runner-up is Susan Clark, who tallied 514 votes at last year’s election. Mrs Clark said she is very inter-

ested in assuming the role. “Yes, if I do get a letter inviting me on to council, I would be very interested,” said Mrs Clark. Local Government Act constraints prevent Cr Martin from explaining his reasons for the resignation, or on the conduct of council during his first term from 2008-2012, or since his re-election in April last year. Resignation has not come easy for the man whose election platform during last year’s campaign was, “the Councillor who cares”. “I’ve really enjoyed working closely with the people of Cook Shire during my time as a councillor,” he said. “And I’d like to thank the people of the shire for their loyalty, trust and support over the past five years.

“I thank those who have given me their time to encourage and assisted me through their patience and understanding.” Cr Martin said he wished the Cook Shire Council and Community Councils in Cape York all the best in delivering better services for their people. One comment Cr Martin was prepared to make, was that “it is ludicrous” to suggest that the death of his former wife, Virginia, has in any way affected his performance as a councillor or his decision to resign. “One thing I will never forget is the support given to us by the people of this shire and its communities, when I take my memory back to January last year when we tragically

lost our beloved wife, mother and friend, Virginia,” he said. “We will leave her here to rest in peace, and those better memories of her, and those memories of the kindness given to us throughout these past 12 months will carry us on to a peaceful life elsewhere.” But what does the future hold for the councillor and his family? “We will move from Cooktown to a different life,” he said. “We will take our memories with us, and indeed the memories, faces and experience of living in this part of the world.” Cr Scott said council respected Cr Martin’s decision. “I’d like to thank him for his efforts and wish him and his family all the best for their futures,” he said.

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Thu 28. Cooktown Pool - Swim For Your Life - from 9.30am to 10.30am.

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Sat 2. Cape York SSAA DTL Shoot from 9am. Sat 2. Kids Art Society from 10am to noon at the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery.

Sat 2. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. Sun 3. Working bee to finish the erection of a bus shelter at Cedar Road, Rossville from 9am.

Sun 3. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from

1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Tue 5. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Tue 5. Cooktown Writers' Group meeting at the Lions Hall, Amost Street from 6.30pm. Tue 5. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 6. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. Thu 7. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Sat 9. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. Sat 9. Cape York SSAA Pistol Shoot from 1pm. Sun 10. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Sun 10. Morris Dancers - barbecue for anyone interested in joining the group. Kellehaven Road from 4pm. Everyone welcome. Tue 12. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Tue 12. Endeavour Lions Club meeting at the Lions Hall in Amos Street from 7pm. Tue 12. Cape York SSAA meeting at Fishermans Wharf from 7pm. Tue 12. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 13. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. Thu 14. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Sat 16. Cape York SSAA working bee. Sat 16. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. 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.

Workchoices, health, economy poll issues: Gordon LABOR’S candidate for the seat of Leichhardt in this year’s Federal election Billy Gordon says he recognises the importance of a strong and fair industrial relations framework. “Labor is the party that abolished WorkChoices, that protects minimum wages and employment conditions. “As I was growing up, I saw my father work long hours and often away from home on the railways and in the cane fields; this made me realise just how important it was for workers like him to get a fair go in the workplace. “(Queensland Premier) Campbell Newman has shown us what happens to working people and Labor values when conservative governments get into power. “I have real concern, as I know many locals do, that if Tony Abbott is elected he’ll do to Australia what Campbell Newman is doing to Queensland.” Mr Gordon has welcomed the opportunity to represent the Far North. “I love the Far North and have spent most of my life here.

“The Labor Government has been delivering big reforms for our country - just look at the National Broadband Network and the National Disability Insurance Scheme - these are significant and historic policies. “I want to ensure that locals in the Far North and our future generations benefit from these important reforms.” Mr Gordon says he is committed to working with the community to build a strong regional economy, recognising that the Far North is still working to overcome a high unemployment rate. “I want the Far North to thrive and be a place where our children have the opportunity to get a great job without having to leave town. “This is also the case for our health system. “People don’t want to travel to Brisbane or another centre to get treatment. We deserve to have doctors, nurses and specialists in our local community and we deserve first class health facilities. “Labor has invested millions

to achieve better health outcomes in the Far North and we can’t afford to have Tony Abbott take our local healthcare system backwards by ripping this away, just like he did when he was Health Minister.” T h e B r u c e Mr Billy Gordon, Labor’s candi\date for Highway is also Leichhardt in September’s Federal election. a focus for Mr Photo: Twitter. gives Billy Gordon a solid platform Gordon. “Having driven the Bruce count- to take to the people of Leichhardt,” less times, I know it is a lifeline for Mr. Chisholm said. Born in Innisfail, Mr Gordon has the Far North and we must continue worked all of his life in Far North to invest and improve it.” Queensland State Secretary Queensland; his early years in the of the ALP Anthony Chisholm sugar industry, adult education and said Billy is an exceptional local the public sector. He currently works as the Comcandidate who is very passionate munity Development Manager for about seeing the region prosper. “The Gillard Government’s Skytrans Airlines. He has previously been a memrecord on delivering for working Australian families through tax ber of the Army Reserve, serving cuts, the School Kids Bonus and as a Private with the 51st Battalion investing in regional infrastructure Regional Forces Surveillance Unit.

Gecko” takes out this week’s prize. As well as winning this week’s voucher, Brad also goes into the draw for the end of year grand prize of a $500 voucher. And along with our other winners, he can continue entering

Brad Griffin’s image titled, “Cooktown Gecko” is this week’s winner of the Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News Photo Competition. each week as he pleases. an email attachment to editor@ You now have until 5pm on cooktownlocalnews.com.au . Thursday, March 7 to submit And please include your your entry for this week’s stage of contact numbers. the competition, and remember, Brad’s winning entry will entries need to be full resolution be printed and displayed in a - between 1mb and 10mb in size gallery the IGA has prepared in and they need to be forwarded as their store.

Cooktown Gecko a winner

CHURCH SERVICES Baptist: Hogg Street, near IGA, 9.30am Sun. Phone 4069 5155. Cooktown Community Church (AOG/ACC): Gungarde Hall, 9.30am Sun; Home Group 7.30am Wed. Phone 4069 5070, 0427 756 793. 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.

THE image submitted by this week’s winner of the $25 meat voucher in the Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News photo competition would not be out of place in National Geographic. Brad Griffin’s “Cooktown

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Hog Hunt an endangered species COOKTOWN’S annual Hog Hunt is in danger of becoming extinct, with the event’s organisers of five years unable to continue in that role and looking for someone to fill the breach to guarantee the Hunt’s future. Kellie Sadleir said that she and the other members of the organising committee - her husband Kevin, Anna George and Mark Buckley - had decided to stand down and take a wellearned break. “We’ve got work commitments and young families to consider, so it’s time to take a break,” she said. “When we started the Hunt, the goal was always to get it up and running, then after five years, step aside for someone else to take it over. “That time has come.” Kellie said the committee was very grateful to all the loyal sponsors, competitors and supporters of the event, who have made the last five years of competitions the successes they have been. “We’d like to thank everyone who has been involved over the past five years,” she said. “We’ve met some great peo-

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Hunter Bart Johnson weighing in at the Top Pub for the 2012 Cooktown Hog Hunt. Could last year have been the last? Photo: GARY HUTCHISON. ple and we’ve really had a blast!” its organisation - pledging the To make inquiries about But while there is no 2013 current committee’s support to ensuring the future of the CookHog Hunt planned at this stage, a new committee to ensure a town Hog Hunt, contact Kevin Kellie said they hoped someone smooth transition of the manage- Sadleir (0400 042 713 after would step up and take over ment of the event. 6pm).

Cooktown Local News is moving DUE to the end of the lease at Cooktown Local News’ long-term editorial office at 65 Hope Street, we’ve now moved to a new location in Cooktown. Unfortunately, as the new editor’s residence is not zoned for business use, people wishing to meet in person with editor Gary Hutchison can do so by calling him on 0411 722 807, and he will arrange a time to meet with you at a mutually convenient location.

Gary can also be contacted at his email address, editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au Unfortunately, due to the relocation, the editor’s current landline number of 4069 5773 may change. The new landline number for Gary will be advised in the next edition of the newspaper. All other contact details remain the same. Advertising enquiries can make

contact by calling 1300 4895 00 or by emailing ads@cooktownlocalnews. com.au, while the accounts department can by contacted by calling the same phone number or by emailing accounts@cooktownlocalnews.com.au The Cooktown Local News apologises for any inconvenience this change may cause, but unfortunately the reasons for the move are beyond our control.

POLICE have suspended the search for a 23-year-old woman missing from Archer River, near Coen since February 10. A large scale search of the area has since been conducted, with police officers, SES and Defence Force personnel part of the effort. As well as ground searches, a number of helicopters, quad bikes and conventional vehicles have been utilised. The Police Dive Squad was also tasked to conduct a search of dams and waterways in the area. A police spokesman said although search teams have been with-

Lions Roar

Sunday morning saw a group of dedicated Endeavour Lions Club members and parents of Rossville State School students gathered at Cedar Road, Rossville, to help erect a new bus shelter - proving the Lions Club is not just a funding body helping the community but is also prepared to tackle ‘hands-on’ projects such as this. Seen here are club members Tony Lickiss (hosing down), Jim Fay, Paul Gavin and Steve Wilton. A second working bee will be held on Sunday, March 3, at 9am to finish the project. Any community members or volunteers who would like to help are more than welcome. Photo submitted.

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Seat belts a focus

You never know who you might run into

SEAT belts will be the prime focus of a Queenslandwide road safety operation over Easter holidays. Queensland Police Service’s (QPS), State Traffic Support Branch (STSB) will co-ordinate Operation Seat Belts 2013 that runs from Monday of this week until midnight on Sunday, March 10. Police regions and participating commands will collaborate in a multifaceted approach to improve motorist and passenger compliance with seat belt laws. Chief Superintendent Andy Morrow, STSB said that failure to wear a seat belt or wearing a seat belt incorrectly is one of the five causal factors in the on-going “Fatal Five” road safety message.

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History to take a hit: Morris Side to reveal The Real Story of Captain Cook COOKTOWN’S Morris Dancers will perform a mumming play about what organiser Eric George has titled, The Real Story of Captain Cook, during this year’s Discovery Festival as part of their 2013 program. While the Morris play is not part of the official Festival program, it will be performed at both the Top Pub and the Sovereign Resort Hotel at some stage during the Festival, with the exact date yet to be decided. In Morris terms, the Cooktown Side will also dance during the Festival. During any of their performances, they also collect money for charity, with $370 raised in 2012,

their first year. This year’s play during the Discovery Festival is not their first. “We did a mumming play late last year and both pubs have invited us back at any time to perform and raise money,” Eric said. Other performances planned for this year include Morris dancing at the Show and the Races, as well as another mumming play in traditional pub theatre just before Christmas. The 2013 beneficiary from the Side’s fund raising efforts will be the Kindy. “We hope to do much better than last year,” he said. Although the Side enjoys a healthy number of enthusiastic

members, they are always on the lookout for more, and are hosting a barbecue which will be held on Sunday, March 10 in Kellehaven Road from 4pm. But what talents are required to be a member? “None really, you just have to be able to enjoy making a fool of yourself in public,” he said. “Being able to sing, dance or play a musical instrument is a bonus, but anyone who just wants to come along to help out is also welcome.” Anyone intending on attending or the barbecue, or who is interested in joining the Side is asked to call either: 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 or 0410 486 032.

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Cooktown’s Morris Dancers are looking for new members and are holding a barbecue to welcome anyone who might be interested in joining. Seen here are the 2012 members: (front from left) Jeneen Clark, Tru Oldaker, Josie Tremlett and Sue Clark with (back from left) Tracey Cass, Mel Sgrace, Eric George, Janet Mead, Jola George and David Ainscough. Photo submitted.

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THE results from the Cooktown State School Parents and Citizens’ Survey are now available to the public through the Cooktown Connect Facebook site or by emailing me at nikki@ capecrusaders.net.au There was a lot of fantastic feedback from the Cooktown public, that both the school and the P&C will be addressing well into the future. I would like to thank all those people who took the time to fill in the survey with constructive criticism making it possible for the P&C to find out what is working within the Cooktown State School and what is not.

‘Please talk to your kids about bus behaviour’ One of the P&C’s major concerns at the moment is the behaviour of students travelling to and from both schools on the school bus system. This poor behaviour will be addressed at a P&C meeting in March with Endeavour Christian College parents and staff invited, as well as representatives of the bus service. Please - parents with students travelling on the bus system - have a talk with them about theirs’ and others’ behaviour on the buses, what acceptable behaviour should be shown, including respecting other passengers on the bus as well as the driver. Safe travels Nikki Darvell, President, Cooktown State School P&C.

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SALLY Kay and partner Keith Bradford manage that iconic part of Cookt o w n â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s s c e n e r y, t h e Sovereign Resort Hotel. One morning recently, she invited me upstairs to the restaurant for a chat about her, and the business she runs. The Sovereign is the largest and grandest of Cooktownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotels and a serious business. As we spoke, workmen downstairs were busy extending the front of the building so more patrons will be able to sit outside with their drinks and watch Charlotte Street go by. So why did Sally come from Melbourne to Cooktown? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, the furthest we had gone up north was Brisbane. We flew to Cairns and drove up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot prettier than I had expected. It was January and really hot, and there was no-one in the street.â&#x20AC;? So when the breeze started to blow later in the year, that would have been a surprise? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been told about the Cooktown wind. If the alternative is 90 per cent humidity, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the wind any day.â&#x20AC;? What started Sally on her road to being a manager in the hospitality business? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to a good school in Melbourne, and I finished a Fine Arts degree in the hope of becoming a wonderful painter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went off to be an early childhood teacher. I did that for about 10 years, and then decided I did not really want to be a teacher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I became a pastry cook. I studied at a TAFE and got a job in a big bakery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had always been in and out of hospitality, even when I was teaching, and it seemed a natural progression to go back into it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very passionate about hospitality.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sovereign resort is very old. It has seen its fair share of losing its roof, which made it the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Half Sovereignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. They had a fire and had to remodel.â&#x20AC;? Where did the drive to turn the Sovereign into up-market hotel come from? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That came from the owners, the Lucas family. And they might be looking at new developments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very welcoming hotel. People love that it has retained its integrity. It is top end, but we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to make it anything that makes people feel uncomfortable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is still maintaining its heritage, while being comfortable.â&#x20AC;? How do Sovereign accommodation prices compare with Cairns? â&#x20AC;&#x153;About the same. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting that we do get some people who say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so expensive!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, but everything has to be freighted in here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get paid any less. In fact there are many additional costs which we have to absorb, and we are four-and-a-half stars.â&#x20AC;? Who are the hotel clients? â&#x20AC;&#x153; I t â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s v e r y v a r i e d . During the wet season we rely very heavily on government and corporate clients, and they come from all over Australia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From April onwards, we start to get the local tourists. From May onwards, that is the peak of the season. That will be people from all over Australia, possibly grey nomads, and lots of Europeans.â&#x20AC;? Why are the grey nomads staying in a hotel and not in their campervans? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they get to the point when they have enjoyed their travel but they may need to do washing and stay in a comfortable bed. You get a lot of campers like that as well.â&#x20AC;? Does the Sovereign have an international marketing effort? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do a lot of advertising in France and

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The Roadtrippers are off to play at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in Victoria in March. Photo submitted.

COOKTOWN and Australia’s original proponents of “garage country”, the Roadtrippers, have been invited to play in Port Fairy during the Port Fairy Folk Festival, one of the oldest and most prestigious music festivals in Australia. “We applied to the festival but thought we’d missed out, then some very committed fans in Victoria met with the Festival Committee and really pushed us hard and I think just to stop being annoyed the committee finally succumbed and recommended us,” said band member Gavin Dear. “It’s hard to market ourselves to the big festivals, as music’s become so very compartmentalised and subdivided into style, genre etc. and how do you describe what we do? “I don’t even know! “And with the Roadtrippers, we wrangled a bit of a wild reputation from our alter egos, the Toadrippers and it confuses people unfamiliar with us even more. “So here’s a big chance to show a discerning audience some real northern

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I RECENTLY had the opportunity to meet Mr Bruce O’Krat in his Brisbane office overlooking the river, and asked him about his life as a public servant. He is a retiring sort of person, only known to the people of the North from his pithy letters of encouragement. Why doesn’t he appear on television? “It is not the role of a public servant to parade in front of the cameras. We exist to serve our Ministers, and I doubt if any of them would be keen to share the limelight.” But Bruce did appear in public once, when he was involved in a shooting incident at an MP’s office in Cairns, and heroically hid under the office desk with a lady visitor. “Yes, that was a very stressful time. It was the fashion then to shoot holes in the ceiling of your representatives’ offices, and I just happened to be holding the fort that day. There was nothing to it really. We just huddled under the table until the enraged voter had left. Actually, he was thrown out by the plasterers who were patching up bullet holes from the day before and were upset that he had made a mess of their work.” How does Bruce enjoy

working in close proximity to senior politicians? “It can be a challenge. They are very energetic people, always jetting around the state and the country and my place is at their elbow. It can mean early starts, and some very late nights as discussions continue over dinner. “Sometimes I even have to sleep in the limousine with the driver, if the Minister has really intimate discussions to complete.” I am sometimes surprised to find Bruce working at both state and federal level. How does that happen? “Well, the business of government never stops, and I am sent wherever I am needed. Mostly I am involved in communicating my Minister’s wishes to the general public. They are much too busy to write their own letters, and I simply distil their thoughts into short messages that will not overload the newspapers, or the voters’ intelligence.” Some of the Minister ’s thoughts must be difficult to support. For instance, one of Bruce’s Ministers actually proposed setting up Cooktown as a hub for a sex tourism industry. “Well, yes, that was the idea. You have to understand that Ministers are

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generally very imaginative people, bubbling with new ideas. That particular one was stamped on v e r y An irreverent, satirical (and totally fictional) comment q u i c k l y b y upon the issues of life, by our faceless correspondent. the Minister’s all alone, along with many barwife. And the ladies of Cook- rels of salted herrings and a flock town didn’t think much of the of hungry penguins. Actually, idea either. It just died a natural they are not very nice birds. The death.” smell is absolutely awful, and if For all that, Bruce wants to you don’t feed them fast enough, be a private, faceless bureaucrat, they can give you some really there was one time when he gave nasty pecks. They have great big up politics for a greener life at sharp beaks, and they look at you a home for displaced penguins in a very threatening way. I was on Hinchinbrook Island. Bruce so glad when my old position seemed to wince when I men- opened up again.” tioned this period. And how does Bruce find “Well, we all have dreams, working for the Newman govI suppose. It was a time at the ernment? We have heard that end of 2007, when an election Mr Newman is often referred to was coming and my Minister as ‘The Oberführer’. “I couldn’t had been caught making a fool possibly comment on that, or of himself in front of the press, anything else to do with my and I decided to make a change. Minister. It is my job to keep I transferred to the CSIRO, and communicating with the people they sent me to the penguin of the North, and making sure sanctuary. they appreciate the good things “It was a big disappointment. we try to do for them. I arrived just before Christmas, “It can be difficult sometimes. when all the sanctuary staff were People get so cynical about about to go home to Melbourne politics and just won’t listen and Sydney. In fact they left me when we tell them what to do.”

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soul country with all its dips, turns, moods and humour, once we give it to them I think they’re gonna love it!” The travelling line up includes Gavin, Lee Greaves on bass and Pando Harrigan on the kit with Bryce Werne from the HillBilly Goats on harp. Also accompanying them will be their first-ever road manager in Max Nulley, while “Screamer” Morris will be in charge of merchandise and Sarah Henderson will be documenting it all. Gavin said in recent times, they’ve taken to bringing in guest guitarists for their bigger gigs. “After having legend Bill Chambers at the Wallaby and Nigel Werne at Black Mountain Unplugged, this time we’ve got one of my heroes, Dave Steele from Weddings Parties Anything and Archie Roach, the Welcome Wagon etc to accompany us,” he said. “I can’t wait to hear what he’ll bring to our sound.” “Next tour we take our own jumbo!” he joked.

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Only a few days into his new role as Director of Nursing at Cooktown Hospital, Craig Egan (left) attended his first Cooktown Advisory Network meeting last Wednesday evening, which was also attended by (from left) Igor Bezuglov (Acting Medical Superintendent), Kynette McCollom (CWA), Alex Poberay (CAN President), Gaye Combey (Administration Officer), Kym Boyes (Nurse Practitioner) and Jenny Habermann (Friends of the Foundation). Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

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Former Cook Shire Council customer service officer Deb Smith (centre) with colleagues Tish Lutsie (left) and Sue Staig at her farewell function at the Sovereign Resort Hotel on Friday night. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.

FAR North Queensland Senator Jan McLucas (pictured) has condemned the “continued misinformation campaign” about health funding following the announcement of around 230 jobs to go from the Far North’s heath system. “There are now a further 230 health jobs being ripped out of our local health system, this is dangerous and short sighted. “This is on top of the 35 jobs cut out of the Torres Strait region and the more than 200 jobs axed from the Townsville region. “Sadly, this is going to have a serious impact on our community.” Senator McLucas dismissed the Queensland Government’s claims about federal health spending. The facts, she said, are: • The Queensland Government’s

own Service Delivery Statement 2012-13 shows they have slashed almost $3 billion from the State’s health budget. • The recent Commonwealth budget update confirmed health funding in Queensland will increase by 21% over the next four years. • In 2012-2013, federal investment is $3.1 billion. It will go to $3.7 billion in 2015-16 which is a $600 million increase. • Adjustments in growth forecasts are based on a formula agreed to by the Queensland Government. “The Newman Government has ripped investment, jobs and services out of communities, particularly throughout regional Queensland, leaving a devastating trail.

Aussie blokes: Living on the edge of a knife? WHAT is it about some Aussie blokes that has them living on the edge of a knife? Life goes one way and he will spend the next fifty years in suburbia. Probably with the same wife and surrounded by kids that are probably his. And the alternative? He will end up in a modern humpy, somewhere on the edge of civilisation. (Not that anyone like that lives in the secret places of Cape York. We are all very ordinary and normal up here.). Still, I’m curious. How does it happen? Is there

something strange about us, something that doesn’t happen to folk in other countries? It seems quite normal for us to live in cities - we are one of the mosturban people in the world - where we love, marry and have kids. Then a large percentage of the husbands take off into the bush where the real work of Australia happens, and their families stay at home. We are famous for living apart. Our blokes don’t need female company, as long as we have our beer and our mates. At least it is better now than it

used to be. Now we have fly-in, fly-out workers. Not so long ago, it was fly in and stay there until the job was done. The old timers really lived their work, and family was something that happened during the holidays. I suppose if you do that for long, you get funny ideas about where your home is and where you belong. Perhaps you travel back to town one time and realise that the Missus is getting on just fine without you. A few harsh words, and the bush claims another single man. Does that mean our cities are full

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Laura Rangers taking sediment samples from a flooded Laura River for analysis. Photo submitted.

of single women View of a certain age? from I suppose it must do, although the Hill I’ve never spent enough time down south to find out. I’d rather stay up here where the work is, where people live together and get the job done. And if there are a few cranky old Joes living around the edge of town, who cares? At least they add a little colour to the place, and lend a hand catching the fish and getting the beer drunk.

RECENT torrential rain has provided scientists and rangers with the perfect conditions to study sediment in flood waters from Lakeland to Princess Charlotte Bay. During recent torrential rain, Cooktown scientists Christina Howley, Jeff Shellberg and the Laura Land and Sea Rangers sampled sediment-laden flood waters that resulted from ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald’s drenching. The flood plume extended from waterways within the Laura and Normanby catchments out to the Coral Sea, with flood waters primarily from the Laura and East and West Normanby Rivers travelling out over 30km to the Great Barrier Reef. Floods have the potential to impact on fish stocks, seagrass beds and the Reef coral by delivering sediment and nutrients from the river and coast to the

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marine environment. The monitoring being conducted aims to identify how much sediment and nutrients are being delivered out to the Reef, and what parts of the catchment they come from. This data will contribute to our understating of how land use practices might impact on the Great Barrier Reef. South Cape York Catchments Co-ordinator Jason Carroll said looking after the Reef will mean a healthy reef, which in turn, will mean better fishing. “If sediments kill a seagrass bed or a coral reef, the fish, turtle and dugongs that feed on that reef or seagrass either move on or die,” said Mr Carroll. “We rely on our reef and fish for recreation and tourism in this part of the world, so it’s important we keep the reef and waterways healthy.”

Four-wheel drive vehicles and a helicopter were used to collect water samples from the Mulligan Highway near Lakeland, all the way to Corbett Reef in Princess Charlotte Bay over a 10-day period. Over 360 water samples were collected in bottles, put on ice and then shipped off to four separate laborataries for analyses. Scientist Christina Howley said this latest study was highly significant for the region and is the most extensive sampling event conducted during a flood event in a Cape York river or coastal area. The project was a collaborative effort involving Ms Howley and Dr Shellberg from Griffith University, South Cape York Catchments, the Laura and Lama Lama Rangers, James Cook University, the Queensland government and Cape York Natural Resource Management.

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“I have consistently called on Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg to rule out further staffing or operational cuts in the Far North, and all we’ve had in reply is a deceitful campaign of untruths.” Senator McLucas said the Federal Government’s commitment to health in the Far North could not be clearer. “We are continuing to deliver record investments in health” Senator McLucas said. “We’re serious about advancing the region’s health services and we know the last thing people want to do when they are sick and in need of treatment is to travel to Brisbane to get the support they need.” “We’ve delivered more beds at Cairns Base Hospital, more cancer services including an MRI machine and more than $8 million for radiation oncology and new chemotherapy chairs.” “We’ve established a new youth mental health service in Cairns, a new GP Super Clinic in Cairns, invested in specialist training places and built a $50 million dental school at James Cook University.”

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Student of the Month The Student of the Month at Hope Vale Campus is Alison Williams. Alison is in Grade 2 and loves coming to school everyday. Alison is a model student with her behaviour, and enjoys reading, writing and playing with her friends at lunch. Laura State School’s Student of the Month for February 2013 is Hilda Kellermeier.

Kyle Crowther is the Student of the Month for February. Kyle loves balance in his life. He likes a lot of different activities in and out of the classroom. From teaching his teacher a few lessons in a game of chess, shooting ball on the basketball court, kicking around a football, blitzing through his mental math activities, writing creatively – you name it – Kyle will give it a go. Kyle particularly enjoys science investigations and is able to write accurate predictions. Kyle is a good friend to his peers and can be counted on because of his reliability.

Cinaed Finall is the Rossville State School Student of the Month for February. Cinaed has been setting high standards in all academic areas, as well as being a great role model for others in the school.

Lyndon Creek, Bloomfield River State School’s Student of the Month for February, is a polite and well-mannered student whose attendance this year has been outstanding. He has shown great improvements in his readings and math. Keep up the good work Lyndon.

Mia Serginson is Cooktown State School’s Student of the Month. Mia is a new student to the school, having moved here with her family from Longreach. Her parents, Roslyn and Michael, are both new teachers at the school. Mia has settled quickly into her new 3/4S classroom and has already been elected as a 2013 Primary School Student Councillor. She has also volunteered to join our fantastic team of library monitors. Mia is a great student and role model at all times and her teacher, Ms Smith, is particularly impressed with Mia’s reading and spelling levels. Congratulations Mia and welcome to Cooktown State School.

Julia Arnold is Lakeland State School’s Student of the Month. As one of the senior students in the school, she demonstrates good leadership and independence in her work. She excels in her spelling and reading and is always striving to better herself. Julia is a keen learner who consistently tries her best.

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Remarkable end to the Dancing Wave story THE Dancing Wave story continued from last week, the ending to this story is quite remarkable. Previous reports were not the end of the discoveries. On March 6, the Cairns Post published a letter which had been handed to Messrs Chapman and Co. Ltd, owners of the missing Dancing Wave - “I beg to report that on passing Cape Flattery at 6 pm on the 22nd inst, I sighted some wreckage on the eastern side of the northern end … found it to be the after deckhouse, or companion of a small vessel. … The house has been built principally of New Zealand Kauri pine, …I am of opinion this house is from the schooner Dancing Wave, which was reported missing at the end

of January.” Yet again on April 29, the Cairns Post ran a report from Captain Priest, the master of the Changsha - having passed at Double Island, a schooner’s main boom or gaff, with rigging attached, which appeared to be fast to something more solid below water. He also saw a lugger mast, about four feet above water at the eastern entrance of Albany Pass. And on August 18 there was another report of a vessel’s gaff floating upwards, and Captain Rhodes: spent yesterday and today searching from Double Island and across Cape Grafton and the reefs around Green Island, he failed to find anything. Nothing more is mentioned about the Dancing

Wave until April, 1914, when Mrs Rose was in court claiming compensation for the loss of her husband as she had four children to support. The Judge found in her favour and a total of £400 was granted to her. This however was not accepted by the owners of the schooner and they went to the full court on appeal, in September 1914. , “… and the questions raised were whether the magistrate was right inferring that Hugh Rose was on board the vessel on January 29; whether the vessel was wrecked on that date; and whether if it was wrecked, if it was wrecked within, the Jurisdiction of Queensland, and that Rose perished. It was also questioned

A timely look at Ned Kelly OUR poem this week, by well-known past local Jim Egan, is timely, owing to the recent ceremony held to bury the remains of Australia’s famous (or infamous?) bushranger, Ned Kelly (pictured). The Gospel According to Ned The old ringer said as he sipped on his “red”, “ Young Hamish, he needs to know more About a great mate, from an earlier date, Who fought hard for justice for sure. He’s revered the most ‘round the Southern East Coast. Most Aussies all know what he said. He ended his strife with a brave, ‘Such is life,’; ‘The Gospel according to Ned’. So listen, young buck, you’re in for good luck! We’re headin’ towards ‘Kelly Land’. I want you to know all the stories that flow From the time that ‘St. Ned’ took a stand. A horse thief for sure, more because he was poor, The troopers all wanted him dead. He took to the bush ‘cause they gave him a push. ‘The Gospel according to Ned’. All justice had failed when his father was jailed For stealing a beast just to eat. His brother was too so a hot hatred grew Of every ‘flatfoot’ on the beat. The die it was cast. Now it’s history long past. Three troopers and a turncoat were dead. He told the judge why they all had to die; ‘The Gospel according to Ned’. His stand at Glenrowan is history well known When he and his mates came to grief, Outnumbered for sure by the force of the law. This man was a saint, not a thief! So let us set sail as I tell you this tale I hope you’ll pass on when I’m dead. The places I’ll show with the history I know; ‘The Gospel according to Ned’. Some things never change like his old wombat range. Email your literary The ghosts of the Kellys ride on, efforts for our column Still fighting for good as a brave Aussie should. to either: editor@ Those reasons for fighting aren’t gone. cooktowndailynews. ‘Jerilderie’s Letter’ became his ‘Sunsetter’. com.au or thekellers@ The judge chose the bits that he read. bigpond.com or post Our Ned might be gone but his battle goes on. them to: P O Box 645, ‘The Gospel according to Ned’. Cooktown, 4895. On a cold winter’s night when a full moon shines bright Dianne Keller, You’ll hear their hoofbeats in the sky Cooktown Writers’ Where sweet sister, Kate, by the old homestead gate Group Still waits for her boys to drop by. In Heaven a choir, by an angels’ campfire, Then sings all the words that they said. The Kellys still ride just as brave as they died. ‘The Gospel according to Ned’.” By JIM EGAN

whether the magistrate was right in accepting Mrs Rose’s evidence that her husband was receiving £12 a month and making that the basis of his estimate of the compensation she was entitled to. He contended that the master of the ship was not ‘a worker’ within the meaning of the Act. For a man to be a worker he must be employed in some of the occupations to which the Act applied, and he submitted that a sailor was not covered by the definition. He contended that a master was not a worker within the meaning of the Workers Compensation Act. If the Act applied to the ship it only covered those who were engaged in commercial work. Work which the master performed was not commercial work. The Act applied only to a man in receipt of wages. Then the question arose, had the magistrate any evidence on which he could find as a fact that the ship went down… . No inquiry was made,

and for all the magistrate knew to the contrary, she might still be afloat. Assuming that there was evidence on which the magistrate could infer that there was a shipwreck there was no evidence, that Rose was alive or on board the ship when the disaster occurred. There was no evidence of his state of health when the vessel left Maryborough on November 12. He contended that evidence ought to have been placed before the magistrate showing that when Rose left Cairns, the last port at which he called, he was well and strong. Mr Hart submitted that some evidence must be given from which it could be reasonably inferred that the master was in good health. There was no evidence of any inquiry as to whether any bodies had come ashore from the wreck. There was no evidence that Rose was alive on the day of the wreck. Assuming that these points were de-

Missionary Schwarz found a lifebuoy believed to have been from the Dancing Wave. cided against him, he took objection that there was no evidence that the vessel went down in territorial waters or that she was in territorial waters, but was blown out and then went down.” Thank heavens the court upheld the appeal and poor Mrs Rose received her £400. So where did the Danc-

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REMEMBER Australia Day? one and all; Communication was out. No Internet. No Eftpos! When you get in trouble, give this royal I am not on Facebook so I can only imagine the line a call. From the Pulpit level of distress in the minds of those users. Refrain: The communications outage (or is it outrage) even Telephone to glory, oh, what joy divine! affected me. I can feel the current moving on the line, I had to look out the window to see if it was Built by God the Father for His loved and own, raining! (Much easier to look at the rainfall radar We may talk to Jesus through this royal telephone. on the net!) There will be no charges, telephone is free, I couldn’t help but think with a smile though, thank It was built for service, just for you and me; God for the “Royal Telephone” ( Remember that old There will be no waiting on this royal line, song ‘Telephone to Glory’?) No Internet connection. Telephone to glory always answers just in time. Not even any sort of blue tooth. Pastor Peter Coates The Psalmist could say, “I took my troubles to Cooktown Baptist Church the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.” Psalm 120:1 COOK SHIRE COUNCIL Such a comfort to know...”The LORD is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him sincerely.”(Psalm 145:18 NLT)Have you called on him lately? To enter the competition Remember our Lord every team has to collect 1 2 is indeed our Father, and plastic bottles and jars yes indeed a heavenly one. with these two symbols! PET HDPE Again in the Psalms Look for soft drink, water, juice, milk, shampoo, oil, mouthwash bottles, we read, “The Lord will salad dressing, peanut butter, yoghurt and butter containers. withhold no good thing Only bottles displaying the above two symbols are eligible for the competition. from those who do what is right.” (Psalm 84:11 NLT) Prizes are given in two categories: What’s comfort it is to 5 x “Best Recycler” and 3 x “Best Team” be able to call on God at • “Best Recyler” winners will receive a Kindle e-book reader (value $149 each) any hour on any occasion • Prizes in the “Best Team” category are: 1st Place - $1700 towards class for any reason education including a “Fun Day Out”, 2nd Place - $1100 towards class Why not sing the song education, 3rd Place - $500 towards class education. through? . . . For further information or application form please contact Cook Shire

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Maureen Grieve and Dianne Keller enjoying the afternoon music of SLAM Day at the Toppy.

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Sally Gribble, Bella Barker and Roz Smith manning the Wallaby Ange Willett and Jess Price. Creek information booth.

ABOVE: Winston Cabrall and Lee Greaves of Generator. Photo: ABOVE: Guitar vocalist Lani Brouwer was a hit with the SLAM Day patrons. SARAH HENDERSON. BELOW: Waiting diners Pete Kilshaw and Lynn Browne had a BELOW: Amber and Savannah Frame (front) with Ash Thomas and front row seat for the entertainment. Brennan Timm (back).

ABOVE: Rough ‘N Ready front man Nelson Conboy (front) enjoying his gig, while drummer Jim Fay sported a new look for the event. BELOW: Julie and Alistair Frame.

RIGHT: Alan White, Shaz Kruger and Kristo Grulke enjoying the music from the back bar. BELOW: Christine Cook, Coley Bowen and Phil Thompson.

ABOVE: Jim and Jennifer Minetto. BELOW: Sydney visitor Sony Richards helping to man the Wallaby Creek information booth with Cape York Folk Festival President Jen Midgley.

Sandy Lloyd and Fiona Mitchell.

10 – Cooktown Local News 28 Feb - 6 Mar 2013

COOKTOWN STATE SCHOOL INDUCTS STUDENT LEADERS C O O K TO W N S t a t e School P-12 held its annual induction of student leaders at the PCYC Events Centre last Friday. Special guests at the event were Cook Shire Council Deputy Major Penny Johnson and Cooktown State School Parents and Citizens Association President Nikki Darvell, while students, staff and some parents were also in attendance. In opening the formal part of the ceremony, Principal Leanne Rayner addressed students and encouraged them to build a school of which they can be proud. Following this Mrs Darvell gave an inspirational speech to students about setting personal goals, having the drive and passion to achieve what they want and leading by example. After both speeches, the 2013 Student Leaders received their badges - a testament to the hard work these students had already done. To be standing in the position of Captain, Vice Captain or Student Councillor the students had to nominate, prepare a speech for peers outlining their capability to achieve outcomes in their chosen role and then be elected by their peers. The elected students were honoured to receive their badges and are aware of the responsibility required in fulfilling their roles. Each of the elected students is expected to attend Student Council meetings, participate in school events and encourage their peers to be involved in the positive activities happening in the school. Our School Captains have already been setting a positive example by being an integral part of our Welcome Barbecue last Monday evening. Kelley Miller and Austin McClemens-Morse manned the barbecue for the gathered crowd, while Kelly O’Sullivan and Courtney Robson greeted parents and helped the evening run smoothly. We would like to congratulate all of our school leaders and hope they achieve the goals they set themselves in their new positions. Also, a big thank you must go to the parents who have encouraged their children to apply for these positions and supported the events showcasing our wonderful students. Melinda Stewart Acting Head of Department-Junior Secondary

PHOTOS: CHRIS STEWART

ABOVE: Junior Secondary Student Councillors: Front row (from left): Peta Buhmann, Meghan Elliott, Beatrice Kluck and Mikel Whipper. Back row (from left): Melinda Stewart (Teacher), Daniel O’Neill, James Furlong, Nathan Jerome, Katelyn Greaves, Maggie Ramsey-Guszely, Kathleen Stevens, Holly Farnan and Isobel Johnson.

ABOVE: Sport Student Councillors - Jessica Clarke (Teacher), Shaun Law, Khya Witheridge, Dylan Gilmore, Kasey Meldrum-Avard, Dylan Mitchell, Sam Hosking, Austin McClemens-Morse and Antony Owen (Teacher). Absent: Sarah Frew. BELOW: School Captains – Secondary: Nikki Darvel (P&C President), Penny Johnson (Deputy Major), Kelley Miller – Captain, Kelly O’Sullivan – Captain, Courtney Robson – Vice Captain, Austin McClemens-Morse – Vice Captain and Leanne Rayner (Principal).

ABOVE TOP: Senior Secondary Student Councillors: Front row (from left): Tahlia Roberts, Daina Robertson and Darcie Sieverding. Back row (from left): Kelley Miller, Courtney Robson, Kelly O’Sullivan, Mollie McGregor, Austin McClemens-Morse and Cass Sorensen (Teacher). ABOVE: School Captains – Primary: Nikki Darvel (P&C President), Penny Johnson (Deputy Major), Mikel Whipper – Captain, Peta Buhmann – Captain, Meghan Elliott – Vice Captain, Beatrice Kluck – Vice Captain and Leanne Rayner (Principal). LEFT: Primary Student Councillors - Front row (from left): Isabella Sabatino, Ronin Saunders, Joshua Sabatino, Jake Lee, Sienna Thomason, Josie Dagge, Mia Serginson and Saxon Dewaal. Back row (from left): Mitchell Roe (Teacher), Brandon Buhmann, Hudson Dagge, Jack Whitman, Tahlani Whitford, Kiah Batemberski, Amber Farnan, Emma Beaufils and Chelsea Pennell.

Cooktown Local News 28 Feb - 6 Mar 2013 – 11

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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 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: All Stars 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Thespian Catalyst - As the experiment ends, an apology from Alison could make or break her relationship with Paul. Inhibitions are lowered during a kissing contest in a crowded mall, and the surprising final scores are revealed. 8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 12:20 Movie: “Once Upon A Time In The Midlands” (M) - After seeing his ex-girlfriend turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart. 2:30 The Avengers: The Bird Who Knew Too Much 3:30 Danoz Direct / 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Dr Oz 1:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 4:30 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Spencer and Maddy decide to stay in the Bay, Jett reveals he feels he deserves to be bullied and Rosie is starting to smother Sasha. 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:00 TBA 11:30 Family Guy: You May Now Kiss The...Um...Guy...Who Receives - Brian’s gay cousin Jasper comes to visit, and announces he’s marrying his partner at the Griffin’s house. Mayor Adam West bans gay marriage, which forces Brian to take drastic action. 12:00 Movie: “The Tattooist” (Av) A young artist unknowingly plays a role in releasing a deadly spirit as he attempts to learn the Samoan tradition of tattooing. 2:00 Auction Squad 3:00 Home Shopping/ 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 One Born Every Minute 2:30 Everyone Loves A Wedding 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Namibia 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland: Elemental Beauty 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Monty Halls’ Great Irish Escape 8:30 Dust Bowl: The Great Plow-Up 9:35 As It Happened: Dig World War II 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “ Call Girl” (MA a,n,s) - In Portuguese. Maria, a high-class call girl, leads this story of political corruption. She is hired to seduce a small town mayor in an attempt to induce him to accept a shady business proposal. 1:30 Movie: “Kurt Wallander: Angel Of Death” (M v,l) In Swedish. A choir of young women give an acclaimed guest performance in a country church outside Ystad. But when an 18-year-old member of the choir disappears, Wallander and the Ystad police are brought in to investigate. Initially it seems as if she left of her own free will, but soon evidence emerges that she has been abducted. 3:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

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6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage: Mardi Gras Special 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Eggheads 1:30 Movie: “Gulliver’s Travels” (G) 2:55 Movie: “Imitation Of Life” (PG) 5:00 Midsomer Murders 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 The Paradise: Moray’s neighbour fulfils his ambition to work at The Paradise, leading to all kinds of trouble. Denise’s brainwave ruffles some feathers, and Katherine goes to extreme lengths to win Moray’s attention. 8:30 Grand Designs: Herefordshire - Kevin meets a couple who are building an organic, hobbit-like, timber framed, curvy house on a hillside in Herefordshire. 9:20 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Blood And Circuses - The circus is in town and when one of the sideshow acts is murdered, Phryne poses as a magician’s assistant to investigate. 10:15 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL - Shaun Micallef is back and he’s MADDER than HELL! We really should have changed the name but it’d cost us a fortune in letterheads and show graphics. Anyway, he’s back and this time he knows what he’s doing (slightly). 10:45 TBA 11:35 Rage: Mardi Gras Special 5:00 Rage

6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Danoz Direct 11:00 Getaway 11:30 Alive & Cooking 12:00 The Bottom Line 12:30 Steve Miller Rock N Me 1:30 Movie: “Agatha Christie’s Evil Under The Sun” 4:00 The Block: All Stars 5:00 National News 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 TBA 8:30 TBA 11:40 Movie: “The Bonfire Of The Vanities” (M) Financial “Master of the Universe” Sherman McCoy sees his life unravel when his mistress Maria Ruskin hits a boy with his car. 2:00 Movie: “Percy” (AV) A surgeon gives a man a first of its kind organ transplant after an accident. He then becomes vitally concerned as to who was the previous owner of this grafted organ and sets out to track down the identity of his benefactor. 4:00 Danoz 5:30 Wesley Impact

6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show 12:00 V8 Extra 12:30 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 2:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 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 9:30 TBA 12:25 Special: Along The Andes - Part 1 - Along the Andes is the ultimate South American trip, covering a wealth of countries and cultures from Columbia in the north down to Argentina and Chile in the south. 1:25 Special: Along The Andes - Part 2 2:25 Auction Squad 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:30 Home Shopping

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Simon Boccanegra 3:35 Piano Notes: Mozart, Sonata No.9 in A Minor 3:50 Le Violoncelle 3:55 The Beauty Of Books 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: David Suchet 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Salvage Hunters 8:30 Prisoners of War: A Picture From Hell 9:30 Movie: “Heartbreaker” (TBC) In French. Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so. 11:25 Movie: “Moliere” (PG) In French. Paris, 1644. 22-year-old Molière is not yet the writer that history will recognise as the father of comic satire. Far from it. He is a failed actor and bankrupt who is languishing in debtor’s prison. His release from prison is funded by the wealthy bourgeois, Monsieur Jourdain, on the understanding that Molière will help him woo the affections of a French countess with a series of love letters. 1:40 South Park: More Crap 2:05 South Park: Imaginationland 2:35 South Park: Imaginationland Part 2 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 Rage (MA) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise 12:00 Landline 1:00 Travel Oz 1:30 World Cafe Asia: Chennai 2:00 How The Earth Was Made: The Deepest Place On Earth 3:00 The Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Revolutionaries 3:30 Artscape 4:00 Basketball: WNBL: Preliminary Final 2 6:00 Dig 1940 6:30 Compass 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home 8:20 Dream Build: Inner House 8:30 Midsomer Murders 10:00 Rev. - A talented young curate comes to train at St Saviour’s, but it not long before the prospect of having weekends off soon gives way to doubt for Adam when he realises just how brilliant she is. 10:30 Shakespeare Uncovered: Macbeth 11:25 TBA 11:55 Movie: “Play Misty For Me” (M) - JA popular disc jockey is stalked by a murderous fan. 1:35 Order In The House 2:40 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst

6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 The Wildlife Man 11:00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 11:30 Movie: “Innerspace” (PG) 2:00 2013 Inter Dominion 3:00 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 4:00 TBA 4:30 Manly Surf 5:00 National News 5:30 Customs 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 The Block: All Stars 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 The Mentalist: Red In Tooth And Claw - The team investigate a case involving a graduate student at a natural history museum and discover how ruthless the academic world can be 9:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Risky Business Class 10:30 CSI: Miami: Wheels Up 11:30 The Block: All Stars 12:30 What Would You Do? 1:30 Spyforce 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Global Shop Direct 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Stitch 6:30 Handy Manny 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:00 Iron Chef Australia 12:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 2:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 4:30 Live Healthy, Be Happy 5:00 Drive Thru Australia 5:30 Great Southeast 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line 8:00 The Force - Behind The Line 8:30 Downton Abbey - Trouble looms for Lady Sybil and her husband, Tom Branson, as his strong views on political matters get him into all sorts of trouble causing her to feel forced to take sides. 9:40 Castle 11:40 Law & Order: LA : Big Rock Mesa 12:35 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Special: Cambodia - Fields Of Hope 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 2013 Superbike World Championship 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Speedweek 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 My Family Feast: Burmese 3:00 National MTB Championships 2013 5:00 Cycling Central 5:35 Rex In Rome: Imperfect Symphony 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: History Cold Case: The York 113 8:30 Wonders Of The Solar System: Dead or Alive 9:35 The Stonewall Uprising - This program explores the dramatic event that launched a worldwide rights movement. It revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout America. When police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on 28 June, 1969, gay men and women did something they hadn’t done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived. 11:10 Movie: “Jacquou Le Croquant” (M v) In French. A lavish 19th century epic about a French peasant boy who grows up to lead a revolt against the man responsible for his father’s death. An adventurous tale of forbidden love, honour, hardship and privilege based on the 1897 novel by Eugene le Roy. 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Backyard Science 10:25 Science Clips 10:35 Inside Science 10:50 I Maths 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News 6:00 Grand Designs 6:50 Minuscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Five Daughters 1:05 Movie: “The Bat” (PG) - A sharp mystery writer rents an old bat-infested mansion. Doors creak, bats flutter and dead suspects pile up as the mysterious murderer called ‘The Bat’ attacks 1:50 Caravaggio 3:20 Rage 3:55 Movie: “Ramrod” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz 10:00 National Morning News 11:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 JNational News 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: All Stars 8:00 TBA 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Tangible Affection Proof 9:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Benefactor Factor - A wealthy donor to the university makes Leonard consider how far he’s willing to go for the sake of science. 9:30 Person Of Interest: One Percent - Reese and Finch struggle to maintain their anonymity while protecting a tech billionaire whose resources rival their own and threaten to sabotage their efforts to save his life. 10:30 Person Of Interest 11:30 The Block: All Stars 1:00 Extra 1:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Global Shop Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Jesse Stone: Night Passage” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 The Zoo 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Dex and April don’t know how to treat each other post break up. Celia feels bad for the damage she’s caused to Heath and Bianca. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:45 Revenge: Forgiveness - Faces from the past are appearing all around the Hamptons, as Emily’s mother and Mason Treadwell both reemerge, making Victoria very uneasy. Meanwhile, Jack’s sense of duty grows exponentially after Amanda gives birth. 9:45 How I Met Your Mother 10:45 TBA 11:15 Happy Endings 12:15 Last Chance Learners 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 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: “Sky Fighters” (M l,v) 2:45 Les Williams 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 PopAsia 5:30 Global Village: Morocco 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland: Islands of the Clyde 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Let There Be Light 8:35 Man vs Wild: Extreme Desert 9:35 RocKwiz: Ainslie Wills & 360 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: The Wilding - (M) A film about a relationship between two juvenile inmates in a detention centre. The love between Malcolm and Tye might flourish naturally in the real world, but in the detention centre, their love can barely survive because of the violence that surrounds them. The Shower (M) Elisa and Manuela have lived together for five years, but now they must separate. On their last morning together, they will pass through a gamut of emotions as they try to capture the last fragments of their relationship before it dissolves forever. 1:05 My Family UK: Chicken and Vodka Every Day 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 Real Chinese 10:40 Pyramid 10:55 Australia’s Heritage: National Treasures 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News 6:00 Grand Designs 6:50 Minuscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks - The team reopens the case of suburban housewife Nancy Murray who died after losing control of her car five years earlier. 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Book Club 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Desperate Romantics 1:30 Movie: “Appointment In London” (G) 3:00 Rage 3:55 Movie: “That’s Right, You’re Wrong” (G) 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 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: All Stars 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Cohabitation Formulation 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Monster Isolation - Koothrappali is put out when his date walks out in the middle of their evening, so he vows that he will forever stay put in his apartment. 9:00 Two Broke Girls: And Just Plane Magic 9:30 Two And A Half Men: Paint It, Pierce It Or Plug It! 10:00 Anger Management: Charlie & Jen Together Again 10:30 Embarrassing Bodies 11:30 The Block: All Stars 12:30 20/20 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Global Shop 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: “Mystery Woman: Oh Baby” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Minute To Win It 4:00 The Zoo 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Celia decides to leave the Bay. Maddy decides to move in to Summer Bay House. A jealous Rosie swims into rough surf in an attempt to get Sasha to save her. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:45 Packed To The Rafters: Keeping Step - Julie feels at odds with both Ted and Dave over the severity of Ted’s condition - and falling back into step is going to be easier said than done. Meanwhile, despite having rejected Coby’s initial interest in her, Frankie is finally letting her guard down 9:45 Parenthood 11:45 Against The Wall 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Delbaran” (PG) 2:40 Pentecost 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The French Train 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: John Wood 8:35 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “Autumn” (M a) In Urdu. Rafiq and his family are struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of his older brother Tauqir, a photographer, who is one of the thousands of young men who have gone missing since the onset of the militant insurgency in Kashmir. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into Pakistan, to become a militant, Rafiq returns home to an aimless existence 12:55 Anna Pihl - While her colleagues toast Anna for her recent heroic efforts, Kim brings bad news. Anna’s brother Mads has been arrested for drink driving. She gets him off the hook, but Mads can’t stay off the bottle and his drink driving proves fatal. 1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 For The Juniors 10:15 Ace Day Jobs 10:20 My Great Big Adventure 10:40 Behind The News Specials 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News 6:00 Grand Designs: Peckham 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 8:30 QI: J Places 9:00 The Agony Of Life 9:35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 9:55 Would I Lie To You? 10:30 Lateline 11:00 The Business 11:30 Bored To Death 11:55 Durham County 12:45 Movie: “Carrington VC” (PG) 2:25 Carrying The Cross 3:00 Rage 4:10 Movie: “Mew Faces Of 1937 (G) 5:30 Eggheads

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 10:00 National Morning News 11:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair - A Current Affair covers the realms of politics, crime, human rights, science, technology, celebrities and entertainment - all investigated by a dedicated team and hosted by Tracy Grimshaw. 7:00 The Block: All Stars 8:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 11:30 The Block: All Stars 12:30 Extra 1:00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Global Shop 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: “Down And Out In Beverly Hills” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 The Zoo 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Casey saves Sasha and Rosie from the surf, but the girls’ friendship is very much in doubt. Kyle attempts to extend the olive branch to a wary Tamara. Brax swallows his 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:40 Last Resort - Marcus leads a search for three missing crew members of the Colorado, a search that leads them to Serrat’s compound, where they receive an ominous demand 9:45 Highway Patrol 10:15 World’s Wildest Police Videos 11:15 Air Crash Investigations 12:15 Room For Improvement 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 5:30 UEFA Champions League 8:05 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: In the Shadow of Pinatubo 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland: The True Spirit of Scotland 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wildest Latin America: Andes 8:30 Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission: The Congo 9:30 Sandy: The Anatomy of a Superstorm 10:35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Suddenly” (M a,n,l) In Swedish. When his wife and youngest son are killed in a car accident, Lasse escapes to his summer house with his surviving teenage son to battle the demons of grief. At first, the father and son are barely able to utter the names of their departed loved ones and Lasse falls deep into a suicidal depression. 1:05 Movie: “Paradise Now” (M a) In Arabic. Two close friends, Palestinians Said and Khaled, are recruited by an extremist group for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. However, things go wrong and both friends must separate at the border. One of them maintains his purpose to carry on the attack, while the other has growing doubts about it. 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Jung In Europa 10:10 La Mappa Misteriosa 10:30 TBA 11:00 Karsh Is History 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Montana Belle” (PG) 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News 6:00 Grand Designs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst: On The Road 8:30 Making Couples Happy :) - As the experiment ends, an apology from Alison could make or break her relationship with Paul. Inhibitions are lowered during a kissing contest in a crowded mall, and the surprising final scores are revealed. 9:30 The Midwives 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Seven Ages Of Britain: Age Of Power 12:30 The Clinic 1:25 Movie: “Youth Runs Wild” (PG) 2:30 NTFL: Semi Final 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 National News Now 4:00 Extra 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Block: All Stars 8:00 Imparja’s Thursday Night Football: Sydney Roosters V South Sydney Rabbitohs 9:45 The NRL Footy Show 11:45 The AFL Footy Show - The Logie award-winning AFL Footy Show celebrates its 20th season, starring Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless and Shane Crawford. 1:15 Extra 1:45 Nine Presents: Timomatic 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Global Shop 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: “Ties That Bind” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 The Zoo 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Natalie tells Brax she has feelings for him but doesn’t want to be with him. The gym loses power right before the opening. Tilda resumes her bullying. Courtney stabs Casey 7:30 My Kitchen Rules - Tonight, breakfast is on the menu in the rapid cook-off. The remaining teams must cook at Kitchen HQ where the judges have a few tricks up their sleeve. 8:45 TBA 9:45 TBA 10:45 TBA 11:45 Up All Night 12:15 Last Chance Learners 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 5:30 UEFA Champions League 8:05 World News 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Grand Tours of Scotland: In Search of Sunshine 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Food Safari 8:00 Island Feast with Peter Kuruvita 8:30 Yotam Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feasts: Turkey - - Chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s journey continues in Turkey’s most historical and cultural city, Istanbul. He tastes fish from the magnificent waters of the Bosphorus, is amazed by beautiful local vegetables and samples mouth-watering street food. 9:35 24 Hours in Emergency: Mum 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:05 Movie: “The Red Shoes” (MA v) In Korean. Director Kim Yong-gyun’s Korean horror version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, The Red Shoes. A pair of rose coloured satin stilettos brings about the grisly demise of the women who ‘must’ possess them. 1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight

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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Double Trouble 10:20 What I Wrote 10:30 Arrows Of Desire 11:00 Catalyst: On The Road 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Poirot 1:20 Last Of The Summer Wine 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Doctor Who 6:45 TBA 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 QI: Germany 8:30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Hearts And Flowers - When the Begonia Festival’s head judge is found incinerated in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants. 9:25 Silk: Martha is given a high-profile prosecution case against a teacher up for attempted murder of a pupil. She is reluctant to take it on, but is advised it would be good for her interview for silk. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 My Family: Susan for a Bruisin’ - Susan has a school reunion, but after a number of knockbacks she is not feeling at her most confident. Can Ben’s Cavitoxing help her feel her old self again? 11:35 Rage 5:00 Rage

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PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) A person who has let you down before may do so again. Don’t put yourself in a position where you are dependent upon them. Romance. You will be in an extremely romantic mood this week. You won’t be disappointed with the results of a blind encounter.

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) You will be torn between two options. Be sure to take your time making your ﬁnal decision. Things aren’t always as they seem. Romance. Your mood will be much better than it has been for some time. Use this time to reconnect with those you’ve put off seeing.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

FOR KIDS

You will receive some money from an unexpected source. If you can, save it rather than spend it because you will be short of cash in the next few weeks. Romance. Your love-life will soon receive an important boost. Make sure that you maintain the momentum at all times.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) You’ll soon be getting a pleasant surprise through the post. This will not come in quite the form that you imagine. Romance. It’ll be hard to understand a recent decision by your partner. They may have reasons that you are not aware of. Try your best to understand their thought.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

Tension with your parents may be difficult to avoid at times. You must find a way to show your feelings without hurting them. Romance. A person whom you met recently through your job may be more interested in you than you first thought. Is this what you want?

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) You will be taking a few unnecessary risks. Your luck has held up so far, but don’t rely on this continuing. Slow down! Romance. If your partner tries to boss you around, you should be ﬁrm. You must not give in to pressure. Fortunately, they will realize they’re being overbearing.

FINDWORD No. 137 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Don’t allow other people to push you around! If you are not careful, you will end up doing work which is not your responsibility. Romance. Don’t let your feelings get the better of you. You may be a little unpredictable at the moment. Organize your thoughts on paper.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

For all your printing needs – www.lotsa.com.au

MUDDY RIVER

A word of advice will help you, so long as you are prepared to follow it to the letter. Don’t be afraid to trust to your friend’s judgement this week. Romance. A meeting which is not planned will end up becoming more signiﬁcant than you expect. Put your best foot forward!

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) You must be prepared to use your intuition later in the week. Don’t be afraid to make a decision which other people think is irrational. Romance. Good communication, both verbal and nonverbal, will be essential for your relationship. Be cognisant of your gestures.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) For some reason you’ll need to change your travel plans at the last minute. Be careful not to let down a friend who may be relying on you. Romance. Both Venus and Mars are in good aspect at the moment, so you could have a very romantic evening in store this week.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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Love is friendship, set on ﬁre.

– Jeremy Taylor

SOLUTIONS No. 137

A secret which you have been trying to hide for several months may finally come out. You will be surprised how positively your friends react. Relax! Romance. This would be a very good time to make the first move in a new relationship. Make it with confidence and grace!

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) You may need to sort out a problem which has arisen amongst your friends. Whatever you do, you are likely to upset one side or the other! Romance. A friend whom you know from work may be keen on getting to know you better. They aren’t necessarily a colleague.

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Trades and Services

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ANTENNAS & SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

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CLASSIFIEDS

COOK SHIRE COUNCIL

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: 10.30AM WEDNESDAYS

T0113 PREFERRED SUPPLIERS FOR PLANT HIRE 2013

CAPE YORK ENGINEERING COOKTOWN MARINE

Tenders are invited for parties interested in participating in Cook Shire Council’s Panel of Providers for Plant Hire for 2013. The contract will run from May 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014.

Deadlines

Advertising – • Box ad bookings: by 10am TUESDAYS • Box ad material: by NOON TUESDAYS • Line Classifieds: by 10.30am WED’S

Editorial – • General (pics, stories, letters, etc): by NOON MONDAYS • Regular columns: by 5pm FRIDAYS • Sports columns: by 5pm MONDAYS

Penrite Oil Agent

Tender Documents can be sourced from: www: www.cook.qld.gov.au; or phone: 07 4069 5444 For further enquiries please contact Council’s Engineering Department on (07) 4069 5444.

MacMillan St, Cooktown

Stephen Wilton Chief Executive Officer 15 February 2013

Ph Phil 4069 5224 or Mob 0417 776 524

COOK SHIRE COUNCIL

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oktown D Co

• Welding Fabrication: steel, alloy, stainless, site work • Guillotine, Bender, Roller: pipe threading and bending • Machining: lathe, milling • Hydraulics: hose repairs • Bolts, welding equipment • Metroll products, perlins, iron by order • Marine: boat, trailer, outboard repairs, parts and oils

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Tenders close at 4pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. No late submissions will be accepted.

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Steel and Aluminium supplies

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Club vegPLAYGROUP FOOD COOKTOWN gARDeNINg Club

Thursdays

The next meeting will take place on Saturday, March 2 at 10.30am at CDCC, 11 Charles Street. All members requested to attend.

Free fun for all 0-5 year olds 9.30am-11.30am Cooktown at the Community Centre Skip Bins

The Red PeppersRubbish Art Group T0213 RepoRTing and MainTenance removal and Wednesdays 2.00pmdisposal - 4.30pm officeR coen aeRodRoMe

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Ph: 4069 5545 or At the Community Centre 0408 772 361

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Cook Shire Council invites Tenders from persons interested in undertaking maintenance and the duties of Reporting Officer at the Coen Aerodrome. The contract will be for a period of four years.

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Tenders close at 4pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013. No late submissions will be accepted. Tender Documents can be sourced from: www: www.cook.qld.gov.au; or phone: 07 4069 5444 For further enquiries please contact Council’s Manager for Business Services on (07) 4069 5444. Stephen Wilton Chief Executive Officer 15 February 2013

MOWING CONTRACTOR Mowing and light slashing. Small backhoe and loader buckets for various digging jobs – garden beds, trenches, landscaping etc. Reasonable rates for town and remote areas. Mandarin trees for sale also.

0427 852 384 or 0417 848 966

COOKTOWN MULTI PURPOSE HEALTH SERVICE – MARCH 2013 MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY 1 Women’s Health NP (C/H)

Dentist (C/H) Dr Gynther (M/H) Dr Todd (Hosp)

Dentist (C/H) Dr Todd (Hosp)

Dentist (C/H)

Dr Thomas (Hosp)

Dentist (C/H)

Dr McLean (C/H)

OUTREACH CLINICS:

Hope Vale

VISITING SPECIALISTS: COMMUNITY HEALTH Dr Bart: Dentist Dr. McLean: Endocrine clinic MENTAL HEALTH Dr Gynther: Psychiatrist

HOSPITAL Dr Todd: Orthopaedics Dr Thomas: Surgeon

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Immunisation Program comes to school The National Immunisation program has been extended to offer the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) free to males aged 1213 years with a catch up program for the next two years for males aged 14-15 years (Years 8 &10).

Dentist (C/H) Dr Gynther (M/H)

Dentist (C/H) Women’s Health NP (C/H)

Dentist (C/H)

Women’s Health NP (C/H)

Dentist (C/H)

Although HPV infection is best known for causing cervical cancer, the HPV vaccine has benefits for males too. The HPV vaccine protects males against developing a range of cancers and disease, including genital warts. Vaccinating males will also help to protect females from cervical cancer and HPV-related disease by reducing the spread of the virus.

Cooktown Multi Purpose Health Service is providing free vaccinations for all Year 8 and Year 10 students on Wednesday, March 6, as part of Queensland Health’s annual School Based Vaccination Program.

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health • care • people

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The national HPV vaccination program began in 2007 to protect young women against HPV infections that can lead to cancer and disease. Studies have since shown a substantial drop in HPV infections among the vaccinated group.

Year 8 students are being offered vaccination to protect against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Hepatitis B and Varicella (chickenpox). Year 10 students are being offered protection against diphtheriatetanus-pertussis (whooping cough). Male students in year 10 are also being offered Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as part of the catch up program. The vaccinations will be conducted by a team of specially trained registered nurses. Parents and Carers of students in Year 8 and Year 10 will have received a consent form and information for each vaccination offered, sent home with students on February 15, 2013. Please read the information carefully, sign the consent form irrespective of whether you wish your child to be vaccinated or not and return the consent form to the school as soon as possible if you have not already done so. Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect ourselves from the above diseases. For further information please contact Cooktown Community Health – Phone 4043 0170.

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Signature flavour of north Australia I FIRST got to know blachan (also spelt ‘belachan’) sambal when living in Broome, Western Australia, where people are known by the style and quality of their blachan sambal. It has a similar place in the food culture across north Australia where pearling and trepan fishing occurred, which brought Malay and Indonesian workers who came to work in the industry and brought their food culture with them. To me, it is a signature flavour of north Australia. If I am tired and all out of inspiration, I can just throw some rice in the rice cooker, quickly steam or stir fry with sliced garlic, some greens and serve with some blachan sambal, a drizzle of peanut, olive or coconut oil and some torn, fresh herbs. I’ll use any greens which are quick to cook, from green beans through leafy Asian greens, Brazilian spinach, peas, cabbage - whatever I have available. Herbs that go well with the flavours of blachan are the Asian types such as coriander, Asian basils, chives, mint, Vietnamese mint or wild pepper (betel) leaf. Don’t be put off by the pungent smell of uncooked belachan paste - like garlic, it mellows as it cooks to provide a wonderful background flavour to the sambal. Adjust the amounts of chilli to make this recipe your own - these amounts create a mildly hot sambal.

Blachan Sambal 50g (2cm) slice belachan paste 30 dried chillies, halved and seeds removed from most of them 220g (about 4) red shallots, or 1 red onion, roughly chopped ¼ cup (about 6cm chunk) peeled, sliced and diced galangal ¼ cup (about 6 cm chunk) peeled, sliced and diced ginger ¼ cup (about 4 stalks) chopped lemongrass base (white section) ¼ cup tamarind concentrate 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped 4 kaffir lime leaves ¼ cup coconut palm sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 cup peanut or coconut oil Blend all the ingredients except the oil to a fairly smooth paste in a food processor. Heat the oil in a medium sized frying pan until shimmering, then add the paste and stir vigorously. Reduce the heat to low and simmer gently, stirring frequently until the piqued is cooked off, the aroma has developed and melded and the paste has darkened slightly and is no longer holding together in a uniform texture. Spoon into a sterilised jar, seal and store in the fridge for up to a week. If you want to keep the paste for longer than a week, spoon into a sterilised jar, make sure the surface is covered in oil (add more if needed), seal while hot, and simmer the jar with water ¾ way up the side for 20 minutes. Cool, then refrigerate. Always make sure the surface is covered in oil and always use a dry clean spoon when removing the sambal.

Youth with passion, take action! By extending nominations, YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament has the opportunity to host its most diverse range of participants yet and give every young person the chance to have a voice. Stephanie Toft, 21, Youth Governor for 2013, says the nominations renew society’s hopes in the future of Queensland.

“The large amount of nominations show that Queensland’s Youth want to be heard,” she said. Last year, the bills passed by the YMCA Q u e e n s l a n d Yo u t h Parliament were handed directly to the government before being distributed to Members of Parliament. Numerous YMCA Queensland Youth

Parliament bills have influenced Queensland legislation, including the Prime Agricultural Land Preservation Youth Act 2011, aimed at giving legal rights to land owners in order to preserve cropping land from development. In the same year it was passed as a Youth Act and introduced as a Queensland law.

Individuals aged 15-25 years can be part of the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament by contacting their local Members of Parliament, or by visiting www.ymcaqyp.org/. For more information about the YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament, visit: • www.ymcaqyp.org.au or www.brisbaneymca.org •YouTube - http:// www.youtube.com/user/

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IN its eighteenth year, YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament is seeking more nominations from young people across the state than ever before. Due to recent events in Queensland, nominations have been extended to ensure that all communities are equally represented. Individuals aged 15-25 years now have until March 1, 2013 to represent their community.

LAST Wednesday night’s shoot was a 15m Pistol Shoot with a possible score of 500 on offer for the combatants. Mal finished first with 453, Keith second with 418 and Toby third with 397. In Sunday’s Centre Fire Practical Shoot, Clint finished first with a time of 87.08 seconds, Les was second with 99.55 and Frank was third with 104.47. Ken was the only person to contes the Rimfire event and he finished with 100.20 seconds. Anyone interested in completing a Firearms Safety Course is reminded that one is starting in Cooktown on March 16. Contact Janne Stewart on 0419 695 799 for details.

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Along the BLOOMFIELD TRACK LEFT: A peppermint stick insect. Photo courtesy of Wet Tropics Management.

RIGHT: A golden praying mantid. Photo courtesy of Carmen from Cockatoo Hill Retreat. RIGHT MIDDLE: Cape Trib from the north at low tide. Photo: MIKE D’ARCY.

Praying mantids given a bit of stick CROCS may be the scariest stealth predators in the water, but praying mantids have a claim to be the “crocs of the insect world”. All praying mantids (sometimes lightheartedly called “preying” ) are predators. They use their spiny front legs to capture and hold prey, which they consume alive. Insects and spiders are their normal victims, but large species sometimes capture lizards and frogs. Most praying mantids are sit-and-wait predators, relying on camouflage to escape detection from prey animals that venture within their reach. However, some ground and bark species will chase their prey, usually then simply slicing and chewing with its mandibles. Mantids have large, widely spaced eyes that, combined with a head that can swivel 180 degrees, give them excellent vision. This good sight is important in hunting, so obviously this means they are mainly day hunters. But, as it makes them more vulnerable then, they will often (especially the males in search of a friend) fly around at night and are attracted to light. Like stick insects, mantids show rocking behaviour, with rhythmic repetitive side-to-side movements. You often see them track a person around the room. This is not neurotic behaviour, but is probably important

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in allowing the insects to discriminate objects from the background by their relative movement. As in related insect groups, mantises go through three stages of metamorphosis: egg, nymph, and adult, and maybe five to 0 moults until they reach full size and grow wings. We have around 200 species in Australia, and over 2000 world species. The golden praying mantid in this picture was taken at Cockatoo Hill, Diwan by owner, Carmen. So, that’s how mantids work. I’m often asked what is the difference between stick insects and praying mantids? Praying mantids are often confused with stick insects, but they are very different. Mantids are strictly carnivores with specialised front legs for capturing prey. Stick insects are a different proposition. They’re vegetarians with simple front legs. Essentially leaf eaters, they can grow up to 50-60 centimetres in the Wet Tropics - as long as an adult’s arm. One unique species to the Wet Tropics is the peppermint stick insect, which lives in and eats the leaves of only a few species of pandanus. They send out a sticky peppermint spray when upset. They are a stunning blue/green colour and are perfectly disguised among the pandanus leaves. Check some out at the Insect Museum at Cooper Creek or the Lookout Boardwalk at Cape Trib. The females are much bigger than the males but don’t have much by way of wings to speak of. Males are smaller and do all the chasing, attracted by the females’ pheromones. We’re sending this week’s article from Sao Paulo Brazil, a city of over 20 million people. Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, 400kms apart, are in the heart of the Atlantic Forest, a critically important but declining rainforest. At just under 100,000 square kilometers, the Atlantic Forest is big, yet it’s just 7 per cent of its original size. By comparison, it’s 11 times the size of our own Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, and five times the size of the Atherton Tablelands. Sao Paulo is a different kind of jungle - a concrete jungle. We’re on our way north to the Amazon River to learn more about it and the Amazon Rainforest. We are - happy travelling! Mike and Trish D’Arcy D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours www.darcyofdaintree.com.au Ph: +61 7 4098 9180

Gina, Brendon Brad and Kathy with Francis Walker at Wujal. Photo: MIKE D’ARCY.

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competition operator’s website after each round. Staff from the Cooktown Local News and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners. No substitution of prizes for cash. Residents with local postcode and subscribers only eligible to enter and win prizes.

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LEFT: Bart with a couple of handy-sized red emperor. ABOVE: Monique with a red emperor. RIGHT: Clancy with a tasty nannygai. Photos submitted.

Offshore slow - estuaries firing ANGLERS have been taking advantage of the recent great weather to travel far and wide to test new ground - Lizard Island to the north and Hope Island to the south - camping for a couple of days on an island is a treat. Free-diving or snorkelling has been excellent, with calm days and gin-clear water providing perfect conditions for a few hours floating around and looking at thousands of pretty coloured fishes. Just awesome! And for the keen spear fishers, a great way to put a feed on board. Offshore line fishing has been a bit slow. Maybe the lack of rain and the warm seas are to blame, but most fishers have worked hard to put much more than a feed on board.

Red emperor, spangled emperor and coral trout, with only the occasional large mouth nannygai being landed. There have been plenty of no-take species like Chinaman around and all large models, but they’ve all been released. And with plenty of sharks around, the Spanish mackerel have been hard to find. However, the estuaries have been exciting with large queen fish prowling around the Annan, smashing anything in site - with fish leaping high out of the water in an acrobatic-like action trying to chew through the lure. But it’s not only the Annan that’s been seeing all the action, with barra smashing

Wayne too ‘hot’ in Monthly Medal win IT was great to see new Dad, Dave Collie, back enjoying a game and celebrating with a win in last week’s Italian Restaurant Weekly Stroke competition. Dave turned in a score of nett 66, while Paul Haley, who also had a good game, was the runner-up with a nett score of 70. A good field turned out to play in the Cooktown Hardware and Italian Restaurant Monthly Medal competition held last Saturday. Wayne King was simply on fire to win the men’s division again this month with a nett score of 64. A count back is required for the men’s division runner-up place between Andrew Kendray and Paul Haley, who both returned scores of nett 66. The ladies’ winner for the day was Julie Sauer with a nett 73. Just behind in runner-up place was Kate Thomson with a nett 76. Wayne King had the lowest gross score for the day with 79 off the stick. Nearest-the-pins were landed by Kate Thomson for 2/11 and Wayne King for 14. No one landed on the green to claim the NTP for 9/18. Sunday saw only a small number of players enjoying the course

(probably due to In the the good boating Bunker weather) for the Cape York Tyres Sunday 9-Hole Stableford competition, which was won by Tanya Eizenberg with 19 points. Leading the field for this week’s Italian Restaurant Weekly Stableford competition is Kate Thomson with 34 points. This Saturday is a “Come-Try-It” Day to entice new members to the club. A 9-Hole stroke event will be held with a tee off time of about 1.30pm. A sausage sizzle is being provided throughout the afternoon. Non-members of the club will receive a 50 per cent discount on green fees. All members are encouraged to try and bring at least one nonmember. For social golfers who don’t own golf clubs, don’t be put off, because the Golf Club has hire clubs and hire pull buggies. Come out and give it a go - who knows? You may get into the swing of golf. Happy golfing everyone Kelly Barnett, Manager, Cooktown Golf Club.

bait in the Endeavour. Live gar has been the prime bait for them. There have also been some good reports of mangrove jacks and a few grunter being landed too. The 7-day forecast is a bit conflicting, but the weekend looks like a Southeaster will blow after a few days of North-NorthEaster and a North-North-Wester. And there maybe a few storms. We will just have to watch and wait, so the estuaries may be the go or mow that lawn. Tight lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop

Just a ‘short’ run in the country IT seems a long time since the Hash visited Offal’s place in the country, but that is where we were on Monday night. The hare (and hostess) apologised in advance for a short and easy run because, she said, her knee had been giving her gyp and we were lucky to get anything. The trail started off down Railway Avenue to the suspension bridge and so to the back lots of Marton. These turned out to be more interesting than you might have expected, and Moses even found a discarded mule shoe. Then on to the trackless wastes between Marton and Poison Creek Road, where we found well used, dirt roads everywhere. Everything is very green and pretty

at this time of year, but we were beginning to have doubts about Offal’s description of the run being short and simple. We decided it might have seemed short, especially if you had laid it from your 4WD. On foot, it was much further and we returned to the esky after about an hour. We sat around, feeling mellow, and discussed our Wet season, or the lack of it. We then moved on to local politics but, before everyone fell asleep, the circle was called to order. Nostrildumass was GM for the evening and he quickly had Moses on his feet for reaching his 16 carton run (384), and Fakawe who has nearly reached 14 cartons (336). Then we had Offal,

for the long run, Sew Ezy for stumbling, and Oyster for reading a very memorable book, whose title she cannot remember. Offal, who is a vegetarian in spite of her name, had prepared a marvellous beef stew, with ratatouille on the side. She had also made a substantial dessert for Titus who forgot to turn up and eat it. Next week’s run will also be out Poison Creek way, at Fakawe’s. More stew has been promised. To join the fun, simply turn up at 5.30pm on Monday, March 4. Call Moses (4069 5854 or 0409 686 032) for details. On-on! Lye Bak

Firearms amnesty is still in force RIFLE Discipline Captain Toby Graves reported it was a pleasure to shoot in such calm conditions that prevailed at the Cameron Creek Range for last Saturday’s Rimfire Shoot. Results for the 50 metre target from a possible of 100 points were: Toby Graves 100, Chris Stewart 99, Melinda Stewart 98 and Andy Hill 96. And for the 25 metre target, from a possible of 200.20 were: Toby 200.14, Melinda 198.13, Chris 198.6 and Andy 193.6. Our club would like to remind people of the general amnesty for Firearms and Weapons which started on February 1 and ends on April 30, 2013. This means there is no prosecution for the

surrender and/or registration of weapons. If you do have a current shooter’s licence for a particular category and would like to register a firearm, you can take advantage of this amnesty. If you would like to discuss the amnesty further, feel free to contact your discipline captain or the Secretary, Anne Williams (4069 5173). This Saturday, March 2 there is a Shotgun DTL Shoot at the range from 1pm. For details ring 4069 5173. Anne Williams, Secretary.

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WITH the NRL season due to start next Thursday night, footy fans have been quick off the mark to enter the Cooktown Local News’ popular footy tipping competition for 2013. This year’s tipping competition is sponsored by Hinterland Aviation, Inn Cairns and the Cooktown Local News. The winner will receive a return flight to Cairns for one, courtesy of Hinterland Aviation and three nights’ accommodation in the heart of Cairns

at Inn Cairns - a prize worth more than $1000. The runner-up will receive $250 from the Cooktown Local News. Hinterland Aviation’s Business Development Officer Olivia Thompson, Selwyn Krepp, Manager of Inn Cairns Boutique Apartments, and Cooktown Locan News group editor Mark Bousen all expressed their enthusiasm for taking part in the competition and their willingness to sponsor and promote it.

Two major changes have been introduced this year. 1. Anyone who fails to enter their selections for a week will receive no points. This ensures fairness to those who do enter their tips. 2. Anyone entering the competition after the start of the season, also will start from zero with no points awarded for missed games. The Hinterland Aviaton/Inn Cairns/Cooktown Local News NRL footy tipping competition is free -

there is no joining fee and no charges whatsoever are associated with it. The competition is computer generated, with all selections being lodged to an independent, national footy tipping website. Neither the Cooktown Local News nor sponsors can access the website, and all results are generated by the website operators. The results will be provided in the Cooktown Local News, the Cooktown Local News website and

the competition operator’s website after each round. Staff from the Cooktown Local News and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners. Only residents with local post codes and subscribers to the Cooktown Local News are eligible to enter. << Full details on how to enter are available on the selection form on Page 18.

Hope Vale notches up first win for the season THE Hope Vale ladies claimed their first win of the season in Monday night’s Cooktown netball clash - but not in the usual sense. A weak turnout of players to the match from Cooktown meant Hope Vale ladies boosted the opposition side - the same side that ended up taking the victory against the all Hope Vale side 21-11, and therefore neither team could claim the victory. The mix of players made it more light-hearted and produced a relaxed environment, giving some of the lessexperienced players confidence to play more freely and assert themselves on the court. Hope Vale’s goal keeper Krystalee Bowen and wing defence Lenore Casey collected a haul of intercepts, while

debutant Julie Bredillett found form immediately in attack and mid-courter Jaccan Hart helped take the ball swiftly through the court. Cooktown regulars Courtney Robson, Kristy Wright, Bryce Kirk, Monique Bidois and Lesley Gibson-Brown again showed their consistency by playing with minimal errors and rapid play. Hope Vale’s Nellie Nipper, Chrissy Cobus, Kiri White, Audrey Deemal, Amanda Fyfe, Kelly Ambrym and Kynomii Saunders all had strong games. A close tussle between goal shooter Lesley Gibson-Brown and goal keeper Kellie Ambrym made for good entertainment as both players fought hard for every ball with neither giving an inch. Any new players are welcome to join the competition, which is played at the Cooktown PCYC Events Centre every Monday night from 6.45pm.

Hope Vale goal attack Kynomii Saunders about to fire a big pass down court.

Cooktown centre Monique Bidois sets herself to send a long pass down court.

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ABOVE: Hope Vale defender Kiri White on the move in Monday night’s netball action. Photos: GARY HUTCHISON. RIGHT: Hope Vale goal defence Jules Bridellett calls for support.

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Tide times – Cooktown

FRIDAY, MARCH 01 TO FRIDAY, MARCH 08

                          

Fri 01 Time    

Sat 02 Ht    

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Time   

MOON PHASES

Ht    NEW MOON

    

Sun 03

Mon 04

Tue 05

Time    

Time    

Time    

Ht    

FIRST QUARTER     

Ht    

FULL MOON     

20 – Cooktown Local News 28 Feb - 6 Mar 2013

Ht    

LAST QUARTER     

Wed 06

Thu 07

Fri 08

Time    

Time   

Time    

Ht    

Ht   

Ht    

Weather Watch

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