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$2 • PH: 1300 4895 00 • EDITORIAL: editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au • Issue 609 • Thursday, April 4, 2013
Keep ‘em in or let ‘em out? You decide . . .
There were no smiles for this motley crew, with Cooktown Police Constable Lachlan McManus (left) giving Cornett’s IGA Cooktown Customer Service Officer Kiera Robertson (front), James Cook Museum Manager Melanie Piddocke (middle) and Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott (back) a taste of what it will be like to be locked up on April 13 as part of Time 4 Kids week. Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
COOK Shire Mayor Peter Scott will be jailed on Saturday, April 13, and you can pay your “bribe” to either have him kept in longer or released earlier. “Don’t tell them about the longer sentence,” Peter joked, “I’ll never get out.” Peter, along with James Cook Museum manager Melanie Piddocke and IGA Customer Service officer Kiera Robertson are already three detainees who will hear the clank of the padlock as their cell door closes on their specially erected jail near the markets. There are other “offenders” who will be “serving time” with them, but they have yet to be identified, “arrested” and “charged”. All “prisoners” will be wearing appropriate prison garb. For a good cause, the “bribes” will go towards the annual, national PCYC Time For Kids program. PCYC Cooktown Officer-in-Charge Sergeant Howard Pratt said this year’s participation is a first for Cooktown. “We’re very grateful to Peter, Melanie and Kiera for being such good sports,” he said. “There will be others, but we’re not sure who, just yet. “It’ll all be in good fun, and we’re hoping for lots of people to come down.” Kiera has already been taking donations at the Cornett’s IGA Cooktown store where she works, and anyone who wants to donate before April 13 can do so at any of the checkouts. Early donations are also being taken at the PCYC Cooktown Events Centre reception. For more information on the event, go to the at: http://www.everydayhero.com.au/ pcyc_cooktown
$1.38m. Bowls Club renovation: And debt free By GARY HUTCHISON WHEN President Bob Sullivan and his Cooktown Bowls Club committee launched their grand plan to extend and renovate their licensed premises, they were determined not to leave its more than 800 members in debt. And when the club re-opens tomorrow night, they will have achieved their goal. “We were adamant we were going to live within our means,” Bob said. “We’ve done that and pretty proud of it.” All up, the refurbishment, renovations
and extensions of the lounge, bar, kitchen and bistro, which started in September last year, will cost the club about $1.38 million. “It’s all accrued revenue over a period of time; we’ve been saving for a long time,” Bob said. But while the club will re-open with a spacious new lounge, bistro, kitchen and possibly the longest bar on the Cape, the job is still not quite yet finished. “The new toilets aren’t finished yet, our members and visitors will still have to use the demountables beside the green,” he said. “And later on we’ll develop an area
Cooktown Bowls Club Chef Clint Oberhauser is delighted with his big, open kitchen in the revamped club that will re-open tomorrow night.
for live music.” Also included in their renovations will be the eventual transformation of the old kitchen into an all-purpose meeting room for local and visiting clubs and organisations. “We’ll gut the old kitchen and turn it into a decent meeting place people can use,” he said. However, while there is still a little work to be completed, tomorrow night’s re-opening will see a vastly different club from the cattle crate members called their club in 1992. “Yes, a cattle crate with blue tarpaulins over it for shade and cover,” Bob remembered fondly. “Our first committee was formed in 1985, we upgraded from the cattle crate to a demountable in 1994 and we built the club in 1996. “And we recently celebrated 20 years of the official opening of the green.” Included in the overall expansion of the club and its facilities will be the installation of three TVs and FOX. “We used to have free-to-air and one TV, but we’re putting one new TV into the bistro and two others into the lounge,” Bob said. “FOX will give us full coverage of all the sports, so that our members and visitors can enjoy their favourite football code while enjoying a meal or a drink. “We noticed the number of interstate
Is the Cooktown Bowls Club’s new bar the longest on the Cape? Bob O’Doherty got into training with these offerings to volunteers who were helping to set up on Monday morning. visitors who gravitated to the TV to see how their teams from Melbourne and the other states were going in the AFL.” And for chef Clint Oberhauser, now in his third year with the club, the expansion of the club has given him the opportunity to put 20 years of experience in Melbourne’s top restaurants into the design of his huge, state of the art kitchen. Clint said sitting in the bistro will be a dramatic, interactive experience for diners waiting for their orders. “It’s completely open, people will be able to see what’s going on, what we do, flames surging up from the stoves and the
interaction between the kitchen staff and the chef,” Clint said. “It’ll be pretty dramatic.” Named the Barra and Bull Bistro, Clint and Vanessa Harris said the motto of the new, family friendly bistro will be, “Come as a guest, leave as a friend”. Ongoing menu specials once the club re-opens will be $50 dinners for member families of four, $10 lunch on Wednesdays, $10 seniors lunches on Thursday and $16 early bird specials every day between 5.30pm and 6.30pm that will include a roast of the day and other selected menu items.
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letters to the editor Council inspections considered ‘morally wrong’ I ATTENDED the meeting on Sunday, January 13 at Minke Road regarding the kerbside collection. A petition had been held against it, though the service was offered regardless. Petitioners made valid points against kerbside collection and offered some alternatives. I don’t remember seeing or signing the petition, and had not made up my mind about being for or against the garbage collection. Councillors mentioned problems of environmental littering. They also acknowledged that most people in our area have been recycling their waste responsibly. One solution offered by the public to environmental litter was to place a skip-bin at the recyclables bin depot. Recyclable bins have been
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9.30am to 10.30am. Sat 6. Kids Art Society Art session from 10am to noon at the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery. Sat 6. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. Sat 6. Cape York SSAA DTL Shotgun shoot from 1pm. Sat 6. Cooktown SSAA 3P Rimfire Rifle/Bench Rest from 1.30pm. Sun 7. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Mon 8. Piano concert at Nature's PowerHouse from 6pm. Bookings appreciated on 4069 5442. Tue 9. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Tue 9. Endeavour Lions Club meeting at the Lions Hall in Amos Street from 7pm. Tue 9. Cape York SSAA meeting from 7pm at Fishermans Wharf. Tue 9. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 10. Cooktown SSAA Sports Pistol Centrefire Shoot from 5.30pm. Wed 10. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Thu 11. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Sat 13. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from noon to 1pm. Sat 13. Cape York SSAA Pistol Shoot from 1pm. Sat 13. Cooktown SSAA Target Shoot from 1.30pm. Sun 14. Cape York SSAA Rifle Shoot from 9am. Sun 14. Cooktown SSAA Rimfire Silhouette Shoot from 9.30am. Sun 14. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 1.30pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Tue 16. Swim for Your Life at the Cooktown Pool from 9.30am to 10.30am. Tue 16. Cooktown Alcoholics Anonymous meeting from 8pm in the CWA Hall in Charlotte Street. Call 4069 5626 for details. Wed 17. Cooktown SSAA Standard Shoot from 5.30pm. Wed 17. Cooktown Pool - Aqua Aerobics - from 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
contaminated with general waste by a few individuals. This proposal was knocked, as one Councillor put it: “why would Council offer free dump service to some and not to others?” Unfortunately, the environmental issue was not resolved by offering our area a kerbside collection. I noticed this week that the recyclables at the Poison Creek depot were contaminated again with general refuse. Will Council consider placing a general refuse bin at all recyclables depots? At the meeting, people expressed frustration that once again, public consultation had not been made before a decision was made. Councillors agreed to a proposal to review the kerb-side collection after a trial period. I thought this a good outcome.
I received a letter dated February 15 informing me that, after careful consideration, Council decided to continue kerbside waste collection and that I would be charged an extra yearly $89.50 on my next rates notice, for having a 120l bin. A stupid solution was offered for the long-driveway problem (at more cost to the ratepayer), but no mention was made of our request for a review of this service. My wheelie bin was stolen on March 4, between 8am and 4pm. This could be an on-going problem. I sent an email regarding this on March 6, to which I have not had a reply. Monday, March 18, I received a letter from Council, dated March 12, informing me that Council has decided to
‘Stupid’ privacy laws hold up rates payment I RECENTLY bought a block of land and wanted to be able to pay the rates on the newly acquired property. At this stage the council has not been notified that the property has settled, which it did on February 5. The rates were due yesterday, but I am not allowed to pay rates on that property or retrieve how much they are? I don’t understand why someone could not pay rates for another person, surely council would be happy to receive the money and not put up a “block wall” to receive money. It is not like I am taking money out of their account! There are some absolutely stupid “privacy
laws” all which are governed by the small minority of idiots employed by the government to inflict these stupid by-laws on the average working person to make their life more stressful than it needs to be. I have every intention of building on this block, but won’t be if this is one of the “headaches” that will need to be endured to do this. The current government is trying to cut back on government spending, this is one area that really needs to be over-hauled. I have also spoken with Councillor Russell Bowman, and he said that usually in these instances the land owner can write to council
to ask that the discount still apply. If indeed that is the case then why was this not suggested to me at the time? I have asked that my concerns be tabled at the next Council meeting and have sent copies to David Kempton and Warren Entsch. None of this need have occurred if someone had simply said these few words. Why is it that Cook Shire employees continue to make it hard for the average working person to do the simplest of things? It is rate-payers like myself who continue to pay my rates to keep these people employed. Karen Olsen Cooktown.
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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.
Andy Hill’s image of an old Blitz truck that has found its finding resting place in a paddock in Laura is the winner of this week’s Cornett’s IGA Cooktown and Cooktown Local News photo competition.
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implement a selective inspection program in our area. An amnesty of five weeks was offered (six weeks from date on letter) for us to amend legalities. I am angered at this decision. It was morally wrong to use the findings from the petition to implement an approved inspection program. Council failed to assure us that we are safe to complain about a service offered. I have urged Council to revoke the selective inspection program, to restore communication in our community, to consult with us. I would appreciate it if they review the kerbside collection after a trial period and if they could find a solution for reported stolen bins. Elisabeth Francois, Poison Creek.
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THE State Government has gone full circle by continuing to fund the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial, which, Member for Cook David Kempton says, has not made “any real difference to the lives of Indigenous people living in Cape York”. State Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islandert Affairs Glen Elmes said last Wednesday morning the Government would scrap the scheme, only for Premier Campbell Newman to announce the following afternoon the State would provide $5.65 million to continue the trial which takes in the four communities of Aurukun, Coen, Hope Vale and Mossman Gorge. The trial has run for four years and has involved funding of about $100 million from the Federal and State Governments. Under the program, welfare recipients who abuse or neglect their children or fail to send them to school can be subject to rulings by the Family Responsibilities Commission, and relies on a number of Queensland government services, such as early childhood services, family, health and mental health services. Mr Newman said he was keen to see efficiencies in the expenditure of the funding, and that consideration be given to rolling out the trial to additional indigenous communities in Cape York and Torres Strait. “We will continue to work with all Indigenous communities to improve social outcomes and to
ensure Indigenous people are given every opportunity to access good education, training and employment,” he said. Only hours after Mr Elmes’s statement about the end of the Trial, Mr Kempton, who is the Assistant Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs, said last Wednesday morning he “fully supports his government’s move to end the (Noel) Pearson-driven Cape York Welfare Reform Trial”. The media release was headed New dawn for indigenous communities. Mr Kempton said he had lobbied hard on behalf of Cape York Indigenous communities against his government’s extension of the trial and refutes Mr Pearson’s claim that this decision is a “very disappointing day for Cape York” “To the contrary, I believe the elected leaders of Cape York and the communities they represent will be relieved that our Government will no longer support the Welfare Reform Trial. “I am yet to be convinced that the $100-million experiment has made any real difference to the lives of Indigenous people living in Cape York,” Mr Kempton said. Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbot said on Thursday he wanted to see the reforms expanded to communities across the country. ‘’I’m happy to work constructively with all levels of government to make sure this happens.’’ Noel Person said at the time of Mr Elmes’s statement that he was appalled by the decision. More children in the communi-
ties were now going to school and fewer people were dependent on welfare. “This indigenous reform is like climbing Mount Everest, and we have a report that says we’re halfway up the hill. “We’re not stuck at base camp any more.” Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin says the trial has brought significant gains in the four participating communities are making a real difference in the lives of Indigenous people living in the Cape. Ms Macklin cited examples of improved school attendance, care and protection of children and community safety. • School attendance in Aurukun has risen from 46.1 per cent in the first term of 2008 to 70.9 per cent in the first term of 2012; • A large sustained fall in serious assaults resulting in injury in Aurukun in mid-2008, which reflects the impact of the closure of the Aurukun Tavern in 2008. Mr Kempton said: “After 25 years of working in Cape York and during my continuous travels over the past 12 months as an elected representative I see no tangible evidence of the changes claimed by Mr Pearson. “I am working tirelessly to bring about a complete shift in the way governments deal with indigenous communities,” Mr Kempton said. Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Curtis Pitt said on Thursday the Premier had shown a stunning lack of leadership by flip-flopping
on the Cape York welfare reform trial. “Yesterday (Wednesday), the Newman Government through Minister Glen Elmes was making it clear it would be walking away from the trial in its present form at the end of the year, and would press for changes after the federal election. This morning (Thursday), the Premier was on radio in Brisbane bagging the trial by suggesting the state and federal money spent so far had been wasted,” Mr Pitt said. “He was questioning the value of the trial that has been delivered in the communities of Mossman Gorge, Aurukun, Coen, and Hope Vale. “But just hours later the Premier announces an extension to the trial and additional funds. What changed in the interim? “If anyone wants a case study of shoddy policy-making and kneejerk decision-making the Premier has provided a prime example,” Mr Pitt said. Mr Elmes said in his statement the trial could not continue in its current form and would end on December 31. At the time of going to press, Mr Kempton has not issued a media statement about the State Government’s decision to continue funding for the Trial. Cape York Welfare Reform Trial has been a partnership between the four communities of Aurukun, Coen, Hope Vale and Mossman Gorge, the Australian Government, the Queensland Government and Cape York Partnerships and regional organisations.
Mayors welcome backflip but call for change TWO Mayors in the centre of the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial have welcomed the state government’s backflip on its decision to stop its involvement in the project which is jointly funded with the federal government. However, both have said changes need to be made from both entities for it to reach its full potential. The Indigenous community of Coen is part of the Cook Shire, of which Peter Scott is the Mayor. Mayor Scott (pictured) said he welcomed the renewal of funding, stating
its benefits were obvious in the improvements in infrastructure. H o w e v e r, h e s a i d he would prefer to see it also spread to other communities across the Cape, not just the four already receiving it, and that he would like to see local government being the driver behind the trial. “We’re in touch with the people on the ground here, and you can see the results first hand,” he said. Cr Scott qualified his statement by saying: “I trust it comes with the necessary caveats and
improvements.” Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council Mayor Greg McLean called on all organisations between Canberra and the Cape to work together on the subject of welfare reform. “There have been decisions for and decisions against,” he said. “All of the programs are important to the Indigenous communities.” Mayor McLean said the commonwealth and state governments had strayed from the objectives of welfare reform, which had caused issues in Hope Vale.
“The commonwealth and state governments must work with the Cape York Institute,” he said. “Straying from the objectives of welfare reform as they have has caused confusion and segregation within our community.” Cr McLean said the welfare reform program had to be in tune with the Council and the community. “Let’s not make it an apartheid thing,” he said. “It is a program to work with the people of Hope Vale, not segregate them. “Not something to be
created by ‘car park committees’.” He said education and health had been the focus in Hope Vale. “Not just education at primary school level,” he said. “The focus needs to start at preschool and go right through to grade 12.”
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School bus behaviour discussed at meeting ON Thursday night, March 21 the P & C held a meeting to address concerns with the school bus system. The meeting was well attended with 24 people signing in on the night. In attendance were representatives of Cooktown State School, the Principal of Endeavour Christian College, the owner of the bus company, the police and many concerned parents and carers. I presented the “Code of Conduct for Students travelling on Buses” and I think most people present were surprised that there is an official government document that outlines the roles, rights and responsibilities of students, parents/ carers, bus drivers, bus operators, school principals and the Department of Transport. A copy of the Code can be found at: www.tmr.qld.au/buscode The Code outlines the framework which identifies categories of misbehaviour and situations where bus operators may refuse travel in response to breaches of the Code of Conduct. All present agreed this document must be used in all cases of misbehaviour of students travelling on the bus system, including police intervention when required. It was also discussed that the Cooktown State School would work with the bus company to help provide behaviour management training to all the bus drivers to enable them use the same language and techniques used within the school. Seat belts were discussed and those
present were informed it is legal for primary students to travel three to a seat, therefore seat belts would be ineffective and costly as more buses would be required on a single bus run. Bus Monitors were discussed and both the school and the bus company are committed to investigating this option of having an adult, who must hold a Blue Card, travel on certain bus runs on certain days. Security cameras on the buses were rejected due to students being minors and privacy concerns. Cooktown State School will be implementing responsible bus behaviour into the School Wide Positive Behaviour Program and have also appointed a Teacher/Teacher Aide to supervise students disembarking from the bus in the morning. This person will have the ability to communicate with the drivers and advise the Principal/Deputy Principal of any misbehaviour on the bus that morning. The P & C will continue to work with both schools and the bus company to ensure all students can travel safe and comfortable to and from school. I would like to thank everyone for their attendance, especially Justin Coventry from the bus company who came back from Cairns and his extremely pregnant wife to attend the meeting. Nikki Darvell, President, Cooktown State School P&C.
It’s all happening at the skate park SKATING and bike enthusiasts are reminded of this weekend’s opportunity to obtain expert advice on how to improve their skills by taking part in Drawing Boards, the Skateboard Development Program that features two days of skateboard demonstrations, lessons and board giveaways. The program is part of National Youth Week activities being run by PCYC Cooktown during that weekend which will include a community barbecue tonight, the launch of Cook Shire Council’s Youth Economic Advisory Committee and a family movie on the evening of Friday, April 5. PCYC administration officer Ali Ward initial interest in the program had been huge and she expected a big roll up during the weekend.
“ We p o s t e d s o m e initial information about the program on facebook and within 48 hours we had 700 views, so we’re hoping the program will be popular,” she said of the initial interest in the program. Ms Ward said the reasoning behind running the program was the popularity of the skate park since its opening last year. “Some skateboard skill development seemed like the obvious next step to developing the abilities of the skate park users,” she said. More information about the program can be found at http://www.
drawingboards.com.au/events For more information about the activities being held at the PCYC Cooktown and the Skate Park program, either go to the PCYC Cooktown Events Centre office (4069 5890).
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Vibrant start to year for Cooktown State School
THE commencement of 2013 has been a very busy and exciting time, with new teachers joining our team, a new Deputy Principal and mself as Acting Principal. New team members include: Acting Deputy Principal, Mrs Cindy Seden; HPE, Mr Antony Owen; Year 7, Ms Monique Bidois; Manual Arts, Mr Greg Goodsell; Secondary Department, Mr Michael Serginson; and SEP, Mrs Ros Serginson. We would like to wish Mrs Roshni Dellaway every blessing a she embarks on a new life’s journey and may everything go well with the birth of her child. This year our priorities align with the FNQ Education Queensland Regional Priorities. In 2013 school improvement and planning will focus on: • Improving Teaching: • Explicit Teaching in all classrooms; • The teaching of reading, writing and numeracy; • Teachers refining and embedding the C@C curriculum and foundational learning programs; • Leaders coaching and supervising teachers; • Refining and embedding data based decision making; • Using data to set school benchmarks,
targets and short term individual students goals; • Measuring and monitoring school and student improvement; • Implementing Systems Leadership models and tools at all leadership levels; • Planning and accountability systems; • Attendance System; • Explicit Teaching System; • Behaviour System; • Connecting Parents and Caregivers with their student’s learning; • Practices reflect that parents and caregivers are central to their children’s learning; • Two-way communication strategies are used to seek and share information; • Practices are inclusive and acknowledge divers cultural contexts and identities; and • Expectations for maximising student learning and wellbeing are shared We would like to offer the P&C and parents some in-school or after-school time workshops on Explicit Teaching and the teaching of reading, writing and numeracy. Our leadership team spend 20 per cent of their off-class time observing teaching and learning, coaching and giving feedback to teachers. This enables us to have an explicit
understanding of every classroom and move our improvement agenda along through a systematic professional process. Further to this, we are very fortunate to have our Assistant Regional Director Mr Richard Huelin and Tony Tiplady Systems Leadership Project Officer visit the school monthly for monitoring and feedback. Our students have settled in well to the New Year and are enjoying their learning. I said to a secondary student the other day, “Have a great day.” The reply was, “I will - I have to learn every day!” We currently have 347 students enrolled - 194 in Primary and 153 in Secondary which is 20 more than our day eight figures. The induction ceremony for our student leaders was a wonderful formal occasion. This year, we decided to expand out Student Council membership to include Primary, Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary members. We are proud to advise that there are now 36 Student Council members plus sports and school captains. This promotes strong student leadership, student voice and student confidence in our school community. This year we are on a journey to reinvigorate our school. We have the School Wide Positive Behaviour Strategy in place,
which focuses on positive behaviour, positive conflict resolution and self-regulation of students. We are ensuring that all staff are skilled in the process, with regular SWPBS meetings and weekly positive behaviour focus lessons. Our shop for the ‘cashing in’ of behaviour awards is open for business. I have always found SWPBS to be a most-powerful way to ensure students have a positive schooling experience. Our Art Room extension, storage area and undercover seating area is complete and is a wonderful asset for our students. It is a lovely peaceful area for them to sit at recess times and also extends the flexibility of the Art room enormously - we are most pleased with this extension. We have joined the Recycling Competition the Cook Shire Council has commenced. Students are vigilantly gathering plastic bottles from beaches, from businesses, from sides of the road and of course from home. This is a great competition which highlights the environmental impact of plastic and heightens student awareness and sensitivity to looking after our Earth. Our lunchtime library clubs are also progressing well. We have drawing which
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is being run by a year 12 student, sewing - making the old fashioned cross stitch, the computer club which will soon be using some hi-tech drawing gear thanks to Mr Stewart and our chess club. We also have morning Rollicking Reads are great fun too. Our Library is such a fantastic place to be. We have been receiving great press with fabulous articles about student achievement and the great learning experiences students are having. We thank the Cooktown Local News for their continued support. And we will continue submitting great school stories to them. Upcoming exciting events: • P-7 Music program commencing term 2; • P-12 Cross Country today; • Easter is now with us and school returns Monday, April 15; • Southern Cape Cluster of Schools Cross Country on April 26; and • Youth Parliament in Cairns on May 9. There is much to be very excited about at Cooktown P-12 and we look forward to adding more learning enrichment activities to the coming term. Leanne Rayner, Acting Principal.
NEWS
Another Cooktowner makes the high grades By GARY HUTCHISON
YET another former Cooktown State School student in Melissa Wain has covered herself in distinction, when she graduated from James Cook University in Cairns on Tuesday, March 26. Not only did she graduate with a Bachelor in Nursing Science, she was also recognised as JCU’s Nurse of the Tropics for academic achievement. Melissa’s entire education was completed at Cooktown, starting from Preschool in 1994 and continuing on to Year 12, when she graduated as Dux of P-12 in 2006. Melissa said all through her years at
Cooktown State School, her teachers and personal support network gave her every opportunity to achieve her academic potential, along with having ample access to extra-curricular activities. “I guess I was lucky in having great teachers at the time I was there. “And of course I have a wonderful family and my friends during school were also very supportive of me doing my best at all times. “I think all of my friends have all gone on to achieve tertiary educations or land good jobs for themselves.” She said being schooled in a small school was challenging at times, but that also had its good side.
“We weren’t as ‘spoon fed’ as the kids in the bigger schools would have been,” she said. “But in my case, it taught me to be more resourceful, which has helped me later into my education.” Melissa is now working full time as a Registered Nurse at Mossman Hospital. The Cooktown Local News has been advised that other former Cooktowners graduated on the same night as Melissa, but their identities are unknown. If you would like to share their photos and their stories, please email: editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au or contact the editor (4069 5773).
Worrying week for our readers IT’S been a worrying week for readers of the Cooktown Local News. It looks as if the whole area is being threatened, and not only by Brisbane. International strategists have been busy with their maps, drawing circles centred on North Korea. They are trying to work out where North Korean missiles might land when the war starts, and Cape York is definitely within range. As a North Korean government spokesman said recently: “Our Dear Loony Leader will drive the People’s Army forward in their historic march away from here. Where you say you from? Ah, yes. Cape York. Ah, crocodiles. Very tasty.” It is all very worrying. I don’t like to think there are people who dislike us so much they will drop a missile on our heads. And talking of heads, did you see the poor people on the cover of last week’s paper? Horrifying. Their hair had all fallen out, presumably from worrying about our future. Still, they were smiling in a true Aussie way, and perhaps someone will give them hats to cover their nakedness (please). More worries, this time for Lakeland. As you know, they are sitting on a vast reserve of wonderful groundwater, and the government has kindly licensed them to pump it out for irrigation. Lucky them. Unfortunately, the government likes the licence fees so much that it sold more licenses than the reserves can cover.
Farmer Joe’s licence might say View 100,000 megalitres, but the water is not there. It’s a bit like buying a from carton of Gold, and finding only 13 the Hill cans inside. I expect you’d be a bit sharp with the bottle shop, wouldn’t you? Meanwhile, that larger-than-life Queensland figure Clive Palmer has been busy. He is opening up a dinosaur park where he will have 119 full-sized, animatronic beasts. One of them is the huge proto-crocodile Deinosuchus which was over 12m long and weighed around 8.5 tonnes. None of the dinosaurs are actually politicians, although they can roar and wave their tails. They can blink their eyes, their chests heave, and their jaws open and shut (incessantly). It sounds like a Dinosaur Parliament to me. I wonder if they will do a better job than the one we have?
new members will share their helpful tips on photo editing, along with other helpful hints about photography. Plans will also be made for the next practical workshop or field trip. Meetings are open to members
Shire powering along
LOCALS E H T E R E H “W EAT!” MEET AND
COURTESY BUS operates 7 DAYS A WEEK Ph 4069 5308 for pick-up
Keno at the Top Pub
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TOMORROW NIGHT, Friday, April 5...
Editing workshop for photographers PHOTOGRAPHERS are reminded to take their laptops to the next Cooktown Photography Club meeting, which will be held in the Cooktown State School library on Thursday, April 18 from 6pm. There, existing members and
Melissa Wain graduated with a Bachelor in Nursing Science and was was also recognised as JCU’s Nurse of the Tropics for academic achievement at her graduation ceremony on Tuesday, March 26. Photo submitted.
and anyone interested in becoming a member, and there is no age restrictions on participation. For further information, contact either Chris Stewart (0400 685 542) or Gary Hutchison (0411 722 807).
THE WARRIGAN CLAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 19
tHE cOOKTOWN HOTEL PRESENTS…
Mr SMITH
Attendees of major festivals, these entertainers arrive with vast experience in both live performance and recorded projects. With an APRA sponsored QMusic award, ARIA nods for recorded projects and international/national touring with major acts including Natalie Imbruglia, Whitney Houston, Adam Brand, John Williamson and Boom Crash Opera, as well as support acts for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jenny Morris, Taxi Ride, Dragon, The Drifters, Ian Moss, Pete Murray and many more.
Cook Shire’s ability to respond to disasters took another step up with the recent receipt of two Kubota generators to provide backup power for the Cook Shire Disaster Co-ordination Centre. This project was funded under the Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services Natural Disaster Resilience Program. Photo submitted.
FREE ENTRY 8PM ‘TIL LATE COOKTOWN HOTEL - THE TOP PUB CHARLOTTE STREET, COOKTOWN • PHONE 4069 5308 Cooktown Local News 4 - 10 April 2013 – 5
NEWS
Library catalogue now online Road works to reduce water woes
THE Rural Libraries Queensland (RLQ) online catalogue is now live and all members of the Cook Shire Libraries Service can access a catalogue of more than 3000,000 items online at any time night or day. Promotional material and informational brochures are on display in the Cooktown Library and have been distributed to all other Cook Shire libraries. Using a current library card, all library patrons will be able to search, reserve, and renew loan items as well as access the State Libraries Queensland (SLQ) database.
The service also offers e-books and free music downloads. “I have put a number of borrowers on to the site with great results,” said Council’s Library Services Manager, Diana Burns. To get started, you will need your library membership card and PIN number. The pin number can be obtained by visiting the Cooktown or Bloomfield libraries in person or calling the Cooktown library on 4069 5009. It is then simply a matter of going to the Public Libraries Connect web site: www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov. au, choosing RLQ Catalogue under Quicklinks and start searching.
Hear Bach in the Gardens COOKTOWN’S Botanical Gardens will resonate with the sounds of a classical piano on Monday ni g ht , wh en c o n c e r t pianist Kirill Monorosi returns to Nature’s PowerHouse. Kirill will be perform-
ing the works of Cesar Cui along with some of works of Book 1 of J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier - a collection of solo keyboard works first published in 1722. Monday night’s PowerHouse audience will be
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privileged by a preview of some of the pieces Kirill will perform on the first ever recording of the Bach compositions which he will perform for the Bach Society in Wurzburg, Germany in May this year. The performance will start at 6pm on Monday, April 8 at Nature’s PowerHouse. The cost is $25, cash at the door and, as always, it includes some bubbles and nibbles. Bookings appreciated on 4069 5442.
Suzanne Hadley (Partner & Accredited Specialist) Deanne Drummond (Associate & Senior Practitioner)
These John Street road works are expected to reduce water drainage problems for the surrounding properties. Photo submitted. JOHN Street road works have commenced with the road being lowered to act as the drainage point for all surrounding properties. “This will diminish the water inundation problem experienced by properties at lower elevation along the street,” Cook Shire
Council Engineer Tony Lickiss said. “The first pavement layer will be imported to allow the installation of the kerb and channel, then the second pavement layer will be installed in preparation of the seal.” Meanwhile, on Bradbury
Street, works are complete except for final surfacing which will be completed with the sealing of John Street to reduce costs through reducing mobilization fees.Cook Shire Council thanks residents for their patience during the construction.
Traditional Owners team up with research scientists
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Concert pianist Kirill Monorosi will perform at Nature's PowerHouse from 6pm on Monday, April 8. Photo submitted.
COOK SHIRE COUNCIL COOK SHIRE BUSINESS SURVEY
This year Cook Shire Council is conducting its first ever business survey to better understand the needs, interests and challenges of local businesses from across the Cook Shire. Business operators have been contacted by email and are invited to participate in an independently run business survey that takes about 10 minutes to complete. Go to: www.cook.qld.gov.au Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and your survey responses will be kept strictly confidential. This survey closes April 26. For further information please contact Council’s Director of Economic Development and Community Services on (07) 4069 5444 or email mail@cook.qld.gov.au.
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David Claudie with some plants. Photo courtesy Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation. BELOW: One of the plants of interest to researchers. CAPE York Traditional Owners are an appropriate model that others may be Kaanju people, and ideally would teaming up with pharmacologists to able to use, one that will improve the become the basis for small to mediumdevelop therapeutic products that not livelihoods of Indigenous people while sized business enterprises. only utilise the healing properties of combining it with science.” The research project has recently native plants, but could also create been extended by a major grant from the employment opportunities. National Medical and Health Research Based at the Flinders Centre for Council, which is worth $299,564 over Innovation in Cancer, the pharmacologifour years. cal research is being conducted by Dr Dr Simpson said the overarching Bradley Simpson, in collaboration with project presents the possibility of “years the Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation and years, and possibly decades” of in central Cape York Peninsula, and with future research. scientists at the University of South “The Northern Kaanju homelands Australia. To date, analytical research has are a habitat for many endemic species Dr Simpson said, while scientists focused on Dodonaea polyandra, known plants that really aren’t found elsewhere frequently collect and analyse native as ‘Uncha’, a native plant traditionally in the world or in other regions of plants, this project is “quite unique” used to treat toothache. Australia. That in itself hypothetically as it was initiated by Northern Kaanju “And sure enough, after testing the gives rise to the potential for finding traditional owners, who were interested plant in the laboratory we identified novel products based on the plants that in exploring their natural resources, in- active compounds with quite potent anti- they use,” he said. cluding plants, for potential commercial inflammatory properties,” Dr Simpson As well as screening of new plants, and employment benefits. said. The compounds are now being the research funding will allow current “There’s been quite a bit of work patented with a view to creating new analysis of other plants to be broadened. done on native plants in Australia, treatments for skin conditions such as Work at the Flinders Centre for Inbut the way in which it’s been done psoriasis and dermatitis. novation in Cancer will focus on finding hasn’t always been appropriate in terms If the components are successfully compounds with applications relevant of the Indigenous people. They’ve developed into a commercial product, for cancer treatments and therapies, sometimes been left out of the equation,” Dr Simpson said the intention is that bush while the University of South Australia Dr Simpson said. harvesting and some initial processing researchers will carry out screening for “We’re trying to improve and develop would be undertaken by Northern other biological applications
Cooktown Bowls Club Invites all members and guests to our
GRAND RE-OPENING r ra N a B Bull
O R T S I B
Check out our impressive new dining area with a great new menu served up from our exciting new world class kitchen and catering facility!
The Barra N Bull Bistro will have some great specials including a terrific deal for families!
The Cooktown Bowls Club is the place to be with a spacious and exciting new atmosphere. Our new lounge area is sure to please. Come and enjoy a quiet drink with friends or watch your favourite footy team on our new wide screen TVs.
Exciting features of our Grand Re-opening are: $500 MEMBERS DRAW with a guaranteed winner on the night! (must be present to win) BUSH BINGO today, thursday, april 4 there is a $200 full card!
Bookings recommended
4 x $50 vouchers will be drawn for POKIES LUCKY SEAT in the gaming room!
Rob Grace will be challenging everyone, including ALL TRADIES, to “SHAVE FOR A CURE” for the Leukaemia Foundation Moustache removal or modification is also an option and you can even have a delightful colour added to your locks.
Come and support Rob at the Bowls Club tomorrow, Friday, April 5 for some fun and frivolity, while raising much needed funds for a great cause. BaRRa N BULL BIStRO – NEW NUMBER
Ph: 4069 5829
BOWLS CLUB ENQUIRIES
Ph: 4069 5819
Charlotte Street, Cooktown (towards the wharf) • Email: info@cooktownbowls.com.au Cooktown Local News 4 - 10 April 2013 – 7
COMMUNITY
Reflecting on Easter GARDENING with MARTY PATTIE
Shallots with a combination of tip mulch and straw mulch around them.
A combination of tip mulch and straw mulch around paw paw trees. Photos: MARTY PATTIE. Another view of mulched paw paw trees.
Importance of mulching can’t be over-estimated THE importance of mulching cannot be over-estimated. With the Wet season gone, it’s the perfect time to get your mulch down as the ground is still moist. One common mistake people make is waiting too long into the dry season to mulch. Normally we can expect some decent follow-up rain in April, but weather patterns and conditions seem to be increasingly erratic and unpredictable. If we don’t get that autumn rain and the sou-easter starts up, with the heat still in the sun on the back end of a poor Wet season the ground will dry out quickly. Mulching can be labour intensive and may cost a few dollars, but the benefits by far outweigh the costs. We mulch the garden primarily to prevent water loss through evaporation, therefore it will save you consider-
able time and money not watering as much during the dry months. It also prevents weed growth and generally improves the condition of your soil. Organic mulches break down over time, encouraging microbial activity and worms. The mulch serves as a sort of “nutrient bank”, releasing these nutrients into your soil as the plants require them. This in turn produces healthier plants with improved resistance to pests and diseases. This in turn saves money by using less fertiliser. Besides these many practical benefits, a layer of garden mulch can also be aesthetically pleasing to the eye. What types of mulch are there? Straw/hay mulch is readily available locally at varying prices depending on supply and demand. I use it on my veggie garden and find it adequate.
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My preference in hay is lucerne (or alfalfa), though on a larger scale, the cost can become prohibitive. The quality of hay mulch can vary, it breaks down very quickly in our climate and can harbour unwanted seed. Tip Mulch is available from the Cook Shire Council. It is simply mulched green waste and is probably the best option available for larger scale mulching. Most seeds are “cooked” as the mulch is stockpiled for months, although the older it is the more “composted” it becomes. It does break down into nice soil conditioner though, and is reasonably priced. Woodchip mulch can be sporadically available from any local or visiting tree-loppers. Being larger sized matter, it can be laid thicker and takes longer to break down. A rather attractive looking mulch
option, although supply on a large scale isn’t always available and the cost can be prohibitive. Also wood chips when green can cause a nitrogen drawback robbing the soil of it’s nitrogen as they break down. Ideally, let green chips sit for a month or two before use. One important thing to remember when mulching is not to smother the trunks of shrubs and trees. Leave a few inches around the trunk to avoid what is called “collar rot”. Over all you need to take into account: • the cost?; • is it readily available?; • will it blow away or be washed away if the garden has a slope?; • how long before it needs to be re-applied?; and • do you like the look of it?
THE family is driving to Cairns. Suddenly, a bee comes in the window. Johnny, sitting in the back, screams. He’s allergic to bees and could die quickly if stung: “Dad, there’s a bee! From the Pulpit He’s doing to sting me!” Dad bravely manages to grab it with his hand. Then it happens, it stings Dad! He opens his hand and lets the bee go. The little boy is hysterical: “Dad, it’s going to sting me! It’s going to kill me! :No, no son, it’s not going to sting you. Look, look what I have in my hand.” He opens his hand and right there in his palm is the stinger: “Son, it can’t sting you because it stung me. He doesn’t have a stinger. There is nothing to be afraid of.” That is what Jesus did for us. He took the sting of death and after the Cross, he opens his palms to us and says, “Look at my scars, I took the sting for you, there is nothing to fear.” I Cor 15:55 says - “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” John 11:25 says, “ Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying’.” Chuck Colson, advisor to President Nixon during the Watergate Affair, later became a Christian. He says: “I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. “Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren’t true. “Watergate embroiled 12 of the most-powerful men in the world-and they couldn’t keep a lie for three weeks. “You’re telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible.” Jesus is risen indeed! Pastor Peter, Cooktown Baptist Church.
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Distance no issue for determined scholar THE site of the former Ebagoolah, south of Coen, is today on private property. However, in the early 1900s it was a promising goldfield. Discovered early 1900, a report from the field in 1904, (The North Queensland Register, Monday, September 19 1904) gives us an idea of the amount of work being performed in the area: “Caledonia Tributors have already more than 50 tons of quartz at grass. The Hamilton King also are making another big paddock, and there are also large paddocks of Quartz at both the May Queen and the Hidden Treasure. The Gold Mount, I hear, started to crush today, and expect to have about 30 ton of very good stone for crushing; Messrs Smith and Hopkins are also raising hopefully away from the No. 2 South Golden Treasure, . . . . along with other small parcels the Ada Stewart Battery should have a good month’s run when she starts.” However, by 1913 the field was already in decline. Our story this week concerns a young lad, George Hopkins, whose family lived there in 1913. His Dad was a miner, mentioned above. When considering the problems of getting to school today, nothing compares to George’s efforts. From the Townsville Daily Bulletin,Wednesday, April 30 1913, comes the story of ‘A Determined Scholar.’ “George Henry Hopkins, a lad of thirteen, who has just put in an appearance at the Townsville Grammar School, has not been deterred by difficulty from securing the advantages of a secondary education. He hails from Ebagoolah, a mining settlement of some forty souls, about 200 miles N.W. of Cooktown; a district in which the roads are too bad for coaches, and .where the spiritual needs of the population are ministered to by a clergyman who visits them twice a year. “It appears that in November last, the Education Inspector noticed the smartness of young Hopkins, and advised him to try to get a State Scholarship or bursary at the examinations in December. The local school master helped him, and in December he competed with all the picked pupils of the State Schools throughout Queensland for the coveted distinctions. “At the end of January, the results were made public in the newspapers and the name of the Ebagoolah boy was among the successful candidates, as having won a State bursary, entitling him to free board and education at any Grammar School in Queensland. His parents decided on the Townsville Grammar School, and ever since the beginning of February have been endeavouring to get him there. But owing to the state of the roads, or rather bush tracks, the mailman refused to be responsible for his safe convoy until his trip of April 17. “On that date, they started together on horseback and took four and a half days negotiating the journey to Laura, camping each night by the side of the track. From Laura, Hopkins took the train to Cooktown, and made his first acquaintance with sea travel on the Aramac, which landed him safely in Townsville on April 23, none the worse for his journey, and wry anxious to make up for lost time.” So I wondered what happened to George and discovered
that in 1916, George sat for the State Public Service examinations in the Professional division, and he obtained 13th place. (The Northern Miner Thursday, January 27 1916). Whether he took up a position, or what the position was, is unknown, but a Royal commission of Inquiry at Ingham in 1931 received a report from George concerning the land available for development around the Ingham area, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. “The first witness to take the oath was appropriately one, who, in the words of the Chairman, was a true North Queenslander. This was George Harold Hopkins, who was born in Croydon, brought up in Ebagoolah and educated in Townsville. He associated with Mr G. G. Venables, tendered a statement on behalf of the Chamber”. George obviously settled in Ingham and passed away in 1984 and is buried at the Ingham Cemetery along with his wife and son.
The Ebagoolah battery. Photo submitted.
Welcome to new poet Leonora
WE welcome a new poet, Leonora, to our little local stable of scribblers and look forward to more of her efforts. She has expressed, oh so accurately, the “weather mood” during the last few months. Email your writings for our column to either: thekellers@ bigpond.com or editor@cooktownlocalnews.com.au or send them to: P O Box 645, Cooktown, 4895. And remember to come along to our meetings on the first Tuesday of the month at 6.30 pm. at the Lions Hall. We’re friendly! (ps. Bring a sample of your style of writing if possible.) Dianne Keller (Cooktown Writers’ Group). “The Wet” We’re waiting for The Wet But it’s not arrived as yet. It’s gone south and given us the slip. We wait and look and wonder When we hear the roll of thunder. It’s our turn? Nope. It’s given us the flip. We give the same old greeting To all the folk we’re meeting. It MUST come soon before we melt away. The heat rash drives us crazy And our glasses go all hazy. Move down south? Nope. Not any day! So we’ll scratch and swear and wait For The Wet that’s running late; Dream of swimming pools with lumps of bobbing ice. When at last it buckets down And we’re all about to drown A voice cries out, “When’s it going to cease?” By LEONORA
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GOOD TIMES AT THE LIONS DEN
ABOVE: Leeann Davis and Dean Jackson. BELOW: Krystle Sheerman and Liz Ritter made their annual pilgrimage from Gove in the Northern Territory to pay homage to the “Gavinator”.
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON
ABOVE: Pam Howard, Greg Willis and Ronnie Harrigan. BELOW: Chris and Zephyr Robinson and Claire Tucker. ABOVE: Linda, Arienn (baby) and Dennis Manning and Harrison Toft. BELOW: Christine Brady, Wendy Widderson and Peter Shields.
ABOVE: Sandra, Malena and Arnaud Gougeon. BELOW: Sue-Ann Feltus and Shelley Hindley.
ABOVE: Roadtrippers guitarist Lee Greaves takes a break between sets with two of his biggest fans, mum Sue and sister Kim. BELOW: Jackson Farrugia, Tracey Wiesert and Jack Russell. “Charlie”, Bobbie Cook and “Iva”.
ABOVE: Gus and Michelle Bonner joined locals Peter and Sue Staig. FAR LEFT: Bobby James and Albert McIntosh. CENTRE LEFT: Steve Caves and Katrina O’Connell. LEFT: Taijan Martin and Maddi O’Connell.
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HAVING FUN AT THE TOP PUB
Sean Lynch, Justin Zimmerman and Andy Priory.
PHOTOS: GARY HUTCHISON
Jamaine Yoren, Roxanne Hart and Amanda Yoren. Jemily Kerr, Kirsty Bowen and Anisia Fullagar.
Jody Wallace and Teneille Nuggins.
Tijuana Gibson, Zeila Wallace and Esther Kulka.
Tanique Brim and Caroline Nolan.
Calvin O’Burns and Florence McGreen.
Vana Gibson and Justin Pearson.
Adi Jessop and Jaime Remedio.
Nathan Woibo, Keithean Bowen and Luke Woibo.
“Tennor-eign” and Niall Cobus.
Steve Pierce and Farren Cobus.
Thomas Lakefield and Alfred Bell.
Stanton Bowen, Gauai Wallace, Craig Gibson and Adam Bowen.
Bryce Claes and Jadie Field.
Janelle Bassani (seated front) with (back from left) Doreen Hart, Colleen Bowen and Maxine Bassani.
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FRIDAY 05
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Foreign Correspondent 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Poirot 1:25 Last Of The Summer Wine 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: The Gothic House: Herefordshire 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 NSW 8:00 Who’s Been Sleeping In My House?: Toowoomba 8:30 The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Someone’s Son, Someone’s Daughter - The suicide of Ballarat Hospital’s first female doctor shocks the community. Dr Lucien Blake suspects foul play and sets out to find the murderer amongst the staff and board of the hospital. 9:30 Silk: Clive discovers a passion for prosecuting he didn’t know he had, and Martha is defending a violent and unremorseful offender she is trying to steer to redemption. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lowdown: Zirco Goes Berko 11:35 Rage
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 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 Big Bang Theory: The Staircase Implementation 7:30 Imparja’s Live Friday Night Football: Gold Coast Titans Vs Brisbane Broncos 9:30 Imparja’s Friday Night Football: Canterbury Bulldogs Vs Manly Sea Eagles 11:30 Any Which Way You Can 1:00 Movie: “Rogue” (M) - An American journalist and an outback tour guide join forces to fend off a giant man-eating crocodile, lurking beneath the surface of a remote lake in Australia’s Kakadu National Park. 3:30 Extra 4:00 Home Shopping / 4:30 Good Morning America
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 The Midday Movie: “K-9” (PG v,d,l,s) 2:30 Mercurio’s Menu 3:30 Minute To Win It 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 2013 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 2: St Kilda Vs Richmond 10:00 Better Homes And Gardens: Better Homes To The Rescue! - We answer your calls for help. Fast Ed comes to the rescue of a sailor who wants to cook a special anniversary dinner for his wife, plus try Karen’s BBQ Calamari and Chorizo kebabs. What happens when you try to kill the weeds but kill your lawn instead? 11:30 Movie: “Mexico City” (M v) - A suspenseful thriller set in Mexico tells the story of a brother and sister who travel to Mexico City and get caught up in the criminal underbelly of a dangerous city. 1:30 Auction Squad 2:30 That ‘70s Show: Grandma’s Dead - While driving his mean grandmother home, Eric gets up the nerve to tell her that being nice won’t kill her, with astounding results. 3:00 Home Shopping / 4:00 NBC Today
5:00 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia 1:30 Don Matteo: Murder In The Vatican 2:30 Living Black 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Lava Caves 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Harbouring History 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Great Brittish Countryside: South Downs 8:30 Turn Back Time: The Family: Edwardian Era 9:35 As It Happened: The Dark Charisma Of Adolf Hitler 10:40 World News Australia 11:15 Movie: “The Man Who Loves” (MA s) - In Italian. The intriguing journey of a confused soul-searcher who tries to live up to the ideal of the perfect, loving relationship of his gay brother. Forty-year-old pharmacist Roberto is broken-hearted at the loss of his lover, but then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved. 1:00 Movie: “Narco: The Secret Adventures Of Gustave Klopp” (M s,l,v) In French. Gustave Klopp’s life is disrupted by his narcolepsy as he falls asleep at the most inappropriate moments. But his dreams are a source of inspiration. 2:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
SATURDAY 06
6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage: Guest Programmer 11:30 7.30 NSW 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 The Checkout 1:00 At The Movies 1:30 Eggheads: Decadent Tendencies 2:00 The Volcano That Stopped The World 2:50 Movie: “Two Tickets To Broadway” (G) 4:55 Midsomer Murders: Sauce For The Goose 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Last Tango In Halifax: Reunited sweethearts Celia and Alan buy an expensive convertible instead of an engagement ring and throw a party at Gillian’s farm. But their celebration is ruined by family drama. 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently With Class 10:00 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). 10:30 Laid: In series two of this six-part black comedy, Roo thinks she’s found the answer to all her problems when she is introduced to Marcus, a man who is her opposite - everyone he has sex with is healed. 11:00 Rage: Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage
6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday 10:00 Mornings - Saturday 12:00 The Bottom Line Icon Series 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 2:30 Movie: “The Theif Who Came To Dinner” (PG v) 4:30 Garden Gurus 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Getaway 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 Movie: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (PG l,v) - An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation. 9:30 Movie: “The Other Man” (M a,l,n) 11:30 Movie: “The Wicker Man” (M v,l,s,a) - When a police officer arrives at a secluded island to investigate the disappearance of a local girl, he soon discovers the residents are hiding a terrifying secret. 1:30 Movie: “Believers” (M v,l,s,a) 3:30 Alive And Cooking 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Life Today With James Robinson 5:30 Wesley Impact
6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:30 V8 Extra 12:00 Seven’s V8 Supercars 2013 3:30 2013 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 2: Brisbane Vs Adelaide 6:30 2013 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 2: Port Adelaide Vs GWS 10:00 World’s Wildest Police Videos 11:00 Dinner Date Australia 12:15 Movie: “The Pawn” (AV v) - Lieutenant Ray Harlan returns home to escape his past and find solace with his family. But what he encounters is quite different and cuts to the very core of his existence. 2:15 Auction Squad 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 That ‘70s Show: I Can’t Quit You Baby / What Is And What Should Never Be (Part 1) - Eric and Donna think their senior year is ruined when Bob enrols Donna in a Catholic high school and Red takes away the Vista Cruiser. Kitty announces she is pregnant, while Kelso feels as if a bomb has been dropped on him when he sees Hyde and Jackie kissing.
5:00 World News 1:00 Barenboim On Beethoven 2:40 Beyond Time: William Turnbull 3:55 Up To The Sky: The Hearst Tower 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Chris Moyles 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Salvage Hunters 8:35 Lilyhammer: The Flamingo 9:30 Movie: “Biutiful” (MA a,n) - In Spanish and Catalan. A powerful tale of love and fatherhood. Uxbal, a petty criminal, struggles to take care of his two children after his alcoholic wife abandons them. But his world falls apart when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness and his death becomes imminent. 12:10 Movie: “Before Night Falls” (MAV s,v,a) In English and Spanish. This film is partly based on the memoirs of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas. A fusion of dreams, poetry and dramatic scenes depicting Arenas’ dirt-poor childhood, his love for literature, his sexual awakening and early enthusiasm for the Cuban Revolution, his persecution by the Castro regime and his struggle for freedom. 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
SUNDAY 07
6:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: School Choirs 2012: Junior Semi Final 12:00 Landline 1:00 Travel Oz 1:30 Cheese Slices: Massif Central And The Auvergne 2:00 How The Earth Was Made: Krakatoa 3:00 Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound 4:30 The Book Club: April 5:00 Chris Humfrey’s Wild Life 5:30 Deadly 60: On A Mission: Philippines 6:00 Antiques Master 6:30 Compass: Best Buddies 7:00 ABC News 7:30 TBA 8:30 Call The Midwife 9:30 Miranda: What A Surprise 10:00 Rev. 10:30 How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? 11:50 Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee & The Spirit Of The Rural Studio 12:50 Movie: “Room At The Top” (G) 2:45 Spirit Stones 3:45 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Catalyst 5:00 Gardening Australia / 5:30 Antiques Master
6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Australian Athletics Tour 2013 2:00 2013 Intrust Super Cup 4:00 Imparja’s Sunday Football: St George Illawarra Dragons Vs Newcastle Knights 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 TBA 11:30 Kings Of Comedy - Features some of the greatest comedy moments of all time with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Dave Allen, The Two Ronnies, Graham Kennedy and others. 12:30 What Would You Do? - Using hidden cameras, host John Quiñones observes and comments on how ordinary people behave when they are confronted with a dilemma that requires them to either take action or walk by and mind their own business. 1:30 Spyforce: The Samurai - The Japanese Intelligence Officer, who models his life on the ferocity of the 11th Century Samurai, is marked for assassination and Spyforce operatives Erskine and Gunther get the job. 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Home Shopping 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 AFL Game Day 11:30 Sport Special 12:30 Footy Flashbacks 2:00 AFL Premiership Season Rnd 2: Collingwood Vs Carlton 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 7:30 TBA 8:30 Downton Abbey - Matthew and Mary are keeping important secrets from each other, but the obvious question remains, just what is each of them hiding? Carson must decide what to do with Thomas, whose future employment at Downton rests in his hands but he may be surprised to find support from an unexpected place. 10:00 Castle: Recoil / The Big Wheel 12:00 This Rugged Coast 1:00 Auction Squad 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Living Black 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 FIFA World Cup 2014 Magazine 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 TBA 5:35 Inspector Rex: The Will 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Treasures Decoded: The Sphinx - Discover the remarkable secrets of five of the world’s greatest treasures. Using state-of-the art forensics, experts will unlock their hidden truths for the first time ever. The significance of the Sphinx has puzzled Egyptologists for decades. But a remarkable new discovery of a temple complex around it sheds fresh light on the Sphinx’s role in Ancient Egypt and unlocks its disturbing secrets. 8:30 The Fabric Of The Cosmos: What Is Space? - In this new four-part series, renowned physicist Brian Greene reveals a mind-boggling reality beneath the surface of our everyday world. Brian is going to let you in on a secret: We’ve all been deceived. Our perceptions of time and space have led us astray. 9:30 Paris-Roubaix 2013 1:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 08
SBS
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Planet Science 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: The Lime Kiln House: Midlothian, Scotland 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 The Silence 12:35 Movie: “It Came From Outer Space” (PG) - Based on a Ray Bradbury short story about an astronomer’s encounter with extraterrestrials in the Arizona desert. 1:50 Grand Designs: The Lime Kiln House: Midlothian, Scotland 2:40 Rage 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: Round 1: Eastwood Vs Southern Districts 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 TBA 11:30 Worst Case Senario: Earthquake Escape - Bear escapes from a building ravaged by an earthquake. 12:00 Extra - Co-hosts Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos reporting in front of a live audience from the shows hot location at The Grove in Los Angeles. The show takes viewers on a coastto-coast trip in every episode, from Hollywood to hotspots at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas as well as Planet Hollywood and Times Square in New York City. 12:30 The Avengers 1:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 Danoz Direct 2:30 Home Shopping 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 1:00 Movie: “The Money Pit” (PG s,l) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Mercurio’s Menu 3:30 Who’s Still Standing 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:30 Revenge: Power / Sabotage - Victoria begins plotting a scheme that surprisingly, involves Emily, while Emily locks in on her next target. 10:40 The Mindy Project: Josh And Mindy’s Christmas Party - When Mindy throws an office Christmas party at her apartment, she is eager for her colleagues to finally meet her boyfriend, Josh, but her plans go awry when she discovers a secret that Josh has been hiding. 11:15 Private Practice 12:15 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Movie: “Our Father” (PG) 2:30 Rainman Goes To Rockwiz 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 Massive Moves: Supersize Station 5:30 Global Village: Arthouses Of Djadjibine 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Getaway To The Highlands 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Mythbusters: Flying Guillotine 8:30 Play 9:35 RocKwiz: Talei Wolfgramm & Simone Felice 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game: A-League Finals Special 11:30 The World Game: Global Edition 12:00 SOS: One Minute Puberty - A summary of the transition from childhood to adulthood in a minute. (PG); Julian - Julian is an attentive and precise nine-year-old, who promptly informs the teacher when he learns of misbehaviour. The teacher, however, sends him off to the headmaster - which Julian doesn’t find that fair at all. (G) 12:35 My Family UK: Nine Missed Calls 1:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 09
7 CENTRAL
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Planet Science 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: The Bath Kit House: Bathwick Hill, Bath, Somerset 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks: Bank Robbery 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 Artscape: Don’t Try This At Home 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Desperate Romantics 1:25 Grand Designs: The Bath Kit House: Bathwick Hill, Bath, Somerset 2:30 Football: VFL: Round 1: (Split Round) Collingwood Vs North Ballarat 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 TBA 11:30 Survivors: Abby comes across a community with electricity, food and hot water that’s run by the last surviving member of the government, Samantha Willis, who Abby learns will go to extreme lengths to maintain control. 12:30 Extra - Co-hosts Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos reporting in front of a live audience from the shows hot location at The Grove in Los Angeles. 1:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Danoz Direct 2:00 Home Shopping 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: “Underdog” (PG v,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Mercurio’s Menu 3:30 Who’s Still Standing 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:30 Packed To The Rafters: Free To Choose 9:35 Parenthood: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - As Victor’s adoption deadline draws near, Julia and Joel contemplate the long-term effects of this decision. Mark and Sarah discuss Hank’s interference in their relationship. 11:30 Against The Wall: Wonder What God’s Up To - Abby and Lina investigate a complicated case involving the apparent suicide of a Chicago Police Department officer, a stolen gun and sexual abuse allegations against the department chaplain. 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Victorian Pharmacy 2:00 Barbados At The Races 2:30 The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World: Enterprise 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Oman 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Gateway To The Lakes 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?Asher Keddie 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Recipe” (M l) In Korean. A prisoner waiting on death row has one final request: a bowl of spicy bean stew from a small isolated restaurant in the forests of South Korea. It’s alleged that everyone who tries the magical dish is instantly comforted and soothed. 12:55 Anna Pihl - Anna gives a drunken soccer fan a ride home. It turns out that he is a member of a hard-core group of FCK supporters, which use every available opportunity to get into fights with Brondby supporters. 1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 10
IMPARJA
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Planet Science 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 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: The Hi Tech Bungalow: Maidstone, Kent 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 8:30 Tractor Monkeys: HG Nelson, Josh Thomas, Tommy Little & Jeff Green 9:00 The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide To Knife Fighting 9:30 Would I Lie To You?: Barry Cryer, Lorraine Kelly, Dara O’Briain, Sue Perkins 10:00 The Thick Of It 10:30 Lateline 11:00 The Business 11:30 Identity 12:20 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime: The Sunningdale Mystery 1:10 Grand Designs: The Hi Tech Bungalow: Maidstone, Kent 2:00 Rage 2:30 Football: SANFL: Round 2: Eagles Vs West Adelaide 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 - 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 TBA 11:30 Weeds: To Moscow, And Quickly - Nancy is met with yet another roadblock when baby Stevie gets sick leaving her and Andy to scramble to find a paediatrician. Meanwhile, Silas, Shane and Doug are tasked with unloading some merchandise at a kiddie concert. 12:00 20/20 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 2:00 Home Shopping 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: “Bring It On: Fight To The Finish” (PG s,l) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Mercurio’s Menu 3:30 Who’s Still Standing 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:45 TBA 9:40 Last Resort: The Pointy End Of The Spear / Controlled Flight Into Terrain 11:45 Man Up!: Pilot - Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys. Will’s grandfather and father both fought in wars. Will plays Call of Duty on his PS3. So what happened to all the real men? Will’s best friend, sensitive soul Craig, still pines for his college ex. 12:15 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
4:30 UEFA Champions League Australia 7:00 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: Forgotten People Of Lake Baikal 6:00 Wainwright Walks: The Heart Of The Lakes 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wildest India: Thar Desert: Sacred Sands 8:30 World’s Most Dangerous Roads: Ethiopia 9:35 Immigration Nation: The Secret History Of Us 10:35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Kawasaki’s Rose” (MA l) In Czech. Pavel Josek, a distinguished psychiatrist, is about to receive an award for his life’s work. His wife and daughter are thrilled, and his sonin-law Ludek leads a documentary crew following him in the lead-up to the ceremony. However, Ludek’s research uncovers Pavel’s hidden past as a collaborator with the secret police. Nominated for nine Czech Lions in 2010, and winner of three. 12:55 Movie: “Once You’re Born You Can No Longer Hide” (M l,a) In Italian. 3:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
THURSDAY 11
ABC
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Planet Science 11:00 World’s Greenest Homes 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Family Footsteps 1:30 Cheese Slices 2:00 Waterloo Road 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 The Checkout 8:30 Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey - This series showcases the incredible power of our seasons and weather, and what drives them to both incredible creation and devastating destruction. 9:30 Scott And Bailey 10:20 Lateline 10:55 The Business 11:20 TBA 12:20 The Clinic 1:15 Grand Designs 2:05 Eight Ladies 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 4: East Fremantle Vs Subiaco 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 TBA 8:30 The NRL Footy Show - Join Fatty Vautin, Darryl Brohman, and Michael Slater for a wrap of all things footy and come inside the game with some of Rugby Leagues favourites. 10:30 Two And A Half Men: Skunk, Dog Crap and Ketchup 11:00 Two And A Half Men: Lookin’ For Japanese Subs 11:30 The AFL Footy Show 1:30 Extra - The show takes viewers on a coast-to-coast trip in every episode, from Hollywood to hotspots at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas as well as Planet Hollywood and Times Square in New York City. 2:00 Danoz Direct 2:30 Home Shopping 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: “Sneakers” (PG v,l,s) 3:00 Mercurio’s Menu 3:30 Who’s Still Standing 4:30 Seven News 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 8:00 TBA 8:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 10:30 Billy Connolly’s Route 66: World-renowned comedian and motorbike enthusiast, Billy Connolly, follows his lifelong dream and makes the iconic 2488 mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica on the iconic Route 66. 11:30 30 Rock: The Beginning Of The End - When ‘TGS’ returns from hiatus, Liz is alarmed by Jack’s shockingly bad fall programming line-up. 12:00 Auction Squad 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
4:30 UEFA Champions League Australia 7:00 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: The Great Wall Of China 6:00 Wainwright Walks: Eden And The Pennines 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Food Safari: Danish 8:00 Gourmet Farmer: Shop Special: Cheese, Saffron, Sloe Gin - Matthew and Nick’s new shop venture, A Common Ground, provides many challenges; meeting demand with a variable supply of seasonal local produce, maintaining commitment to ethically grown and prepared food whilst managing the bottom line. 8:35 Marco Pierre White’s Kitchen Wars 9:30 24 Hours in Emergency: Life’s Little Hiccups 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:05 Movie: “When Darkness Falls” (MA v,a,l) In Swedish. Director Anders Nilsson tells three independent stories of personal courage in Sweden. 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight
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CROSSWORD No. 142
SUDOKU No. 142
Your Lucky
Stars
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) An idea which you have will be taken less seriously than it should be. Repeat it several times to get others to listen. It’s the best notion and you know it! Romance. Don’t be angry about something your partner does by mistake. They didn’t mean to upset you. Take a deep breath!
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A piece of advice may be of less value than you imagine. Don’t follow someone who isn’t fully sure about what they’re doing. Romance. Your good mood will help create the right atmosphere for a romantic get-together. Don’t be upset if your partner doesn’t share your temperament.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
FOR KIDS
This will be quite an exciting week. Don’t worry if you forget what you are doing for a while. Allow yourself to breeze through your work. Romance. An unexpected meeting will help you to understand your partner a little better. This doesn’t mean that you didn’t know them well before.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) This would be a good week for a trip away from home. Take yourself somewhere you’ve wanted to go to for some time. Romance. You must be careful not to spend more than you normally do. Once you have started it may be very difficult to stop and your partner already feels stressed.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) Invest more time this week reading the news. Pick up journal articles, magazines and newspapers to get the full scope. Romance. You might benefit from some time spent by yourself. Don’t allow your thoughts to be dominated by your partner. You need to remain true to who you are.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) A friend will need your help more than you realize. Given them extra care this week and you will see a difference in their demeanor. Romance. Your partner may find it hard to cope with your constant indecisiveness. Have an opinion of your own. Don’t just simply agree!
FINDWORD No. 142 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) A friend who knows more about the situation will help you decide what to do and when to do it. Romance. You may be too concerned about what other people think. Don’t let their prejudices affect an important decision. You will be the one spending time with your partner, not them.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
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You will be getting a little fed up with constantly being the centre of attention. You may have to spend more time by yourself. Pick up a good book to pass the time. Romance. You may bump into an “ex” today. Don’t ask them personal questions. Simple inquiries are best.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) Don’t try too hard to create a good impression. You may be feeling a little self-conscious this week. Being yourself is the best way to go! Romance. Don’t allow yourself to be led astray by your mate. They think they are helping you, but you know what is best for you at this time.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Your mind will be on other things this week. Don’t spend too much time daydreaming at work. A colleague is eager to tell on you. Romance. Don’t worry too much if your partner is not in a romantic mood. You’ll be just as happy doing nothing and relaxing in your pyjamas together.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.
– Albert Einstein
SOLUTIONS No. 142
You will be put in a moral dilemma this week. It is important that you make the right choice, not just for now but also for the future. Romance. Don’t allow financial problems to come between you and your partner. Tackle old debt and try to prevent accruing new debt. Things will improve.
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) You’ll be taking your career very seriously this week. You might find that the situation would be easier if you weren’t trying so hard to please! Easy isn’t always better. You’re doing just fine! Romance. Be careful not to get into a muddle over where you are planning to meet someone.
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LAST week’s Italian Restaurant a score for this week’s Italian Weekly Stableford competition atRestaurant Weekly Stroke. Rick’s tracted a few players, with Laurie score to beat is nett 67. Downs emerging the winner on 32 Daniel from Drummond Stableford points. In the Golf Cairns will be coming to Four other members all came again to conduct some Bunker Cooktown in with 31 Stableford points to be golf lessons. The lessons will be contention for the runner-up prize. Don and held on the afternoons of Friday, April 19 Ian Keller didn’t make the count-back easy and Saturday, April 20 and then again on the as they both finished with 18 points for the morning of Sunday, April 21). back 9. Both had the same for the last 6 and Only a handful of members have regthen the last 3 and finally Don won on a istered their interest so far, so all other hole-by-hole basis from the last 9. members, please let me know if you want a The Cooktown Hardware and Italian lesson ($50 for individual half hour or $80 Restaurant Monthly Medal competition for 2-person hour lesson), and for which attracted 10 players and Mick Mason was day you would like it so I can pencil you in simply unbeatable in the men’s division, the schedule. returning a score of nett 62. Steve Butler was Here’s a slice of golf history you might next in line for the men’s division returning a enjoy. score of 68. Steve had the lowest gross score Why do full-length golf courses have for the day hitting 82 off the stick. 18 holes, and not 20, 10 or an even dozen? Of the three ladies who competed, Julie During a discussion among the memberSauer was the winner for the day, with Carol ship board at St Andrews Golf Club in McKinna in runner-up position. 1858, one of the members pointed out that All the nearest-the-pins were landed with it takes exactly 18 holes to polish off a fifth Wal Welsh claiming 2/11 and 14 (greedy of Scotch. bugger) whilst Steve Butler nabbed 9/18. By limiting himself to only one shot of Rick Cowe is my “one and only” for this Scotch per hole, the Scot figured a round of week as he was the only member to record a golf was finished when the Scotch ran out. score for the Cape York Tyres Sunday 9-Hole Happy golfing everyone. stroke competition. Rick had a great back 9 Kelly Barnett, to hit a nett score of 29. Manager, He is also the only one so far to record Cooktown Golf Club.
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Just another one of those weeks THERE are some weeks when things just don’t come together as they should. You know, the sort of Monday when the car breaks down just when you have a doctor’s appointment, which has to be postponed. But you don’t know what date to give the receptionist because the parts for the car won’t arrive until Wednesday (maybe), and the mechanic is not sure he will be free that day anyway. In the meantime the nice plumber who was going to fix your leaking tap has gone fishing, and you can’t find the special light bulb you need anywhere in town . . . And so on. Well, the Oberführer has been having a week like that. It started off with people reminding him about his promises of clean, open and can-do government back, in the mists of time when he was still a private citizen. Something had to be done, so let’s pick an easy target, bang the table a bit and show the newspapers a bit of strong and effective government. He has tried the Health Care thing, riding waves of cheers as he promised to cut waste and inefficiency, but that did not work out. He had been expecting pats on the back for all his cuts, but somehow people are upset with him instead. So let’s try - I don’t know - let’s try Indigenous funding. Lots of money is going to Cape York instead of Brisbane. That’s an easy target, except Tony Ears has come down on him like a road train on a cane toad. Cutting that will
Three Rivers Rugby League action at John Street Oval last year. Could it have been the last? Photo: GARY HUTCHISON.
Three Rivers League insurance headache << From Page 20 “We can’t expose the Shire’s ratepayers to litigation by allowing a competition not covered by insurance to go ahead,” he said. The Cooktown Local News believes that Maiden and the CDRL support the TRL committee’s stance on the issue. It is believed that junior players in Cairns pay as much as $150 each in fees each season they play, a portion of which covers their insurance commitments. So why do the senior players in the Three Rivers League seem reluctant to fulfill their commitment of only $50? That question and the future of the competition was discussed at last night’s meeting, the results of which will be published in next week’s edition of the Cooktown Local News.
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An irreverent, satirical (and totally fictional) comment upon the issues of life, by our faceless correspondent. cost the LNP votes at a federal level. Tony has wobbly middle-class liberals to satisfy, so he was on the phone to the Oberführer telling him to pull his neck in. The funding was restored next day. Then, one of his top men was caught trying to squeeze money from retailers, and that did not look like clean government to anyone. What else can he do to repair his image? Bats. They are the answer. He can take aim at flying foxes. They don’t vote, or have influential friends. Immediate protests from Cairns City Council who point out that even though the bats don’t pay rent, there are so few visitors in town nowadays that they are not about to shoot anyone who likes the place enough to stay. Yes, just one of those weeks . . .
Stallan ignores experience to taste victory in debut By GARY HUTCHISON ZANE Stallan ignored his opponent’s wealth of experience to taste a comfortable, points victory in his debut boxing match on the Boxers At War program in Mareeba on Saturday night. Boasting 20 fights under his belt, Zac Mulholland was no match for Stallan’s aggression and steel will over four, two minute rounds that were hard fought all the way. Although Stallan is a Muay Thai trained novice, he adapted easily to the Western-style bout with aplomb, amazing his trainer, Full Boar Muay Thai Boxing Club mentor Vince Parkes with some of his ring craft. “Zane was putting on ‘shuffles’,” a surprised Parkes said.
“Who puts on ‘shuffles’ in their first fight?” But it was his intensity and rock hard toughness that won him the bout, not his finesse. “Zane was just too hard for Zac,” he said. “Zac hit him with everything he had, but Zane never flinched, never showed pain and never showed that he was inexperienced.” At 12 years of age, Stallan was the youngest of a trio from the Full Boar stable to travel to Mareeba, which included 13-year-old Joe Pope who dragged himself from his sick bed to lose a narrow points decision against his 18-year old opponent. “Joe was in bed for two days before his fight,” Parkes said. “He was at least 70 per cent down on his fitness, had no strength and little endurance, so he did remarkably well against a much older
opponent.” The other local to make his debut in Mareeba on Saturday night was Storm Damschke, who also lost a narrow points decision against an opponent from Mt Isa, trained in Western style boxing. “Storm went really well too,” Parkes said. “But he’s only new and only trained in Muay Thai style, so he found the other guy’s training in the Western style a bit much. “But he was certainly not disgraced by any means and did remarkably well under the circumstances. “He’ll be much better for the experience. According to Parkes, a large contingent of the boys’ family members turned up and gave them rousing support during their encounters, urging them on to their best efforts.
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Slowly unfolding frond of the king fern. WHAT makes king ferns (angiopteris evecta) so very special? Well, for a start, they predate the dinosaur. Fossils well over 300 million years old, very similar to the modern versions, have been found on most continents. This was before Gondwana split. These days, they occur naturally in the Pacific, Indonesia, New Guinea and of course Australia. They’re also big. Very big. The fronds can grow to seven metres under good conditions, which makes them look a bit like a palm, although they don’t have a prominent trunk and the fronds sprout from near ground level. Their enormous size means they have to live in very wet areas to retain the turgor pressure to keep their fronds erect
Woobadda delights --Clementine Giner (Cairns), John and Karen Williams from Cronulla and Chris Giner from Cairns. Photos: MIKE D’ARCY.
Base of a king fern.
What makes king ferns so special? ( “turgor” sort of means pumped up with water pressure). Therefore, they can only live comfortably near waterfalls, along creeks and in gullies in well-developed rainforest. There’s a small specimen on the edge of the bitumen road going north from Ayton towards the top of the Cedar Bay pass. The Discovery Centre at Cow Bay has several nice specimens. In mature king ferns, the rhizome is a massive trunk up to 1.5m tall, woody on the outside and deeply grooved, and quite fleshy on the inside. It tends towards black, is very broad, and bears numerous crowns of fronds. They are absolutely beautiful to
see when, over several days, a new frond gradually unfurls. Our Kiwi friends from across the ditch view ferns generally with some nostalgia as, while they don’t have king ferns, they do have the famous silver fern, the very sight of which has a native-born New Zealander swelling with pride, growing an extra 200mm and able to beat any Australian team brave enough to take them on. Perhaps this is because they often eat the starchy rhizomes of a sprouting frond of some ferns, boiled a bit like asparagus, and just as tasty. In the case of the king fern, the starchy rhizomes are edible after long processing
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Fabulous papaya PAPAYA is a fabulous fruit as it can be used as both a fruit, a salad ingredient as in this recipe, and as a vegetable. Add it to Asian style soups as a crispy vegetable, or to stir fries, diced or sliced into batons or strips. It can also be baked similarly to how you would bake a large zucchini or small pumpkin. I also love to use papaya in savoury dishes when it is just starting to ripen, but is still very firm. By this stage it has some of its papaya flavour, but is still crunchy and not too sweet. I have happily used papaya at this stage of ripening in the recipe below. Substitute it at this stage for grated carrot in your recipes and salads such as coleslaw. As I have mentioned previously, papaya is a great health tonic, being very good for
our digestion amongst other virtues. My personal favourite out of the papaya varieties are the Hawaiian and PNG Red varieties because they have a wonderfully fragrant flavour. If you haven’t already got some growing, next time you buy a fruit with a flavour you love, bury the skin scraps and seeds in a fertile place and see if you can get your own papaya growing. GREEN PAPAYA SALAD 3 garlic cloves good pinch of salt 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts, coarsely crushed
to remove the toxins. It is also used to flavour rice and to produce an intoxicating alcoholic drink. But don’t do it at home, as the risks outweigh the dubious taste. Last week, rain closed the Bloomfield River a few times for a day or so, but conditions were exactly what we want in the rainforest - wet, alive with wildlife, plants bursting out of their skins and birds feeding up prior to the migrating ones heading off to New Guinea. The downer was Noah’s Creek Bridge, which was closed for a few hours after some overweight repair machinery caused some damage to the rustic old timber beams. To give credit, Cairns Council
pushed all the right buttons to make sure that people and cars could get across, and the emergency workers tirelessly delayed their Easter break for a few hours. And now, the weather seems perfect. The monsoonal trough has gone further north and nice high tides are coming back over the next few days. This means lovely beach walks, great swimming in the creeks, lots of soldier and other crabs and butterflies and wildlife generally. Get out and enjoy it. Just time your Bloomfield River crossing carefully in the mornings. Happy travelling. Mike and Trish D’Arcy D’Arcy of Daintree 4WD Tours www.darcyofdaintree.com.au Ph: +61 7 4098 9180
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2 tablespoons dried prawns, rinsed and drained 4 slices or small wedges of lime (optional) 12 cherry tomatoes, halved 4 snake beans, cut into 1 cm lengths 4-6 bird’s eye chillies, or 2 mild medium sized chillies, to taste 4 cups shredded green papaya, from 1 medium/large papaya ¼ - cup shaved palm sugar, to taste ¼ -cup fish sauce ¼ -cup lime juice
1 tbsp tamarind water (optional) handful of Thai basil leaves to garnish Using a pestle and mortar, pound the garlic with the salt then add the peanuts and dried prawns and pound to a coarse paste. Add the lime (if using), bruising it with the pestle, then add the cherry tomatoes and beans to the mortar and gently bruise. Next add the chillies, barely crushing them. The more they are pounded, the hotter the dish will be. If you don’t have a pestle and mortar, mix ingredients as above in a good sized bowl and bruise with the back of a
large spoon or meat tenderising hammer. Add the green papaya and lightly bruise while turning and tossing the mixture with a large spoon held in your other hand. Starting with the smaller amount of each, mix the palm sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and tamarind water (if using) - the dressing should have a balance of sweet, sour, hot and salty flavours. Add a little extra of whichever is needed to get the balance, dress the salad and scatter with the basil leaves. Serve immediately.
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SPORT Cook defeated Kennedy, two sets to one for the right to take on the Teachers, but weren’t up to the assignment, with the Teachers taking out the one and only set, 15-5.
Courtney Robson sends this ball on its way back over the net.
Billy Dukes is forced to adjust his style in an attempt to return this ball.
Call the ball!
ABOVE: Her close proximity to the net made returning this ball over the net difficult for T J Gibson, but its trajectory shows she had it well under control. BELOW: Austin McClemens-Morse leaves the ground to smack this ball back to his opposition.
Roy Williams jumps high to tap this ball deftly over the net.
ABOVE: With his feet off the ground and his eyes on where this ball is going, Sam Hosking gets two hands on this ball to deliver it over the net. Kate Dagge shows her experience in tapping down this winning shot.
Mitch Roe and Kate Dagge watch Jess Clarke spike this ball for the winning shot to take the set.
Desparation is evident in this lunge to return serve.
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Three Rivers to contest Remote Area Challenge By ALF WILSON THREE Rivers League will contest the Remote Area Rugby League Challenge in Cairns on May 25 and 26. Other sides to compete will be Torres Strait, Central Cape, Southern Cape, Bowen and Palm Island, with a possible Northern Peninsula Area side in as well. After that carnival, which will showcase the best club rugby league players in the far north, a team will be selected to represent the RARL against the Queensland Outback side. This game will be played in Cairns before a Northern Pride
Intrust Super Cup game on June 29. The team is selected early so that the NQ Marlins selectors can have a look at the players on offer. This was all discussed and ratified during a phone link up between officials from the regions concerned last Monday night. The Annual General Meeting of the new Cape York Rugby League elected Angela Lui from Napranum as President, Loretta Glanville the secretary and Kowanyama’s Dave Kennedy as treasurer. Kennedy told the Cooktown Local News on March 26, that it was still on the cards for an Extended League competition to be played later on in the year involving the
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Grassy Hill a Hashers’ Nemesis
four Three Rivers League clubs plus Kowanyama and Pormpuraaw. David Maiden, the Queensland Rugby League Regional coordinator, will soon be preparing a draw for the Cape Cluster which will commence on June 29, with five rounds plus finals. Competing teams at this stage include Weipa Raiders, Napranum, Coen, Lockhart River, Aurukun, Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama and maybe NPA. The Weipa Wet Season rugby league competition will commence on April 27 and two rounds will be played before there is a selection trial to pick a Central Cape representative side.
Bring on the rock wall Monday night’s Hashers on the Grassy Hill run. Photo submitted.
Anglers on the rock wall. VISITORS and tourists flocked to the rock wall and Queen’s Steps during the long weekend because the bait fish were being flogged by marauding barramundi. The turn of the tide was the key time, with dozens of keen anglers trying their luck. Quality captures worthy of note were a 13kg Spanish mackerel taken from the wall, along with several grunter with the best around the 60 cm mark. Mangrove Jacks and golden snappers were around in numbers, while mud crabs were also a popu-
lar target with plenty of pots around the rivers. On the safety side of things, a 2.7 metre croc has been at the Annan Boat ramp, so be aware of its presence, and box jelly fish have been found washed up on Quarantine Bay beach, so extra care around the water there is recommended. The forecast for the next several ABOVE: Col Jackson with a ‘blue’ or days is for strong winds, so land- Cooktown salmon. Photos submitted. based or inland will be the best BELOW: Rob Giblin with a mangrove Jack. options. Tight lines Russell Bowman The Lure Shop.
Shotgun shoot on Saturday CAPE York SSAA’s first scheduled shoot for April is a DTL Shotgun event to be held at the Cameron Creek Road range from 1pm. Contact Bill McCann (0458 693 534) for details. There will a monthly meeting held on April 9 at Fishermans Wharf at 7pm. The calendar shoot timetable is
under review with changes from May onwards to be made. These will be confirmed at the monthly meeting. For more details contact your discipline captain. Anne Williams, Secretary.
LAST Wednesday’s Sunset Shoot was a Standard Match. From a possible score of 500, Mal was first with 461, Janne second with 377 (after a recheck of scores) and Teresa third with 370. If you would like to come along and try this sport out, you are welcome to come along on any Wednesday at 5.30pm. Bring photo ID and wear closed-in shoes. The next firearms safety course will be held in May - date to be advised. April dates for your diary: Saturday 6 - 3P Rimfire Rifle/Bench Rest from 1.30pm;
Wednesday 10 - Sports Pistol Centrefire Shoot from 5.30pm; ABOVE: Elaine Giblin with a mangrove Jack. Saturday 13 BELOW: Vikki Jackson with a personal best, Target Shoot from 1.30pm; Sunday 14 - Rimfire Silhouette Shoot 83cm barra. from 9.30am; Wednesday 17 - Standard Shoot from 5.30pm; Wednesday 24 - General meeting and Service Core Air Pistol Match from 5.30pm; and Sunday 28 - Practical shoot, 9am. Janne Stewart, Secretary/Treasurer.
Mal takes out Standard Match
GRANDDAD and Fingerling hosted this week’s run - at least, in theory. Fingerling was off crook, which accounted for Granddad declaring this to be the Paul Biddington Memorial Run. Granddad sent us all down to the Old Bank Building where he explained that, back in the mists of time, Paul Biddington had managed the bank. He was also a Hasher and famous for only setting one run, again and again, and that went straight up Grassy Hill. Granddad might regard this as an occasion for respectful remembrance, but the rest of us wrote it off as an attempt to avoid setting a proper run. There was a good deal of grumbling as the pack set off, and half of them were so cranky they did not reach the top - Granddad included. Back at the bash, we found that all the great and distinguished members of Cooktown Hash were away fishing, and Moses had to step into the breach as GM. He started off by reviving the ancient office of Hash Jugs to fill the beer mugs, and Whizz put his hand up for the job. First, the Night Shift at the hospital would have welcomed the Day Shift that morning with a ward full of crisis patients and incipient disasters. Once they had properly frightened their colleagues, they called April Fool and went home. Then we welcomed
Hoarder and Tailend, two visiting Hashers from somewhere down south (it’s always nice when visitors drop by). Then we welcomed back for No-name Stacie and Hotdog. Hotdog is in school in Cairns, so we only see him now and again. Finally, there was a new prize - the Oyster Award - won this week by Granddad, for driving away from the petrol station without paying, and No-name Stacie for
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Chat with Matt G’day again, Well, it’s good to be back home again after travelling over the ditch to play the Warriors on Monday afternoon. Everyone’s probably watched the game and seen how we lost a game we should have won after getting away to an early 12-0 lead. But the Warriors are always enormously difficult to beat over there. In saying that, I repeat it is a game we should have won. Personally, I’ve been disappointed with my own game the last few weeks, but I thought I’d improved a bit on Monday afternoon. I tried to get myself more involved wherever I could, in all aspects and I think I did that. However, I have been having a few defensive lapses that I will be working on fixing up, but I think for me, the game against the Warriors was a step in the right direction. As a team though, we haven’t had time to examine our game because we’ve just got back from New Zealand. So what do we do? Only one win from four games, where do we go from here? We get our own game right and not worry about the other teams’. We get the little things right - like not dropping the ball, losing it in tackles, missing tackles and giving away relieving penalties that lose any advantage we might gain from a good kick-and-chase. We get all that right in the lead up to Saturday night’s game against the Penrith Panthers at home, 1300SMILES stadium. I know I’m looking forward to it, as are the rest of the team. It will be an opportunity for us to redeem ourselves in front of our fans. The Panthers have the same win-loss ratio as we have at this stage of the season, so we’ll both be desperate for a win. I know I’m confident of a win because I’m expecting a big improvement in our game and our attitude. On the injury front, I pulled up all right and as far as I know, so did the rest of the team. I’ll know more about that when the team next meets for training. Make sure you tune in on FOX from about 6pm on Saturday night. We look forward to your support. It should be a cracker of a game, because both teams have points to prove and have to get back into the winners’ circle. Have a good weekend and I’ll talk to you all again next week. - Matt Bowen
Wombat_101 retains tipping lead of three WOMBAT_101 has maintained his/her lead of three after the fourth round of the Cooktown Local News/Hinterland Aviation/Inn Cairns NRL tipping competition from the weekend. Wombat_101 heads the table with 27 from Prickly and TheFantasticMrsFox, both on 24, with Nikki, Eye of the Tiger,Maggie_P and Kintaine and bunched together on 22. Superstar sits on 21. Only seven could manage six winners in another weekend of upsets, with only two tipping the Saints to down the Sharks, while most also missed the Warriors’ win against the Cowboys. With six were wombat_101, Prickly, TheFantasticMrsFox, Maggie_P, Kintaine, Beagleb2 and Dogs of War!!!!. 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. The winner will receive a return flight to Cairns for one, courtesy of Hinterland Aviation and three nights’ accommodation
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WHILE the Cairns District Rugby League has plans for a Three Rivers Rugby League representative team to contest the Remote Area Rugby League Challenge in May, the immediate future of the local competition remains in doubt. All because of player insurance. The future of the competition was being discussed at a meeting of the league at the Cooktown RSL Memorial Club last night, Wednesday, April 3. Cairns District Rugby League Development Officer Dave Maiden had made a special trip from Cairns to be in attendance. Background to the conflict is that Gungarde, the Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council and the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Council have fully subsidised the $100 per player payments for two years since the competition’s inception in 2011. However, at the League’s annual general meeting earlier this year, which
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was attended by representatives from all four participating clubs - Cooktown Crocs, Wujal Wujal Yindili, Hope Vale Red Soil Rebels and Hope Vale Backstreet Warriors - it was agreed and decided that players should pay $50 each. “What we as a league, and the Councils are trying to do is get the players out of the ‘hand-out’ mentality and take some responsibility for their own competition,” Three Rivers Rugby League President Peter Scott said. “But at this stage, the players themselves have shown very little interest in making their own payments, so the respective clubs’ insurances have at this stage not been met. “Without insurance, the competition will not go ahead.” Donning his Cook Shire Mayor’s hat, Scott said that,without insurance, no competition would not be allowed the use of the John Street Oval, headquarters of the league since it started. << Continued Page 16
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